Your decision to change?

lacroyx

was tired all the time. had problems sleeping at all. I'd be up going to pee every hr. couldn't get restful non-broken up sleep. I got caught sleeping at work. I assumed I had sleep apnea. went to see a doctor and he took one look at me and just said diabetes. I was slightly pissed at him thinking he was being arrogant. sure I was 480lbs. sure I had difficulty just walking 30 feet w/o feeling outta breath but he was right.

blood work showed I had diabetes II. once I was on the meds after a month sleeping was easier. changed diet, quit soda pop altogether. more energy to move. 100 lbs. less and Jan 2011 no more diabetes and meds free. I was fat all my life and didn't care until I developed diabetes. that was my catalyst to change.

so now I feel better, I figure I'll keep going and see how far I can go. I am not gonna stop now. more confidence, still shy a bit around girls but it's easier to find clothes now ^_^

MsD1984

Hey,

What made me want to lose weight? Simple death... However, you'd think it was being told I was going to die if I expanded but it wasn't...

i was 23, and my fiance was 27. We'd just moved into a BIG house and talked about starting a family. The day after we moved (25th August 2007) he had a heart attack and died. In front of me. We didn't know there was anything wrong with him so to say it was a shock is an understatement.

Afterwards, people had their theories on what happened to him and all I ever heard was "It must of been his weight". Now here's where my thinking went: OVERDRIVE! I was WAY bigger than him, yes at 24stones (336lbs) he was a BIG boy, but I was 33stones! (462lbs) logic says: I'M NEXT. (It turned out he had an enlarged heart when had nothing to do with his weight).

I started eating right and going to the gym. I lost 98lbs in 7 months... then it just stopped going down. I opted for a VSG (surgery) and had that in Feb 2010. I've come a long way with still more to go.

My motivation is seeing Adam's face on the day he died; and knowing I NEVER wanted to go out like that.

plargomar

About 2 years ago, my husband and I did a couple's biggest loser competition with friends for ours...winner getting to go to dinner of their choice. We won with the most weight loss. At that time, I dropped almost 30 pounds. Since then, 15 have snuck back on. I should have kept going but I just let life get in the way.

I can stil see the scale going up if I don't do something so I am trying to get back on the wagon. When I was in the prime of my weight loss time, I felt fantastic. I was running and enjoying it! I felt sexy and my libido was sky high.

Not so much. We go for a month or so before we "connect" nowadays. THAT does NOT work for me. If I get sexy at a 30lb loss...How's 50 lbs more lost gonna make me feel...??

I'm tired...of pictures, clothes shopping, not playing with my kids, of being successful at everything else but this one stupid thing in my life.

cmm7303

I posted here already, but had another moment where I KNEW I had to change. I went on a humanitarian trip to Africa in January, and everyone else that went is a runner (marathon-runner, triathlete, etc). I was DYING in longer sleeves, longer skirts, even shapewear, and trying to keep up with the group kicked my *kitten*.

I'm going to try and go back again in the winter of 2014, for a 3 month stay, and I need to be much, much trimmer by then. Living at my goal weight would be grand.