Losing weight will give me more flexibility---not only physically, but in other areas of my life.

I feel like part of me just wants to run free and be this free spirit, being more adventurous. I realize that because of my weight, getting around and being on my feet all day is waaaay more difficult than when I was thinner. I want to be able to do some normal things, and without huffing and puffing. Today, I walked a bit farther than I anticipated, so I was all sweaty and uncomfortable. I think that carrying so much excess weight does slow me down a bit, and some of the ways I would like to live my life would necessitate me not feeling tired in the middle of the day, or sweating buckets when no one else is.

Losing weight would help me to feel like I can accomplish more things, and it would help me to enter more situations feeling a lot more comfortable.

Also, being thinner would help me to wear things that would be more flattering and comfortable.

I think losing weight will help me to reveal more of myself.

Right now, I feel like the improvements I have been making are helping me a lot. I hate to say it, but a certain person is being nicer to me. It makes me kind of unsure of their intentions, as they usually talk to me like I am stupid, but they are a bit superficial, and because I am dressing better and putting more effort into my appearance, they may have changed their mind about me.

I think that losing weight will help me more to be...ME. Right now I have all these things I want to do, but either cannot really afford to do so, OR, more likely, I worry about being stared at while doing it because it would be difficult and I would be huffing and puffing and all red and sweaty (making people look at me like they are worried I am going to have a coronary) and, because I worry that physically I would feel uncomfortable because of the weight (i.e., I may want to do something that would involve being on my feet for hours and hours at a time, but right now, even a few hours is a bit much at times).

I feel like I wish I had enough money to race into my local sports store and buy tons of workout clothes and feel comfy in it. Right now, I couldn't fathom wearing a biggest loser outfit showing my belly and all of that. :(

Great thread!
Losing weight will...
Allow me to participate in life fully
Not feel horrified to be in pictures (I'm always behind the camera)
Sit in all chairs (I often say no thank you when asked to sit at BBQ and stuff because I can tell the little plastic chairs are too little)
No feel that I am always being judged
Shop in "normal" stores
And sooooo much more....

I couldn't have said it better.

I am worried about your avatar though----a lot of proana sites use them. :( But, I do think that it is true in a lot of ways, just cannot be taken to the extreme, ya know? Like, it isn't worth having a cheap fast food pastry, but it would be worth it to have a slice of fancy wedding cake from your best friend's wedding. :)

I hope that losing weight will help me help me to feel more feminine. I have been working a lot on doing at home pampering type of things. I usually feel more like a strong person, rather than a feminine or a delicate or dainty type of person. I feel like I stomp more than I prance, ya know?

I want to feel more comfortable taking leisurely walks and wearing shorts and dresses. I am so tired of feeling overweight and feeling like I waddle and feeling like I just cannot keep up physically with other thinner people my age.

I want to get to a healthier state and increase my stamina. I also want to improve my smile so people see me as a happy person, and not the overweight person with the bloated face.