I want to be strong.

I want to be confident.

I want to show my children that I have control over my body and they have control over theirs.

I want health for all of us :).

I want to lose weight so I can be a healthy example for my children, so I can feel more comfortable in general, and so I can try to prevent the vicious cycle of disease in my family that is exacerbated by weight (although they may not be completely preventable, being healthier will definitely help the situation.)

There are so many reasons as to why I want to lose weight. So many of them seem selfish to me, but honestly, I am envious when I walk into a store and see these cute little numbers and feel frustrated with myself because I cannot squeeze one thigh in, let alone my entire body!

I want to be able to participate in fun events like the Dirty Girl mud run, and the paint run (not sure the exact name) in Reno, Nevada! I want to be able to go on adventures and race down a zip line without fearing it's going to snap because I weigh too much (although it could snap even if I was a normal weight, but lets not go there..).

I want to be able to seduce my husband to be, in new fun ways.

But most of all, I want to have a chance at getting pregnant and carrying a child full-term.

I want to feel confident when I walk into a room, instead of hide behind my smile and hope that no one notices me. I want to be able to take my dogs for a walk during the day, and not get the feeling that the high school kids hanging around the park are talking about me, laughing about me (I was made fun of in school, and 10 years later it still haunts me).

I want to feel better about myself for my fiance...I want him to look at me as something worth hanging on to, not something he may have settled for (I don't think he feels like he settled...but on my darker days the doubt likes to creep in).

I want to feel accomplished about something, like I've done something great with my life. Even if it's only great for me.

And probably the most vain "want"....I want to look HOT on my wedding day, and make all the single guys jealous :p

I want to lose weight because my body rubs against itself and makes itself uncomfortable. Because I don't want to worry about knee problems in the future. Because I don't want to hate pictures of myself.

To be the girl beast on my dragon boat team that no one expects me to be.

To wear a hot yellow bikini and strut like I own the beach.

To have the Backstreet Boys write a song about me when I meet them this summer.

To run without bouncing.

To be FREEE!!!

I love it! Good luck your doing great!
I want to lose weight so I can wear pretty dresses and feel pretty

So when I do my makeup I feel better and not like I am contouring for nothing

So I can feel sexy again and not hangy and lumpy

To get back to where i know i was and can be again
To not be the biggest person in my department
To walk with my head higher and a start at some confidence/ not feel so defeated by myself
To clothes shop with friends & not feel like your getting the 'you don't belong in this store' stare from ppl/ cant buy anything.

To be fit and to feel good. I don't want to have regrets in my later years. I will do it now before i will get sick because of obesity.

Clothes, confidence, etc.

But I this is going to sound weird but I want to be in shape so that if I am ever chased I can runaway! I don't know who would chase me or why anyone would but it's a paranoid thought I've had that if I am ever chased I won't be able to runaway and it is hard to runaway with a lot of weight on you.

I want to be healthier, I want to be able to walk in the Zoo without having to rest all the time while Im there like I do now, I dont want to get diabetes, I dont want to die of a heart attack at the age of 28, I want to live as long as I can and I know if I dont loose the weight my chances of living as long as I would like to isnt going to happen

i want to find good hubby :p and get a good job... lets face it, image is very important in career too... some research concluded that the more attractive you are, the higher your salary... i know it is superficial, but lets face it... the world is superficial...

I use to want to lose weight because I wanted to fit into a size 6. But at this point in my life where I'm only 25 with pcos,high blood pressure,pre diabetes, constant back and knee pains I'm totally over the wanting to be thin thing. I just want to be healthier.

I want to able to have a monthly period and not have to carry pads with me at all times because I don't know when I'm period is going to come come.

I don't want my doctors telling anymore that my pressure is too high for my age and that I need to lose weight or else they are going to put me on medication.

I want to walk up stairs without it feeling like someone is stabbing me in the knee.

I want to be able to freerun. Can't move with all the weight.

To look like I am in my twenties, so that I don't resemble someone who is much older physically.

To spring into my steps when I walk as I am not weighed down, but uplifted with that feeling of buoyancy, which comes when you are happy with how you look.

To not mentally shutter myself away from experiencing new things through a constant filter of "you're too fat" thoughts.

I want to be a MILF.

I want to be able to keep up with my very active son.

I want to have the stamina for hours of sex, instead of 20 minutes or so.

I want to have better clothing choices.

I want to live to be an old, wrinkly great grandma.

I want to show myself that I can actually accomplish what I set out to do with my body. I've failed so many times in the past with losing weight, and I want to actually DO IT this time.

I want my body to be more toned, and in order to see more muscle definition, I need to lose more fat.

I also want to feel prettier and more attractive. I definitely look forward to my round face slimming down a bit from the fat loss. And have clothes look even better on me.

And I'd like to see myself as skinny for the first time ever. I've never ever been skinny. I've always been either on the higher end of the healthy weight range, or overweight. I'd like to actually be slim for the first time ever.

My goal is 125, and the last time I was in the 120's, was probably 7th grade. It'd be so amazing to be back in the 120's after all these years.