why do you REALLY want to lose weight [be honest]

I want to lose weight so i can date more often and not feel so insecure and buy fashionable clothes at fashionable stores without worring if that size would fit me...ugh ..and to not be the biggest girl in the room anymore :/ that would be nice... I mean i get hit on and stuff but not from guys i feel i should have lol if that makes any sense.... but be honest ;x oh yeah and i want to be able to wake up at 6 am and run 2 miles [none stop atleast] ...

To be able to buy designer clothes, even if I can´t afford them it would be nice to have the theoretical possibility of owning those D&G jeans :)

To be able to smile at the mirror while getting dressed

To walk with more self-assurance

To feel more comfortable next to super hot boyfriend :)

I don't want to be the last one on the hiking trail any more... puffing and panting behind everyone else.  So embarrassing!

I don't want to go on medication for hypertension. I don't want to be at risk for heart disease, a stroke or diabetes.

I want to look good in my clothes and not have the waistband of my pants cutting in to my belly all day - ouch!

I'd love to wear a two-piece bathing suit someday and look good and feel comfortable.

I want the Wii Fit guy to stop telling me I'm obese!

I started without specific goals, I was 36 and an obese wreck, and had let myself go.  I wanted to be healthy at 40.  When I reached a healthy weight, I then wanted to get really trim and in shape and look good.

Now I'm probably going to be back on the singles market again fairly soon, so I do want to look good, but much of it is about feel ing good about myself and being healthy to live longer and better.

I want to look d___ good for this wedding in August! 

Want to buy a dress that will knock the eyes out of my husband!!!

to be really confident when i'm on a beach

to show people eating clean and working out works!

to have people say 'she's got a good body' - pretty shallow but hey well lol!

To fit into those jeans that my first love (no longer with us) bought me 20 years ago (worn out and unwearable in public) and look into the mirror wearing the jeans and say "I miss you and thanks for the jeans.  Still wearing them".

So I can feel like me again.  The weight isn't so much about looking at it but knowing what it's doing to me.  One knee injury is enough to make me know I never want to be in that position again and every step with this extra weight scares me that I'm going to be right back where I was.  I'm 25 pounds heavier then I was when I got hurt and although I can be proud of losing 40 it's only the halfway point of what I need to do for me.  I worry that my other knee will go or worse I'll watch the other one give out again every single day.  I don't want surgery again...I don't want to risk more complications or infection taking hold again and having to watch more time slip by.

I just want to be me and get back to running and being fully active.  Feel like a stranger most days like I'm visiting someone else and checking out their closet since none of that stuff fits.  Kills me to steal my husband's shirts but mine do that dreaded sausage casing on me and I hate feeling like that. 

I don't want to be obese according to the Wii guy.

I want to run around and play with my kids all summer long for longer then 5 minutes and without sweating like a pig.

To feel attractive around my husband, who I think isn't particularly turned on by me at the moment.

To shower with the lights on again.

To shop anywhere and finally be able to wear the cute tops that I always find in the wrong size.

To no longer be that girl at the high school reunion where everyone whispers "what happened to her?!?!" behind my back.

To boost my self-confidence.

To no longer feel like the most unattractive or stupidest person in the room any more (I don't know why those 2 equate in my mind, but for some reason they do....maybe its because I'm shy and feel I have othing to contribute to a conversation....)

Because I've NEVER been anything smaller than "the fat girl."  I'd be happy with "thick"!

So I won't have to worry about not qualifying for insurance if I lose my job.

So I won't dread the lap-bar on roller coasters!

So I'll LIKE exercising.

So my boyfriend can throw me over his shoulder.

To prove that I can do it.

To wear shorter dresses.

Because my small boobs will probably look better on a small body.

I ‘m tall as well and now look huge! L

I want my abs back on display without the fat roles

I want to fit back into my old clothes because I can’t afford new ones & love what I got

to the point Summer is around the corner, I want to look good, boost my confidence and be more active, get back into athletics &  not feel shy with the light on ;)

To teach my children how to live a healthy lifestyle.it is not fair to them if I don't teach them how to eat right and exercise!

you know in the beginng i wanted to look thin & good like i used to. all the some what superficial reasons, altho i use that term loosely, there's nothing wrong with wanting to look good.

ive lost weight & put it on about 3 times, so those reasons just never stuck. i mean its great & all. i was never that big but definately a bit chunky, for the most part of my life i've been active & thinish. but then i went to college full time while working full time & i started to use food to get me through things. 

anyway this time it was just a bit different. sure i wanted really to look good & be sexy (altho i've always felt sexy), look good in clothes, have my friends think i look good, etc. but it became much more than that. i started to really feel good, absolutely buzzing because my body was happy with the way i was treating it. i was packing on more muscle than i've ever had in my life. still want more. my libido shot through the roof (it was always fine tho) & i actually had energy during the afternoon. exercising felt like a must because it felt so good to be doing it. over the winter i lost my way a bit but im getting back on track again.

my point is it did become its own reward. i just never fully connected with losing weight to look good like i do to actually feeling like ill be healthy for ever. wanting to look the best that i can got me on the road though.

I want to dance and smile in front of the mirror the way I used to when I try on clothes - I want to fit into the clothes that I used to dance in front of the mirror in.

I want to feel like a sexy mama when I'm with my husband.   I want my confidence back.

I want to sit down and not have my belly roll over my pants and onto my thighs...yuck!

I want to feel like me again...

To feel like myself again

To fit into clothes I bought 6 months ago (and maybe some older stuff too!)

To go back to feeling the MOST confident and beautiful when naked, NOT with strategically proportioned clothes on!!!

To be in better shape than I've ever been in, not just "skinny on the outside"

To feel happy as a non-smoker instead of resenting that choice

To be able to start running

I want to be the best me that I can be. 

I want to be healthy enough to raise a family and live a long time.

I would love to wear a bikini and not be worried about something falling out.

I want to make my husband proud of me.

I want my clothes to fit like they used to so I don't have to buy more.

NO MORE MUFFIN TOP! 

I want to do a triathlon.

I want to be able to wear a bathing suit in public and feel good about it.  If I get really honest, I want to be able to put on a bikini because when I was skinny enough to wear them I was not very confident.  Now that I am comfortable in my own skin, I want to be comfortable in a bikini too!

I want to slither into a room instead of roll.

I want to be able to walk pain free (or at least with a lot less pain). I have a bad ankle with no cartilage left.

I want to be able to go up a flight of stairs while talking to a co-worker and not be huffing & puffing.

I want to be able to walk while wearing panyhose and not hear my legs rubbing together.

I want to go to an amusement park and be able to fit in the seats of the roller coasters.

I want to be able to eat with a group of people without being so worried that my BBSN disease (big boobs, short neck) will kick in and I'll end up with food on my shirt.

I want to believe my boyfriend when he says that I'm beautiful.

I want to have a baby.

So I don't have to stick myself with 8 needles per day. (diabetes)

I want to look good again, wear the clothes I haven't been able to wear in years, look decent in a bathing suit and just feel better about myself. As my daughter gets older I don't want her to be embarrassed because her mother is HUGE!

I'd like to date again. I haven't had a date in 2 years, basically because I feel bad about myself and don't want to feel rejected because I'm fat.

I also want to be healthier....2 broken ankles, breathing problems and reflux could have been helped or still can be helped by losing weight.

I want to be able to walk up stairs without having a heart attack. And this year when we go on vacation I want to be able to keep up with my 10 year old daughter for a change!!!

I want to look drop dead georgous when we go on our cruise in April

I want people to notice me in a good way again when I walk in a room

When I walk in a room with my husband I want people to wisper "why is she with that guy?" LOL (don't tell my hubby about that one)

I want to remind my husband how lucky he was to marry me

I want to be happy with my reflection

I want to run to a mirror, not from them

I want to try on clothes again for fun

I want to look forward to shopping for myself

I want my children to live long and healthy lives and never have to worry about being overweight or obese (because I was able to teach them, and show them how)

But most of all I want to be around to watch my children (and grandchildren) live those long and healthy lives