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What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I feel like after having a chronic illness and gaining a lot of weight the people around me have pretty much written me off and don't expect me to achieve anything in life ever again and at times I've believed that about myself. I want to prove them and especially myself wrong. I want to get to a healthy, attractive weight where I have the energy to tackle my life, achieve some of my goals and put myself out there. I do want to look my best and be able to wear nice clothes instead of living in cheap sweatpants and t-shirts but it's more about not being the invisible fat lump nobody really respects or sees. I'm already in my 40's and I have been in denial for a long time about how much of an impact my obesity has had on my whole life, health, outlook etc and its beyond time to do something about it.15
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brittanystebbins95 wrote: »My husband's ex wife is extremely large. Not that I have anything against large people in general, I just really dislike her, she's just really lazy and promotes an unhealthy lifestyle on my stepdaughter. And it makes me feel better knowing that I'm really fit, she's probably jealous, and I'm a better role model to my stepdaughter than she is.
That and my ex boyfriend cheated on me after 6 years and it feels so AMAZING to see the look on his face every time I run into him in public, when he realizes how much weight I've lost since he dumped me for my best friend.
Ex best friend, I hope.
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I have so many cute pairs of shorts from tech school i wanna wear4
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MessyApron wrote: »
Ex best friend, I hope.
Oh, definitely.
Funny, I miss her every day but I don't miss him at all. We were best friends for 10 years.
They're both lazy, unmotivated, alcoholic college drop outs. They will likely work at the same gas station the rest of their lives. They spend their free time either drinking or sitting on the couch smoking pot. And everytime I see them, it seems like they're gaining every bit of weight I've lost and then some.
It feels phenomenal. That situation was the best thing that has ever happened to me.
I'm feeling amazing, in a few short months away from marrying the man of my dreams, and I've begun my career and get my corrections officer certification at the end of the summer. Life couldn't be better.22 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »
Oh, definitely.
Funny, I miss her every day but I don't miss him at all. We were best friends for 10 years.
They're both lazy, unmotivated, alcoholic college drop outs. They will likely work at the same gas station the rest of their lives. They spend their free time either drinking or sitting on the couch smoking pot. And everytime I see them, it seems like they're gaining every bit of weight I've lost and then some.
It feels phenomenal. That situation was the best thing that has ever happened to me.
I'm feeling amazing, in a few short months away from marrying the man of my dreams, and I've begun my career and get my corrections officer certification at the end of the summer. Life couldn't be better.
The best revenge is showing them not only do you not need them, but their lives are in the toilet without YOU.
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I want to be the hot chick at a bar who scores the free drinks (legit has never happened for me).
And I want my exs and the jerks I went to school with to be jealous if I ever see them again.
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Here are a few of mine...
1. I want to be the skinny girl in my department at work.
2. My family and friends that keep saying I'm too skinny to lose weight when my bmi is obviously crap.
3. I miss wearing my skinny goth clothes!8 -
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To feel confident in front of my ex partners new younger model11
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I want to be smoking hot and pose as a pin-up holding knitting with a caption that says, "Grandma and her knitting."
When I was younger I thought pin-ups were terrible. I guess turning 50 changes you. LOL19 -
My petty reason at the moment is a family holiday in August. I've never been the largest out of my group of friends, but I am out of my extended family.6
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Just to name a few....
1. I don't want to be the fat executive that works for a sports team where pretty much everyone is in moderately decent shape if not an athlete (currently I'm the fat executive that works for a sports team where everyone is in moderately decent shape if not an athlete)
2. I like to shop designer second hand - I want to be able to buy more than just handbags and sunglasses
3. I want to be in better shape when I turn 40 then I did when I turned 3016 -
Sunshinelinzee wrote: »Just to name a few....
1. I don't want to be the fat executive that works for a sports team where pretty much everyone is in moderately decent shape if not an athlete (currently I'm the fat executive that works for a sports team where everyone is in moderately decent shape if not an athlete)
2. I like to shop designer second hand - I want to be able to buy more than just handbags and sunglasses
3. I want to be in better shape when I turn 40 then I did when I turned 30
Yes on the designer second hand. The best stuff is always size S or XS (probably because fewer and fewer people can fit into those sizes!).9 -
Super petty reasons
- To get the man I've been dating casually for 1.5 years to look at me as a keeper.
- Fit into my cute wardrobe again and look good this summer
- to look better and weigh less than my snobby "friend" who likes to always point out that I am fatter (by 20lbs) *Healthy competition.
- to do a lingerie photo shoot and LOVE it
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To look fine as hell in my wedding dress10
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Oh I’ve got more now haha
To NOT weigh more than my (6’5” tall) husband
To be able to do things that have a weight limit that I currently exceed (like ride a horse)
To not have an issue with airplane seatbelts - I’ve actually never had a problem with this AT ALL until last November and it was embarrassing and uncomfortable cause let me tell you I 100% sucked it in and maneuvered myself until that stupid thing buckled without an extender.10 -
To enjoy clothes shopping and look hot. To get the looks. To look in the mirror and think "damn I look good." To feel sexy and show it.6
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I'm 67, my petty reason is because I want to be the thinnest one in my graduation class, Class of 69!
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Either the clothes, or to piss off my sister (who thinks she's the pretty one, bc God forbid more then one family member be attractive? But she deadass went on a diet after our mother had wls bc her spot was being 'threatened'), not sure which comes out on top.8
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I'd like to weigh less than my husband (within reach now) and I'd really like someone to say to me "you're looking a bit thin - maybe you should stop now!"
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My sister lost a bunch of weight several years ago and my aunt/uncle/cousin all oo’d and ahh’d at her when my sister and I went to visit them. I had lost more than 20 pounds but nobody gave me any compliments. Next month the same aunt/uncle/cousin - who live in a different state and who we haven’t seen in several years - are coming here to visit my sister and I will be there also. I want some compliments this time.9
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I want to go in and buy a top or dress and not try to figure out which jacket I can wear over it to camouflage problem areas22
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My oldest son is getting married in October. I hate having my picture taken the way I look now, so I want to not shy away from the photographer at his wedding.8
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Because growing up I’ve always been the “gross ugly chick” who people didn’t want to be seen with. It’s weird I’ve already noticed a difference of how I’m treated only just being halfway through my weight loss journey alone.18
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I dont want to be the most recent fat mom in a long line of fat moms in my family.8
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To be smoking hot when I turn 50 in October! To be able to go clothes shopping and not look like a whale in a dress!10
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SummerTwentyOne wrote: »Because growing up I’ve always been the “gross ugly chick” who people didn’t want to be seen with. It’s weird I’ve already noticed a difference of how I’m treated only just being halfway through my weight loss journey alone.
You're not ugly. At all.10 -
Sunshinelinzee wrote: »Oh I’ve got more now haha
To NOT weigh more than my (6’5” tall) husband
To be able to do things that have a weight limit that I currently exceed (like ride a horse)
To not have an issue with airplane seatbelts - I’ve actually never had a problem with this AT ALL until last November and it was embarrassing and uncomfortable cause let me tell you I 100% sucked it in and maneuvered myself until that stupid thing buckled without an extender.
I love this! When I first started my weight loss it was to fit into the seats on the roller coasters at amusement parks.3 -
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