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What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I’ll check it out. Always looking for good shows! Thanks!!0
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Latingal19 wrote: »darklyndsea wrote: »I want my boobs to shrink. No idea how much they will, but it's worth a try, right? If only spot reduction was real...
Seriously? That’s my nightmare come true!😱 I’m so worried I’ll go beyond and never get them 🥥 🥥 back!😭 that’s my good fat 🤣
Like most things, there's a happy medium. A K cup? Not a good amount of boob. For one thing, it's impossible to find shirts that fit. For another, my back hurts.8 -
To be able to shop anywhere instead of going to a specialty store or the three racks pushed in the back at Wal-Mart.
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To walk into a stressful work meeting and not be the fattest one there.8
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Sigh... well... so I can rock bomb *kitten* tight clothes without the extra belly. Superficial petty reason.
Also, I am a physician and I cannot see myself telling a patient to lose weight and be heavy myself. I feel a lot of health professionals let themselves go (stressful profession, long hours of studying, etc). To then have to take care of someone else’s health, when you can’t even take care of yourself, seems reckless. (Legitimate reason).
Another petty reason is because of my family, mainly mother, sister and even some in laws
. Weight has always been an issue, and my family had a very love-hate relationship with food. My mom never encouraged us to do any sport/extracurricular physical activities, nor eating more veggies/fruits. Then she would expect us to be in a healthy weight. I would remember trying to not eat junk food, my mom would guilt trip me into buying it for us, and in the middle of me eating, would blurt out the meanest comments about my weight. It was always something about me. Then tried to link the fact that I’m gay because I’m fat. She would say the meanest and nonsensical comments. 11 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »My petty reason is that a doctor said I couldn't.
Seriously, I was referred to an orthopedist of all people, and he said "Let's be real, you're never going to lose the weight" and offered me a card for his friend that does WLS.
From my primary care doctor who knows me and has charted my progress and knows that although I'm heavy I have no blood pressures/diabetes/pre-diabetes issues, and that I gained the last bit of weight during an extremely difficult period while I was on medication and had untreated hypothyroidism, I WANT to be able to have a discussion about my weight. With the guy who is supposed to tell me if I need ankle surgery who also has a physique like Santa Claus himself?
Not so much.
What a terrible and unprofessional physician. It’s infuriating to read this. They probably feel disgusting about themselves to actually say something like this. Continue your journey and show them!
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I like feeling beautiful for myself.
There is no way to word this without being conceited, but I'm a union carpenter and a waitress and soon to be a bartender... so I'm constantly getting hit on, numbers, etc... and it's very uncomfortable mostly because I dont see my beauty for myself. And I want to re-create that space. I lost 77 lbs last year and felt beautiful. And then I regained 35 of it because I let the stress of living in a bad relationship take over... now I'm 8 lbs of that down and still going and so excited to start glowing again 💕
Oh man how i agree with you. I actually lost 55lbs and maintained it for 2 years. I've gained 25 lbs back due when i got in a relationship. I just don't feel i have the confidence i did back then. I felt beautiful, strong, and healthy. I want heads to turn when I strut my stuff. hahah or at least a glance.2 -
I would like to buy whatever clothes I want and not look ridiculous. I would like my daughter to grow up with a healthy relationship towards food so she never has to endure the pain and struggle I been dealing with13
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I used to be a DIV 1 athlete in college and in amazing shape. I have been with my husband for close to a decade and we have both gained 20-30 lbs each. We have a beach wedding coming up with some college friends and don't want to be the couple that let ourselves go after college.12
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It’s not a petty reason. I have arthritis in both knees. Some days they hurt more than other days but they always hurt going upstairs. Some days they really hurt, just wallking. I asked the Doctor what can I do to help my knees. He said to walk. The worse thing you can do is sit and rest them. They will just get stiffer. The other thing is to keep your weight low. The more weight you gain, the more pain you will have. I’m not looking for more pain. So I am working on my weight now.22
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The majority of my close friends are all getting married next year and I want to look better than the brides because I was excluded from all the bridal parties but one.
It's extremely petty, but I don't really mind, haha 18 -
ireallylikemuffins wrote: »The majority of my close friends are all getting married next year and I want to look better than the brides because I was excluded from all the bridal parties but one. It's extremely petty, but I don't really mind, haha
I LOL'd 😂 Get it girl!4 -
I want to be attractive to women. Don't tell me girlfriend I said this. 😜6
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very very petty but the more I lose and build muscles, the more I am getting noticed again with smiles and treated nicely. 77 lbs ago, people were rude to me and or didn't give me time of day. But the real NON petty reason is doing it this time for my health and to feel proud of myself.14
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I find it so satisfying trying on old clothes that have always been way too tight and realizing they're too big now
I also have never been the type of girl that guys like or have a crush on so I'm thinking it's about time I have my hot girl moment 16 -
It’s not a petty reason. I have arthritis in both knees. Some days they hurt more than other days but they always hurt going upstairs. Some days they really hurt, just wallking. I asked the Doctor what can I do to help my knees. He said to walk. The worse thing you can do is sit and rest them. They will just get stiffer. The other thing is to keep your weight low. The more weight you gain, the more pain you will have. I’m not looking for more pain. So I am working on my weight now.
I don't have arthritis but I also had painful knees when I weighed more. Weight loss did make the pain go away.9 -
Petty reason: My ego. When I'm overweight, I look older and frumpier than when I am at my right weight. And that can be very depressing when I pass by a mirror at my age.11
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Want to attract women. I've always been the chunky type, never really looked after myself and let myself get overlooked. But no more. I want to get matches on tinder. And to do that you need to be able to make them check you out. 😜 Puerile and petty but idc. I wanna be a hot guy.12
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Want to attract women. I've always been the chunky type, never really looked after myself and let myself get overlooked. But no more. I want to get matches on tinder. And to do that you need to be able to make them check you out. 😜 Puerile and petty but idc. I wanna be a hot guy.
Hey, I may be a 60 year old lady, but anyone who uses the word "puerile" has something going for them in my book. Looks may get you noticed more, but intelligence is even more attractive in the long run. Wishing you the best on your journey to health and happiness.25 -
I want to buy shirts that arent $40 and look like a garbage bag and I want high waisted bottoms that dont have a fat roll squished in them. 🤣11
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I want to look stunning in all type of dresses.7
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This is a fun thread.
I have a bunch of guys I cycle with. I used to be 1st up hills and right now I'm last.
Which I ab-so-lute-ly hate.
So my petty reason to lose 20 lbs (14 to go) is so I'm 1st or 2nd up the hill.
P.S. this is a group of MAMILs, not competetitive cyclists (a MAMIL = middle aged man in licra).18 -
@SageJJ93 OMG😂 I cannot stop laughing about the $40 garbage sack shirts and squished roll pants. You are hilarious and I completely relate to every word.
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Petty reason: I won't back down. There's no easy way out. My weight is now free fallin'. Coming down is the hardest thing.
(Oh, I thought these were TOM Petty reasons...)34 -
nighthawk584 wrote: »very very petty but the more I lose and build muscles, the more I am getting noticed again with smiles and treated nicely. 77 lbs ago, people were rude to me and or didn't give me time of day. But the real NON petty reason is doing it this time for my health and to feel proud of myself.
This is so, so true. Having been both "normal" and "obese", and now almost back to "normal" again, the way strangers, or people in your office, treat you just based on your appearance/weight is incredible. I wish it wasn't this way, but such is our society I suppose.
I am happily married, but that doesn't mean I don't still like to get noticed. That's a petty goal of mine.6 -
I don't want to buy XL clothes and I want to look good in photos.9
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Petty reason as of this weekend - I want to fit in my sleeping bag with it zipped all the way up, without the side extender open, and with room to wiggle around and not feel like I will be forever trapped.14
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I bought new underwear a size smaller - I am not going to waste money!16
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I wouldn't mind breaking a neck or two as I walk passed beautiful women.16
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I have a new one.
In May next year my parents have rented a house in the Lake District to celebrate my Dad's birthday.
All of us siblings and our partners will be there for the long weekend.
I don't want to look like a whale in comparison to my brothers gorgeous girlfriends.
Also, there will be the opportunity for a lot of fun outdoorsy stuff and I want to keep up.
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