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What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
io8785a
Posts: 35 Member
I know that many of us choose to lose weight because we want to have a healthy lifestyle and feel better about ourselves, but c'mon, we also have "I'm going to stick it to X" reasons.
For me, it's because I don't want to be the fat gay cousin. I want to be the hot gay cousin. I also want people's minds to be blown when I can lift heavy boxes by myself.
What's yours?
For me, it's because I don't want to be the fat gay cousin. I want to be the hot gay cousin. I also want people's minds to be blown when I can lift heavy boxes by myself.
What's yours?
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My petty reason is that a doctor said I couldn't.
Seriously, I was referred to an orthopedist of all people, and he said "Let's be real, you're never going to lose the weight" and offered me a card for his friend that does WLS.
From my primary care doctor who knows me and has charted my progress and knows that although I'm heavy I have no blood pressures/diabetes/pre-diabetes issues, and that I gained the last bit of weight during an extremely difficult period while I was on medication and had untreated hypothyroidism, I WANT to be able to have a discussion about my weight. With the guy who is supposed to tell me if I need ankle surgery who also has a physique like Santa Claus himself?
Not so much.202 -
I want to look great naked. No other reason for me.314
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My petty reason is to be smaller than my mother. She's been a huge naysayer on my weight my whole life. She was constantly bashing my weight my whole life and always making comments on how much I eat, or what I'm eating, or how much I'm exercising. It took a major toll. At one point she was 3 sizes smaller than me and she rubbed it in my face constantly. She would frequently point out that I was still gaining weight while she was losing weight. So finally, I had enough and decided to take control.433
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My ex left when I was going through depression and had gained a lot of weight. It's been a hard few years and I gained some more. My petty reason is to show my ex that I rose from the ashes better than ever - look good, be confident, flirty and fun again. And find myself a guy hotter and better than he could ever dream of being!314
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nickssweetheart wrote: »Seriously, I was referred to an orthopedist of all people, and he said "Let's be real, you're never going to lose the weight" and offered me a card for his friend that does WLS.
What a dick!137 -
It was when my son poked my large beer gut and asked "when is it due"109
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nickssweetheart wrote: »My petty reason is that a doctor said I couldn't.
Seriously, I was referred to an orthopedist of all people, and he said "Let's be real, you're never going to lose the weight" and offered me a card for his friend that does WLS.
From my primary care doctor who knows me and has charted my progress and knows that although I'm heavy I have no blood pressures/diabetes/pre-diabetes issues, and that I gained the last bit of weight during an extremely difficult period while I was on medication and had untreated hypothyroidism, I WANT to be able to have a discussion about my weight. With the guy who is supposed to tell me if I need ankle surgery who also has a physique like Santa Claus himself?
Not so much.
F that doctor. You get it!48 -
I didn't start off with a petty reason, per se. Though, when I was at my heaviest, I went to the doctor for what felt like the creeping death. Congestion, coughing, fatigue; general cold symptoms. Unfortunately, the doctor I had at the time would only cursory brush me off. Focusing on my weight. Did I know I was fat (because obviously, I couldn't look in the mirror)?. Did I know that I needed to lose weight (how did this affect my SINUS PRESSURE)? It was this is this and that is that the entire visit. Well, cue a week later and my husband getting ready for a work trip to Trinidad. He made me go to the doctor again (because I was worse). I could have stabbed the nurse when she looked at me over her own gut and asked primly, "Do you exercise?" I was feeling so bad, I had no snark for her. I think I stared at her dumbly, mouth-breathing because... y'know... I couldn't breathe THROUGH MY NOSE. Long story short, the doctor treated me for pneumonia -- which I don't think I would have gotten that bad if he'd paid attention to me the first time.
So my petty reason is to make sure that no doctor or nurse can look at me and judge/focus on my weight rather than whatever symptoms I have. It's gotten better. While I've maintained the bulk of my original weight loss, they still eye me askance. So, I'mma get down, down, down, down and then eye THEM askance.202 -
Going to UFC fights in July and I want to look better than the ring girls.
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jeans116
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I’ve always been the fat sister, the fat friend. I want to be the slim healthy one for a change!219
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I don’t want to be that stereotypical fat military spouse that sits at home and does nothing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They have all kinds of cute names for us...Dependapotomus or Tricaratops to name a few. The more I can improve myself and avoid that sort of name calling the better!146
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@nickssweetheart Oh my gods, that's horrific! Stick it to him. I know you can do it.
@chrisahubbard Don't we all.
@nishbaybe92 I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. You deserve so much better from your mom. We're here for you and support you.
@Latucker21 You can do it! Go get your sweet revenge.
@rsclause Out of the mouths of babes...
@dhiammarath That's horrifying! I'm glad they were able to catch it and treat you, but that never should have been an issue in the first place! Are you going to flounce around and parade your skinny self around before telling them you're finding a better provider?
@quiksylver296 You look amazing! If I were a ring girl I'd be jealous.
@kkimpel Short, sweet, and to the point. You've got this!
@Debgreasby2018 And what an amazing change it will be once you are!
@scribblemoma Having been a brat I know way too many Dependas. Way to go on your self improvement!38 -
@io8785a Oh, you better believe I found a better doctor immediately! I do not suffer fools for long, but I still want to not get the nurses eyeing me. It's lessened, but in my head, it's going to go away completely when I hit a healthy BMI! To be fair, when I encountered health issues that caused me to gain back some of what I'd lost, my new doctor was awesome. My allergist even awesomer and my Gastroenterologist never batted an eye about my weight. There are bad seeds everywhere, which is why you gotta tune out the negative and focus on the AWESOME! But still, there's a part of me that totally wants to go in at what they want (healthy rando BMI though everyone knows it's imperfect) and be like... YEAH. I'M AWESOME. I DON'T NEED TO GO TO FAT SCHOOL (the first doctor tried to send me to a group for obese people to lose weight -- now it wasn't a support group to learn about diet and exercise. It was definitely the, "you're too overweight and you can't do it yourself so here, take yourself off to a group of people to be shamed" kind of delivery. The look I gave him had him completely backtracking).
I actually think if someone had tried to educate me on weight loss and what it entails and had given me a true support system, it would have been different. I would have lost the weight a lot earlier. But no one did. They shamed me, instead. And that is the problem with the health system today.
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I did lose weight one time when I was younger because I knew that's why a guy broke up with me. Every time I got on that treadmill or went to make some food, I would think about how he made me feel and how much I wanted to kick him in the nads, looking back I am thankful he fueled that fire because it was the kick in the butt I needed apparently lol.79
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Literally my main motivation is cute clothes. I want to wear high waisted jeans without feeling like I have a FUPA.195
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My petty reason is that I want to be the girl that gets looked at. I want to be not disgusting.156
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My ex cheated on me with a girl smaller than me. She's gained weight and I'm down almost 50 lbs.312
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I like getting messages online filled with compliments from guys who rejected me years ago. The messages usually show up a few hours after they see me in Target and they're with their wives and kids. It's awful but amusing.173
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Work in a building with catty women! The weight loss has been noticable and I've been purchasing scrubs which are flattering. The haters have been coming out of the woodwork :
Now whose the biggest one here??? Not me! 97 -
I wanted to prove to people that it could be done while still having mass quantities of adult beverages.146
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Mine is so that I can look good naked...and show up both of my exes that I am hot, I am attractive, and I can get someone 100x better than they ever were.83
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I want to be able to wear cute clothes! The selection of plus size clothing is sadly limited.87
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I saw people on Botched & Atlanta Plastic who had lost tons of weight and were wanting excess skin removed, or people who wanted tummy tucks. Stuff like that. I wasn't being careful with my eating & exercising, and I thought that I should be glad that I wasn't having to lose like 50 lbs AND that I shouldn't let myself get to a point where I needed to lose 50lbs. And also, I just don't think natives look good when they're fat. To me, pow wow dancers look really good when they're slim and standing tall. I want to be a fit healthy native, like natives should be. My great grandparents would probably be appalled if I were a little weakling with poor cardio.
Oh, and lingerie. And feeling good in my clothes-- being able to wear a tighter shirt and not wonder if my gut is too big or there's too much boob fluff happening. I swear smaller sizes are cheaper, too.63 -
I wanna look and feel sexy, for once.48
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@nickssweetheart Oh my gods, that's horrific! Stick it to him. I know you can do it.
That's the plan! I hate the fact that sometimes when I'm having a rough time I wonder if he might be right. But then I remind myself he can only be right if I let him.19 -
its 100% so i can look good naked....Iv always wanted the suicide girl look xD33
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Petty reason - I completely revamped my wardrobe and bought a lot of high quality, new clothes when I hit my Maintenance range. All the old clothes are gone. I refuse to gain weight because I am not buying a whole new wardrobe again anytime soon...93
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shirleybizeau wrote: »My petty reason is that I want to be the girl that gets looked at. I want to be not disgusting.
We have almost the same petty reason!
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