What was the last straw?

LessofPenny

gothchiq wrote: »

Blood sugar and cholesterol spiraling out of control. It was no longer simply a matter of aesthetics.

same for me....

ryokinai

Well let's see...

- Seeing that my metabolic age was 90 years old (I'm 26) and by the way, 90 was the cap, I could have been over 100 for all I know.
- Learning about excitotoxins and realizing that I was basically eating drugs all throughout my childhood and teen years because these creepers are in about every packaged food item on every shelf in most stores. (homemade meals FTW)
- Couldn't fit into my fat clothes and most of my rings wouldn't fit on my fingers.

I went onto Nutrimost and I've lost nearly 26 pounds now. Clothes I haven't been able to wear in a couple years I can wear again... but now most of my rings are sliding off my fingers. (>.<)

PercieCat

When I stopped taking showers and washing my hair because I felt so fat and ugly.

GottaJustKeepItMoving

Tried so many times at losing weight, been up and down more than a hyper yo-yo...but just now, when I caught sight of myself in the wardrobe mirror, and I realised how ridiculous I look- I carry weight low down, and all I can think is I look like this:



I have to wear Spanx to fit into my work clothes every day. I feel so uncomfortable in myself. I have no confidence. And I look like a bloody chicken with these thighs!!!

This has got to be the last straw.

ccherself

I have not weighed myself in 30 years. I go strictly on how I look and how I feel. My clothes were getting tight. A good friend paid big bucks for a similar app and was so excited to also lose weight. I found this app and it has really made a difference. In six weeks, I have dropped a size! It felt really good to purchase a size smaller in jeans! When's sister visited me another ago, I mentioned how committed I was. In four weeks, she has dropped seven pounds. She is morbidly obese and can not see it yet but she says her clothes are not so tight. We are cheerleaders for each other. My friend? She did not stick to it and has not lost anything. As a matter of fact, might have gained a pound or two.

I am a tech nut and keeping track of everything ony phone has really simplified it for me. I would like to drop another size but thatight be a little harder. I am over 60, am 5' 10 and am almost comfortably in a size 12!

I feel significantly better and look better:).

This app has helped me re-educate myself and I think twice before putting something iny mouth.

My adult children who both live out-of-state are totally unaware of "project" and I can hardly wait to see the look on their faces:)

notfbam

astgte wrote: »

Mine, well ive been a big lad since school, I remember leaving at 16 at 16 stone, balloooned up to 26 stone at one stage, always been known as big lad, fatso, fat **** etc etc, Most of the comments were like water off a ducks back, nothing really stuck although deep down a lot of them did hurt. I started cutting down and went down from 26 stone to 18 and stayed at that, moved on to new jobs and social gatherings and even though I knew id lost nearly 8 stone, to these new people I was once again big lad, fatso, fat **** etc etc, peoples first impressions stick. But I was semi happy, I could buy clothes even though they were in xxxl size, life just seemed to go on. That was until the middle of August last year, someone I had met recently, someone who is a very good friend now, well in conversation one evening we were having a laugh and she turned to me and said, its a pity, the only nice men I meet are ugly and can talk. She meant absolutely no harm, it was an innocent comment, said with the heart and not malicious at all, well I pulled her on it and we laughed for ages over it, and it just seemed to pass over me again. Well next morning, the night must have concentrated my mind, suddenly I realised she was right, I looked in the mirror and could see what she meant and then and there the mind was made up and I started that day on cutting down. Since the middle of august ive dropped from, 17 stone 11 pounds to 13stone 7 pounds, around 60 pounds. Its taking my mind a long time to catch up with how I look now, people comment and dont recognise me, say I look great, but I still have the old image of me in my mind, I suppose I lack confidence which is a cross that ive bore for many years. If I can get my mind to accept that im not the ugly guy who can talk it would be great, hopefully that will come in time too.

Good Luck for your continued success! It's not just what others see but how we see ourselves that we battle sometimes. BUT we can work on changing that too--it's our choices in how we think and how we accept ourselves that counts!

elizzabethmarie

My mom has spider and varicose veins all over her legs, and I started noticing little tiny ones on my ankles. I want to hold them off as long as possible! I'm down 16 already. Only another seventy to go!

questis

I went to my grandparents for dinner, had a great epic dinner, then came home and an hour later felt hungry. I was really disgusted with myself and vowed to lose the weight so I could feel better about myself and make healthy choices - my husband and I wanted children too.

1 year later I was 20kg lighter, I had my son in 2013 and now I am a healthy weight and just looking to maintain and tone. It's largely due to MFP as I focused on what I was eating, particularly at first when I couldn't exercise much.

Dana_Renee59

I got on the scale at home and I weighed more that what the scale would read!

oh_its_leesha

the last straw for me, i was to the point of feeling the most uncomfortable i ever felt in my life. my joints hurt. i could barely do anything. and my self- esteem was the lowest of the lows. even though i put up the biggest front. but almost 30lbs later i feel great. got 50 more lbs to lose, but this is the most motivated i have ever been to continue

hollie894

My mum sent me this with the caption "Saw this and thought of you"

Not that there's anything wrong with the woman in the picture, It was just a wake up call as to how she sees me...

MDGirlLovesFood

A maid of honor dress that made me look like a cow. That did it! I never really minded being fat until that damn dress came along. It showed every roll I had. Down 20 and still counting!

shaunjadon

I've always been the "fat" kid so being obese never bothered me....or so I let myself think. After obtaining a bachelors and moving on to obtaining a masters, I felt like that "sad" feeling would disappear. My mother was never the best at putting things lightly. When I graduated with my BSN and started looking for nursing jobs, her first words were "don't you think you need to lose some weight, nobody wants to hire a fat nurse." I think I learned to "love" my fat rolls being rebellious, but I never was truly happy. My final straw happened in Savannah, GA during the St. Patty's day celebration, I went with my younger cousin who is what we like to say "thick". She has a flat stomach with big hips and a butt. I felt like a blob beside her and all the attention she received kind of pointed out my imperfections. I was not jealous by any means, she's attractive and I feel attractive. BUT all I could think is I'm 25 and look like I'm 45 because I'm living in a 250lb+ body. That weekend I ran into an old coworker who added me as a friend on facebook. At the end of the weekend, he sent me a message which read "hook me up with your cousin". I was mortified, not because he was not trying to approach me. It was because I had not seen this person in so long and I thought maybe he would want to catch up on my life now versus when we did know each other years ago. Nope he was only using the "fat" cousin to get to the "fine" cousin. That was the last straw. I turn 26 in July and I refuse to spend the last four years of my 20s being the "fat" kid.

philreeduk

I have been a type 1 diabetic for 23 years and my weight ballooned when I left for university. I didn't take care of my condition and as a consequence I became rather heavy. I went on a course to get better control for my diabetes last year and it finally made me take responsibility for my condition and realise that it wasn't too tough to get under control. The switching to a healthy diet, losing weight is just an extension of that. Living healthier makes the diabetic control easier and vice versa. I have started properly about three weeks about and have already lost quite a bit. Lets keep this going!

sassyjassy1222

I was having chest pains when i ate. And i was out of breath easy. I also dreaded shopping for clothes because nothing fit. But most importantly... i was afraid id have a heart attack and die and leave my young daughter behind. That made me wanna lose the weight. Been 2 weeks so far. I got about 40lbs to lose. But i feel motivated more than ever to lose it

ashesstar14

MissusSpags wrote: »

1. Pictures..any pictures. ('nuff said)
2. Being friended on FBook by three people from high school, who didn't know me then, that wanted to ask me to join their weight loss sites/gimmicks. Clearly they just friended me to get another overweight sucker on board.
3. Seeing myself in my wedding photos from last year and wanting to scream. There were a few pictures that made me happy but for the most part, I just remember worrying about whether my back fat was showing too much when I was walking around.

Your #1 was it for me. I only took one picture with my daughter on holiday and I couldn't stand to look at it. I want pictures with my family to hang on my wall and to be proud. I'm now down 80lbs. 20 more to go!

rwcw89

Being 5'0 and almost the same weight as my fit husband who is 5"11 190 lbs, I was 170, and going into a store clearance and having to buy size 11/12 and only getting 1 pair because the rest were sold out / too small at 5/6 or under. I'm now 6 weeks in , I've lost approx 9lbs from eating better and t25, my pants don't fit because they are too big. I'm in a size large shirt and approaching 7/8 pants .
Weight at delivery 200 give or take
Weight post delivery 185 (last jan 2014)
Weight starting this year jan 2015 167
Weight 6weeks ago 159
Current 150
Goal 125-130 Ish

knt217

In October I found out I was pregnant. Huge shock as I went in to have hormone levels checked bc I had not had my period return for 1.5 years after my last depo shot, and I'd taken pregnancy test at home that were negative every month (just happened to have the app at the right time to find out- hcg was in the 400s, so still very very early). My OB told me I was in the "obese" category. I was shocked. I knew I was overweight, but I didn't think I was obese. I'd just crept over the threshold into that bmi though, and so I was told they didn't want me to gain anymore than 10# for the pregnancy. Again- shocking to me since my baby should have been about 7 of those pounds, let alone placenta and extra fluid... I was 207# and 5'6.5"...my heaviest. I'd planned to lose weight before we got pregnant again, but I just never made it a priority to actually do it.

Fast forward to February when we went to what was supposed to be our exciting anatomy scan. I was 20 weeks, 3 days. We were having our third little boy, but something wasn't right. He was measuring two weeks behind (intra uterine growth restriction) and my fluid was very, very low. Five days later he died, and I delivered him, still, on my 30th birthday. Tests have all been inconclusive as to why this happened. He was perfect, just small. My reading has lead me to see that being overweight can be a a risk factor for IUGR. I'm not blaming myself completely for what happened. We'll never know exactly why it did, but I know that going forward- for myself, my two living children, and for any future children I may conceive- that I need to be healthy so that this isn't even a concern I need to consider.

HaibaneReki

@knt217 , that took some courage to put down on a public forum, kudos for that.

hollie894

knt217 wrote: »

In October I found out I was pregnant. Huge shock as I went in to have hormone levels checked bc I had not had my period return for 1.5 years after my last depo shot, and I'd taken pregnancy test at home that were negative every month (just happened to have the app at the right time to find out- hcg was in the 400s, so still very very early). My OB told me I was in the "obese" category. I was shocked. I knew I was overweight, but I didn't think I was obese. I'd just crept over the threshold into that bmi though, and so I was told they didn't want me to gain anymore than 10# for the pregnancy. Again- shocking to me since my baby should have been about 7 of those pounds, let alone placenta and extra fluid... I was 207# and 5'6.5"...my heaviest. I'd planned to lose weight before we got pregnant again, but I just never made it a priority to actually do it.

Fast forward to February when we went to what was supposed to be our exciting anatomy scan. I was 20 weeks, 3 days. We were having our third little boy, but something wasn't right. He was measuring two weeks behind (intra uterine growth restriction) and my fluid was very, very low. Five days later he died, and I delivered him, still, on my 30th birthday. Tests have all been inconclusive as to why this happened. He was perfect, just small. My reading has lead me to see that being overweight can be a a risk factor for IUGR. I'm not blaming myself completely for what happened. We'll never know exactly why it did, but I know that going forward- for myself, my two living children, and for any future children I may conceive- that I need to be healthy so that this isn't even a concern I need to consider.

Almost in tears reading this, my heart goes out to you.

MrsDogLady

My straw - I had started a routine and new way of eating back in September 2014, was able to begin buying new clothes and was feeling just amazing because the better diet and doing Level 1 of J.M 20 minute shred. I felt better tying shoes, aches and pains had subsided, loved pulling up smaller jeans. Then took a week vacation in early November, lost my motivation and here it is the end of April. Can't wear the clothes I'd bought and had to begin pulling the fatt(er) clothing back into my wardrobe. Kicking myself in the butt because in this amount of time I probably could have lost 20 pounds.

jennlaw89

Tired of avoiding pictures and my friends and family because I'm overweight. Tired of covering myself up with clothes ie wearing jeans and hoodies in the blazing hot summer. Tired of being tired and sluggish and essentially missing out on life. Im morbidly obese aiming for just plain old obese followed by overweight and then healthy weight! I'ts gonna be a long road but its necessary! I want my life back

mygnsac

I had a box of final straws. Not wanting to enter my senior years morbidly obese; not being able to go into normal stores to buy clothes; not being able to fit comfortably in booths at restaurants; not being able to walk or climb stairs without becoming winded; not wanting to follow in my Father's footsteps (he's been dealing with heart disease for over 20 years now); etc.

maryv83

My straw... the doctor's office scale. That thing was out to get me from the beginning. I am the heaviest I have ever been in my life and I always said I would never reach this weight. Well, I have and it's disgusting. I'm newly married and we plan to have children one day. I want to improve my overall health and gain some confidence back. I have 1 pair of jeans that fit and if I gain anymore weight, they won't. I refuse to buy more clothes. This has to be it.

tsampson1951

I can echo many of the same reasons that have already been mentioned, but the real gut wrencher was my moms funeral. It was held in another state and I didn't attend because I didn't want anyone to see how big I had gotten. The shame of weight gain outweighed the responsibility of of attending my moms funeral. That's a sad state of affairs right there.

samadhi99

When I first got serious about weightloss a few years ago (Slipped a bit since then but am now back on track) my motivation was my grandmother. My Nana is severely overweight and elderly. She had slipped in the tub and because she was so heavy she became wedged and couldn't help herself. No one found her for 3 days. When they were able to get her out of the tub she had been laying on her right side for so long that she is now paralyzed. It was essentially like having a stroke. I'm not as heavy as she is but I don't ever want to be in that type of situation.

lbetancourt

just got tired of hearing myself complain about gaining weight. AND, the evening I got a good feel of my back fat.

decotterell

For me, getting fit had more to do with my lab results after a doctor appointment early July 2014. Weight loss wasn't an original goal, but rather getting my labs in order. I was 47, 219.5 pounds, and as a Type 1 diabetic, had an A1C of almost 8.0, an LDL a little over 100. I was having wide swings in my glucose levels, and since I'm a paramedic, knew what risks this was causing in the long run. So, I checked out MFP. Weight loss has been an added benefit. I have been maintaining a weight of about 160 for a couple months now. My last check up had my A1C at 6.8 and my LDL at 57. I'm happier with my energy and have entered my first ever 5k scheduled for May 2nd.

rawk_fairy_666

I ate three takeaways in one week and didnt even enjoy them. I felt gross from all the fatty salty food and felt quite ashamed really. I hated what I saw in the mirror and hated feeling so unhealthy. something had to change.

resilient_for_Rylen

The last straw for me was when I weighed as much as I did two years ago when I gave birth to my full-term baby boy. Granted, I only gained 12 pounds during my pregnancy because I was already overweight to begin with. After I had him I lost close to 50 pounds in 6 months and felt better than ever. Then I moved out of state and was in a happy relationship and the pounds came back ridiculously fast because I stopped my healthy lifestyle as life got busier. I came across an old picture of when I first moved and was the smallest I'd been since high school and it nearly made me sick to see how much weight I gained in such a short amount of time. My boyfriend started going to the gym and getting in really good shape and I just kept getting bigger. He basically told me that I needed to lose weight because he wasn't as attracted to me as he was a year ago. He wasn't saying it to be rude or hurtful, just being honest, and I agreed and am thankful for his honesty. So here I am, I've lost 7 pounds in about 2 weeks and am already feeling better. I'd love to lose about 50-60 more, or whenever I'm feeling great. 41 pounds away from being where I was before our big move. I'm doing it for myself so I can be around for a long time for my amazing high-energy little boy, and for my relationship.