Why do you want to loose weight?

The generic better health, better life are up there but also for the vanity of wanting to look hot and be able to dress cute.

I also want to have another baby and need a healthy pregnancy....but honestly I really want to be a cute preggo this time around as it will likely be the last.

I want to lose weight to ride on rollercoasters and spend less on clothing. I have clothes that are 5 and six years old and don't have spending money to replace them, so when they finally rip I have to spend $22 on a shirt. A girl half my size pays half my cost for the same shirt.

i want to be healthier so i can be there fully for my daughter who is growing up and getting so active so quickly. i'd also like to be healthier in future pregnancies so i can give the best health to those precious little ones.

and looking better in my clothes would be a nice plus too. and a giant helping of self-esteem from being able to conquer weight loss!

so i can run about with my kids
So i live longer
so i can walk out of a store with new clothes rather that leave empty handed coz feel to fat
so i can get my legs into the sun (believe me they aint seen sunshine for many a summer)
So i can be happy with me!!!!

#1 and MOST IMPORTANT: pure health reasons, riding my bike faster, sports with friends, being healthy.

#2 and a little more narcissistic/emotion-based:
my sister and i look very similar, except shes maybe 30 lbs lighter and very popular. she's always been skinny and i've always been a little heavier. she's always been popular and i've always been kind of on the fringe. i know we live separate lives and weight is not everything but i've always felt that if i looked the way she did people would perceive me in that way. most of my friends are very pretty and skinny, and i suppose i'm tired of being ignored while my friends get all the attention.
i really <b>do not care</b> if you think this is shallow or misdirected. i'm a very confident person, i know you don't get confidence from weight. but you do get positive perception when you're attractive. we're a looks-based society. it's sad, but true, and it took me 24 years to realize this, but now i do. i'd love to not get passed over for my sister for once.

I just love sports and like to feel that my body performs well at stuff.

I needed to take time out after getting injured and really piled on the pounds. The biggest shock came when I realised I weighed more than my man! :noway: Sorry for me that's really a complete no-no. I used to love running when I first started training again I was 40lb heavier and felt fat, slow and out of breath.

Now I'm down 22lb I can start to feel my 'normal' body shining through again. Running is getting easier again and I'm getting faster again. I'm back to 40kg barbell squats. I can still cycle for a couple of hours... It's slowly all coming back.

I want to be able to go to triathlon races again and look like someone who actually does them, not my man's fat lazy girlfriend who just goes to cheer him on.

The day I can zip up my wetsuit again I'll have a party!

my reasons are probably the same as every one else- want to look better and feel better.

Because I wanna make the boys in the yard drool jk! I don't want to ever have to take a med because I didn't take control of my health. Most of my family have to take a slew of pills and shots daily. I don't want that for my life. I want that horrible fate to end with my generation. And when the man of my dreams finds me I don't want to be in some doctor's office being told we have problems getting pregnant because I'm fat. Saw that on an episode of BL and pitied that woman.

Get healthy, no more being obese and overweight, no bordeline cholesterol, no borderline diabetes. Be able to keep up with my husband and son when we go places. Travel more, be comfortable in a plane seat. Look good and not mind if people take pictures of me. And the list goes on and on.....