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What is your "Petty" Reason to Lose Weight?
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I have a ton of petty reasons but many of them actually help me keep the weight off not really helped me lose it. I wanted to be the thin one and now I am and don’t want to ever be the fat one again. Anywhere in any situation.12
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therealme_lissa wrote: »I want to be hot before I get “old” 😂 btw… old is like 80 now😁!
I want to fit into an outfit that someone commented “I should get rid of because I’ll never fit in it again” 😠
Not petty.. but I want a boob reduction & lift, but I want to be at a happy weight before going under the knife!
SO. MUCH. ALL. OF. THIS! Only mine wasn’t an outfit I should get rid of, it was that I would never be a size 12 (Australian) I’m actually a size 10 now so there’s that 🤭
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ErinKeegan2 wrote: »I want to have sex and don't be ashamed of my body
This!! Totally
Eta i want male attention. I Want a hot bf/hubby who won't be ashamed of me. I seriously want cute guys to stop calling me 'sister' 🙄🤦9 -
I don’t know how “petty” it is, but we just made reservations in the Keys and I want an amazing picture by the Southernmost Point of the US marker.. you know the one? That’s it. Amazing. Full. Body. Picture with my husband and kids.
It’s not until late November, but I’m so excited! 😀 Just keep going!15 -
My motivation is to be able to go out of house more frequently, to get fit in smaller clothes, and have a better mental health9
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Totally foolish, but if I ever marry, I want a fit, healthy husband. Hard to feel like I'm good enough for one if I'm not fit myself. I'm 31 and have never dated, though, so it's unlikely I'll even have to worry about this.
Another petty thing: too many people in my life share their opinions on the beauty of women, with the unintended implication being that I am not attractive. I'll never be taller than 5'1" and I will never get into heavy makeup, but I want to prove I can still be beautiful!15 -
I want to bring out the fire in my husband like we had before I had our sons. I feel like the desire is gone since I put on the weight. I see him look at other women. I try not to let it bother me but it does. So I want to be that "Hot wife" that has everyone staring... and I want a Brazilian buttlift dag gone it!15
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Initially it was to feel comfortable being in pictures with my family and for my kids to not have the fat mom.
It has morphed into so much more. It is still about dropping pounds but I also now want to improve my health and my family’s. I want to live forever. Just kidding. But I do want to have a great quality of life when I am older. I don’t want to be plagued by health problems. I know I can’t control everything but there are things I can do to set myself up for success. And I am working to do just that. I want to enjoy retirement (which is a long way off).9 -
I don't really have any petty reasons. I just want to be healthy as I get older - don't want health problems. And if I have health problems - I want to be able to be healthy enough to get over them in a timely manner.6
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I just want to see myself as hot, enough so that I could actually believe others see me the same way. I kind of want other women to be jealous of me. I want to feel like I am skinny. Those are my "petty" reasons, but I've got some solid, foundational motivation as well.6
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i want my neck and face to look thin in passport size photos. I got some clicked in May this year and oh *kitten* i just wanted to die!! I looked like a butcher/biker dude with a very thick neck and heavy shoulders
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I lost a ton of weight before I met my now ex partner. I gained all the weight back, and then some over the eight years we were together. Now I want to prove I can do it again!5
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Smaller man-boobs, definitely!
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to have hubs not embarrassed/ashamed to be seen out with me (be it dining or doing things or just amongst people
also to find not-frumpy clothes that actually fit8 -
I want... to be the person with the most consecutive losses on the challenge Give Me 10 Days. I want 5 or 10 years from now people to check the history and see this guy called threewins achieved 85 consecutive losses.10
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I’m hopefully going to be training to become a Police Officer when I finish my degree so I’m needing to lose some weight and also gain some strength along the way 😊11
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I know that many of us choose to lose weight because we want to have a healthy lifestyle and feel better about ourselves, but c'mon, we also have "I'm going to stick it to X" reasons.
For me, it's because I don't want to be the fat gay cousin. I want to be the hot gay cousin. I also want people's minds to be blown when I can lift heavy boxes by myself.
What's yours?
my petty reason ( i love this btw)...is just to prove those wrong that said I couldn't do it ..that I told you so5 -
brittanystebbins95 wrote: »Well, I'm incredibly vain now and I used to have really bad self esteem issues. So I guess that's petty.
I want to have an amazing change like you! You look amazing4 -
My petty reasons? Because I miss being a size 3 and making my SO salivate at the thought of me wearing nothing under his work shirt. He loves me, but I do feel like a lot of our intimate time is more out of habit and because we do love eachother, rather than a real sense of desire (if that makes any sense). Also, I look like a busted can of biscuit dough (google pilsbury biscuit dough for those not from America) in just about everything that I wear. I am supposed to wear business casual and I literally wear the same three outfits because I feel awful in everything else that I wear.
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As much for vanity as for health.5
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Petty reason: turn heads, jeans
Real reason: Make healthier habits5 -
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Both of my boys are graduating college in the spring and I want a good looking picture of the three of us for my office.12
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Is it petty that I wanna take a big trip and a million photos and don’t wanna be fat and chunky looking in all my pics?12
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Next year we are moving to a house with a pool, and I know we're going to end up hosting all the parties, and if I'm going to spend that much time in my togs, it's gonna need to look better!!10
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My son told me not to jump on his trampoline cause I'm too fat and would break it 😐 Also because I want to feel attractive14
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To not need to use filters to hide my face weight. I swear it takes longer positioning myself just right and finding the right filter for various lighting than actually making a video.7
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My dr told me last year that I needed a new hip but would never get one as I will always be big, then another dr from the same practice telling me I was too fat for treatment. And in august last year I saw a photo of myself with some strongmen and something clicked. Some of those strongmen helped me and I’m now down 100+lb and it wasn’t until I lost that weight that I qualified for wls and yes, I had the surgery. Some people think it’s easy but it isn’t. It’s definitely harder than what they portray on tv. Still got 100lb to loose14
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My petty reason is I want to go from the heaviest one in my group of friends to one of lightest one and I'm almost there.8
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