What brought you here?

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cgrout78
cgrout78 Posts: 1,679 Member
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So I'm curious to see what brought people here, to the point where they were really ready to lose weight. Mine was the fact that I I was worried about the buttons flying off my pants everytime I put them on. Plus I bought a bunch of new undeclothing type of things that I want to look HOT in. LOL.

I suppose secondary reasons are just general health and wanting to keep up with my kids. But truly vanity is my main motivating factor.

Always looking for friends too!!!
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  • 00Steph
    00Steph Posts: 10
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    I was married in July, and in September he wanted a divorce b/c he fell in love w/ someone else. In October I was diagnosed w/ stomach cancer, and after the treatments I was put on steroids I gained a lot of weight. I finally got off the steroids and I am in full remission, I was so depresed for so long that I finally decided to take my life in my own hands and get fit and lose the weight. But I learned pretty fast I would need support, and it seems like this site is the answer to all my prayers. :)

    I can always use a friend too!!
  • cgrout78
    cgrout78 Posts: 1,679 Member
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    wow...congrats on your cancer being in remission. That is really awesome for you. Good luck for you!! If you could beat cancer, I'm sure you can lose that pesky weight.
  • Pookylou
    Pookylou Posts: 988 Member
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    Steph that is fantastic news, weight loss should be a breeze after everything you've been through.
    My "straw" was my ork trousers, that got super tight and I was too ashamed to ask to order a new size, so I thought, gotta get my eating/exercise on the right track!
  • Schmarrn
    Schmarrn Posts: 22
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    Well I grew up being teased about my weight , my own mom would be one of my biggest bullies... Among w/ other problems I'd eat my emotions,always anxious 0 energy... It's pretty difficult for me to write my reasons here( lotta drama) Im glad I came accross this site bc here I met. Really great friends that make everyday struggle bearable :-)
  • annameier8706
    annameier8706 Posts: 572 Member
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    After having two kids, and not really caring how MUCH i ate, I was the heaviest I had ever been. I was self concious and none of my clothes fit right. I hated being naked, even when I was alone, and it was severly affecting my sex life, which in turn was affecting my marriage. So i decided it was time to do something about it. I started tracking what I was eating in a journal just to watch how much I was eating and be accoutable for everything I was eating. I also started selling AdvoCare and took their 24 Day Challenge. The cleanse portion of that forced my to change the way I eat. Then my friend told me about MFP, and I've been tracking ever since. I have lost approx 12lbs since the 10/1/11.
  • ladyprofaz
    ladyprofaz Posts: 66
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    I couldn't walk more than 1/4 mile without severe lower back pain. I was sent to the physical therapist who said the only thing that will help is exercise and getting the weight off. Somehow, I heard it. So I am 9 pounds down and up to half a mile without pain.
  • Calorie_Killa
    Calorie_Killa Posts: 91
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    I was married in July, and in September he wanted a divorce b/c he fell in love w/ someone else. In October I was diagnosed w/ stomach cancer, and after the treatments I was put on steroids I gained a lot of weight. I finally got off the steroids and I am in full remission, I was so depresed for so long that I finally decided to take my life in my own hands and get fit and lose the weight. But I learned pretty fast I would need support, and it seems like this site is the answer to all my prayers. :)

    I can always use a friend too!!

    What an awesome and inspirational story. Congrats on your remission! If you've made it through that, I doubt you won't be able to take on this measly little thing called weight loss.
  • thefishers4
    thefishers4 Posts: 165 Member
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    I joined back in March because I woke up on March 3rd and decided that I wasn't happy with myself anymore. I wasn't happy of who I had become. I had no energy and I couldn't be the mom and wife I needed to be for my family. I can always use friends.
  • Calorie_Killa
    Calorie_Killa Posts: 91
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    Pictures and being utterly uncomfortable is what made me start to change my lifestyle. I looked at photos from my 30th birthday party two years ago and I looked horrible. I was so big my skin looked extremely tight as if being stuck by a pin would have made me explode. I just looked extra uncomfortable because I was. I would get short of breath walking stairs, could hardly bend over to tie my shoes because my stomach was in the way and I couldn't fit any of my clothes anymore nor could I fit the things I liked in the stores. Three months later I joined a gym. 8 months later is when I got serious about losing and that was 16 months ago. Still going strong!
  • kevin3344
    kevin3344 Posts: 702 Member
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    My story is a little different than everyone elses. I actually didn't have any weight to lose. However, my sister-in-law was concerned about her weight and asked me to help her. I found MFP on my iPhone, and she joined the website.

    What changed for me was I thought I was in shape, but I didn't have any idea what I was eating. I would just run it off. I totally changed my diet to eating more nutritious foods, drinking more water, and adding circuit training to my workouts, which has totally changed my core. I'm stronger now than I have ever been. And my running times have gotten faster.

    A little later, I found the Community site of MFP and enjoy encouraging others. *And* my sister-in-law has lost 17lbs in just about 4 months! MFP is a great resource and who knows where we would be without it :)
  • Skyking1964
    Skyking1964 Posts: 4
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    I am pretty new here, my nutritionist suggested the mobile app to keep my food diary, I am on a physician supervised program at this time, eventually having a gastric bypass in the spring, I have found a lot of very good food and exercise tips here. I started exercising about a month ago, and was surprised by how much I like it. I have about 160 lbs to go, and try to workout as much as possible 4-5 times a week, so far I have lost almost the amount of weight the program requires me to lose by April.
  • gargoyle999
    gargoyle999 Posts: 117 Member
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    My feet hurt ALL the time! I am standing or walking a lot at work for a 12 hour shift. Even on my days off my feet hurt. Pain is a motivator. I went on vacation the beginning of March and had two weeks to think about things. Decided it was time to make a change. 2 weeks after getting home it was out with the old and in with the new. And after losing 66 lbs my feet feel great!
  • amaodonnell
    amaodonnell Posts: 100 Member
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    I have always been a bigger girl and a little over a year ago was diagnose with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. I am stubborn and didn't want to pay for anything to help me lose weight. I had been doing good with weight loss, I had lost 8 pounds in 9 months, but then it promptly stopped.

    My friend told me about this sight and I thought that counting calories wouldn't help much. Oh boy was I wrong!!
    This site has helped me so much.
  • christinehetz80
    christinehetz80 Posts: 490 Member
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    I tried it over the summer and was hitting the gym really hard with cycling, elliptical, zumba. Then I'd come home and eat cake, chips, and second helpings of dinner. So I of course saw NO results. Then it hit me.....I'm gonna be celebrating my 10 year anniversary and though I don't loathe how I look.....I don't love it either. I have rather healthy self esteem so I look pretty darn fabulous when I get dressed up, but it also takes tons of shapewear to squeeze into my favorite looks. We are gonna be renewing our vows at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekender and I realized I wanna look and feel fabulous. My father is diabetic, had a stroke over a year ago, my mom has back issues. I know both of them have these issues because of their weight. I don't want to be in those shoes. My husband stays what I call "old school" fit so he doesn't exercise in terms of running or lifting weights, but he has an active job, surfs, swims, does tons of outdoor activities. I want to make sure that although I can keep up with him now that I continue to keep up with him in years to come. So vanity, wellness of being, mind, and body, and preventative measures. All of those reasons brought me here to where I am. I'm now doing c25k, watching what I eat, and loving every minute of it. Yes its hard. I'm still nowhere near my goal weight, but I feel AWESOME. So I hope to continue with a long term lifestyle change. :)
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
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    At 57 I just ad my 4th child. I have Type II diabetes, and cholesterol issues. I wanted to stay around for my kids to have a dad, and this is the most logical approach.
    I've lost 22 lbs, been taken off most of my medication, and I'm exercising every day.
    So it may be working!
  • pholbert
    pholbert Posts: 575 Member
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    I am in my mid 50s and got tired of yo yoing up and down.
  • BobbyClerici
    BobbyClerici Posts: 813 Member
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    I was too fat and wanted not only weight loss but peak fitness.
  • kaetra
    kaetra Posts: 442 Member
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    Outgrowing my pants, a very scary cholesterol test result and realizing that I was way too close to out-weighing my husband.

    What actually brought me to this site was my mobile phone apps store. I am so very thankful I found MFP, it has made ALL the difference!

    Now those pants I was outgrowing hardly stay up. I tried on a size smaller pants yesterday, and even they were pretty loose!
  • zoe4friends
    zoe4friends Posts: 727 Member
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    My new phone :-) I was trying to lose weight before, but never really stuck with anything, so when I got new phone I just started browsing apps and here I am ( actually i didn't think I will last that long on here) but it's been 3 months now. So happy I discovered MFP
  • rpphillip
    rpphillip Posts: 230 Member
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    Hello and welcome add me as a friend, what brought me here is a need to better health, hight blood pressuer and shortness of breath. I use to be active and I'm not sure when or where I stoped ,but life happens and now I am trying to get back to being as fit and healthy as I can, before it is too late!

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