Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

lillyy23

brittanynicholex wrote: »

I was here a little over 2 years ago with a starting weight of around 280..... i did what i had to do (exercise, eat better, monitor my calories) and got down to 230ish. I was rocking my confidence, I felt better than I had in years, my depression was less bothersome, I was essentially a different person.

Then I met my now fiance.

Wing Wednesdays and plenty of dates to hibachi buffet certainly add up. I gained that weight back plus extra. I'm pushing 330 now and I just can't. I have NEVER been this heavy before in my life and I absolutely hate myself. I have 0 confidence, constantly paranoid that he'll leave me for someone thinner or prettier (he won't and tries to reassure me everyday), no energy ever, depression is hitting hard again. This is just no way to live.

Luckily he also has gained some weight, not quite as much as I have (the lucky *kitten* lol), and has been wanting to get back into playing airsoft with his buddies. So we both decided we're gonna start trying to eat better, go out less and be more active together.

ETA: my daughter, at 8, is also pushing 100 lbs. I realize that its not all me (as when she goes to family house she just does what she wants), but she probably has learned those terrible eating habits from me to begin with, and that makes me feel like trash.

awww girl dont feel bad its not your fault. any of it. not even about your daughter. shes just a kid and she should enjoy her time now shes growing ! but its great that you and your husband are going to do it together. I only had about idk maybe 60 lbs and now I think 50 and now the pounds are coming off a little faster because im doing things right. and for a long time I was just working out , and kinda tracking my food but on weekends I would probably eat everything back. so i took a long break and tried to maintain which i was successful this time because im not at school cause if i was i probably would have gained more back its very easily to do so especially in college. but since im not in college right now i was able to maintain. and now im back, and you know its okay if you make mistakes.. just dont give up! Try new things, I heard keto is really popular right now. I dont follow keto but i am low carb and it works for me , keto is just a little extreme. you should just start small. .figure out what you like. for me personally going to the gym kinda terrifies me, so i either walk to park in the mornings or workout at home doing beachbody i love it.

mmaguire8204

When I saw a picture of myself next to my heavily pregnant cousin at a baby shower and my stomach much bigger than hers.

The last year and a half has been a nightmare for me. I went from 165/170 lbs to 260.

I’m going to stop eating so much rubbish and try and get fit again. I can’t even climb the stairs in my house without getting out of breath anymore.

Lia13mfp

1) I want to survive. History of not-so-long lifespan in the family, partly due to lifestyle/food choices. I'm have been making bad choices as well. I want to survive and be there for my young kids. Losing planned 27.5 lbs and become more active should help.
2) I don't want to _just_ survive, I want to be fun, to be the mother who is able to play with the kids, have strength when needed and overall just be a good role model for them by being active and eating well. I'm not there now but I am moving in that direction.

caindove11

Had an appointment with my sleep doctor and when he looked at my charts, he was very concerned about my weight. After he mentioned it the third time, something clicked in me. The next week I started logging my food and tracking my calories.

LovelySavannah

What started my whole journey to weight loss was that I wanted to join the military, but I was 40 lbs over from the max weight that they'd accept. I finally got that done though Now I'm just wanting to lose an extra 10-20 lbs because I wanna go just a little more

IsETHome

Watching tv seeing hot women (LE agent types), and I used to be like that. I want to be great looking again. I haven’t had a major upgrade/promotion in 8 years, I’ve been overweight for 8 years.....despite doing great work. That and the clothing size, and difficulty picking things up.

IsETHome

mmaguire8204 wrote: »

When I saw a picture of myself next to my heavily pregnant cousin at a baby shower and my stomach much bigger than hers.

The last year and a half has been a nightmare for me. I went from 165/170 lbs to 260.

I’m going to stop eating so much rubbish and try and get fit again. I can’t even climb the stairs in my house without getting out of breath anymore.

That sounds like you had a rough year, glad you are here on mfp!

arkangelicus

I woke myself up with a snore because I stopped breathing... nothing fancy!

dougl004

Cheers to a happy and healthy 2019. Keep those stories coming.

dougl004

Dawnvt23 wrote: »

My pants are tight and I'm too broke to buy more. It's either lose weight or go naked this winter. 😂

I'm in the same boat right now. 🤣🤣

whatalazyidiot

I don't really have a "this is rock bottom" moment. I had tried for years and years, just because of how I felt and I didn't feel confident in my own skin. This time around, I think I just ran out of reasons NOT to.

Amwa77

I came to the realization that if I truly wanted to lose weight and get in better shape bad as I constantly complained I did, then it was up to me to make it happen. Have not looked back since.

LilMsEnergy1

I won't write an essay but in a nutshell; to feel free in my body

noiseydonut

I had my first successful weight lost journey from 2010-2014. So successful that I had a surprise pregnancy in 2014. A year after my pregnancy I started online college and long story short I have gained 30 lbs sitting on my butt all day in the last 3 years, plus the weight I never loss from that pregnancy. I realized this when one day sitting on my couch and getting sciatic nerve pain. Time to get off my butt!

WynterDreaming

I was wishy washy about it for a while, I knew I was overweight, but I was never big on photos and my clothing size didn't always noticeably change as I packed on weight so I never gave it the second thought I should have. I got a real kick in the behind probably about five months ago. My mom was super unhappy with her weight and she was a serial weight watchers starter. There had been a sale and I said you know what, I'll go in with you and we'll do it together. Accountability buddies are always a good thing. And then the numbers came back, and I actually weighed more than my mother at 278 pounds. It was the heaviest I had been in my entire life. Suddenly all the aches and pains I was feeling had a concrete fact attached to them.

Needless to say, I went home and had a breakdown. But I was geared up to lose my weight because I refused to let myself get to that 300 mark that I was unknowingly approaching beforehand. Weight Watchers didn't last, the program was not for me and I didn't feel like paying for a program which wasn't helping. I took a short break again to get my head back on straight after it and came back to MFP. I'm down 10 pounds since I started up again here last month and I'm down 20 overall from where I started at my heaviest. I've got a long way to go, but after almost 4 full weeks of tracking everything that goes in my mouth I refuse to let myself go back. The only way I want to see my weight trend for the next almost 90 pounds is down.

MurrayElliot

My partner bought me some lovely 36" waist trousers for christmas, and they didn't fit. That, and the fat rolls when I look in the mirror, I decided it was time to trim up a bit

savithny

I can't afford a new winter coat as nice as the one I currently have, so It needs to continue to fit (and zip!)

kflynt8008

Year 2011-2018. Autoimmune Disease. Doctors packed me with prednisone thus the 50lb gain. Remission for a year now so I thought I want to kick start my health and hopefully it stays in remission.

Pickle107

I'm currently a UK size 14 but this was getting tight. I refuse to buy any size 16 so it was time to act!

MoEinwalter

I had hit overweight and noticed that I was the largest younger person in my family. I was embarrassed to see people I hadn't seen in a while, and I had phased out of "medium" clothes. I decided to start running and now I am trying to track my calories again like I did when I was at my smallest.

Hipnotika

Mine was about ending up in the ER with high blood pressure and a panic attack i thought i was dying, i found out my cholesterol was extremely high. Being a mom of 3 little ones i had to make a 360 turn on my diet for them, to see them grow. Now i can actually say “i have something to live (healthy) for 😉

asaprisha

I met up with a good friend and he’s a powerlifter now. He then told me I was thinking way too much about the “what ifs” and I should just do it anyway. I mean... that talk made me hit up my neighborhood gym real quick.

rhondawarner8

When I was told that I may have to start Insulin.

texasredreb

I have arthritis in my knees. I'm on high BP meds. I struggle to trim my toenails. I hate to have my picture taken. My sister has lost close to 100lbs. I want to be alive and healthy.

Theo166

I'd like to get back to the neighborhood of my college weight, to be in the normal BMI range rather than be 'obese'. I'd like to get back to exercise and living a healthy lifestyle, one without 80 lbs around my middle.

VegjoyP

I started really when I was 12. I have been doing the up-down cycle for a long time. It led me from being an athletic youth, a quickly developed pre teen. I worked out (Jane Fonda Days) and ran. Fast forward to my early 20's It was in a club, I encountered amphetamines. THIS to me was all I needed! So I thought....

In 2002 I stopped after 10 years strait. I had to surrender and was in treatment. MY weight of course went up but it was at this point I knew it was way out of hand. I made a commitment to become the health and wellness professional I had intended, I started back to running and light weights. I knew I had to do this the right way..

Since then I have been on the right track. I ran marathons and competed in figure, During that time I also was extreme and ended up withdrawing from the competitive world and focused on finishing my degree.


Loosing weight is just the tip of the iceburg for me. I have come to realize how precious life and health are. MY motivation is deeper than looks, a pair of jeans. My final decision is based on spirituality, and believeing the body is temporal, but is a house of our soul. I focus on the enlightenment aspect, self awareness and want to serve others as a positive example.
BAsically, I feel closer to God, to my true feelings when I am thin and fit. I spent so many years in a consatant self defeat and insecure. Now I remind myself daily what really matters. I just do not feel good when I am over weight and it holds back the deeper peace within me.

AvianDB

1 year left of college after this year and was a complete loner, getting health problems besides annoying acid reflux, grades dropping as a result of not trying, video game addiction.

Quit the video games completely, upped my GPA (3 semesters of 3.5-4.0), lost 83 pounds since August 2018, made a lot of good friends and continuing to work on making my resume stronger for when I graduate. I turned my life around and hoping to finish losing weight (15-19 lbs to go!) and then start building muscle (and spending less time on diet).

(Always looking for new friends to share the journey with, feel free to add me!)

thatjodiegirl

While my profile says I've been a member since 2011, I really began my weight loss journey on September 11, 2018

When I joined in 2011, I weighed 150 pounds, and wanted to lose 10. I lost that 10 pounds, so I quit logging in.

Fast Forward to September of 2012. My husband was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. What would follow would be hours in hospitals, and doctors' offices... and 50 pounds on me!

I had never weighed over 150 a day in my life, and all of a sudden I found myself over 200 pounds, and with arthritis at the age of 46.

I was miserable with myself, had no energy, and was hopeless. I felt hopeless, and I would eat. I wondered if I really could lose the weight.

i went to the doctor on September 10, 2018 for just a sinus infection. My regular doctor was out that day, so I saw another doctor in the practice. At one point, he looked at me, and said, "What are you eating? You are putting on weight right and left." I was unable to give him a straight answer. I left his office upset and hurt.

I really don't know how to describe what happened to me next. Maybe it was anger at how that doctor had treated me, maybe it was anger and disappointment in myself. It's like I snapped (in a good way), and I haven't looked back.

The next day was September 11, 2018, the day I embarked on this journey. I am now 36 pounds lighter. All conversations about high blood pressure medication have stopped, and I am no longer pre-diabetic.

My Fitness Pal has made this journey easy and bearable. I have 15 pounds to go before I reach my final goal. I am so close.

IsETHome

When I realized I was over 100 lbs more than my high school weight. I’m the same height....I was reading that’s morbid obesity. In 2013 I lost 20 lbs working with a trainer, then life got busy and I gained about 10lbs a year for 4 years, and it has to stop. Since nov I’m down almost 30 lbs, I plan 50 more. This is a year of change.

lagoscarrie

I love what @VegjoyP said,

I just do not feel good when I am overweight and it holds back the deeper peace within me.

That is very much how I feel. I am at an age (56) where it is normal and almost expected to gain weight and, sure enough, it was creeping up on me. Never a lot, but I noticed there were more and more things I "couldn't" wear because they were no longer flattering. What the heck. I am not a person who believes there is my body and then there is me, sitting off in separate corners. This amazing vessel holds all that is me and I decided to treat it better.

I stopped drinking. That was actually the biggest thing. The more I read, the more convinced I became that alcohol was not doing anything good for my mind or body at this point in the journey. I am really at my ideal weight now. I can wear anything I want and look pretty darned good (including a bikini last week!) I feel more aligned with myself inside and out. Life is good.