Why do/did you want to lose weight?

[divaindubai]

Be as honest as you like, don't worry about being conceited sounding or like you are bragging, this is the thread to be completely honest with how you feel about yourself!

For instance if you were thin years back and you remember how great you felt about yourself, then say this!

If you are thin now, or thinner, tell us how you feel and what benefits there are to losing weight.

Be completely honest, there are no barriers in this thread!

[slimndown]

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I was thin once and remember how it was so nice to be able to just go shopping and not necessarily even have to try something on before I bought it. I also used to be a REAL head turner. I'm still pretty, pretty enough to be invited to a modeling school on a full scholarship even though I'm 200+ lbs. It stroked my ego when I'd go into a store - or anywhere - and I'd make the good looking, intimidating guys nervous. Don't get me wrong - I am happily married. Now, I don't really get any interest, but when I do get it, I cannot help but wonder how desperate they are. Feels creepy when they do look.....Additionally, it would be nice to move around much easier and find a bra that fits .

[dreamof145]

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I wanted to lose the weight because I hated what I saw in the mirror. I was fat. Real fat and miserable. I couldn't walk far, I snored, I was tired, I couldn't bend down and tie my shoes or put on my socks, If I dropped something and had to get on my knees to pick it up, I couldn't get back up. I snuck around at night to go grocery shopping cause I didn't want to see anyone. My life had become a prison and I was the one who kept me locked up. My feet hurt when I walked, I didn't go out cause I wasn't comfortable having people look at me and I mostly liked to stay in the house.

I've lost a lot of the weight and I feel so much better. I go out, have fun, play with the grandkids, get involved in whats going on in my community and my family. I am comfortable with my life. I'm not as self-conscious or depressed as I was.

[divaindubai]

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Bravo slimndown! Thanks for sharing and being honest with yourself and us! Nothing wrong with saying truths about ourselves and feeling good about them at the same time!

[divaindubai]

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dream of 145, that is great! And look at you now with all that extra weight gone!

I'm sure you feel so much freer, and not imprisoned as you mentioned you felt.

I just can't wait to wear a bathing suit on the beach, and not worry about wearing a t shirt overtop! lol among other things that I can't wait to have happen once this weight is off!

[lush_jenn]

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i so want to lose weight so i can be the person on the outside that iam on the inside, iam currently at the highest weight i have ever been my whole life and feel so bad that i let myself get this way , wen i succesfully lost weight on atkins a few years ago i used to get whistled at and looked at everywhere i went, for good reasons i thnk, now i find myself wanting to walk on the other side of the road if i see a large group of men coming towards me, as iam so scared of any cruel comments they might make, even wen i get a wee burst of self confidence it is immediately knocked the minute i see a good looking girl newhere near me as i immediatly compare myself to her, i work in a highly male dominated work place and up until now i have managed to recieve a decent amount of favourable male attention. my work place is closed for the next month and i know that wen i go back there is a new girl started, a tall slim blonde who will immediatly steal the hearts of every man there, i know how shallow this must all seem but i so much want to b confident in myself, and not look at other people, i want to be the girl that all the other girls wana b ......

[Yoly1001]

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I want to see what it would be like to have my thights not rub together.

[kealoha]

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I want to be pretty. I was thin before I had kids. I didn't think I was beautiful back then, but I didn't think I was ugly. I had my fair share of guys picking up on me. Now, I feel like if a guy is looking at me, he's thinking, "Dang, that is one ugly fat woman."

I haven't worn shorts in over seven years. I just started wearing short sleeves again last year. I live in Southern California...it gets rather uncomfortable, but I don't want my fat showing I'm uncomfortable in my own body and I HATE it.

Just today, I went to my husband's office to get a flu shot. As he walked me through his building, he would stop and introduce me to any coworker of his that walked by. Everytime he introduced me, I would feel like his coworker was thinking, "Wow, why did Drake marry that? He can do so much better," and I would think to myself, "Why on earth is he introducing me to all these people? If I were him, I wouldn't want my coworkers knowing that I was his wife. I would be ashamed of having such a fat, ugly wife." I want to feel like he has a reason to be proud to introduce me to people he knows. I want the people he introduces me to think, "Wow, Drake's wife is gorgeous, no wonder he married her right out of highschool!"

I've never seen myself as a skinny adult. I'm hoping there's a hot mama hidden under all this fat

[stephbob]

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Well, if we're being totally honest, I actually compiled a list a few months back of all the reasons I had for wanting to be slim. Don't worry, I'm not going to post them all (they took up a few pages in my journal!) But some of them, so you have a general idea:

- I wanted to be healthier
- I wanted to feel more attractive
- I wanted to be able to wear whatever I wanted, rather than cover up
- I wanted to feel happy about wearing a bikini on the beach or in the pool
- I was slim up until I was 14 and I realised that I was so much happier then. And I wanted that back

I realise that I'll never be happy because I'll be thinner, but I'll be happier with myself. My weight gain happened when I started to be harassed in high school, but before that I was tiny! As soon as I gained all my weight (about 60 lbs) my confidence was knocked for six, and I hid away because I wasnt like my friends. They all had boyfriends, great social lives, and because I felt so huge, I would convince myself that I wasn't worthy of any of that.
I've learned in recent years to be happy with myself no matter what, and I have a great boyfriend who doesnt care about my size, and I found friends who accept me too - not that my friends before didnt, but I've started afresh!

So yes, thats my argument. Can you take the fat away now? lol

[bluegrass in the park]

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Why for me is purely selfish reasons.


#1. I'm tired of all the stares from people.
#2. I'm tired of having to wear clothes that are ugly.
#3. I'm tired of having one of my sisters look down her snooty nose at me.
#4. I'm tired of hearing snickers from people when I pass by.
#5. I'm tired of hearing all the "FAT" jokes and knowing they are ment for me.


What do I want out of getting rid of all this blubber?

#1. Stares but for the right reasons!
#2. Nice clothes!
#3. Show my snooty sister that I can do it!
#4. Never hear another snicker again!
#5. Be the one that starts the "Blonde" jokes! hehehe (please forgive me blondes)


Last summer I was still a lot smaller from loosing the weight the first time. When the greenhouse that I work at opened up this spring a lady came in and asked if I was a "NEW" employee! I said NO..... this was my second year working here, Her reply was " What happened to that "SKINNY" woman that worked there last year!!!! That hurt to the bone!
Next spring they are going to say..... HEY THE SKINNY WOMAN IS BACK!

[wannabethintoo]

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Lovely maple leaf Divain.

Before I gained weight my husband used to always say: 2 minutes for looking so good (he's a big hockey fan). I wanna hear that again.

[cleochatra]

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I was tired of making Michael Moore look like the anorexic Olsen twin.

[Curveegrrl]

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I've always been big. Always. and BIG. So when I started, I wanted to be healthy, and feel better, and be able to buy cooler clothes.

Now that I've been having some successes (I'm smaller now than I was at my grade 8 graduation. How weird is that??) My reasons are a little more vain. I wanna look good dammit! I wanna sizzle. When I hit the streets here in Japan, I wanna be met by cries of "Kawaiiiii!" (Cuuute!) rather than "Eh! Gaikokujin!" (Hey! A foreigner!) OK...I'll settle for "Gaikokujin....KAWAIIIIII!!!" But you see where I'm going here.

And now I'm fully into being a fangirl for several pop groups. Well, I've loved Smap for years but now I'm into younger groups too. And. The lads are all so TINY! Tiny little pacakges of sexy J-Idol goodness. I was reading the profiles of one of my groups (KanJani 8 ), and I weigh more than Shingo and Subaru put together. On a slightly brighter note, as of a few weeks ago, I now weigh less than Shingo and Yoko put together. Not that those name mean anything to y'all. I'm just saying.

And because of, shall we say, my distinct colouring, I stand out in a crowd here. So the lads know who I am (They know Pammie too!!). I've gotten to shake their hands. Yoko has told me he loves me (Which might be the only English expression he knows. But I officially DON'T CARE *fangirl squeee*). Shingo has answered my fan mail. They know who I am!



I don't wanna be the really fat fan.

I'll never be a skinny fan. Have y'all SEEN some of the women over here?? Maybe not. I don't think they actually reflect enough light to be seen by most people. They are SOOO small. I'll never be that thin. But I'd prefer if my boys didn't worry that I might fall and crush one of them.

sigh.

stupid pop-star love.

[BabyDreamer]

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I want to lose weight so I can get off the diabetes meds and get preggers with a healthy baby. I also want to be healthy so I won't have to worry about insulin for the rest of my life.

Deb

Be as honest as you like, don't worry about being conceited sounding or like you are bragging, this is the thread to be completely honest with how you feel about yourself!

For instance if you were thin years back and you remember how great you felt about yourself, then say this!

If you are thin now, or thinner, tell us how you feel and what benefits there are to losing weight.

Be completely honest, there are no barriers in this thread!

[Formygirls]

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Great question!

I want to lose weight so that shopping is fun! So I can wear cool, funky, gorgeous clothes. I've never been thin and I've always been the girl with a pretty face, you know how it goes "You've got such a pretty face...BUT...". I want my husband to be driven CRAZY by me, with clothes and without. I want my kids to have a healthy, active, fun and beautiful mother. Like my name says, I want to model great exercise and eating habits for my little girls, so that maybe they can avoid this struggle as they grow and become young women. So many reasons, sometimes I wonder why I've waited so long to get serious about making the lifestyle changes necessary to get things done.

JM