What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?

I don’t want to be the wife who ‘let herself go’
The mum who is an embarrassment because she’s fat.
I want to be able to just throw something on and feel good, not have to find a top that covers my stomach, trousers that don’t hurt too much after too long or think “ I’ll just wear leggings again” becuase they comfy

Also, I'm fat and crazy.
I can't do anything about the crazy but the fat I can.

The really nice size 10-12 wardrobe hanging in my closet. I want to wear these clothes again.

I want to feel comfortable getting my picture taken—not just from the waist up.

I want to wear a slim fitting dress to an upcoming wedding and also to my husband’s high school reunion.

I want my 17 year old son and 20 year old daughter to say, “Dang, you look great Mom!”

I’m tired of having no energy.

It sounds shallow, but I want to get “checked out” by others again. 😂

They say the best revenge is a life well lived. I screwed up most of the last 20 years, but it's not too late to start now.

... and catching the eye of someone from my past. He's off the market, and so am I, but it'd be a good boost.

@jrowden0711 I feel this SO much. I lost 110lbs, got with my ridiculously attractive husband, maintained for 10 years, then gained 100lbs this last year with baby number 2.

When I showed him my “before” pictures when we first got together, he was speechless at how big I was. We’d been at school together, and I was fairly podgy then but nothing like that. “But you look so fit and normal! You can’t have been that big??”

He hasn’t said a thing, due to being a saint amongst men, but I know I’m pretty much the same size now as in those pictures and that he can’t be happy with how I look.

Hot women will flirt with him in front of me now - and stupidly I feel guilty that he’s married to me when they do.

And I know everyone thinks their family are beautiful, but (and I say this as humbly as possible!) my husband and kids are seriously objectively good looking. I don’t look like I belong with them at the moment.

My husband is always mistaken for a friend or brother (even in situations like midwife appointments where you’d think it’d be obvious!).
I’ve been mistaken for the nanny when we’ve all been out together. It’s like people can’t compute that someone who looks like me would have a family that looks like them.

This stings a little extra as I’m adopted so never looked like I belonged in my family growing up either.

I also can’t afford to replace my whole wardrobe with bigger clothes, so am wearing cheap ill fitting stuff and look a mess when I’ve got a whole wardrobe full of beautiful pieces that just don’t fit. It’s either lose weight again, or wait at least 18 years for the kids to stop all their darn expensive hobbies to have nice clothes 😂

jessicagrey27 wrote: »

My petty reason is because my ex always called me fat whenever he was angry with me. That’s all he could say because I’m not ugly and I’m a good woman!

What a horrible person... he isn't even worth your petty reason. I hope life brings you the man and happiness you deserve.

I've got a 1000 good reasons, but the silliest is I want to justify spending too much money on Renaissance Faire gear so I can be a sexy wench.

not my main reason... just more of an added benefit I guess you could say. but I don't want to feel ashamed of myself when I run into people I knew in high school. especially ex bf's. i can hear their thoughts now..." damn! i used to DATE HER?? YUCK!"

All my friends are hot and I want to be checked out the same lol.

My petty reason... Stick it to my husband.. Ive had 4 kids (a set of twins included) and my husband can be so critical of the way I look.. I want to prove that I can do it!!!

I've always felt like the black sheep of the family, the odd one out, the weirdo. I'd love to go to a gathering with my extended family and show them that I'm thriving despite that.

To be able to post cute pictures on social media and have people (especially those who used to judge me for my weight) say "Wow, she looks so good now!"

To be the cute/hot girl who turns heads for her alt fashion, not for her weight while doing so.

To make the boys who ignored me sorry that they didn't give me a second glance.

And, lastly, to be able to wear a crop top and shorts or leggings and not feel like my midsection is grossly dosporportunate to the rest of me.

CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »

amusedmonkey wrote: »

This must be one of the pettiest reasons, but it's a reason. I gained some weight in the quarantine, and it's unbelievable how much of a difference that made to my fitness level (combined with being relatively inactive for 2 months). Almost everything has opened up now, and I'm able to get back to my routine.

There is a fitness game I really really enjoy playing for the gameplay aspect, not just for the fitness aspect. I'm now unable to enjoy it as much because I'm less fit and heavier. I was planning to just maintain for now and lose the weight later, but it looks like I'm going to be getting back to dieting sooner than I planned. I really want to enjoy this game.

What's the game? Inquiring minds want to know!

My super petty reason for losing weight is so that I can rock my favorite leather jacket again and look like the badass I feel like.

Ring Fit adventure on Nintendo Switch. I really don't want to lower the difficulty because it makes levels shorter or reduce my running speed because of my petty pride, and they added a new music game mode which I really want to complete in all difficulties but lack stamina. Plus I'm competing with someone for mini game points and it sucks when I can't even do as well as I used to do, let alone improve my score.