What is your HONEST reason for losing weight??????

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  • stillhere1981
    stillhere1981 Posts: 119 Member
    To help keep my cancer from coming back. Also, exercise and eating right makes me feel better through the end of my treatment.

    Also, I want my college body back again.
  • Jennypoo76
    Jennypoo76 Posts: 10 Member
    I don't want to have to take medicine for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. After I had my four year old, I lost 30 pounds, I want to get back to that weight when I wasn't required to take medication. I have a father, and both grandmothers who were diabetic, I don't want to have that happen to me.
  • iggyboo93
    iggyboo93 Posts: 524 Member
    I want to get rid of my concave butt (Jeff Foxworthy said it perfectly - it's like a frog wearing a pair of bluejeans).

    I want to be pretty. I want to look sexy. I don't want to be mistaken for my daughter's grandmother anymore.
  • HollyMGT
    HollyMGT Posts: 111 Member
    My size 12 / large clothes are all getting tight and I refuse to go up a size. Plus, I'm tired of feeling fat and ugly.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    I have a few reasons:

    I don't want men staring at my chest instead of looking at my face when we're having a conversation.
    I don't want to be embarrassed when I run. (In my experience, smaller size = fewer catcalls)
    I want to be able to run in just a sports bra and a pair of shorts and not worry about which part of me is jiggling excessively.
    I want my partner to be proud of me.
    I want my self-esteem back.
    I want to look good naked.

    ... Want more reasons?
  • GetFitSD
    GetFitSD Posts: 278
    Just want to be a motivation for my family and show my kids that it is important to take care of yourself.
  • bossyfairy
    bossyfairy Posts: 111 Member
    Because I feel repulsive. I am embarrassed about the way I look now and I am fed up with feeling this way.
    I want the old me and my old attitude back!
  • crystalstinson7
    crystalstinson7 Posts: 101 Member
    My honest reason for wanting to lose weight mostly resides in the aesthetics. I want to be attractive, I want to go shopping and not stress out when I can't find anything nice in my size, I want to feel good about myself when in a public (or, heck, private) setting, I want to be as small on the outside as I feel on the inside (90% of my life I've been thin), etc. I know people list health and kids as big motivators--and they are, but you also know everyone wants to be a sexy beast!!! ;)
  • time4change2k14
    time4change2k14 Posts: 20
    Two main reasons, if I'm being totally honest. First, and more importantly, although I know this is an internal/emotional issue more than a physical one, I hate the way I look and want to change it.

    Secondly, I want to be active in sports again, particularly running and baseball.
  • MsBetteDavis
    MsBetteDavis Posts: 118 Member
    I didn't really need to lose weight as when I started this process I was 127 lbs (I'm 5'3''), but I just wanted to feel better about myself. I'm quite self-conscious and I just knew that if I dropped a little bit of weight and started to tone up, I'd feel great. And I do, I feel a lot better about myself than I did at the end of 2013 when I had the extra 6 pounds on me.

    I hated seeing commercials and tv shows and then feeling self-conscious because I didn't really look like those girls.
  • Kakibot
    Kakibot Posts: 29 Member
    I don't want to let my weight fuel my health anxiety.

    Also I honestly hate being the 'chubby friend'. The sad thing is even being fitter and eating better than my friend didn't really fix this, so I feel like I gotta push a bit harder. This issue did get better in the last couple of years though, but I think that's not thanks to me being fitter but because my friends are getting a bit chubby .D
  • klkarlen
    klkarlen Posts: 4,366 Member
    To lose the muffin top.
  • auntiebabs
    auntiebabs Posts: 1,754 Member
    My mom has several serious health issues some of them are weight-related. It's well past the point of no return. She's in a ton of pain all the time. And she has 6 kids to help her out.

    I may be genetically predisposed to several of these issues, but have to do what I can to head them off at the pass, because...

    1)
    I'm way too much of a sissy to endure the kind of pain she goes through everyday.

    2)
    I've got no kids, I don't have the support system she does. If I was in her physical condition I just don't see how I could manage.

    3)
    I want to be as healthy as I can for as long as I can. I'm a bit of a control freak I want to motor under my own power for as long as I can.
  • marie3221
    marie3221 Posts: 77 Member
    I want to look hot again! Before the baby, I worked out all the time (I worked in a gym). I gained 59 pounds during the preganacy and I have only lost 22 of those pounds. And I want my husband to look at me and say DAMN! I know trivial, but I am just being honest.
  • cczap80
    cczap80 Posts: 48 Member
    Truth?? I want my outside to match my inside.

    Inside I am Wonder Woman!! I am fierce, sexy, and nothing can stop me. I feel like this everyday, TRUTH!! But when I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror it's like WHOAA!! Who the hell is that?

    Plus I'm extremely photogenic! I have a nice smile and love being in front of the camera. That is from the chest up.
  • MisterZ33
    MisterZ33 Posts: 567 Member
    many reasons. everyone one of them, a damn good one.
  • Elutheromania
    Elutheromania Posts: 5
    My wedding is in May, and I dont want to look back and think, "Man, I look awful." I know that's kind of shallow, but there's more behind it. I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder along with PTSD, and I have no sense of self worth because of things people said throughout the years that I went through trauma. I want to rebuild myself and show everyone that doubted me how strong I really am. I also want to be healthier and more active so I can spend years playing with my son and helping him stay active so he won't have to ever wonder or doubt himself physically. Another reason is because several months ago I found out I had pre cancer. It opened my eyes to what I was going to lose. Now that I am completely healed from surgery I'm going to tackle my problem with my weight.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    Because fat doesn't look good on my body type. It doesn't go to the right places.
  • Staniel_2013
    Staniel_2013 Posts: 120 Member
    1. To always be around my for my little girl and be a positive influence in her life.

    2. I no longer want to be the fat guy in the group.

    3. In the words of a friend, to be a delicious piece of man meat. On a serious note, I do want to actually look but also FEEL attractive. Think that would make me feel a lot better about myself in so many ways.

    4. To be more althetic, used to hate excercise with a passions. Now I want to be able to put my body through hell with a smile on my face.

    5. To look good Nekid!
  • SeattleRaven
    SeattleRaven Posts: 40
    To feel strong and be healthy; to age as gracefully as possible; to have the energy to enjoy the rest of my life
  • dispatcher939
    dispatcher939 Posts: 75 Member
    To feel comfortable in my own skin
  • DeterminedHerman
    DeterminedHerman Posts: 5
    I have two reasons:
    1) I don't want my daughter to end up the chubby kid, and hate herself the way that I did. I want to do everything in my power to make sure she is raised to be healthier than I was.
    2) I don't want to die young, and that's exactly where I'm headed unless I change.
  • AliUnrau
    AliUnrau Posts: 405 Member
    My husband cheated on me because he found me unattractive.
  • QuietAlex
    QuietAlex Posts: 7 Member
    I wanted to be attractive. At the age 21 years old and never been romantically pursued before, it hurt my self esteem. I didn't feel confident, pretty, or even wanted. I wanted to be in a relationship with another person and I knew that it would never work out had I stayed the same weight. Not just because of my weight issues but other issues as well that were affected by my weight. By losing weight on my own terms, I felt more attractive and became more confident in myself which has helped me grow into a stronger person.
  • Domineer
    Domineer Posts: 239 Member
    Improved health, improved sex life, and vanity.
  • loribethrice
    loribethrice Posts: 620 Member
    Because I hate my body and just want to be able to try on clothes and wear bikinis and look at myself in the mirror without wanting to cry.
  • Anonycatgirl
    Anonycatgirl Posts: 502 Member
    Constructive reason: I don't want to end up like my mom when I get older--so out of shape and burdened by illness I can't do much of anything.

    Non-constructive but also honest reason: I got sick of cringing and going from being aroused to being self-conscious if my husband so much as brushed my belly during sex. (It's hard to have sex without occasionally touching your partner's belly! :wink: )
  • vmclach
    vmclach Posts: 670 Member
    to be hot:love::love:
  • logiatype
    logiatype Posts: 110 Member
    Start: Not being able to fit in size 38 pants.
    Now: Being as healthy as I can be.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    No insulin resistance
    No hypoglycemia
    No migraines
    No acid reflux
    Improve my heart conditions
    To look the way I did in my modeling portfolio
    Being able to fit into my size 24 jeans
    Look good naked
    Sex

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