What is your why? Why are you doing this?

momofGD · October 2016

I'm just curious as to why you are loosing weight?

For me it's not just about the number on the scale. It is an overall fitness journey so I may transform my body, mind, and my soul. I want to truly live an amazing life. I want to help people. Motivate them and inspire them. I want to be the best mom, best friend, best wife that I can be.

Why are you loosing?

Morgaen73 · October 2016

I couldnt wipe my butt anymore and said enough is enough.

momofGD · October 2016

I'm sorry I laughed. However, it's a good reason to start!!!

YvetteK2015 · October 2016

I'm tired of seeing my fat self in pictures. I actually try to stay out of all pictures now. That, and my doctor told me that if my weight keeps going up, I'd be dealing with pre-diabetes soon. And I don't want to be there.

KateTii · October 2016

I realised if I didn't make changes to my lifestyle I knew I would wake up one day overweight. I decided it would be easier to lose it now when it was only a couple of kilos and once I found MFP I knew I had found something sustainable for me. I need rules, but rules that are bendable - No I can't have as much pizza as I want, but I can have it sometimes.

dutchandkiwi · October 2016

Health, fitness and beating asthma were/are my drivers. Did not realise the change in confidence would be such a nice bonus

jayeless · October 2016

I think for me it was an accumulation of factors. I was aware that I was generally not as healthy as I could or should have been. Too much beer, not enough exercise or veggies. I rarely weighed myself, but when I did (erratically), I'd always gained since the time before. It didn't bother me too much because I'd been underweight for literally my entire childhood, and was only just into the "healthy weight" range throughout my teenage years. Being skinny was deeply ingrained in me as part of my self-image! But I also kind of knew that my thighs were getting really large (to the point where I needed AU size 10 pants, even though my waist better suited size 6). Finally there was a moment of sudden recognition: although my waist was small, the rest of me wasn't actually that thin any more...

I started out at around 56-57kg (I didn't own scales then), which is at the upper end of "healthy" for my height. I don't really have a lot to lose but I wanted to take that moment of "snapping" and turn it into a real drive for a healthier lifestyle. And fit into size 8 pants!

susannekb · October 2016

I burst a pair of shorts when bending down to pick up something off the ground. At that point I realised I had enough.

JeffreyOC · October 2016

I want to be healthy and more confident

WrenTheCoffeeAddict · October 2016

Couldn't (still can't really) bare to look at myself in the mirror

HaleCry · October 2016

I want to be healthy and comfortable. I don't want to dread it when people get a camera out to take pictures.

Kathyseiberling · October 2016

I have some back issues that I know would improve if I lost weight.

zyxst · October 2016

I didn't want to wear the same pair of pants for the next 40 years.

amusedmonkey · October 2016

Because I got diagnosed with prediabetes which meant the prospect of living with diabetes and having to control my food for life. I thought to myself, if I will have to control my food anyway, might as well do it for weight loss and possibly dodge the negative health impact of diabetes.

NAbramovich · October 2016

For me it was having my first (and hopefully last) kidney stone and realizing that being overweight was a contributing factor. Plus, I look at the older generation of my relatives and I used to think that the obese ones were still amazingly healthy despite their lifestyle. Now that they are in their mid to late 70's, that's no longer true. The heavier ones are having cardiac issues whereas the ones who maintained healthy weights are living much more active lives. I want to be a healthy and active 80 year old one day.

amelialoveshersnacks · October 2016

First time round - Vanity. I was a matron of honour and I wanted to look better than the bride.
2nd time round - Performance.... I want to do tough mudder. And then vanity.
Gosh and I wonder why people say I'm far too honest for my own good lol but that's my truth.

GottaBurnEmAll · October 2016

I've done it to make living with arthritis a lot less painful.

kommodevaran · October 2016

Constant cravings was the first, feeling uncomfortable in my own skin a close second. More energy, less pain, newfound love of food, less anxiety, cheaper AND nicer clothes is a great bonus.

Kristi26 · October 2016

I originally started this journey after getting on my best friend's scale and seeing the number there put me in the overweight category. I'm still doing it because I feel better emotionally and physically. I'm healthier than I've been in a long time.

JenniferNoll · October 2016

Sleep apnea. My feet, knees, hips, and lower back hurts ALL THE TIME. I want to get off the pain meds. Also, I want to be pretty. I'm in the process of getting ready for weight loss surgery in December.

afatpersonwholikesfood · October 2016

I'm young enough and genetically blessed enough to not have had complications from my excess weight except high blood pressure and potentially undiagnosed sleep apnea. The BP quickly resolved with just the first 10-15%, and my husband hasn't seen me stop breathing or snore in a long time.

In my case, I felt like my body was smothering me. I was generally healthy, but I knew I wouldn't stay that way, and I guess getting married and getting closer to 30 made me more aware of wanting more time and more quality time. I was constantly uncomfortable. All the elastic and cotton in the world didn't help. I watched people move with ease, and meanwhile, simple movements like kneeling or bending or squeezing into a space to grab something were all difficult for me. The bottom shelf at the store was my nemesis.

That's something a lot of people don't understand. Large people may sometimes move less not out of laziness but because simple tasks become both challenging and exhausting. I was carrying around a quarterback all day. Yes, I had more muscle to help, but it's not enough.

It also helped that apart from my weight, I felt good and secure in who I was, and being in love with my husband and wanting to increase my chances of being an old lady who's around to give him a hard time had a lot to do with it. I always lost weight from a negative place before, and it's not a mindset I think too highly of now.

kalit2013 · October 2016

I was looking at a summary of a doctor's appointment from August 2015 and one from August 2016 and I realized I had gained a little over 20 pounds in a year and my weight was just going up. Plus with a lot of my jeans not fitting well many more I decided I needed to make some changes.

Hornsby · October 2016

I was sick of being fat and wanted to look like that guy <<<<<<<<<<<

SezxyStef · October 2016

started to avoid meds...then to be skinny...now...to be fit and healthy..weight is not that important to me atm...I prefer to know I can run a 6min mile or bench my body weight.

momofGD · October 2016

You all have awesome reasons! So inspirational. Thank you for sharing!! Feel free to friend me.

ladyreva78 · October 2016

I'm 35. I'm too young to have the beginnings of liver problems (caused in part by taking diet pills and in part by simply being fat). Every kg I lose is a year added to my liver's expiration date (I still love how my doctor phrased that!). So within the span of 2 years I added almost 25 years to my liver's potential life span. Considering the doctors were giving me maybe 15 years before the problems were so massive that they couldn't be controlled anymore.. I'd say not bad.

All in all I was lucky that my gallbladder was acting up and had to be removed. I'm not sure they would have caught the more serious problem otherwise (I'm not very good about taking myself to the doctor for those regular check ups he always grouches about) and I would have kept going as I always did: eating too much and not moving enough.

I have another 3kgs to lose until I'm not considered obese anymore. Another 15kg beyond that and I'll be at a healthy weight for the first time in my adult life.

Reaching that healthy weight (plus hopefully 5kg more to be well within the healthy range) will also mean that the heart problems running rampant in my family (high blood pressure, arrhythmia, etc...) won't affect me to the extent they do my parents and siblings (also all overweight).

Getting my fitness in order should also help me prevent the osteoporosis nearly every female member of my family (paternal and maternal side included) suffers from. Or, if not prevent as it seems to be genetically motivated to some extent, at least make it manageable.

I want to reach a ripe old age and be healthy enough to enjoy it. There's plenty enough that can go wrong. I don't want my weight to add to that list.

MysteriousMerlin · October 2016

My husband. We lost twins almost 2 years ago, after a very long struggle with infertility. We're no longer trying to have a family, so we just have each other. He wants me around for a long time, I guess. I don't care either way.

smantha32 · October 2016

I just passed 50. I don't want my mind to outlast my body. This is the age when things start seriously going down hill unless you keep your weight regular and strength train.

Misterhyd3 · October 2016

To look good naked

haltayeh1993mfpHT · October 2016

My bro had his wedding last year and my sister had her wedding this year. Both times I couldn't look at myself when we took the pictures. I was completely ashamed. That adding to the realization that because of one of those guilty before innocent court cases my family and I have been fighting for about a year and a half, our financial welfare declined where buying larger clothes wasn't an option with us barely having for food as it is. I stress ate and now gotta stop.

pedermj2002 · October 2016

Back in June, my company had a corporate retreat, and a fair amount of physical activities. I spent three days afterwards in a lot of pain from that. Pictures from the event told me I needed to lose weight (there's no such thing as a flattering picture of me from that event). While there was swimming, and I enjoyed it, I refused to go out without a t-shirt on. I was too embarrassed by my body.

When everything was done, I realized that I had the chance to make my body into something I could actually be proud of. I have taken up the mantle slowly. Started with just a few push-ups. then added more, until I could do a light workout. When I realized that wasn't doing everything, started adding the dreaded diet management.

Results are showing up, both in the mirror and on the scale. All because I finally got tired of being who I was, and decided it is time to be a better me.

In the end, though, that's the reason: I'm being a better me.

What is your why? Why are you doing this?

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