Thread: So why are you doing this diet?

not to seem boring or anything, but im doing this because i gained weight lol

i have always been in a somewhat normal range for weight, always told im slim, but i came north, for the money, and the money is here, however, my job description changed a lot, and i am no longer physically active and the cooks always prepare amazing huge amounts of food. so in 2 years i gained some 40 odd lbs and when i saw a pic of me in a bikini......... OMG i shouldnt have been in a bikini, lol so that was a wake up call, and here i am, lost 22 lbs thus far on my first round, am stable for 5 weeks eating huge amounts of food and trying to squeeze in some workouts in my extremly long work days. im going to do one more round starting the next few days. will loose the last 20 lbs and get muscle tone so i will look HOT in the bikini and not have the beached whale look lol

That's not boring, that's a great reason to do it! Congrats on your success!

I originally started HCG because nothing else gave me the results I wanted.
My reasons for losing weight are simple and common I believe.
I am number one doing this for my daughter. I want her to grow up with a healthy mom. I want to be able to run around and play with her. I want her to be proud of me. A part of this is silly because I am afraid when she gets to the age that boys come around (a long time from now) that they will take one look at me and run for the hills because they will be scared she will look like me one day. It sounds so silly but there is that old saying that if you want to know what your girl will look like in 20-30 year look at her mom and my goodness that was not looking good for my little one.
Secondly I am doing this for me. I am so tired of being "The sweet one, the cute one, the nice one" Those are all great things, don't get me wrong, I want to keep those things but add "The hot one" to the list.

Windburned I totally understand your desire to not have to shop exclusively plus sized anymore. The first time I bought something from a "normal" store I cried. I was standing in the middle of the dressing room balling and I scared the crap out of the fitting room attendant. Once I told her why I was crying, she was crying two and about 2 other women in the dressing rooms were crying. It was amazing. And now I get to keep buying smaller and smaller sizes from these stores and it is even better! When you get into your button downs and blazers you must post pics

I have a closet full of clothes I'm looking forward to wearing again. It's amazing how much being overweight affects your identity, too. I want the old me back!

I want to be healthier and thinner. I hate how I look and I feel awful.

Mine is a pretty common one - trying to lose the rest of the baby weight I gained almost 65 pounds with my second. The first 30 pounds came off fairly quickly, like 2 months or so, but the rest was all fat from allowing myself to eat anything I wanted just because I was pregnant. I know...bad idea, I'm kicking myself now!!

I would like to be back in my old clothes and feel good about myself again. I've yo-yoed a lot in my lifetime, but for three years after my first child I got down to a super great weight and kept it off for those three years until I got pregnant again. I was so happy with myself then, for the first time in a long time I stopped complaining about how I looked. I want to be there again and stay there (I'm NOT having any more babies!!! As much as I love them LOL).

Here's to losing the weight!!

I want my jeans to fit well again.

(1) For daughter, who unfortunately got my chunky DNA; eating healthy & working out 4 times a week for months was resulting in little weight loss for either of us. Our frustration would sometimes equal bad food/drink choices & the guilt that goes with that.

(2) Health for me – since starting hhcg last year, I’ve lowered my skyrocketing high blood pressure to nearly 120/80 and my cholesterol has dropped over 40 points. Everyone can say what they want about hhcg/hcg program, but after being on many different programs (Atkins for over a year, NutriSystem for 18 months, Weight Watchers, South Beach, Palio, etc.) this is the ONLY program where I’ve lost FAT inches, weight pounds and significantly improved my personal health issues. It ain’t easy, but it does work.

(3) I admit it – I’m vain. I want to look better to everyone, particularly DH who has been so incredibly patient & supportive for 27 years with my previous weight loss attempts.

(4) I’m sick of being embarrassed about my size and tired of being told I have “such a pretty face, if only you’d lose some weight”

(5) Didn’t want to go to jail for assault the next time someone told me that. (Like I TRY to be this big?)

(6) I like buying cute clothes, not something my grandma would wear, or anything that resembles a muu-muu, caftan or from the
tent/awning shop, which seemed to be my only other choices as a larger woman. (I’ll talk about my conspiracy theories on another thread.)

(7) I’m tired of not going to places that might require a bathing suit. I work in the travel industry and there are so many totally amazing places to visit – I don’t want to have to worry about my size keeping me from experiencing them!

That is just for a start.


R1P2 Start January 19 – 214.5
End of Week 1 – 202 ( -12.5 lbs.)
End of Week 2 – 199.2 (-3 lbs.)
VLCD 17 – 199.2 (better than a gain!)
VLCD 18 – 200.4 (knew it would happen sooner or later)

I got pregnant in college in the middle of earning my degree in DANCE! My professors we're all really considerate about it and let me keep dancing, including performing in a show 2 days before my daughter was born, but after that my depression skyrocketed meaning I ate my feelings. My entire world was defined by dance, my physical fitness, and even the clothes I wore (tights and a leotard do NOT look pretty right now!) I'm doing hcg to get my career back. I have my degree in dance now but am not doing anything with it because I'm nearly 200 lbs and have no confidence anymore.

As well as for my daughter and parents. Being someone who has grown up watching my mother attempt failed diet after failed diet is so disheartening. I want to be fit for my daughter so she never has to see me do that and fit for my parents to show them this really works and to possibly persuade them to try it. My father has type II Diabetes and we know if he loses weight it will mostly go away.

And finally for a boy. A friend and I have both gone through some scary stuff these past couple years of our lives, me with an accidental pregnancy and becoming a single mother struggling to reclaim my identity and dream/career and him with alcoholism and drug addiction as well as becoming a single father. He is completely straight and clean and one of the best dads I know now. We had somewhat of a relationship in the early part of college but after I got pregnant and he fell more into his alcoholism and drug addiction, we drifted apart.Wwe have been talking again for over a year now and want to see each other but I REFUSE to let him see me like this.

Lol whoops wrote a book! Sorry about that but yeah... Lots of reasons. That and I KNOW I have great fashion sense, just not for this size. Bring on the cute clothes!