Second, thinking about the warm months coming. I am very uncomfortable in the spring / summer because I am a natually hot person, so if I have to wear jeans and long sleeves in summer, I get a little testy. I'd like to wear tanks and shorts.
My best friend supports me in getting healthy -- but not to the extent of kicking my ass into gear. So I've learned to mostly do this for myself...I'd like to get my confidence on my apperance/weight up :) So just thinking about the smaller me; usually gets me motivated!
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Long term?
1) I want to have worn a bikini at the beach before I'm 20. =P
2) I want to be more socially confident in general-- being healthy really helps that, and losing some weight will hopefully let me be less self conscious
3) My best friend..."more than crush"... is a lot more attractive than me. I really want to kind of "measure up" before I see if it's reciprocated. Whenever I feel like dropping the weight loss all together, I have a really good picture on my computer of them
SHORT TERM? Well, the food log really helps me decide if I want that little extra night time snack, because I know I have to log it. Also, I'm in a couple of group threads and if I feel like grabbing fast food for a meal and I don't have much willpower to say no, I will think of having to report back my all-healthy day to them...oh, and + burger king. Ouch! That curbed me yesterday definitely.
1. I want to wear a bikini when I go on a beach trip with my friends in June.
2. I want to feel like part of the group. In my family and in my group of friends, I've always been the only big girl.
3. My sisters and my mom all share clothes..and I want to be able to get in on that :)
4. I don't want to have health problems when I'm older due to my weight.
and..
5. I have a really good friend that I've had feelings for for a long time. He doesn't know. In the beginning of my weight loss, he told me how proud he was of me and he was happy that I was sticking to it. He's in the military, so he's been gone since last month and won't be back until May..when he gets back, I want him to just see a different person in me.
1. Increasing my chances of having children.
2. Living a longer life.
3. Looking ok in a bathing suit before I'm 30.
4. Making my ex kick himself in the @ss for giving me up :) lol
I also do it for my family. When my son graduated from high school two years ago, I didn't have a suit to wear because I had gotten too fat to wear the one suit I own. It was my son's big night (he graduated 2nd in his class) and I was embarrassed that I couldn't dress as nicely as I wanted to show how proud of him I was. I refuse to let the same thing happen when my daughter graduates this year. Whenever I feel down or discouraged, I just think of her.
Other motivators for me include the fact that since losing 90 pounds, I have more energy and can now enjoy a lot more activities with my kids and someday their grandkids (but hopefully not too soon :).
While I've never really been more than 30 lbs above my ideal weight my whole life, I'm tired of thinking 'dang, if I was just a few pounds less, I'd look smokin' hot in that dress' or "stupid tummy rolls' etc. Mostly, I want to be healthy for the rest of my life, and take better care of the wonderful body I do have. My husband thinks I'm hot, and that's great, but I just want to wear a 2-piece and not feel bad about it.
I got down to 152 for my wedding, but then stopped tracking and gained weight back again : (.
I don't want to just lose the weight, but get toned as well, so I'm working out too. Every time I think about falling off the wagon, I think about how my size 12 jeans feel when I can't get into them : (. I just have to remember that it's a life-long commitment and remember I'll feel better when I get that last 15 lbs off.
Also, my icon is of a character I really want to make the costume of - and that involves a bare belly.
1. I want to be able to walk into any store and know that I can pick anything not just the specially sized merchandise.
2. I want to go to burning man and I see people dress waaaayyyy down on the Playa. I want to dress way down too but not if I have tummy rolls.
3. I know that I am 50lbs overweight now and I keep thinking so what happens if I have kids at some point. I would be 50 plus pregnancy weight.
4. I have to attend a wedding of an old family friend in the summer. I will be seeing lots of people I haven't laid eyes on in a long time and I dont want them to look at me and think damn she's gained weight.
5. I want my stomach to not jiggle when I walk.
6. I want to be able to bend over and tie my shoe laces or shoe straps without having to maneouver around my stomach.
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