so guys what's your reasons for losing weight

124»

Replies

  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Lugging around extra weight sucks and slows me down. And LGN. I look bigger with less weight

    ETA: Cardiovascular problems run in family. Would like to have a fighting chance.
  • Hitsujikai
    Hitsujikai Posts: 111 Member
    In no particular order:

    #1 - I'm fed up, angry and disappointed with what I have become from when I was the fittest I have ever been 18 months ago
    #2 - Wanting to get my life back on track after over a year of knee injuries and rehabilitation
    #3 - My girlfriend found pictures of me at my fittest on Facebook (we met when I was at my heaviest), and whilst I know she loves me as I am now it would be nice for her to meet the guy in the pictures
    #4 - My dad is a type II diabetic, this is something I hope he doesn't pass on to me. I do not want it so a change of lifestyle was needed
    #5 - I want to be happy and confident rather than thinking "I can't do that" every time someone asks me to do something
  • Routerninja
    Routerninja Posts: 201
    Losing my dad at 59 to a massive heart attack, and his not being there for my kids. Wanting a long healthy life with my soon to be bride and my 2 wonderful children. Wanting to be the "fun dad" again who can go outside and play with them instead of watching them run and have fun.
  • sodeelish
    sodeelish Posts: 25 Member
    Simply because when you look good, you feel good
  • sarah_38
    sarah_38 Posts: 7
    Hi all

    I want to lose weight because:

    1, I don't want to be fat no more
    2, Can get rid of most of my health problems
    3, Want to feel healthier.
    4, Want to live a longer life
    5, Can feel secure when I go to church that I aint gonna break the seating
    6, Can start to love myself as others love me
    7, Can stop being the fat friend
    8, can borrow my teenage daughters clothes hehe
    9, Can go out with all my children without feeling an embaressment to them ( I have 6 and they assure me they are not embarrased at all)
    10, Can dance around to music with my children and not hear any embarrasing slapping sounds
    11, Can go to theme parks with them and jump on every terrifying ride
    12, Can actually say YES to my partner who proposes to me every year but I decline as I don't want to be a fat bride when I wed
    13, Can visit my future inlaws who live in kenya and enjoy my vacation
    14,Can just live life to the fullest

    These are not in any particular order :)
  • sabregrrrl
    sabregrrrl Posts: 10
    1. I want to be a better, faster fencer.
    2. I want to inspire those around me to be healthier.
    3. I want to lose the belly flab and get some visible abs.
    4. I want to feel sexy.
    5. I want to avoid weight-related health issues.
  • egrusy
    egrusy Posts: 196 Member
    Im too cheap to buy new pants. My 5s are tight.

    :laugh: It's kind of the same with me...not too cheap but just not willing to go up a pants size (8, not 5). I just know if I allow that it might snowball. Not if I can help it! :drinker:
  • bbg_daryl
    bbg_daryl Posts: 150 Member
    As a person who's been told every single day of her life for almost 20 years that she's fat and ugly..... I'm sick of it. As much as I've always tried to pretend that the opinions of sh*theads don't matter to me, the words still hurt, and have left lasting psychological scars. I can't look in the mirror, be it naked or clothed, looking at my body or just my face, without thinking "you're so ugly and fat." So.... Yeah. I'm doing it to be pretty and hoping that it'll improve my opinion of myself along the way. Which so far, it seems to have been doing just that. I've lost 20 pounds since August and I'm proud of my progress. I'm not hiding in baggy men's shirts and sweatpants anymore.
  • Ejourneys
    Ejourneys Posts: 1,603 Member
    As I say in my profile, "To better run the ultramarathon known as caregiving."

    And, "For my health, pure and simple. My goal is to return to a weight and fitness level that is comfortable for me and that I can maintain."

    Diabetes and heart disease run in my family; my mother died three weeks after she turned 57. I'm 55 and have so far managed to avoid the tragedies she had to face, including her first major heart attack at age 44.

    I've also been a caregiver for a dozen years now, so stress management and habits that are both healthy and sustainable are high on my priority list.

    Secondary are the various fringe benefits -- like being tied for the sixth oldest participant in my local hospital's 9/11 Memorial Fitness Challenge back in September, in which I climbed 110 flights of stairs. I want to do it again next year -- with better shoes!
  • jbwilliams888
    jbwilliams888 Posts: 96
    My family has a poor history of health. I do t want to be a statistic.
  • jbwilliams888
    jbwilliams888 Posts: 96
    My family has a poor history of health. I don't want to be a statistic.
  • jrortega1912
    jrortega1912 Posts: 315 Member
    To keep up with my grandchildren, seven years old and 22 month old. It's that 22 month old that has me saying " Man, I need to get in shape !"
  • fullerbrickroad
    fullerbrickroad Posts: 22
    I don't want my weight to start with a 2.
  • peachcats
    peachcats Posts: 99
    I want to look good naked.
  • ThatSoundsHard
    ThatSoundsHard Posts: 475 Member
    I was obese, everything hurt, I had no energy. I felt gross and I was weak.

    Plus, I wanna be smexy.
    .
  • jen_zz
    jen_zz Posts: 1,011 Member
    Being fat was painfully uncomfortable- physically, mentally and emotionally.

    This.
  • lighteningjeanne855
    lighteningjeanne855 Posts: 566 Member
    My reasons for losing weight?
    ...my right knee
    ...my left knee
    ...my lower back
    ...control my diabetes
    ...my eyesight
    ...my kidneys
    ...a healthy heart
    ...normal blood pressure
    ..."photo bombing" instead hiding from cameras
    ...to see my eyes when I smile in a photo
    ...I'm a cougar, and I want my gorgeous cub (younger man) to be proud of me
  • kayjane92
    kayjane92 Posts: 12
    To live longer for my family, be a good example for my nephews and niece, to do the color run and most importantly, for MYSELF.
  • TheMMan
    TheMMan Posts: 124 Member
    Lots.
    To prove to some family members that it is not "genetic" because I've always been "chubby" my entire life.
    To be a role model for my kids so they don't fall into the same traps that I did as they hit their teenage years.
    As a community college professor, I'm always on my feet on cement floors and my legs started to take a beating. I also want to become a good role model to my students.
    And to prove to myself that I can do it! I'm able to do almost everything at the age of 52 that I could do when I was 25! (except for the vision and hair :laugh: )
  • susanrechter
    susanrechter Posts: 386 Member
    I am sick of the sweat lines on my pants after sitting any length of time.
    No more fat-sweat.:angry:
  • Artaxia
    Artaxia Posts: 185
    So my son has a healthy and non-embarrassing mother ;P
  • Alisontheice
    Alisontheice Posts: 9,611 Member
    I was to compete in a skating competition with a partner in May. He has to lift me. If I weigh less that will be easier. Also I want to look good in a skating dress again and not cringe cringe when I try one on.
  • bernicesmission
    bernicesmission Posts: 100
    because i ran out of excuses not to give a **** about myself anymore! realisation I deserve much better than what i let myself have!

Categories