What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I've always wanted a corset. I'd like to be small enough to fit into the vintage chiffon peignoir I bought years ago, and I'd also like to try on a Victorian era dress.13
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Millicent3015 wrote: »I've always wanted a corset. I'd like to be small enough to fit into the vintage chiffon peignoir I bought years ago, and I'd also like to try on a Victorian era dress.
Nice!0 -
I simply just want to look good naked!10
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Gotta be my abusive *kitten* of an ex boyfriend. He used to manipulate me using my eating disorder, among several other things. He was sure he was going to be the next big thing in pro wrestling. He’s...well he got the big part right, after we broke up he gained back all the weight he lost, I didn’t. He’s foundering in crappy wrestling feds, I’m moving up and starting a new career22
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Petty reason is to wear a shirt tucked in.
Not so petty is I'd like to get a doctor to see something besides my weight. I have a lot of other health issues that are never really addressed because they can't get past the weight. Even though I believe I've gained the weight in part BECAUSE of the health issues.16 -
Millicent3015 wrote: »I've always wanted a corset. I'd like to be small enough to fit into the vintage chiffon peignoir I bought years ago, and I'd also like to try on a Victorian era dress.
I hope you get there! I've gotten small enough that I can wear vintage 60s clothes and it's so fun. Some of those Victorians were tiny though! My grandmother had her grandmother's wedding dress with corset, and even when I was a child I couldn't fit in it, the waist was about 20 inches! But there are a couple of really grand later Victorian and Edwardian dresses in larger sizes on Etsy. And sometimes you can find maternity dresses which have a little bit extra in the waist for us modern ladies.6 -
I remember when i was around 240 i was 17 at the time and the doc told me that if i continued to gain weight like i was a would have a heart attack by 30. I brushed it off mostly because I love food. But at my heaviest at around 290 size 44 pants were starting to get tight i was 20 and one night as i went to bed I realized that i was having some trouble breathing,i had a flashback to the doc tellin me i would probably have a heart attack at 30. I didn't want to buy bigger pants , didnt want to die young,and wanted my foot and back pain to go away. Those were my reasons for loosing. I got down to 180 by that winter and changed jobs. My new job was farther away (100 mi average 1 way trip) and i started eating fast food and not watching what i ate. Gained up to 247 got a different job closer to home so i wouldnt be tempted to eat fast food and started loosing again. Got down to 230 now. My main reasons now are somewhat different then before. I want to feel the way i felt at 180. And i want to stop letting food control me.23
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Cute clothes!11
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I wanna lose weight because I'm tired of being diagnosed as fat. I went in for severe back pain that had me unable to even take deep breathes it hurt so bad... got shown out of the doctor's office five minutes later with a pamphlet for weight loss and the suggestion that I see a nutritionist. (Never did find out what caused the severe pain, but it eventually went away about two weeks later...)12
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Because I want to be the most beautiful I can be for myself, my kids and my boyfriend. They love me as I am but I want to be the best arm candy as I near 40!!!6
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I always told myself that I would never be the type to have a "skinny" outfit, i.e. something I'm holding onto so I can wear it when I lose weight. I have a skinny dress. It's a size 8. I've only been in single-digit sizes once, when I first lost weight, and that's when I bought that dress.8
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I'm sick of being the short, fat girl. I want to be the short, CURVY girl. Seriously...I'll never be 110lbs but I feel like 150lbs is reasonable and I can pull it off. Plus I want to fit in clothes that don't solely come from Torrid (a store that I absolutely LOVE but my wallet doesn't).
Oh, and to be healthier. That should probably be the first thing but who am I kidding? I can't ever recall a time the reason for losing weight was for health purposes first...7 -
on the 'lose it' reddit sub, I want to be able to change my flair to my GW Goal Weight5
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-To look better in group photos. I hate hiding in the back.
-To not be the fat friend.
-I’m tired of “plus size” clothing. I’m young and I want to dress like it.10 -
To be put on infertility medication.
My husband and I desperately want a child and its not happening. My obgyn told me that it was unsafe for me to have a child because Im obese and there is no room for a fetus to grow inside me. She wants me to lose 40 lbs before she'll consider putting me on infertility medication. She doesn't think I can lose the weight...im gonna prove this *kitten* wrong!15 -
country_bug wrote: »To be put on infertility medication.
My husband and I desperately want a child and its not happening. My obgyn told me that it was unsafe for me to have a child because Im obese and there is no room for a fetus to grow inside me. She wants me to lose 40 lbs before she'll consider putting me on infertility medication. She doesn't think I can lose the weight...im gonna prove this *kitten* wrong!
Really?!? She said that??? :noway:4 -
country_bug wrote: »To be put on infertility medication.
My husband and I desperately want a child and its not happening. My obgyn told me that it was unsafe for me to have a child because Im obese and there is no room for a fetus to grow inside me. She wants me to lose 40 lbs before she'll consider putting me on infertility medication. She doesn't think I can lose the weight...im gonna prove this *kitten* wrong!
1. That's not a petty reason AT ALL!
2. Your obgyn needs a lesson in anatomy and bedside manner.8 -
country_bug wrote: »To be put on infertility medication.
My husband and I desperately want a child and its not happening. My obgyn told me that it was unsafe for me to have a child because Im obese and there is no room for a fetus to grow inside me. She wants me to lose 40 lbs before she'll consider putting me on infertility medication. She doesn't think I can lose the weight...im gonna prove this *kitten* wrong!
Very obese people get pregnant and give birth to healthy babies all the time. If that weren’t true, I would have no cousins (or siblings (or corporeal self)). While obesity complicates and sometimes aggravates causes of infertility; your doctor was either erroneously oversimplifying some valid point while trying to put it in layman’s terms, or she’s an as$.
(Or both.)6 -
rissy_roo03 wrote: »I'm sick of being the short, fat girl. I want to be the short, CURVY girl. Seriously...I'll never be 110lbs but I feel like 150lbs is reasonable and I can pull it off. Plus I want to fit in clothes that don't solely come from Torrid (a store that I absolutely LOVE but my wallet doesn't).
Oh, and to be healthier. That should probably be the first thing but who am I kidding? I can't ever recall a time the reason for losing weight was for health purposes first...
Wait until you're older than 40 then it will be. Start getting healthy now. trust me.11 -
Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »country_bug wrote: »To be put on infertility medication.
My husband and I desperately want a child and its not happening. My obgyn told me that it was unsafe for me to have a child because Im obese and there is no room for a fetus to grow inside me. She wants me to lose 40 lbs before she'll consider putting me on infertility medication. She doesn't think I can lose the weight...im gonna prove this *kitten* wrong!
Very obese people get pregnant and give birth to healthy babies all the time. If that weren’t true, I would have no cousins (or siblings (or corporeal self)). While obesity complicates and sometimes aggravates causes of infertility; your doctor was either erroneously oversimplifying some valid point while trying to put it in layman’s terms, or she’s an as$.
(Or both.)
Not everyone is the same. For some obesity complicates a lot of things.10
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