What made you decide to change?
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Not feeling good about myself on my wedding day was what made me change my life. I got back from my HM & 270 days ago on August 29th, I started my journey on MFP. I've been here every single day since and I've lost 40lbs. I'm in my last 12-15 and I couldn't be happier about where I'm going.0
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I just got tired of feeling out of control. MFP and all the people on the boards have helped me start to internalize the difference between a "diet" and a "lifestyle change"...and that it's your overall choices over the long term that make the biggest difference. I am not dropping weight as fast as I used to but this feels so much more maintainable as a lifestyle.
Plus, I'm getting married this fall and I didn't want to look gross in all the pictures LOL.0 -
I too have 3 reasons:
1) I am in a wedding next June and don't want to be the biggest one in the party
2) Health Insurance, having a hard time getting a new plan due to my weight and its expensive as heck!!
3) My one year old adopted daughter. I am finally blessed with a family, I don't want to die early and not see her grow up.0 -
finding out I had diabetes in Dec. 2009. diet changes, being more active, lost over 100 lbs. Jan 2011 I no longer had diabetes. figured I'd come this far why stop now?0
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-My fat clothes were getting tight
-I didnt feel like doing much of anything...i was lethargic and lazy and had no energy or motivation.
-I didn't care to dress up or look my best...I just wore sweats and jeans.
-I constantly tugged at my shirt to hide my muffin top
-I hated taking pictures because I looked like a meathead
-I was becoming the "fat' friend in my group of girlfriends
-My husband wasn't looking at me like he used to0 -
Getting engaged, the fear of having to look at pictures of my wedding and hating them! I just wish now that I had of started sooner, so I could be down more by the big day.
Also wanting to start a family, if I have any problems getting pregnant I want to know it's not becasue of my weight and that I've done everything I can to be healthy.0 -
I gained a ton of weight in the 3.5 years I was with my ex. When I decided I was going to leave him, I knew I had to start looking good if I was gunna be single. haha0
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I have gained weight in the last few years for stress and other reasons, but what made me change was moving in with my boyfriend. We moved in together last May and I have gained 10 lbs in that one year. it makes me feel disgusting to have to buy a new outfit to go out because my jeans don't fit. I was off of work for medical reasons and basically lived in my sweat pants. About 2 weeks ago I looked in the mirror and I was just so sick and tired of seeing that person staring back who was not me! I used to be happy and healthy, I used to be more energetic. Seeing myself this way made me realize I needed change.
Today is my 13th day on the site and I am SO glad I joined. Everyone here is very supportive and non-judgmental, which is exactly the type of people most of us need to surround ourselves with right now!0 -
Seeing other fat people and thinking how bad they look and realizing I was them...0
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I was tired of being fat.0
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I am not getting any younger and I have wasted the last 20 years being a prisoner in this body. Life is passing me by and I want more life in my life.0
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