What was the straw...

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  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    insulin resistance
    high cholesterol
    hypertension

    not being 40 yet

    worse still is having to go into a plus size store to find something that fit. This from a former gymnast!
  • AshDHart
    AshDHart Posts: 818 Member
    Husband having a blood sugar reading over 300 and me being put on oxygen full time. The perfect storm so to speak hit health wise and that was all it took. He has lost 66 lbs and I am down 60!
  • hafdis
    hafdis Posts: 43 Member
    After having a baby, 2 yrs later still not hitting my prepregnacy weight... For me having a baby made me aware of my mortality.. not in a horrible way but realizing that I want to be there for her as long as I possibly can!!
  • Mrjustesen
    Mrjustesen Posts: 2
    having my 5 year old continually pat my tummy and giggle and say I was getting fat. Lucky he is cute! And unfortunately right...
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    It was the 5th of February 2011 and I was about to step into the shower when I happened to glance in the mirror in front of me.
    Imagine a rather small boned woman with a perfectly round 34" belly with that sort of division down the front-frontal buttocks if you will. Yup that was me. I cried a lot that day and the next day I started C25K.
  • gpbaldwin03
    gpbaldwin03 Posts: 44 Member
    After 2 years of my wife nagging me (thanks hun) to go get a sleep study done because I would stop breathing at night, I finally went to the doctor. Of course, you have to get on the "dreaded scale" first. As I approached it my mind began to think of the worst possible scenario. "I bet I'm pushing 400", I said to myself. Then watched in horror as it ticked up to 485. Holy *kitten*! That's almost a quarter of a TON!

    That was the straw. That was 3 years and 102 lbs ago. It's gonna be a long process, but I'm going to be healthy again. For me, for my wife and for our girls.
  • jenstanley13
    jenstanley13 Posts: 193 Member
    Realizing a year and a half after I had my daughter I still had 20 of the 40 pregnancy pounds hanging on...I could have lost some before i got pregnant but was happy with where I was at but the extra 20 from my beautiful daughter means I cannot fit into any of my cute clothes that I like to wear. I woke up one day and realized i needed to get moving and get healthier so that I can set a good example for my daughter, instead of the "I'm skinny so I don't need to exercise" philosophy my mother taught me growing up.
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