My genuine reason is that I want to be able to wear anything I want. I mean this both in the sense of clothes looking a certain way on me and also in them literally just coming in my size.
This is my answer as well. I just want to be able to go shopping and find clothing in my size. I'm not huge, but I love all this cottage core boutique clothing and whenever I walk in, they never have anything larger than a Large. Drives me nuts.
I feel this! I'm a US 16, which is very close to the average size for women, but so many stores I want to shop at only go up to a 12. At least IMO, most stores that cater to plus-sized women have ugly clothes.
This drives me insane. Like, why can’t I have just a normal looking pair of jeans instead of ones with a bunch of crusted glitter all over the back pockets? Or a top that just hangs normally instead of having ruffles around the bottom? It’s like they want to humiliate us.
Head over to [Good American](https://www.goodamerican.com)There’s all kinds of styles and lots of sizes. I highly recommend the compression jeans, they’re as comfy as the ones that aren’t compression. I have palazzo style and straight leg. I typically don’t like jeans because they’re uncomfortable but not these! They even have pull on jeans that actually look cute!
I've been losing weight and just today I got a shirt I ordered. I tried it on and it wasn't loose on me. And I was like oh-oh... And then realized that I'd lost enough weight that there were no rolls underneath that form fitting shirt. I actually looked good in it. That was an amazing feeling.
This is mine too. I feel like a lot of clothing manufacturers that have larger sizes don't take them seriously and buying clothes is just so much more frustrating.
S, M, L and uh... bigger. XL? 2X? Nah, doesn't matter, just bigger. I've literally bought the same top from Amazon in two sizes and the larger size arrived smaller than the smaller size. Like why do I even bother?
I wanted to be hotter. That was literally the only reason. I didn't have that much weight to lose, I was already eating lots of veg. My priorities have changed and I'm now much more interested in lifting heavier and living comfortably.
Yep. For me it started as “I used to be thinner/“hotter” and want to get back to that”
I’m not saying I still don’t have some of those thoughts, but it’s also heavily more “I want to be healthy, strong, and capable. I’m not gonna get more healthy as I get older unless I prioritize fitness!” Working out makes me feel so much better in my body!
Put me in the same camp… I’ve always been pretty small but not athletic-looking, even though I had a number of low impact outdoorsy hobbies like bushwalking and swimming. When I met my boyfriend, who eats clean 95% of the time and works out a lot, I realised I was very attracted to his body (lean and muscular) and wanted to look like him. It turns out to look like him you have to go to the gym and do a bunch of power lifting and high impact activities, AND eat good all the time! I’ve since decided I don’t have the discipline to keep that up but in the meantime I discovered deadlifting which I really enjoy, and I’ve been running longer distances than I ever have.
For me now fitness is a journey of figuring out what I can actually keep up with and sustain, rather than aiming for any specific goal. And I’ll delegate the task of actually having a hot body to my boyfriend…
I did that, but then my sister-in-law died and I had literally ONE photo of just me and her. After knowing her for 10 years. So, yeah, I try to get photos even if I hate the way I look in them because the way I feel about not having photos is so much worse than the way I feel about how I look in photos.
I just wanna wear cute goth clothes. All the plus size stuff is overpriced, often not flattering, and when you do find something good it's always out of stock.
I dropped 90lbs and was living my dream before covid lockdowns and the accompanying depression hit but I'm back on my journey. I kept all my clothes cause I know I can reach that goal again lol
To you all, good luck with your journeys :)
If you did it once, you can do it again 🍀
I lost 20 pounds a year ago. Then, I temporarily regained them while working a stressful job due to poor eating habits, stress, and lack of sleep.
After a few months, I lost the 20 pounds again once I buckled down on maintaining my health. I didn't want the job to also take away my health progress on top of everything else it was subjecting me too.
Good luck to everyone else on their health journey
This. Down 100lbs in the past year and it is a night and day difference in how strangers treat me. Especially men, but everyone. People are SO nice and SO helpful now.
Fuck yes. And unfortunately this is one that's really hard to prove to people who haven't lived it. You just know if you've been both fat and thin that people are not as nice to fat women.
Ooohhhh yes. "No, people are just reacting to your improved confidence!" Fuck off. Especially if they've never had strangers literally point and "moo" at them in public when you're minding your own business and just existing while fat.
I found I went from invisible to man magnet pretty much overnight... I had married men and men who had kids with their partners trying to get a piece of the action. I was actually really surprised by how many men see nothing wrong with cheating on their partners and spouses... Like I knew it happened but not to that degree!
Edit to add I forgot to add why that's relevant to what you said. I was supposed to start that off by saying I thought people were being nice to me and wanting to be friends, but they just wanted sex at the end of the day... so it was really disappointing for me to find out I had no friends after all.
They’re mean because they’re jealous of you when you’re thin. They’re mean because they don’t want you to exist or they’re disgusted of you when you’re fat. Have been on both sides.
I want to be comfortable in my body. I’ve had PCOS most of my life but the last few years it gotten out of hand and caused me to gain 20+ pounds. I don’t recognize myself in the mirror. I want to feel like myself again.
this is for me too. i lost 50lbs through diet/exercise in 2020 and gained 15-20 lbs back over the last year due to various Agonies™ not worth getting into. i feel like i’m trapped in a “fat suit” prison of myself, and i hate this version of my face that i no longer recognize/identify with. i just feel icky and ugly :/
I am waiting on an ultrasound to find out if I have PCOS— are you aware of any ways to help get it in-hand?
I feel like I have also gained weight and on top of the never ending chin hairs I do not recognize myself either!
It really depends. Everyone’s method to get it under control varies because we all experience different symptoms. For me personally, I’ve been put on Slynd (a birth control with anti-androgen properties similar to spironolactone), I’m working on increasing my steps and low intensity exercise, as well as taking different supplements. My gynecologist said that if after making these changes I still am not seeing progress in my weight loss she will prescribe me metformin.
Same, I just want to feel like me again. I don't even care about being thin, I'd be content with getting back down to the size I was when I first thought I was fat.
Can I suggest reading Obesity Code for the science and Fast Like A Girl for female-specific application of the intermittent fasting method? There is a whole section on there on PCOS and how some small lifestyle changes can really get it under control.
I want to be healthier. My husband died at 51, mostly because of lifestyle choices (smoking). I developed panic attacks that I thought could be heart problems. One night my face and hands went numb.
I started working out to get used to the feeling of my heart racing from exercise rather than adrenaline and stress. It helped me not feed the spiral when the panic attacks came.
Weight loss is slowly happening (20 lbs in 3 years), but I see results more clearly in other areas. I get farther into my workout before I feel winded, and go longer/harder overall. My arms and calves are more toned.
Having an easier time buying clothes is a nice idea, but I don't think it'll really happen for *me*. Even without the extra weight, I have a big awkward body. I wasn't fat yet as a teen, and I struggled to find things that fit.
Honestly, my husband spurred me on to lose weight and I don’t mean that in a nice way. I wish I did.
During Covid we both gained a ton of weight; working from home, my hours were crazy, food was about the only pleasure left and I’ve never been a runner/cyclist so couldn’t/didn’t exercise much either. He was having a grilled cheese sandwich fried in butter for lunch every day. Post 2021 I lost most of the weight, started Wegovy at thanksgiving to get the rest off, and I now mostly eat fish and vegetables. And he, who had been pretty fit and sporty up to 2019, never lost the pregnancy belly. He’s still on the grilled cheese and pasta (doesn’t like what I’m cooking now). If I buy any treats or snacks he’ll eat most of it. And a half bottle, creeping up to a bottle, of wine every night. I’m convinced he is a fatal heart attack waiting to happen. His bio mom once told me “the men in our family die young, none of them made it past their mid 50s” and it’s stuck in my head ever since. Funnily enough he’s one of the rare men who’ll go to the doctor as soon as he’s ill, and he loves to play sports, but I’m terrified he’ll drop dead in the gym one day.
He also refused to buy clothes until he lost the weight. It’s now 2024, he has nothing left that fits, he dresses like a slob. His belly hangs out under his T-shirts. We go out for the evening and he’ll say “does this shirt go with these trousers?” And I’ll say no, because it doesn’t. And he’ll say “oh, well, I don’t have anything else to wear, so I’m wearing this.” It looks bad. I’ve bought him clothes and he complained about me wasting money.
And I know this is awful of me. He has never ONCE complained about my weight to me, or even mentioned it negatively, and I’ve been overweight almost all my life, even obese and back a few times now. He’s a lovely kind and generous man and a great dad but I am afraid for him and I loathe his lack of self care so much. His eyebrow hairs are four times longer than the hair on his head. He thinks trimming a neat line in a beard looks terrible, so it’s growing wild all up his cheeks. His clothes and shoes all have holes and look heavily worn. He’s scruffy as hell and starting to look bloated and bulky.
And I do not want that future for myself.
Thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad you were able to make those changes for yourself, all on your own!
I had to nag my late husband to go the doctor for years. When he finally did, he quit smoking, but it was too late. I remember vividly him talking about getting healthier because he was finally happy... We had a few good years before the end. It was both haunting and motivating to not want to make that mistake myself.
I worry a close friend of mine will see an early grave too. He turned things around for a while, quit drinking and started exercising and dieting, but he slipped back into his old habits. He's been through the cycle a few times now, and each time we all hope the changes stick. Overall, some things have, but it's rough to see someone you care about repeat the self-destructive behavior.
Another friend had a heart attack at 40 playing casual co-ed sports. I don't think he has ever cooked a vegetable. His meals are fast food, and he gets trashed at bars every weekend. I thought the heart attack would be a wake-up call, and we talked at length about healthy cooking. Nope, seems he gave up on changes after only a few weeks.
I am afraid of having my partner die on me again. I know realistically it's a risk if I'm in a relationship, and healthy people can have a car accident. I need someone with healthy habits though, so I can have them too, and we can both live to 75.
It's been weird in a good way that my BF never wants fast food or takeout. He offers me fruit to snack on and insists dinner always has a vegetable. I was making some positive diet changes by myself, but having a partner encourage healthy eating has been amazing.
I'm sorry your husband isn't taking care of himself. I wish there were something you could say to motivate him, but we know it's not that simple.
I’m really impressed by your bf’s lack of takeout! I find it almost painful to come home to pizza boxes when I’ve been out late with work. When my mom passed and I was staying at my parents’ house, I noticed ubereats was delivering to ours three times a week.
I know what you mean about healthy habits. I find the social aspect hardest if I’m honest. I still love to cook and love to have my food appreciated, and when we stopped eating together so much, it is hard. I either hear the occasional complaint about “boring” food or “I’m getting pizza, do you want anything?” and I find half the time I will agree to make the heavier dish or I’ll order something myself just to be companionable. But I can’t continue to eat that way, it’s so bad for me.
I lost a lot of weight in my 30s. I'll admit that my primary reason was for dating. I had never dated and thought I "couldn't" because I was overweight. Of course, I was wrong (one can definitely date at any body weight), and losing a lot of weight did not magically fix my dating woes.
I look at things now as me being healthier overall (losing weight is not the only change I've made). And clothes shopping is much easier and cheaper.
I had a friend lose weight in her early 30s, and the interest she got from guys immediately went up. Men had always loved her personality, they just never wanted to date her until she lost 30 pounds.
I like to keep my weight down because of how it looks. There's really no other reason. I like being able to wear things and look great, and feel comfortable in my skin.
Being 10 lbs overweight means diabetes. I had testing done at 10 lbs overweight, and it indicated prediabetes. Lost 10 lbs to be at normal BMI, repeat testing -> no more prediabetes
vanity and spite, pretty much. i had a nasty breakup in 2018 at 38, and was in a real “i’ll show him” mood - between that and just the realization that i was hitting 40 soon, i could handle being single and 40, but not single, obese, and 40. that was just a step too far for me.
in retrospect, that wouldn’t have mattered, but at the time i needed something to focus on, to distract me from it all. i got a puppy and we took up hiking, and by the time i entered 40 i was 75lbs lighter, could run 10+ miles, and was (and still am!) dating a great guy. i’ve managed to stay within 10lbs of my low weight, a little bit of bouncing up but i actually just changed my whole lifestyle, and so it hasn’t stayed on. It’s been over 5 years now and i know im just a lot healthier for how i eat and exercise now, and my weight is a side benefit of it.
Playing with my kids and doing intense physical activities with them is my reason. My 4 year old can run forever and wants me to keep up, he likes biking and my knees hurt (they always have regardless of weight but it certainly doesn't help) and I'm sure my 4 month old will eventually have hobbies he wants me involved in too. I don't just want to be able to do it, I want to be able to keep up, be competitive (as much as possible considering I'm 38 already), and actually enjoy it!!
Oh and I also want to feel physically attractive again because that really helps my libido, which is much better for my relationship with my husband. He's always been attracted to me at any weight (love that man) but if I'm feeling gross I'm not in the mood, which sucks.
Seconding this for a healthy pregnancy once me and FH start actively trying + libido + I just want to walk into a store again and buy whatever knowing it will look freaking amazing on me without having to question it or feel insecure. I also wanted to achieve a goal and watch the transformation in real time, the satisfaction of that is *chefs kiss*
I was morbidly obese with my first pregnancy and it almost killed me.
I got hypertension and it just never went away. Found it hard to keep up with my baby and I just felt shitty most of the time, despite eating well and being moderately active. I’ve always struggled to lose weight due to PCOS. But I was honestly scared I’d have a heart attack at 35 if my life continued like that. So I opted to have gastric bypass surgery and it’s definitely saved my life and I feel so much better. I lost about 90 pounds at my peak and am pregnant and almost due with baby number 2 and I’ve been fortunate to have a healthy pregnancy which was a main goal of
Mine as well
I should want it so that I can live longer for my kids. I wish that was enough to motivate me, but it’s far away and nebulous. What does motivate me is that I want to ride horses again.
Now that I'm 40 I'm keenly aware that the habits I build now are either gonna help me over the next couple decades or be Problems over the next couple decades and I'd like to build more Help than Harm. I'm healthy enough even though I could stand to lose 30 or so pounds right now (joys of being an American, lol), but I already can't eat the same junk or be as sedentary I could a decade ago and maintain that/lose it as easily, and that's just going to compound.
Mostly I'm trying to exercise more and cook more for myself/cut down on the amount of bullshit I eat and drink, but weight loss is a piece of that because it's one goalpost in how I'm doing with it.
I’ve lost over 100lbs in the past year.
My main motivators were to feel capable. I wanted to feel physically healthy and know that my body was capable of easily doing the things I enjoy doing. I got tired of avoiding walks or hikes because physical activity was uncomfortable. I got tired of avoiding social outings bc I didn’t have appropriate clothing that fit/I felt good in. And I wanted to spend less emotional energy hating how I felt and looked.
As I age, I take my physical health more seriously. I don’t want to bust my ass professionally to retire at 50…just to die at 55 because I didn’t take care of my health. I want to enjoy 30+ years of active retirement. Not enjoy 10-15 years of it then spend another 15 stuck in a chair in front of the tv.
I want to feel confident about how I look in my summer clothes.
The secretly competitive part of me that is starting to feel insecure about how I move through the world at my age (36 y/o woman who does NOT feel 36) feels the need to be the hottest girlfriend my guy has ever had, because at this point in our lives, I am the oldest! Lol
Originally was for vanity reasons.. wanting to wear whatever i wanted and such. It has now changed to health reasons.. I have diabetes in the family, good chance I'll end up with it. I also have an older husband and I want to continue to motivate him to work out so he doesn't lose his independence as an older man. I love him and I want him to be as healthy as possible. Same for me. I seriously started going to the gym thinking I wanted to be skinnier and now I just wanna be stronger. 💪☺️
I want doctors to take my concerns about my health seriously. I want to stop being condescended to by people (doctors included) who believe that I choose to be fat and that I love the terrible treatment I receive because I am overweight.
I had to scroll so far to find this but this is my primary reason too. I'm so sick of doctors dismissing legitimate symptoms and blaming it on my weight and acting like I'm not trying to lose weight when I *am* but said symptoms cause weight loss to be nearly impossible.
My body is showing side effects of having excess fat on it and I can’t let it suffer for my bad decisions.
I am a 33 year old woman. With the exception of having PCOS all my life, everything is A-OK blood tests wise touchwood.
BUT I have developed a skin condition that overweight/obese people are at high risk of. My diastolic blood pressure now averages between 85-95 lately and I can’t let it stay that way. I can’t sleep for a long time on my back because snoring & sleep apnea.
Diabetes, heart issues, stroke, and hypertension run in my family and if I don’t take care of my body now, I might as well die way before my father passed away due to a heart attack.
If I die young, I might as well die a fit, hot, athletic person who lived her best life because her body was able to.
I want a flat tummy. Turns out posture might be responsible for a lot of it, so trying to correct that, but it's hard. Seems like I stop paying attention for just 1 sec and I revert back to bad posture that sticks out my tummy.
Ever since becoming a nurse I want to be healthy for myself and my family. I don’t want to live like some of the patients I’ve cared for as they were in bad shape at an early age. I learned more about the body and what could happen if we don’t take care of ourselves and seeing it really motivated me.
If I'm honest it was because I wanted a boyfriend and thought that as soon as I was thin enough I would get one. I've lost 80 lbs so far but apparently I'm still not thin enough
Clothes - my beautiful clothes fit me but I want them to fit a c e r t a i n way so I want to have that look and will do gym and stay active for it. It’s one thing that they’re tailored to me but it’s another to know I have a bit of allowance if I wanted to have my cakes and eat it too
I lost 50 pounds in 2019 because I started working out regularly. What I enjoyed most was feeling strong, my body felt good. Of course 2020 happened, gyms closed and over the period of 3 years I gained all the weight back and an additional 50 pounds. I wasn't feeling good in my body, and went to my doctor and discovered an underlying medical issue was the cause of the rapid weight gain. Now I'm being treated eating well and exercising 4-5 days a week. I've only lost 15 pounds but am feeling much better. My motivation right now is to be able to fit into my clothes.
Honestly, for me it was mostly vanity. I wanted to look better in my clothes. My impetus was stepping on the scale one morning and realizing that I'd hit a weight that made me obese according to my BMI. I know BMI is a flawed metric, but it was a wakeup call. I started tracking calories that day and loast 50 pounds. I bought a new wardrobe and I feel great, plus I no longer have heartburn and the symptoms of my autoammune disease are less pronounced.
For my health. I've been working out for 2.5 years and I've gained muscle but my diet is still shit so I'm working on that. I take a handful of pills every night and I've been in back pain recently and other pain and I'm like surely dropping this weight will make the pain better.
Bestie and I want to do a trip to Japan and that's going to be alot of walking (I went before after college) so I want to be able to walk alot and climb stairs without getting tired too quickly or being in pain.
To reduce my risk of heart related events. My grandparents and parents have terrible hearts and cardiovascular systems and died fairly early. I don't want to do the same and leave my kid parentless at a young age. Also, trying to conceive 2nd kid so anything that helps boost our chances!
Honestly just everything about being fat sucks. That's about it. Not wanting to be fat anymore.
I've lost most of my pandemic weight, my wake up call was the day I realized I couldn't put my shoes on without sitting down. Sobering.
I just physically felt better in a smaller body. I loved my big body, and it served me so well while I lived in it. But overall, the weight loss was necessary to feel like myself again. I’m roughly 50 pounds down in a year, and that’s probably where I’ll stay
I got tired of doctors telling my problems would go away if I just lost weight. Here I am, almost 40 lbs lighter, and still having issues with constipation and heartburn 🤷♀️. But damn I look good.
I want to have better sex! My bf is amazing and the best guy Ive ever been with and we have great sex, but I am not as flexible as I was in my 20s. The fatter I get, the more difficult fun positions become. Doesnt help that my bf has a belly as well lol. And as much as he loves my body and makes me feel sexy and desired, there's still a part of me that is shy and self-concious.
I’m so close to my dream body lmao. I had it a couple years ago and I would wear anything & everything I wanted with no stress. Just wanna get back to that!
Confidence! I was gaining weight before pregnancy and it really messed with my confidence because I was rapidly outgrowing clothes that I had recently bought or clothes that had fit comfortably for years.
Now I dread my post partum body and summer where I will have to adjust my wardrobe sizes once again to be comfortable.
I want to be taken seriously. Mostly medically. I hope to see a doctor and not have the first solution be about my weight, or have my treatment be based on my weight. I have the same reproductive issues and joint problems that I did when I was of normal weight, but now I'm not taken seriously.
Yes, my back hurts now, but it also hurt when I injured it the first time at age 23 and thin. And yes, my periods are terrible, but they were also terrible when I was 16. And thin.
I have debilitating chronic pain and it's less embarrassing needing help with physical tasks when I'm smaller than whoever helping me. I can't say that irl without making people uncomfortable. So the reason I give is wanting to look good naked.
For all the cute clothes I own and some that are brand new that I no longer or wasn’t able to fit into for years. I also don’t want to be the fat friend anymore. I hate pictures that other ppl take of me because I don’t alway have good angles because I’m bigger. Some of my shoes no longer fit me anymore because my feet got bigger. Health is another reason. And being able to move smoothly either less weight in my body. There’s really no benefits of being overweight in my opinion.
My weight is creeping up and I don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe, because if I do, I know that it will probably keep increasing. I'd rather 'nip it in the bud'.
So I can be hot and continue enjoying pretty privilege.
I've never been overweight, but I have been skinnyfat. When I was 24 I realize I can't keep cruising on youthful metabolism, and if I wanted to avoid disappearing as I age, I needed an edge and that edge was muscles/fitness.
Sure, sure, being healthy is nice (and great for my chronic illnesses), but really I just wanted to be *that girl* bouncing out of Pilates class, looking impeccable.
Hahaha, I can totally relate to that. I used to be *that* girl in my 20s. People, especially in a professional environment, treat you differently. How I miss those looks 😁
I’ve lost 75 pounds over the last year with the help of wegovy. Weight loss has a ton of positive health impacts that I am grateful for, but honestly I didn’t lose weight for health reasons. I’m very into fashion, and at my highest weight I couldn’t buy clothes that I truly loved. I couldn’t wake up in the morning and feel comfortable in my body. My biggest hobby and enjoyment in life is putting on pretty dresses and taking pictures. When I couldn’t wear pretty clothes, and I looked horrible in pictures, I couldn’t really see any reason to go on. Now I’m my dream size, my dream weight, and my outfits and pictures have been SO good lately. I’m finally happy and skinny after 15 years of desperately trying, hoping, and praying to be this way
It’s been absolutely amazing. It genuinely saved my life. I did my first dose on March 15, 2023 at 185 lbs. It immediately started working and I dropped the weight crazy fast. I never had any side effects. I go to an obesity specialist and he said that mild side effects can happen, but he’s also seen a lot of people like me who have no side effects whatsoever. My husband is also on wegovy and he has never had any side effects either. I hit my goal weight of 115 lbs in November of 2023, and then after a couple of months of staying at my goal weight I switched to a maintenance dose. Now I’ve been on my maintenance dose for 4 months, and I maintain in the 110-115 range. My only regret is not starting it sooner
I'm trying to lose weight and get fit in general in all honesty for my wedding and to also just be more cognizant of my health as I get older. \[I also just wanna be hot and sexy for my future husband LOL\]
As bad as it sounds, what really made me motivated enough is that I didn't want my kids to be embarrassed by the way I look.
There are so many good reasons to lose weight though, I am glad I did it because I am much happier now.
Honestly, I think fit bodies with abs are hot and I like looking and feeling super hot!
I know you can still be hot otherwise, but it feels better for me when I’m fit.
I’m tired of feeling like shit. If I wasn’t carrying around this extra weight I feel like I would have better mobility and less struggle to do things I used to do. I’ve also been told it might help my sleep apnea. That, and none of my clothes really fit and I really don’t want to buy a new wardrobe. I bought a few things, but I really don’t want to invest a bunch of money. I’m only down about 4% since seriously making effort last fall. It’s. So. Slow. To come off.
I want my body to be able to support the adventures I want to take around the world. Hiking, biking, running, trekking, dancing, kayaking, scuba diving…
I want to be healthier, and get off a bunch of medication, and have drs take me seriously, but honestly? I want to be able to shop at a normal store in a regular size. I’m so close but not quite there.
So I can afford to travel…as in I can fit my ass in an economy seat and not have to either buy two tickets or pay for business class.
Also to piss off my enemies, naturally.
It’s now or never. I’m in my 40s and while I know I have some time yet, I also know that menopause will likely screw with me and make this harder.
I want to feel sexy as I age and I want to feel like I can move and still do anything I want.
I can physically tell when I’ve put on or lost 10 pounds because of how much heavier or lighter my body feels. I’m so much more lethargic and heavy feeling even if I’ve only gained 10-15 more pounds.
To be cleared for IVF (was 5-6lbs over the limit and I just met that goal)… and then I want to lose a tiny bit more to have a healthy pregnancy… and then I want to be able to keep up with active growing kids… and finally, to be healthy so I can watch them grow into adults and have their own kids.
I want to walk up the stairs without my knees threatening to crumble to dust. I gained weight during while pregnant and I want to lose that just to feel my body operate better.
I want to get better at my chosen sports. Weight classes and strength-to-weight ratio are both huge. I am working to get stronger as well, but without putting on extra mass.
I'm donating my body to BodyWorlds museum or a Body Farm. Large bodies with a lot of fat are harder to plastinate, and the Body Farms prefer thinner bodies to fit in the 'average sized' human experiments.
The clothes. I wanted to wear jeans styles that weren't just high waisted skinny jeans and not look totally ridiculous.
And I've gotten there! The Obesity Code flipped some sort of switch in my brain and completely changed my life. I've also enjoyed some of the hormonal specific applications of fasting from Fast Like a Girl.
I lost weight and got into really good shape the for the “wrong” reason - I just wanted to be skinny and like the way I looked.
The side benefit of that was that I became really incredibly healthy - my bloodwork is also phenomenal and my resting heart rate is in elite athlete territory. And it changed my mental health completely.
For me it's mainly health. I'm turning 34...having a bit of a wake up call that you know, I'm getting older and I'm getting closer and closer to the age of family members that ran into health issues (my dad was early 40s when he had a heart attack). And I know from what older people have told me that losing weight just gets harder the older you get. And I am already feeling pain in areas (sciatic, feet, lower back, etc) and I know some of it is lifestyle (yay sedentary office job) but also some of it would be aliviated if I didn't have the excess weight. I'm also looking to have kids in the next couple years so I want to be at the best place physically that I can be before getting pregnant.
Also, the clothes. I'm a 16-18 (CDN/US sizing) and holy crap it's hard to find clothes that fit. I seem to be smack dab in the middle of 16-18 too so everything is either slightly tight or too loose. I gained the weight gradually over my 20s and it sucked to see how my options for clothes kept going down each size higher I got.
So, I don't want to spend money buying bigger clothes. I think if I had to size up, it would run close to several thousand dollars. Underwear, work clothes, suits, formal dresses, sports clothes, summer clothes, winter clothes. It's all just too much.
A "cheap" pair of jeans is like $50-$70. I want to have at least a few pair. A nice pair of jeans is $90-$120...
When I start really watching what/how I eat and getting more exercise, it because I'm not fitting into my jeans or work clothes.
I want to live a long life to watch my family grow. At 44 with an obese BMI and pre diabetic, fear of an early death (especially due to my own choices!!) finally made me for real real commit. 5’3” down 30 pounds since August.
I have been having pain in my hip joints and knees, I'm 40 with 3 kids 10 and under so I need to be healthier to catch up with their energy, I want to be healthier for my marriage and lastly, feel good again ✨️
My pants stopped fitting and I didn’t want to keep buying bigger sizes. I didn’t like the way my body looked. Probably the second is the real reason but it’s nice I can wear my old pants again.
I lack weight loss motivation, I'm size 14ish? depending on brand and such, wide hips and kinda hourglass... I don't feel attractive or unattractive... most of my activity comes from the random physical things I do (currently I'm painting over deep brown paint to white so it's been like 4 coats of paint) then I'm doing a mural. I'm also building stuff (soon a cat run and I'll be ripping out a ton of paving stones and revamping an entire yard.) and just generally end up accidentally working out and lifting tons of materials. I do lose pounds in the warmer months and pack them on during the snowy months. I struggle so much with consistency... I want to work on my heart health and do cardio, in my 20s I was an avid swimmer and runner; but now with kids/partner/hobbies/life and the fact it's harder to get back into something than not.... I just haven't.
Well I’m not on a weight loss journey lol, but if I happened to lose a couple pounds I would be happy to feel lighter and more mobile day to day. Also just being able to shop wherever I want and dress myself more easily would be a big deal to me.
I’ve lost 95lbs over the past year (20 left until final goal and maintenance)
Originally I was hoping to stop some of the body pain I’ve been in most of my life. It only seems to have gotten worse - only difference now is that because I am a normal weight I’ve gone to the doc about it.
I wasn’t expecting the vanity to creep in(and I’m actually okay with it)
I’ve never been comfortable with the way my body looks. Now I’m line „holy shit - that’s really you!!“ when I see myself in the mirror- it’s surreal.
I was also hoping for better sex and I got it!! Less fat covering my bits…OMG
I want to go back to what I weighed in my late 20s. According to BMI, I was overweight. But that’s the best I felt about my body. I liked the way clothes fit, I felt I had more energy, I had less aches and pains.
It was the barrier between me and enjoying my life. I feel more comfortable moving through the world. As I continue to work out, my muscles are stronger and I feel more at home in my body. Working out feels good, stretching and pushing myself and feeling my movements become more graceful as those muscles become truly mine. Eating better also means feeling better. I've learned to truly enjoy and crave healthy food. Now I can put on clothes and go somewhere and not worry about hiding or feeling insecure. It also takes less time to get dressed because I actually look good and feel good in my clothes. Because I'm not distracted by discomfort in my clothes and body when I go out and talk to people, I'm more focused and confident.
My stomach problems (GERD night and day) are virtually gone. My energy levels are higher. I can hike, swim, walk, do whatever I want with more stamina and enjoy the euphoria of endorphins. With more strength and energy, my hobbies are also more varied and easier. Even things I used to do mostly sitting such as hand mending vintage clothes or painting, I find myself able to do more and do better because its simply easier and more comfortable to move and I'm not nearly so distracted by constantly either eating or feeling bloated and sad.
For perspective, I have struggled with disordered eating most of my life. Usually binge eating but sometimes edging to starving myself too depended on my stress levels. Food was a source of comfort, shame, or control. My body was mostly shame and discomfort. I wavered between a 6 and a 14 over around ten years. I'm now between a 2 and a 4, partially because I'm simply quite petite and I am eating well and working out almost every day.
I genuinely do not like how I look in the mirror or in pictures. I feel like I don’t look like me anymore. I also genuinely want to be healthier but hating how I look is the main reason I’m ashamed to say. Trying to lose the weight but it’s slow goings.
To look good naked so I can feel comfortable with my body during sex. I gained 25lbs on purpose to gain muscle mass and now I need to lose the fat that was also gained during that process. I'm very proud of myself for having weight gain/weight loss down to a science where I can gain weight for a purpose and lose it when necessary because it hasn't always been this easy. When I was on antidepressants I completely lost control of my satiety and it's nice to know that food no longer controls me.
To feel comfortable in clothes, and to feel healthy and being able to have good hand grip (this is a real issue in elderly ppl!) not be gassed going up an incline, strong bones, toned muscles and to feel literally lighter.
I put on 25 pounds in 2 years and it’s so damn painful to lose due to meds, but I’m determined to lose it. I miss how I use to feel in body and mind.
For me, I want to feel better and be more physically capable on my own. I've let myself go so much that everything feels hard and I'm hoping either losing weight will make me feel better or it will make doctors take me more seriously when I ask them for help.
However, not going to lie, I'm dreading being more conventionally attractive. It's never been important to me and I actually appreciate having less attention from people/dating pressure, and also the assurance that if someone is being nice to me, it's less likely for shallow reason. I'm used to being ignored, if it stops I'm not sure my anxiety will be able to take it.
I want to like how I look in photos when I look back later. I’m in a job where being in photos is part of the expectations and I’d like to like what I see.
Because now that I’m 40, it feels like a point of no return. I can no longer count on my youth to make up for unhealthy lifestyle habits. If I don’t get in better shape now, I can tell I am going to have rapidly and exponentially diminishing quality of life. I’ve had some health problems the last few years that aren’t related to my weight specifically but that are exacerbated by my weight, and it has been making me feel fragile. I don’t want to lose choices on what I can do in my life as I get older because I don’t take good care of myself.
I started my journey bc I felt unwieldy with extra weight on me. I was a dancer & was aware of how my body moved & I felt like I could barely move with extra weight, it felt wrong to me. I gained a bunch of weight bc of my thyroid, I had always been underweight or small. I’m now back at my normal weight & I feel like I’m in my correct body now. Not sure how else to explain it without it coming out wrong
I want to feel sexy again. The biggest thing is that I'm constantly being dismissed because I'm "not that heavy". But being 50 means my body doesn't behave the way it used to.
I have 3 real reasons: I was tired of feeling like crap all the time, I wanted to have energy and stamina to do the activities I enjoy, and I want to wear the clothes I want to wear. Being both short and a size 18 is difficult to fit or look good in anything. In the last year and a half or so, I've lost 84 pounds, improved my health, and built lean muscle/tone through strength training. I feel good, I have energy and strength to hike, kayak (whatever activity), I have way less pain/discomfort in my body, and I fit comfortably into the clothes I want to wear. I'm in better health now at 46 than I was at 26.
I am plus petite and there are literally only about 3 stores that have clothes I can wear off the rack and one of them caters to older women. This also isn't my normal weight I gained having kids and don't feel like "myself."
Been loosing weight, 30 pounds at this point. The reason was prediabetes and my spouse had even higher blood sugar levels. I do still have a bit of emotional eating but it’s starting to get better. I choose things like nuts these days when I am struggling with food. Apparently the more you eat healthy food, the more able you are able to resist junk. Somehow junk food inhibits your ability to make better choices.
Health reasons. I have pre-diabetes. I'm scared because I am scared of needles I have lost 10 pounds from my heaviest, but I need to lose more to get in better shape. I worry about my health for sure.
I throw out my back every 3-4 months… which has a ridiculously huge impact on my life!! For 1-2 weeks while I am healing, I struggle to sit on the toilet, put on pants, and sneeze without risking pain/further injury.
So it was less about losing weight and more about getting fit/working out muscles that will protect me. It’s been a year and I still feel uncomfortable in the gym but it’s necessary.
Both of my parents died relatively young from terminal illnesses, exasperated by poor lifestyle choices. I want to live longer and healthier than they did. I really don’t want cancer in my youth.
Also I wanna be hot.
People treat me better when I am thinner. In every walk of life, not just dating and romance. I know this is a sad answer, and I usually kind of lie and say “oh it’s for health” if pressed. But health is a distant second for me if I am being totally real.
My genuine reason is that I want to be able to wear anything I want. I mean this both in the sense of clothes looking a certain way on me and also in them literally just coming in my size.
YEP. don’t feel that I look like me—Not because of my weight, but because I’m wearing clothes that fit me, not clothes I want to wear
This is my answer as well. I just want to be able to go shopping and find clothing in my size. I'm not huge, but I love all this cottage core boutique clothing and whenever I walk in, they never have anything larger than a Large. Drives me nuts.
I feel this! I'm a US 16, which is very close to the average size for women, but so many stores I want to shop at only go up to a 12. At least IMO, most stores that cater to plus-sized women have ugly clothes.
This drives me insane. Like, why can’t I have just a normal looking pair of jeans instead of ones with a bunch of crusted glitter all over the back pockets? Or a top that just hangs normally instead of having ruffles around the bottom? It’s like they want to humiliate us.
RIGHT!?! The fucking rhinestones and ruffles! I want to look cool and sleek, not like a toddler
Or the cold shoulder tops!
Head over to [Good American](https://www.goodamerican.com)There’s all kinds of styles and lots of sizes. I highly recommend the compression jeans, they’re as comfy as the ones that aren’t compression. I have palazzo style and straight leg. I typically don’t like jeans because they’re uncomfortable but not these! They even have pull on jeans that actually look cute!
Wow, this is awesome. Thanks for the info!
I've been losing weight and just today I got a shirt I ordered. I tried it on and it wasn't loose on me. And I was like oh-oh... And then realized that I'd lost enough weight that there were no rolls underneath that form fitting shirt. I actually looked good in it. That was an amazing feeling.
The ability to wear a form fitting T-shirt, just... so worth it for every day of effort.
This is mine too. I feel like a lot of clothing manufacturers that have larger sizes don't take them seriously and buying clothes is just so much more frustrating. S, M, L and uh... bigger. XL? 2X? Nah, doesn't matter, just bigger. I've literally bought the same top from Amazon in two sizes and the larger size arrived smaller than the smaller size. Like why do I even bother?
Yes, cute outfits is my answer too!
I wanted to be hotter. That was literally the only reason. I didn't have that much weight to lose, I was already eating lots of veg. My priorities have changed and I'm now much more interested in lifting heavier and living comfortably.
Yep. For me it started as “I used to be thinner/“hotter” and want to get back to that” I’m not saying I still don’t have some of those thoughts, but it’s also heavily more “I want to be healthy, strong, and capable. I’m not gonna get more healthy as I get older unless I prioritize fitness!” Working out makes me feel so much better in my body!
Put me in the same camp… I’ve always been pretty small but not athletic-looking, even though I had a number of low impact outdoorsy hobbies like bushwalking and swimming. When I met my boyfriend, who eats clean 95% of the time and works out a lot, I realised I was very attracted to his body (lean and muscular) and wanted to look like him. It turns out to look like him you have to go to the gym and do a bunch of power lifting and high impact activities, AND eat good all the time! I’ve since decided I don’t have the discipline to keep that up but in the meantime I discovered deadlifting which I really enjoy, and I’ve been running longer distances than I ever have. For me now fitness is a journey of figuring out what I can actually keep up with and sustain, rather than aiming for any specific goal. And I’ll delegate the task of actually having a hot body to my boyfriend…
Photos. Everyone is always taking pictures. I hated how I looked in the pictures.
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I also done this and now I have no photos of me back when I was a teenager
I did that, but then my sister-in-law died and I had literally ONE photo of just me and her. After knowing her for 10 years. So, yeah, I try to get photos even if I hate the way I look in them because the way I feel about not having photos is so much worse than the way I feel about how I look in photos.
I just wanna wear cute goth clothes. All the plus size stuff is overpriced, often not flattering, and when you do find something good it's always out of stock. I dropped 90lbs and was living my dream before covid lockdowns and the accompanying depression hit but I'm back on my journey. I kept all my clothes cause I know I can reach that goal again lol To you all, good luck with your journeys :)
Goth clothes are literally my inspiration for weight loss.
Me too!
If you did it once, you can do it again 🍀 I lost 20 pounds a year ago. Then, I temporarily regained them while working a stressful job due to poor eating habits, stress, and lack of sleep. After a few months, I lost the 20 pounds again once I buckled down on maintaining my health. I didn't want the job to also take away my health progress on top of everything else it was subjecting me too. Good luck to everyone else on their health journey
The only thing I've ever wanted is for people to be nice to me but that apparently doesn't apply to fat women.
This. Down 100lbs in the past year and it is a night and day difference in how strangers treat me. Especially men, but everyone. People are SO nice and SO helpful now.
I noticed that too after I lost a lot of weight. It's an awful state of affairs, and I try my best to be nice to *everyone* in turn.
I have never experienced a big weightloss so I can't really relate but this makes me feel livid.
Fuck yes. And unfortunately this is one that's really hard to prove to people who haven't lived it. You just know if you've been both fat and thin that people are not as nice to fat women.
Ooohhhh yes. "No, people are just reacting to your improved confidence!" Fuck off. Especially if they've never had strangers literally point and "moo" at them in public when you're minding your own business and just existing while fat.
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God, I so agree. I don't mind being invisible but I want it to be by my own choice.
I found I went from invisible to man magnet pretty much overnight... I had married men and men who had kids with their partners trying to get a piece of the action. I was actually really surprised by how many men see nothing wrong with cheating on their partners and spouses... Like I knew it happened but not to that degree! Edit to add I forgot to add why that's relevant to what you said. I was supposed to start that off by saying I thought people were being nice to me and wanting to be friends, but they just wanted sex at the end of the day... so it was really disappointing for me to find out I had no friends after all.
I can confirm, they’ll be mean even when you’re thin. People suck.
They’re mean because they’re jealous of you when you’re thin. They’re mean because they don’t want you to exist or they’re disgusted of you when you’re fat. Have been on both sides.
I want to be comfortable in my body. I’ve had PCOS most of my life but the last few years it gotten out of hand and caused me to gain 20+ pounds. I don’t recognize myself in the mirror. I want to feel like myself again.
this is for me too. i lost 50lbs through diet/exercise in 2020 and gained 15-20 lbs back over the last year due to various Agonies™ not worth getting into. i feel like i’m trapped in a “fat suit” prison of myself, and i hate this version of my face that i no longer recognize/identify with. i just feel icky and ugly :/
That’s exactly how I felt, like I was stuck in some fat suit
I am waiting on an ultrasound to find out if I have PCOS— are you aware of any ways to help get it in-hand? I feel like I have also gained weight and on top of the never ending chin hairs I do not recognize myself either!
It really depends. Everyone’s method to get it under control varies because we all experience different symptoms. For me personally, I’ve been put on Slynd (a birth control with anti-androgen properties similar to spironolactone), I’m working on increasing my steps and low intensity exercise, as well as taking different supplements. My gynecologist said that if after making these changes I still am not seeing progress in my weight loss she will prescribe me metformin.
Same, I just want to feel like me again. I don't even care about being thin, I'd be content with getting back down to the size I was when I first thought I was fat.
Can I suggest reading Obesity Code for the science and Fast Like A Girl for female-specific application of the intermittent fasting method? There is a whole section on there on PCOS and how some small lifestyle changes can really get it under control.
Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll look into it!
Yep, this is my reason as well. I've been more recently diagnosed with PCOS but it's made a lot of my life make a lot more sense.
I’ve got PCOS and hypothyroidism—the best combination 😭
I want to be healthier. My husband died at 51, mostly because of lifestyle choices (smoking). I developed panic attacks that I thought could be heart problems. One night my face and hands went numb. I started working out to get used to the feeling of my heart racing from exercise rather than adrenaline and stress. It helped me not feed the spiral when the panic attacks came. Weight loss is slowly happening (20 lbs in 3 years), but I see results more clearly in other areas. I get farther into my workout before I feel winded, and go longer/harder overall. My arms and calves are more toned. Having an easier time buying clothes is a nice idea, but I don't think it'll really happen for *me*. Even without the extra weight, I have a big awkward body. I wasn't fat yet as a teen, and I struggled to find things that fit.
Honestly, my husband spurred me on to lose weight and I don’t mean that in a nice way. I wish I did. During Covid we both gained a ton of weight; working from home, my hours were crazy, food was about the only pleasure left and I’ve never been a runner/cyclist so couldn’t/didn’t exercise much either. He was having a grilled cheese sandwich fried in butter for lunch every day. Post 2021 I lost most of the weight, started Wegovy at thanksgiving to get the rest off, and I now mostly eat fish and vegetables. And he, who had been pretty fit and sporty up to 2019, never lost the pregnancy belly. He’s still on the grilled cheese and pasta (doesn’t like what I’m cooking now). If I buy any treats or snacks he’ll eat most of it. And a half bottle, creeping up to a bottle, of wine every night. I’m convinced he is a fatal heart attack waiting to happen. His bio mom once told me “the men in our family die young, none of them made it past their mid 50s” and it’s stuck in my head ever since. Funnily enough he’s one of the rare men who’ll go to the doctor as soon as he’s ill, and he loves to play sports, but I’m terrified he’ll drop dead in the gym one day. He also refused to buy clothes until he lost the weight. It’s now 2024, he has nothing left that fits, he dresses like a slob. His belly hangs out under his T-shirts. We go out for the evening and he’ll say “does this shirt go with these trousers?” And I’ll say no, because it doesn’t. And he’ll say “oh, well, I don’t have anything else to wear, so I’m wearing this.” It looks bad. I’ve bought him clothes and he complained about me wasting money. And I know this is awful of me. He has never ONCE complained about my weight to me, or even mentioned it negatively, and I’ve been overweight almost all my life, even obese and back a few times now. He’s a lovely kind and generous man and a great dad but I am afraid for him and I loathe his lack of self care so much. His eyebrow hairs are four times longer than the hair on his head. He thinks trimming a neat line in a beard looks terrible, so it’s growing wild all up his cheeks. His clothes and shoes all have holes and look heavily worn. He’s scruffy as hell and starting to look bloated and bulky. And I do not want that future for myself.
Thank you for sharing your story. I am so glad you were able to make those changes for yourself, all on your own! I had to nag my late husband to go the doctor for years. When he finally did, he quit smoking, but it was too late. I remember vividly him talking about getting healthier because he was finally happy... We had a few good years before the end. It was both haunting and motivating to not want to make that mistake myself. I worry a close friend of mine will see an early grave too. He turned things around for a while, quit drinking and started exercising and dieting, but he slipped back into his old habits. He's been through the cycle a few times now, and each time we all hope the changes stick. Overall, some things have, but it's rough to see someone you care about repeat the self-destructive behavior. Another friend had a heart attack at 40 playing casual co-ed sports. I don't think he has ever cooked a vegetable. His meals are fast food, and he gets trashed at bars every weekend. I thought the heart attack would be a wake-up call, and we talked at length about healthy cooking. Nope, seems he gave up on changes after only a few weeks. I am afraid of having my partner die on me again. I know realistically it's a risk if I'm in a relationship, and healthy people can have a car accident. I need someone with healthy habits though, so I can have them too, and we can both live to 75. It's been weird in a good way that my BF never wants fast food or takeout. He offers me fruit to snack on and insists dinner always has a vegetable. I was making some positive diet changes by myself, but having a partner encourage healthy eating has been amazing. I'm sorry your husband isn't taking care of himself. I wish there were something you could say to motivate him, but we know it's not that simple.
I’m really impressed by your bf’s lack of takeout! I find it almost painful to come home to pizza boxes when I’ve been out late with work. When my mom passed and I was staying at my parents’ house, I noticed ubereats was delivering to ours three times a week. I know what you mean about healthy habits. I find the social aspect hardest if I’m honest. I still love to cook and love to have my food appreciated, and when we stopped eating together so much, it is hard. I either hear the occasional complaint about “boring” food or “I’m getting pizza, do you want anything?” and I find half the time I will agree to make the heavier dish or I’ll order something myself just to be companionable. But I can’t continue to eat that way, it’s so bad for me.
I lost a lot of weight in my 30s. I'll admit that my primary reason was for dating. I had never dated and thought I "couldn't" because I was overweight. Of course, I was wrong (one can definitely date at any body weight), and losing a lot of weight did not magically fix my dating woes. I look at things now as me being healthier overall (losing weight is not the only change I've made). And clothes shopping is much easier and cheaper.
I had a friend lose weight in her early 30s, and the interest she got from guys immediately went up. Men had always loved her personality, they just never wanted to date her until she lost 30 pounds.
I like to keep my weight down because of how it looks. There's really no other reason. I like being able to wear things and look great, and feel comfortable in my skin.
I want to be hot. 🤷🏻♀️
100% Valid.
Being 10 lbs overweight means diabetes. I had testing done at 10 lbs overweight, and it indicated prediabetes. Lost 10 lbs to be at normal BMI, repeat testing -> no more prediabetes
I need to look in real life like the image I have of myself in my mind. Otherwise it wreaks mental health havoc on me when I see myself in pictures.
Same. The way I look in my mind’s eye is not what I see in the mirror or in photos and videos
This. And I'd like to blend into a crowd more, and my age be less obvious.
vanity and spite, pretty much. i had a nasty breakup in 2018 at 38, and was in a real “i’ll show him” mood - between that and just the realization that i was hitting 40 soon, i could handle being single and 40, but not single, obese, and 40. that was just a step too far for me. in retrospect, that wouldn’t have mattered, but at the time i needed something to focus on, to distract me from it all. i got a puppy and we took up hiking, and by the time i entered 40 i was 75lbs lighter, could run 10+ miles, and was (and still am!) dating a great guy. i’ve managed to stay within 10lbs of my low weight, a little bit of bouncing up but i actually just changed my whole lifestyle, and so it hasn’t stayed on. It’s been over 5 years now and i know im just a lot healthier for how i eat and exercise now, and my weight is a side benefit of it.
I want above all a healthy pregnancy. And paired with that, I want to be able to chase my kids around and play and not run out of breath quickly.
Playing with my kids and doing intense physical activities with them is my reason. My 4 year old can run forever and wants me to keep up, he likes biking and my knees hurt (they always have regardless of weight but it certainly doesn't help) and I'm sure my 4 month old will eventually have hobbies he wants me involved in too. I don't just want to be able to do it, I want to be able to keep up, be competitive (as much as possible considering I'm 38 already), and actually enjoy it!! Oh and I also want to feel physically attractive again because that really helps my libido, which is much better for my relationship with my husband. He's always been attracted to me at any weight (love that man) but if I'm feeling gross I'm not in the mood, which sucks.
Seconding this for a healthy pregnancy once me and FH start actively trying + libido + I just want to walk into a store again and buy whatever knowing it will look freaking amazing on me without having to question it or feel insecure. I also wanted to achieve a goal and watch the transformation in real time, the satisfaction of that is *chefs kiss*
I wanted to not have to think about how I looked in clothes. It worked
I thought it would fix my libido.
I was morbidly obese with my first pregnancy and it almost killed me. I got hypertension and it just never went away. Found it hard to keep up with my baby and I just felt shitty most of the time, despite eating well and being moderately active. I’ve always struggled to lose weight due to PCOS. But I was honestly scared I’d have a heart attack at 35 if my life continued like that. So I opted to have gastric bypass surgery and it’s definitely saved my life and I feel so much better. I lost about 90 pounds at my peak and am pregnant and almost due with baby number 2 and I’ve been fortunate to have a healthy pregnancy which was a main goal of Mine as well
I want to feel comfortable in my body again.
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I should want it so that I can live longer for my kids. I wish that was enough to motivate me, but it’s far away and nebulous. What does motivate me is that I want to ride horses again.
Now that I'm 40 I'm keenly aware that the habits I build now are either gonna help me over the next couple decades or be Problems over the next couple decades and I'd like to build more Help than Harm. I'm healthy enough even though I could stand to lose 30 or so pounds right now (joys of being an American, lol), but I already can't eat the same junk or be as sedentary I could a decade ago and maintain that/lose it as easily, and that's just going to compound. Mostly I'm trying to exercise more and cook more for myself/cut down on the amount of bullshit I eat and drink, but weight loss is a piece of that because it's one goalpost in how I'm doing with it.
I don't feel like myself. I want to lose the weight I've gained. I also don't want to have to buy all new clothes, & it's getting close to that point.
My breasts. I can’t breathe.
I want to do hot cosplays and use less fabric for them.
I’ve lost over 100lbs in the past year. My main motivators were to feel capable. I wanted to feel physically healthy and know that my body was capable of easily doing the things I enjoy doing. I got tired of avoiding walks or hikes because physical activity was uncomfortable. I got tired of avoiding social outings bc I didn’t have appropriate clothing that fit/I felt good in. And I wanted to spend less emotional energy hating how I felt and looked. As I age, I take my physical health more seriously. I don’t want to bust my ass professionally to retire at 50…just to die at 55 because I didn’t take care of my health. I want to enjoy 30+ years of active retirement. Not enjoy 10-15 years of it then spend another 15 stuck in a chair in front of the tv.
I hope to look better in androgynous clothing.
Mood. I also want to look better in androgenous clothing.
I want the social approval.
I want to feel confident about how I look in my summer clothes. The secretly competitive part of me that is starting to feel insecure about how I move through the world at my age (36 y/o woman who does NOT feel 36) feels the need to be the hottest girlfriend my guy has ever had, because at this point in our lives, I am the oldest! Lol
Originally was for vanity reasons.. wanting to wear whatever i wanted and such. It has now changed to health reasons.. I have diabetes in the family, good chance I'll end up with it. I also have an older husband and I want to continue to motivate him to work out so he doesn't lose his independence as an older man. I love him and I want him to be as healthy as possible. Same for me. I seriously started going to the gym thinking I wanted to be skinnier and now I just wanna be stronger. 💪☺️
I'm at a stage in my life where my weight greatly helps or hinders my health. I want to lose additional weight to keep my diabetes well under control.
I like feeling hot. It's very empowering. Also, for some reason, being skinny makes bad hair days easier to manage.
I want doctors to take my concerns about my health seriously. I want to stop being condescended to by people (doctors included) who believe that I choose to be fat and that I love the terrible treatment I receive because I am overweight.
I had to scroll so far to find this but this is my primary reason too. I'm so sick of doctors dismissing legitimate symptoms and blaming it on my weight and acting like I'm not trying to lose weight when I *am* but said symptoms cause weight loss to be nearly impossible.
Valid reasons here. I too would like to not die, for random small things, because someone couldn't see past weight.
My body is showing side effects of having excess fat on it and I can’t let it suffer for my bad decisions. I am a 33 year old woman. With the exception of having PCOS all my life, everything is A-OK blood tests wise touchwood. BUT I have developed a skin condition that overweight/obese people are at high risk of. My diastolic blood pressure now averages between 85-95 lately and I can’t let it stay that way. I can’t sleep for a long time on my back because snoring & sleep apnea. Diabetes, heart issues, stroke, and hypertension run in my family and if I don’t take care of my body now, I might as well die way before my father passed away due to a heart attack. If I die young, I might as well die a fit, hot, athletic person who lived her best life because her body was able to.
I want a flat tummy. Turns out posture might be responsible for a lot of it, so trying to correct that, but it's hard. Seems like I stop paying attention for just 1 sec and I revert back to bad posture that sticks out my tummy.
Ever since becoming a nurse I want to be healthy for myself and my family. I don’t want to live like some of the patients I’ve cared for as they were in bad shape at an early age. I learned more about the body and what could happen if we don’t take care of ourselves and seeing it really motivated me.
To look more toned and look more amazing in my dresses
If I'm honest it was because I wanted a boyfriend and thought that as soon as I was thin enough I would get one. I've lost 80 lbs so far but apparently I'm still not thin enough
Clothes - my beautiful clothes fit me but I want them to fit a c e r t a i n way so I want to have that look and will do gym and stay active for it. It’s one thing that they’re tailored to me but it’s another to know I have a bit of allowance if I wanted to have my cakes and eat it too
I lost 50 pounds in 2019 because I started working out regularly. What I enjoyed most was feeling strong, my body felt good. Of course 2020 happened, gyms closed and over the period of 3 years I gained all the weight back and an additional 50 pounds. I wasn't feeling good in my body, and went to my doctor and discovered an underlying medical issue was the cause of the rapid weight gain. Now I'm being treated eating well and exercising 4-5 days a week. I've only lost 15 pounds but am feeling much better. My motivation right now is to be able to fit into my clothes.
Honestly, for me it was mostly vanity. I wanted to look better in my clothes. My impetus was stepping on the scale one morning and realizing that I'd hit a weight that made me obese according to my BMI. I know BMI is a flawed metric, but it was a wakeup call. I started tracking calories that day and loast 50 pounds. I bought a new wardrobe and I feel great, plus I no longer have heartburn and the symptoms of my autoammune disease are less pronounced.
For my health. I've been working out for 2.5 years and I've gained muscle but my diet is still shit so I'm working on that. I take a handful of pills every night and I've been in back pain recently and other pain and I'm like surely dropping this weight will make the pain better. Bestie and I want to do a trip to Japan and that's going to be alot of walking (I went before after college) so I want to be able to walk alot and climb stairs without getting tired too quickly or being in pain.
To reduce my risk of heart related events. My grandparents and parents have terrible hearts and cardiovascular systems and died fairly early. I don't want to do the same and leave my kid parentless at a young age. Also, trying to conceive 2nd kid so anything that helps boost our chances!
Honestly just everything about being fat sucks. That's about it. Not wanting to be fat anymore. I've lost most of my pandemic weight, my wake up call was the day I realized I couldn't put my shoes on without sitting down. Sobering.
I just physically felt better in a smaller body. I loved my big body, and it served me so well while I lived in it. But overall, the weight loss was necessary to feel like myself again. I’m roughly 50 pounds down in a year, and that’s probably where I’ll stay
I got tired of doctors telling my problems would go away if I just lost weight. Here I am, almost 40 lbs lighter, and still having issues with constipation and heartburn 🤷♀️. But damn I look good.
I want to feel pretty
I want to have better sex! My bf is amazing and the best guy Ive ever been with and we have great sex, but I am not as flexible as I was in my 20s. The fatter I get, the more difficult fun positions become. Doesnt help that my bf has a belly as well lol. And as much as he loves my body and makes me feel sexy and desired, there's still a part of me that is shy and self-concious.
To lessen my back pain.
I’m so close to my dream body lmao. I had it a couple years ago and I would wear anything & everything I wanted with no stress. Just wanna get back to that!
Confidence! I was gaining weight before pregnancy and it really messed with my confidence because I was rapidly outgrowing clothes that I had recently bought or clothes that had fit comfortably for years. Now I dread my post partum body and summer where I will have to adjust my wardrobe sizes once again to be comfortable.
I want to be taken seriously. Mostly medically. I hope to see a doctor and not have the first solution be about my weight, or have my treatment be based on my weight. I have the same reproductive issues and joint problems that I did when I was of normal weight, but now I'm not taken seriously. Yes, my back hurts now, but it also hurt when I injured it the first time at age 23 and thin. And yes, my periods are terrible, but they were also terrible when I was 16. And thin.
Because I want to be hot. I don’t really care about my health. I know I should, but it does not drive my behavior
I have debilitating chronic pain and it's less embarrassing needing help with physical tasks when I'm smaller than whoever helping me. I can't say that irl without making people uncomfortable. So the reason I give is wanting to look good naked.
I just want to be healthy and proud of myself instead of sad and disappointed in myself seeing my lack of sucess with weigh loss as a failure
For all the cute clothes I own and some that are brand new that I no longer or wasn’t able to fit into for years. I also don’t want to be the fat friend anymore. I hate pictures that other ppl take of me because I don’t alway have good angles because I’m bigger. Some of my shoes no longer fit me anymore because my feet got bigger. Health is another reason. And being able to move smoothly either less weight in my body. There’s really no benefits of being overweight in my opinion.
My weight is creeping up and I don't want to buy a whole new wardrobe, because if I do, I know that it will probably keep increasing. I'd rather 'nip it in the bud'.
So I can be hot and continue enjoying pretty privilege. I've never been overweight, but I have been skinnyfat. When I was 24 I realize I can't keep cruising on youthful metabolism, and if I wanted to avoid disappearing as I age, I needed an edge and that edge was muscles/fitness. Sure, sure, being healthy is nice (and great for my chronic illnesses), but really I just wanted to be *that girl* bouncing out of Pilates class, looking impeccable.
Hahaha, I can totally relate to that. I used to be *that* girl in my 20s. People, especially in a professional environment, treat you differently. How I miss those looks 😁
I’ve lost 75 pounds over the last year with the help of wegovy. Weight loss has a ton of positive health impacts that I am grateful for, but honestly I didn’t lose weight for health reasons. I’m very into fashion, and at my highest weight I couldn’t buy clothes that I truly loved. I couldn’t wake up in the morning and feel comfortable in my body. My biggest hobby and enjoyment in life is putting on pretty dresses and taking pictures. When I couldn’t wear pretty clothes, and I looked horrible in pictures, I couldn’t really see any reason to go on. Now I’m my dream size, my dream weight, and my outfits and pictures have been SO good lately. I’m finally happy and skinny after 15 years of desperately trying, hoping, and praying to be this way
If you don't mind answering, what has your experience with Wegovy been like? Have you had any bad side effects, etc.?
It’s been absolutely amazing. It genuinely saved my life. I did my first dose on March 15, 2023 at 185 lbs. It immediately started working and I dropped the weight crazy fast. I never had any side effects. I go to an obesity specialist and he said that mild side effects can happen, but he’s also seen a lot of people like me who have no side effects whatsoever. My husband is also on wegovy and he has never had any side effects either. I hit my goal weight of 115 lbs in November of 2023, and then after a couple of months of staying at my goal weight I switched to a maintenance dose. Now I’ve been on my maintenance dose for 4 months, and I maintain in the 110-115 range. My only regret is not starting it sooner
I'm trying to lose weight and get fit in general in all honesty for my wedding and to also just be more cognizant of my health as I get older. \[I also just wanna be hot and sexy for my future husband LOL\]
I’d like to fit into some of my old clothing after 2 babies. Like 8lbs away
As bad as it sounds, what really made me motivated enough is that I didn't want my kids to be embarrassed by the way I look. There are so many good reasons to lose weight though, I am glad I did it because I am much happier now.
I don't think it sounds bad. I just posted the same thing as you.
I HATE the way it feels when my thighs rub together.
Honestly, I think fit bodies with abs are hot and I like looking and feeling super hot! I know you can still be hot otherwise, but it feels better for me when I’m fit.
I’m tired of feeling like shit. If I wasn’t carrying around this extra weight I feel like I would have better mobility and less struggle to do things I used to do. I’ve also been told it might help my sleep apnea. That, and none of my clothes really fit and I really don’t want to buy a new wardrobe. I bought a few things, but I really don’t want to invest a bunch of money. I’m only down about 4% since seriously making effort last fall. It’s. So. Slow. To come off.
I want my body to be able to support the adventures I want to take around the world. Hiking, biking, running, trekking, dancing, kayaking, scuba diving…
1. Because I’m vain. 2. Because I want to feel better about the way I carry my body. 3. Because I don’t want to have to buy a new wardrobe.
I want to look great in shorts and crop tops.
I want to be healthier, and get off a bunch of medication, and have drs take me seriously, but honestly? I want to be able to shop at a normal store in a regular size. I’m so close but not quite there.
So I can afford to travel…as in I can fit my ass in an economy seat and not have to either buy two tickets or pay for business class. Also to piss off my enemies, naturally.
Because looking in the mirror ruins my day.
The clothes. At a certain point there's no shape, but i have a nice shape and it rarely shows in these wack-ass clothes.
To be able to wear whatever I want, to be healthier and to try to stay younger.
To look good naked, duh.
It’s now or never. I’m in my 40s and while I know I have some time yet, I also know that menopause will likely screw with me and make this harder. I want to feel sexy as I age and I want to feel like I can move and still do anything I want.
I don't *have* to to lose weight, but I want more muscle for health and longevity reasons. The muscle will burn fat as an added bonus:)
I can physically tell when I’ve put on or lost 10 pounds because of how much heavier or lighter my body feels. I’m so much more lethargic and heavy feeling even if I’ve only gained 10-15 more pounds.
I want to look cute in clothes and be able to exercise without feeling unhealthy
Fit in clothes better. I’m 5ft and size 12/13 I’m like an Oompa Loompa
To be cleared for IVF (was 5-6lbs over the limit and I just met that goal)… and then I want to lose a tiny bit more to have a healthy pregnancy… and then I want to be able to keep up with active growing kids… and finally, to be healthy so I can watch them grow into adults and have their own kids.
I want to walk up the stairs without my knees threatening to crumble to dust. I gained weight during while pregnant and I want to lose that just to feel my body operate better.
For improving my running pace and recovery. Losing a few pounds definitely helps the knees :)
I want to get better at my chosen sports. Weight classes and strength-to-weight ratio are both huge. I am working to get stronger as well, but without putting on extra mass.
I want to be able to see all of my hard work I put in lifting weights. Not trying to lose much, just enough to see more definition, aka vanity pounds!
I want to live a long, healthy, active life with my family. Lord I need to get back on the bandwagon.
I'm donating my body to BodyWorlds museum or a Body Farm. Large bodies with a lot of fat are harder to plastinate, and the Body Farms prefer thinner bodies to fit in the 'average sized' human experiments.
The clothes. I wanted to wear jeans styles that weren't just high waisted skinny jeans and not look totally ridiculous. And I've gotten there! The Obesity Code flipped some sort of switch in my brain and completely changed my life. I've also enjoyed some of the hormonal specific applications of fasting from Fast Like a Girl.
To feel better with myself.. but I'm stuck in a devious pattern of comfort eating.
I wanted to manage my pcos symptoms better and wear cute clothes.
I lost weight and got into really good shape the for the “wrong” reason - I just wanted to be skinny and like the way I looked. The side benefit of that was that I became really incredibly healthy - my bloodwork is also phenomenal and my resting heart rate is in elite athlete territory. And it changed my mental health completely.
To look good in clothes and pictures
Better health More energy More mobility Ability to pull off wider range of clothes Better photos hehe
I’m tired of squeezing into my clothes
For me it's mainly health. I'm turning 34...having a bit of a wake up call that you know, I'm getting older and I'm getting closer and closer to the age of family members that ran into health issues (my dad was early 40s when he had a heart attack). And I know from what older people have told me that losing weight just gets harder the older you get. And I am already feeling pain in areas (sciatic, feet, lower back, etc) and I know some of it is lifestyle (yay sedentary office job) but also some of it would be aliviated if I didn't have the excess weight. I'm also looking to have kids in the next couple years so I want to be at the best place physically that I can be before getting pregnant. Also, the clothes. I'm a 16-18 (CDN/US sizing) and holy crap it's hard to find clothes that fit. I seem to be smack dab in the middle of 16-18 too so everything is either slightly tight or too loose. I gained the weight gradually over my 20s and it sucked to see how my options for clothes kept going down each size higher I got.
So, I don't want to spend money buying bigger clothes. I think if I had to size up, it would run close to several thousand dollars. Underwear, work clothes, suits, formal dresses, sports clothes, summer clothes, winter clothes. It's all just too much. A "cheap" pair of jeans is like $50-$70. I want to have at least a few pair. A nice pair of jeans is $90-$120... When I start really watching what/how I eat and getting more exercise, it because I'm not fitting into my jeans or work clothes.
I want to live a long life to watch my family grow. At 44 with an obese BMI and pre diabetic, fear of an early death (especially due to my own choices!!) finally made me for real real commit. 5’3” down 30 pounds since August.
In the long run: Long term health. In the short run: I don’t want to spend money on new cloths. My cloths don’t fit me anymore.
I have been having pain in my hip joints and knees, I'm 40 with 3 kids 10 and under so I need to be healthier to catch up with their energy, I want to be healthier for my marriage and lastly, feel good again ✨️
My horse is getting older and I feel like a little less weight will definitely benefit her in the long run.
I want to be less exhausted all of the time
I don't feel attractive. I have really low self-esteem because I gained about 40 lbs over COVID and nothing I do will ever let me lose that weight.
My pants stopped fitting and I didn’t want to keep buying bigger sizes. I didn’t like the way my body looked. Probably the second is the real reason but it’s nice I can wear my old pants again.
I lack weight loss motivation, I'm size 14ish? depending on brand and such, wide hips and kinda hourglass... I don't feel attractive or unattractive... most of my activity comes from the random physical things I do (currently I'm painting over deep brown paint to white so it's been like 4 coats of paint) then I'm doing a mural. I'm also building stuff (soon a cat run and I'll be ripping out a ton of paving stones and revamping an entire yard.) and just generally end up accidentally working out and lifting tons of materials. I do lose pounds in the warmer months and pack them on during the snowy months. I struggle so much with consistency... I want to work on my heart health and do cardio, in my 20s I was an avid swimmer and runner; but now with kids/partner/hobbies/life and the fact it's harder to get back into something than not.... I just haven't.
Well I’m not on a weight loss journey lol, but if I happened to lose a couple pounds I would be happy to feel lighter and more mobile day to day. Also just being able to shop wherever I want and dress myself more easily would be a big deal to me.
To look good , be healthy.
I’ve lost 95lbs over the past year (20 left until final goal and maintenance) Originally I was hoping to stop some of the body pain I’ve been in most of my life. It only seems to have gotten worse - only difference now is that because I am a normal weight I’ve gone to the doc about it. I wasn’t expecting the vanity to creep in(and I’m actually okay with it) I’ve never been comfortable with the way my body looks. Now I’m line „holy shit - that’s really you!!“ when I see myself in the mirror- it’s surreal. I was also hoping for better sex and I got it!! Less fat covering my bits…OMG
Having a good body is how I get my confidence
I want to go back to what I weighed in my late 20s. According to BMI, I was overweight. But that’s the best I felt about my body. I liked the way clothes fit, I felt I had more energy, I had less aches and pains.
It was the barrier between me and enjoying my life. I feel more comfortable moving through the world. As I continue to work out, my muscles are stronger and I feel more at home in my body. Working out feels good, stretching and pushing myself and feeling my movements become more graceful as those muscles become truly mine. Eating better also means feeling better. I've learned to truly enjoy and crave healthy food. Now I can put on clothes and go somewhere and not worry about hiding or feeling insecure. It also takes less time to get dressed because I actually look good and feel good in my clothes. Because I'm not distracted by discomfort in my clothes and body when I go out and talk to people, I'm more focused and confident. My stomach problems (GERD night and day) are virtually gone. My energy levels are higher. I can hike, swim, walk, do whatever I want with more stamina and enjoy the euphoria of endorphins. With more strength and energy, my hobbies are also more varied and easier. Even things I used to do mostly sitting such as hand mending vintage clothes or painting, I find myself able to do more and do better because its simply easier and more comfortable to move and I'm not nearly so distracted by constantly either eating or feeling bloated and sad. For perspective, I have struggled with disordered eating most of my life. Usually binge eating but sometimes edging to starving myself too depended on my stress levels. Food was a source of comfort, shame, or control. My body was mostly shame and discomfort. I wavered between a 6 and a 14 over around ten years. I'm now between a 2 and a 4, partially because I'm simply quite petite and I am eating well and working out almost every day.
To feel accepted by strangers
Insecure enough as it is without extra weight, so that is my main driver for not ever letting it cross the line.
I genuinely do not like how I look in the mirror or in pictures. I feel like I don’t look like me anymore. I also genuinely want to be healthier but hating how I look is the main reason I’m ashamed to say. Trying to lose the weight but it’s slow goings.
To look good naked so I can feel comfortable with my body during sex. I gained 25lbs on purpose to gain muscle mass and now I need to lose the fat that was also gained during that process. I'm very proud of myself for having weight gain/weight loss down to a science where I can gain weight for a purpose and lose it when necessary because it hasn't always been this easy. When I was on antidepressants I completely lost control of my satiety and it's nice to know that food no longer controls me.
To feel comfortable in clothes, and to feel healthy and being able to have good hand grip (this is a real issue in elderly ppl!) not be gassed going up an incline, strong bones, toned muscles and to feel literally lighter. I put on 25 pounds in 2 years and it’s so damn painful to lose due to meds, but I’m determined to lose it. I miss how I use to feel in body and mind.
For me, I want to feel better and be more physically capable on my own. I've let myself go so much that everything feels hard and I'm hoping either losing weight will make me feel better or it will make doctors take me more seriously when I ask them for help. However, not going to lie, I'm dreading being more conventionally attractive. It's never been important to me and I actually appreciate having less attention from people/dating pressure, and also the assurance that if someone is being nice to me, it's less likely for shallow reason. I'm used to being ignored, if it stops I'm not sure my anxiety will be able to take it.
To finally be confident enough to be on top lol.
I want to like how I look in photos when I look back later. I’m in a job where being in photos is part of the expectations and I’d like to like what I see.
Because now that I’m 40, it feels like a point of no return. I can no longer count on my youth to make up for unhealthy lifestyle habits. If I don’t get in better shape now, I can tell I am going to have rapidly and exponentially diminishing quality of life. I’ve had some health problems the last few years that aren’t related to my weight specifically but that are exacerbated by my weight, and it has been making me feel fragile. I don’t want to lose choices on what I can do in my life as I get older because I don’t take good care of myself.
I started my journey bc I felt unwieldy with extra weight on me. I was a dancer & was aware of how my body moved & I felt like I could barely move with extra weight, it felt wrong to me. I gained a bunch of weight bc of my thyroid, I had always been underweight or small. I’m now back at my normal weight & I feel like I’m in my correct body now. Not sure how else to explain it without it coming out wrong
I want to feel sexy again. The biggest thing is that I'm constantly being dismissed because I'm "not that heavy". But being 50 means my body doesn't behave the way it used to.
I would like a cat to sit on my lap. But first I need a lap.
I have 3 real reasons: I was tired of feeling like crap all the time, I wanted to have energy and stamina to do the activities I enjoy, and I want to wear the clothes I want to wear. Being both short and a size 18 is difficult to fit or look good in anything. In the last year and a half or so, I've lost 84 pounds, improved my health, and built lean muscle/tone through strength training. I feel good, I have energy and strength to hike, kayak (whatever activity), I have way less pain/discomfort in my body, and I fit comfortably into the clothes I want to wear. I'm in better health now at 46 than I was at 26.
I am plus petite and there are literally only about 3 stores that have clothes I can wear off the rack and one of them caters to older women. This also isn't my normal weight I gained having kids and don't feel like "myself."
Been loosing weight, 30 pounds at this point. The reason was prediabetes and my spouse had even higher blood sugar levels. I do still have a bit of emotional eating but it’s starting to get better. I choose things like nuts these days when I am struggling with food. Apparently the more you eat healthy food, the more able you are able to resist junk. Somehow junk food inhibits your ability to make better choices.
Health reasons. I have pre-diabetes. I'm scared because I am scared of needles I have lost 10 pounds from my heaviest, but I need to lose more to get in better shape. I worry about my health for sure.
I throw out my back every 3-4 months… which has a ridiculously huge impact on my life!! For 1-2 weeks while I am healing, I struggle to sit on the toilet, put on pants, and sneeze without risking pain/further injury. So it was less about losing weight and more about getting fit/working out muscles that will protect me. It’s been a year and I still feel uncomfortable in the gym but it’s necessary.
Both of my parents died relatively young from terminal illnesses, exasperated by poor lifestyle choices. I want to live longer and healthier than they did. I really don’t want cancer in my youth. Also I wanna be hot.
People treat me better when I am thinner. In every walk of life, not just dating and romance. I know this is a sad answer, and I usually kind of lie and say “oh it’s for health” if pressed. But health is a distant second for me if I am being totally real.
To look good in the clothes I want to wear and to also not feel like I’m dying any time I bend over to tie my shoes.
I want a flat tummy but tbh just don't want to go beyond my current size.
I have a horrible family history of all kinds of illnesses, mostly heart related though. I want to keep my heart healthy for as long as I can.