What excuse do you have......

[WetBanana]

I just spent an hour reading through 16 pages of posts...didn't want to stay up any longer reading more, but I'm sure I'll get through them soon.

What motivates me to keep away from the junk right now:

My Kids.

I want my son to be able to wrap his arms around me when he hugs me, instead of only half of me. I want him to be proud of me, even if I haven't accomplished all my life's ambitions, but that I am joyful with where I am in life.

I want my daughter to never feel the ridicule of being the overweight child going through school. I want her to have compassion for those who struggle, and I want her to have enough dignity and self-esteem in herself to stand up to the bullies and knock them down.

I want to go back to competitive swimming, even though it's only the Masters, it's still swimming and I miss it so much. I miss the comraderie, and the friendships I was starting to develop.

I want to stop making excuses as to why I don't socialize. I was invited to go to a bachelorette party but I declined because I feel like the odd person out everytime I do. I know the people are very lovely and would never dream of making me feel badly about anything, but it's how I feel about myself. I lied and said I didn't have enough money to go out. It was so pathetic.

This is making me cry now.

I want my Mother to stop asking me if I'll have gastric bypass like she did last year. I'm only 29 years old and I have two small children and I want more. Why would I put myself through something that could potentially disable or kill me when I should just be strong enough to use diet and exercise to control myself. I hate it. Sometimes I hate her for constantly bringing it up.

I want to feel more beautiful when I'm with my husband. I know he loves me, and I know he'll love me no matter what, but I just am not comfortable with myself and I hate getting undressed.

I'd like to be shopping at the same stores my daughter will be when she's older. I want us to be able to share clothes sometimes. I know I won't ever have the body of a teenager (not that I did in the first place), but it would be nice to not be so much more enormous then my own daughter.

I want to experience pregnancy at a normal weight. I want to know what it's like to not go on disability three months before my due date because of high blood pressure and 3+ pitting edema. I want to have belly pictures done. I want to have a VBA2C. I know I'll pretend I'll regret it afterward, especially once I screw up my bladder and can't hold my pee anymore, but I want to have the perfect birth experience that I never got to have with my first two. I also want to breastfeed exclusively without feeling like I'm suffocating my child. It's very uncomfortable to breastfeed when you are very obese.

I want to not be afraid of going on rollercoasters and fearing they'll kick me off. I want to go on them confidently without worry.

I want my boobs to get smaller. I know most of what I want is for the size to go down to like a 34, but I wouldn't mind reducing my cup-size to a nice C. By the time I was 13 I was already a D cup. I know I might end up needing to resort to surgery, but I will not do that until after I am finished having children.

When I was at a wedding two weeks ago, I just told the truth when I was asked. I'm doing Atkins and it's not on my plan. I don't have anything to hide, and if I can motivate somebody else to join along with me, all that much better.

Here is what I've noticed after 4 weeks of Atkins:

- I am no longer falling asleep at my desk after lunch
- I have not needed to take an afternoon nap on the weekends
- I have lost 20 lbs so far
- I am waking up in the morning refreshed and ready for a new day no matter how much sleep I got, whether it was four hours or 8 hours - I'm ready to go!
- My son has lost weight along with me. When I first started he weighed in at 76 lbs, and after my first two weeks of induction he was down to 70 lbs. He doesn't have a choice in what he eats for meals, so I just make him what I'm eating (adding in more healthy carb choices of course, I'm not depriving him of his essential vitamins and minerals). My daughter as well, but she's gaining weight because she's only 1. She's a teeny little thing too, so hopefully I can just keep an eye on it for her so she never has to worry about it. My son is growing up thinking he's thin too - which I am so happy about. He's slightly overweight, but he doesn't see that - and I am GRATEFUL. Knowing you're overweight as a child is a death sentence. For as long as I can remember, my mother was constantly telling me I was too fat, needed to lose weight. What kind of a mother does that to their child? Instead of telling me I'm fat, why not feed me healthier instead of shovelling as much spaghetti and meatloaf down my throat as you can? So that's what I'm doing for my son. Helping him to make healthy food choices. So far so good. I am so proud of him too.

I'm working on my bitterness...

Okay, I'm done for now. Need to get to bed.

[audacity08]

Today is my official DAY 1 and I ALMOST had a flub... I was preparing my bag for work tomorrow and found a bag of potato chips in it from last week. I quickly opened the bag and poured them in the trash... I then sprayed the trash with Clorox just to make sure I did get any crazy cravings for it...

[findingkristy]

My excuse is
1. I no longer will be controlled by food!
2. I will be able to shop in my favorite clothing store instead of just admiring the models in the window!

[Shrew2u]

For my kids – they deserve to have a mom who can keep up with their running / walking / jumping / playing.

For my husband – he deserves to have the wife he married (not the Super-Sized version of her).

For myself – I deserve to have the clothes in my closet fit. I deserve to wear pretty lingerie without odd lumps of me sticking out. I deserve to feel good when I look in the mirror. I deserve to wake up feeling energetic instead of sluggish.

[Sookie]

Originally Posted by WetBanana

Knowing you're overweight as a child is a death sentence. For as long as I can remember, my mother was constantly telling me I was too fat, needed to lose weight. What kind of a mother does that to their child? Instead of telling me I'm fat, why not feed me healthier instead of shovelling as much spaghetti and meatloaf down my throat as you can? So that's what I'm doing for my son. Helping him to make healthy food choices. So far so good. I am so proud of him too.

I'm working on my bitterness...

I grew up with that mixed message as well: "You're fat. Here, eat this." I grew up in a family that was obsessed with weight and looks. I was the fat child and looking back on it, I suspect that it comes from a feeling of self loathing and fear of obesity. The sad part is that instead of preventing it, it creates a cycle of mixed messages that is passed down to each generation. My mother didn't want me to be fat but I think that she only knew how to express her love by feeding me even when it made me fatter which made her criticize me. Be proud of yourself for breaking this cycle and not passing it onto your children. That alone makes this WOE worthwhile but the added blessing of improving your health and self esteem isn't so bad either

[Beatin'PCOS]

Really........my only excuse......I wanna be sexy as ****.....what..I'm being honest

[spuffy]

My excuses for not cheating on this way of life are:

1. My weight was getting scary. I saw myself becoming bigger and bigger... It had to stop. If I kept eating the way I had been, I would end up like tv's Ruby at her highest weight (Although I just love her show and her attitude - an inspiration to me). So I had to stop the fat in it's tracks.

2. When my friends want to go to a dance club, I don't want to make some lame excuse! For Goodness sake, I'm 25! I should be dancing.

3. I want to be one of those people who go hiking in exciting places around the country. If I were to hike now I would die.

4. I had to buy bigger jeans! Aaaahh.

5. I don't want to waste my "youth". When I was a little girl and dreamed of how my life would be when I was grown, never did I picture this

there's so many more reasons not to have my cake and eat it to...

[LovingThyself]

What a great tread.... So many excuses.

Here are mine:

I want to be able to pick up my son after school and not have his friends tease him because I'm fat.

I want to play with my son; run, walk, throw a ball and show him how much fun life is when you're active.

I want to be healthy and live to see my son's children.

I no longer want to be known just as 'pretty face.'

I want to be more social, instead of using back door entrances and exits just to avoid people. I'm called a 'loner.'

I want to wear clothing that are not plus size.

When I marry my fiancee; I want to be a healthy, active and sexy woman.

[msminx]

My reason for not cheating...

I want to see the beautiful woman my love tells me he sees...

I am so whipped!

[BritValarie]

My excuses would be:
I want to reverse my type II Diabetes (already halved my medication!)
I don't ever want my blood pressure to go up again
I don't ever want my cholesterol to go up again
I want to have energy to live my life everyday
I want to keep exercising... and eating junk food makes me want to sit on the couch and undo all the excuses above.