what was your turning point..

caroltina

My daughter came home from school and told me her and her little friend had been discussing the fattest Mammy in her class - turns out it was me! If it was a grown up i would have passed it off as a *****y comment but as it was just innocent -no maice - no hurt intended - just fact it really sank in. I have lost 7stone in the last 2 years - 98LB and I will have that 100lb marker before the end of the month I am gonna kill it! I have 4 lb to go because fo xmas weight but i will get there maybe even by next week

awdamm

I got diagnosed with PCOS. The only "real" natural cure is to lose weight. I feel like I can finally get this started after yearsssss of trying and giving up because if I beat it, I get the one thing I want most in the world. A baby.

i'm right there with ya!

just to add to it... A drivers license photo I found of mine about 9 years ago was my heaviest and i didn't even "notice" it probably around 225lbs! NEVER AGAIN! I"m down from that 203lbs but have about 30 lbs to go until I'm satisfied. not a "bmi healthy weight"for my height but I feel that weight is appropriate for my "build, bone structure and i don't mind healthy curves!

mickipedia

wow.. some of these stories really are amazing, its surprising how the smallest comments can make us change our lives

Well done everyone!!

Loudmom01

My TURNING POINT has been a long time coming but a few weeks ago my mother-in-law brought some pictures from 15 years ago and told my kids "want to see a picture when your mom was skinny?" I was mortified and humiliated. But it started my determination to lose this weight.

I was a personal trainer at one point in my life and then I quit smoking then instead of smoking I ate and put on pound after pound :sad:

After seeing that skinny picture and looking over current pictures I went out and bought Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. It comes with a downloadable meal plan. I am on day 3 and am looking forward to being able to fit back into 3 drawers stuffed full of the size 2-3 jeans I wore just 3 short years ago.

Also, and this is my biggest MOTIVATION, is that I will graduate with my BA in May. I refuse to have this extra weight on me for that event. AND the week after that my daughter is getting married. I do not want to be fat in her pictures and have to look at that for the rest of my life.

Poetic_

Age, I realized I was about to turn 29 in a couple months and 30 would be here before I know it. I want to get down to a nice healthy weight by my 30th birthday.

meg7399

Mine was how quickly I was buying jeans. I used to wear a pair of jeans for YEARS! Then I realized that after a few months I kept getting holes between my thighs due to rubbing. Everytime I was having to buy new jeans they kept feeling tighter and such. Finally when Lucky and JCrew didn't have anymore sizes for me to "move into" I thought NOOOOO! I will not give up my fav jeans!

This was in March of 2011. I am happy to say I just bought a pair of Lucky Jeans in a size 8/29!!!!

TinaRodina

I had lost 18 pounds about 9 months ago. I started noticing my pants getting tighter and general disgust with my body over the past few months. Then I went to my doctor and got weighed and ended up being a couple pounds more than my original starting weight when I had joined this site. *sigh*

amuhlou

one too many nervous breakdowns due to my weight back in 2010. My hubby (then fiancé) was always super supportive and always told me how attractive I was, but shopping for clothing always broke me down. I never felt like I looked as heavy as I actually was - and nobody really believed I had 40lbs to lose - but the clothing really told the story.

I had hoped to get fit for my wedding, but due to family circumstances we moved the date up an entire year to june of 2010.

Kind of a bummer that I wasn't able to be a thin bride but on the upside, our wedding pictures will always be a reminder of the body I never want to have again.

sonician1974

I didn't have one of those turning point "moments" this time, and I think that's why it's working for me now. In the past, it was always for a shot term goal. A competition at work, A pair of pants that didn't quite fit, but they were all short term cop-outs for a long term solution.

This time, I just started, no flare or fireworks. I cleaned out the cupboards of everything that didn't fit in the guidelines of Keto, and donated it to a food bank just before Christmas. It ended up being something like $200-300 worth of food.

And now, I'm just taking it one day at a time. I took a week or so off over Christmas, and in the past, I would have never restarted. This time, I just swung right back into it and lost whatever I'd originally gained over the holidays.

I do have a pair of pants I'd like to get into, but they're almost 100lbs away (from where I started). They're not the finish line, just a line marker to remind me how far I'll have come. That, and the new holes I have to notch in the belt I wear.

pretty_ribbons

A picture of me last summer at a festival :sad:

cafel3

Looking at myself while testing my webcam and thinking, "Who is that fat girl with the little head? Oh, it's me "

Allyson1985

My four year old neighbor pointed to a large oak tree and said, "You're as big around as that tree, Allyson!"

Shocking, but true.

Now, she sees me and says, "You're disappearing. Where are you going?"

So worth the pain I felt to get this response now.

gatorgirl7

my best friend died (he was a healthy athlete-he had an enlarged heart and we didn't know it--his blood pressure spiked, and it tripped his heart)--anyways, he died out of the blue, and i was miserable and life was too short to be this miserable--and i could CONTROL this. haven't looked back since i worry that i will gain it back, but it's been 4 yrs since i started and i haven't really gained it back so doubtful it will happen!

jcstanton

I got diagnosed with PCOS. The only "real" natural cure is to lose weight. I feel like I can finally get this started after yearsssss of trying and giving up because if I beat it, I get the one thing I want most in the world. A baby.

I'm right there with you on that one. PCOS has been a thorn in my side for the last nineteen years. :mad:

CrazyDaisysMommy

I was two weeks away from our elopement, and all I could think about was how horrible I looked in the dresses I tried on and how they were all a size larger than I normally wear. I started obsessing and I realized I was ruining what was supposed to be the happiest day of my life because I was afraid of what I'd look like in our wedding picture. So I stopped obsessing, abandoned my crash diet, and made a committment to making lifestyle changes. When we got back from our elopement weekend, I joined MFP.

maritenour

When my hips/thighs/butt were all too large to fit in a roller coaster seat!!

elusivezero

Not being able to find my size in clothing stores, and if they ever did - I'd be too embarrassed to ask for it.

bigtone34

Mine was simply seeing a photo that was taken. It didn't even look like me.

cheshirequeen

the family pics from xmas last year. i was so embarrassed. this is the new one thats my pic. i was never so happy replacing that photo with the years. the old one is on here to show how hard i worked and remind myself every day im not that person anymore.

pcarbo3

i have always been a "bigger" person. i'm not sure why, i know i don't exercise as much as i should have, but my sister and i have always lived together and eaten the same things, and she's about 10 sizes smaller than me. go figure.

anyway, i went through a bad breakup in college and actually LOST a lot of weight. but once i got over it, i started going out and partying, drinking and eating crappy food in the wee hours of the morning. then i went to law school, and the stress/schedule just put me over the edge.

I was diagnosed with PCOS my first year of law school and had a cyst removed from my ovary. my doctor sat me down to tell me how difficult it will be to have children, because that one ovary is operating at only 45%. I did some research, and found out the risks obesity carries for a pregnancy also. Finally, the PCOS can develop diabetes, and the last thing I want is to be diagnosed with type 2 at 25 yrs old. And I want to give my future babies the best chance at healthy development.

The scale tipped at 224 and that was it. I've been on a gently downward-sloping scale since. I've lost 12 lbs since I joined MFP, but prior to this I lost 26lbs just with diet and exercise. i just have to take it day by day.

AMO31

I was in a changing room trying on clothes the next size up from what I normally wear. It was one of those changing room that have mirrors all around so you can see your body at all angles. I didnt like what I saw.

mcdonl

I'm 5'7" and weighed 215. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE would tell me how fat I was, well I got sick of hearing that. So I did something about it!

215 is not much, you need new friends... just saying... anyone ever called me fat they would be swallowing teeth. I hear there stories and it infuriates me that people would actually call someone fat. Beyond my belief.

My story, always been bigger than everyone else... usually with a belly, but just bigger in the shoulders, etc.... Always played football or track and field (Highland Games) so lifting and throwing were my only sources of exercise. Once I discovered that I could actually do cardio, I started P90X and I hope to someday be down to 215 (Which would be a total of over 40 pounds lost for me which again, makes me a little perplexed that someone who is STARTING at 215 would be called fat. I am a little taller than you, but only 3".....

Dashal

I met up with a girl I hadn't seen for a few months and we used to have a thing. She told me out-right I was getting fat. Then these two rotund and likable chaps decided to chip in and give me a confidence boost.

Chaps: It's ok mate you'll be fine you're young you can easily get rid of it. Worry when you're 30.
Me: Umm I've just turned 30.
Chaps: Oh. Well watch out cos the first thing you'll do is not eat lunch thinking you can just drink and you won't put on weight. That doesn't work.
Me: Yep I do that now. I've had no lunch.
Chaps (laughing): well once you take up golf and telling yourself it's exercise you're doomed. Then you'll be like this (chap wiggles his paunch).

Little did he know that I'd completed my second round of golf the weekend prior.

Suffice to say I went to the gym the next day.. ;-)

tigerblue

I put on my largest pair of jeans ever, and I didn't think I was going to be able to sit down in them. Joined MFP the next week, spent a year losing weight, and now two years after starting MFP I'm still slim. I'm still logging everything too. I'll need to keep myself accountable for life!

Nos150

On the night of my one year anniversary

worst night of my life.

aa1440

Doctor put me on blood pressure meds when I hit 233 lbs. I refuse to take blood pressure meds for the rest of my life. Now, at 193 lbs. have not taken a pill in three months and pressure is normal.

YES!

BrendaLee

My health is going downhill fast, and I know the only shot I have at any sort of life is to get the weight off -- especially since none of the medications are helping. I'm tired of trying pill after pill and hearing every time I see a doctor, "You know, if you dropped some weight, this would probably improve." Here's hoping they're right.

Lindy901

Feeling like I couldn't breathe well enough when I laid down at night. Too fat to sleep? I think that was my final motivation other than the usual couldn't stand myself any longer but never doing anything about it.