mine is not wanting to start college with never having a boyfriend, and being known as 'the fat kid'.

and my own self esteem

and theres that whole being healthy thing...

Well whatever it takes to motivate you. For me its gonna be sending my ex a picture of myself for his birthday showing me how good I look now..since I know he dumped me cause he couldn't handle the fatness. hehe..it's gonna feel good too. Other than that..right now it's to have really nice xmas pictures of myself FOR ONCE..lolll..yeah that will be nice. Also I'm really really inspired by all the success stories here..it's amazing how much more achievable it all seems seeing all the successes.

my motivation is i want to have children soon, and start my own little family... but i don't want to do that with me being too fat to take care of my kids! plus i hear being over-weight makes it harder to get pregnant anyway, so i am doing everything i can to prepare so i feel ready when we try to have children!

plus i want to feel like i can go back to my hometown without "blowing the secret." no one there knows what i have morphed into, and i like to let them think i'm still the same 'ol me that was half the size i am now.

maybe mostly, i just want to feel normal, and do normal things without getting winded!!

I want to have more energy. I am so tired of being tired all the time.

*takes a deep breath and cracks knuckles*

I want to be able to go into a clothing store and not immediately look for the ugliest prints and most terrible cuts that they call a plus-size section. I want to be able to stroll over to a rack, find my size and try it on. And have it fit.

My favorite store in the world is Torrid, a plus-size store. I don't want to be able to fit any of their clothes! (It seems backwards to me to not want to be able to shop at my fave store hehe)

I want to be able to sit down somewhere and eat something and not feel like the people around me are judging me for it.

I want to see my own pubes without shifting my belly out of the way!

I want to be able to go for a hike in this beautiful landscape all around me and not avoid going because I know it'll damn near kill me as I am.

I want to be able to take something out of the dryer and not have to wet the waistband with warm Water and do a tug-n-pull to stretch it so it'll fit me again.

I want to be able to get into the positions for yoga and such that I know I can do because for being so fat, I am wicked flexible (my yoga instructor was jealous that I could move in ways she couldn't) but I want to see HOW flexible I can be. Currently, my hip fat pads will push against my side and thighs and I can only move so far.

I want to wear something in the junior's department, dammit!

I'm sick of being my age in pants sizes. This is the first year in loooooooong time that I haven't matched. When I was 9, I wore a size 9. 10, a 10. Etc this has continued through my life until recently. I wear a 26/28 now, and I'm only 24. I want to go backwards!

Even though I know my boyfriend adores me and thinks I'm sexy, I want to find myself as beautiful as he finds me.

There are a million more, but I have to go. heh.

i totally agree with everything you just said (even teh torrid thing, wore something from there today)

I want to be able to cross my legs w/o have one of them fall off the other!!!!! )

I've never heard of torrid? Are they a national chain... or am I just living under a rock???

I want to keep up with my husband and kids who are very active. In April before my band, we went snowboarding and it was a struggle for me but as my thighs burned and I was out of breath all I could think was "this is the last time I will feel this crappy" Next year I will be healthy!

I want to be healthy (and look good) for my kids graduations, weddings, grandkids etc!

I want to go into Victoria's Secret and buy the sexiest set of bra and parities in the store! Red! I can probably do that now but I want to be a size 10-12. Right now I am a size 14 down from as size 3X or 26 (tight fit) !!!!

Hmmm, other than jsut being sick and tired of being a fatty boombah, I wanted to experience the joy of running again.

And I had in mind my 40th birthday. I didnt want to be fat, bloated and miserable with myself. My birthday is in 2 weeks and I'm not fat, bloated OR miserable with myself!

I've never heard of torrid? Are they a national chain... or am I just living under a rock???

kinda, the nearest one to me is like 2 hours away. they are few adn far apart

I didn't want to die. I was 24, almost 300lbs and was sicker than my 94 year old FIL. I knew that if I did get to 30, I would be a very sick person. I had a young son, and I wanted to be there to see him grow up. I wanted to be a good healthy example for my child. I didn't want him to be ashamed of his mother.

Oh yeah, I wanted to be hot too.