1. “I want my husband to think I’m sexy again.”
2. “I want to wow everyone at my 10 (or 20 or 30) year high school reunion.”
3. “I want to look skinny in my bathing suit this summer.”
4. “I want to find a boyfriend.”
5. “I want my significant other to stop bothering me about how much weight I’ve gained since we’ve been together.”
6. “I want to get back at my ex for cheating on me by looking so good the next time I see him.”
7. “I want to be as skinny as my friend.”
8. “I want my family members to get off my back about not losing weight after my last baby.”
9. “I want people to think I’m sexy.”
10. "I want to look like Britney Spears."
10. "I want to look like Britney Spears."
The list could obviously go on and on and on and on and ON…
What is the problem with this list? Well, for one, some of them set a deadline and don’t offer an incentive for AFTER. But the number one problem is that you are doing this for OTHER people. Rarely do people say, “I want to lose weight for ME.” It’s always for other people’s enjoyment. That’s your first mistake. You need to change why you are losing weight for YOU. Otherwise, what will happen if your ex doesn't want you back...even if you have lost all this weight? Or your boyfriend doesn't care what size you are? You most likely will revert into your old habits, maybe gain even more.
I also strongly recommend you don’t focus on weight loss as the main reason why you are doing this. SparkPeople has a strong motto of this being a LIFESTYLE and not a diet! You have to make a commitment to live healthy for the rest of your life in order to see the results that you want to actually see. Trust me, if you are living healthy, you will see a response from the scale that you like. Take it from me, I’ve lost 42 pounds in 4 and a half months.
I’ll be honest, I started out on my journey to lose weight, but since then I have learned that life is about having fun. If it takes me a couple more months to reach my goal weight in exchange for going out every weekend, so be it. If you stretch yourself too thin as far as what you expect from yourself, you will fail. Take this one day at a time and leave a little wiggle room!
I want you to come up with ten reasons why you want to be healthy (not just necessarily lose weight) for YOU. Here are mine (to give you an idea):
1. “I want to be able to workout without being winded” – Because of this, I gave up cigarettes and started to workout regularly to build my endurance.
2. “I want to be able to snuggle on the couch with my doggy” – May sound funny, but at my heaviest, my Japanese Chin didn’t like to sleep next to me because he didn’t have enough room to curl up in a ball like he likes to do so he’d sleep at my feet. Now that I’ve lost weight…he cuddles with me every night :)
3. “I want to have enough energy to play with my nephews and eventually my own children.” – I can remember before I started losing weight, I went to this inflatable bouncy place where it was just a bunch of moon jumps and blow up obstacle courses. My (much skinnier) sister was able to play with him no problem…I was having a hard time getting through the obstacles. I remember thinking on that day that I wished I could play with him more because he looked like he was having so much fun.
4. “I want to live longer.” – I want to be here for my grandkids, I’m scared that by the time I have kids my parents won’t be here because of their terrible habits (cigarette smokers, alcohol abusers, and food choices). I want to be around long enough to see them grow up, maybe even watch them have kids.
5. “I don’t want to get irritable and depend on something like cigarettes/any addiction.” – People when they don’t have their cigarettes and they get all angry make me kind of disgusted, even though that’s how I could be. I hated being that type of person and don’t want to have to go back to being like that.
6. “I don’t want to have to go to a special place to buy clothes/pay extra money.” – At my heaviest, my boobs had gotten so big that I started wearing sports bras and probably wouldn’t have fit into Victoria’s Secret bras anymore. I was on my way to having to shop at a plus size store, which is NOT cheap. Especially considering you can get an outfit at the place I shop now for like $15. Haha. I don’t want to have to pay extra money for my clothes or have to shop at specific places.
7. “I don’t want to have to pay extra money for insurance/not be able to be covered.” – Some policies won’t cover you if you are above a certain weight or make you pay a lot more because you are a risk to them, I don’t want to have to worry about this.
8. “I don’t want to have to worry about my weight when I get older and my metabolism slows down.” – If I learn how to eat properly and work out regularly now (and form habits) while it is easy to lose weight (and my metabolism is higher), I am less likely to gain a ton of weight when I’m older like I did the past 4 years.
9. “I want to feel confident because it will help me in virtually every aspect of my life.” – Confidence means so many things…getting the job you want, more friends, being happier..I feel like it helps to be confident in so many different ways. If I am able to take off all this weight all while being healthy, I will definitely have a newfound confidence!
10. “I want to have the convenience of being able to share my friends' clothes.” – This one might seem silly, but not being able to just borrow an outfit from most of my friends was definitely something that bothered me. It was just downright annoying.
Now it is your turn!!! Feel free to share your ten reasons! The more you are doing this for you, the more likely you are going to be successful.
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