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My Motivations

1. To be able to wear normal, fashionable clothes.

2. To be able to run and move fast as I once did.

3. To be able to ride roller coasters and other rides.

4. To be able to go swimming without being self-conscious about my weight.

5. To be viewed as sexually desirable again.

6. To be able to go out and socialize, parties, clubs, bars, etc.

7. To have my outsides match the person I've always known myself to be internally.

8. To become healthy. (I've already quit smoking.)

9. To hopefully lengthen my life span.

10. To be able to fly comfortably and not be self-conscious about my weight or worry if I'm offending people sitting near me.

11. To further my career.

12. To be able to travel.

13. To not have to be buried in a piano box.

What's yours?

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Keep up with my Lil one and not miss out on all the fun at her age...and your number one answer

Feel good, look good, and have more energy.

Great post! Keep that list somewhere! You can come back to it when the journey gets tough! I found that really helpful throughout my journey, to keep checking in on my "bucket list". Then it was also extra rewarding to be able to look back and check things off. Good luck to you!

My main motivation is to.......

STOP being a bystander as life passes me by!! :)

There are so many other ones like most that Proud2BMe mentioned but that would be my number one. I am always on the sidelines it seems!!! NO MORE!!

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