Why did you decide to loose weight?

Hmmm...there are a few reasons.  My husband just graduated from grad school and when I saw my picture from the ceremony, I couldn't believe I looked like that.  I see myself every day in the mirrow, but apparently didn't really see myself until then.  So, I guess it was a wake up call that I could stand to drop a few. 

Also, back in college (I'm 30 now), I was down to 125-130 (5'6") and being as athletic as I am, it was a really good and satisfying weight for me.  Although, I got there in a very self-destructive way.  So, my goal now is to get back to that point, and a size 6 once again, where I feel really good in my skin, but do it in a healthy way both physically and mentally.  Right now I'm 147-150, which still isn't in the "overweight" range, but for me, it doesn't settle too well.  This would be an "okay" place to stay, but I want to feel satisfied once again with how I look and feel in my own skin.  And I want to do it the right way.

Finally, my father died when I was younger of a heart attack and high cholesterol runs in my family, so I really want to up my chances of a long and healthy life.

So, the journey begins!

Two reasons:

One: I weighed myself at 198 and could not bear the thought of going over 200 pounds at 5'2".

Two: the really important reason.  A much heavier friend of the same age range was just diagnosed with uterine cancer and I read that obesity to contribute to risk.  Eek.

In March 2006 we decied to get married. And I was HUGE. In April 2006 while writing som health articles (I was a freelance writer at that time; now full time travel writer) I found SparkPeople and decided to join. I was 165.4 lbs on Apr 16, 2006. By my wedding on  Nov 4, 2006 I was 136 lbs and at a healthy weight. Last year in August I was around 127 lbs and since then I kept going up and down the same 3 lbs...so I'm finally trying to get down to my goal of 118 lbs...

I decided to lose weight because I was tired of being fat...

I think, I decided I wanted to grow up after all, which involved being responsible for a lot of thing (including health) I had always dismissed as a joke.

I became certified in group fitness a while back and was doing well, then I let go a bit and gained weight so I decided that it was pretty unacceptable if I'm supposed to be able to teach fitness classes and not be in shape myself, so I am working on it.

I decided to lose weight because I was at my highest weight ever (162 at 5'6") which put me into the "slightly overweight" catagory. I also couldn't fit into bras from normal stores anymore (they don't go over double E). Another reason was because my Grad is coming up, and I don't want to be huge for it. And because I couldn't fit into any of my jeans anymore. I want to eventually be around 120, and toned. That's my goal, and I have about ten months to acheive it.

I decided to lose weight when I went on a 3 1/2 month binge spree and gained about 50 pounds ended up at the highest weight I had ever been. I had never been fully overweight in all of my life, until now. I wanted to get back on track to a place where I feel ultimately confident in my own body and to know that I look and feel good. Most of all to feel healthy.

Not to mention fit into all of my old clothes which I have a lot of where when I gained weight I had to buy all new clothes and I don't have as many selections. :P

Good for everyone in this fight! :)

I´ve always been fatter than my friends since I was in kindergarden and some guys called me "ugly".
I´ve tried to lose weight (25/30 lbs) in every possible way but everytime I failed because I didn´t get any support from people around me.

I really need to lose weight because I feel constantly bad. I´m 148lbs and I know I´m just slightly overweight but it isn´t so for me.
I stopped going to the swimming pool at 12 when everyone was growing up gorgeus and I wasn´t. I couldn´t dress with colorful clothes because I felt even fatter and I ended up dressing in black every day (and I´m not the "dark" kind of teenager, my personality is so colorful!). I didn´t  wear short trausers, it´s impossible to go out like that nowadays. And even a T-shirt made me feel too naked and ugly.

I grew up like this, of course in these years thing got a little better but I still cannot do any of the things above and I don´t want to have these problems anymore.

I have a boyfriend who loves me and I want to do it also for him, because he deserves a wonderful and happy woman near him.

I would like to finally say "I like my body".
And not to cry bitter tears anymore.

I'm new to this website and hope I'm doing this right. I have several reasons for wanting to lose weight. My daughter recently was married and when I saw the pics afterwards it was terrible!! My son is getting married in June next year and they are having a big bash and I want to be able to wear something really nice.

Also, I've started having some health issues and at 47 know they will only get worse if I don't my weight under control.

I've lost weight twice before so I know I can do it. I've really had a problem lately though about just not caring about my weight and I need to change that attitude.

I started snoring bad!!! and I'm just not happy with the way I feel and look.

I have a few reasons too....

My jeans didnt fit!!! so annoying

My husband comes home from Iraq!

And at one point in time I did weigh 123 soooo that would be nice to see again.

But all in all yeah I want to look good, for myself and feel good when I look in the mirror!

I'm going on vacation to China, so I felt like I HAD to lose 10 pounds, otherwise I'd stand out because everyone there is so damn skinny. Emma Watson is like the average size there, and there are a lot of Hollywood stars that would be considered "fat" in their opinion...it's crazy.

Also, I used to have problems sleeping at night because of the fat I could feel on my body. After I stopped swimming, the pounds seemed to slip on and one day I just woke up and they were there!

Because the constant diet-binge-binge-binge-diet cycle was killing me, and I didn't want another year to go by without sorting it out.