What is your TRUE reasons for wanting to get in shape?

To be able to escape zombies. The zombie Apocalypse is coming people! *cough* And look good naked.

My TRUE reasons for wanting to get in shape...
- looking in the mirror, I want to be able to look at myself without being upset with my double chin, belly and rubbing thighs (my Grandma puts her hands on my face hinting at how chubby I've got, she doesn't have to say a thing for it to hurt)
- my health (my mom was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, shes lost a lot of weight due to her thyroid, blood pressure and diabetes... i don't want to have to experience that)
- clothing... I absolutely HATE shopping for clothing due to the fact that nothing ever fits me, I try on bigger sizes and then I get frustrated... rather go shopping for truck stuff or makeup.
- adventures... I want to be able to hike this one trail that leads up to a glacier, just so I can see the view and do it without having to gasp for air. (My bf smokes and can breathe better than I can at the end of a hike)

Most of all, I want to do it for me, myself and I

my mom passed away in july at the age of 45 to several health issues , and i knew if i havent change i would be able to see my 30th birthday . so life it self inspired me !

I had to type 2 diabetes, high heart rate and blood pressure. I was miserable, constantly either eating or sleeping, my fybromyalgia was horrendous. I had no life. I suddenly realised I wanted one and wanted to get my healthpproblems under control. Now I've reversed my Type 2 diabetes, my blood pressure and heart rate are excellent. Fybeomyalgia is still there but sooooooo much better than before

I'm less depressed, and doing what's best for me is finally following through in other areas. At 27 I'm finally standing my ground andfighting for my happiness instead of being walked all over, I'm a totally ddifferent person to whom I was. Still mild mannered, loving, kind, etc.. But I'm losing the bad qualities... Door mat, not doing what's right for me, allowing people to treat me badly etc.

There's no way I will go back to the old Zara psychologically or physically. Also don't p people around me doing what I was to myself at one time is a stark reminder to not go back there

Yes I'd like to feel prettier, feel sexy, look good etc, but there's so much more to it than that. I've gone from 301-209. Another 50/60 to go!

Zara

I WAS obese. Now I'm not. MY reason for getting into the shape I am now is because I was fat. No other reason.

My main one, though there were others, is insecurity.
I used to be one of those girls who was quite popular, not like one of those high school *****y *look at me I'm so perfect* girls but I had a lot of friends, and guys asked me out a lot, and I'd never have a shortage of people to talk to when I went out and I could just make friends like that. I never really thought much of myself in that way, I never thought that I was good looking or better than anyone else, and I still don't now. I used to think I was fat back then, like legitimately fat, not like *oh woe, I gained a lb and now I'm an elephant*, but fat where I would wear ridiculously big clothing to hide in the summer, and never wore anything flattering, and looking back, I can see I should have kicked myself in the head and recognised the pretty slim girl I was.
The only thing in my favour was that I was a confident person. Despite how I felt about myself, I was very confident.
When I gained weight and the confidence vanished, the friends vanished, people stopped talking to me, no-one hit on me anymore, it was like a social nuclear armageddon.

I never considered myself to be anything other than just a girl, and when that all went, I realised how much I had, and how I wasted it.

I don't like feeling like I can't go to a friends BBQ without people eyeing me thinking I might start stuffing my pockets with burgers. I want to be able to go to the beach and not give a single toot that people might think I'm a little bit overweight still, I want to be able to look like I'm confident because I lost a lot of my confidence once I gained weight, and I think people react better to confidence than they do to physical appearance.

I want ABS. ^^V

Oh and this!!

My life became intolerable. I needed something to feel good about.

i dont want to drop dead of a massive heart attack in my forties and leave my 3 kids without a daddy.

I've promised myself a really really expensive desinger suit when I hit my target weight. Only 30lbs to go!

I was morbidly obese. I started to feel that my life was leaving me behind and that I couldnt keep up with things. If I went out dancing I couldnt dance to more than one song at a time without becoming exhausted. I got to a point where I hated that Katie Perry Fireworks song because I couldnt keep up.

My friends would go on walks and do energetic things and I couldnt do it. The only things I ended up being invited to were dinners!

I went travelling and there were things I couldnt do because of my weight and at my age that shouldnt have been a factor. In some cases, I was left behind with a 70 year old woman who also couldnt keep up. Mind you she had just had surgery on both her knees. I didnt exactly have that excuse.

Anyway... The more I thought about this and the more I got left behind, the more determined I became to lose weight and to get back into my life.

I'm never going to have a perfect beach body. I accept that. Too much damage has been done by a lifetime of obesity BUT I am going to be fit and I am not going to get left behind again!

I just want to look good, and I'm tired of have a big fat belly....................................................... health & vanity.

It all comes down to vanity in the end - if we weren't vain why would we care what we looked like? I couldn't blame "skimpy cheap cutting" any more as the reason UK 16 was too tight and I was having to buy the odd 18 (I was a small 12 when I married 23 years ago). I didn't like my holiday photos - my bare arms looked like big joints of pork - and when I bent over to tie up trainers I felt like I had a 5-month baby bump - and my "baby" is 13! Plus hubs is finishing his OU degree this year (and elder son is already nearly at the end of his first year at uni) and I want to look nice in the graduation pics

With only 2 years to my half-century I knew that however hard it was to lose weight now, it was only going to get harder! And now I've started Zumba I've actually found an exercise I LOVE (not tolerate, not like, LOOOOOOOVE) which actually makes me hopeful the lifestyle change will stick this time.

overall health.

better body composition.

be able to actually say I did it.:drinker:

Vanity! I want to look good naked for hubby and I want to wear whatever clothes I want without fear of spilling out of them I'm hoping it motivates me to be more social as well... When I'm fat I don't want people to see me that knew me when I was thin :-/

I'm vain enough to want to look good, lazy enough that I don't want to fight that fight when age sets in, and smart enough to know that my kids are learning my habits. I want them to understand what a healthy balanced lifestyle is.




Edited for typosGhAt

Same here. I also want to be independent when I get older.