What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?

Calicore wrote: »

I am going on a birthday cruise in six months and I want to wear my red bikini. It is one of the last things my ex husband bought me. We loved to cruise together. Nothing will be better than cruising without him and looking super hot.

I’m going on a beach trip with girlfriends in six months and I, too, want to wear a red bikini. Or black. Or one with flowers. I literally have a drawer full of cute two pieces that I never feel good about wearing. I want to feel good when I put it on - and not “good for today” or “ehhh good enough.” Like, slap it on and let’s go tan! Or swim! Or snorkel! Or anything except shift around on my towel trying not to be all lumpy looking for the group photos…

For the last several years (with the exception of last year), my friends and I go on a boys weekend. Simply put, I am tired of being the fat friend.

My petty reason is that when my wife and I took our son to Canada's Wonderland, I was too fat to fit on the roller coasters. The bars that hold you in couldn't close and lock so I was asked to step off the rides. That was a huge blow to my ego, not to mention the fact that my son had to ride those coasters all by himself. Also, I hate not being able to buy clothes off the rack from most stores. I have to shop at big and tall stores that have a terrible selection of clothing to choose from.

To fit into pretty stylish 😎 clothes and look good naked without them 😁. Oh and feel good wearing a swim suit.

My reason to lose weight 3 years ago was because my cardiologist said losing weight would NOT bring my numbers down and he wanted to put me on 5 different meds. When my numbers were just borderline. I noped right on out of that office. Went back 6 months and 30 pounds lighter just to prove him wrong. I ended up losing a total of 90 pounds. No meds. I'm back now because, honestly, I just like how my clothes fit when I was at 145 instead of 173, so back at it.

Look.good in.my.jeans

Another petty/ not-so petty reason: One of my good friends is super athletic. Her idea of a fun Sunday afternoon activity is hiking up a mountain or kayaking on a river. I like those things too, and I've joined her on the latter! That said, I could tell I was slowing her down. I want to be able to keep up with her no problem.

I want to feel like I look good naked which is a mission at 46yrs old - but I'm getting there 😁

So I can look and feel better than that stupid b**ch that loves fb stalking me

To prove my mom, who is the biggest nay-sayer I’ve ever known, wrong. Mainly, though, because I want to feel fit and healthy.

Now that COVID nightmare is over(kinda) I'd like to get in shape to start going on active holidays.

I've just decided that I'm going to lose the weight - period. I'm sick of my excuses, I'm sick of giving in to "comfort" and being "okay" with life in general - doing so (in other areas of my life as well) did a grand job of screwing me over during the covid mess, and I'm not about to ever fall for that trap again. It's going to take daily consistency, 2.5 months down, rest of my life to go.

It's really not a petty reason, but my petty reason now is probably similar to what it was - I want to be at the track, rocking my ride, and having the body to go with my results.

skctilidie wrote: »

To prove my mom, who is the biggest nay-sayer I’ve ever known, wrong. Mainly, though, because I want to feel fit and healthy.

Yes! Stick it to the mom! Lol

Goes without saying, we all want to look good…. Having spent 10 years badly out of shape my goal was to get back to how I was in my early 20s, took me almost a year of hard work but I achieved this back in 2019, COVID hit, and I’m almost back where I started…. And in need of encouragement.

But my daft reason for wanting to lose it, back when I first started my weight loss journey was my ex wife and the hurtful things she would say…. that gave me the drive to prove her wrong!