Remember the day you said enough is enough?????

nll002

January of 1999 - I was 220lbs and would get breathless running up the stairs and couldn't believe that 13 steps could make me so winded! It's taken over 11 years, but I hit my goal of losing 60lbs and am now working on my next small goal of losing another 15.

CricketKate

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edorice

10/31/08

knapowell

November 7, 2010 Couldn't sleep at all - something just clicked and I knew I needed to make some kind of change. I sat awake listening to my ipod and thinking about all of the things I thought I should be doing with my life. I started thinking about the things I couldn't do, how much I used to like to dance, run, play, and just be able to move freely (which I could no longer do at almost 300 pounds). I sat awake all night in the dark planning my change, got up the next morning got my husband and kids off to school. Then I found MFP, went to the grocery store for all of the fresh fruits and vegetables I could get in my cart and came home and went for a 3 mile walk. I have been here every single day since then.

shelly650

Sunday March 6th 2011!! I have to say I will never forget that day!!

sanitariumzero

4-9-2011. I had went to a doctor's appointment the day before and I weighed 347 pounds. On top of having high blood pressure already I had now added a high cholesterol pill to my repertoire. I had enough at that point. I weighed in today at 309.

M_lifts

the day i joined mfp 15th jan 2011 at 142 pounds!

M_lifts

the day i joined mfp 15th jan 2011 at 142 pounds!

tarynnnicole

mine is just this last saturday... 6/4/11.

i waited all week to go to the farmer's market and buy some fresh herbs and flowers. my mom, husband, and a friend went with me. it was 100 degrees outside, and i MELTED. i mean sweat was dripping off of my face and back. i have never been so embarrassed. i could barely keep up with their leisurely stroll and i was out of breath. i suddenly became so incredibly self-conscious.. i have NEVER felt that low about myself before.

i was wearing exercise clothes (because i cannot fit into my cute summer clothes this year) and everyone else was so stinking cute. i was fighting back tears/ panic attacks when my husband jokingly said to me "the sweat stain on your back looks like Mickey Mouse!' it took all i had not to cry. i wanted to dig a hole and hide.

this is not like me. i have always been so confident and happy. i WILL fix this before i watch any more of my saturdays end up like this. i want to be that beautiful woman i see inside of myself

solrak1969

March 30, 2010 I turned the corner. After going to the Olive Garden and eating "The tour of Italy" I was disgusted to find out I consumed 1450 calories 74 grams of fat and 3830 mg of sodium

runlorirun

We were making plans for our trip to Utah to visit family and I don't know what happened. I decided I just didn't want to be fat anymore. I missed running and wanted to do that again. I was feed up being 'fat' mom and wife. It was April 23, 2011, the next day I found MFP and the rest is history in the making :drinker:

PolyTeine

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TanajaP

i've had a few "aha mini moments". back in november 2010 my husband had to take me to the er because i thought i was having a heart attack.. umm HELLO I WAS ONLY 22!!! i had an infection in the walls lining my heart. it was scary and i layed there on that bed and i cried and cried because i thought i was going to die. my weight was a huge contribution to the cause. did i let that stop me? NO. i attempted working out, i told my husband this is it, i'm going to change! i'd stick with it for a week, i'd be doing great and then all of a sudden i would stop. i really don't know why i'd stop. i have been battling yeast infections since my son was born. ugh.. can't believe i'm going to say this but, i have had a yeast infection every single month since my son was born.. 2 years ago. my weight is the number 1 reason i can't get rid of them. i just keep feeding the problem. my hair started to fall out and i just didn't/don't look healthy anymore. my husband is fit, he goes to the gym every single day and runs about 4-5 miles a week. i can't believe he's stuck it out with me for this long with all my terrible habits. i found MFP thursday june 2nd. i really don't even know how i found it. once i did i clicked on the success stories and made my way through until i felt an overwhelming feeling of "why can't this be me?!". i signed up and vowed not to tell a soul other than my husband. i'm sure people are tired of hearing me say i'm going to loose weight and i don't need that negativity.

friday morning i logged in for the first time. i have logged all my food since then. i haven't lied even when i made less than ideal choices, which is a big deal for me. i typically lie about what i eat so i don't feel so bad when people see i've gained. i have exercised every day since friday even when it's only been 20 minutes of yoga.

i know things could be worse.. i could have allowed myself to get much bigger than i am. i'm so glad that i found mfp, i'm vowing to make this a permanent change. once this 50 pounds is gone, it's going to stay gone forever. i need this. my husband and my kids deserve a healthy wife/mom!

lclarkjr

The day for me was May 1, 1997. I was a sophomore in high school and on a field to trip to a theme park to study physics. At 16 years old I weighed 265 lbs, the heaviest I have ever been in my life. My friends didn't want to sit next to me on any rides because the lap bar would rest on my legs and leave a big gap for them. I made them feel unsafe... That was the day I will always remember as the day I realized that I didn't have to live my life like that anymore. I had the power to change it. I graduated high school two years later weighing 180 lbs. and joined the Army.

My weight has fluctuated quite a bit since then but I have never come within 40 lbs of my heaviest. And I am proud to say that on May 1, 2011, 14 years to the day since I said enough was enough, I actually ran a marathon. That is something that obese teenager would never have imagined. I began using MFP on May 2nd as a tool to make sure I wouldn't gain any of the weight back that I had lost during marathon training. Now I am under 200 lbs again and have my 2nd marathon scheduled in December!

Shash27

Truly said enough is enough??

August 2, 2010.

I was at a waterpark for my fiance's birthday and after watching the other girls just hang out and feeling like the fattest one there I had a meltdown that night. I felt not good enough, fat, un confident, ugly...you name something negative I felt it. I cried..and cried..and cried.

I woke up the next morning with a new resolve to end the negative feelings and feeling sorry for myself and do something about how I felt. I haven't looked back.

gtm124

Great stories and topic.

Food was my comfort. At least I thought it was. When I would get upset I would eat. When I would feel bored.....I would eat. You get the picture. On April 10, 2011, I stepped on the scales and was shocked that I had gained to an all time high of 267. I honestly felt ashamed and depressed. Rather than say screw it I am going to eat another box of Ding Dongs to feel better about myself I looked in the mirror profile view and thought what have I done to myself. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IT STOPS TODAY!
Then on April 12, 2011, I started MFP. As of last Friday I weighed in at 246 and I am not looking back. I am putting duct tape on the rearview mirror of my past. This is my chance to take charge and make a lifestyle change.

Thanks for the topic and allowing me to post.

Palache

Mine was on 12/27/2009 when I looked at the pictures from my sister's wedding! That same day I got on the scale and for the first time I saw the scale read 200+. That was a very sad and scary day for me.

That was in the past!!! I live a healthier and happier life!

withchaco

This is gonna be a long one...

My whole family is from Korea. My parents eat homemade Korean food 90% of the time. Unfortunately, during high school, things got really busy and neither of my parents had time to cook, so we'd have the same food every day, same dish or two. I got bored of this very quickly, and turned to fast food. I mean, I've always been pudgy, but this is when I went from 144lbs to almost 170. I think I had McDonald's five days a week... super size (back when they had it). Plus the school cafeteria junkfood. Yep.

To make matters worse, college happened, along with freshman 15, putting me at 180-ish. Even after college, I kept gaining steadily over the next few years until I peaked at 186. All this time, I never really cared about it because I was a confident girl. I was happy with my life; I didn't let my weight drag me down. I'd see so many girls get so unhappy with, or even resentful at, themselves because of their weight/ looks, and I was proud of myself for not being that way.

Confidence is invaluable... but without wisdom, it can be dangerous.

This year, I finally realized that I could be even HAPPIER if I were to become healthy. I could enjoy my life even MORE, and become MORE productive by becoming a healthy person. Plus, I met a little girl who weighed around 55lbs... And I was like, 'wow, I have to lose HER to be in shape?' I was even more overweight than I thought I was!

So that's why I'm here. I started counting calories and working out on April 11th, and been very happy with my new lifestyle so far. Even though I hope to reach my goal weight sooner than later, I will gladly stay on this path for the rest of my life.


EDIT: forgot to mention the reason I brought up my family being Korean. For years, my parents were trying to get me to eat homemade Korean food for weight loss/ health. But I just couldn't do it. I was wed to Western food. But I learned there were many healthy, delicious Western food as well!

Sarahr73

Mine was late last year when I my dress arrived and I tried it on for the first time since the store and it was way too tight. I cried a little that day. It took me a few motnhs, but I finally found MFP and the weight started coming off. In my first dress fitting I cried again, but this time because the dress was too big. I was so happy and still am. It's nice to have jeans that fit comfortably again and make me feel sexy.

carpediem3

1/11/2011 -- when my doctor said I had PCOS and was borderline diabetic

Life changing it was... 35.3lbs gone since that date!

jonbobfrog

July 2010 . . . My brother married an Indian girl and it was really hard to find Indian clothes big enough to fit me. I managed to, though, and they looked pretty good -- until I looked at the pictures. The clothes were beautiful, bright and colorful, and I was making them ugly by being so fat.

I didn't do anything about it then because I had a boyfriend who really likes big girls. He finds larger women sexy and was kind of discouraging about me losing weight.

Then we broke up and I was so depressed that I was too immobilized to do anything.

But then we went and visited my brother and took pictures and I finally realized that I was huge and really needed to do something about it.

Sooooooo, here I am. Just joined in May 2011 and am feeling good. I've only lost 11 pounds but I know I have the capacity to lose much more and I am so looking forward to doing fun things to myself just because I want to, not because I'm trying to distract people from my weight. (Like dying my hair crazy colors and having pretty tattoos and interesting piercings, etc.)

Good luck to all of you!

deb_rn

February 2011..I saw an old friend that I hadn't seen in several years and I felt like he must have wondered what in the heck happened to me! I was very ashamed at that moment that I had let myself go. So, here I am, a little lighter and feeling a lot better!!

MrsM1ggins

Christmas holidays 2010. Standing in front of the fridge. Again. Planning to eat. Again. Why? Boredom. Not hunger...boredom.

I decided then and there I didn't want to be that person any more.

wonnder1

My DAY wasn't really mine, but a coworkers. We were sitting in the lunch room eating an ice cream the company had provided. When she got up to get her 2nd one, I noticed that her legs from ankle to knee were absolutely BLACK. When she came back, I quietly asked her why. And she explained her Type 2 diabetes. And that she was getting the leg cut off. CUT OFF.

All I could think was that she could have just put the ice cream down and avoided all that. 2 months later she has passed away. I don't want any one in my family to say I had died or been mutilated because I just wouldn't get off my A**

wonnder1

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barbiex3

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withchaco

My DAY wasn't really mine, but a coworkers. We were sitting in the lunch room eating an ice cream the company had provided. When she got up to get her 2nd one, I noticed that her legs from ankle to knee were absolutely BLACK. When she came back, I quietly asked her why. And she explained her Type 2 diabetes. And that she was getting the leg cut off. CUT OFF.

All I could think was that she could have just put the ice cream down and avoided all that. 2 months later she has passed away. I don't want any one in my family to say I had died or been mutilated because I just wouldn't get off my A**

Now that's really scary. Diabetes runs in my family, and I'm glad I started this before diabetes found me.

jenniferlspies

January 2nd, 2011 at 197 pounds. Which was at 13 pounds less than my all time high of 210 pounds.

SammyPacks

Mine was April 27, 2011. 189 pounds! Now at almost 6 weeks I'm at 174.6 and still going!

lachicadelfuego

When I saw the pic that I now use for my profile. And when I heard my 11 year old talking about how she thought she was far and wanted to diet. I decided it was up to me to show her how to be healthy and not starve herself like she was trying to do.