What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?

AbiDohnji wrote: »

Thank you thats exactly what I've been trying to tell him. im so glad there are people out there who understand i thought i was going crazy.

I think this is what's referred to as "gaslighting" and it straight up sucks.

I’ve always kept a pretty fit body, and was able to get most of it back after having a baby. Cue getting pregnant with twins.... I’m sure everyone thought I’d never come back from that (especially me!) But I’m stubborn, and had something to prove. Still working on toning up my belly, but I’m back to pre-pregnancy weight and then some! I love the looks on people’s faces when they see me with 10 month old twins and a 4 year old. Petty, but so satisfying:)

1. To have the “superhot beach body” when I go on holiday
2. Because I’ve seen photos of myself lately and thought “hell no”
3. My ripped skinny jeans no longer look good
4. To make the guy I was seeing (older than me) think twice before he decides to cold shoulder me!!

My weight has always been so up and down. I went through a pretty good period high school-college where I was fit. I'd get compliments and hit on...I know this is super petty but I want to get those compliments and get some head turns again

To stay strong so I can look hot lifting heavy things!! Lol I still lift heavy things but not looking hot!

My boyfriend and I work out together on the weekends, and we joke about wanting to be that obnoxiously fit couple at the gym, lol.

I have a crush on one guy, whos not available, but I really want him to at least find me attractive. Maybe it sounds ridiculous to you all, but at least it keeps me going. Ill see him in September again and i would like to lose 13 more kilograms till then, or 10 at least.

@jenf330 so many good vibes to you! I went through a divorce about ten years ago and lost about 30lbs in 3months. Some of that was stress induced, but the rest was from eating healthy and exercising. It's like sweet revenge when they see how much better we do when they are gone.

Heck ya, @antsosbo ! Time to redefine the meaning of "dadbod!"

I realized lately that hubby can eat a ton and I'm the one who gains the weight because I was eating when he was. 😂😂 ya.... I can't keep up with him in that department without massive amounts of exercise.

Wanna have abs once just to take the picture lol

To get hot and wear cute clothes.

To no longer be the DUFF. My friends are super super hot and attractive and they constantly complain about all the attractive guys and the attention. I just sit there and listen whilst shoving Doritos down my throat like a chunky lemon.

dhiammarath wrote: »

@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 often feel the same way. I have Hoshimoto’s and Celiac. I became very symptomatic at probably 8 or so. It was the summer after first grade. It was like someone flipped a switch and I just didn’t feel like myself any more. Was very tired all the time, body aching, lethargic, constant weight gain. Believe me my parents didn’t let me just sit on the couch, and always cooked balanced meals. At first I was told growing pains, then was treated for depression, then anxiety, the fibromyalgia, then at 15 I was diagnosed with some very serious female problems and had to have the gist of my female surgeries which lead to a partial hysterectomy, but that’s a story for another day. They said that was the problem and I should feel better. Didn’t work. Then my gallbladder went to hell, and that had to come out. That didn’t help either. I had my first child and another surgery. Then a serious leg injury which left me bed ridden for 8 months. All while nothing was working on these other issues. And at that point I had just assumed that that is who I am as a person and would fave to live with it. Fast forward until about 5 years ago. I got a new doctor. He was looking through every thing and started asking questions. Then ran some tests and bam I have Hoshimoto’s that went undiagnosed for over 20 years, to which he was just appalled. At that point my thyroid was severely enlarged. My levels were off the charts. And it was mentioned that I may need to have my thyroid taken out. We’re struggling to get it under control still. The meds seems to work for a while, and then just stop. I often wonder has this been caught early on would I have all these problems that I have now? Would I be one of those lucky people that just gets to take a pill and have no symptoms, and seems to think that people like me are making these issues up because our struggle is different. But I guess all we can do is move forward.

My petty reason is to look good naked haha