February 3, 2006
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For those of us on the weight loss journey here's a challange for you which comes from my comical experience on the eliptical trainer ...
Why do you want to loose weight?
What do you hope to gain from this experience?
What's the first thing you are going to buy when you reach your goal weight?
You don't have to answer here in my blog or in public if you don't want but I just thought it would be helpful as we walk this journey together to inspire us as to why we are doing this.
Thanks for the response I got.. here are my answers to my own questions.
1. I want to loose weight because it's time for me to take care of me. All my life I've taken care of others, put their needs before my own and made sure they were happy. It's time for me to take care of my body, and to reach a healthy weight and look the way I want to look.
2. I hope to gain more insight about myself in that I want to be healthy, mind, body and soul and in order to do part of that I need to be a healthy weight. I want to learn to set boundaries and goals and stick to them. I want to cook healthy without thought.. meaning for it to be second nature. I have children and one day they will have children.. the things I teach them about healthy eating might carry forward and I'll be around to play with my grandkids
3. The first thing I'm going to buy myself is a pair of jeans that make me look sexy and hot and that make my husband swoon
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Okay well I'm not doing the Discovery weight loss journey challenge from hell that you are doing, but I am working out and trying to eat better and working on losing some pounds on my own time and plan. So I'll answer. And I have no problem answering here as long as you don't mind, ha ha.
I want to lose weight because I need to for my healthy. I don't want to get diabetes sooner than I'm expected to, after having it during my last pregnancy. Also, I feel better when I'm just a tad thinner. I'm not concerned with being skinny but I don't want to be lumpy anymore. I want to feel good in my clothes. I want to gain a sense of accomplishment and feel like I've stuck with something and not chickened out or made excuses not to do it like I have in the past. I don't have a goal weight really because I don't dwell too much on numbers but there is a weight that my doctor asked me to work to getting. However probably even before I hit that number, I will feel like I've accomplished a lot. I'm just hoping I'm where I'd like to be by summer so that I can buy a new bathing suit and a slew of sleeveless shirts. I haven't worn shirts that showed off my upper arms in a loooong time and I'm looking forward to the time when I will feel that I look good in them. So that's that for me!
Okay... here I go...
(1) I want to lose weight because I am afraid that I will die young. I am afraid that my weight will cause health problems that I won't be able to fix. The genetics in my family are undeniable, but the bad stuff only seems to hit the man-side of the family. I don't want to be the first female to die of heart problems.
(2) I hope to learn more about nutrition and how my body works. Ultimately, I want to prepare my body for motherhood. I don't have any children of my own and I'm nearing 36. I want a baby.
(3) I'm not going to buy anything when I reach my goal weight. Oh, well, okay. I've always said if I got to my goal weight I'd wear a neon-green thong bikini. I may do that.
Awesome! Your friends have some good thoughts. At 55 I won't try for a green thong bikini - though it would be funny! My reasons for wanting to lose weight follow some of the above:
1. I hurt - hips, back, knees, feet. I'm simply asking my body to haul more than it was designed to do.
2. My mother has bad osteoporosis. My bones will break with this weight!
3. I have almost 4 grandchildren to run & play with. They hate to wait for grandma to get up off the floor!
4. I work with grannies (older than me!) and I see daily how much their later years could have been better without the added weight. Honestly, every one of the ladies who is in a wheelchair or has a caregiver coming in to help with cleaning and bathing is a lady who is grossly overweight - should have lost 50-60 or more pounds at MY age to prevent the complications at their present age. The truth is - there comes a point when you can't lose the weight anymore.
So, now's the time for me. My window of opportunity is closing! Thank you for asking these questions - they made me look honestly at this issue. I've been procrastinating too long. Hugs!
I have been avoiding this whole topic because it just hasn't been working for me this year. I was so gung ho last year and working pretty hard. I could have done better. It has just gotten me so down. Here goes...
1. I want to lose weight because I am tired of being fat and tired and not feeling good in general.
2. Besides a smaller wardrobe, a better balance for myself. To not constantly fall back on food for support because it doesn't work.
3. I would probably buy a few sleeveless shirts/tank tops.
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