Hi All,

My reasons for wanting to lose weight vary. I gained a lot of weight during college and when I graduated and came home, I was subject to my family's disapproval of my new body. It hurts to have the ones you love the most call you 'fat' every other day. On top of that, I discovered that the extra weight i gained was affecting my health and ability to get around. I have too much weight on my body for my height and it has begun to affect my knees. I would like to lose around 30 pounds so that I can feel better about myself and no longer have to listen to my family ridicule me about every plate of food I eat. I want to be free of my fat and gain back my self esteem, ability to shop for hours and the bikini body I had my freshmen year of college!

My first reasonsare to reverse pre-diabetes and to help me with RA issues. I am not large by the look of me. Most of my fat is around my stomach area. For the most part though...I have realized that I have spent far too much time being sick. Its time to get back to being me. My focus is to be the best me that I can be because I have forgotten how to Love myself! God bless ya progress siatas! I look forward to supporting all of you. ...Kimberly

Hello, I was thinking it was slow tonight as well. My reasons for wanting to lose weight are as follows:

I want to lower cholesterol
Blood pressure
Take some of the load off of my back and knees (I have arthritis)
Look better in my clothes
Feel better about how I look

I started replacing one or two meals with a green smoothie and I exercise daily. I eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and I consume no sugars, star he's or fats. I haven't weighed since beginning on Monday however, I'm sure if I stick with it I will see results soon.

I have lost 35 lbs so far and there is nothing like wearing clothes that you haven't worn in years! And I do mean years....I still feel like I look the same but it becomes real to me when I shop and buy clothes 2 sizes smaller and not having to be sure and try it on first because my pooch might show or worrying that my thighs won't fit. I haven't had any health issues and now that I am over 40-I'm trying to prevent that. I guess prevention and vanity are my reasons for losing.

1. I have a seven month old I want to live to see his babies....I know you don't know how you are going to leave this world but I don't want health issues pertaining to being overweight to why my health decllines. I lost my mother a year ago tom. she was only 67 kidney failure..she was diabetic.
2. I just want to feel like myself again
3. I want to be able to go to any store and be able to shop
4. I want my butt to be cute again and not wider than fridge LOL!!!

My plan of action is tracking on mfp, joining groups like these and begining an exercise regimen, and encouraging others while they encourage me :flowerforyou:

I decided that enough was enough. I was tired of being sick and having high blood pressure, dealing with health issues and the like. And I've always been athletic, but after my child was born, I sunk into depression and couldn't fit into any of my old clothes. I decided to take control of my life and my health!!

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I'm sure there are more honorable reasons, but for me, this is #1

My desire to lose weight is primarily to get healthy and combat Fibromyalgia......I am looking forward to the days where I am nit in constant pain.

Vanity! And I want to show my fitness freak brother that I can do "man pushups." I wish I could say "health," but that's not really what I think of when I'm squatting and sprinting. I'm thinking "I'm sexy and I know it." I eat clean and do Zumba and CrossFit.

I'm with her. VANITY all the way! My graduation is in May, and I haven't seen my family since Christmas. They always give me a hard time about my weight. So I want them to be taken aback by my presence lol. Nah, I just want to look nice for the pictures. I also want to look good in bathing suit in August. Booyah!!