What motivated you to begin your weighloss journey?

sarahness

basically being unhappy about the way i look and feel. when i have to ask myself...."am i going to be the fattest person in the room?" when i go somewhere and then having that answer be yes is a real eye opener. in the last 6 months i have been called "fat" one by a male co worker and another by some random guy at the bar. i havn't been called fat since like middle school. that really sucked. looking at myself in pictures compared to my friends i just look disgusting. im tired of being the girl at the bar with her friends who NEVER gets approached. just tired of feeling horrible about life. THIS is why i am getting on board of the weight loss band wagon.

JackeeW

Well, what motivated me to begin THIS time (and hopefully this is the LAST 'beginning') is the fact that I graduate law school in 103 days AND have my 10 year high school reunion in July. Those are two very monumental events in my life and I don't want to let my weight hold me back from really enjoying those times.

JackeeW

basically being unhappy about the way i look and feel. when i have to ask myself...."am i going to be the fattest person in the room?" when i go somewhere and then having that answer be yes is a real eye opener. in the last 6 months i have been called "fat" one by a male co worker and another by some random guy at the bar. i havn't been called fat since like middle school. that really sucked. looking at myself in pictures compared to my friends i just look disgusting. im tired of being the girl at the bar with her friends who NEVER gets approached. just tired of feeling horrible about life. THIS is why i am getting on board of the weight loss band wagon.

**HUGS** I can really relate to a lot of your post. I'm so glad you're here and that you're taking action! You deserve to go out in public and NOT think those things about yourself. We're always our worst enemies though, aren't we?

SammyPacks

When my boyfriend began to lose weight and eventually started to weigh as much as me, even less...

Sinshu

I have always been bigger than most people my age and i hated it. having to wear crappy clothes i didn't like just because they fit me. so i decided i needed to change, and a bunch of friends decided to try to lose weight i figure what the heck i might as well so i jumped on the bandwagon. :laugh:

garnislitton

These types of online forums only inspired me to start body building.

Ladytulip

After sitting on my *kitten* for 3 yrs doing a degree and working full time, and realizing that none of my "going" out cloths fit ....... now i have the free time in the evenings, decided to put the time to good use and not become a couch potato

tdaddybarlow

I already knew that i had been gaining weight and was already miserable but coping. Well there was a day I was going to this men's Conference at church adn was rocking my "God belongs In My City" shirt with my fro-hawk...thinking i was looking like the man that day. i even posed for a picture (check my profile) and was anxious to see it. Come to find out someone had replaced the person I saw in my head with some fat, unhealthy, out of shape guy who vaguely resembled me...No wait! That is me!!!! Ugh!!! I was mortified!
From now on! It's beast mode for this guy!!!

Miss_dannii

Went to the fairground at Xmas and barely fit in the bucket seats on the rides, made me feel huge

xx

ready2smile

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AngelsDream4Peace

I am 5'1' the bmi of 38-39 and the number 200 on the scale is what my motivation was, just to add down to 137 when I weighed today!

mlucarelli74

I just broke off an engagement. It was the first time in my life I put myself first. It was the most difficult thing I have ever done. That gave me the confidence to start a whole life change. I am starting to put my needs before anyone else's. I want to feel healthy, happy and confident in who I am and what I look like.

loriamcq

Everyone has such amazing stories and motivations to start this change in your life. I hope we all have the conviction and confidence to keep it going and reach our goals.

As for me, I suppose like most of you I was concerned with a health issue and it scared me into doing something about it. And I also hate the way I look in photographs. I've had people say rude things to me about my weight. My kids are thin and healthy and get on me about changing my habits. Most of all I realized I'm married to a wonderful man who deserves better than what I was giving, so I will change. Besides, I'm a very headstrong woman and nothing gets in my way, so why am I letting food hold me back?? No reason could ever be good enough to answer that question, so it will never hold me back again.

I hope the best for everyone and keep up the good work!