Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?
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because I couldn't fit into my summer shorts. Was going to Mexico in the winter and had no shorts that fit. Trying to find shorts at stores in the winter is not so easy!-1
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There were stores that I typically bought all my clothes at when I was slender. I slowly put on weight over the years and slowly began shopping at different stores to incorporate the larger size to the point in which I was not entering the cute, trendy stores at all ( even tho I could probably still fit in a few things in there at the top of the size range). I went back into those stores a few months ago with my teenage daughter and realized how much I liked shopping there in the past and was saddened that I couldn't just walk in there and buy things without trying them on as I once might have. Silly reason I know- but it just hit me why should I be sad about that? I don't HAVE to be this weight rather it is due to poor eating and lack of regular exercise.0
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I looked at the scale and was depressed for awhile before the decision. A week ago I started having mild chest tightness and tingling in my left hand. This was probably due to my wife's medical issues stressing me out, but I instantly thought of heart problems. I decided then and there to change my habits and work towards losing 40+ lbs.My story is a little funny. I was sitting in my chilly office with a small jacket on. I leaned back to yawn and a button from my jacket popped off and flew accross the room. That was my AH HA moment. What was yours?
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I hated being called "big steve" being judged for my size and not who I was...Im down over a hundred and know that heavy people are treated poorly....not nice.0
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Looking at wedding photos! Can I go back and redo that day? LOL0
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Saw my ex Girlfriend at a wedding and she looked hot, I looked gross (had put on about 40lbs)...not the impression I wanted to leave
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My original story for wanting to lose weight was my freshman year of college I gained at least 15 pounds and didn't notice. My dad made a comment to my brothers about me getting fat and than I noticed my weight gain. I've been up and down on the scale since.0
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I lost a lot of weight last August. Bought a hell of a lot of new clothes. Chucked all my big clothes. And Iv now put on all my weight again with a wardrobe full of new clothes I can't wear!!! So instead of buying new clothes that fit. Im squeezing myself into my new clothes. And working hard to get back to where I was in August
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beverlyjlarson wrote: »I lost a lot of weight last August. Bought a hell of a lot of new clothes. Chucked all my big clothes. And Iv now put on all my weight again with a wardrobe full of new clothes I can't wear!!! So instead of buying new clothes that fit. Im squeezing myself into my new clothes. And working hard to get back to where I was in August
same thing happened to me. I lost 40 pounds and gained it back +some. I feel tired and sore all the time. I can't stand the thought of going shopping for a whole new wardrobe every time I lose my motivation. This is it, I'm changing
my lifestyle and not looking back.
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Another reason I was motivated to get healthy was realizing I was wearing XL jeggings and they were stretched so far you could see right through them. Not a good look.0
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I had always been skinny growing up. Played 4 sports, and ran 10 miles a day. As I got older and started to work instead I gained weight from lack of working out and an unhealthy diet. I went up to a size 22 after had had my daughter. Once I found out I was pregnant with my son I freaked. I was not about to gain another baby and a couple of pant sizes. So I changed my whole diet, and walked a lot. Only gain 1 lb during the pregnancy and came out of 25 lbs lighter. My son is 1 1/2 and I'm down around 60-70 depending on the week lol and still going.4
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Kimzy- great you decided to change your diet on 2nd preg., and even better 25lbs lighter and a new baby, plus losing 60lbs more, you have done wonderful, keep up the good work.0
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None of my clothes fit and I couldn't afford a new wardrobe, let alone random pieces. My kids are young and I want to be around for them for a long time. Down 43 lbs since the end of September and within 5 of maintenance!1
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I've got a kidney transplant (16 years! Whoo!), and while looking into best care for it, I found out that transplant recipients are at a much higher risk for cardiovascular disease than the rest of the population. So I decided to start changing my lifestyle a little to see if I could reduce some of my risk factors.
Also- and this is pretty big- I had a moment one night where I literally heard my brain say "I'm bored, let's eat something". And I was like waaaaaaaait a second here...I wish I could bottle that second of realization, it was pretty huge.3 -
I woke up one day and decided that I wanted to live my life instead of just exist in it.
I've yoyo dieted my entire life but this time I feel the change. I want to be healthy for my husband and my future kids. We are both on this weight loss journey together and it makes it way easier!
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dawnsnarks wrote: »None of my clothes fit and I couldn't afford a new wardrobe, let alone random pieces. My kids are young and I want to be around for them for a long time. Down 43 lbs since the end of September and within 5 of maintenance!
Great job!!
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My original moment last year was when I weighed myself after Christmas and realised I'd gotten to my heaviest point. I then shed about 20lbs
I changed jobs after that and went from a really active job to a desk job. This time it happened when I weighed myself and found I had gained 2 stone in 6 months and was even heavier than my previous peak!0 -
Curls for the girls
haha all my friends are hot and have sexy girlfriends. Meanwhile I'm the only fat guy in my group of friends and have been single for like 3 years. 1 -
Sick of being skinny fat. Plan on dropping a few more pounds and toning up. 0
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LoL......please explain skinny fat??!!0
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Two words: KARATE BODY 0
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I hope everyone has a great week with wonderful results.0
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I knew I was overweight. I decided it was time to lose weight after I gave birth because I want to be there for a long time for my kids and mainly for myself to watch them grow. I was astonished to find out the info about my weight when I went for a checkup at the doctor's office (I knew I was overweight but I didn't think it was that much). So I changed my way of thinking and said to myself that everyone has the same thing to start with... 24Hrs in a day. Instead of saying I didn't have the time to do exercise, I made time
For it and since then it
Comes naturally. I thrive for those moments. I am still far from the goal I set myself
To but I know I'll reach it, one tiny step at a time :-)3 -
It's crazy because I've had many moments that should have been wake up calls. The time when my Dad told me just how horrible it would be on my small frame of I got pregnant at the size that I was and gained even more weight (I was pregnant at the time and didn't know it.) Or when I had get my gallbladder removed and the doctor said a contributing factor was a high fat diet and that I really needed to change my lifestyle. But, it finally happened when I stepped on the scale and saw that I had gained weight WHILE BREASTFEEDING! Breastfeeding had helped me lose most of the baby weight and the fact that I was eating so badly that I was actually gaining while breastfeeding was astonishing to me! I said "that's it!" I started two weeks ago and have lost 7lbs so far! About 50 more to go!0
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Also when I went into Forever 21 to treat myself to a new piece of clothing, I walked out empty handed and so embarrassed. My husband was with me and he was like, what?!? Why aren't you getting anything?! I was so humiliated.1
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I realize I had to lose weight because I was unable to sit/fit in the classroom seat, (the chair was attached to a table style). I had to ask the teacher for his chair that he wasn't using. I felt so embarrassed.1
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So many reasons... One of the most heart breaking was waiting in line for a ride at an amusement park for two hours only to be turned away because the safety harness thingy would not engage properly.3
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Walked up 5 flights of stairs with my daughter at her dorm and started having strange pains in my shoulder along with huffing and puffing. We were carrying large baskets and boxes and made several trips up and down. But I knew something was wrong when this pain wouldn't go away. Went to emergency room later that night on my doctor's advice. Thankfully the tests showed no heart problem but it sure scared me.
A few years later, I found MFP and got serious about my health. Turning 50 was a real eye opener. I also was very active and thin most of my life. Had my 3rd child at 31 and weighed 155...my heaviest to that point. But after that, I just kept gaining a few pounds a year. You can't keep doing that and expect your health not to deteriorate--I felt and saw it happening in my 40s. Now I'm almost 54 and feeling so much better, wearing size 8/10 clothes again. And I climbed 50+ floors tonight on the Power Climber at the gym tonight, too
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I was volunteering at the Chicago Spartan Race as I was toying with the idea or running it one day, but thought I was too fat to do it. At that point in my life, I was comfortable and resigned myself to being fat.
For those unfamiliar with the Spartan Race series, they are obstacle/mud races of 3 lengths, 5K, 8 miles, and about 13 miles. Each one you finish, you get a 1/3rd of a medal. Finish a race of each length, you have 3 pieces of a large medal and that is called the trifecta. I remember working the event seeing two muscular, fit guys walking around with their completed trifecta medals around their neck and I thought, "How cool would that be to earn all the pieces, but I could never do it."
In the evening, two volunteers came to where I was working, fresh from the race track. I talked with them and we got along well. As night approached, things slowed down and we were talking. The topic got onto fitness and weight. Both of these people were reasonably fit and looked good. I'm not sure why, but they started talking about how out of shape and fat they were. The one weighed 50 to 100 pounds more than me at his biggest and the other was somewhere around my weight at their worst. They made the decision to lose the weight and get back in shape. They had both run the Beast (13 mile course) and they had just finished the 8 mile course.
They will never know how they changed my life. I thought if they could do it, why not I? I'm still far from my goal and have about 8 months until I run the Beast, but I'm on the right path and that stupid trifecta medal is my goal.
I always wish I could say thank you to those two!10 -
I went to the doctors office after my second year in college and the scale said I had gained over 20 pounds. I walked into the waiting room and told my mom and best friend that I thought the doctors scale was wrong and they just looked at me like 'uh no...'
That summer I lost 17 pounds but then I gained it back
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