What made y decide to get healthy?

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  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    My first practical lab in mortuary school. My group of five had a complicated first case (long bone and skin donor) but the other table had a morbidly obese woman. I would estimate she was close to if not a bit over 400 pounds. Her arteries were so shot that trying to raise and inject through any of them was extremely difficult as they had little elasticity left and were packed full of granules of crap (technical term!)

    At one point I looked over and saw the instructor trying to raise a femoral; her hand was in this woman's thigh well over wrist-level. That was the breaking point for me.

    Eeeeew.

    I am now off my feed.
  • Cbefitforlife
    Cbefitforlife Posts: 83 Member
    recently i would have to say pictures and 3 way mirror in clothing stores. I have so many old cute clothes in my closet and it has been 2yrs since my last baby. I have had 4 pregnancies. lost my weight every time in a decent amount of time. Never easy...always had to work at it, but never-the-less, i did it in a shorter time frame. This one...not so fast. My body just looked awful to me. I want my old body back. Working hard to get that shape back that i once loved.
  • Butinox
    Butinox Posts: 43 Member
    My sister got diabetes and cancer.
  • burston0707
    burston0707 Posts: 18
    My husband and daughter are my induration
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    The same thing that convinced x and z
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    I've always been healthy and active, and took being thin for granted. But as I got older a few extra pounds started creeping on ... and I didn't like the looks of those. I realized I was going to have to make more of a concerted effort to stay thin. But I think my biggest motivating factor was seeing some older, overweight relatives struggling to move around - and deciding that that's not going to be me.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    bump
  • jkleon86
    jkleon86 Posts: 245 Member
    being 52 I have many years yet I have to work!! With cramped feet, hips,back and knees hurting now
    I realized the only way it will get any better for working is to take a load off of it all.

    I would also like to go horse riding some time but right now I wouldn't put a horse through that.:noway:
  • sbrownallison
    sbrownallison Posts: 314 Member
    When my husband had a health scare... We were "older" parents (I was 44 when our daughter was born) and, when my husband was going through this health scare (he's also overweight), I was terrified about the prospect of my daughter being so very young and without us to care for her. To me, the issue had gone past vanity and into the health aspects of being obese. So, I've been motivated to eat less (and with health in mind) and move more. Husband's lab numbers are better and he's off BP medication; my BP is normal, I'm neither obese nor overweight anymore, and I'm a Fitbit-wearer and YMCA member (4-5 hours there a week in classes), and feeling good. It's a life-style change, not a short-term "fix".
  • leannerae40
    leannerae40 Posts: 200 Member
    What a great post. I was humming and hawing about finally doing something with my 40th birthday looming this year. Frankly though, a lot of things had been building up, little things that made me realize I was disappointed in myself and my outside just didn't match my inside. Heart disease runs in my family, and in February of this year my Dad suffered a stroke and had a triple bypass while out of the country. It was so scary. He's totally fine now, and doing very well. (Thank goodness for amazing American doctors.) I love to travel and live life, so I can't wait. I booked Lapband surgery (which took place May 14th of this year) and purchased a treadmill and kettle bells. Just two months out of surgery and I am hiring a personal trainer now that my nutrition needs are more under control (I've lost 36 lbs.). I want to be the person in the mirror that I know I am. Full of adventure, life and vitality.

    I want to be healthy...it sure helps to stay motivated.
  • BluejayNY
    BluejayNY Posts: 301 Member
    When I was 21 my doctor pointed out I had been gaining 10-20 lbs yearly for about 3 years and she suggested testing for diabetes. I knew I was curvy but for whatever reason I didn't realize I was "fat" even though I had gotten into the 170s.

    It was like I suddenly became aware of how winded I was going up the stairs and how I did not look attractive anymore. I suddenly became determined to lose weight and never be overweight again.
  • Csengure
    Csengure Posts: 40 Member


    Eeeeew.

    I am now off my feed.

    Happy to help. ;)
  • PilatesConvert
    PilatesConvert Posts: 55 Member
    I've had lots of motivators over the years, but the most recent is that I'm going to start trying to get pregnant in a few months. I want to be the healthiest me I can be when I get pregnant, am pregnant, and am a mom! My whole family deserves that.
  • myroadto130
    myroadto130 Posts: 9
    I was always the fat girl in school, never had a boyfriend until I was 17. I was sick of it, not being able to wear nice clothes, feeling like crap, eating my emotions away.. I HAD to do something about it. so at 17, with this sites help, I lost about 70lbs. after my boyfriend broke up with me, i was so depressed. I gained 40lbs. Now, I'm 19, healed from what i thought was a broken heart and starting the process over. This time, I'm keeping the weight off.
  • Tamm04
    Tamm04 Posts: 182 Member
    I've enjoyed reading everyones' stories. It's very true we all have our own stories/reasonds/whatever, but I do see myself in some of them. I do hope to read more!
  • londonboyben
    londonboyben Posts: 314 Member
    my reason is a bit lame compared to most, because to be honest i never really had one,
    spent my whole life ignoring what i was doing to my body, then one day just decided it would be a good idea to try lose weight and start lifting weights,

    fortunately, once i start something i generally get really involved and see it through, so have stuck with it for the short time i have been doing it,
    and now that i have started, i just want to see how well i can do,
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Two reasons; Now retired, and with my husband not in good health, I needed to do more of the work around the farm and needed more strength and stamina. Conveniently, my niece Mel had become a certified fitness instructor and volunteered to set this program up for me. I think I've now been on the program about 135 days.
  • 2stepscloser
    2stepscloser Posts: 2,900 Member
    My before pic! Also I heard the following: "if you were diagnosed with cancer tomorrow, would you take an hour each day for treatment? Why won't you take an hour a day to focus on your health?" This spoke volumes to me!
  • hiaag89
    hiaag89 Posts: 13
    Simply because i don't want to underweight in my whole life....it's sucks....
  • craziecritter
    craziecritter Posts: 201 Member
    Open Heart Surgery at 58. Have 2 bovine cow valves I have to keep happy.
  • kimbtaylor1
    kimbtaylor1 Posts: 210 Member
    Walking at a shopping mall with my huband (actually the day the picture was taken) and he couldn't take his eyes off the skinny girls that would walk past us. He said that I was attractive to him but I didn't feel like I was the woman that he married. So I started my journey and then when he didn't notice the difference I just realized I needed to do it for myself and my health. I am now smaller than I was when we married and happier than ever.

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