Friday Five

Five reasons I want to lose weight.

1. I want to take pictures with my family. I avoid pictures so much now, and I hate that there are so few pictures of my son and me. I want to look at pictures and see myself happy.

2. I want to be able to buy the clothes I love, not just the clothes that come in my size. Granted, most clothes run in an XL and in a size 16, but they are made for a size 0, which we've already established I won't be anytime soon. They aren't cut for me. I like some plus-size clothes, which I'll post about later, but I hate having to buy them.

3. I don't want to be judged by my weight. People think I eat poorly, which I don't. People think that I must be lying, which I'm not. I hate that I am judged by my weight.

4. I want to be comfortable in a bathing suit. I love the water, and I want to be able to go swimming without be self-conscious.

5. I want to prove that I can do it. For so long I've said that I just can't lose the weight, that my body is just built this way (and to some extent that's true). But I want to lose weight. And if I can, you can.