Why do you want to lose weight, get in shape, etc

Do you feel better, physically and mentally? Because if you do, I would say there is your goal!
I didnt have a goal in mind so much either....no vacation, no pants I was trying to fit in. I just didnt want to be out of shape anymore.... I achieved that....and I feel GREAT!

I am working out to be healthy! I'm a newlywed, planning to start a family soon. I want to a adopt a lifestlye that will allow me see my great great grandchildren grow up.

straight up tired of my thighs rubbing together! :laugh:

It's a big long list of why. I want to feel good about myself-always. That means feeling comfortable in my own skin. I want to be healthy and feel healthy. I don't feel that way with an extra 30lbs on my stomach. I want to be able to do things, like play baseball or go on a bike ride with my boyfriend with out having to stop. They're my big reasons.
I also have reasons/motivations/purely superficial things that keep me going. I want a new piercing when I hit a certain weight (not sure what yet) and I would love to get my tattoo touched up. And here is my nerdiness coming out: I set a definite (far out) goal date for myself for the opening day of the Avengers movie. I'm super excited for it, and trying to chanel that energy into sticking with getting healthy. When I make it goal, I'm going to wear a costume to the midnight showing, just to show off all my hard work. Even though I'm 24, I am, in fact, a 5-year-old.

I'm doing this to be healthier and for my daughter so she has a mum for a long while. Come to think of it i'm loving the challenge and i love being on mfp the people here are awesome, they keep me motivated.

I no longer want to be the fat aunt with my two nephews and not be able to do stuff with them. I want to wear cuter clothes...and I want to feel better in my own skin.

My goal is to get as cut as Brad Pitt was in Fight Club...

I will finish Insanity in 2 weeks & am amazed at the results. I will then start up P90x or do a hybrid of the two. Haven't decided.

I started because I didn't want to buy new jeans in a bigger size AGAIN.

I continued pushing through after the first month because I noticed I had more energy and didn't crave sugar so much when I ate better.

I started working out initially so I could eat more.

I kept working out because it makes me feel good.

I started working out harder because I like the way I feel when I'm strong.

I will continue doing this for the rest of my life because for the first time since I was a toddler, my depression isn't getting the better of me. I feel really good for the first time in my life, and I'm not willing to let that go. And because for the first time, I realize that not only CAN I have the body I've always wanted, but I DESERVE it.

Health. The side effect of looking good in my clothes (and out of them) is admittedly a great perk, but just wanting to stay healthy as I age is the real goal.

Well for me there's not one reason, theres many. But there are two main reasons. Firstly, I really don't like the way I look, I don't like what I see when I look in the mirror. But more than that I want to get healthy as well as fit! I want to enjoy my life more than I amat the moment and not miss out on things because I am overweight. Also I am starting med school and in the long run I really dont want to be a hypercritical doctor, being overweight and unfit and telling others they need to lose weight!

Many reasons - Look good, Feel better and be there for my kids / family - I am tired of looking unhealthy no energy and just miserable

This got long. But...

Why did/do I want to do this?
1) to see if I could a) lose weight in a healthy, sane manner (as opposed to the wacked out eating disorder stuff I did in the past)
2) to see if I could stick to it
3) to see if I could work out more often than I didn't work out
4) because I HATED being overweight. I hated my clothes not fitting most of all, because I would rather have extensive dental work than go clothes shopping. (My dentist loves me. Full length mirrors do not.)
5) I want more years with my DH. He's older than me by almost a decade, so we may never hit the 50 years together mark (well, maybe we will. Who really knows anymore?), but I want to give us as many chances towards it as possible.
6) to have a healthy relationship with my body, food, and Mr. Scale.

That's really it. I CAN lose weight safely, healthily, sanely. If it was just about the scale I could have blown this out of the water in a month. It's been - ? - 100 days and counting. Yes, I've lost a bunch of weight, but not as much as a lot of people here and I've had my days where the scale hasn't cooperated. But I'm learning not to care what the scale says on a day to day basis, and that's huge (see # 6 above.)

I've stuck to it thus far. I haven't guilted myself about it, if I go over calories or haven't exercised. No need to. As someone here said (and I wish I could remember so I could credit you!!), "Guilt doesn't burn calories." And anyway, my body will tell me when I'm not being kind to her.

I DO work out more often than not - me, the self-professed hater of exercise! I've skipped 3 days now because of health issues, but that's the longest I've gone without a workout in a REALLY long time. Usually I do *something* every day. It's not always big-time scary intense, but I get moving.

I'm loving being a healthy weight. LOVING. I stop in front of the mirrors and flex my muscles (that I never used to have!) rather than sticking my tongue out at my reflection. I'm wearing clothes that show off my shape rather than conceal it. I run up the stairs rather than trudge. I smile more.

For the record, I still hate clothes shopping.

DH is getting healthier too. But...that's his own journey and if he wants to share, he will. I'm just excited for and proud of him.

Mr. Scale and I are learning to get along. It's rocky, but it's really a lot smoother than it was. The sun doesn't rise and set based on what he tells me on a daily basis, and I don't scream obscenities at him if he tells me something I don't want to hear.

I'm getting better about food. It's fuel, but it's really yummy fuel. It's okay once in a while to enjoy it for that reason, not just for the good things it's going to do for my body. However, those times are the exception, not the rule. I'm also learning to give my body *enough* fuel to function. It's not just about making the scale numbers look good; it's about true nourishmnet for the mind, bones, muscles, etc. That takes more than 300 calories a day. (Eek. But yeah, that was me.)

I'm learning that as the caretaker of this body, what I do to it MATTERS. Because it matters, I'm kinder to it. Because I'm kinder to it, I don't hate it anymore. THAT's worth this whole process.