What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I like the feeling of separate muscles and veins.7
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I enjoy being flirted with. I want to be told that I'm lying about my age because 40 year old women aren't "hot".
Hahaha I feel this. I celebrated my birthday this year at a bar, and one of the regulars there, whom I'd seen around but never met, came up to introduce himself and tell me happy birthday. He also told me I was 'stunning' but in the next breath said I was 'stunning especially for 44', and I was like 'Which one!? Which one!?'
This makes me wonder what he imagines 44 year olds look like - I mean, in general (I’m younger but still get told I look great for my age) - what’s the bar? What are we being compared to? Those 15 year olds from advertising in beauty and fashion?
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To look good in clothes
Because I'm going to be 40 and I'm freaking out about it8 -
I recently found a company that makes dress pants that look really sharp but are as comfortable as yoga pants. I get lots of compliments but I have to wear them with longer tops until I get rid of my "menopot". I am not going to lie, there are days when this reason to lose weight inspires me more than staying healthy as I head to retirement.10
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I recently found a company that makes dress pants that look really sharp but are as comfortable as yoga pants. I get lots of compliments but I have to wear them with longer tops until I get rid of my "menopot". I am not going to lie, there are days when this reason to lose weight inspires me more than staying healthy as I head to retirement.
Hahahahahahaha 'menopot'.
And @Piqueaboo yes you're totally right, which basis for comparison indeed. Funny how dumb stuff like that can gnaw at you.9 -
I just want to be fit and able to run fast. Looking good at the beach or swimming pool is a nice benefit.5
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dhiammarath wrote: »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.
Fist bump. I relate to your story and had a similar one.
Also I think we’re invisible to many not-fat people and often viewed as stupid for being heavy. That’s one of my petty reasons. Another is that I was described as being easy to confuse with a coworker I despise. That has to end. 😜10 -
OHammykins wrote: »I'm tired of the emotional turmoil that comes with finding an outfit to wear for a special occasion. I want to to be able to look in my wardrobe and have a selection - not wearing the ugly dress because it's the only on that fits or stressing to loose weight before the event.
Yes yes yes.8 -
Two more:
The woman I only see once a year (hubby’s work colleague, at a yearly dinner) who got tipsy and announced that I was lucky my husband hadn’t left me yet. (She’s very skinny and obsessed with her weight.)
The wife of another work colleague of my husband’s who, after I’d lost 20 of the 45 pounds I’ve lost so far, so that I was getting close to HER size, said in a group conversation that she was “worried” I was going to end up hospitalized for anorexia (I weighed 217 at 5’6” when she said it). I told her that I used to be a healthy looking size 8 and that if I could find size 8 to size 14 clothes to buy then I’d assume I wasn’t too thin, thanks, but now I want to irritate her further by being even smaller (although I’m still 35 pounds higher than my goal) when I see her again.
SOME women. Tsk.14 -
SalinitySally wrote: »Two more:
The woman I only see once a year (hubby’s work colleague, at a yearly dinner) who got tipsy and announced that I was lucky my husband hadn’t left me yet. (She’s very skinny and obsessed with her weight.)
The wife of another work colleague of my husband’s who, after I’d lost 20 of the 45 pounds I’ve lost so far, so that I was getting close to HER size, said in a group conversation that she was “worried” I was going to end up hospitalized for anorexia (I weighed 217 at 5’6” when she said it). I told her that I used to be a healthy looking size 8 and that if I could find size 8 to size 14 clothes to buy then I’d assume I wasn’t too thin, thanks, but now I want to irritate her further by being even smaller (although I’m still 35 pounds higher than my goal) when I see her again.
SOME women. Tsk.
Jealousy no good. Those two are filled to the brim with bitterness deep in their soul. At the end of the day keep doing this for you, rise above their silliness. Go you!10 -
I don't want to turn into those one of the "desperate" gay dudes, and I wanted to start having some decent sex. And also, because no one wants to *kitten* the fat dude.12
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- I miss my excellent booty!
- My ex was always on my case about what I ate and left while I was depressed. I want to look damn good again so she has to see what she's missing.
- My partner and I have a "No Potato" deal (as in, we will not look like potatoes!)
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My petty reason is knowing no matter what I put on at my current weight, I'm still going to look fat and dumpy. Another petty reason is being tired of wearing plus size clothes and want to be able to shop in the normal departments. Another petty reason is that I am tired of taking so many pills - for triglycerides (1), for HBP (3), a statin (1). My last petty reason is that I want to have some plastic surgery (to look as good as I can at this age) and not have the Dr. tell me that first I should lose weight. Is that petty and shallow enough?
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XavierDMack wrote: »I don't want to turn into those one of the "desperate" gay dudes, and I wanted to start having some decent sex. And also, because no one wants to *kitten* the fat dude.
Maybe slightly irrelevant, but I’d rather a “fat dude” than a skinny dude. Just sayin.7 -
To make some old favorite positions possible again7
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mariececilia10 wrote: »XavierDMack wrote: »I don't want to turn into those one of the "desperate" gay dudes, and I wanted to start having some decent sex. And also, because no one wants to *kitten* the fat dude.
Maybe slightly irrelevant, but I’d rather a “fat dude” than a skinny dude. Just sayin.
It depends on how fat.5 -
I'm in the early stages of a financial career, and I feel and look frumpy in suits and business casual. A lot about this business is how well put-together you look, and while I don't want that to be the reason clients hire me, I also don't want it to be the reason they doubt me! People say I look anywhere between 14-18 depending on how "made-up" I am, and I'm convinced a lot of that youthful look has to do with my doughy face and body. I'm okay with looking younger than I am, but not that young!
Another reason: most of my coworkers are very health- and fitness-conscious, so they look good. I don't want to be the odd one out. I'll be thirty in a few years and want to make sure that it's a stepping stone to better things, not the start of a downward health spiral.9 -
Reason #5,826: I don’t want to have to even *think* about how my tummy looks when I sit down.14
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OK so I'm not THE biggest person in my new 30ish-person program, but I'm the second biggest by a fairly long stretch. I think the one-bigger-than-me person could be a good friend, because she's sharp and says what she thinks and our interests align, but I don't like the mental image of being the two funny fat chicks together, oh so naturally, in this crowd of skinny, outdoorsy, stylish types (a lot of designers in the lot.) How petty is that? Another guy also threw out that he's thinking of doing the summer in Paris (as. one. does.) and I realized I might potentially be able to as well (or somewhere else) and my first thought was, ugh, I'm not going to Paris a. if I can't wear cute clothes, and b. I feel guilty about every bit of cheese I eat.13
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If paramedics ever have to carry me out of my apartment on a stretcher, I'm afraid that whatever life-threatening condition I have won't matter, because I'll die of embarrassment at how much trouble they'll have just trying to get me out to the ambulance.18
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »If paramedics ever have to carry me out of my apartment on a stretcher, I'm afraid that whatever life-threatening condition I have won't matter, because I'll die of embarrassment at how much trouble they'll have just trying to get me out to the ambulance.
My step father is morbidly obese and has a degenerative spine disease. A few years ago he and my mother were spending the night at my house, but the next morning he was in a lot of pain and couldn't stand. We called an ambulance, they and the firemen that came had to put him on a sheet on my floor and drag him out because they couldn't carry him through the narrow doors and hallways of my house. It was a humiliating experience for him, and I vowed then and there that I would never put myself in that situation.16 -
33 and separated from husband of 14 years back in February. Guys I am interested in are out of my league, so I need to get in their league physically, well where I feel like I am in their league. Im not comfortable dating as I am.17
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To be thinner than all my middle aged girlfriends9
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Not related to losing weight, but getting stronger. I want to be able to start the f-ing gas powered weed wacker. Currently I pull and pull and pull and then go inside and tell my husband to come out because I can't start the f-ing thing. Anyone else? Just me?
Turns out I can start the weed whacker now.. yay! Last time I tried it was very pathetic.15 -
OK so I'm not THE biggest person in my new 30ish-person program, but I'm the second biggest by a fairly long stretch. I think the one-bigger-than-me person could be a good friend, because she's sharp and says what she thinks and our interests align, but I don't like the mental image of being the two funny fat chicks together, oh so naturally, in this crowd of skinny, outdoorsy, stylish types (a lot of designers in the lot.) How petty is that? Another guy also threw out that he's thinking of doing the summer in Paris (as. one. does.) and I realized I might potentially be able to as well (or somewhere else) and my first thought was, ugh, I'm not going to Paris a. if I can't wear cute clothes, and b. I feel guilty about every bit of cheese I eat.
Also in France they walk a lot. Dragging extra weight all over another country is b#tch.4 -
i got tired of of being the only overweight person in my family......."which one...oh the big one" is how they referred to me..argh how annoying!13
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Before, when I would lose weight I would only feel value due to my looks...I've changed that perspective a few months ago...but who doesn't like the attention? Time to work on looking better!3
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elsie6hickman wrote: »My petty reason is knowing no matter what I put on at my current weight, I'm still going to look fat and dumpy.
Urg- this is me too: no matter how well something fits me when your carrying so much extra weight there is no where to hide it.6 -
OK so I'm not THE biggest person in my new 30ish-person program, but I'm the second biggest by a fairly long stretch. I think the one-bigger-than-me person could be a good friend, because she's sharp and says what she thinks and our interests align, but I don't like the mental image of being the two funny fat chicks together, oh so naturally, in this crowd of skinny, outdoorsy, stylish types (a lot of designers in the lot.) How petty is that? Another guy also threw out that he's thinking of doing the summer in Paris (as. one. does.) and I realized I might potentially be able to as well (or somewhere else) and my first thought was, ugh, I'm not going to Paris a. if I can't wear cute clothes, and b. I feel guilty about every bit of cheese I eat.
Also in France they walk a lot. Dragging extra weight all over another country is b#tch.
Yes, and in heels.4 -
Resetting my goals again. Petty reason? I just want to see how much smaller I can get in a healthy way, given my $hitty schedule at the moment.3
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