I suppose it's a vanity thing. I really just want to be happy with myself, regardless of whatever number I land on. I've always had really horrible self confidence with myself, especially with my image, so I'm hoping that some weight loss with help a little with that.

Self loathing is not something I ever suggest anyone go through. It's really horrible.

I just want to fit better in my clothes. And get some cute new ones

My first thought was :

I am going to Cambodia and Vietnam in August, I want to keep the photos I take there and not think, urgh I look hidious. I feel (maybe irrationally) me -10lbs looks way better.

As i've been adjusting my diet I've found I feel much better when I don't keep up my energy levels with chocolate and diet coke. I'm more tired at the moment, but I don't have the crashes in the afternoon anymore and more sleep is good anyway. I like being healthy!

Health is my main reason, but I also love the way exercise and eating good food makes me feel. I never want to go back to my old lifestyle where I felt awful all the time.

I also want to be able to go buy clothes in regular stores instead of plus size stores, run without having my legs rub together, and be able to wear minimal clothing in hot weather without worrying about what I look like.

It's about 70% Health for me as I have a lot of health problems with my weight.

I want to be able to have kids someday and I cannot at this weight.

I want to be in a relationship and not feel like he could do better.

I want to have enough courage to date again.

I want cute CHEAPER clothes. There are always much more sales/clearance on smaller clothes.

I want more energy and to show everyone I can do it.

I'm sure I could go on, but this was a nice reminder of why I am doing this, haha.

My main reason is that I hate shopping! I can never find what I want to wear and when I shop it takes sooo long to find something that I like. Of course I have my vanity reasons as well lol but also health reasons I dont have any health problems but I know that I am too big for my height and I have to do something besides after working out I always feel so good!

I saw a photo of myself and almost had to do a double take. I didn't see ME anymore--just a puffed, bloated middle-aged woman. Ironically, it was a day I *thought* I looked good. Secondly, I have three first-degree siblings who are sick--Multiple Sclerosis and Breast Cancer. I wanted to do all I could to not be a statistic.

You know, I love looking better and the cute clothes and all that stuff. Feeling like ME again though and having more energy means everything to me though.

I hated feeling like a person wearing a fat person suit.

I like how i feel after working out, yah your tired but it feels great!

I dont want to be my mother or my grandmother

I didnt want to complain about my weight and not do something about it.

I want to be able to get Boudoir photos taken for my DH

Clothes, i can NEVER find clothes that fit right! - got skinnier legs, big boobs, broad shoulders, no bum, and a band of fat under my belly button! talk about awkward.

For my DH, he loves me for me but i dont want to be the "fat girl" - everyone is skinny in his family. I'm also the shortest and the fattest in his family lol i dont like those odds!

i want to be at my goal before we start having babies.

Getting healthy has sparked my DH to get healthy (not that he really needs to lose weight hes 6'2 236lbs) but i think he would just feel better being active.

just wanting to be able to wear a bathing suit or bikini even SHORTS or tank top and feel ok in it.

Like many on here I have several reasons for wanting to change my life.

I want my husband's friend and associates to NOT look at me and think, "Oh.....THAT'S his wife...." I want people to look at me and see what he sees.

I want to have babies. Healthy babies and an easier pregancy (than what I might have at my current weight). My husband is 11 years older than me and I feel like we should get started soon so he isn't 80 when they graduate.

I want to feel like myself again. I look in the mirror and wonder where I went. Am I still underneath all this fat? I miss the way I used to feel about myself and about life.

Most of all, I want to do this just to know I can. I have been putting it off for so long. I am going to show myself that this IS possible and I will succeed!

Vanity! I feel like I look better when I'm thinner. The more I lose, the better feedback I get from other people, so I know I'm not the only person who feels that way!

You just described my body! Except my thighs are medium sized with no butt and really small calves. I'm glad I'm not the only one out there *phew* haha :):hug:

hahaha Steph, its the weirdest body shape! because we arent apples.. we arent pairs... and we arent hourglass.. we're like a mix of apple and hour glass!

*HUG* hahah me too! im glad im not alone in the awkwardness!

Well this has been an important question for me lately as I'm just starting my weight loss journey. I needed to figure out why I was doing this so that I could really commit to it. And I hate to say it, but it is mostly vanity.

But there's one big thing that is pushing me...my boyfriend and I have been together for just over four years, and now we're talking about getting married. And I can't stand the thought of going wedding dress shopping, looking in the mirror and just seeing a fat girl in a pretty dress. I want to look ridiculously gorgeous on my wedding day :D

I literally JUST started, so I've got a looong way to go. Never thought I'd say this, but I hope he takes his time proposing so I can make some progress before then! ;)

WitsEnd, I'm in the same boat as you! With the same weight and height too! My hubby is also 11 years older than I am! What odds!

My main reason of wanting to lose weight is to look better. I am not happy with myself and I cannot fully love myself because I do not like the way I look in the mirror. Also, finding clothes that fit me right is hard too. If I could just get down to the misses sizes I think i would have better luck in finding things that fit me the way they need to. Plus size stuff just does not sit on me good. Baggy in the thighs, but fit in the waist. Shirts are too big in the breast and too little in the mid section...ugh! Anyway, so yeah, purely looks. Haha! I also want to look good for DH too. :) Oh, and let's not forget looking good just in case you run into an ex-boyfriend (to show him what they can't have anymore)...hahahaha!

I have a couple different reasons...

One I just want to feel good abt my body n to be healthy. I want to look in the mirror and like what I see.

Two, my boyfriend. and I are talking abt getting married n I want to look so freakin hot in my wedding dress!

Three, I want to have kids and healthy pregnancies, and be able to chase my kids around.