What was your Ah-ha moment?

HER94

When my current partner told me that he wanted to lose weight and when people would shout at me in PE for not taking part and being competitive

There is no chance im being the big one in this relationship (think this proves i am competitive)... and i want to feel sexier and be able to take part in group sports events without feeling like a failure
Bring it on

B_L_A_Z_I_A_N

I have a list lol

1) when my grandma looked at me and then turned to my brother and said "you look so skinny!"
2) when I went out on my 21st birthday and then only reason I wasn't the "fat girl" was because there was someone bigger than me there
3) when I weighed as much as my b/f
4) when I couldn't find anything I liked at my fav teen store that fit right

etc lol

tonilizzy88

my momentmy 23rd birthday i got rather drunk and my boobs kept falling out of my dress :embarassed:
i then seen pics of myself in the morning and OMG i nearly cried...... i joined the gym the next day and havent looked back that was may 29th of this year

lakenleona

The moment I decided I was serious about losing weight and knew something had to change was when I walked in to work at a new job and had to go up a flight of stairs and I was out of breath by the first set of stairs and still had another to go! I took the elevator for the first few weeks, but now I pass it right up and take on those stairs every morning!!

PandaFit450

Well I guess you could say my Aha moment was when I had my heart attack. Tossed my smokes to my wife in the ER and said, "I guess I'm done with these." And I was, haven't had one since. Did not like the idea of leaving my kids and wife behind, so started exercising and eating right. Not really trying to lose weight, I found that it's coming off, 25lbs in 3 months so far.
I think I just lost sight of what mattered (family vs cheeseburgers and smokes) and needed a check to my mortality.

I'm SO with you!! My ah-ha moment was watching my husband have a heart attack and realising that our lifestyle had lead him to this and it could've been prevented!

ladybg81

I really can't say that I had one. I've always been thin and never had to struggle with me weight. I had my son 2.5 years ago and gained 60 lbs. I lost about 50 through breastfeeding and just sheer luck; I certainly did not tame the eating beast. I tried a few things like weight watchers for a few weeks but always fell back into the old habits. A friend at work started taking some RX weight loss pill and was telling me about her counting calories, etc. I went to my dr for my yearly and asked what she recommended. I only wanted to lose about 10 lbs to get back to my prepregnancy weight. She recommended the same pills. I took them for 3 days and thought I was going to DIE. I was so light headed I could not even get out of my chair. So, I stopped taking them and my hubby found this site and we BOTH started counting calories. I lost 25 lbs (15 more than originally planned) and my hubby lost 40! We are both maintaining now and exercising to tone. Mine really just happened by accident. If I would have known it was going to be this easy, I would have done it 2.5 years ago.

APO_Katie

My aha moment was when I looked in the mirror in my undies and saw a fat, ugly, Mommy. I just sat down on the floor in my bathroom and cried. My husband came in and asked me why I was crying. I told him I didn't want to be "fat anymore". He said "Squishy, no matter what your size, I'll still love you." (Squishy is my nickname.) Well, I didn't want to weigh more then him anymore and I just needed to lose the weight for me. I know that sounds selfish, but I just do. I need to lose the weight for me mostly, but I also need to lose it for my daughter. I didn't want to be the Mommy that couldn't keep up with her as she grows up.