Are you losing weight to feel more attractive?

Absolutely!

I think that holds true for just about every person with a pulse - on some level. I have never met a single person who didn't want to feel attractive, nor have I met anyone who didn't feel that shedding a few pounds assists with feeling more attractive. Feeling attractive increase self esteem and self confidence. I'm happy to announce that I feel my best when I'm at my goal weight and fit. Healthy just happens to be a bonus (for me, anyway).

Both for me... Abit more to being more attractive tbh

I definitely am in it to be more attractive, to others and to myself. It's hard to be confident if you don't believe in the product you are selling. Beyond that there are certain activities like rock climbing that I really would like to participate in but can't because of my excess of weight, and lack of strength.

Mainly vanity, with a side helping of health.

I never even had a weight problem until around 3-4 years ago. I was a size 6 for most of my adult life, didn't really monitor what I ate, and exercised sporadically. When I did gain, it was around 10 or so "vanity" pounds that came off in short order just by my increasing physical activity.

When I first signed up to MFP in 2010 or 2011 I believe, I wasn't overweight for my height (5'11"), but I was carrying too much padding for my frame. I lost that weight, but between summer 2012-spring 2013, I gained 40 pounds due to a stressful situation going on in my life. Along with comfort eating, I was too depressed to work out often. I would start, then sputter out. By last May, half my work clothes were not fitting and almost none of my summer clothes did. I knew I had gained, but I was shocked when I got on the scale and it said 195. The highest I'd been in my life to that point was 172. Never had I thought I would ever get in the neighborhood of 200 pounds.

Anyway, I started exercising again, but it was honestly a half hearted attempt. I didn't really rein my eating in as much as I should have. I'd never been truly overweight before and 40 pounds seemed insurmountable, so I was discouraged (silly, I know). I lost five pounds and regained it.

After spending the fall feeling like I was stuffed into my clothes, moving up yet another size in jeans, developing the makings of a double chin, thinking about my cute outfits that I could no longer wear and imagining the scale tipping over 200, I gave myself a mental kick in the pants. I realized that getting back to the size I'd been almost my entire adult life was not an unrealistic goal. My frame and structure were the same under the excess fat. I stopped feeling sorry for myself and started doing. I'm down 15 pounds (need to update my ticker), have lost two sizes in jeans, am able to fit into 75% of my old clothes, and seeing my muscles again. I'm starting to feel like me again and I didn't realize just how uncomfortable I was and how heavy I felt until the weight started coming off.

On the health side, diabetes and hypertension run in my family on both sides. I got a pre-hypertensive BP reading late last year that freaked me out given that all my life it had been low normal. That was also a motivating factor. Thankfully, it went back to normal after a couple of months of getting back on track.

yup. that's part of it.

Initially, as a young father and husband- errrr 22 years ago, it was definitely for health reasons. Now, as a much older but single guy, it's definitely shifted over to vanity. Oh, and to make the ex a little jealous. Shame on me.

of course, but through my journey I have discovered I think I want to be strong even more!!

Definitely both.. but they fit together well. When I lost weight before it was strictly for health and I found I did better in school, had more drive and focus. And the fact I felt like I looked more how I wanted to look made me feel more confident.

All of the above! I want to be healthy, I'm married and my husband met me when I was fat and always told me how beautiful I was and complimented me. So I didn't really need to lose weight to be more attractive. I do get hit on way more now than I used to, which is flattering, but I would never pursue or cheat on my husband. The real reason for getting healthy is to control my PCOS and have a kid finally after 10 years of failure in that area due to my poor health, and the fact that I was living in a rundown, moldy (black mold) old house for years! We recently moved by the way.

I initially wanted to lose weight because I felt like a balloon and my doctor kept yelling at me about how overweight I was. When I actually started losing weight and actually started to like what I saw in photos, that was the drive to keep me going.

Reason #1: no longer be pre-diabetic
Reason #2: look hot when I head to Australia for vacation over summer (Oz summer)!

Losing weight isn't going to make be pretty. Only surgery can do that. As for healthier, my GP said losing weight will lower my BP. 140# later and I'm still waiting for it to drop to a "normal" range. Essentially, I'm losing weight to get my GP to understand weight loss isn't a Cure All for health problems.

Started cause boys but met my fiance before I lost most the weight. I was healthy like 15lbs ago (strictly speaking). I looked good like 10sh lbs ago. Now I found I want abs for me...so started with trying to get into peoples pants and it ended in an even more vain and selfish "I just want to look like the best version of me, for me" :glasses:

I have always been a healthy person.

I was chubby since childhood and had hard time to get boys to look at me at high school and college. I used to want to be thin to be more attractive but now I just want to be thin. I have never been a thin person in my life. I want to feel "thin” at least once in this life time.

I *wanted* to lose weight to look better. But the final straw was chest pains. I absolutely *needed* to lose weight to feel better. Looking better will definitely be a nice benefit in itself, but if I can never go to the ER again that will be reward enough!