What was your final push to get serious?

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  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    The scale at the Dr's. 201 and it had been climbing overall for probably 25 years. Rollar coasting dieting. Now out from uder a pile of serious stress for that long. Enough. Today at 150. About 25 lbs to go. A few years to get here. It is ok. It is happening. Things change in so many ways over time. I swear some of it is the food we eat and how much junk is in it. Even good food. There are many factors. It isn't all calories in, calories out.
  • charmmeth
    charmmeth Posts: 936 Member
    maddywible wrote: »
    The funny thing is about day 3 of being in my room I LOST MY TASTE AND SMELL.
    That's a classic covid symptom, as i expect you realise. I hope you are OK.
  • DarlaJL82
    DarlaJL82 Posts: 58 Member
    For me, it was the diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes back in January. At the time I had been 'yo-yo'ing for years between 290 and 260. At the time of diagnosis I was at 265lbs and my A1C was 9.7 with a random sugar reading of mid 20's. Being 51 I knew this was the time to smarten up and live better or keep on living the way I was and leave my family suffering through my early demise. I am happy to say that by July I had dropped 65 lbs to 200 and had cut my A1C in half, dropping it to 4.7 in a six month span. I've eased up some on the weight loss but have still dropped another 11 lbs since then and am sitting at 189 lbs with a BMI that for the first time since I was a teenager is under 25. At one time my BMI had reached 39!
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    Congratulations and thanks for sharing. I was diagnosed type 2 in July with an A1c of 9.5 and non alcoholic fatty liver disease. In Oct my liver enzymes were normal and A1c was 5.7. Dec 18 I tested an A1c of 5.2. I've lost weight and like what I see in the mirror but the lower A1c and healthy liver was the real motivation to change. I've been wondering if this is as good as it gets but now I know that even starting at over 9, an A1c in the 4s is possible.
  • The_Elephant_Man
    The_Elephant_Man Posts: 207 Member
    CeeGu wrote: »
    My sister died.
    She was only 45. She left behind a shattered husband and 3 preteen girls. This just happened in October.
    She was morbidly obese. Her BMI was over 50. She had been having heart problems for a year and was on a bunch of medications for it, plus meds for fibromyalgia, IBS, and depression.
    Her heart just stopped. The coroner's report said: sudden cardiac arrest due to heart disease caused by obesity.
    The thing is -- she was the most joyful, beautiful, funny, smart, and kind person I knew. She wasn't just a "fat person". She was overflowing with life! She loved movies, especially Disney and Pixar. She loved food. She loved to bake awesome cakes and desserts for her friends' birthdays. She loved to laugh. She was busy all the time, except when pain kept her inside, and even then she was on her phone chatting with her hundreds of friends. Over 2,000 people attended her virtual funeral.
    We all had told her she needed to lose weight, that she was getting "too heavy". My other sister and I have also struggled with obesity. We were raised to "clean our plates" and Dad always insisted there was dessert after dinner. Our rewards were always food-based -- cookies, candy, Dairy Queen, McDonald's.
    My sister wanted to lose weight but she was in so much pain, it was hard to start. It was a horrible cycle that ultimately led to her death.
    Please tell my sister's story to yourself or anyone who is overweight and struggling with staying on track. She was beautiful and loved so much. She was such a bright light and now she is gone. Please realize that NOW is the time to lose the weight, no matter what. Your children need you. Your spouse needs you. Your sister needs you. Please don't think you have more time because maybe you don't.

    @CeeGu I am sorry for your loss!
  • VictoriaK1993
    VictoriaK1993 Posts: 45 Member
    Two things:
    - my husband and I were/are heavy and uncomfortable
    - we are quite frugal otherwise, but realized we spent $600-700 a month on takeout and restaurants... and we flat out decided we wanted to use that money for other things

    We have a ban on fast food of any kind and have figured out healthy, simple meals to cook at home. We are deep into this habit now, and the weight is naturally coming off. We do eat relatively keto/low-carb as well, as we find that we feel best with this WOE.
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