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What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I don't have a large net worth. I have alot of haters. I'm the blacksheep in the family... at least I am hot though!!!13
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Passing 50 and almost officially single is never where I thought I would be 🙄 Doesn't help that the ex made it a full time job the last decade to make me think no one else would want me 😡😡 Kind of what started this journey five years ago. Not gonna be the case, sorry to disappoint you evil one 💪😎🙃24
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For the most part everyone is slightly asymmetrical from the left to right side– for me, the difference is a bit more pronounced as I’m a quarter/half inch shorter on my right side than my left. I have two different shoe sizes, my right leg is shorter so I strain my left side muscles more, I lean slightly to the left...and the left is the home of The Thing.
I’m a pear shape with a classically large German hausfrau butt and hips. I have saddlebags, but the one on the right side of my body curves with my hip into my thigh. The one on the left? Imagine a sugar-cone ice cream. My thigh goes up in pretty much a straight line and then just jams into this unpleasant “scoop” that juts out like a roadside billboard.
I’m actually quite confident with my body but lord I hate The Thing. One saving grace is that when I start losing weight it visibly shrinks– I only weigh myself once a month but I can keep track based on its status. It’s kinda my adipose barometer.16 -
We are gathering for my Dad's birthday in January. The last time we got together was a funeral in Oct '18 and even my Dad joked about my weight. I'm not going to be skinny or anything but I hope to give them a bit of shock.15
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I've got a few petty reasons underneath the overall "I just want to be healthy and live longer". I am getting married next year in such a beautiful place. I want to be the hot wife. Especially because my fiance's ex has harassed me online. At least I won't be ugly inside or out. Also I have a couple ex's that I know would absolutely regret the way they treated me after I glow up.10
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I want to be thin for clothes to look good. Annnd my husband gave me a motivation that if i can get to whatever my goal weight is, he will take us to where we honeymooned - Mexico!! Sooner than the expected 5yrs from now for our 10yr anniversary.7
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My husbands mom isn’t in the picture for a lot of reasons.. but my petty point to lose weight is because I want to show the *kitten* that my weight isn’t an excuse for her to use to hate our marriage.14
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I have many reasons but here are my fun petty ones:
1. To do a victory dance in front of my brother who loves to taunt, tease, and sabotage me by sending me cookies from Brown Butter company for this sole purpose at his confession.
2. Get admiring looks, delightful compliments, and a tasteful attraction attention not slobbering lust comments.8 -
To get slobbering lust comments18
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TheMrWobbly wrote: »To get slobbering lust comments
Bahahahaha3 -
My petty reason, I'm cheap and hate shopping. Smaller clothes are easier to find and cost less. Love this thread!!!7
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Just like being shredded....its an unreal feeling.14
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To look great in clothes and not be the biggest female in my family.9
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pyrusangeles wrote: »TheMrWobbly wrote: »To get slobbering lust comments
Bahahahaha
Cheeky...1 -
pyrusangeles wrote: »TheMrWobbly wrote: »To get slobbering lust0
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pyrusangeles wrote: »TheMrWobbly wrote: »To get slobbering lust
Cheeky...0 -
Sorry @epangili just couldn't resist it! It is true though, I definitely wouldn't act on it though many years ago there were times some ladies made advances and it just ain't happened in as long as I can remember. It would, of course, be awkward now I have been married for so long though to have someone give me the 'eye', it would feel good.6
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No worries, I'm not offended just smirking at the humor. I like the "eye" and up and down twice over look just not the obscene gestures that involve exposing tongue and hand particularly between the fingers. No, I will not demonstrate. Today I got a delightful compliment from a colleague, she greeted me, "Hey Skinny!" With a friendly look of admiration and a bit of jealousy.5
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Last year's Christmas photos shocked me...it was when I realized how much I had gained. This year I want to show my family (mostly all overweight) that I have made a change for the better and impress them all
and take cute x-mas morning photos I actually feel good about 11 -
No worries, I'm not offended just smirking at the humor. I like the "eye" and up and down twice over look just not the obscene gestures that involve exposing tongue and hand particularly between the fingers. No, I will not demonstrate. Today I got a delightful compliment from a colleague, she greeted me, "Hey Skinny!" With a friendly look of admiration and a bit of jealousy.
So we don't have the right buttons - need a 'grossed out' by the first bit (amazed that people really do that and don't realise the only thing that gets them is a bop on the nose) and loving the last part
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I just want to feel comfortable in my own body. I don't think I've ever felt that way.
I've practically lived in jeans and tees/sweatshirts my whole life and felt like a frump. I want to feel pretty and stylish. I want to actually enjoy going clothes shopping!! So many times I went shopping for clothes and had to buy ugly stuff because there was just nothing cute or stylish in my current size or I just felt like 'why bother'. 
I want my PCP to look at my charts and go 'wow what have you been doing?' I want my blood pressure and numbers to be normal. I want to walk upstairs without getting winded.
I went to the ER a year ago due to some strange virus that had made me terribly ill. The dr. called me skinny(I was 135). As sick as I felt, that part made me feel good. But then during 2019 somehow I gained 30#.
Yeh, I've got a mile long list of reasons I want to see my goal weight, many are petty, some are not.8 -
I want to wear children's clothes so I can save money lol
That and I want to eat whatever I want on occasions like Christmas without people judging me6 -
TheMrWobbly,
You are so cheeky... I like it!!! LOL2 -
Not sure if it counts as “petty” but it’s definitely not a typical reason. I don’t want to be on AFV (America’s Funniest Videos). My family loves watching them, but it dawned on me one day that a large percentage of them were people who were overweight trying to do somewhat everyday things. Even at the point of just grazing the “obese” line on the BMI scale I was uncomfortable, heavy on my feet, and incredibly self conscious. I want to move! I want to run and jump with my kids!
Watching another round of AFV last night and my husband sighed, then chuckled... he said when people ask me why, my response will be “because of AFV.” Yep!12 -
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Let's get Petty! Lol 😅 I need some more entertainment.3 -
I watched someone get super skinny and act like she was better than everyone else because of it. She didn't do it in a healthy way and she even had liposuction and a tummy tuck. Well needless to say I am losing weight the right way and keeping it off and she is putting all of hers back on because she went right back to her bad habits. I am secretly enjoying watching her $30,000 going to waste because she is now close to being larger than I am. I have spent nothing, just hard work and determination.14
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halligirl81 wrote: »I watched someone get super skinny and act like she was better than everyone else because of it. She didn't do it in a healthy way and she even had liposuction and a tummy tuck. Well needless to say...
she is putting all of hers back on because she went right back to her bad habits.
I have an acquaintance who is VERY similar, except she lied to most people about how she lost weight (the only people who know are those to whom she slipped up & blurted the truth to right after gastric bypass surgery).
I don't have an issue with people using weight loss surgery if it's what helps them. And, it's her choice what she tells people with regards to her health - that's her own private business. What I do have a problem with is that she is using her lies as a way to put people down. Example, said in a very self-righteous, condescending voice: "How did I lose weight? Well, I just watched what I ate. I guess if you ever want to stop being overweight you'll just have to learn to do the same."
It was her tone of voice that bothered me most - she meant to be cruel. My petty reason for losing weight is so I can look these same people in the eye, tell them how I lost weight just using MFP, then offer them kindness & encouragement on their own journey. The petty part is that I hope she overhears me.20 -
I just want to look hot for my age and be able to wear most things.14
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Dating as a bigger guy suuuuuuuucks11
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