Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

xjordaynx

I opened this app after 2 years and saw I used to be 50 lbs lighter than what I am today . That’s insane to me. I have to make a change. Even when it’s pretty rough

lukeruss

One of my friends daughters described me as "the fat dad" not out of malice but that was the easiest way to describe me. I never want my kids to be ashamed of who their father is

PE_sport

I always did fitness, but this year I passed the position. Began to eat a lot, less exercise. I think it's all about laziness and my psychological state. I decided to lose weight because I no longer like my reflection in the mirror.

Taytaylynn92

Just not feeling positive about myself when I look in the mirror anymore.

fatoldladyonamission

For me it was actually going to the ice rink where I spent a great deal of my time 10 years ago and realising that even if I had brought my hockey boots with me, I still wouldn’t have been able to skate because if I fell I wouldn’t be able to get up again. Watching my daughter skating around with my friends was really hard too. I wanted to be out there doing it and I couldn’t.

The other factor for me was that my husband has bought me my dream horse, he’s a year old and I’ve been waiting maybe 20 years for one of his breeding. I cannot let him get to the age of 4, when he can be ridden and stil be too fat to ride him. I just can’t.

Those are both on top of all the usual things, every movement hursts, my back constantly aches, I cannot do up my shoes sitting down, I’m out of breath walking up a small slope or even on the flat for too long. I’m 42 and if I don’t get my act together now the rest of my years of being physically able to do the things I want to are going to pass me by and I’ll die young. I can’t do that to my daughter.

So today is the last day I’ll be this fat and two weeks in it’s working. I’m going to below 300lbs by the end of September all being well and it’ll keep going from there.

NoHookUpZone

Am fat

geraldaltman

Varied, if not connected reasons, read on. For quite some time, I have been at various levels of overweight most recently adding stress and strain to deteriorating joints most notably my hips. I have been borderline diabetic but somehow avoided active treatment. Diet, exercise and subsequent weight loss (I want it but not dwelling on it) have re-taken it's place at the forefront with two events and a desire: the first event was left side hip replacement in January. The second was right side hip replacement in April. All exercise is now aimed maintaining and improving newfound mobility and any achieved weight is sure to extend the life span of those implants as well as improve overall health and fitness. My desire: through exercise, diet and weight loss, my goal and desire is to drop A1C level and improve my other lab numbers in such a way as to cause my doctor to gasp when she sees them and the prospect of diabetic treatment greatly minimized, if not eliminated. My target is November. I am 25 pounds closer than I was in May.

DannyTheGay

Once every month or two months, I get really bad pain in my ankle, Achilles, or the middle of my foot. Sometimes all three at once. When I was in high school, I'd miss a week because of the pain. I'm 18 and I want to be able to get a job, go to college, and not be stuck in bed relying on others. Another reason is being a mom. One thing I've always wanted in life, was to be a mom. I grew up with an overweight mother who wasn't able to play with us much because of pain or getting tired too quickly. I don't want that for my children. I want to be able to run around and play with them without my weight getting in the way.

FireyChimera

Feeling bad about myself and using it as an outlet to cope

duskyjewel

I became a certified nursing assistant 8 years ago (at age 36) and during my training, one of the patients we took care of was a man who had lost parts of all 4 limbs to diabetes. He was still very overweight. He did not get out of bed until someone came in with the mechanical lift to put him in his wheelchair. He had to use briefs (adult diapers) because of being either bed or wheelchair bound at all times. He had to be fed, obviously, as he had no hands, or even feet, with which to hold utensils. He stayed in his wheelchair until someone got the mechanical lift to put him to bed. That was his life.

I am now a nurse and have never forgotten that man. I was never huge but according to BMI did hit obese at one point about 7 years ago, and that was when I got serious and dropped 50 pounds in six months. I have gained some back (thanks nursing school!), and I realized I set my goal weight too low to maintain before, so I am now re-losing 30 pounds. There are lots of ways I don't want to die, but diabetes is WAY UP on that list. (Obviously referring to type 2 since type 1 is not something anyone can prevent having.)

ku140

The first time - I dyed my hair dark (from blonde). I love to contrast my clothes to my hair, so with this dark hair I wanted light colored clothes...all I had was black. Everything of color looked horrible. That was my trigger moment.

This time, I think it was a combination of having enough time for a lunch break at work plus not wanting to be even bigger if I get pregnant with baby 2. Right now, I'm at my heaviest weight (except with pregnancy 1, my highest weight was about 10 lbs more). I dont want THIS to be my starting point for pregnancy 2!

moonangel12

I almost had cancer.

I had a string of vague symptoms that I ignored for quite some time, finally they led to an ER visit (sent by urgent care) for possible appendicitis or kidney issues.

A mass was found on my ovary.

OBGYN didn’t feel it was the source, sent me to GI for a colonoscopy (that the NP didn’t feel was needed because I was “young” at 33 at the time)... the doctor came in and her first words were “you have an angel on your shoulder, you likely would have had cancer within the year.” A large and very aggressive polyp (+ more small ones) had been removed. “...BUT I don’t think it’s the source of your issues.” Excess weight around the middle is a big deal for colon cancer risk (and I am already labeled very high risk and at this point have annual scans).

Back to OBGYN - ended up with a total hysterectomy at 34, then my ovary removes due to the (thankfully benign) mass. Coming in on 1 year later and post vacation I am the heaviest I have ever been outside of pregnancy and officially hit “obese” status on the BMI scale.

At 35 now, with only one small ovary left (that I, in theory, could lose at any time due to the same thing that took my other one) I know the rules of the game have changed and it’s time to get serious and make some changes. I also know I feel best on a paleo-ish diet due to autoimmune disease so all around I know food tracking will help keep me accountable.

dir3w0lf15

I used to play basketball for 16 years; started when I was 11. Up until I was 26 years old I worked out almost every single day, whether on the court or in the gym. One game I got injured, pretty bad. I don't recollect it myself but my teammates told me I fell straight on my head when some guy pushed me just when I was jumping up. I was in disability for about 3-4 months. I decided to give up then and there, it just wasn't worth it anymore. To this day I still have problems going in big rooms with loud music or crowded places, it gives me serious headaches.

Time passes on and here we are about 7 years later, with 0 sports and up 15kg from where I was at when I played competitively.

It all hit me when my girlfriend told me about 2 weeks ago that I looked lifeless, no energy, ... She's a badass crossfitter and told me I should just go and try the free introduction lessons. I haven't had so much fun in a looong time. So I decided to join the box (gym) and downloaded this app so I could start logging what I ate, how much of it and how healthy/bad it was. What an eyeopener that was. It's not like I ate really unhealthy, but I could cut back here and there.

Right now I'm 2 weeks in and lost about 3kg, and this miniscule change already spiked my energy levels. It's life altering!

TheMrWobbly

Going on holiday (only go every 3 or 4 years), got asked to leave an amusement park ride as they couldn't secure the harness and couldn't go on the water slides due to my excessive weight. I looked around at lots of obese people lounging around, stuffing large plates of food down and that was not how I wanted to be. I didn't want people to look at me how I was looking at these people.

deanvm

The heart wants what it wants. If I don't give my body the right stuff, my sweet little heart will attack me again.

Cricketmad88

Couldn't keep up with my LO plus she needs a good example to follow as she's 4 so is noticing what I eat etc

ReenieHJ

There was no defining moment. I've been overweight all my life, way back to my childhood. I'm just sick of being that way and feeling unhealthy. It really is true what they say, you know, 'nothing tastes as good as being thin feels'. And it's not so much thin as being healthy. BTW, I've been on-off diets my whole darn life, losing 5, 10, 50, and even as much as 85#, only to have it pile back on. I'm saying a silent prayer every single day that this is the change I needed to have happen. Finally.

nighthawk584

my overall physical and mental health was at a breaking point. When my labs came back and I was diagnosed as prediabetic, I started my journey that very day. 7 months later (currently), I reversed every negative number and have dropped nearly 83 lbs. Best decision in my middle aged life.

bearly63

I decided that I needed to be a model for my kids. Sounds so cliche I know. Also, I really never had a huge weight issue until I turned 50, at which point my body went haywire with perimenopause. My MO of eating what I wanted and drinking what I wanted did not serve my body well. 5 years later, I knew things had to change. I want them to see that its in our control to choose to be healthy. And I want to be around if possible to see their children....if they both happen to find someone to date

Machafin

Originally, I had some not great results from my physical. I had always been healthy and my desk job caught up to me and I ended up 30 pounds overweight with a pre-diabetic blood sugar and terrible cholesterol. After a year of eating better, I had lost 25 pounds, gained a bunch of muscle and my blood sugar and cholesterol corrected itself. I still have some weight to lose but at 15% bf, I am not all that concerned about losing weight anymore. I have set goals now to learn impressive gymnastic holds and calisthenics as well as compete in some Crossfit competitions. My goals now are to improve my fitness as much as possible and get down to 10% bf.

geraldaltman

geraldaltman wrote: »

Varied, if not connected reasons, read on. For quite some time, I have been at various levels of overweight most recently adding stress and strain to deteriorating joints most notably my hips. I have been borderline diabetic but somehow avoided active treatment. Diet, exercise and subsequent weight loss (I want it but not dwelling on it) have re-taken it's place at the forefront with two events and a desire: the first event was left side hip replacement in January. The second was right side hip replacement in April. All exercise is now aimed maintaining and improving newfound mobility and any achieved weight is sure to extend the life span of those implants as well as improve overall health and fitness. My desire: through exercise, diet and weight loss, my goal and desire is to drop A1C level and improve my other lab numbers in such a way as to cause my doctor to gasp when she sees them and the prospect of diabetic treatment greatly minimized, if not eliminated. My target is November. I am 25 pounds closer than I was in May.

I had a chance to be exactly 40 pounds lighter at my Wednesday doctor's appointment. I was short by three; "Missed by that much!" as the great Maxwell Smart" would exclain. However, my blood pressure was down from May, my pulse eight beats better, my BMI was better and I knocked that A1C down to 5.8 🙂
and I succeeded to make my doctor "gasp". She told me she was "blown away" by what she saw and read. That, my friends is an amazing feeling!!

bearly63

geraldaltman wrote: »

geraldaltman wrote: »

Varied, if not connected reasons, read on. For quite some time, I have been at various levels of overweight most recently adding stress and strain to deteriorating joints most notably my hips. I have been borderline diabetic but somehow avoided active treatment. Diet, exercise and subsequent weight loss (I want it but not dwelling on it) have re-taken it's place at the forefront with two events and a desire: the first event was left side hip replacement in January. The second was right side hip replacement in April. All exercise is now aimed maintaining and improving newfound mobility and any achieved weight is sure to extend the life span of those implants as well as improve overall health and fitness. My desire: through exercise, diet and weight loss, my goal and desire is to drop A1C level and improve my other lab numbers in such a way as to cause my doctor to gasp when she sees them and the prospect of diabetic treatment greatly minimized, if not eliminated. My target is November. I am 25 pounds closer than I was in May.

I had a chance to be exactly 40 pounds lighter at my Wednesday doctor's appointment. I was short by three; "Missed by that much!" as the great Maxwell Smart" would exclain. However, my blood pressure was down from May, my pulse eight beats better, my BMI was better and I knocked that A1C down to 5.8 🙂
and I succeeded to make my doctor "gasp". She told me she was "blown away" by what she saw and read. That, my friends is an amazing feeling!!

That is wonderful! Congrats on your hard work and awesome results!

royyaltyy

i am in the military and I feel like i can be in better shape than i am. To make sure i am fully capable to keep everyone in the field and in this country safe. Also i want to go fmf and need to be in better shape than i am now or i wont make it past fmtb.

airforceman1978

When my doctor said my white was contributing to my v-tach PVCs of course this was after 3 cardiac ablation. So now I am trying to lose weight and looking into gastric bypass

mama_shakes

I felt like I was going to die lol literally, I felt absolutely horrible and was watching my life pass me by. It feels amazing now to have my life back in my control and feel happy again!

MCeeCee

A year and a half ago, I decided to start hitting the gym again, after dealing with a death in the family. I didn't take care of myself through a year long of grief.

That first day back at the gym, I stepped on the scale, and it was the heaviest I've ever been in my entire life. THAT was the moment, and I bawled. I decided enough's enough. Time to take back control and no more yo-yo'ing.

Shortgirlrunning

I stepped on the scale and it said 190 😱 I was determined not to see it hit 200.

Also, my husband and I are planning on trying for a baby soon and it’s important to me to be in the healthy BMI range before we start. Only 30 lbs more to go!

epangili

I started my serious weight loss journey April 2019 because my older brother 5 years older than me lost his eyesight due to unmanaged diabetes. He regained it after surgery but a long road of disability and recovery. Shortly after my older sister was diagnosed with fatty liver and an autoimmune disease related to it. These two events made me realize that I need to lose for the sake of my own health. On the Asian American bmi chart, I was obese but overweight in American bmi chart in April 2019. Now in November 2019, I am overweight in Asian American BMI chart and normal in American bmi chart. I still have 12 more pounds to go, according to the doctor.

Casympere

We have a cat and she was overweight. Once I've looked at her and my thoughts were: "maybe her weight can harm her health, she has to eat less than 6 times in a day".
And then I've looked at myself in the mirror...

dougl004

Happy Holidays and I hope everyone meets their health goals in the New Year 😊