What was your "last straw"???

TaraRichardson913

You would THINK it would be when I stepped on the scale and saw my highest weight....but instead I said F trying and went and ate poutine. lol.
The last straw has been a series of seeing photos that look horrendous, bigger pant size etc.

Italian_mom

Stepping on the scale and seeing my highest weight ever!

nevergiveup51

I was scheduled for lap band surgery and had to lose weight before I could get the procedure done so I started to lose weight and figured I don't need the damn surgery after all I used to be weight watchers member for years but I like this much better.

shirochan

I used to love cosplaying until I saw pictures of myself. I looked HORRIBLE, no matter how hard I worked on my costumes. My body just looked awful in everything. My weight made me hate my favorite hobby. More than anything, I want to start cosplaying again and actually enjoy doing it

Sarge516

Having to buy a shirt in the "big and tall" store, when I'm not overly tall.....or, seeing pictures of myself at social gatherings. That did it for me.

susiepops

After retiring I sat all through the winter feeling really happy then spring came and I had gained 7 pounds on top of already being two and a half stone heavier than I wanted to be At that rate i got concerned. Have since lost three stone thanks to this web site.

kittiesandfarts

Stretch marks on my arms and stomach... YUCK! And they're bright pink. They've got to go!

RetroS6

Attempting to get into some of my old, favourtie clothing and failing greatly.

Seeing recent photographs.

PudgyQ

Being on a girls weekend at the beach and had my picture taken. When we were looking at the pictures, I couldn't believe that was actually me! I was horrified. I had been ignoring mirrors so long and ultimately burying my head in the sand, that was my wake up call. Cut the picture out, put in my journal, took my measurements and stepped on the scale after many years.
Joined MFP after seeing so many friends on FB had joined. A lifestyle change is in order, I am going on a beach vacation in February with my boyfriend and I plan to look much BETTER in a bathing suit!

melting_glass

Seeing myself in that pic on my profile where I'm in the blue shirt. I'm a young & attractive girl, I shouldn't be hiding it under globs of fat!! Gross. That doesn't even look like the real me.

laurenz2501

I was sick of guys telling me that if only my personality was in ratio with my looks.
I hated how I looked in the mirror and when I weighed myself, I was 101 kg.
I told a guy that I had feelings for him and he turned me down for being too big. After I lost almost 60 pounds, he reconnected with me ,telling me how pretty I am, flirting with me and asking me out. I turned that sucker down hard :bigsmile:

:drinker: :bigsmile: :happy: :flowerforyou:

ManderWebb

I volunteer on Sunday evenings at a local horse rescue, and when I was drenched in sweat from cleaning stalls and the other girls were not, I realized I needed to quit making excuses and actually try to make a change instead of just complaining about it.

mem50

Getting a pulmonary embolism in my right lung and being stuck in hospital for 28 days because I was so fat.

katelynal

It took significant physical pain to make me wake up. I was actually thinking about getting new furniture to accommodate my hugeness :noway:

harleygroomer

I left a job I hated and came home depressed and ate some ice cream. Sooooo since I was going to be home I figured I could start my diet----well I got on the scale and weighed in at 251 pounds and got off in shock. WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN???? I have never weighed that even when pregnant, and sat down and had a pity party for over an hour. Well, I started my OWN business and got myself a trainer ( I do her dog for free as I am a groomer) and she told me this was the rest of my life and I was to never diet again. I am now on my forever adventure with my new LIFESTYLE change and am doing great and am happy and I will NEVER go back again. I love my life.

NonnyMary

I love to go on vacation, and walk around.. I wish i could walk more! especially because i live 2 blocks from Lake Michigan and the wonderful lakefront and Lincoln Park! but I cant enjoy those things too well because its too hard to walk thanks to all this weight im lugging around and feet hurt so bad.

so that was the last straw - not being able to enjoy my vacation walking around seeing stuff.. and losing out on a quality of life.

I also got some health problems that i believe caused me to have to have surgery.

So since i felt like I pretty much died, i decided this is no way to live. life was just working, coming home, eating, and being a couch potato and watching tv.

now that i've lost 38 pounds, even that little bit,, I feel like Im coming alive again,, having renewed energy to be able to walk more and do things better. That is a huge reward. coming back from the dead.

LinCharpentier

Last straw well I don't know if this is it or not. I'm just starting over again. I had a terrible fall 10 days ago. And i'm in a lot of back pain. It came to me if I wasn't so heavy and clumsy I wouldn't hurt this much.
I can't do exercise but I can certainly watch what I eat.

To Nonny Mary what's this 38 lbs a little bit that's wonderful.

See you all lighter

stargazr246

Looking in the mirror didn't help, but when someone patted my belly and asked when I was due, I knew something had to change!!

KJLaMore

My "last straw" was similar to Onmyweigh's. Spring of 2012 I was at my daughter's college graduation. It was in the 90's, it was a busy week-end on campus and I was hot and uncomfortable in my new clothes for the occasion. When I finally saw the pictures from the day, I cried because I was positive I had ruined the photos and the day for her. I started exercising and dieting at that point. I lost 30 pounds last year, but hit a wall this spring. My friend introduced me to mfp a couple of months ago. So...this is a renewal for me. Accountability. I def. need it!

jewells233

my last straw was in one year going from 233 to 267 that when I went UN and start HMR

melmel525

My last straw was making a project for my college class and using pictures from about two years ago and realising I barely look like that anymore! Time to get healthy and athletic again so I can fit back in my skinny jeans!

timmyg13

For a while i've been saying that i'm going to start a diet, and i had tried all these fancy diets with shakes and muesli bars etc. but I kept on failing and would end up back where I started if not worse.

But last Saturday night I was taken to hospital with chest pain and was told it was a heart muscle strain and it was because i'm over weight. It was at the point when I saw the look of my brothers face when he saw me hooked up to all the machines that I decided Its time to do something and the time is now.

I have been using MFP for 1 week now and so far i'm going really, this time i'm not going give up.:happy:

bluesy8899

Hurting my knee from just plain asking it to bear so much weight. As I'm sitting there I realized that this is not how I want to live my life; I could conceivably end up very sick or crippled from so much weight. I have so much left to do and I want to have energy, stamina and above all, confidence in myself to be able to do it and live a life as I want rather than what I end up with.

forthehungergames

After regaining weight dealing with B.E.D. I knew it was time to recover and lose the weight because I couldn't fit into my ''fat'' jeans anymore. I also felt 100times more sluggish that I used to when I was healthy and lost the twenty pounds.

Time to fit into my jeans before winter!

doubglass

4 years ago I was in an oncology center waiting to see my hematologist (not for cancer, but for a serious condition) when I realized what a dreadful future a lot of the people in the waiting room were facing. I realized that diet and exercise are the two factors you can control that impact your probability of getting cancer. Vowed to eat cleaner and better and have.

emd2570

Last august 2012, I went to marshalls , tried on a bathing suit, looked in the mirror and started to cry. I looked like a fat old lady( I was 38) I looked horrible, felt horrible. I found MFP in a magazine and decided to try it . Stuck with it, I am 6 lbs from goal, feel great, still have some work and toning to do, I battled my weight since puberty, then add 2 kids, etc..I am healthier now than I was in my 20's

princesspea234

Seeing a picture with a friend that I always thought was larger than me. I looked huge in the picture!

christa96

I used mfp here and there to drop a few lbs. when i was asked to be in a friend's wedding. Eventually, tough times hit and it was either start drinking and eating crap or do it the healthy way. I chose the healthier option.

christa96

After I lost almost 60 pounds, he reconnected with me ,telling me how pretty I am, flirting with me and asking me out. I turned that sucker down hard :bigsmile:

Good for you! :drinker:

RBXChas

I was 255 lbs when I delivered my older son. I'm 5'7", and although I'd struggled with my weight my entire adult life, I had never been anything close to that heavy (low 190s was as high as I'd typically go before dieting again).

My weight settled at 235.8 a few weeks later. I had no clothes that fit me, not even close. I joined MFP at two months postpartum and lost 82 lbs in a year on 1200 calories and cardio 6 days/week.

Then a year ago I got pregnant again, and even though I started from a lower weight, I gained more than with my first pregnancy. I was 240 at delivery and settled at 220 a couple of weeks later. I'm 3.5 months postpartum and 206.2.

I'm back again to do TDEE -20% plus cardio and strength (and eating back those calories plus my nursing "burn"), but I miss being fit and healthy, nevermind all my awesome clothes