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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 226
Lost Weight: 54 ibs
Current Weight: 189
Goal Weight: 125
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I just am curious what everyones motivation is for weight loss. For me my number one motivator is my daughter. I want to see my daughter graduate. Of course, there's the being healthy thing which for me is a given, but my daughter is my biggest motivator (she is 10 months old). What about everyone else?
Last edited by lovinmyair; July 2nd, 2008 at 01:35 AM. |
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Diamond Phenster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,857
Lost Weight: 29
Current Weight: 199
Goal Weight: 000
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To be a sexy milf.
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Hi, I'm Roc & I'm on the weight loss rollercoaster as well as a 42 yr. old - mother of 3 year old twins. An entirely different rollercoaster 1/9/08 228 1/19 210 2/09 215 2/12 210 3/11 206 3/21 200 4/13 199 5/18 198 6/6 201 7/10 210 7/21 199 8/26 199 |
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 439
Lost Weight: -33 Lbs.
Current Weight: 191 YAY! Onderland
Goal Weight: 150-140 Lbs
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LOL Raquel! Every time I have tried losing weight I have tried doing it for someone else. For example, the first time I tried I said I will do this for my hubby so that I will fell like he thinks I am sexy again...FAILED. The Second time I tried I said I will do this for my children so they will not be embarrased of me...FAILED! I have realized that I have to do this for me and no one else. I am finally ready to make the comittment and lifestyle change to make this happen. BTW... I wanna be a sexy MILF too!! LMAO!
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Chicago
Posts: 193
Lost Weight: -22.5 lbs
Current Weight: 211
Goal Weight: 165 lbs
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I want to be around for my kids, for a LONG time. They are my everything. I have a lot of stuff I want to teach them so I can't be a sick, overweight mom. I need to be the mom who is there for them for all the big stuff in life.
Also, my own mother was never really healthy and almost always overweight her whole life. She is dying right now and it makes me sad that she won't see her grand daughters grow up. I don't want to repeat that cycle.
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My highest weight ever-250-and that was before kids! Started Phen on March 2, 2008 SW- 233.5 3/08-229.2 3/15-225.6 3/22-225.7 (TOM)3/29-222.0 4/26-221 5/10-218.2 finally below pre-pregnancy weight! 5/24-219 6/21-218 6/28-217 8/16-215 ![]() 9/26-214 10/22-212 11/8- 211 |
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: NY Native....I'm a Texan now
Posts: 85
Lost Weight: -27.3
Current Weight: 287.5
Goal Weight: 240
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My inspiration is definitely my little son. I want to be around a long time. I want to see him grow and develop into a nice young man. I love him so much!
My motivation is finally getting rid of the Sleep Apnea and the CPAP machine, which helps me a great deal. The weight loss will help me do that. Any of you women watched the Dr. Pepper commercial that came on a few years back? You know, when all of the women in the office gathered at the window at lunch time to see this construction guy take off his shirt and they almost faint at the sight of his tone and fit body? I want that!! Wifey is starting to do that now, which really feels good! She is very supportive with the weight loss. I love to hear the compliments and say things like, Oh, you think you sexy now! Look at you! ( I love to hear her say that) She doesnt know I'm taking Phen. But, she knows I'm working hard on becoming fit and healthy. Bottomline, we all want to look fit, healthy and sexy. I'm not the only one who feels this way, I know! My Inspiration and Motivation
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My Progress ![]() ![]() Start Weight 347 1st took Phen on 4/2/2008 Goal Weight - 240 1st Doctor Visit 4/11/2008 4/11/2008 - 337 4/19/2008 - 329.1 4/26/2008 - 324.7 Yeah Baby! Keep it going! 5/02/2008 - 322.5 .. Started 2nd bottle of Phen 5/17/2008 - 319.7 5/30/2008 - 312.5 6/15/2008 - 308.5 Mini Goal was 300lbs..That was then! Sept 2008 287lbs Last edited by Gerard; May 20th, 2008 at 06:44 AM. |
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Diamond Phenster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,857
Lost Weight: 29
Current Weight: 199
Goal Weight: 000
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LMAO - Crafty! Ya d a m n right!
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Hi, I'm Roc & I'm on the weight loss rollercoaster as well as a 42 yr. old - mother of 3 year old twins. An entirely different rollercoaster 1/9/08 228 1/19 210 2/09 215 2/12 210 3/11 206 3/21 200 4/13 199 5/18 198 6/6 201 7/10 210 7/21 199 8/26 199 |
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: oklahoma city, oklahoma
Posts: 55
Lost Weight: -20 lbs
Current Weight: 252
Goal Weight: 200
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First, it is my health. I take many high blood pressure medications and cholesterol medications. I have been taking a water pill for about a year to help with my blood pressure. Now I have started to retain water in my feet, so doc ordered up another water pill. I'm only 23 and my dad had a heart attack last year at 42. He now has 2 stints in his heart. My grandmother has many heart problems, and has 6 or 8 stints in her heart. Also, diabetes runs big in my family. My mom also has high blood pressure.
Basically, i'm tired of taking so many pills, and I want to be able to walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like I'm going to die. Secondly, when I go out, I want guys to hit on me, even if I have a boyfriend. I want to feel attractive again, instead of a tub of lard. Thirdly, I want to stop getting teased by my family. My brother always calls me fat, and my dad gets onto me for eating so much, it makes me feel like an idiot. Fourthly, I want to buy some cute FREAKING clothes. I hate having to go to "special" stores to find my size. I want to wear something cute, and look good in it! Last week I was at Ross, looking through the plus size section. Two skinny teenage girls came over there, not knowing it was plus size. They picked up a pair of pants and started laughing. They were speaking in spanish, but I understood what they were saying because I've taken many spanish classes. I was so embarassed, yet angry. I looked at them, and I could feel myself burning with hatred. I was burning for hatred toward myself, because I let myself get this way. After that experience, I was so embarassed, I left the store. That's about all. It felt really good to type all of this up! |
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Platinum Phenster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,037
Lost Weight: 53
Current Weight: 163
Goal Weight: 160
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I was searching for cute onesies for my friend's baby today and I found one that said, "I'm with the MILF" D A M N I wish they had it in my kid's size! hahahaha
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Gold Phenster
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 612
Lost Weight: -34lbs YAY!!! 4 lbs to my first mini GOAL!!!!!
Current Weight: 234
Goal Weight: 220 or less!! or even (SIZE 14)
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health, heal past wounds, live life to fullest, total acceptance of who God has made me
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Phen Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 9
Lost Weight: 30
Current Weight: 232
Goal Weight: 160
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I decided that I need to do it for ME!!! Just like most, tried to do it to make my Mom happy (she has always been thin, and has tried to motivate me by saying, if you lose weight, we can go shopping! What kind of motivation is that?), my Hubby, so I could feel attractive (even though I was fat when he married me), my children (so I can enjoy their lives too, to the fullest). Then I decided, nope, have to do it for myself. The hardest part is making the changes. I feel like I hit brick walls all the time. My thin mother keeps cooking the same, then gets upset when I don't eat so much, or I make suggestions on better ways to cook.
I had high cholesterol, but now it is in the normal range. I have type 2 diabetes, but have been able to control it with diet, and I want to keep it that way. I just want to feel better about the way I look on the outside. I wish I could say that I want it to match how I feel on the inside. However, being large my enitre life, I don't know who I really feel like (physically) on the inside. So once I am there, I think I will just know it!!
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Seattle, Wa
Posts: 212
Lost Weight: 72 lbs, gained 30 back- here again, lost 18 so far
Current Weight: -
Goal Weight: - 60 more lbs
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Confidence. I am so tired of walking in to a room and keping my head down. I want more than anything to feel proud of what I look like when I enter a room.
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I'll get you, my pretty and your little dog too!
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PA
Posts: 197
Lost Weight: -25
Current Weight: 228
Goal Weight: 150
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I think you guys covered all the reasons and then some! ;-) My motivation is for me. I am no good to no one else if I don't like myself. So I've made the decision to get up and do something about this weight issue once and for all. I need to stop the yo-yoing. Down and up, up and down. It gets old and I can't afford to keep buying clothes. I'm a clotheshorse already and refuse to purchase any more clothes. It is a sad thing when you have 4 clothing sizes in your closet ranging from 11/12 to 20. I said this has to stop. So this is it guys...and this time it's for keeps!! I wish you all well in this endeavor and look forward to seeing the "after" pictures for all of us!
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Nevada
Posts: 283
Lost Weight: -51 lbs ~ 177 lbs to go...
Current Weight: 347
Goal Weight: 170
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The answer is it is time to lose the weight and I have sooooo many reasons for doing so. I am surrounded by people that are overweight in my life and they have given me very good reasons to push to lose the weight. My family alone has a history of Heart Attacks, Diabetes, Liver Disease, High Blood Pressure, and I have borderline Cholestrol. My father in law has a pace maker. If I lose the weight now, I can lower my Cholestrol, eliminate my Diabetes risk, reduce my Blood Pressure, prevent the Liver Disease, and bring the risk of a Heart Attack down. Not to mention the fact that I want kids someday (actually, now, but I am waiting) and I don't want the pregnancy complications. I want to be able to keep up with the kids too. It would be wonderful to hike, ride bikes, and go to amusement parks and be able to ride the rides as a family. There is just so much more that I want to do with my life than be overwheight and living in fear of embarassment. So, I am not doing this for my husband... he loves me for who I am. I am not doing this for my parents... they have always loved me for me. I am not doing this for the rest of the world... the only opinion that matters when it comes to my happiness should be mine. I am doing this to make me the person I want to be and I will get there too!
If you want to know more about me, you can visit my blog... There is a link below. |
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 17
Lost Weight: -3
Current Weight: 277
Goal Weight: 200
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I think that my biggest motiviation would have to be the haterz that say I will never look the way I use to. You know I am so sick of people telling me you have a cute face or saying that you are too pretty to be that heavy. I also want to be that HEAD Turning woman that enters a room and make the guys mouth drop..hehe
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Phen Newbie
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 5
Lost Weight: - 18.2
Current Weight: 310.8
Goal Weight: 215
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I want to get my weight down to join the Army.
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![]() 20 Pounds by August 1st challenge ![]() SW: 329.0 CW: 305.3 MGW: 299.5 (08/01/08) MGW: 279.5 (09/01/08) MGW: 264.5 (10/01/08) MGW: 249.5 (11/01/08) MGW: 234.5 (12/01/08) FGW: 215.0 (01/01/09) |
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Platinum Phenster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: OH
Posts: 1,114
Lost Weight: -92 lbs.
Current Weight: 183
Goal Weight: 162
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I wanna feel sexy and confidant wearing a swimsuit, I want to shop for cute smaller clothes, I want to feel like the goddess I know I am. I want the compliments and the whistles and catcalls....just because it's a great ego boost. I just want to look good and stop worrying about looking "fat" all the time.
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My Baby Bear Enjoying the Newlywed Glow! HT: 6'0" HW:275 (March 2008) CW:183 (December 17 2009) Main goal: I wanna look good naked and of course have a healthy BMI. At 162 for my height my BMI would be the perfect 22 |
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Diamond Phenster
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Posts: 3,567
Lost Weight: 19
Current Weight: 232.2
Goal Weight: 145
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I want to love me again.
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HEIGHT 5' 10" HIGHEST WEIGHT EVER! 252 STARTING OVER!! ![]() CW 232.2 Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can! ~Arthur Ashe |
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 493
Lost Weight: 55 lbs.
Current Weight: 183 lbs.
Goal Weight: 150 LBS dream weight 130 Lbs.
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That I don't cry now when I look at my reflection in the mirror.
I stay on track by looking back- The old me, A different time, A different part of my life! Who is that "Fat Chick" anyway??? Day by Day is what I say! Tina
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Diamond Phenster
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Posts: 3,567
Lost Weight: 19
Current Weight: 232.2
Goal Weight: 145
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HEIGHT 5' 10" HIGHEST WEIGHT EVER! 252 STARTING OVER!! ![]() CW 232.2 Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can! ~Arthur Ashe |
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 258
Lost Weight: -19
Current Weight: 148
Goal Weight: 140
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I know this has been covered, but I also want to be a MILF!!!!! I want to lose weight for myself so I feel better about myself and I do not want to develop diabetes (I have insulin resistance already and take diabetic medication for that) and I do not want the high blood pressue and cholesterol that a few people in my family have. It would be nice to fit in clothes better and not have rude people ask me if I am pregnant when I am not! I have had my two kids, thank you very much! Unfortunately, I carry all my weight in the middle when I gain weight, so I do tend to look pregnant even when I am not!
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 89
Lost Weight: -17.2
Current Weight: 214
Goal Weight: 150
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ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Live harder but love even harder" [B]SW 226.6[/B ] Had some plms and got off track but im back and ready to start all over and lose even more! |
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 393
Lost Weight: -38
Current Weight: 182
Goal Weight: 160 (Maybe 150 in the future, but I love my thickness!)
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I wanted to love me again and not feel self concious in certain clothes! I love trying on clothes and looking in the mirror now. When you can see your own progress, you know others can! My family was seeing my weight loss before I noticed. Now I am noticing and everyone else is shocked. No one knows I am on Phen but they know I workout daily and that I've COMPLETELY changed my eating habits. Now my name fits...I'm Loving ME!
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4/17/08 (size 18/20 pants and XXL shirts): 220 (Started Phen) 4/17/08-5/17/08 (1st month lost 18 pounds) 202 5/17/08-6/17/08 (2nd Month lost 8.4 pounds) 193.6 6/17/08- 7/17/08 (3rd Month lost 7.6 ponds) 186 7/17/08- 8/17/08:184 (No Phen) 8/17/08-9/17/08: 182 (No Phen) 9/17/08-11/17/08: 185 (No Phen) ![]() (Now~Size 13/14 pants and L shirts) Total Weight Loss ![]() |
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 98
Lost Weight: -18 lbs
Current Weight: 159 lbs
Goal Weight: 135 lbs
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Let me start by saying that when I was in my late teens, early twenties, I was very thin! I had a different lifestyle then than I do now and I would try to dress sexy when going out for other people to see me. What I've realized is that I cannot lose weight to gain confidence because back then, I still had no self confidence. I had no self love or anything else along those lines. I did the things I did (drugs, alcohol) to try to hide the pain of not having self worth. What I'm trying to do now besides losing weight to get healthy, is love myself. I think it will be a lifelong journey. After my lifestyle changed my way of numbing the pain changed too, to eating. So my motivation is that I want to take care of myself. If someone else were hurting I wouldn't shove food in their mouth to shut them up, I would hold them and let them cry and listen to them.
Sorry for the novel there-on another note Yay for the person whose avatar is Dave Matthews!! DMB is the best and always will be
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Started Phen 7/2/08 SW: 177 ![]() Height: 5'5" 8/6/08 8/13/08 8/20/08 8/27/08 9/3/08 1st Goal: 164 by August 1st (-10lbs in 4 weeeks) MET! 7/19/08 2nd Goal: 149 by September 28rd (-15lbs) GW: 135 by Christmas 2008 Last edited by momkat; July 7th, 2008 at 03:23 PM. Reason: typo |
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Bronze Phenster
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Miami
Posts: 33
Lost Weight: 10lbs
Current Weight: 188- 07/12/08/ Start phen 07/13/08
Goal Weight: 140
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I want to lose the weight because I want to feel good about myself again. I want to be able to go to the store pick up a cute outfit and be able to wear it. I want to be able to walk into a room with my head lifted up and not be so self conscious about my weight/my fats. I want to prevent the sickness and diseases that come with being overweight. I want to live and enjoy life to the fullest. Lastly, I want to be around for my son.
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"I am More Than a Conqueror" Starting Weight- 188lbs 07/12/2008 Current Weight- 178lbs 07/19/2008 ![]() Ideal Weight Goal- 140lbs 12/01/2008 1st Mini Goal- Lose 12lbs 09/28/2008 2nd Mini Goal- Lose 12lbs 10/28/2008 3rd Mini Goal- Lose 12lbs 11/28/2008 4th Mini Goal- Lose 12lbs 12/28/2008 No fried food, No rice, No bread, No sweets, No soft drinks Exercise 5 times a week
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Silver Phenster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 189
Lost Weight: FOURTEEN POUNDS (as of 9/26)!!!
Current Weight: Back in the size 5s!!!
Goal Weight: Let's take it size by size, shall we?
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I am a little different. I am already "hot" and get all the attention and everything. But it's with a body that not me. I am a size 7, but I have a small frame and frankly being a 7 is too big. I am 5'6", 36DD and I let people talk me into staying curvy since yes, it is sexy, but it's not what my body was made to be. People think because of my chest size (all natural) that I should be "thicker". I have no stomach and my thighs are great and JLo would be jealous of my bum, but it's still not what my body should be. I was a size 0 with 36Ds before I had my son and maybe since he's 10 and I am now 34 I won't be a zero, but a 2 will be fine. I will go by what my doc says. Then I can have my breasts reduced back to a 36D and be completely happy with my body.
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