Remind me again why I'm doing this …

I am working on eating better and exercising more because:

1. to lose weight
   
2. to be proud of myself
   
3. to not have a huge wobbly stomach
   
4. to buy clothes in normal shops
   
5. to deal with/overcome/work through/magic away my emotional needs to eat
   
6. Not to be categorised as officially ‘obese’
   
7. I don’t want to avoid being photographed anymore. I want to be happy to be photographed, and happy to look at photographs of myself (ditto full length mirrors).
   
8. I need to learn to love myself and the body I’m in
   
9. So that the reality of my life matches how I see myself, as an active person who eats sensibly and takes exercise and takes care of herself
   
10. Regular exercise lifts my mood and can lessen my depressions
    
11. I like exercise – it’s not a chore – I like to swim, to cycle, to walk, to dance
    
12. To eat healthily and eat right
    
13. Be a good parent and set O a good example
    
14. I don’t want to be fat and forty!
    
15. because I can!!
    
16. I need to learn to stop trying to salve my hurts with food
    
17. To make R & O proud of me
    
18. To keep my word to myself
    
19. I don’t want to be “the fat one” anymore
    
20. To get control over my eating, so that I have more control over my life
    
21. It'd be nice to wear hipster trousers while they are still vaguely fashionable
    
22. Not to be in the Super Heavy Weight class any more
    

list updated: 25/08/04