What was your rock bottom to get heathly?
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For me it was moving back home after a year (I gained all my excess weight in a span of a year) and having to explain to everyone that no I was not pregnant, I was not sick. I just felt horrible having to laugh at the "you're really fat" jokes everyday from different people. I have since moved away again, will be going back in a year. And this time- I won't have to deal with the "shame" of having gained too much weight. I am determined to lose it all.0
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For me, it was a a diabetes and RA diagnosis, combined with being the highest weight I'd ever been. I started at 250 in March 2016, now I'm down 63 pounds. I've developed some additional health issues, not weight related...cancer. However, I am convinced that being healthier, under 190, has helped me fight this latest issue. Losing weight doesn't get rid of all the problems I have, but is one thing I can control and feel good about!
What a great job on the weight loss! I'm sorry you are going through a cancer struggle now, I wish you the best!
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I think at some point you realize it's only going to get harder the longer you put off making the change.
I had been gaining weight prior to joining MFP and trying to change my eating habits. Gaining weight when I was already overweight. Gaining weight until I was in the obese category for my height.
I had to put a stop to it somewhere and I just decided to do it one day a month ago.1 -
JustMissTracy wrote: »I think I've hit rock bottom a few times now. The most recent, and the one that stands out the clearest, is the time I went to the mall looking for something cute to wear for date nite. Picture Tracy at 187 lbs, standing in the change room, in tears. I had just turned and got a look at my *kitten*, and was absolutely devastated. Nothing looked right, and my butt didn't even resemble a normal butt anymore. In the end, the girl found me a little outfit that fit nicely, I got to the cash to find out it cost $400 bux!!!! I paid it. In tears, embarrassed that nothing fit, and embarrassed to admit I couldn't really afford the stupid outfit. I've worn it exactly ONCE. That was almost 4 years ago.
That sucks and yet I can relate. I have spent many of times silently crying in the dressing room. For some reason those mirrors seem to have a zoom in option in them or something. $400!! I hope you don't have to do that again!1 -
chrissjourney wrote: »JustMissTracy wrote: »I think I've hit rock bottom a few times now. The most recent, and the one that stands out the clearest, is the time I went to the mall looking for something cute to wear for date nite. Picture Tracy at 187 lbs, standing in the change room, in tears. I had just turned and got a look at my *kitten*, and was absolutely devastated. Nothing looked right, and my butt didn't even resemble a normal butt anymore. In the end, the girl found me a little outfit that fit nicely, I got to the cash to find out it cost $400 bux!!!! I paid it. In tears, embarrassed that nothing fit, and embarrassed to admit I couldn't really afford the stupid outfit. I've worn it exactly ONCE. That was almost 4 years ago.
That sucks and yet I can relate. I have spent many of times silently crying in the dressing room. For some reason those mirrors seem to have a zoom in option in them or something. $400!! I hope you don't have to do that again!
Hopefully NEVER again! I've lost 80 so far (gained back five in the last few weeks tho!).3 -
I think at some point you realize it's only going to get harder the longer you put off making the change.
I had been gaining weight prior to joining MFP and trying to change my eating habits. Gaining weight when I was already overweight. Gaining weight until I was in the obese category for my height.
I had to put a stop to it somewhere and I just decided to do it one day a month ago.
Being told you have hit the obese category by your doc is for sure no fun. I thought like what!?! I mean I'm pretty tall and I was active I though no way I was "obese". I'm glad you had your moment.
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For me it was moving back home after a year (I gained all my excess weight in a span of a year) and having to explain to everyone that no I was not pregnant, I was not sick. I just felt horrible having to laugh at the "you're really fat" jokes everyday from different people. I have since moved away again, will be going back in a year. And this time- I won't have to deal with the "shame" of having gained too much weight. I am determined to lose it all.
Fat jokes = not cool! I hope you show them.0 -
I know that this isn't on par with other people because I've never been overweight, but I really started to pick up my routine back at the end of August - I saw a photo of me with my niece and I just felt that I looked awful and I decided that I don't want to feel like that when I look at photos of myself anymore.
Hey an Aha moment is an Aha moment. Glad you decided to get healthy!0 -
My niece telling me that I must scare people with me going outside. It still stings even though. But she saved my life2
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Not fitting on a roller coaster, it was the most most embarrassing thing ever.1
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For me it wasn't even that fact that I was 3 pounds away from breaking 400.. it was the day I found a sore in one of the fat folds on my thigh. That's what did it.
I'm happy to say that 10 months and 130 pounds lighter that fat fold and sore and long gone.11 -
Getting unexpected blood test results that showed I had a glucose number in the pre-diabetic range. Lost a grandfather to type 2, have two uncles who have it and my grandma's quality of life is rapidly declining due to complications from it. They're also all overweight/obese. Knew where I was heading and decided to try and control my glucose by losing the extra weight. Fast forward a few years, and 50lbs lost-glucose number is now consistently under 100, my cholesterol is great, blood pressure great, no health problems or medications and my doctor is pretty geeked about the whole thing
I'm in maintenance now and have figured out how to do things in a realistic and sustainable way for me, that I can do for the next 40+ years. 4 -
A bunch of really bad blood work at my 38 year checkup...basically the doctor frankly told me that if I didn't change some things, I'd be really lucky not to be very sick, if not dead in my fifties or early sixties. I wasn't grossly overweight or anything...just really unhealthy at the time.1
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I didn't have a "rock bottom" moment, but I did have a moment that precipitated my weight loss.
I was drifting, midway up the "overweight" bracket, knowing I should lose weight, but not finding the impetus to start.
Then I got flu. Proper flu with a high fever, not a bad cold, and it completely killed my appetite, so once I started to recover, I decided not to try to build up my appetite to normal levels, not to eat sweet things for a quick energy boost, but to struggle through the recovery period, and use it to kick start a weight loss campaign.
It worked pretty well in that I avoided that hunger that can come when you deliberately drop calories, as in the first week or two, I had virtually no appetite. I felt very post-virally tired, and possibly that period was slightly lengthened by the calorie-reduction, but I can't really tell.
My appetite increased as I recovered, but by then, I had got myself into a routine of what to eat to lose weight at a steady rate.2 -
My family wanted to have an "intervention" about my weight.
Heck, I was fine with not fitting through the bathroom door and getting winded walking to my room.3 -
My ex, who had cheated on me three times with three different women.
I had zero confidence, and knew it stemmed from the fact that I wasn't comfortable in my own skin; however, I had the power to make the change.
Although it was challenging at the beginning to get into the groove of things, seeing the change in the mirror/photos, clothing, and being able to kick *kitten* at certain things I wasn't capable of doing at the beginning... those rewards are so significant and truly do make you STRONGER.
It is also fabulous to slam the door on an ex who comes crawling back, because you know you deserve more (due to what you have learned to accomplish).
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My ex, who had cheated on me three times with three different women.
I had zero confidence, and knew it stemmed from the fact that I wasn't comfortable in my own skin; however, I had the power to make the change.
Although it was challenging at the beginning to get into the groove of things, seeing the change in the mirror/photos, clothing, and being able to kick *kitten* at certain things I wasn't capable of doing at the beginning... those rewards are so significant and truly do make you STRONGER.
It is also fabulous to slam the door on an ex who comes crawling back, because you know you deserve more (due to what you have learned to accomplish).
Good luck!
Ouch! But awesome!
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It wasn't a bottom that changed it for me. I had lots of potential rock bottom moments but didn't change anything, really.
It was actually a high that did it for me. It was a weekend that I spend having a blast with some great, accepting people and cheering them on in a half/full marathon that made me realize I wanted to accomplish things like that too. I had a heart to heart with myself, and set a goal to do a half marathon and loose weight. I did a half 9 months latter, also losing 70lbs over that period. I have more to lose, and have motivation of other goals I have set.6 -
I once lost 60 lbs the exact same way. That was 10 years ago and over time it came back on.ShammersPink wrote: »I didn't have a "rock bottom" moment, but I did have a moment that precipitated my weight loss.
I was drifting, midway up the "overweight" bracket, knowing I should lose weight, but not finding the impetus to start.
Then I got flu. Proper flu with a high fever, not a bad cold, and it completely killed my appetite, so once I started to recover, I decided not to try to build up my appetite to normal levels, not to eat sweet things for a quick energy boost, but to struggle through the recovery period, and use it to kick start a weight loss campaign.
It worked pretty well in that I avoided that hunger that can come when you deliberately drop calories, as in the first week or two, I had virtually no appetite. I felt very post-virally tired, and possibly that period was slightly lengthened by the calorie-reduction, but I can't really tell.
My appetite increased as I recovered, but by then, I had got myself into a routine of what to eat to lose weight at a steady rate.
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chrissjourney wrote: »I once lost 60 lbs the exact same way. That was 10 years ago and over time it came back on.
Yes, that will be the hard bit, I know. Making sure it doesn't all pile back on. But heck, getting rid of this now is better than drifting along and then finding I'm pushing towards the "obese" category in a year's time.
But finding that moment that pushes you into action can be hard. I have tried to start a couple of times over recent years, but just not been in quite the right frame of mind. It took an non-weight-related illness to kick me into gear.1 -
It wasn't a rock bottom thing for me.
I gain weight when my life is unsettled (medical problems and moving) and I lose weight or maintain when I'm settled.
I have been slender most of my life but between 2009 and January 2015, there was a lot of moving and several medical problems (DVT, surgeries, etc.). I did lose weight any time things settled a bit during those years which kept things from getting too out of hand, and had once again lost weight over Christmas 2014 ... but hit my highest weight ever after a pair of unrelated surgeries in January 2015.
I have used calorie tracking programs before, so I looked around for one that would be slightly easier to use and people recommended MFP. I joined in February 2015, after I had recovered from the surgeries ... and lost the weight.
It helped that there was no moving and no medical issues during the weeks when I was losing the weight.
And I've been maintaining for a year now.1 -
alyssa0061 wrote: »For me it wasn't even that fact that I was 3 pounds away from breaking 400.. it was the day I found a sore in one of the fat folds on my thigh. That's what did it.
I'm happy to say that 10 months and 130 pounds lighter that fat fold and sore and long gone.
Wow, awesome job!
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michael1976_ca wrote: »My niece telling me that I must scare people with me going outside. It still stings even though. But she saved my life
Dang. My little nephew told me "I bet no one can pick you up"
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CooCooPuff wrote: »My family wanted to have an "intervention" about my weight.
Heck, I was fine with not fitting through the bathroom door and getting winded walking to my room.
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sky_northern wrote: »It wasn't a bottom that changed it for me. I had lots of potential rock bottom moments but didn't change anything, really.
It was actually a high that did it for me. It was a weekend that I spend having a blast with some great, accepting people and cheering them on in a half/full marathon that made me realize I wanted to accomplish things like that too. I had a heart to heart with myself, and set a goal to do a half marathon and loose weight. I did a half 9 months latter, also losing 70lbs over that period. I have more to lose, and have motivation of other goals I have set.
Awesome!
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I was getting physically I'll after every meal I ate. I felt like I was never full even when I stuffed myself. Now that I changed my diet and I have started becoming active I don't have that happen anymore.1
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My rock bottom was exactly a week ago. I found out I have NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, basically the next stage of fatty liver). I'm 18. I put on almost 80 pounds from the start of this year. I've always been a little chubby since I was an older kid and was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, but now I'm obese at 5'4" and 223 lbs, the most I've ever weighed. This has been the worst year of my life. I started out the year by failing out of half of my AP and college classes due to severe depression, anxiety, and spending late nights at the hospital with my grandfather. I stopped exercising and I started overeating which made my depression worse. At one point I stopped showing up to school completely and was unable to graduate on time, all the while being bullied and stalked which I could barely handle under normal circumstances. My grandfather had been in and out of the hospital constantly for about a year and lost his ability to walk after heart surgery. He had his second heart attack (first one not related to the heart surgery and was years ago) two weeks before he passed away in hospice. He was fine (by "fine" I mean he was aware and able to speak and eat with some assistance, usually mine because hospital staff neglected him and let him go hungry... I know that is horrible and yes I did speak to management about it) for about a week, went into hospice then could no longer speak or eat... it seemed to have happened pretty quickly, but apparently his Parkinson's progressed to the final stage. I felt completely powerless watching him die. It was horrifying to watch and spend the nights with him waking up to a death rattle in the middle of the night. I basically stayed there with him to his last breath joined by someone I absolutely hate who played no role whatsoever in helping take care of him, just showed up out of nowhere pretending to be surprised when they heard he was dying. He passed away one month and two days ago today. Trying to grow up and take responsibility for him, taking care of him and advocating for him in hospitals, nursing homes, and finally a hospice was one of the most difficult things I've ever done, and unfortunately I do not have much in the way of support of any kind in my life. Things settled down a little after his memorial service and some family members finally came back into my life and my nightmares about the ordeal were disappearing, so I had a positive outlook for a while until I was diagnosed with NASH a week ago and started making major life changes.
Within one year I gained almost 80 lbs, barely graduated and ruined my GPA, missed out on college to take care of my grandfather, lost family members (for reasons I won't get into), had someone make a false report to DCFS to get "revenge" on me, had to file a no-contact order for a girl stalking my boyfriend and me, lost several friends, let go of my grandfather who raised me in place of my father, and finally was diagnosed with what I just mentioned.
At the moment I feel totally lost and scared for my life, and I suppose that's what made me commit like I never have before to losing this weight.
So... yeah. I joined a few hours ago and I didn't think I would participate in the community but I came across this and felt I had to say something, possibly for therapeutic reasons... I'm not really sure. I apologize for the rambling.11 -
My blood pressure was frightening high (on 2 medications) and my weight had crept up to 184. (I'm 5'2"). I'm down 26 pounds and off of one of the meds3
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I had just come home from a trip to Europe with several food tours and felt bloated and was too scared and insecure to even think about stepping on the scale. My brother brought me home a huge doughnut from the city and I ate the whole thing even though I wasn't hungry at all. I then found a cookie from a bakery on the trip and ate the whole thing and felt awful about myself. I then found the snack drawer in my house and stuffed my face with everything I could see. Thinking about it after in my room I literally wanted to cry and from that day on took charge and started making healthier decisions. I've come such a long way and even once I stopped eating like THAT I still had bad habits but I've basically overcome them completely. I'm in a much clearer and happier state of mind.1
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