What are you losing weight for?

Too feel happy with my own body! First time Ive ever done weight lost for myself!!

First time Ive stuck to it too! (minus Christmas)

Its hard work.... but i actually feel better and I know ill feel on top of the world when i get to my goal weight!!

Honestly, to gain confidence and feel comfortable in my own skin. I don't want to get older and think "I wish I had lost weight then". So I'm doing it now and hopefully when I'm older, I'm living a happier, healthier life.

My wife and I are expecting our first child (girl :happy: ) in May and I don't want to be a fat Dad.

Congrats! Best reason and great motivation!

I was thin all my life without much effort until somewhere shortly after turning 40, then I became more sedentary. Kids were gone, took a more demanding desk job that required a lot of overtime, lazy, and I started to gain weight. But I just don't feel like me when I'm overweight and/or out of shape.

Yes, yes, yes! I want to be hot enough to be hit on. I don't care how vain that sounds, it's the truth.

I dont think thats vain at all, Id like the same, the only things people hit on me atm is bills bills and more bills lol

My primary goal is to get in good physical shape. I used to be quite athletic and I miss that wonderful feeling that being in shape gives me.
Weight loss will be a welcome side benefit.

I am 51 (soon to be 52) and heading towards menopause, which for a lot of women means a host of physical problems which can be seriously lessened by physical activity. I seem to be late bloomer on the actual onset of it and am taking advantage of the extra time I've been given to whip myself into shape. Bone loss is a big concern. I am six feet tall so I tend to take my bones very seriously. Also, I need to keep working on core strength, flexibility and balance. One article on the subject was titled -- Exercise Like Your Life Depends Upon It.

It does.

Also, my mother, father, sister and brother all were diagnosed with diabetes in their 40s. I don't care what they say, I don't believe that I am destined to follow them down that path.

I used to act like I was simply staving off the inevitable diagnoses of diabetes and now I truly believe that I am not "destined" to have it as I have always been more active that the rest of my family. I have done everything I can think of to avoid it (I read a lot) and now it's time to get in great physical shape, lose some weight and live a healthy life.

I started at the gym and MFP on Nov. 19. Plan to remeasure on Jan. 19!

to get healthy. i have let my health issues be my excuse. but since going to my new doc everything is in check..the pcos, the IR and the hypothyroid...there is no excuse anymore

the days of eating everything and not gaining are gone. the fact that I know better can sometimes be a hindrance..to enjoying food..but thats ok

i want for my daughters to see what a healthy woman looks like...that its not destiny or family heredity that can shape your body..but that you have full control...

I do feel that I missed out on my 30's cause of the weight issue..but no more!

TTC and getting a little too obsessed with it and very down. Need something else to obsess about and know I can become very obsessed about weight loss. I am a healthy weight after losing two and a half stone for my wedding (but put half stone back on) but doesn't hurt to lose the weight I put back on and maybe half a stone more. Also what to eat healthily to feel better. Migraine sufferer so hoping healthy eating might help too. Such a different reason for me from my usual reasons!

I was there. It took us three years to get pregnant with our first daughter. Hang in there. It will happen. Sounds random but eat more sweet potatoes, it helped with my migraines and TTC.

Aw thank you so much. Such a nice reply. Will defo try sweet potatoes. Migraines are menstrual so worried ma be caused by low progesterone levels and therefore may be affecting fertility too. Will try anything. They're miserable

health & abs...

Vegas in MAY, And a new dress from Bettiepaigeclothing.com WOO!

I turned 30 back in August feeling terrible about myself. I wasted my young adult years being fat...not "overweight," not "a little chunky," not "carrying a few extra pounds." F-A-T. I can admit it now, I was in denial about it then. Being that size absolutely demolished my self-esteem, and I had basically no social life, and very little success with women. Not because of my size, but because of my lack of confidence. Eventually I met a girl and got married, but it was a bad relationship and I basically stuck with it because I didn't think my fat self could do any better. Then she met another guy and that was the end of that.

So, I'm 30, fat, divorced, and somewhat depressed, and I finally decided I've had enough. I can't fix everything in my life, but I can fix this. I don't know if getting in shape will actually restore my confidence and self-esteem but nothing else has worked. I tried changing from the inside out and it got me nowhere. So this time I'm going to change from the outside in. Maybe if I like who I am on the outside I can be more comfortable with the me on the inside.

I suppose, too, that part of it is wanting to look good for the next Ms. Right when/if I do find her. But that's low on the priority list. It's about me. I spent 8 years sacrificing my needs to keep the ex happy. Now it's time to make sacrifices and go through struggles that will benefit me, and me alone.

Also, I had a friend whose father died of Type II diabetes a couple years ago. He was only 55 or so. He never got his weight under control and it literally killed him. Don't want to go down that same route.

My reasons were purely selfish, I did it for "ME".. After losing all that extra fat I look great, I feel great and life is great!

Oh dear, hope I'm not going to end up sounding like the feeble, pathetic one on this.
Here goes...
4 years ago I found out my husband of 21 years had been cheating on me. I stopped eating and lost shed loads of weight in a short time. ( I was about 14lb heavier than I should have been.) Having done so I began to retake some control over my life and did so largely by losing more weight, but on my terms. Now I am slightly lowere than my BMI but I feel so much more confident about my body and my future that I want to stay this way.
I am separating from the aforementioned husband as soon as we can sell the house etc., and when my new life starts I want to get a new relationship and continue as a new me.
I guess I just need to feel good about myself again.

1. To feel good better about myself and get healthier.
2. To look amazing on my 30th birthday!
3. To be able to fit into the perfect wedding dress.
4. To get to a helathy weight before I get pregnant down the road.
5. To not have health issues related to weight later on in life.
6. To keep up with my future kids.
7. To be able to buy and wear clothes that are cute (yes a little vanity but lets be real here.lol)
8. To look good naked! lol

for me.