What’s your superficial motivation?

[lunar1]

I’ve lost 41kg since October, I’m healthier, my BMI is under 25, aches and pains are gone and I know I’ve done an amazing thing for my future health.

but today, I bought my goal item, for years I’ve wanted a leather jacket, but not an uncomfortable size 20. Today I bought a beautiful leather jacket in a size 10, honestly I thought it would need a few more pounds, but it zipped up beautifully.

it’s made me so ridiculously happy, I’m a UK size 10, I went from children’s clothes to a size 16.

does anyone else have a similar, superficial goal?

Congratulations on your weight loss!

Much the same as you really - the freedom to buy whatever I want, knowing it will fit and I will look great.

I’ve gone from a size 20-22 (28 at my heaviest) to a 6-8 and I am having so much fun with clothes… need to get off Vinted 😬

I have a pair of size 14 work trousers that I wore when I lost weight last time. I can remember feeling so good in them. And I have a gold sequin dress that I am far too old to wear but would love to be able to put on, if only for myself. Oh and I want to cut my hair short, but my face is too fat and short makes me look too round.

I lost three stone with weight watchers when I mid/ late twenties and honestly the best thing was just being able to think ‘oh I look nice’ or just ‘that was so fun’ when friends posted photos from parties/ weddings/ nights out etc rather than ‘oh god my double chin/ bingo wings’ etc. I was still size 10/12 but just felt really good. I’d love that again!

I can’t wait for the day when these injections are available to everyone who could benefit from them, it’s just life changing

This is really sad, and I feel sad for myself typing it…..but I want the man who strung me along for 18months and repeatedly let me down to see me again (and we will cross paths in a couple of months at a work event) to think ‘bloody hell’.

I want to be confident enough to walk into that room knowing I’ve risen and for him to see it all over me. That I’m glowing and that actually, he was never up to par anyway.

(also many other reasons including age, health, self esteem, confidence, etc)

But superficially? Yeah, that.

For me, just getting to see a photo of myself and not think Jesus I’m bloody huge. And buying nice clothes that I never would’ve been brave enough to wear before.

What a lovely thread! I bet you look amazing.

I went bra shopping last week and bought smaller sexy bras and pants for the first time ever. I need the lift but even so, they make me feel a million dollars!!

I wanted to have nice photos and videos of me with my children. I didin't want to keep deleting them all, because I hated how I looked.

Have so few pics of me with granddaughter because I hated the fat pics . Am now happy when I look at a photo..am still overweight but can see the difference from 12 weeks ago . Have lost about 10kgs so far.

Quite niche, but I do a hobby where you get filmed from behind to review how you are doing it. I want to watch the videos back and actually do that, not focus on my enormous arse and fat rolls 😂😂 bit over halfway and already a big improvement but not there yet!

and there's another thing. I'm a fitness instructor. I wanted to stand in front of the class and look the part. And not, as I once happened to overhear: 'Oh this was a really good class, I didn't think it would be, when I saw the instructoer..'

Mine was getting my first ever pair of Levi 501s. I eventually got them, a size 10, in November. The best shopping experience I've ever had. The girls in the shop loved it, rushing back and forth, getting me ever smaller pairs to try as I just couldn't believe I was that size.

I want to buy some really nice clothes. I always buy cheap stuff or charity stuff as my weight has fluctuated. And for years I’ve been refusing to buy until I’m thinner.

Not there yet, but today I bought some denim shorts to wear to a festival. Short shorts, no long “flattering” ones!

That leather jacket story has brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations, what an amazing achievement. 41KG is phenomenal.

I knew exactly how I wanted to look, had a strong sense of the style I wanted to have, but couldn't carry it off when I weighed 75 lbs more. Now I have a wardrobe I love and enjoy getting dressed everyday.

I would see beautiful clothes and think, I would LOVE to wear that, but knew it wouldn't suit my shape when I was bigger. Now I can buy these clothes and love wearing them.

Funnily, energy and health wise, I feel exactly the same, so the only difference I feel is to do with looks. (My blood pressure is better too, so I am no longer taking medication for that, but I didn't feel particularly unfit when heavier as I always exercised, and I don't feel any more fit now).

I want to wear a sleeveless dress without giving it a second thought!

My arse not being in a separate time zone to the rest of my body would be a good start.

After that, I can’t wait to buy a fabulous bikini.

Crikey, I’ve racked my brains but I’m really struggling to work this one out! 😂

@HappyWineDay ha ha! It’s not as bad as it sounds- it’s a dog sport where the dog is leading to track and scent- so the instructor is behind you. The idea is to focus on the dog’s body language but all I can see is my own fat arse!

And I agree with everyone on clothes- although my minor disappointment so far is that I’m quite saggy so I still feel self conscious in sleeveless tops!