What made you want to start loosing your weight??

I recently started my healthy/fitness journey, and I have dropped 20 pounds and I am so happy, I questioned myself last night what were the real reasons why I decided to make this change. For It was.. becoming healthier, confidence, and for years I realized I never did have lingerie, I realized how bad I wanted to go and shop at those stores too, not only clothes and shoes and bags etc. This was MY motivation, and I would like to know others motivation. Please do share. =) Thanks

What made you want to start loosing your weight??
Health. Two years ago I was in the ER with symptoms like I was having a heart attack. Turns out it was anxiety, but it scared me enough to start eating a healthier diet and exercising regularly. Unfortunately, I work a very stressful job, and when my boss went on maternity leave at our busiest time and left me in charge of the office, I gained it all back and then some. It has taken me another year to get back on track. I've only lost 4 pounds in the past 3 months, but within the past 2 weeks, I've started to have the heart attack symptoms again. I have cut way back on my portions, and am doing my workout tape again. My goal is to lose another 25 pounds by August, when we go to Las Vegas, mainly because I know I'm going to be miserable in the heat out there, and being overweight will only make it worse.
Reply:Good Job!!!!! 20 pounds that Wonderful :)


my motivation is 2 be able to wear a cute bathing suit %26amp; 2 feel and beautiful on the outside as i m on the inside
Reply:so i get a hotter body


and look cute in a bikini instead of just looking "thick"
Reply:i was really thin and then i got this pcos polly sistic ovarian syndrom and i gained weight like crazy so i woke up one day and i was like im sick of being fat and ive started exercising everyday
Reply:high cholesterol, did it for me! i made lifestyle change and been maintaining well since june!
Reply:First of all CONGRATULATIONS!!!





I am so happy to hear you lost so much, I would like to drop 30 pounds or 35 for a healthier weight.





Not too long ago I found out I have had a long battle with mild depression and 2 episodes of double depression.





I was in total denial of all that and didn't even think about that idea.


Until one day I was thinking that the only thing I would like to do and was never able to, was to be at a healthier weight.


I do try my best to look and dress nice, i am into make up and dressing up. I alwasy wanted to be in my healthy weight. But for some odd reason this was a goal I could never reach .





So putting two and two together and long story short I realized that I was self-medicating myself with sugar, carbs and if things were really bad... any food would make it. I had real binges when things were really stressful or when I was at my worse.





It was so soothing for me to eat, but not only as an emotional eater as I thought i was.


Then i took a trip down to memory lane and I went to when i was 4 years old, 8 y/o, my tenage years, my 20's and realized how I was always kind of sad and empty!!! I always was more on the melancholic side of things for almost anything.


I saw old pictures and always saw my sad little face. It was hearbreaking to see it and specially for me that I stigmatized depressed people a lot.





I also realized how many coping mechanisms i learned to avoid being stigmatized as a DEPRESSED person ... I made many, many friends, tried to be social all the time, smiles all the time, friendly, goofy, nice all the time. And of course in the meantime kept piling up with food to be able to cope and find some happiness ....





But there is only so much i could take and i started to have some crisis, emotionally i was a wreck , so i had this moment of AWARENESS and realized I can't do this to myself anymore.





so i guess i am not trying meds right now, but i am having a wholistic approach to "treat" myself now that i know better.





I want to break the cycle by eating healthier, sleeping right, talking to a counselor, keeping close friendships, sunlight, positive thinking and excercising.





So that is how i started to finally being able to loose weight and exercise more. As part of my own "treatment therapy".
Reply:I wanted a smaller waist... an hourglass figure you know? I actually have a SUPER hott figure when I weigh about 105-110, right now @ 120 but I'm working healthily back down to it :D


I love the way your clothes hang when you are curvy slender too....
Reply:I have 3 kids and the oldest is 3 1/2 years old so as you can tell, I didn't exactly have much time between pregnancies to get the excess weight off that I had put on. So far I have lost 13.6lbs (6.2kg) and I have another 37.5lbs (17kg) to lose to get exactly where I want to be. My motivation is to be able to buy clothes and look good in them. You know how you see an outfit in a catalogue or in the shop window and it looks really good (because it's modelled on a thin person) and when you try it on you can see lumps and bumps where there shouldn’t be any?? I hate that, so I want to be able to see outfits in the catalogue and know it will look good on me because I’m not overweight. My other two big motivators are 1. I want to be a fit and healthy role model for my daughter and 2. I want to be able to buy one of those sexy outfits that you wear for your husbands eyes only and actually look and feel really sexy in it. Congratulations on you weight loss!
Reply:woz thin all my life then got fat for four or five years, always wanted to lose weight but had not will power. meeting felicity helped a bit and also going to the gym. had this frustration thing for felicity and now i can calm down.also not having mum live with me helped as she kept buying naughty food.
Reply:Because I wanted my body to be the best it could possibly be =)





And because I wanted to llok good in normal clothes...they just fit me kinda funny.





I am currently 104 lbs. working to 95-100
Reply:well looking good was my first step





later it just became being healthier and being able to do things I wasn't before. Like running for a long period of time without getting tired. and so on





more knowing you look good and that your healthy makes a big difference for some reason. It makes you feel better about yourself when everyone else is just not caring. Eventually you start to feel more confident. My father is a weight lifter and he feels like a god just cause hes in great shape and hes got sooooo much muscle it aint even funny.
Reply:i wanted to be fit and healthy so i could play sports better and it is attractive



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