What sparked "I'm going to lose that weight!"

filmfanatic29

My annual doctor's appointment. I almost had a heart attack when I saw that I was at 225 pounds; I'm only 5'3"! I was mortified. I ignored it for a week and then said "Okay, I have to do something."


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Pandahead

I've been trying to find the motivation to lose the baby weight from my final kid for the last two years. Like some other folks, it was a picture that snapped me out of denial. I didn't recognize myself:



Because I used to look like this before baby:



And in the interim, my husband had a major career change--joined the military. I hate feeling embarrassed to meet the men and women he works with--especially his commanding officers--because I'm overweight. My husband doesn't care--he treats me as the sexiest thing on the planet no matter what size I am. Which, of course, makes me want to be fit all the more. A man like that deserves to have arm-candy for a wife!

adrian_indy

My pelvic fat was slowly eating my penis.

along21291

After gaining weight my freshmen year I said enough is enough and I wanted to learn how to sensibly control my weight and live a healthy lifestyle. It wasn't until I found MFP that I found out how to count calories and eat foods I liked while losing weight. I've eaten all my exercise calories and I'm close to meeting my goals for myself Love this site!

jmgcummins

The first time I lost weight it was hitting 199 on the scale. I didn't want to hit the 200's.

I kept it off until having a baby. This time what got me going was when my 'baby weight' was still not off after my daughter turned 1. She's 13 months now and I have lost 15 pounds.

bluebird321

Visiting relatives last year and realizing I was too embarrassed to take off my shirt when we went to the beach.

MummaAimz

We got family pictures done and I couldn't even look at them without crying...my thighs were wider then my 6 year olds waist! at 5'1 217 pounds was WAY too heavy! Plus I couldn't play with my kids outside durring the summer because I was so depressed about it and instead of doing somethin I just MOPED! Enough was enough! 2 months= 21 pounds gone for me so once I saw that there was no stopping me!

kimtpa1417

went braidemaid dress shopping with my best friend for her wedding. Saw that I looked horrible in everything she picked. That was just the icing on the cake...... I had known for a while and trying to find something that worked for me and my budget. This website is a life saver

Sweet_Potato

My girlfriend. She used to be a size zero but went up to a size 8 when she hit her 30's and her metabolism slowed down. I've always been a size 2, but I'm 29 and was worried that would happen to me. I'm not the most active person in the world, and I noticed I'd gained about 8 pounds in the decade since high school. I was a bridesmaid in my sister's wedding last year, and looking at the pictures I found myself wishing my arms were a little less thick. So I'm trying to get ahead of the game and get back to my ideal weight before I get older and it's harder to do.

kimad

Well I knew I needed to lose weight but I was doing nothing about it - I had yo-yo'd since the birth of my twins almost 6 years ago. My friends started running and were eating healthy and I said if I am sitting here fat in 1 year and they are at their goal weight I will be PISSED! So I joined them and we are all doing fantastic. This time I have made the lifestyle changes and have started exercising

Good work everyone.

summer827

I really wasn't spurred to make dramatic changes all at once. I knew what I should have been doing all along, but let things slide for about a year. I was waiting to be motivated to change again! That wasn't happening, but I was outgrowing my clothes. I went up a size (bought new clothes), those began to get tight and that did it. I just started going to the gym again. My initial goal was just to go twice a week. I did that and always when I'm there I'm inspired by other people taking care of themselves. I realized I should start tracking my intake again and "moved" here from another site. I've logged in every day since and really enjoy the accountability and encouragement I receive here!

thebigbige

My girlfriend dumping me for another man. I've been using this before, but this time I'm in it for real.

Mikaylarae27

We had a vacation planned with my husbands best friend, his wife and their daughter. While talking on the phone with her making plans for the trip she said to me, "Well at least I don't have to worry about you being all skinny and making me look bad this trip. hahaha" :noway: She is a heavy girl and the last time we saw them was before I had my daughter and I was thin. It made me so angry and hurt me so much that it was enough to push me. The next day I started my journey and I've never looked back. 25 lbs down went from a size 12/13 to a size4/ 6 and my profile pic is the bikini I bought while we were on our trip with them. I love her to death but EAT YOUR HEART OUT HONEY bc I worked my *kitten* off to get where I am! :bigsmile:

HELL YEAH girl! Be proud of that! You look great!

Konpeito

I was just tired of being the chubby one all the time, I remember my brother telling my sister because my sister thought she had gained a little weight "In less you are over 150 pounds you wouldn't look chunky" which at that time I was 158lb which he knew and knowing my brother it was to make my sister fell better but was also a shot at me (Same brother who called me a living trash can and a vegetable) I had enough, I didn't want to be the way I was anymore I wanted to change. Whenever I looked in the mirror I didn't like what I saw and I figured there was no reason not to want to loose weight even know I only recently started to loose weight

fininski

Being at my boyfriends house in the kitchen and realizing my a tummy paunch was resting ON the counter top :indifferent:

zml_mom

I had 2 kids back to back and went from 160-270 between them,
I hated how i looked and felt and was miserable

I can happily say that I know weight 156 and still going

and I lost it all in a year

itsuki

Two things, really. The first was looking in the mirror and seeing the first stretch marks on my belly. Then I decided to step on a scale after years of not doing so (somehow they always forget that part at the doctors lol). When I got on the scale expecting to be around 170 or so it ready 195, and I realized how close I was to hitting 200 and decided that I would not let that happen!

The fact that days later we were moving to a new location that is literally a quarter mile from a gym didn't hurt either.

Bunnyfufu87

Wanting realizing i gained 100 pounds since my husband met me! And wanting to like what i look like in the mirror

TheAnie

Two things. The first was six months of trying to conceive and failing to do so. Realizing pushing myself to lose weight could help. It hasn't helped yet(and I've lost more than 10% of my original body weight but have only just broken into a healthy BMI range), but in the end this is for more than a baby. And the second kick in the butt was this dress:

It killed me that I couldn't zip this dress up. I wanted this dress so bad it hurt. I'll never own this dress now, and I regret that. I'm hoping to find a dress that is just as stunning when I do lose the rest of this weight.

So yeah, vanity more than actual desires for health I think. I want to be healthy, and that is a major part of this, but the reality is vanity will always win out.

cecilia0909

After I had my first son I kept waiting for the weight to come off and when I got pregnant with son #2 I knew I had to change my lifestyle. I was extremely unhappy with how I looked and the fact that I hardly had any clothes to wear even though my closet was full because I didn't fit into any of them.

When I took an old pair of jeans that used to fit pretty loose and needed a belt and couldn't get them past my lower thigh, I knew I needed to finally do something.

rayzerwolf

A picture of Adam and I together at my brother's graduation + stepping on the scale for the first time in months and seeing it not only over 200 (first time in my life, even if I've always been a heavy girl), but at 230. For some reason I was okay with being overweight until I was over 200---then it became unacceptable.

same here except the pic with Adam lol but it was some one elses grad photos

xsmilexforxmex

I realized even my 'fat' pants are too big... I have been wearin sweats for the last 4 months. I want my cute jeans back

ChasingHaven

1) Diabetes runs rampant in my family and I've been ignoring it too long.
2) I've lost weight before and dropped 30 pounds. I've gained back 50 : (
3) I've got all these skinny pants waiting for me.
4) I weighed the most I've ever weighed in my life -209
5) I can't ever remember looking thin and being comfortable with my weight. This time I will do it!!

loustevo

I went into premature labour a couple of months ago and very sadly lost my little boy. I want to lose the weight I gained as it's a constant reminder of what I've lost. :-(

CouchSpud

1) Diabetes runs rampant in my family and I've been ignoring it too long.
2) I've lost weight before and dropped 30 pounds. I've gained back 50 : (
3) I've got all these skinny pants waiting for me.
4) I weighed the most I've ever weighed in my life -209
5) I can't ever remember looking thin and being comfortable with my weight. This time I will do it!!

Point 1 I subscribe to
2) Lost 51/2 stone and put 4 back on
3) Lots of changes at job front and feeling edgy all the time - I need my work outs back to stay sane

vingogly

1. I've been on hypertension medications for decades.
2. Atrial fibrillation episodes for the past 11 years.
3. Gout attacks several times a year due in part to my meds
4. Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.
5. Joint and back pains due to the extra weight
6. I'll be 65 ... if not now, when?

The straw that broke the camel's back was a major gout episode last March in my heel ... I had to use a cane for a week, and asked myself: is this what I really want from life when I get older, or do I want to be one of those healthy and active seniors?

cjipping

At my friends baby shower we played the "guess how many inches Mary's stomach is" game, you know when you cut a piece of yarn the size you think the mom-to-be is around the stomach. Well trying to be nice i measured around my waist and added a few inches..........guess what............I WAS THE WINNER. I was horrified.

My friend was 8 month pregnant!!!!

Yea....so...that's why.

KacieHetrick

Finally getting answers for why I was feeling so sick, tired and gaining weight! I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease after 5 years of wondering what was going on! I finally have healthy thyroid levels and I CAN lose! I'm finding it so easy to lose that I'm nervous that when I plateau I'll give up easily, that's why I think it's so important to have a support group!

eg140

My wife and daughters telling me I am getting fat. Out of breath going up a couple flights of stairs. And the final straw was hitting my self imposed warning to lose weight was if I couldn't remove my wedding ring from my finger. That freaked me out.

Dauntlessness

I thought one day "Life doesn't last forever and I have wasted 31 years not liking myself". "I want to feel skinny(healthy) for the first time in my life".

Pretty much that