[mauvaisroux]

Just thought we could use a mid winter - spring is around the corner boost by reminding ourselves why we are here...well besides making friends, hanging out on-line and laughing our butts off half the time

So what are your reasons or motivations to lose weight?

[mauvaisroux]

Why am I doing this?

1. To reach and maintain a healthy regular weight.

2. To have better health now and try to prevent health issues as I get older-Mom had breast cancer and has arthritic knees and back problems (she is overweight, has poor eating habits, no exercise at all), Dad has Angina (also was 50 lbs overweight and had poor eating habits).

3. I want to be in good physical shape and not be out of breath after climbing 5 flights of stairs.

3. I want to look better - I want to look in a mirror and say to myself in all honesty that I like what I see and have body confidence.

4. I want to be able to go in to any clothing store and find clothes that fit me and not have the 5'3 -100lb sales girl look at me like I am some Amazonian freak and have that "nothing in here will fit you m'am" look on her face -

5. I want to go bathing suit shopping and not get depressed over it!

6. I want to age well and live life to the fullest while doing it!

7. I want to wear thigh high stockings without worrying about my "fat thighs".

8. I want to wear those funky knee high boots that cling to your thighs like a second skin and actually be able to zip them up!

9. I want to increase my self confidence and be a "fun, fearless, female"

I am sure there are more reasons but this is what came to mind.

How about the rest of you Alternachicks?- let's inpire ourselves and each other!

[lizziness]

I want to go shopping and actually BUY something and not wind up in tears at the mall, because that is sad and embarassing (and honestly has happened more than once!)

I do not want diabetes like both of my parents and grandfathers. They all could have avoided it and didn't.

I want to have some self esteem back. I want to feel confident in myself and in the fact that my husband (or anyone else for that matter) thinks that I am attractive or sexy (****, even both)

I want to go into a store for regular folks and pay regular prices for regular clothes. If I have to look through animal prints and crap with horses and cats applique'd on it one more time I'll snap!

Mostly I want to be healthy and have energy and start having fun again. It's no fun sitting on your couch eating by yourself.

[Navi]

I want to not be paralyzed every month with severe PMS.

I want to wear knee-length skirts with brightly colored tights or socks and look good doing it

I want to be at a healthy weight when/if I get pregnant (in a few years!) and be physically fit enough to run and play with my child

I want to wear halter tops. I want to walk into a store and walk out with cute underwear. (Like Wal-Mart! OMG, they have the cutest undies... comfy cotton with cute things like monkeys or froggies. That's what I want.)

I think that's good for now.

[Jennifer 3FC]

Oh great thread!

1. I want to live to a ripe old age without being sick all the time.

2. I don't want to have heart disease.

3. I want to feel vibrant.

4. I want to be able to say there is nothing I can't do because of my weight. I want
to weigh below any weight limit posted on ladders and other equipment. I want to
squeeze into snug places in stores without worrying about taking down shelving.

5. I wanna shop where I wanna shop! Plus size choices are slim, pardon the pun!
How often do I see other overweight women wearing my exact same shirt? Too
often!

[hannah_phi]

Great thread!
1) I want to go hiking with my BF and not feel like I am taking too many breaks.
2) I want to avoid heart disease, which is prevalent in my family.
3) I want to see my facial structure again.
4) I want to feel comfortable in shorts.
5) Can you believe I want my boobs to get smaller!?
6) I want to have a larger selection of vintage dresses at my favorite second hand store.
7) I want my youngest cousins to think that I'm really fun, but if I can't run around and paly with them they'll think I'm boring.
8) I want to be able to fold myself up into a little ball in yoga class.
9) Next time I go to NYC I want my butt to fit in a subway seat with people on either side.

[blugirrl1]

Great Thread Mauvais.

why am i doing this? hmm

1. I want my health back.
2. I want to be able to play with my kids and actually play.
3. sex with the lights on.
4. I want to feel like 1 person, not 2 of me.
5. I want to physically and mentally strong. to not depend on food.
6. I want to feel confident. and sexy and I would like my outside to convey the good things on the inside of me.

[RachieD]

Lets see...

1.To be healthy, so I can enjoy life to its fullest

2.To feel sexy

3.To gain confidence, and have the "i can do anything" attitude

4.To wear any type of swimsuit I want, and look good in it

5.To buy all the cute clothes, and not just oggle at them and wish they would fit

[chervata]

To buy the great clothes and not just ogle them, as RachieD said.

To avoid getting Diabetes, which I have more chance of since I am hypoglycemic and was a gestational diabetic.

To look in the mirror JUST ONCE and notice a bad hair day, that I have a run in my hose, that I have a pimple, that my eye makeup is all under my eyes---ANYTHING but to look and see only FAT..........

To avoid heart disease and breast cancer and strokes and all the things I'm prone to when I'm 50# overweight.

[lizziness]

i forgot one -

more than 2 boring sex positions!

[Irish Tart]

I want to lose weight so that I can be healthy and have more energy. I want to be able to wear dresses again. ( I have gained most of my weight in my stomach so I have no waist if I wear a dress. (Ugh) I want to lose weight so that my knees and feet and legs will stop hurting. I want to feel normal again and look in the mirror and see the me that I have been most of my life instead of this aging fat woman ( this weight makes me look 5-10 years older.) I want to feel more in control and less stressed which is one of the benefits of regular exercise that I am currently missing out on.

Thanks for this, Mauvais, I have lost track of what I am suppose to be doing the past few months. I need to start this week to walk again and get back into taking care of me.

[Trixi]

Sticking my nose in for this one cause its sucha great thread.

1. I want for just one day to have the confidence and know that no one is looking at me for any other reason then I was in there line of sight.

2. To walk in the GNC and not have the sales clerk ask me what program I WANT to START.

3. I want to buy new underwer cause I can...not because I can't fit into my old ones.

4. I need to because I know my fiance will not put up with my horrible attitude that covers my depression forever.

5. I too want to see my facial structure again (good one hannah)

6. I have never bought a bathing suit...If I got up the nerve I would only borrow my fiances grandmothers (that makes me cry alittle)

7. I know I would be able to tell my boss that I am worth more...he's such a metrosexual...and thinks I am too lazy to think about my body.

8. I don't want to remember what it was like to be smoking hot.....I want to be there again.

9. The most important reason for me is that I need to be there for my daughter and not constantly be worrying about how fat I look when we are doing things together.

10. I want joy back into my life.

Thanks for allowing me to be able to remind myself why I am doing this....best of luck to you all.

[DonnaD]

This is a great one.

-to be able to wake up and not have to take so many pills
-to have my health back
-to be able to go hiking with my friend and actually keep up
-to be able to roller blade
-to live to be older than my mom(died at 49 complications of diabetes & heart disease and I already have diabetes and hypertension)
-to shop anywhere
-to go on all the rides at the amusement parks
-to have one chin, no jowls
-to not hear "but you have such a pretty face"
-to participate more(in life)
-to be able to take the top again
-to live to see grandchildren
-to live

[ginya]

health, frst and formost! To never have to wear my leg braces again!
to never have to ask for a seat belt extention on planes
Control. Taking control of my life!
Bra's that look like underware and not orthipedic devices.
cute strappy shoes with no foot-fat ooozing out
non-royality panti-hose
the look on the faces of people I haven't seen in a while...priceless
hitting bottom and finding that I can bounce back and not just get squished.

[Amyjo01]

1. I want to get my self-esteem back.
2. To look like I feel.
3. To make my hips not hurt so bad after 12-16 hours at work.
4. Good Health.
5. Set a good example for my kids.