Why Should I Even Bother?

So why are you doing this? What are your reasons to lose weight, get fit, eat better?

Tell us. :)

because i loved how i felt at 126, but i want to be healthy and fit at the same time!!!

and also because i have a lovely bunch of expensive designer uk size 6-8's in my wardrobe that are calling out to me!!

So that I can run after my little boy (when he starts running) and pass my physical fitness test with flying colors! I haven't gotten lower than an 85% on it, so I don't want to start now!

Because I was old and overweight and have two young children and I want to be around at least until they are in their twenties. I have lost about 40 lbs since April 1st and I really think I have changed my lifestyle to a very healthy one. I am sorry I did not take the time 40 years ago to learn the most basic facts about diet. It really should be a accredited course that all kids should have to take in high school. Not just the basic food groups, but lifestyle choice and the real mechinics of the processes the body uses to operate 24/7.

Because I'd liek to go into a store and be able to buy a bra. Not have to go into specialist stores to buy a horrible, granny-like bra becuase they are the only sizes that fit me.

I'd like a bra that makes me feel feminine. I'd also like a bra that doesn't cost me £30.00/40.00 becuase it's three sizes larger than the 'normal' ones in other stores.

tigzy said almost exactly what I would say (except the designer uk thing...mine are just plain old clothes BUT I LIKE EM!)

I am doing it because to me FIT feels better than Fat. I gained 20 pounds..I know less than some and more than some..but to me it was a large amount of weight. I was uncomfortable in my own skin..I didn't want to socialize and when I did go out I hid under a long coat or sweater..terrible feeling.I want to feel good about myself..I want my children to learn proper eating habits and to have good self confidence..me setting that example will be good for them and good for me! So what about you hkellick? You posted the question but provided us no answer..just curious :0)

because I was tired of being overweight, out of shape and having no confidence! After losing 50 lbs and being in the best shape of my life I am meeting people that I never thought I would meet, and doing things I never thought I would do. I have become friends with people I never thought I could be friends with...I am friends with an amazing band...I saw them live a month ago and I got to hang out with them and go out to breakfast with them and just had the time of my life! It was the best night of my life, and I would have NEVER had to confidence to meet them 50 lbs ago! The bass player told me that I had the most amazing confidence he had ever seen and it was awesome since I am so young and most girls my age are so self conscious and worried about what everyone else thinks. When I told him that a year ago I would never had had the confidence to meet him or that if I had accidentally made eye contact with him I would have immediately looked away he told me that I was kickin his ass in eye contact and that he was glad that I lost the 50 lbs because that means that he got to meet me! Awww so sweet!Not once when I was with them did I worry about what they thought of my body (hello I am lookin FINE why should I?) Haha! I love having this confidence!

Because when my daughter told me she was pregnant I didn't want to be like her Grandmother and pass before she was 5 and miss out on all the wonderful experiences of grandbabies.  I want to see my youngest who is 11 walk down the isle or graduate college.

I want to be the HOTTEST Mom, Grandma and ME I can be!!!!

Original Post by chris1208:

tigzy said almost exactly what I would say (except the designer uk thing...mine are just plain old clothes BUT I LIKE EM!)

 hehe i used to work in retail so i got some great free clothes. but most of my clothes are cheapies AND I LIKE THEM TOO!! hehe

Started out to feel better in my own skin. I'm love the feeling. And I want the lead by example, I have 3 kids who eat healthy with me!

Why?  Why not?  Do I want to spend the rest of my precious 50s feelling like I am in my 70s??  Heck no.  I am sure my screamy joints and bones are saying Thank you! now that 30 pounds are off them- must have been like having an elephant sit on them.  I have at least 30 more to go.  I bet my heart and lungs are also functioning better.  Sure I want to fit in form fitting clothes again. My primary reason is to try to be able to stand up right more often and with less blankety pain.  I love being able to move faster in the water when I hit the gym pool- it gets boring quick but the sweetness of being able to lift my legs higher tastes better than a bag of chips.  I also am sick of going on camp outs and being the biggest person there. 

Vanity. Oh, and sex. But vanity first and foremost. Possibly those two combine into revenge.

Also, I'd like to be able to rise from seated on the floor in a more graceful manner, but that may be clumsy and not cureable.

like coffincritter, because i looked and felt better before. 

like alot of posts before mine, because i have a closet full of cute clothes gathering dust. 

and because i just turned 37 and want to live forever :) not really forever, but i want to be that fiesty old lady who's sharp as a tack and still runs 5k's and is healthy as a horse. 

and i don't have any children and i do want them, and at my age i need to be the healthiest i can be in order to do that.  i typed that answer last but it's really the most important one to me.

I love my mother but I don't want to be her. She has so many illnesses all because she was overwieght and sedentary. I am now at age 62 their care giver and it's very hard. I need to stay healthy to keep up with my hubby and grandchildren and take care of my 85 year old parents.

Because my son asked "why is everyone in our family fat?"  That made me think, he's right.  Everyone is overweight is our family.  That doesn't bode well for them genetically so I decided that I'm going to get healthy and teach my kids how  eat right and exercise is just a part of life...not a chore or a luxury!

Most of my family is overweight and I don't want to be that way, I enjoy having  a more slender body and I don't want my weight to ever limit my abaility to be active or fit into a regular sized chair, etc. I also just enjoy being healthy.

It's pretty much for shallow reasons. I've always been the "personality", or the "character" of the group. Not to mention the clumsy, uncoordinated one as well.

I want to be the HOT one.

That sounds a lot worse than it is. I also want to get healthy and develop good habits. Plus- I love that I can DO things with my body. I want to be able to kick my boyfriends ass at squash and then rub it in his face, climb to the top of a 5.10 wall at the climbing gym....

Original Post by daughtry_jovi_girl:

because I was tired of being overweight, out of shape and having no confidence! After losing 50 lbs and being in the best shape of my life I am meeting people that I never thought I would meet, and doing things I never thought I would do. I have become friends with people I never thought I could be friends with...I am friends with an amazing band...I saw them live a month ago and I got to hang out with them and go out to breakfast with them and just had the time of my life! It was the best night of my life, and I would have NEVER had to confidence to meet them 50 lbs ago! The bass player told me that I had the most amazing confidence he had ever seen and it was awesome since I am so young and most girls my age are so self conscious and worried about what everyone else thinks. When I told him that a year ago I would never had had the confidence to meet him or that if I had accidentally made eye contact with him I would have immediately looked away he told me that I was kickin his ass in eye contact and that he was glad that I lost the 50 lbs because that means that he got to meet me! Awww so sweet!Not once when I was with them did I worry about what they thought of my body (hello I am lookin FINE why should I?) Haha! I love having this confidence!

 I really like ur story, and i dont wanna get off topic, but did this band happen 2 be DAUGHTRY?!?!?!?!?!