'selfish' for losing weight

The healthier you are, the happier you are...I think people who say those things are toxic. Exclude them from your life if you can't, ignore them and there comments. It really makes me feel that people who discourage are mostly jealous, and unhappy with their current lifestyle... Chin up and screw them!!!

People who are not doing, are experts at finding faults in the people who are doing.

Since when making sure you are fit and healthy is selfish? When did it become compulsory to forget about ones own well being - be it physiological "health reasons" or psychological : "I want to feel good about myself and boost my confidence by being able to wear all the clothes I really like. I want to look in the mirror and say to myself Yes I like what I see and what I see is damn smoking hot!" Taking care of yourself is a primary objective for anyone especially if you are a parent or have similar kind of responsibilities. If you don't take care of yourself no one else will. If you have responsibilities and neglect yourself you are ultimately neglecting the very people who need you. The way I see it is that I have an obligation to be strong, healthy and fit not only towards myself as an concious and continuous act of self care but also towards others who rely on me for support. BE SELFISH you need to. Simple as that. Never let anyone make you feel guilty for doing what is ultimately an act of care and love towards yourself and everyone else you care about.

It is not selfish to want to lose weight. I have been losing weight now for ME and the HELL with everyone else. I want to look better for my own personal reason. Other need to either support me or just SHUT UP!!!!

hey, my sole motivation at first was so i could look awesome in a wedding dress! (and i did!) but overtime, i realized that was just a cool bonus. it became to get healthier and stronger! but yes, i do workout a lot to continue to look good you look good, you feel good. its just a fact. your reasons may change overtime or they may not.

you want to lose weight to fit into that dress or bathing suit or jeans? DO IT!!! lose weight for you! haters gonna hate.

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my reason for losing weight has changed so many times since I began. People will talk, I even lost a friend due to her jealousy of me wanting to better myself. Whatever do what gotta do! Piss on all the negative people

this is awesome!!!

If you have friends and family or any responsibilities that involve supporting other people, then I believe that "selfishly" doing anything that makes you happy, and fills you up, will only leave you with more to give to others.

screw them!!! Others are jealous of my size also & they just need to suck it up because I got hot!!!:laugh:

There's nothing wrong with wanting to look good in clothes, or naked for that matter. If we don't take care of ourselves then no one else will either. Here's to a little vanity . . . in moderation! lol :drinker:

Of course its selfish! Its your body...if you don't take of it no one will, and its your responsibility to do it, whatever the reasons. Taking care of yourself is not a bad thing...don't let anyone tell you it is.

Any reason for losing weight is good enough for me, as long as you're going about it in a healthy and sane way. I personally want to lose weight to look awesome.