Why are you doing this?

I know this has been asked time and time again.. But it really motivates me to hear why other people are trying to lose weight, get healthy etc..

I want to lose weight because:

-I'm sick of making excuses for not going out on weekends (the real reason is because I feel like a whale)

-I'm sick of looking at a closet full of cute clothes that don't fit me anymore.

-I was fat when I was a kid, and got made fun of a lot...When I was at my skinniest, and I saw people from high school, they were all like wow you look great..blah blah blah..and I felt really good.

You?

I'm doing this because I knew I could look better losing 5 lbs.

-because im ashamed of my own body
-because im overweight and its unhealthy

I'm tired of being tired.

I want to take my boys to amusement parks and enjoy the rides too...not be worried that the lap bar isn't going to close because I'm sooooo fat. 

I want to play chase with my 8 year old. 

I want my 13 year old to not be embarrassed by his fat mom.

I want to have fun...I'm only 33, and don't want to be sedentary any more...I want to LIVE.

Laps

I put on a lot of weight at college (20ish lbs) and wanted to lose it and then some.  I was just never comfortable in my own body and knew that i had the POTENTIAL to have a body that i love.

Laps--

My heart goes out to you!  You can do it, for yourself and for your kids!

There are a few reasons why I am doing this but I have to admit, the biggest (and most vain) reason is that as a singer in a band, I need to be thin. I definatley feel the pressure pretty heavily. At my lowest, I was 140 and am now 155-160ish and am pretty dissapointed in myself for putting the weight on.

When I started college I was 190 (im 5'6). I went to a music school and in my first vocal class I was terrified to see all the skinny pop star looking girls I was now competing with. I started doing the Atkins diet and lost 50 pounds over the next 3 years. Now I'm a vegetarian ha!

While the competitive pressure i put on myself is a big reason, I also want to live a long and healthy life and have noticed that since ive gained weight my knees hurt more, and I have much less energy. I'm also more prone to bouts of depression (even when im not thinking about my weight).

I just want to feel and look great!!
This place has been a great inspiration to me so far :)

I'm tired of not having any cute clothes to wear that I feel comfortable in.

Heart disease runs on both sides of my family, strongly on my father's side.

I want to have a summer where I can actually wear a swimsuit and not feel self-conscious in it.

I've always wanted to be more athletic.

I want to be at a healthy weight

I want to run faster

I want to look better in clothes

I want to look better naked

I want to feel better

I want to be enviable

I know my excess fat are absurd

I know my fat pours over when I sit

I know people think I am too fat for fashion

I know I look too big

I know I...... need to loose weight

I know it is time for a change!

My reasons -

8lb off would make me look a whole lot better

I want to fit into jeans without my thighs looking like tree trunks

I don't want my butt to wiggle everytime I move

I want a flatter stomach

I want to eat healthy foods, and excercise and feel better about myself

I want to look desirable in a bikini, instead of a wobbly mess

But most of all - I want my 34 E's to go down. I'm fed up with large breasts, they get in the way, the wobble about, when I lie down they feel like my armpits are encasing them, they fall THAT much, if I run to the bus stop they feel like they're going to hit me in the face! I want to walk in a regular shop and find a bra that's pretty and doesn't look like something my grandmother would wear. I want a pretty bra without paying thirty five pounds for one and having to go to selected shops. (I have to wear bras with slight padding, I have a phobia of walking out in a bra without padding and having everybody see that I have a certain bulgy bit in a certain area) It may sound odd to you, but its true. Honest. I just won't walk out the house if thats the case, just in case.

I want to fit back into my cute clothes that I can't wear anymore, because one of my thighs amounts now to almost the whole of my old jeans.

I want to stop making up excuses. And feeling bad then at telling my boyfriend I can't go with him to his Fraternity's ball because I hate dresses; when in reality it is because I'm ashamed of how I look and the new stretchmarks on my arms.

I want to be active again.

I want to be able to go four blocks to the library without feeling winded.

I want to lose those love's handles that are getting stretchmarks because my body isn't used to this much weight. I want to not feel ashamed anymore about my body, because it's affecting my relationship.

I just want to be the old me.

Because I promised myself that when the kids were grown and gone it was my time to live it up.  After years of raising the kids they have done their part and are now standing on their own two feet and I can't.  I want to lose the other person I carry on my back so I can walk on the beach and breath at the same time.

I hate to see my parents suffer from foot, knee, hip and back problems/injuries that could have been easily avoided had they been healthier.

At my lowest I was around 120, and I felt great.  My attitude in everyday things, even if I wasn't directly thinking about my weight, was just so positive, like nothing could bring me down!

I'm back around 130, but now with a lot more muscle...and well, I'd like all my freakin hard work to show! So OFF the fat goes!

I want to keep up with my hot husband!

I want to not worry about muffin top, or exposing roll.

I want to stop my sugar-induced mood swings.

I want to stop always thinking, obsessing about food.

I want cute clothes.

I want to be swan-like, but not in the tv show way! ; )

First off, I am of a small frame... I'm 5'4", and currently weight 121lbs.

Before I even became a member of this website, I was around 130lbs.  

I just want to maintain my weight, from here on out.

Obesity runs on my mother's side of the family, and i'd like to keep my weight in check. I have never been near obese, but it will be good for me to obtain a healthy weight.

Cheers!

I'm 41, what I figure is just shy of the halfway point in my time on earth. There's so much left that I want to do, I need to be healthy enough to do it! I want to hike the Appalachian trail, backpack across Europe, sail around the world, be an inspiration to my girls and my grandkids (whenever that happens) and stay light years ahead of my significant other...(he's 12 years younger than I am

I have put on weight in college and desperately want to lose it.

According to BMI I am overweight and need to get into range.

Health problems run in my family.

Going on 2 vacations this year and want to look good in a bathing suit.

Tired of seeing the skinnier girls wearing the cute things.

I'm 5'2'' and I want to fit into the petite clothes in stores.

So I can be a trophy wife! lol

to feel sexy

to be proud of myself

to get "cut" - I really want to be well-muscled with very little flab. Is that strange for a woman?

Well...I'm not gonna lie, I love being a thick woman..but it may be a cultural thing...I love me with cloths on and with cloths off...I look at my body and thing damn...I had four boys and I am a thick wonderful, sexy beautiful woman...

At the same time though:

1. Heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity runs in my family

2. I had gestational diabetes with all 4 of my pregnancies

3. I would like to be able to run a mile comfortable without making god awful faces, whilst clutching my sides, and yelling to the heavens that life isn't fair...lol

4. I hate paying an extra 3 bucks just cause I'm on the plus side. Skinny broads can buy a dress for like 15 bucks...what the hell!!LOL

5. I don't want to be an emotional eater anymore. I can't stand that shiot.

The more successful I am with this adventure the more reasons I come up with...It's a hard but as Talib Kweli said life is a beautiful struggle.

Peace

I started for health reasons.  I was going to end up with diabetes or something and end up needing to do weight loss surgery.  I did not want to do that, I feel that it's unknown what they long term impact on your health is of altering your body in such as way and that if I could lose it the old fashioned way I should do that and do it NOW.  Plus, I'm 41 and menopause is coming sometime and that makes it harder to lose, so I figured I'd better get started before that makes it even harder.

As time has gone on I've also begun to be motivated by improving my appearance and shopping for new, much cuter clothes.  That and I feel like people see ME now and don't discount me due to excess fat.  I still am too fat, but it's much improved.