Vanity and health. I love clothes,shopping, and looking my best. My health is also very important to me.

Health - i have diabetes, was diagnosed at age 17.
Bikini - i have never worn one in my adult life and gosh darn it i will before i have babies or get too old :P !
Shopping - it's disappointing and difficult when you're larger to find clothes, because i just don't feel like i look good, and no well-cut shirt or dress is going to fix that!

I have many reasons for choosing to lose weight. I am in perfect health according to the doctors and was at 198lbs but I realized I dont want to look chunky anymore. I hated what I saw in the mirror and what I knew everyone else saw. I dreaded having my picture taken (still do mostly) and I dont want to be the person hiding from the camera. I was a size 12 before I had my youngest and I have so many clothes that are size 12. I kept all of them and now I am determined to get back in them. So I guess being too cheap to buy new clothes and hating the way I looked in pics are my driving force LOL
I have been following the south beach diet and it has been fantastic and the reason for the 30lbs of weight loss. I plan to adhere to it permanently. =)

Not only am I tired of feeling unattractive but I want to join the military this fall. I have to be a healthy weight to do it.

sgregg That is crazy! What are the odds?! Go you and your 14lbs! You are doing great!

Mine is mostly vanity. I lost 35 lbs. 30 years ago and kept it off until now. I looked great for my age as a result -- no one would have guessed I was 50. It only took six months to pack on nearly 50 lbs., and now I sure look my age or older.

I also have a closet full of beautiful clothes I cannot wear. I've been slumming around in the same Eileen Fisher stretch pants and the one pair of jeans that fit. I really want my wardrobe back.

And then there's health. My dad was Type-2 diabetic and overweight, so I don't want to go through what he did. Also, I've been one of those people with no health problems, ever, and at the dentist I just learned my low blood pressure had increased to the high side of normal. So that's got to change.

Lost 14 of the 50 so far, so there's light (and pretty dresses) at the end of the tunnel. This site is really helping me immensely.

Vanity - I've never felt like I looked good. I mean, I have some outfits that I know are flattering, and sometimes I feel better than other times - but I want to be able to have a flattering wardrobe, learn how to dress well and present myself well for future interviews, professional functions, etc. A lot of that I'm working on learning to do now - dress for the body I have, and all that - but I also want to have a body I'm comfortable in before I spend a lot of money totally revamping my wardrobe. In the meantime, I'm getting a pair of jeans here and a shirt or two there to tide me over.

I won't lie - I also want to be able to dress up and go out and feel great about it. I want to be able to buy lingerie and wear it without feeling stupid or disgusting.

Health - this is by far the most important motivation. I want to be fit, active, and feel good; I want to be able to run and bike and hike and play tennis and go dancing without feeling impaired or self-conscious. I'm already getting much more fit and feeling strongier, sexier and more in-control as a result. I also want to avoid diseases and problems in the future.

I want to be the girl I've always been subconsciously jealous of. To effortlessly throw on a pair of shorts and a tank top and look good leaving my house. To look at myself in the mirror and feel ok. To go running and not feel anything jiggling. To stop feeling like I am taking up other people's space.

the reason i could stick with weight loss is i want to be a good role model mother for my future kids.
beside that, vanity is mostly the rest of the reasons.

my reasons..vanity total freakin vanity. i've been up and down for 4 yrs now here and come sept. i'm going to be 30 i want to be healthier and sexier for my 9th anniv then too. i want to be in smaller jeans and better fitting tops.

i'm already chasing my kids around and had the hot body in my wedding dress i just want me back where i'm comfortable in my skin

My health was deteriorating at my highest weight and I felt gross. I wanted to feel young again and I felt like an old lady moving around. I wanted to be confident in my now diminished marriage. I didn't want to have sex cos I didn't enjoy it anymore at my weight. I wanted to be happy and not let my weight tear me down and stop me from going out there and doing things. I wanted to go dancing again. I also did it for vanity reasons. I used to dress up and do my hair and wear makeup. Now that I have lost almost 60lbs I am starting to feel more confident and fixing myself up again. I want to wear cute clothes that r in style. I have a funky shape and no matter what plus size clothes I try on they do not look good on me. It's cos of my damn FUPA!!! lol. I want to turn some heads also. lol. not gonna lie!!!

Colleen83- omg i'm from sacramento as well! Well...actually elk grove hahah

anyways my reason to lose weight is to see how i look thin and so far i kind of like what i see, but i want to see the complete change!

Fear of death!

Health, first and foremost. I was really quickly having more issues than I knew what I do with.

I want to get engaged/married and I couldn't imagine looking so heavy at my wedding.

And frankly, I was tired of being fat. Of always feeling like I looked fat, of thinking about how great it would be to jut lose weight, of worrying about being the fattest person around, having to special order shirts for my sorority functions and of just feeling tied down to all this extra weight.

Wanting to finally be thinner than my bestie is another awful, but justifiable, reason

That's my secret reason too :3 Mine lost a ton of weight from starvation and being stupid, then gained it all back when everyone obviouslly noticed and got upset with her. When she lost all the weight, she wasn't telling me what she was doing to do it and was kinda holding it over my head like she was better.

She now struggles to lose weight because of the damage she has done, and now she's 6 months pregnant and now has diabetes. When she found out she was pregnant I tried for months to get her to lightly work out with me for a healthier pregnancy and she took it as a sign to binge and lay around.

I try to think of what I'm doing as setting a good example for her after she delivers, by succeeding by eating healthy and having a active lifestyle. And secretly I love that I'm going to be fit first.