I am loosing weight for myself. I want to look into the mirror and see beauty not fat, I want to go to the dr and not hear the word "obese". I want to be here for my kids and grandkids.
I'm losing weight because it's the one dream i really want to come true.
Whenever someone would say "make a wish" or "if you could have 3 wishes..." My answer (in my head) was always "be a normal weight". The other 2 wishes I could throw away.
Why? Well first of all I always blamed my weight for the things I couldn't do/get. I also feel that being overweight makes me feels that i'm just not in control.
i'm also planning a major backpacking tour at the end of next year and it would be great to be able to pack more into a backpack (big granny knickers can take up alot of space!)
I've always always always been overweight. My mom was overweight. I remember being a kid and watching her watch things from the sidelines because she was too big or out of shape or embarrassed to participate. It really had a huge impact on me. I don't want that for my kids.
Health. My Mom was very ill. She had several things wrong with her and I'm terrified I'll end up that way too. She passed away at 59. She had lupus, diabetes, scleroderma, congestive heart failure, raynaud's disease, fibromyalgia.. the list goes on. No one knows why, or where any of these diseases came from - no one in our family has any of them, ever. As far back as I could find, and I looked back to the 1600's, in Italy, lol. Most people in my family die of old age, nothing more. It terrifies me that I was "baked" in her womb, while she was undiagnosed with some of these things. I wouldn't change a thing about growing up with a terminally ill parent, but I do NOT want to end up that way for my own kids. (Which, while were at it, I'm SUPER afraid of getting prego - my mom was diagnosed when I was 18 months old, and if my birth didn't cause it, they think the baby she lost in '79 did.)
YEY! /sarcasm. LOL.
And, this:
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Originally Posted by onherweighdown
And lastly, I want to stick it to everyone who ever made an insensitve comment about my weight.
Screw all my thin cousins that didn't play with me because of it! My cousins are the only ones I can recall, even in high school, that EVER made fun of me for my weight. EVER. I was class clown, I didn't ever have a problem making friends. Heck, I was friends with my whole class... I never felt any bad 'youre fat!' vibes in school, or in social circles, or at work... NOTHING. Just my stupid cousins and their tiny tan bodies with blonde hair... Grr.
I think I'm doing it just to get acquainted with my gender. I have no idea what its like to be treated and regarded as a female. Seems the bigger I am, the more sexless I am treated.
Which is saying something as the last time I was thin was childhood. which, yes; also the last time I think people regarded me as a female and not some unsightly blob.
If that didnt make sense, my bad. But there you have it!
Many things.
One is that both my sibling had knee surgery... I don't want to go there!
Another is that I want to know that I can do this. I want to know that I'm not a slave to food and to an unhealthy life style. I need to know I can change this and have a better life for myself!
The third is the vanity thing. Really, I just want to be able to go into any shop I choose and buy what I want (and not what they have in my size!)
and last, I'm going to quote 'cause I couldn't have said it better myself!!
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Originally Posted by KenzideRhae
I also really wanted to stop having that one thing to blame everything on-- I spent years blaming everything on my weight. I'm unhappy because I'm fat. That person doesn't like me because I'm fat. If I weren't fat I'd do this, if I weren't fat I'd do that. And it just got so old after awhile.
I'm loosing weight because I am, well....vain. I want to be a better version of myself. Also, I don't want to be heavier than my husband. Currently I am 20 pounds more than he is. Eeekk! (Trying to fatten him up but damn his metabolism burns everything I feed him)
I am losing weight for a few different reasons...1) Being I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have joint problems as it is and I know the extra weight isn't helping. I'm sick of having no energy and not being able to keep up with my very active husband. 2) I want to get healthy, I don't want high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, etc. I also want to be healthy for my future babies! 3) I'm SICK of going into a store, finding the cutest outfit and it looking like crap on me or not fitting at all. I'm sick of being on the verge of tears in the dressing room! I'm sick of people asking if I'm pregnant or when I'm due, because I'm so very lucky I carry 90% of my weight in my belly & chest. 4) I'm just over being overweight!!!!!! I want to feel HOT again!
Last edited by LindseyLou; 10-26-2010 at 09:33 AM.
I am losing weight for me. Plain and simple. I want to look good and I want to feel good. Not to mention the health issues that run on my Dad's side of the family. Heart Attacks, High Blood Pressure, High Choloesterol, and Diabetes. Which all of the above things my own father has, and I should mention that I take after him. My mom was always a skinny minny and my 3 older brothers took after her and her side of the family. While I got the slow metabolism, the big butt and belly, and the high blood pressure of my Dad. I used to have a fairly good control on this in high school and even a little after, but then all of a sudden I put on 60lbs. And I have been fighting like mad to get it off for a while. I would try all these silly yo yo diets only to end up gaining more in the end. This time I am changing my lifestyle, because I want to be healthy, I want to be able to enjoy my life all the way up into my old age, and I want to have the self confidence that I know I should have.
I want to lose weight because I need to. I'm fat! I have been overweight for 7 years and that has been 7 years too long. Also the other day I overheard someone say to my husband that he didn't know I was pregnant. I felt like crying because I am sooo not preggers and I'm so mad at myself for getting this large.
My reason is nothing like anyone else. I'm loosing weight exclusively to make fun of a colleague harder. We always tease one another, he makes fun of me for being fat, I make fun of him for being too skinny. I told him I'd lose weight and he'd gain it for the next season. we have 6 months between episodes (I'm an animator) so when I get back after the 6 months I want to say "I lost all the weight- why are you still so damn skinny!"
So it's basically a 50 Lb I told you so!
I am losing weight because i am tire of being overweight and so unhappy in my body. i would just love to be happy with the way i look and feel overall.
The main reason is for health and to look better. But, my boyfriend of almost a year is unhappy with my stomach. He tries to deny it, but I know he is. Thus, I want to be healthier, and I want to look better for myself and my boyfriend.
My reason is nothing like anyone else. I'm loosing weight exclusively to make fun of a colleague harder. We always tease one another, he makes fun of me for being fat, I make fun of him for being too skinny. I told him I'd lose weight and he'd gain it for the next season. we have 6 months between episodes (I'm an animator) so when I get back after the 6 months I want to say "I lost all the weight- why are you still so damn skinny!"
So it's basically a 50 Lb I told you so!
I want to feel like i belong in this body, see past the fat person in the mirror and just make myself happy!!!! I am content with myself but i want to be flipping happy!!!!
Put on all those wonderful cute cloths that i know will look killer on me!!! =)
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3) I'm SICK of going into a store, finding the cutest outfit and it looking like crap on me or not fitting at all. I'm sick of being on the verge of tears in the dressing room! I'm sick of people asking if I'm pregnant or when I'm due, because I'm so very lucky I carry 90% of my weight in my belly & chest. 
4) I'm just over being overweight!!!!!! I want to feel HOT again! 
