Obesity Support Group

I agree! Hipsandcurves is great. I bought a couple of things there and was very happy with them. Congrats on being too small to order from them any more!!1

thanks, i will check out that site who ever e- mailed me.

thank you for suggesting this. i think it is a good idea and can help motivate others to lose weight.

my list of reasons to lose the weight:

1. i want to be healthy
2. i want a better quality of life
3. i want to live longer
4. i want to get off high blood pressure medications
5. i want to feel good about myself
6. i want to be able to breathe easier at night during sleep
7. i want to be able to fit into a lot of my nice clothes i have
8. i want to learn how to deal with my emotions rather than use
food as a means to fill myself emotionally
9. i want to be able to walk a reasonable distance and not feel winded
10. i want to be able to walk down the street without someone saying something bad to me because of my weight
11. i want to feel and look attractive
12. i want to be able to sit in some of my chairs without the fear that i might break them/wear them down
13. i want to lose weight so i can concentrate on building muscle
14. i want to be able to exercise easier
15. i want to feel like my real age (34) not feel much older than i really am
16. i want to feel comfortable in my own skin

1. i want a flat tummy
2. i want to look good
3. i don't want to be the fat sister anymore
4. i want to shop at young stores like my age
5. i want to dance and not feel awkward because of my size
6. i want to live longer
7. i don't want hear nasty remarks because of my weight

i enjoy looking at all of these lists. very good ideas and i think its true. everyone should be comfortable in their skin.

I want to be able to play tennis. I used to love it.

I want to be able to do a wilderness hike in the mountains. I wouldn't make it half an hr right now.

I would like to go back and do the cruise and activities I did in February....as a healthy, normal-weight person. It would have been a completely different experience:

I would have swam to the waterfall others did....(they had to climb down a steep bank)....

I would have danced more....

I would have felt different about singing karaoke....

I would have done more hiking......

I would have felt pretty in the clothes I wore.

although these are good ideas, everyone should feel good about themselves. everyone has something that works for them.

What wonderful reasons all of them are reasons for you - not for anyone else.

I want to lose weight to have a baby but need help through IVF
I want to enjoy the hot summer days and not dread showing my flesh.
I want to shine in a room full of people not blend in the background.
I want to be able to play and run about with my step son and neices/nephews.
I want to go swimming without feeling like I'm being stared at.
I want to eat without guilt.
I want to have a fashionable wardrobe not a "Hideaway" wardrobe.
I want to receive the compliments and not just give them.
I want to be able to keep up with everyone else.
I want to be the woman i was.

Love to eveyone - we can do it !

Sal
xxx

I hadn't read these in a while, glad to see it again, such a motivator. My head just starts nodding with each reason...yup, I can relate to that one, and that, and that:)

has seen this show called "Dance you ass off"? it comes on mondays at 10 o' clock pm. they play re-runs of the show at 8:30 pm. i saw the 8:30 show, i thought it waas very interesting and those people were brave for going out there to dance so they could lose weight.