Strange or random goals.
 

What are some odd goals you have that are related to health or weight loss?
Here are a few of mine. :dizzy:

To fit into my husbands clothes (also to weigh less than him!) He's pretty slim, and I don't know why this is a goal of mine but I'd love to be able to wear a pair of his pants or shorts and have them just hang on my hips.

To be able to tell my husband what I weigh...and what I used to weigh! He's not stupid, I'm sure he has an idea, but I've never said it aloud.

To go on a run with my brother. He's in great shape, and even when he's on vacation or staying at our house he goes for a run every morning. I can't even run a block without wanting to throw up lol! I'd love to surprise him and join him on his run someday...and keep up with him! He's worried about me, I know he is, even though he's never been judgmental at all. Our mom had diabetes and our dad has heart problems. When I told him I've lost weight he was so genuinely happy for me it made me want to cry.

To go a whole day without pulling and tugging at my clothes. My shirts are all deformed!

To be able to relax when DH and I are cuddling and I'm the little spoon. I can't stand him touching my stomach!

to be able to wipe "back there" and not get a cramp from trying to maneuver around the mammoth midsection.

I agree kaymaywill. If you notice my mini goals , one of them is to weigh less than hubby. I also wanted to comment back from a post you commented on earlier of mine. Dang iPad is moody with the copy /paste option lol. I am american living in England with British hubby. And I agree they are more refined and seem to visibly squirm at the mention of weight. Whether it's over or under!! But. The British men aren't terribly "built" and my DH is a smaller man. Only 2 inches or so taller than me. But how I would love to be even 2 pounds less than him. I hate being the big person in the house. And when I'm out and about the " fat american" stereo type is ringing in my brain. CONSTANTLY. So yes my mini goal is to be less. I won't tell him what I weigh tho. He loves me. He supports me. But I want to show him what a thin me looks like too. X

I'd love to fit into my husband's clothes, but since he can wear a size 2 (used to wear a 00 before he gained weight!) in women's pants, I don't think that's gonna happen! ;) I would still like to weigh less than him, though.

Hmm, never really thought of this!
I guess mine would be:

- Not worrying about "back fat showing". In uni, I used to make my friends check for VBF (visible back fat) as in the fat roll on your back emphasized by your bra whenever we would go out to a bar lol

- Not having to wear sucker-inners (spanx?) or an anti-chaffing wax when I wear dresses/shorts because god knows I'll never have a thigh gap - not that I even want one haha

- Not having shoulder pain because my boobs are too big

- Being comfortable wearing sleeveless dresses/tops (now, I always wear a cardigan)

I just wanted to say, Kay, that your brother sounds like a real keeper! How sweet!

I don't think I have had/do have any strange goals, but one thing I don't know if I've seen others say is that I really want to get to a weight/size/shape where I feel like I can wear *anything* and not feel self-conscious. Like, I mean, I don't want to feel like there is a style that is off limits to me bc my such-and-such is too big to pull it off. There are other reasons that I'm not going to wear certain things -- I'll never want to show my belly bc of my crazy mostly baby related crepey skin -- but I don't want weight to be a barrier. I am actually feeling pretty close to this now. :carrot: The only think I can think of that I would be mortified to wear bc it would be super unflattering would be a tank or tee-shirt dress because I think you'd still really see too much belly.

Oh, that reminds me of another one! To use a public restroom stall without bumping into things when I wipe, and to open and leave through an inward opening stall door without squeezing the door against my tummy. Stalls are NOT made with bigger people in mind!

kaybee1 I sweat too much in cardigans, I just let my bingo wings fly free. And omg, I hate my back boobs! Can't wait to say goodbye to those.

merilung I was kind of happy when my guy went from a 30 to a 32 waist. :^: Like him gaining weight made me slimmer, lol! He's back in a size 30 now though. Q

cheddahcat My hubby is 5'10" and 145-150 lbs with a slim build. I always feel a little self conscious in public, like maybe people give us side eyes for being a slim man with a fat wife. And yes, I feel like such a stereotype, being an obese American.

I can totally relate to this. I'm very modest when it comes to clothing (strange to some, since I have tattoos, stretched ears and a half shaved head lol), but would love to wear whatever style of clothing I want. I love clothes, but dress like a schlub sometimes because of my size. I would love to feel stylish AND comfortable!

**edit** and yeah, my brother is the best. :)

KayMayWillI can totally relate to you wanting to feel comfortable telling your husband what you weigh and what you used to weigh. I've kept my weight a complete secrete from my fiance! All he knows is how much I've lost ;) I'm sure he has an idea, but I can't wait to just casually say what I weigh :p

I also just want the difference in weight of me and my fiance to be 30lbs. I don't know why, but him weighing 30lbs more than me would make me very happy. He's pretty thin so I still have a ways to go :dizzy:

I want to go to a professional conference wearing a tailored suit, nice jewelry, and feel like I look the part. I already make a point to dress professionally at that sort of thing, but I always tend to think that the thinner women pull the look off better. I hope that doesn't sound too terrible...

Aw, your brother sounds like a sweetheart. Great goals, I share a few of them myself! Weighing less than my fiance will be pretty sweet! Also, I want to ride a gran fondo next Summer more than anything!!!!

I want to be small enough to comfortably ride roller coasters again.

Weighing less than hubby is there as a possibility, but my goal weight is his current weight, so we'll see how I feel once I make it there.

Rediscover my collar bones. I found them a few years ago, but they went into hiding again. :(

I totally agree with the public bathroom stalls issue.

I want to be able to fly without worrying about fitting in the seat.

"One size fits all" things would be nice to actually fit into.

One day, I will be able to run in a 5k. Run. The whole thing.

YES! Oh man, it feels like "one size fits all (except for you, tubby.)." Hate that.

I don't think anybody who hasn't been overweight or obese can really understand all of the little inconveniences or...I don't know, I hate to use the term handicaps, but CHALLENGES that we've learned to live with. We just don't live in a world that's designed for larger people. Except maybe hospitals or fast food joints. But what does that say?

I'd also like to be able to wear a belt comfortably. Or even to need a belt.

I'd like to blend in with the crowd. Just to be an 'average' every day size no one notices. And I'd like not to be the fattest of my friends!

I agree to all of this! My feet and ankles are super thin… but my calves are big yet muscular? Weird I know. I want them all to match lol. Back fat. Ugh. Go away!! I'm very self conscious of that. And I won't wear any fitting clothes because of the back fat. I've tried spanx once an it just squeezed everything north. Made my boobs even bigger. Great I want to feel comfortable with myself :)

I want my legs to be good enough to wear short dresses again. My knees and thighs tend towards fatness, even in my healthy weight range. Above the knee dresses do not look good. But i've been sewing some nice shift dresses and above the knee is the only length that i can wear this style.

But to be honest, i don't think a great deal about this. As i've got older i worry less about my imperfections. I'm 50 now.

- I'm another who wants to weigh less than hubby.

- Although I'm amongst the shortest of my friends when we are all sitting down I seem taller... because I have to sit on a lot of derriere fat lol which props me up. I hate that!

- I want to tuck in my blouse one day, I want it to be an option!

- I want to wear a pair of pants above the knee... I think they call them shorts? Haven't worn those since 1985.

I recall feeling VERY uncomfortable in shorts when I was 7 years old and went to see an optometrist for the first time. I kept thinking that he was going to say I was too fat for the shorts, and I didn't wear them much after that and completely stopped around age 10. :(

Seeing my daughter's body confidence makes me incredibly happy. She wants all shorts all the time.

My strange goal is to put on a tee shirt and feel good about it. I always said I wasn't made for tee shirts, but my boyfriend dragged me to the store last summer and I bought three. I'm not wearing them now, but I did wear at least two a few times last summer.

Strange or random goals. I don't know... Right now I am so focused on getting under 200 that I can't really think much past that. I guess that in itself is a weird goal. 200 pounds isn't any different really than 199, but getting UNDER 200 is a huge psychological thing for me. Each and every time I have crossed over it, I have felt huge despair. And each and every time I went under it I felt so much less fat.

It helps tremendously that I don't LOOK huge at 199 due to my large frame, but this has nothing to do with looks. It's everything with the psychological hold that number has for me.

Going over it this last time, I think, was a huge part of my complete undoing. Because as stupid as it is, 200 or 250 might as well be the same thing in my distorted head- FAT -with no care at all to the degrees of fatness.

Who said even us rational, level headed types are always rational?

I want to be comfortable wearing a shirt without having another shirt underneath. I almost always wear two layers. It's insane. Even in the heat...because it "flattens things out"?? I don't even know why I do it anymore but it's the only way I feel confident in how I look. In fact I'm doing it right now. I usually go with a tight layer underneath. Sigh.

I'd also like to be comfortable in a dress without a layer underneath. I usually wear slip shorts (my favorite discovery) or pantyhose. I would love to throw on a summer dress and not need that extra layer.

bbb - that was (and still is) me! I was so obsessed with getting under 200. Now I'm obsessed with the scale staying under 200 at all times - fully dressed, after a big meal, etc. It really is a head game. I can't wait to get past that, to not even be close to that number. I can't imagine what it's like as I've never been that far from it as an adult.

I don't find a lot of these responses that strange :) We have to keep ourselves so persistently focused to succeed.

My honest goal: Two piece bathing suit. I don't have to look like a supermodel - all kinds of women and bodies have the guts to wear a bikini these days. I want to drop a bit and have a little more CONFIDENCE in my body ;)

Weird goal: Nude beach is on my Bucket List. Probably very far away where no one will recognise me ;)

OMG, me too - I always wear a tight cami under my shirts.

Do the slip shorts push your fat out on your legs, creating a bulge? I have that problem with shapers, so I can't wear them.

No... slip skirts are for chafing. I have one too. They are exactly like a slip, just shorts - loose and silky.

Here's a photo of one: http://wintersilks.blair.com/p/9145....L4tmBqxVvD_BwE

Munchy, no they don't! I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend them. They don't give you any "tummy control" or anything like that, but I do find they create smooth lines and keep my thighs from chafing. Jockey Slip Shorts - they come in short and long lengths and are only $20...nice soft silky material (these particular ones are not loose like BBB said)

I have been known to wear a tight tank top under a dress and tuck it into my slip shorts. Sigh.

I do that too! I think its because I don't like shirts touching or clinging to my body. As if that extra layer is fooling anybody! I also worry about my top layer slipping up and showing my love handle area in the back when I sit down.

berry- Totally agree, I have this mental roadblock, as soon as I hit 200 that was horrifying to me, even though I was in the 190s for a looong time. As soon as I saw 200 on the scale I was officially, in my mind, no longer chubby or chunky, but fat. Logically I know, on my short and small frame, that I had been fat for a long time before that. But for some reason I guess I thought it wasn't that bad until I got to 200. After I hit 210 I stopped weighing myself for almost a year, so I have no idea how much I gained, but it was at least 10-15 lbs because none of my clothes fit. Its crazy the mind games a stinking number can play with you!

bbb - I guess I think of those more like bloomers! Those work, too. I like the Jockey ones, personally, but that sounds like another great option.

I have some of those too but i find they do create a bit of a bulge around my middle unless i wear them high, like on my rib cage. :o

I don't think the bloomer slip short would work with my summer dresses. The ones that I have are more like

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2JL8KuYMTQ...s1600/SL15.jpg

or shorter versions of the same material. Having just thinly stretched t-shirt material over my butt with a thong (no VPL) makes me uncomfortable walking out in public. I need just a little bit of jiggle support. I'll try them on and have successfully worn a dress for a 10 minute drive, but I'd like to maybe try the jockey slip shorts to see if they help so I can actually go out in public - it just feels so inappropriate!

ok dont laugh because what I see in my mind is this lady wanting to surprise her husband with pole dancing, je grabs the pole do a spin and whole thing collapse.

I want to give it a try but without the pole rippjng from the ceiling lol.

Michou-LOL I know you said don't laugh but the scenario made me giggle. It would be awesome do something like that, or even a striptease or something without feeling ridiculous.

Another DH one, I want to be able to sit on his lap without feeling like I will squash him flat. Sometimes he'll pull me into his lap and I hold myself up with an arm on the chair so that a lot of my weight isn't on him. Awkward.

glad that you had a giggle I certainly had a big one when I saw that video on youtube