What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?

The drop waist pleated bottom dress. Also the mid-calf length summer dress -sleeveless with full button down front & collar.

To have less things to worry about. Waking up and having one less worry or insecurity.
Also people treat me differently

When thinner, I appear more together, less harrassed and not coping. I know it, others see it, not sure if it is in my imagination but it feels very real. Thinner I equate with organised and streamlined life.

My “petty” reason is that my ex told me I was fat. Told me that I needed to lose weight, I was with him for 4 years. So I did, I lost 180lbs over night last September when I kicked him out 🤗

Another guy told me that if I got myself in shape then and only then would I be a head turner.

Non petty reasons, for myself. I’m loosing weight to show my children that health is important, I don’t want them ending up like I am. And I mean, also because I want to look good for myself 😆

Currently 40lbs down and I’m not stopping till I’m happy with myself AND my progress.

I know it's petty, but I am not going to follow in the footsteps of my family. I want to die when God says it's my time, not from Type 2, heart attacks, and/or strokes. I'm also not going to have the thin side subtlety pass me diet articles, recipes, and give me their fat clothes because I'm "the only person they knew who could fit them."

The petty reasons? People that told me I couldn't be the same size as I once was since I'm over 35. Guess who's 39 and SMALLER? 😁

Never let age and other's negativity discourage you! Tons of people are successful at every age and starting weight!

Mainly I want to look in the mirror every single day and think, “Damn, I look so freaking HOT.” Also, for the petty reason, I want to make sure that I am the most beautiful woman that my husband has ever been with, inside and out. It’s difficult since his ex was a freaking ballerina.

I really want to deflate my boobs. No shirt or dress looks good, and I can't figure out how to do an FBA when sewing. And even if they're from genetics rather than fat, skinny people with large boobs still look skinny when they wear shirts that aren't fitted... right now, if I put on a non-fitted shirt, it just looks like I'm equally fat throughout my torso, rather than having a giant chest and stomach that's a lot smaller.

Not sure if this is petty or just mildly self-destructive - I had a weird and confusing and suggestive crush on a guy I met super-randomly while traveling years ago. Nothing ever happened but we had lots of drama. We reconnected slightly less randomly a few months back and are sort of in each others lives again. Things are even weirder and more confusing and more suggestive than ever (I'm, uh, not not into it.) Its probably going to be some months before we see each other again, and while I'm not precisely waiting around for him, I do want to feel as confident as I can going into whatever confusing, weird thing is going to happen next, and not wonder if all the back and forth never quite takes the next step because I'm just too reticent (I am, and him too - we've both got some issues here) or he just doesn't find me attractive (well, outside my mind, which I know he's into...but that's so boring.) I know it won't magically allow a jump into whatever it is I'm angling towards - beats me what exactly, we've moved into being professional collaborators and also live on different coasts, and I don't want either of those things to change. But something - and I'll never know for sure, but, well, its a motivation.

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The father of my child has made my life hell for the past 3 years, ever since he met his current, incredibly insecure wife. They’ve brainwashed my daughter into believing I lie to her constantly and he has had the gall to tell me many times that his wife is now my child’s mother and she is closer to my child than I am. My poor child is caught in this bullsh*t, and the stress of dealing with them is a huge part of why I gained weight in the first place.

I’ve done my uttmost to take the high road, and repressing my rage at this a**hat has eaten me up inside. I’m taking control back. We’re headed to court, and I want to walk in there intimidating as f**k. I was to scare the bejeezus out of his b*tch wife. It’s my time now.

You should take boxing or something. It never hurts to expel rage by hitting something instead of eating.

My brother is a fatshamer, he does ironman events, 3 peaks solo, all that stuff. I want to be able to stand next to him and say "remember when you said I was fat and ugly, well now I'm just ugly!"

I don't want to have to breath in all night when I'm out.

I want to turn my floppy disk *kitten* into a firm, round *kitten*, naked and clothed, so that my future boyfriend will enjoy it too. God I hope we're mostly adults here.

That no guy will ever even attempt playing the "she's fat and ugly and will settle for anything so I can treat her like *kitten*" card. I'm quite sick of that. I want to be the whole package, single or in a relationship.