Losing weight will allow me to stop feeling like people think I'm less intelligent because of my weight. I always feel like people are surprised when they see me succeed because people in general have such a low view of fat people. It could be in my head, but I feel like people expect me to be dumb and lazy.

Losing weight will: Let me love myself again .................something that I hadn't done in a VERY long time.
Loving myself is taking care of myself and if I can't do that for me I surely can't do it for anyone else, though I really thought I could!

Everything u said here motivates me as well. Especially the lawnchairs/camping chairs. I WILL NOT sit on those.lol.

Losing weight will.........

*help me feel alive again and let me enjoy myself
*ease my physical pain I have from being fat
*help build up my self-esteem cos I usually feel like I am not worth much when I am big

So true, so true. I think sometimes people just assume that a person who is overweight is not intelligent. sigh. really idiotic.

Why is that?? I haven't ever figured that one out either and I heard something on Dr. Oz the other day that I have pretty much known for a while but was hoping wasn't true and that is that fat people tend to get paid less on their jobs!! You can't get any more moronic than that! I mean that's just plain ignorant!

Being overweight has NO bearing on how intelligent a person is! I view myself as a pretty smart chick! I was always the one who got all the stuff that other people didn't want to do. Kinda like it was beneath them so give it to the fat girl! GGRRRRR!!!

Ok, Anyway, didn't mean to go that far into that but sheesh, the nerve of some people!!!

Losing weight will make me feel better, stronger and will allow me to focus on other goals and challenges to keep my life moving forward in a positive way. Losing weight will make me feel successful and help to disprove my frequent self-doubt about what I am capable of accomplishing. It felt good to write that!!

I know, right! If I absolutely must sit, I sit on the edge so if I need to jump up when it breaks instead of fall on all my blessed glory, I can!

Happy to find other chicks who understand!

My hope for you, and all the other chicks/roosters who struggle with self worth issues.... I hope you find a way to value yourself separately from your weight or size. It has certainly taken me a long time to arive here and I still have to check my perspective on occasion (you know...no pity parties), but I have found a peace within my 340+ lb self that knows that I am smart, witty, funny, worthy of love & friendship....upon this epiphany I have made more friends than I've ever had in my life. And none of them make me feel ashamed of my size...and some of them have even become supporters in my "journey". I hope you find the same.

Losing weight will help me to realize my potential instead of keeping myself in a box. I want to be able to look people in the eye, and act as an equal, instead of treating myself like a second class person. My family and friends tell me that I am beautiful, and I can't wait till I can say it to myself, and believe it when other people tell me that I am beautiful.

Losing weight will help me not to hurt anymore - I am starting to ache in my ankles, knees, back, and hips - and I know that the extra weight is part of the reason.

I also just want to be able to touch my toes

Thanx girl, I hope I find the same too. I do have friends who love me but for some reason I don't allow myself to accept that love cos of my weight. Its something I have struggled with for a long time. I hope to find inner peace and love within myself and self acceptance.

I am answering before reading the other posts!
Losing weight will:
let me fly without fear
walk by teenagers without being afraid I am being made fun of
no longer have to buy fat camping fold out chairs
not get so darn hot in the summer
let me fit in smaller cars better
bring back my sex life with my husband
let me play harder and faster with my kids
not be the fattest person at the party
SHINE like the star I am!

Amen sista, amen.

Its like you stole the words from my mouth!!

Another one occurred to me yesterday—losing weight will allow me to ride horses again!! I grew up around horses and rode in shows until I was 15. I didn't stop because of weight, but I eventually got too heavy to start again. In the last few years I've really started to miss it. Anyway, I saw a website for a farm around my house that does trail rides, and their weight limit is 240 pounds. I'm 39 pounds away from being able to ride again! I probably won't go until I'm below 200, which is the weight to canter and gallop, but it will be nice to know I could get on a horse by that farm's standards.