What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?

I had a pulmonary embolism & blood clot in my leg just over 3 years ago. At the time I was very active, albeit still very overweight. My uncle asked me if I got the PE & DVT because I was "fat & lazy".

Mmm... not how that works. But ok.

I want to have sex and don't be ashamed of my body

Hmmm 🤔 I suppose so that I won’t be the fat friend haha

I want to not have to suck in my gut every time I'm hanging out by the public pool or at the beach. LOL

Lol, I just realized the post I replied to is from 4 years ago. Oops

To add something to this thread I will say that my reason is to prove I can to all the people who think I CAN'T!

My son just graduated from high school, and in the fall will enlist in the Army. When I attend his graduation from boot camp, I don't want to be the out-of-shape father living vicariously through his son; I want to look like I had just graduated, as well.

Matty_H22 wrote: »

Can I join the "to show my mother" camp? I know she had mental health issues of her own, but she was skinny-to-anorectic and used to say things like "don't bother losing weight, even if you were thin you'd still be plain." I've successfully dealt with lots of my childhood baggage, but I'm petty enough :-) to admit I want to lose the weight because dammit, I want to win. So there!

Sorry that your mother said those things. It's sad that anyone needs to say unnecessary hurtful things like that. Sounds like my aunt. Except she does it in a backhanded compliment-y kinda way. If people can't be kind or supportive, it's best they say or do nothing at all.
Some people (｡•́︿•̀｡)

kenziestabes wrote: »

I was the lame, frumpy one in college who never went out unless it was a vocational/academic fraternity event ... Going to a wedding this upcoming October where the same group of people will be present, and I'm on track to weighing 50 pounds lighter AND being a healthy BMI. Going to show that I'm no longer lame and frumpy. Only ten more pounds to lose before I buy myself a new, sexy dress to wear.

Good for you! Let's hear it for being petty!

My petty reason seemed to be the same as every women in here: to have our primary care physicians focus on our actual symptoms and not use our weight as a scapegoat to misdiagnosed us.😑😒
I had close to the same encounter as @dhiammarath did with my PCP. I was hospitalized with pneumonia because he kept saying it's because I was obese(190 lbs@ time) that my bronchitis from getting the flu never went away and ended up turning into pneumonia. Had he actually run some *kitten* tests, it could have been caught early and I wouldn't have ended with a $65k hospital bill and a month out of work.
If I had the financial means I would have sued his *kitten* so bad.
Cheers ladies!!! 🚺 👩 🍾🍸🍻🥂👏🏾🤝 Here's to sticking it to all the medical professionals that see our sizes as the problem to every health issues.

I want to get our family photos taken and look good. Also I want to enjoy finding an outfit for it and not be near tears like last time.