What's your inspiration and motivation for weight loss?

**lovinmyair** · May 18th, 2008, 09:08 PM

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?

**Raquel** · May 18th, 2008, 10:05 PM

To be a sexy milf.

**MommaCarr** · May 18th, 2008, 10:33 PM

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!

**Cmarie123** · May 18th, 2008, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Raquel

To be a sexy milf.

Right there with you!

**queenofthehill** · May 18th, 2008, 11:54 PM

Hey I have this car seat too....

**jrsh41** · May 19th, 2008, 11:45 PM

My motivation is myself. My confidence, my health. I'm sick and tired of feeling this way ... it's time to take action and finally get to my goal!

**Ronda033** · May 19th, 2008, 11:57 PM

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.

**Gerard** · May 20th, 2008, 06:40 AM

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

**Bek2008** · May 23rd, 2008, 07:34 PM

I want to be so sexy!!!!

Rebecca

**craftymomma** · May 23rd, 2008, 08:49 PM

I will do you one better Raquel..I want to be able to do MILF PORN! hahahahaha lmfao!

**Raquel** · May 23rd, 2008, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by craftymomma

I will do you one better Raquel..I want to be able to do MILF PORN! hahahahaha lmfao!

LMAO - Crafty! Ya d a m n right!

**gingerbella** · June 8th, 2008, 03:22 AM

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!

**craftymomma** · June 8th, 2008, 03:24 AM

Originally Posted by Raquel

LMAO - Crafty! Ya d a m n right!

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

**angelchar77** · June 8th, 2008, 03:40 AM

LOL.. I wanna be a MILF TOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**YANIE** · June 8th, 2008, 04:09 AM

health, heal past wounds, live life to fullest, total acceptance of who God has made me

**newjourney** · June 8th, 2008, 10:05 AM

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!!

**jazzygal72** · June 8th, 2008, 12:54 PM

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.

**Sunny D** · June 8th, 2008, 01:32 PM

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!

**Sweet_Kary_05** · June 16th, 2008, 09:58 PM

My inspiration is fitting in a beautiful wedding dress by February. (I am getting married on Feb 2009)

**RH584** · June 16th, 2008, 10:11 PM

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.

**MissGetMeBodied** · June 17th, 2008, 09:15 AM

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

**ElenaBeth** · June 17th, 2008, 09:59 AM

I wanna be a gmilf and look good naked! (A grandma at my age just aint right! Dang kids anyway!)

**hogochamps73** · July 5th, 2008, 07:37 PM

I want to get my weight down to join the Army.

**Vixena99** · July 7th, 2008, 02:41 AM

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.

**insearchofme** · July 7th, 2008, 08:30 AM

I want to love me again.

**Raquel** · July 7th, 2008, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by insearchofme

I want to love me again.

I want that for you too - it's sad you can't see what I do in you and that's

WHATS NOT TO LOVE?!?!?!

**tinabean** · July 7th, 2008, 08:59 AM

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

**insearchofme** · July 7th, 2008, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Raquel

I want that for you too - it's sad you can't see what I do in you and that's

WHATS NOT TO LOVE?!?!?!

Thank you Raquel, your kinds words mean A LOT to me.

**soc wkr** · July 7th, 2008, 10:11 AM

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!

**tarekawilson** · July 7th, 2008, 02:01 PM

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Loving Me** · July 7th, 2008, 02:45 PM

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!

**momkat** · July 7th, 2008, 03:21 PM

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

**SexyQueen140** · July 13th, 2008, 06:57 PM

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.

**ginny4** · July 13th, 2008, 08:13 PM

I want to be healthy,and look good with out clothes

**Prncssmn7** · July 13th, 2008, 11:20 PM

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.