What is your why? Why are you doing this?

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  • cgabby101
    cgabby101 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm tired of being so self conscious and unconfident. I'm tired of hating what I see in the mirror. I can't even go in public anymore without having bad anxiety due to my body. I want to be confident and comfortable in my skin for the first time in my life. May be vanity but that's why
  • drabbits2
    drabbits2 Posts: 179 Member
    A few reasons. I never had trouble with my weight until I hit 40 and then BAM gravity happened. So now I am 46 and have about 30 pounds to take off. So reason #1 -- I don't like looking like a dumpy middle aged mom. I want to be a fit mom (not model skinny, but fit). Reason #2 -- I suffered with a back injury for a year and couldn't work out at all. I had back surgery July 25 that was a 100% success and on Oct 17 I will see the surgeon to get cleared for all normal activity except running, which I can't do ever again (back is too unstable, but honestly--I didn't run before so no biggie). I miss being more active and my stamina is awful from that year of pain and no movement.
    Reason #3 -- I hate buying double digit pants. My goal is a size 8. That is an achievable goal for a person my age and height and activity level. So I feel like my goals are realistic, no reason I can't meet them. Reason #4 -- to challenge myself--I am kinda scared middle aged malaise is creeping in on me and I don't like it.
  • Melionfire
    Melionfire Posts: 343 Member
    I am doing this because I want to be a role model for my two girls. I also want to develop a healthy relationship with food. Get control on my portion distortion and learn that food is not black or white. I can have what I crave but in reasonable amounts. I have been on the fad diet until I brake and binge and gain it all back cycle for 22 years and I want off desperately. I also had high blood pressure during both pregnancies and diabetes as well as high bp and cholesterol run in my family so I want to prevent these so I never have to go on medication. Plus i wouldn't mind fitting into my small clothes again and feeling confident when I look in the mirror.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    I want to:

    1. live an active life
    2. be around as long as I can for my husband, kids, and future grandkids
    3. look good naked
  • Gotrek1
    Gotrek1 Posts: 64 Member
    I want to see my grand kids when(if) they come, I want to stop flirting with diabetes.
  • momofGD
    momofGD Posts: 110 Member
    You guys are awesome. Like I said before please friend me so we can stay motivated together
  • KyleGrace8
    KyleGrace8 Posts: 2,205 Member
    I'm here bc I want to never fall back into bad habits. I've been chubby to overweight my whole life and was just tired of not liking what I see in the mirror and being out of breath doing simple things. Getting fit has been great so far and I want to keep climbing the ladder so to speak. Hopefully in 2ish years when I turn 30 I'll look better than I did at 20. Feel better too. I already have family members asking me for advice, yes, the same ones who poked fun at me and that right there, is the best karma. I love the feeling of being capable and strong.
  • soufauxgirl
    soufauxgirl Posts: 392 Member
    edited October 2016
    I want to see and enjoy my grand-babies and be able to run around and play with them, not be stuck in a wheelchair with gangrenous or amputated limbs due to my obesity/diabetes with a oxygen tank and mask thrown in for good measure, that was my future. I chose a path to a brighter one.
  • gypsybunny72
    gypsybunny72 Posts: 2 Member
    Since 2011, I've been hit with a plethora of health and mental issues and enough is enough! I want to lose 66-70 lbs and go back to the old me, the healthy me. The happy me. I want to be around to see my son grow up and be happy again.

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  • nehaad88
    nehaad88 Posts: 159 Member
    This is such a fantastic thread.

    My "why" is that both my parents are diabetic and my brother is a diabetic at 30. I am pretty near that age myself. Plus my husband is lean and athletic and i dont like to look 10 years older than him when I am not..
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    It has taken me a long long time to admit to myself that I am fat. Yes I have called myself fat multiple times in the past, but never really believed I was as large as what I am. After hitting 80kgs this was a scary wake up call. That is only 20kgs less than 100!!! At 5 foot that is a lot for me.
    My mum for years told me I was a "big build" "big boned" etc.
    It's time to discover who I am under this fat suit I'm wearing
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    For health & fitness now and to avoid a wheelchair and walker later.
  • TracyY824
    TracyY824 Posts: 15 Member
    edited October 2016
    My doctor put me in bp meds about four years ago and told me I needed to lose at least 30lbs. After years of starting and failing I'm finally on the right path 30lbs down and plan to stay there. I sometimes still can believe that I was able to do it. I feel so much better about myself physically and emotionally.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Doctor said I was pre-diabetic so I wanted to stop the numbers actually moving in to the diabetic stage. Exercise and weight loss was the alternative to deteriorating and needing diabetic medication.
  • rcktgirl05
    rcktgirl05 Posts: 87 Member
    I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. And then there was that one picture where I didn't even recognize myself. Yikes.
  • Sairzie
    Sairzie Posts: 122 Member
    I'm 26 now and am aware I've spent most of my teen years and over half of my twenties worrying about my weight and not feeling my healthiest self. I'm growing up and settling into who I am as a personality, as a wife, as an employee, as a member of my social group and felt it was time to settle into my body so I can live a healthy, happy life.
  • amelialoveshersnacks
    amelialoveshersnacks Posts: 205 Member
    rcktgirl05 wrote: »
    I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

    I liiiiiiike it!
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Prediabetis, fibromyalgia, tired of people thinking I was pregnant when I wasn't, tired of everyone disrespecting me, tired of being pissed off about my weight and taking it out on everyone else for what I did to my health. Wanted to look and dress like a lady- makeup, heels, fitted clothes, the whole nine yards, but my weight didn't match the vision in my head. I wanted to love and respect myself again and live a long healthy life, comfortable and confident with myself in my own skin.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Today my why is to not be the fat mom at my kid's school events.
  • DeviatedNorm
    DeviatedNorm Posts: 422 Member
    I would sing to myself, "I have become...uncomfortably fat" (to the tune of Uncomfortably Numb). It was such a hindrance in my life. There were two main catalysts to losing weight: spending over 20 minutes forcing an airplane buckle to just barely snap together, and then my biggest motivator, the passing of my father. He didn't pass away due to anything related to weight, but I know he would have wanted me to be a healthy weight and it's a huge motivator.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    To *kitten* rock.
  • elleestmighty
    elleestmighty Posts: 1 Member
    My boys...I have 3, the youngest is 3. Getting down on the floor to play with the 3 year old is difficult. I want to be around to see them have their own kids. I want to be a good example for them. Other reasons...to be able to shop easier for clothes (I'm short + round....not an easy combo to shop for!). To feel attractive and confident again. To be healthy. To not have weight stop me from doing things.

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