What was your "last straw"???

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  • griffith5150
    griffith5150 Posts: 123
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    My health was getting worse at the age of 34 years old...that was the really clincher. However when I started losing weight, to use motivation was a picture of my fiancé and I together when we first started dating..omg I look horrible. I know I am older than him already but the picture made it look like I was far older than I was and I just look so unhappy and unhealthy the way I looked.
  • casmithis
    casmithis Posts: 216 Member
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    My son made a slight jecture about my weight and I said "give me a break, I've had 3 kids". His response to that was "Mom, I'm 14!!! Ouch and HELLO!!!
  • missymakayla
    missymakayla Posts: 309 Member
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    My husband and I woke up on 1/14/13 and both said it wad time for a change. We have both lost a total of 102.5 lbs together. I have lost 60.5 and he, 42 lbs. We were so tired all the time, looked fat in our tight clothes, we were just overweight. We look wonderful and feel great now. He has reached his goal, and I have about 39 lbs to go....
  • floop1207
    floop1207 Posts: 194 Member
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    the 'fat' jeans and shorts i bought for last summer were tight this year. time for action.
  • IrritatedDoro
    IrritatedDoro Posts: 89 Member
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    My sister took pictures of me holding my one year old. I've always held my weight well and always looked much lighter than I am - BUT my arms in that picture. Wiggly, Jiggly, cellulite sticks. I immediately signed up for MFP and have lost 17 lbs of my 30 lb goal. My arms are still an issue. I am working on some distance goals this month - and contemplating my next month's goals. I expect to be including certain weightlifting goals to work on the arm issue.
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
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    It's a silly thing really, there were other way more important wake up calls but for some reason it was the fact that I couldn't do up a 38D bra I had purchased in a pack of 2 at Costco lol. Coscto sells stuff that the "average" person would usually be able to wear and I knew I was always in the higher end of average, but now I was even too big for that. The next day I started running and a few days after that my friend told me about MFP app and here I am lol. Now the bra is too big :D
  • mahanaibu
    mahanaibu Posts: 505 Member
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    Strange to say, the final straw wasn't many of the things it should have been--ongoing back and hip pain, inability to hike up hills (I love hiking), the fact that the snap kept popping open on even my fattie pants or that I didn't ant to make any appearances because of shame over how I looked.

    The final straw was that I got carpal tunnel syndrome and wanted to avoid surgery, even though two hand specialists told me I would need it. The worker comp administrator said over the phone, "I don't know you so I don't know your weight,, but if that could be an issue for you, I could tell you that my experience is that it makes a huge difference for people." That was it. I started physical therapy and my weight loss program, changed my work station and astonished both my doctors by beating the carpal tunnel issue with no medical or surgical intervention.
  • crisb2
    crisb2 Posts: 329 Member
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    I REFUSED to buy size 16 jeans.

    And this picture:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/crisb2/view/fitspiration-board-566309
    The one that says 215lbs. that was in April 2013.
  • str8bowbabe
    str8bowbabe Posts: 712 Member
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    My ex installed mirrored closet doors directly across from the shower!!!! UGH!!!
  • mike_usmc
    mike_usmc Posts: 105 Member
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    I've had about 10 last straws. Then I'll stop again...Start again. Then finally I just said, "this isnt me". This isn't who everyone knows me as, or what I grew up as. Now I know I'll never have the age of 17, or even in my 20's anymore. But...That dont stop me from being fit at 33 either. Not to mention the fact Im a U.S Marine.. lol. Then I would look at things like, "you are what you eat". Oh really, so I'm a cheeseburger and a bag of Doritos, mixed in with some coke's. This made me also change. I didnt want to put myself through it anymore. I'm not much of a depressed person, I'll still take my shirt off at the beach and flex. At the same time though I want more, and I want my body to look better. This site helps big. It dont take you to the gym, and it dont tell you to push play on the dvd player, but the community and everyone here is a great support!


    And for my biggest decision. I want to be an a before and after story, without the fake tan and dyed hair.
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
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    My youngest is 8 months old. So, for months that was my main focus...not my weight. I had a couple of things that led up to my "last straw".

    1.) My husband had begun losing weight while I continued to gain. He is 6'2", I am 5'2" and we were almost at the same weight. I weighed in at 202 lbs.
    2.) My husband had a ceremony which I bought a new outfit for. However, the process was painful as I hated the way that everything fit me and that I was confined to a certain style of attire. I knew that this is not me and that under all of the flab was a nice figure. I just need the will to do something about it.
    3.) I over heard a boy call me a " big b***h". Yes, his language was horrible. However, at that moment everything just clicked. The next day my diet began.
  • preciousme150
    preciousme150 Posts: 119 Member
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    Type 2 Diabetes, 43lbs later I'm insulin free...
  • Maris_Swan
    Maris_Swan Posts: 197 Member
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    My last straw was when I had to ask for a seat belt extender on an airplane. Oh, and when my size 28w jeans were tight and I was considering just buying a size up. I knew things had to change!
  • jollyjoe321
    jollyjoe321 Posts: 529 Member
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    Woke up one day and decided enough was enough is the only way I can describe it
  • vickish76
    vickish76 Posts: 80 Member
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    One day at work a co-worker asked if there was anything "under that belly" I wanted to tell her about... Never in my life did I think I would ever be heavy enough to be mistaken for pregnant. To shrug off the comment I replied, "Nope, just beer and cheese". She was mortified, I wanted to crawl under a rock and die. When did I just stop caring about myself?
  • arifawn
    arifawn Posts: 1 Member
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    My doctor told me that I was pre diabetic. All four of my grandparents and both parents are diabetic. Two of my grandparents died from complications with diabetes. I don't want to die.
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
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    I had developed Type II Diabetes and was shooting insulin in my stomach a few times a day.
    I went to the doctor and had a heart test as was told my heart was 73 years old.. I was only 45 at the time.
    I went home, quit smoking cold turkey and changed my life, my diet, my exercise... I was killing myself.
  • bethfartman
    bethfartman Posts: 363 Member
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    I saw a picture of myself that a friend posted on Facebook. I'm not a vain person and typically truly don't care how bad/silly/whatever look in photos, but I was so horrified by the way I looked I had to ask her to take it down. Then I stepped on the scale and realized I was over 200 lbs. Yikes. I started counting calories and exercising regularly that same day and haven't really stopped since.
  • WDEvy
    WDEvy Posts: 814 Member
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    My wedding pictures.
  • barnzey901
    barnzey901 Posts: 33 Member
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    Well I was slightly motivated and was going to the gym every now and again - but then I saw a photo of myself with a few friends and was disgusted! I had to make a change and that's what kick started me to change my lifestyle for the better!
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