What was the straw...

MikeSEA

That broke the proverbial camel's back?

. I can say that I had known I needed to lose weight for awhile. But one day i realized that the term "man teets" had started being used more frequently in my presence by a disturbing margin.

Allyson1985

Straw for me was going into the hospital, nearly dead and not realizing it.

ronda_gettinghealthy

my othopaedic surgeon called me "OBESE",, :explode: rude (but he was right!):ohwell:

cloneme_losehalf

Oddly enough for me it was hurting my foot and having to be off of it for four days. I know I would not have had to be off that long had I weighed less and may not have even hurt it.

Cindy311

Just waking up one day and feeling like everything was just cracking under the weight (knees, back, ankles...).

thetorontokid2

buying a scale on new year's day and seeing that i was the biggest i had ever been!

jmelyan23

That I was only 27 pounds away from 300. I promised myself I would never EVER let myself get that heavy.

Pocket_Pixi

I got asked when I was due by a total stranger. I went home that night and started to get serious about losing weight.

Kmhornak

Having fertility problems. Not being able to qualify for a fertility study because I was considered obese.

NatalieWiley

That I let another birthday go by where I didn't hit my goal. I am tired of year after year saying I am going to get in shape and then that one year mark (my birthday) comes and once again I am no where near close to where I had seen myself. This time I am doing it because I WILL be in Vegas for my birthday!

sdwelk11

when I stepped on a scale for the first time in years and saw the actual number!!!!!!!!!!!!! After I wiped away the tears and I first tried to lose weight but i was doing it all wrong and now I am on the right track doing it the correct way!!!!!!!

NaomiLyn15

Trying on a bridesmaid dress for my friends wedding when it came in (6 wks after ordering) and not fitting into it. Lost 10 lbs for the wedding (crash diet), fit into the dress (barely), and then saw the pictures. Couldn't handle the way that I looked. I still cry when I look at them.... But, I am 30+ lbs away from that number now, and still paddling to get farther away.

jenbit

Being single again and realizing that if I didnt think i was atractive how could others

elfy66

A truly awful pic of me at a recent wedding where I just looked like a blob! I may dig it out and post it if I'm not too ashamed.

shawnscott5

My husband and I went clothes shopping one day because we never buy anything for ourselves. I found a ton of cute jeans and tops and I went to try everything on. Sad to say I left there with 2 t-shirts and eyes full of tears.

I refuse to go a size larger, so I just won't. My goal is to get back to a size 4 or 5, I am short and built that I can handle that size and still have meat on my bones. No more tears for this gal!!

winodini

Realizing that I still weigh within 10 lbs of my post baby weight....5 years after the baby :0

Kylesfa

Going to the doctor and seeing a number that was wayyyy to high.

srandle175

My mom is a diabetic and one day I asked her if I could check my blood sugar with her machine. I was just curious. But the number was very high. It read as if I had diabetes. I have an appointment next month to have it checked.

ryanfeltz

Went to my aunt's and she happened to have a scale... i realized i weighed as much as i did when i was pregnant with my first baby..... FYI not pregnant now..

SixCatFaerie

Dislocating my knee a little over a year ago while trying to get up off of the floor. (yep, just by getting up off of the frackin' floor!!!) Never have I been in so much pain! Took about 6 weeks before I could walk normally without crutches or a cane.

Then several months later my Dad looked so sad (hadn't seen him in about a year) & said that I should really try to lose some weight. It wasn't what he said - it was that look on his face! I'll never forget it. It was like complete & utter disappointment & sadness. Love you, Dad!

TooFatToFit

I haven't had a straw actually. I've been thinking for a long time of getting healthier. I just didn't accomplish much until I lost 150lb of betraying husband and suddenly I was free to start doing the active things with my kids that I'd been trying to integrate into our lifestyle for a year or more. I had already stopped overeating, now we were starting more active hobbies (geocaching, cross country skiing, etc). It wasn't enough though and somehow over the summer I managed to gain another ten...still not overeating, being more active...but I was eating all convenience and fast food. Not good for the kids either. I was already planning on joining a gym as soon as the kids started school again (since I was laid off in the spring and am going back to school, leaving me time) and I've done that. I had another app for calorie counting on my iphone but wasn't thrilled with it so I tried this one...and I've been very dedicated to it since then.

catlover98611

One day in Nov I woke up being sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. My kids were seniors in high school and I wasn't sure I wanted to be around to watch them graduate, let alone grow up and go to college. Thank God I found a wonderful program when I did that addressed the weight issue first so I felt like a woman again and not a beached whale, then came the real work...UGH... Happy to say both girls are in college and I'm looking forward to that graduation day!!!

learnbygoing

Realizing that I was one pound away from being listed as overweight. Obesity is a trend in my family, and I never want to get as large as my parent/grandparents did.

SmangeDiggs

Realising i had no photos of me with my newborn because i deleted all the ones that i ''looked'' fat in...well when you are fat of course you are going to look fat....duh

GApchnWA

I was asked by a lady at my church if I was pregnant. I'm unmarried and seeing a gentleman in the church, I became fearful that if she thought we were doing things to get me pregnant someone else might and that it would cause him to have to step out of his many roles in the church. So I got motivated to protect our reputations and reaquire what I had lost.... a healthy weight and my previous wardrobe!

elfy66

can;t post pics

msmellebelle

Many things...the scale is reading the heaviest number I have ever seen for me...I feel awkward sometimes around my boyfriend who recently lost weight...looking in the mirror and not recognizing myself...seeing pictures from vacation and wondering, do I always look that round?

Mostly, being habitually sick because my immune system has weakened due to obesity.

PrincessStubbie

You would think when I stepped on the scale after a very long time and seeing 303 that I would hit it hard and heavy...I lost 20 pounds, but put it right back on again.....I had been hovering around 300 again, but still nothing...my husband was diagnosed with diabetes back in August and so our whole life has changed...for the better! I follow his food plan now and the rest is history...I am not hitting 300 again!

auntbyte

Great question! It's good to keep my reasons for being here fresh on my mind.

I didn't qualify for a weight loss program because my blood work revealed SO many things wrong. Went to the dr., showed her this lab work and her response was "we just can't determine WHEN you'll have a heart attack" (!) With a really strong family history of heart disease and the scales off the charts, I started searching for help. Epicurious.com voted this website the best app.......and I was off and running!......er, rather, limping along. I don't know what it is about this program...maybe it's having to be accountable for every single thing I put in this old, beat up body. Touch wood, I'm averaging a 2.5 lb. loss per week (and my goal is 1.5).

DannyMussels

After field placement in Lima, Peru, saw some pics uploaded by friends in college from our trip, and I looked terrible.

We landed on the night of my 24th birthday.



Here's a pic from that day, birthday party on the roof of the Roosevelt hotel.

Realized how terrible I looked. Funny it takes someone elses photos or 'perspective' to make me realize it.

KazziaLlewellynn

I've been obese most of my life so that honestly didn't bother me, until a woman I know who is having a baby soon told me that her doctor put her "at risk" during her pregnancy. It was sad to realize that my weight could severely affect a child I want so very badly. God made me to be a mom. I don't want risk hurting my child, or dying young because I wouldn't change bad habits and laziness.