Truth is, you're the only reason to lose weight. Having been overweight to some degree for all of my 51 years, I've done a lot of research - and one of the things that comes up time and time again is that external motivation isn't sustainable. It's internal motivation, internal drive, that finally works for those who lose weight and keep it off. Losing it for you is the way to do it. I'm having some weight loss success right now for the first time in a long time - and it's because I'm doing it for me, I want to live longer for me, and I want less pain for me. All of those things also benefit my wife and kids by keeping me around longer (assuming they want me to
), but the fact is I'm the only one that can make me do it, so it has to be about me. For you, it has to be about you - it's the path to sustainable health.