well u don't really NEED to love yourself before losing weight. it would be helpful, but u can live with out loving yourself before losing weight. not loveing yourself does have it's atvantige for loseing weight. u want to love yourslef so it makes u lose wieght so u can love your slef. if u follow the tips i said down on the page, it will help u lose weight, and since u want to love your self, u do lose weight. u get will power and every thing. then when u lost weight u feel great, and u love your slef. so really it would be nice to love your self then lose weigh, but u don't NEED to love yourself before losing weight.