What do you think being fit will get you?

I might not exactly answer your questions, I am just going to ramble on here LOL!!

When I was 245 lbs, it didn't matter how happy I thought I was, I wasn't.. I mean I had a good job, a family, did fun things, had great friends but beneath it all I longed to be thin, I longed to feel sexy, I longed to shop wherever the hell I wanted.... It was coming to the point I was making excuses about how I would just have to accept that I would be fat forever.

I got so tired of saying 'if I would have only kept with it, I could be this weight by now' etc. Last April my friend asked me to join her running and on MFP, I honestly said something like ' I will join you becuase I will be pissed if you get skinny and I am still fat'

Here I am 84 lbs later and such a brand new person internally. I mean I am still the scarastic smartass I once was but the self confidence, the self esteem, the happiness I feel now can be very overwhelming.. During this process I also left my ex of 9 years and started dating... as I lost weight the confidence with that all emerged as well. My current BF of 6 months has told me more than once that he loves how I can just leave the house and know I look fantastic. I have never once ever asked if I look good.. I know I do. It's empowering...

I know it was a hard road and to maintain will be even harder (as I sit here eating pizza) but I can't go back and I won't go back becuase I love this new person LOVE HER!!!!! and so does everyone else.

Time is going to pass anyways, and now I don't go 'how much could I have weighed if I stuck to it' I say thank god I didn't gain another 50+ lbs...

You got this girl!

ETA - and who knew exercise could be so addicting and make you feel so good.. You just need to find what exercise YOU enjoy doing.

I'm curretntly trying to back into the swing of things. I was doing really well before I had an accident - although I did workout today!! WOOT! I have to remind myself why I want this.

What's the REAL reason you want to lose weight? How do you think your life will change once you get there? Is your weight stopping you in other areas of your life?

I'm sorry for the bombardment of questions - I just find hearing other stories interesting and inspiring.

My REAL reason:
I'm terrified of CVAs and MIs. Most of the patients I meet with these problems are overweight. Granted there are some who are not but the majority are. It's not the "dying" part that scares me...it is "living" depending on others to wipe my *kitten* that frighten me.
Secondary reasons?
High heels, smaller clothes (clearance racks are kinder to smaller sizes and my pocket is tiny) My weight is stopping me from buying nicer clothes to wear and from going out with my friends like I used to

Confidence! I'm shy and try my best to not be noticed. I can't live like that anymore. When I've reached my goal, I can't wait to yell, "Look at me!"

I don't want to have to take pills to live. If I had stayed fat or got fatter I am sure I would have been on cholesterol med, diabetes meds, high blood pressure meds, or something else. For me, none of these would be caused by heredity so that would mean they were self inflicted laziness pills. What moron does that to themself. Getting fit keeps me healthy and off stupid pills.

Most definitely my Self Confidence Back, plain and Simple.

I have always been overweight, but as I began to feel worse and worse my weight spiralled out of control. At over 300 lbs, I found out I have MS, depression and pain made me gain more. I picked myself up out of the depression and started this journey to stay OUT of a wheelchair. I am hoping that being fit will keep me independent longer and help keep me MOVING!

The real reason for me losing weight is to ensure I have a healthy and long career as an actress and to also feel better about myself, raise my confidence and open a few doors that have been closed because of my low self esteem. I hope that I will feel a lot better after losing the weight and that I will feel that I can not only live without horrible friends who said I wouldn't do it and made me very unhappy about the way I looked, but also show the world that I'm better off for it.
Although my weight has never stopped me, directly, apart from when I've been trying to squeeze into my old jeans, it has lowered my confidence which has stopped me a lot, it's made me more vulnerable to harsh comments, stopped me getting into certain drama groups and made me feel like I can;t do any better than the horrible friends I ended up with who made me feel like the dirt beneath their feet.
It's time for a change.

I am only in my 20s. Most people don't really worry about losing their parents to health issues that young, but sometimes I feel like I'm just waiting on the call. Most of my mom's health issues are weight related. She couldn't really help much when I had my babies. She was able to make it, but she can't even walk over to pick up the baby or babysit while I had a nap. I think it hurt her feelings bc she wanted ro do those things. She has a hard time getting in and out of the bed and car, and has had to have several skin grafts on her legs to try to save from losing them... I love her and I want her to be around for a lot longer. I want to go shopping with her and bring her to the zoo with the kids and so many other things. I want to be able to buy her plane tickets to come visit us. My main motivation is to not be her. I want to be around for as long as I can for my kids. I want to get in the floor to play with my grandbabies one day and all those things. My other motivation is the hope that my mom and brother will see my transformation and feel inspired and motivated to help themselves. We will see her again at the beginning of next year and I really hope I am at least 100lbs down by then.