What do you hope to get out of weight loss?

Hydra · 11-03-2009, 10:46 PM

My motivation to lose weight is to enjoy better overall health and to be able to take less medication for an illness I have.

Altari · 11-03-2009, 11:27 PM

I want to be able to order a hamburger in a restaurant and not think everyone is staring at the "fatty."

I want my husband to look at me and not *have* to think "just the way she is."

I want to get dressed in the morning without crying over tightness here, or rolls there.

But, most of all, I want my daughters to grow up in a completely different food environment than I did. My mother struggled with her weight my entire life and it colored my view of food. My girls won't watch me struggle with it. They'll watch me show it who's boss and stay healthy while I do it.

shcirerf · 11-04-2009, 12:17 AM

Well, of course to look better, hello.

Beyond that, I have several lists, I DON'T want to be a no insulin dependent diabetic like my mother, I DON'T want to have 3 stints in my heart like my mother, I DON'T want to have gall bladder surgery, like my mother.

Don't get me wrong, I love my mother, but she's done the battle of the bulge all her life and lost. I don't want to be like that.

On the positive side, I want to look good in camo pants and a tight black shirt like my SWAT team son, I want to be able to run up and down the sidelines of the football field and keep up with the highschool kids and keep the stats, I want to continue to be able to huck 60 pound dogs up on to the exam table at work, no sweat!

I actually grabbed a 60 pound dog this morning, that belongs to a friend and took him from the floor to the exam table, in one swift, long practiced movement. My friend, dropped her jaw and said, "damn, she's tough"

While I appreciate that aspect of who I am, one other thing I really want, is to have the ability to be that "tough" person, while at the same time, I can put on a dress and heels and be "HOT", and be the ultimate female, with all the appropriate female curves and HOTTNESS!

s rosa · 11-04-2009, 01:26 AM

I want to put off diabetes as long as possible (with my genetics, I'm probably doomed anyway though, haha)

I want to feel beautiful and sexy in front of my husband, not ashamed of myself. I want to really believe him when he tells me I'm beautiful.

ajowens · 11-04-2009, 01:30 AM

I just want my old jeans to fit again.

MBN · 11-04-2009, 08:51 AM

Fundamentally -- I want to live a long, healthy and active life. I want to be able to retire in 5-10 years and still have adventures - hiking, biking, running, kayaking, camping and backpacking. If I don't work NOW to maintain my strength and flexibility and endurance, then I will lose capability steadily as I age. I will lose some capability anyway over time, but I'm going to fight that loss with every fiber of my being. Use it or lose it.

Being lighter and eating right is easier on my body and so much healthier. I can physically do things right now that I never dreamed I could; run half marathons, kayak for hours, and hike 10 miles up the mountain with a heavy pack. I *feel* younger now than I did 10 years ago. I have the confidence to try just about anything. I wouldn't trade that for a donut.

Appearance is secondary to functionality. But wearing teeny clothes sizes and looking better doesn't suck.

caryesings · 11-04-2009, 08:57 AM

I want to be able to afford health insurance when my job disappears. I found out from a laid off friend that her BMI (which was less than mine) more than quadrupled the premium she was originally quoted for her age and sex.

justaloozer · 11-04-2009, 10:26 AM

I want to say that it's because of all of the health issues on both sides of my family (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc.) but that really plays a very small role in why I want to lose weight.

The truth is I want to feel beautiful again. I want to look at myself naked in the mirror and think WOW I'M HOT! like I used to so many years ago. I absolutely hate myself now. I am a really happy person most of the time but I'm depressed for various reasons, all which stem from my weight. I *need* to make this right. I only have 1 life to live and I want to be as happy as I possibly can.

Trudiha · 11-04-2009, 10:36 AM

I want to feel like myself again I spent what should have been my honeymoon year renovating a house, living on pizza and blowing up like a beach ball. I was self conscious, miserable and misery making to everyone around me. I'm determined to make myself happier with myself and the size and shape of my body plays a really big part in that.

mom4life · 11-04-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jillianfan

My motivation is two-fold - on a superficial level, I want to feel good about myself and stop obsessing about how awful I look. Because I am generally a happy person, but being overweight depresses me. It is really the only thing that does depress me.

exactly, I was tired of seeing myself thin or the way I used to be in every stinken dream, then waking up to reality of what I really looked like. I had many people tell me that my weight wasn't the real reason for my unhappiness but it was. Its all I thought about. I would see my thin friends and wished I could tell them "no, I really didn't look like this all my life, I was just like you yrs ago." I want to match up what my mind thinks I look like (used to look like) with reality. Its happening and I'm so much happier.

#2, ehm, I would have to say....a better sex life.

its so much better then it was before. I'm not ashamed about my body anymore. My husband never said anything about my body before but he does admit that he likes the way I look now.

alyssamichelle · 11-04-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by shcirerf

one other thing I really want, is to have the ability to be that "tough" person, while at the same time, I can put on a dress and heels and be "HOT", and be the ultimate female, with all the appropriate female curves and HOTTNESS!

Me too!!!

I want to become a police officer.

I want to be able to wear high heels without killing myself.

I want to feel strong.

I want to be able to run and play with my kids.

I want to be a runner.

I want to be the hot wife. I want to dress in sexy outfits for my husband and renew our love life.

I want to go into any store and know that I can fit into almost anything and look GOOD!

I want to be healthy and live past 47 (my mom died at 47). I want to be Grandma some day (my kids are 2 and 4, so let's make it a loooooooong time!)

I want to be the woman I picture in my head who can kick some major butt.

I want to be able to learn kickboxing without killing myself-and be really good at it!

I want to do tai-chi without looking like the fat one pretending to be the thin one.

beatific · 11-04-2009, 11:40 PM

I want . . .
. . . to hike up a mountain. Colorado is such an outdoorsy place, with so many things to do outside in nature. I want to be there.
. . . . to walk into any store, see something I like, and not have to secretly (not so secretly) look at the back of the rack to find things in my size.
. . . for people I knew in high school or even college (just graduated) to not be able to recognize me (in a good way) until I remind them of who I am.

mslrb985 · 11-05-2009, 05:24 PM

to walk into any clothing store and not worry if they have my size

to wear a bathing suit without having to cover my thunder thighs

to wear sleevless shirts and look/feel comfortable

to be able to ride rollercoasters and KNOW that i'll fit in the seat

to feel better about myself

to be pregnant and not have ppl wonder if im just fat

to be a beautiful bride in my sleeveless dress and not have backfat and double chins lol

to not dread getting sick and having to go the dr and having to get weighed

to just feel better about myself and know that im healthy

dragonwoman64 · 11-06-2009, 11:56 AM

I love reading the replies to this Q.

I want to hike part of the Appalachian trail.

I want to swim better and eventually take scuba lessons at the Y (I see the flier for that all the time, and sigh)

tied to the above, I want to feel more confident about approaching physical challenges, like an exercise class, and be able to think to myself, of course I can do that

I want to see myself in a full length mirror nekked and think, wow, I may not be perfect, but I did a lot of work to get to this place and I'm proud of myself.

I want to walk into a store that doesn't just cater to larger sizes and buy myself nice clothes.

I want to have that feeling that I took on this weight loss challenge and reached my goal, changed my life for the better, all through my own efforts, but with the support of many.

I want to feel like I'm making all the good efforts that I can to be a healthy woman, because I deserve it.

meliann · 11-06-2009, 08:31 PM

I want to look better of course

I want to be able to do more with my kids.

I don't want my son to be embarrassed by his fat mom.

I want to be healthy and live a lonnnnng life.

I want to be able to shop for normal sizes and have more cute clothes options.

I want to try for a 3rd baby, but don't want to go through another pregnancy obese.