I know there are a lot of "why I want to lose weight" comments in a lot of threads but I wanted to start a fresh one.

So be it health/vanity/competition etc, why did you decide to lose weight?

I'll share mine first.

1. My husband is deploying for the first time in a few months. I'm scared sh**less to say the least. I want something to focus on while he's gone. A personal hobby of exercise and weight loss seems like a good place to start.

2.I want to wear a size 9 again. I hate having rolls. I am ready to look the way I feel inside on the outside. I want to be able to wear sexy lingerie when he comes home!! (tmi?) lol

3. I want a baby. We have definitely decided to wait until after the deployment bc he doesn't want to miss anything. But I want my body to be in the best possible health to carry a pregnancy. We will start trying as soon as he gets back, giving me a little over a year to get to that place. I figure that if I already have good habits they will be easier to have during the pregnancy and if I am already exercising, losing the baby weight may be easier.

4. My totally vain reason, which is why it's last on the list. I have one friend who is super model hott. My best friend. I get tired of being the girl "with that really hott friend" lol.

So those are my reasons. What are yours?

Military wife here, too!

I'm actually losing weight so I can join the AF.

But I would also love to fit into a size 10.
I want to love my arms instead of being ashamed of them.
I want to run a half marathon

Us military wives have to stick together! Especially since our DHs are sooooo in shape!! They make us look bad

I like the half marathon idea!!! Good luck!

1. To have less weight putting pressure on my body. I'm about 40lbs overweight and I can totally feel it. I'm SICK of it.

2. Pregnancy doesn't seem like it would be very fun being way overweight.

1) Because I'm 21 years old and already a mess of health problems. I have too much to live for to throw it away because I can't put the cheeseburger down.

2) Because there are some really horrendous pictures of me during events where I should look utterly amazing.

3) Because I'm worth not having a millions reasons why I "cant"

My husband and I want to have a baby. We have to do IVF for a variety of reasons, and if I am going to pay 15K out of pocket, I want it to have the best possible chance of success.

Also, clearly, I need to be in good health to be a good mother: children take a lot of running after!

Now then, I'm enjoying the many other benefits of losing weight. But the reason is to have a child.

1. I'm about to go off to college in a few months and since I'm about to create so many new first impressions, I don't want to be the fat girl for another four years.

2. I want to become a serious runner. I'm signing up for my first 5k in a couple months, and after that, I just want to keep upping the distance.

3. I'm so unhealthy! I should not have all these possible health risks building at 18! It's just ridiculous. I need to stop risking my future health and take better care of myself.

4. I want to wear adorable clothes. I already have a pretty butt-kicking wardrobe, but there are certain fashions that I can't quite pull off, and I want that to change. Also, my calves are too big to wear boots and I want boots. I want brown boots, black boots, cowboy boots, rain boots, tan boots, you name it. So, I'm going to get me some legs that can fit in those cute boots.

5. I want to improve my general fitness. I'm in alright shape, but I still don't like the way I sound after a flight of stairs. I have no muscle strength outside of my legs. Push-ups? I can do like one. I want to get muscle-y and strong!

I could talk about this all day. I am so ready to fix my body and I'm so excited about this whole journey! In the past, I've always tried to lose weight for negative reasons, because I was too fat, well now I'm trying to lose weight because I'm really excited about how awesome my life will be afterwards, and all the cute clothes I can buy.

Well for health reasons first:

1. It sounds like a lot of us are in the baby boat together I have PCOS and maintaining a healthy weight will give me a better chance of conceiving. Not to mention, a lot of the icky symptoms of PCOS (acne...blah.) go away or minimize when your weight is under control.

2. I have horrible knees. Granted this is from other things (I was a rower and a soccer player in high school and royally screwed my knees - tore both ACLs more than twice, broke my left kneecap, have had 8+ surgeries on them) but without the extra weight my knees would probably feel a lot better.

3. Heart problems run in my family. And I don't every want to experience a heart attack. My eating was fairly healthy, I just ate too much, even if it is healthy the rule is EVERYTHING in moderation. I also couldn't exercise to save my life, so I'm adding in more exercise gradually.

Vanity Reasons:

1. My sister is getting married in year. I've always been "The Chubby One!" Say it really excitedly, and that's what everyone in my immediate AND extended family calls me. My sister is very thin (Wedding Dress Size 2, and for those of you who know wedding dresses, they run smaller than street clothes), and I know I'll never be that small because our bone structures are different but I'd like to not look like an ogre compared to her.

2. Swim suit season! I have never, ever worn a bikini and I'd really like to while I'm still young enough!

kathrynk - I have a thin sister too, but luckily she never blatantly pointed out that I was "the chubby one." And your family calling you that too? I can't imagine how hurtful that has been.

I really respect all of you guys for wanting to lose weight to either get pregnant or to be a healthier mom in general for your kid(s). I have to admit that for quite a while I kind of told myself I never wanted to get pregnant because of the turmoil it would be my body through and I knew I would never get it back the way it was. And then I went and got myself obese, and got covered in stretch marks and loose skin anyway so there goes that line of thought xD

My reasons:
1. I was starting to get lots of mysterious health problems that the doctors couldn't pinpoint. Intense abdominal pain, chronic itchiness, restless leg syndrome, VERY frequent bladder infections, etc... I was just starting to feel so unhealthy that it sparked me to start making small changes to my lifestyle as a sort of experiment. And it worked.
2. I no longer wanted to be the "bigger" little sister.
3. I've always wanted to make my parents proud, it has been a motivator for almost every feat I have set out to accomplish and weight loss is/was no exception. And they really are proud of me now, and I have inspired them to make healthier choices in their lives as well, and that's an awesome feeling.
4. Originally, a huge motivator was my (now ex) boyfriend. I wanted him to be proud to be out with me, even though looking back I think he always was. I wanted him to be able to pick me up, or have me sit on his lap without crushing him. He was quite small. I also wanted to be more comfortable with him touching me, because it hurt him when I pulled away due to self consciousness about my stomach, back rolls, thighs, etc.
5. I was just plain tired of missing out on life and I wanted to remove ONE excuse that I had.

Well, I got used to it But now that I'm getting thinner they can call me whatever they want! My family relationship hasn't always (or, er...ever) been great, so it's not that big of a deal to me. But thanks for the hug! Your accomplishment has been huge! Congrats!

1. I was diagnosed with PCOS, and staying healthy is more important to me than comfort eating.

2. I've been going to therapy to get my food addiction under control, so I'm taking it one day at a time to prove to myself that I can master my problem.

3. I'm tired of always being the biggest one wherever I go.

4. I want to date, and I'm not comfortable enough with myself to do that right now.

1. My blood pressure is too high when I'm over weight.
2. I want to drop the fear of breaking things when I sit on them.
3. I want to shop in normal sized clothing stores.
4. I want to care about myself enough to be around for a long time.
5. I don't like being controlled by food.
6. Vanity. I do not like looking around and frequently being the largest woman in the room.

And you know what...after just 38 lbs lost I have already solved each and every one of those problems. I guess from here on out is just gravy.

I never had any health problems, Thank God!!
-I didn't want health problems to start since I'm in my 40s
-On Christmas Day 2009 I realized that I was the only fat person in the house and I didn't like that.
-I wanted to be able to do fun stuff with my toddler
-I want to be the smokin hot trophy wife
-I don't like being the biggest one in the group on girls night out
-I want to wear cute clothes like my older sisters, all of which are thin so I'm the "fat one".
-To be the conversation piece at the Family Reunion...I'm gonna be showing out in July!!
-I want my ex boyfriends to see me and hate themselves for letting a good woman get away!!

1) I want to be comfortable in my own body
2) I'm tired of being tired and hurting all the time
3) I want to have better sex (TMI? Oh well! )
4) I want to like what I see when I look in the mirror
5) I want to be a more active mom

-I don't want to be the fattest person in the family anymore.
-I want to stop worrying that I might break something if I sit on it
-I want to feel like a girl. I don't feel like a girl when I'm big.
-I want to feel 27 yrs old, not 65.
-Every pound I gain, a medical problem pops up.
-My other biggest reason is that My husband is in the Army and I was gonna move to Korea to be with him. I didn't want to sit on a 15 hr flight feeling like a stuffed sausage in the seat.
-I want to feel comfortable having sex with my husband. I'm tired of being ashamed when we do have sex.
-I want my husband to be proud to show me off to his friends. I don't like to meet his friends, cos I don't want them to know that he has a FAT wife.
-Last but not least, My husband is having too much fun in S. Korea thinking he is living the single life. He now wants a divorce, he says he loves me, but is not in-love with me anymore. So now, I am doing this to start my life over and move on. I need to concentrate on losing weight so I don't go crazy thinking about how a part of me feels dead from losing him. (Sorry for all the sad talk)
-I want this new chapter in my life to be full of fun times and laughter. I dont want to wallow in this pain of fat anymore. I want to feel fabulous and wear cute clothes and not just accessory shop while everyone else shops for clothes.