What was a your wake up call?!

coquette87

Being home at Thanksgiving and seeing a picture of me and my horse together. I had a muffin top and a belly overhanging my pants. I tried dieting on and off again since then, but just wasn't in the right head space to do it. Jan 9 marked the beginning of my new healthy life style though, and I'm loving it!

bademasi

I had a rare form of Cushings Disease that caused me to put on 30lbs a month for over a year. When I finally got to an Endocronologist and she told me what was wrong... I was in surgery for a Pituitary Brain Tumor. This was six years ago. I am just now strong enough to begin to get healthy. I am Adrenal Insufficant from the surgery because they took the tumor and my Pituitary Gland. This gland is the master gland to Blood Pressure, Sugar, Thyroid, Balance, and hormones. I began this new journey to healthy living of diet and exercise November 15th 2011. I am so grateful to be alive and now have energy to loose the weight.


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kfitzpa

People at work kept putting their hand on my tummy and asking me if I was pregnant. And then one patient straight out asked me "boy or girl?", I was totally caught off guard and the next day I hit the gym.

Bethee101

My 3 year old was playing around with the camera and was taking pictures of me. I usually never take pics of me... when I saw them I was horrified!!

CRMrunner

1. Seeing a picture of myself lifting my kids out of the pool.

2. A student last year wondering aloud what I would look like if I still had a skinny face.

junyr

I'm in the Air National Guard. Max waist limit is 39 inches. I'm a touch over 40. Tried to use a Preparation H and saran wrap trick to suck up the last inch before testing.

That did it for me. I felt ridiculous.

becoming_a_new_me

For me, it was when I couldn't play with my little girl because it took a forklift to get me off the floor and the doctor told me to start planning my funeral because in about 5 years (at that point), my body was likely to shut down. That was in 2003 and I haven't looked back.

OliviaJoey1

I was driving and being so short I sit rather close to the steering wheel and my belly touched it. I have no energy, I saw my daughter following the same steps I was - ice cream, cokes (and lots of them), eating whatever whenever I wanted. and I need new clothes, we are going to Disney in October and I really dont want to be walking around with 40 extra pounds!

JamesThiel

1 High blood pressure
2 Type II diabetes
3 Feeling waaaaay older than what I am







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LolaGotThin

Seeing 200 on the scale at my doctor's office.
On a 5' frame, that's way too much weight and I'd been in denial about my body for a while. So I got up and got a gym membership and here I am, about 2 months later and 15 pounds lighter! :>

philOHIO

Having a 450 lb. doctor telling me I needed to lose weight! LOL (I was 1/2 his size)

mikki629

Seeing this picture of myself:
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Knowing that not even 3 years ago I looked like this:
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BSWELSDawson

I took blood test and found out I had extremely high sugar level, I was on the verge of being diabetic and was told by my doctor that I needed to lose weight and lower my blood sugar to normal.

kesteele

Looking in the mirror naked and not liking ANYTHING about me. Also feeling unattractive to my fiance -- which he says he finds me attractive but that's still in my head. ALSO having to buy a an XL tshirt and sometimes a label 1 or 2 at maurices......I don't like it....AND having to go try on wedding dresses.....

asml8d

being diagnosed diabetic... and having diabetic neuropathy explained to me. I never want that to happen!

twoscimitars

When I got a new refrigerator. I was looking at models online, and realized that I weigh more than most refrigerators. Seriously.

jennifer282000

Well all through my teens and up until I had my first child at 22 I was in excellent shape.During those 9mon I put on close to 100lbs, although I have managed to lose some of the weight I still have about 40lbs I wanna lose. I hate to see myself in pictures so I never take them and after losing my dad in november 2011 to heart disease. I Cherish every picture we have of him. I want to feel good enough about myself to take pictures so my kids will have them to look back on one day. plus I wanna be around for my family as long as possible because my dad was only 66yrs young. I would have loved to have atleast 10 more yrs with him..

RubyDarling

For me it was when my "fat" clothes started becoming uncomfortably tight.

GlenWalterGal

When I crossed over to the plus side of my favorite stores......heck! some of my favorite stores don't even have a plus size dept.

I want to go back to the good side, plus looking at my last vacation pictures did not help....how deeply depressing. So, that was it for me. Thank goodness I'm healthy but I don't want to get to the : high blood pressure/high cholesterol or diabetes range. So I'm making the changes before I get there.

mgleason01

I refused to buy the next size up in jeans. Than I saw a picture of myself and I look so much bigger everywhere!

Same here; I refused to buy the next size up. Also, all my additional weight was going to my mid section and I found myself wearing a shawl, jacket or some other cover up to hide my stomach and muffin top! For the first time since before the holidays, I walked around the office all day today without a cover up!

nevcqd

muffin top, body parts being squeezed into bra and bra looking like its going to explode, i don't like myself overweight, i'm missing out on life

Noadi

I had gotten my weight stable for a couple years and then lost about 10lbs in a few months after I moved into my own place where I was making all the food decisions. Then I broke my ankle, badly, it took months to even walk normally again. I gained back that 10lbs plus an extra dose of fatigue and being more out of shape than I had been before the accident. Weighing myself for the first time in several months and seeing that I had gained back everything I'd lost was really frustrating and I knew I needed to get it under control again. Plus I'll be moving in with my boyfriend soon and he's been putting off getting in shape for months so I figured if I was doing it too he'd be more likely to actually do it.

ssp1977

For me it was the realization that I weighed nearly as much as my husband...and he's seven inches taller than me. Yikes.

Kizzle87

Hitting the 300lb mark, even when I was 298 I could kid my self I was only in the 200's, 300's is just scary for me, and I'd love to have children but can't due to my weight.

Muirenn

When my Dr suggested bypass to help me I decided that I was not going to be that woman. I could do this on my own. So I set out to do just that.

SunSand76

Pictures taken of me... that made me cry...
I knew I had been neglecting myself, but those pics tipped the balance in my heart and head..

mmtrnr

1) I'd like to have kids soon... but I want to be healthy before I do that.
2) My students see pictures of my sister and don't believe we are related. I don't like being the fat one in the family.
3) To prove to myself that I can and I am worth it.

Oh yeah... and I don't like having to buy big bras!! Not cute.

nevcqd

OMG!! i cover myself up with shawls, sweatshirt, jackets (and i'm burning up), loose fitting blouses all so i could cover the major pooch my to tight pants create

Makethefatcry12

1. Being 4'10 and weighing 178 my BMI was 37.2. That is Obesity class 2. A BMI of 40 is considered morbidly obese.

2. Having a cancer scare and knowing I needed to be healthy and around for a long time for my husband and my children so other changes were needed (see next)

3. Being pre-diabetic and having knee problems. I couldn't go halfway up our stairs in our house without hurting and being out of breath.

Down 42 pounds so far since January 2011 and would like to be 125. That would be a 26.12 BMI. Still overweight but I have a large frame so that's fine for me

Jzslim

doc said diabetes and high cholesterol are back.I want off the meds