Why do you want to be thinner?

Stench Blossoms · 03-04-2012 02:15PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

One of the things that spurred me on was after I had been sick a few months and lost a lot of weight very unhealthily, and afterwards started on the pill, my doctor told me to watch my weight as I was slightly overweight.

If I remember correctly I was living off fruit and energy drinks at the time! But it was her first time weighing me and she never asked any questions, just said it.

Another thing that recently happened me was in the canteen here in work. I took a fairly decent size bowl of porridge and a staff member said 'that girl needs a bucket' to another person - implying that I was eating too much.

She doesn't know what kinda issues I have about food and it was really innapropriate for her to say something like that. I've since stopped eating there and have my breakfast before I go to work.

03-04-2012 02:19PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Another thing that recently happened me was in the canteen here in work. I took a fairly decent size bowl of porridge and a staff member said 'that girl needs a bucket' to another person - implying that I was eating too much.

She doesn't know what kinda issues I have about food and it was really innapropriate for her to say something like that. I've since stopped eating there and have my breakfast before I go to work.

wha?
i thought it meant "wow she needs to eat a bucket full of porridge she's skinny"

lynch10 · 03-04-2012 02:28PM

i've always struggled with my weight, but i know why to this day i count calories, skip meals etc.
when i was 7 i overheard my father tell my mother that i was a very fat child. completely untrue and very hurtful but he said it! these kind of comments continued throughout my teens and right up until the day i left home at 21.
thus started a lifetime of a very unhealthy relationship with food.

i try very hard to not let it get to me, and i have had counselling because of it. nothing seems to work, perhaps because i know in my heart i will never truly forgive him and cannot move past it.

i suppose it must be lovely to want to be thin for healthy positive reasons. cos it totally sucks to want to be thin so you feel loved or meet someone's opinion of approval.

Mars Bar · 03-04-2012 02:35PM

I used to be between a size 8 and 10 when I started in secondary school. As time went on, I gave up more sports and ate more and the weight crept on. I remember weighing in at around 64kg in 5th year. I was between a 12 and 14 all throughout college until 3rd year and I put on a load of weight due to medication and generally being miserable. I was 68kg last April at my heaviest and for my 4ft11 frame, that was way too heavy.

I've worked hard it over the summer and now I'm playing football and working out and putting on muscle. I'm between 59kg and 60kg now. My aim is 55kg but depending on muscle, I could be 57kg and look good so I'm not too worried about numbers.

I've never done so much running around in my life and yet I'm not loosing weight according to the scales. However, my shape has changed for the better so I'm taking that as a positive.

I want to be healthy, I want to look good and I want my shopping experiences to be a lot less harrowing than they currently are! :pac:

beeftotheheels · 03-04-2012 02:35PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Another thing that recently happened me was in the canteen here in work. I took a fairly decent size bowl of porridge and a staff member said 'that girl needs a bucket' to another person - implying that I was eating too much.

She doesn't know what kinda issues I have about food and it was really innapropriate for her to say something like that. I've since stopped eating there and have my breakfast before I go to work.

Sweetie you need to take a step back. As Bluewolf has pointed out the comment could have been interpreted in two ways and you heard the negative one.

Your struggle with calories and the fact that you have difficulty watching other people eat, the fact that you're doing your own eating in private because you don't want to be judged for eating too much (when in reality you might be eating too little) is all very familiar to me.

At what point a healthy diet crosses into an unhealthy obsession I have no idea. I know it certainly can't be measured by any particular weight loss matrix. A person starting at 70 kg could have crossed into problem territory while still being a healthy weight whereas a person starting at 50 kg might still be mentally fine even though their weight is unhealthy.

It might be an idea for you to talk to someone, to try and figure out where the line is for you and which side of it you are on.

Because if you cross the line, and I have no idea where that line is for anyone other than me, it is very difficult to get back the right side of it.

I don't mind what other people eat now. I don't count calories. I don't mind eating a steak in public if that's what I feel like eating.

Yet if I step on a thread mill I expect that regardless of how long since I last ran I will run 5km in 30 minutes, my mind makes it so and my body has no say in the matter.

I don't let my BMI go above 18.5 or under 17 (tends to stay at 18.3 or so). I don't think about it consciously (I do at 17, then I make an effort to get it back up) but I know I don't eat like a normal person.

But this is the compromise I came to with an illness that took over my life in my teens, caused me to wind up in hospital, and over the last 14 years we've made our peace with each other.

hollypink · 03-04-2012 02:42PM

I have a tendency towards emotional eating and as a result I'm now closer to a 14 than the 10 I'm more comfortable at (and 10 is the size of all my nice summer clothes). So that's why I want to be thinner. I'm quite envious of some of my siblings who seem to eat whatever they want and stay slim, although I know in reality they aren't probably eating that much but rather treat themselves occasionally rather than being very strict. My waist measurement isn't in the healthy range and neither is my BMI so although people have told me I don't need to lose weight, I know I do.

barleybooley · 03-04-2012 02:50PM

I don't want to be significantly thinner, as such, but I would love to be able to wear a bikini with confidence.

I'm 5'8'' and a 14 on the bottom and a 16 (usually) on top which I don't think is enormous and the only area that bothers me really is my abdomen but it seems all girls in my family get that too, regardless of their weight.

As for being much thinner, my sister has lost over three stone in the last year and since then she obsesses over her points (WeightWatchers), weighs everything she puts in her mouth, doesn't really go out for meals and has smaller, saggier boobs as result. Oh, and she still has the same flabby tummy we all do.

Tbh, I'd take my current figure over being tied to a diet for the rest of my life any day. Also, I really love most of my clothes and can't really afford new ones so more's the reason to stay the same.

Princess Peach · 03-04-2012 02:55PM

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Another thing that recently happened me was in the canteen here in work. I took a fairly decent size bowl of porridge and a staff member said 'that girl needs a bucket' to another person - implying that I was eating too much.

She doesn't know what kinda issues I have about food and it was really innapropriate for her to say something like that. I've since stopped eating there and have my breakfast before I go to work.

Friends of mine used to joke about how much food I could eat and how I was always hungry, and how amazed they were at my appetite.

Don't think they realised I ate so much because I was bringing it back up afterwards (even though I had tried to tell them but thats a different issue altogether).

username123 · 03-04-2012 03:14PM

Gawd, weight.

Ive been a size 16, Ive been a size 8 - I looked awful at an 8, I got loads of male attention at a 16.

I became an 8 through illness and stress. I was scrawny and my bones stuck out. I was eating less than 500 calories some days, many days. It would never have been a sustainable weight without constantly being on the brink of starvation and it didnt look attractive.

I go up and down like the proverbial jockeys you know what. Im usually a size bigger on top due to a large bust, so dresses are always a pain, too loose on the hips, too tight on the bust.

I spend most of my life thinking 'I could do with losing 10 lb'. You could probably put it on my headstone.

I like food, I get hungry, I eat! I exercise plenty, Im healthy, but its a constant struggle not to turn into a blimp.

Generally you can track my self esteem with my weight, the fatter I am, the better I am feeling about myself, the skinnier, the worse!!

Most friends of my own age who are very slim are constantly denying themselves any food pleasure. They wouldnt even admit it but if you eat out with them you see the control. I just cant live like that. If I want a piece of cake Ill have a piece of cake.

I had a meal out with 2 friends last week, one of them commented on how much I ate, it was tapas, I thought we all ate the same amount - but suddenly because I was hungry there was what I perceived as a negative comment being made. I hadnt eaten since breakfast that day. I addressed it to her later - she was honestly shocked, she had meant it as a compliment to my healthy appetite. But it shows how our minds perceive innocent remarks.

Just for context Im currently a 12 on my lower body and a 14 on top. I could do with losing a stone. I dont have the mental strength to suffer the hunger that thats going to take right now. Im hoping for a solid dose of stomach flu

saa · 03-04-2012 03:25PM

I know I look good but I just want to be a healthy weight so other people will treat me with due respect and see me as a person before they see me as a fat person or someone with a weight issue, I have been a size 14 for a long time crept to 16, last year I was 18 pushing 20 I believe now I'm back to 14-16 even wearing a size 12 fitted coat.

But I'm not on a plan for a long time I have been changing habits so I can feel my best by taking care of myself, my body will be imperfect but with a healthy lifestyle will in its own time find its own happy place once I get my fitness to where I want it to be.

I had given up on tracking numbers and thinking happiness and acceptance is at the end of a weight loss plan its not, I am focusing on how I feel now, today and my health and really the fitness thing helps when I can now run for a bus or go for a nice cycle without getting wrecked.

I thought to myself if I lost enough weight to be healthy what would I do differently, I would feel more comfortable, exercise and eat well or else I'd end up overweight again and then I thought then how the heck and I going to be a healthy weight without doing the things a healthy person does which is not restriction, obsession, time limits etc. but its about finding out what works for you, I used to weigh myself and if I lost weight I'd think I was doing so well I would slack and if I gained or maintained I had failed, that is so ridiculous I used to think in terms of good and bad.

I lost 20 something pounds in the last year which many people interested in loosing weight would think is really bad I don't I am happy I have made lifestyle changes and maintained a healthier weight and im now not in a yo-yoer.

metaoblivia · 03-04-2012 03:55PM

I'm happy with my weight and size as it currently is. I make a conscious effort to maintain it by balancing my diet and doing the conditioning core exercises I learned as a gymnast and dancing (badly) to music on my ipod every night.

It wasn't always like that though. I remember when I was 11-13, I hit puberty before most of the other girls in my school. I felt very subconscious about my hips, boobs and thighs. One time in PE, we were making a human pyramid, and one of the boys referred to me as "sturdy" and not in a mean way. Its just all of the other girls were still in that lanky tween phase and I wasn't, and as an 11 year old, he didn't quite know how to communicate that. But it stuck with me. They were skinny and I was sturdy.

But then I stopped growing at 13 - my measurements then were the same as they are now, at 30 - and the other girls caught up with me, and I slowly began to realize that being 5'7 and a size 6-8 was really quite slim, all things considered. So I've been happy with my figure since and as I said at the beginning, do what I can to maintain it.

Bubblefett · 03-04-2012 04:32PM

When I was young I was very very ill and spent a good few years on steroids. I put on a lot of weight as a result. By the age of 12 I was wearing an adult size 16. I was bullied continuously, some stuff which has still stayed with me today. I asked my mom every day to let me stay home from school- she even tried to get me moved to another school. I had to go to dietitians to try help me loose the weight- until the kids in school found out I was going to one and began bullying me over that. I refused to go see her again after that.
When I was 15 puberty happened and I had a growth spirt and I suddenly found myself 5ft 11 and a size 12. I was so happy about it. However it was at least another 4 years before my confidence recovered to a point when I believed I wasn't the fat ugly girl any more.

I put a few pounds since those days, my own fault though- bad eating habits and lack of exercise- but I'm working on correcting it and trying to make myself a healthier fitter person.

Ran into one of my old bullies a while back. He couldn't believe it was me when we were introduced, said I'd changed completely. Made me feel great, but not as great as when I saw how much weight he'd gained. I love Karma

:)

Novella · 03-04-2012 04:59PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

What are your reasons to want to lose weight?

I'd like to lose weight 'cause I'd like to look skinnier. While I'm not particularly big - I'm a size 10 and quite tall - I really hate parts of my body. Realistically I know that my body is okay, (could probably do with toning up but I've been lazy on the gym front lately) but yet I can't help but be self critical.

It's funny, even here I have to tell you that I hate "parts of my body". I can't tell you which parts 'cause I worry that if I ever point them out, people will notice and it will be all they see when they look at me. The way it is for me.

Is it to be healthier because you believe you are overweight, is it because you feel unhappy with how you look, do you compare yourself to other girls?

It is definitely not to be healthier because I don't believe I'm overweight. I know I'm not overweight. I could lose a few pounds, definitely, maybe I could even lose a stone but the only reason I have ever wanted to lose weight is because I'm unhappy with my body. This is a real inwardly thing for me too. I'm not the girl who's ever gonna tell her friends she's on a diet and I'll walk around in my underwear like I don't have a care in the world. Deep down though, I am severely weight conscious.

I compare myself to other girls, sure. Again, it's not really something I'd ever talk about. But I do.

cactuspaw · 03-04-2012 05:57PM

welll, to be blunt, becouse i want to walk into the pub at home and say to all the b1tchs i went school with "look at me now ya pack of tramps!"

Susie_Q · 03-04-2012 06:13PM

My BMI is fine, I weigh somewhere under 9 stone, but because I'm an apple shape my waist-to-hip ratio is teetering on the dark side. I'm more concerned with long-term health issues in terms of weight; I want to be healthy and have lots of babies in the next few years so gotta look after myself!

McChubbin · 03-04-2012 08:58PM

I want to be thinner so I can have the simple pleasure of walking into a shop like Penneys or Dunnes and be able to buy off the rail, fitting comfortably into a pair of jeans without having to go to a specialist shop and get charged through the nose for the pleasure.
I'm well aware of my girth- I'm currently wearing a size XXL tour shirt and it's straining and rolling up on me-and I know I need to loose at least 2 stone for the sake of my health.

The main problem is that I'm a binge eater which is a recodnized eating disorder. I've yet to get help on the subject but I've got the number of a dietician handy so with a little luck, I hope to start on the road to recovery.

In the meantime, I chalk my weight gain up to a number of factors, mainly:
-Gluttony. I LIKE to eat and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

-Emotional over eating. I eat because I'm unhappy and I'm unhappy because I eat. It's a vicious cycle.

-Hormonal contraceptives. Since getting a Mirena coil fitted nearly 4 years ago, my weight has ballooned but getting it out is not an option as to do so would mean a return to crippling monthly torture with no guarentee of weight loss.

-Medication. I've been on anti-pyschotics since suffering a nervous breakdown 2 years ago (complete with hospital stay) and ever since, the weight has just piled on.

It's been well pointed out to me that at the age of 24, it's going to get much harder to shift the weight seeing as my body has grown accustomed to being so large. I've tried various diets but they only seem to work on a short term basis and because I have such a hard time with emotional over eatting, I always end up back to square one.

Food diaries don't work as they make me obsess even more about food and although I might be good for a few months at the most, ultimately, I end up secretly binging and the shame that makes my eatting habits spiral out of control.

I ****ing hate this constant battle with my weight. As a woman of 5"10 height, I should be around a size 16-18 as an ideal figure but currently, I'm inching my way slowly towards a size 24 jeans and 22 top. It's getting harder and harder to find clothes that fit let alone anything remotely stylish and I find myself getting depressed over the fact that I look like a lump of lard dressed in oversized men's clothes, looking ten years older than my real age.

I'm at a loss over what to do in the face of so many failed diets. The only thing that worked for me was supervised meals. When I spent 6 weeks in hospital, my meals were strictly monitored and had TINY portions divised by the nurses and the weight just FELL off me. I could fit easily into a size 18 blouse.

That blouse sits in the back of my wardrobe mocking me.

If I had the money, I'd get a gastric band or bypass as right now, it looks increasingly like my only option.

Fiona · 03-04-2012 09:20PM

McChubbin wrote: »

That blouse sits in the back of my wardrobe mocking me.

Don't let that blouse win, you can do it xx

booboo88 · 03-04-2012 09:29PM

Nearly the exact same reason mccubbin has posted.

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, Im tired of being the big friend, and I'd love to go into pennys and find something that doesnt block circulation to my boobs
and obviously to have a guy notice me and not just with beer goggles

McChubbin · 03-04-2012 09:41PM

booboo88 wrote: »

Nearly the exact same reason mccubbin has posted.

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, Im tired of being the big friend, and I'd love to go into pennys and find something that doesnt block circulation to my boobs
and obviously to have a guy notice me and not just with beer goggles

I know the feeling of being the fat friend. I have pictures on my Facebook page from where I went to a fancy dress party with a mate and oh sweet Chtulu, I look like a right pig standing next to my skinny little friend. Granted, she IS a dancer but that's no excuse.
The mission is clear: I need to get up off my ass and do something. The only thing is, I have no idea where to start.

booboo88 · 03-04-2012 09:51PM

McChubbin wrote: »

I know the feeling of being the fat friend. I have pictures on my Facebook page from where I went to a fancy dress party with a mate and oh sweet Chtulu, I look like a right pig standing next to my skinny little friend. Granted, she IS a dancer but that's no excuse.
The mission is clear: I need to get up off my ass and do something. The only thing is, I have no idea where to start.

oh theres nothing wrong when theres photographic evidence, I went to killarney for a weekend in feb, i look like a whale

Yea and the bad habits always creep back in, like sugary drinks

and fast food, and irsh mammy size dinners are all my bad habits:(

username123 · 03-04-2012 09:54PM

McChubbin wrote: »

The only thing is, I have no idea where to start.

Ring that dietician.

The only advice I can give, which is usually what helps me, is dont try to change too much at once or you'll never stick to it.

McChubbin · 03-04-2012 09:57PM

Not to mention the fact that my mammy's taken up cake decorating and is testing out her buttercream-topped cupcake recipes on me. *wince*
I must resist but they're so tasty!
Why must everything that is bad for me taste so fecking delish?!

ChippingSodbury · 03-04-2012 10:09PM

McChubbin wrote: »

I know the feeling of being the fat friend. I have pictures on my Facebook page from where I went to a fancy dress party with a mate and oh sweet Chtulu, I look like a right pig standing next to my skinny little friend. Granted, she IS a dancer but that's no excuse.
The mission is clear: I need to get up off my ass and do something. The only thing is, I have no idea where to start.

Man here so don't bite my head off!

First of all, there are loads of fellas out there who like larger girls so don't put yourself down because you haven't met a fella yet, life is for enjoying when you're in your twenties, not necessarily time to settle down!!!

As with most things regarding women, I don't fully understand why women often have a "relationship" with food and an unhealthy obsession with how they are perceived by others: think about yourself, be happy with who you are, don't get bogged down with what you think (rightly or wrongly) others may think of you.

I'm certainly no expert on weight issues nor being really healthy but about two years ago I started exercising for the first time in 20 years. I started to go to boot camp and it nearly killed me at the start. Two years on and I still go and now I love it. I'm fairly fit and belly is under control. The people you meet at exercise classes etc. are the type of people that will help to motivate you and in my experience, nobody will put you down, the emphasis is on encouragement and it makes you feel so much better about yourself and gives you a great sense of achvement on completing the class.

Things like Weightwatchers etc. I think only highlight the problems and keep them to the frefront of your mind. It's a bit like Aesop's fable about the North Wind and the Sun http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_aesop_northwind_sun.htm . Browbeating you about food isn't going to change your attitute, getting encouragement from others just might...

Please consider exercise classes or that kind of thing before surgery or anything mad. If you decide on classes, it helps because it's on at the same time in a set routine so it's harder to think of a reason not to go and also consider paying in advance which is another incentive: once you get into the swing of things, there will be no stopping you!!

03-04-2012 10:52PM

I don't want to be thinner. If anything I would like to put on weight! Well not put on weight, just be curvier. Need more boobs

Never been overweight, thankfully. I'm a size 8. Healthy eating has always been a big thing in my household. We have always had small portion sizes. I used to think I (and the rest of my family) are naturally thin but then realised when I went to college that people eat way wayyyyy to much. How do people eat so much without feeling sick?!

I have also always exercised a lot. At the moment I run twice a week and do taekwondo twice a week. And swim if I have time and walk most places.

If I eat too much (at once or just in general) I feel like crap, so I stop. Simples. I actually do put on and lose weight but very few people notice it because I'm tallish (just over 5'9" ) and carry weight well. I'm heavier than usual at the moment (58kg). Before Christmas I was 54kg which was a bit too small.

I have seen many people lose massive amounts of weights through healthy diet and exercise. None of that faddy diet shte. And even-though exercise is important, it's mostly about food when wanting to lose weight. It's just a simple matter of doing it really.

The majority of my female friends (well, all of them) feel the need to bring up weight in conversation EVERY DAY. What is the big deal? Eat less and you will be thinner. It's not rocket science. People are way too obsessed with weight, it's silly. No wonder they are with every magazine/newspaper/website/EVERYTHING with diet this and diet that plastered all over it. There are much more fun and interested things in life than weight control.

Sorry if I sound like a complete bitch.

LollieB · 03-04-2012 11:43PM

I'm currently at my heaviest weight and need to loose about 2 stone to be healthy again. I binge eat when I'm unhappy and I'm overweight because it's my barrier to keeping people (especially men) at an arms length. It's my excuse as to why I'm not in a relationship- in reality I'm just terrified of letting someone get to know all of me. I have believed myself to be unattractive & unloveable for so long, my 'fatness' was a physical justification of how I felt.

I've thought of myself as fat & compared myself to others since I was little. I picked this up from my mum- she used to ask me, "Am I as fat as her?" all the time when we were out & about. I look back at pictures of myself in my teens (there are very few pics) and I can now see a beautiful, slim teenager who was crippled with self esteem issues. I've since been through years of therapy on and off & have come to understand so much about myself.

When I was at my lowest weight a couple of years ago, I felt awful about myself. I lost it very unhealthily- excessive dieting, exercise and abuse of drugs to boot.

I'm at my heaviest now- and, due to finally accepting & being able to love myself, I have never felt more confident. I've also never had so much male attention. I've also made a huge effort to not body bash & especially not join in with my female friends in their body bashing- which is very hard!

I want to lose weight now for health reasons and to feel even more confident in myself. But I'm really wary about embarking on a fitness and weightloss regime because I don't want to revert back into my critical & punishing treatment of myself. I'm also terrified of not being able to use it as my excuse anymore for not letting anyone get close to me. So I'm in a bit of a catch 22 at the moment.

LegacyUser · 04-04-2012 12:28AM

Why do I want to be thinner
1. To be able to buy clothes in more than evans, anna harvery and other shops with big sizes only.
2. To have a man chat me up not as a dare or as a look and ****.
If you are an alco, have not had sex in 6 months, have just broken up from your girlfriend or are married I am not interested. I may be heavy but I have not lost my brain to go near the above which is all I seem to attract.
3. To hear people tell me I look good/ you have lost weight and know it true.
4. To go on a holiday flight and not having to ask for a seat belt extender.
5. To go to a social event with a man and not always on my own

Due to the above I joined Slimming World - I have have lost over a stone weight and I won't say I am always good on this but it is a good diet if you like food.

Princess Peach · 04-04-2012 12:44AM

One thing that worries me in some posts is that people feel unhappy at the weight they are. Do you really think you will be happy if you lose weight?

I just know for myself that every time I hit a goal weight, I wasn't happy and it wasn't enough and it got pushed back more until I would be happy, which never happened.

I gained a lot of weight last year trying to overcome my purging, and I'm for sure not happy at the weight I am now. But I wasn't happy when I was 2 stone lighter either. What bothers me most about it now is I know people have noticed my weight gain, as they were always very fast to compliment me on my weight loss.

And one reason I'd love to slim down again is for my clothes to fit me. When in my head I really know what I need to do is embrace it and just bloody buy new clothes instead or trying to change myself to fit them! I am trying to lose weight again, which is slow for me because of my past I need to be very careful with diets. But I know I won't be happy if I get back down to even my lowest weight, but I am still trying to do it. But at least in a healthy way this time

Sparklebutt · 04-04-2012 12:44AM

wivy wrote: »

Snap. I just feel so much more confident when I'm in good shape and toned up. I recently saw some pics of myself where I'd put on a bit of weight and it really really got me down...
have been tryin to tone up since and it really is a huge confidence booster.. esp when you get compliments from guys.. I know that could sound really shallow but I really feel how I look is strongly correlated with my self-esteem and my confidence.

I agree! I see old photos from before I gained weight and wish I was still that size. That said, I don't remember thinking I looked good back then. I was probably every bit as critical of myself then as I am now. Maybe (hopefully) once I lose the weight I'll feel differently. I've lost some of the weight already and there's nothing quite as satisfying as being able to fit into clothes that used to be too tight!

Giselle · 04-04-2012 01:29AM

I don't want to be thinner.If I could wave a magic wand, I'd be ten pounds heavier.

I'm always trying to gain weight, and I'd like to be able to do it without being told I'm 'lucky' or a skinny bitch, or rubbing people faces in it if I complain about it being a struggle.

I have no energy and I'm cold all the time if my weight falls too far, and putting it on isn't as simple as it seems. I feel physically ill if I eat larger portions, or more often, and I find the sort of food that puts on the weight unpalatable.

There's nothing lucky about that at all.

eviltwin · 04-04-2012 11:41AM

I am a few stone overweight but I don't want to be thinner...I want to be healthier. I want to know I can run for a bus without feeling like I am going to collapse. I want to know I can look forward to reaching my 60th birthday. I want to be a good example to my children.

Do I want to look good in my clothes...hell yeah! But thats a bonus. Its not the real reason I want to shift the pounds because even at a healthy weight I was never thin and I never will be.

In the meantime while I am working my way there I love myself and my body love handles and all.

Why do you want to be thinner?

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