What was the deciding factor for you?

ioannaheartsyou

I lost quite a bit of weight before last summer, I think I might even have been in the first stages of anorexia, but then the summer came and when it was over I promised myself that I'd never starve myself again, so I didn't weigh myself and ate whatever I wanted for a couple of months. Then I weighed myself about a month ago and realized that I had gained 5kg since September. I decided to cut down a bit and lower my weight bit by bit until my BMI went down to 18.5. Haven't made a lot of progress, but working on it.

BruteSquad

I was at a target shoot at my brother's house, huge event we do every year. We film a lot of it for posting. I was editing the film a few days later and while going through the video asked, "Wow who is the fat guy in the blue shirt?"
If you hadn't guessed, when he turned around I was looking at me.

spectralmoon

It dawned on me that all of my photos looked so much worse than what I saw in the mirror... and it was because I was in denial. Buying new clothes got harder, and as soon as size L started to look stretched, I broke the false image and got up to do something about it.

marinemomx2

I like many, avoided cameras like they were the plague and was in denial about what I really looked like. My defining moment I think was the fact that I was getting older (just recently turned 47), my children are getting older (25, 23, 20) and I am moving to the next phase in my life which will be grandchildren! I wanted to be able to be around and be healthy for my kids and my future grandchildren. I changed my food about 10 months ago and lost 30 lbs. I recently added exercise in support of my son that is deployed to Afghanistan. We have a friendly competition going on between the different companies called Miles to Afghanistan where we are trying to "walk" to Afghanistan and back before they return. That friendly competition has now sparked an exercise plan that is helping me to get healthy and fit! I don't hate the mirror as much as I used to and still don't like pictures of myself but it is getting better

julyeleven

Seeing a picture of my ex boyfriend with another girl!!! And I wasn't even in love with him anymore!!! Women... we are terrible!

jrmc83

I got winded while walking around Disneyland for my birthday. That made me really, really sad and really, really motivated! When we went back I didn't get winded.

supermum123

seeing hideous photos of myself on a recent holiday, doctor telling me i had high blood pressure, high cholestrol levels and was at risk of developing diabetes, feeling my stomach wobble everytime i walked, looking at my back boobs in the changing room mirrors :sick: and to top it all .....finding out i actually weighed more than my husband. :embarassed:

mrosem87

Realizing that I wore yoga pants all the time because none of my jeans would go past my thighs anymore. Then finally stepping on a scale after 5 years and seeing that I had gained 55 pounds during the time between. It was definitely a wake-up call.

tammyandzach

Had baby #1 in 2006. Had my galbladder out in 2007. Then had another baby in 2008. In 2011 I had baby number three. During the prenatal process I got so sick of people saying it was hard to find the heart beat because I was so fat. and I was in agonizing pain the whole time. The doctor said it was normal and he was growing normally. Well he ended up being 11lb7oz. and the pain I was experiencing was a hernia from my gallbladder surgery in my stomach lining by my belly button. My colon was sticking out and could get strangulated. I had the surgery which was horrible with a horrible recovery. If I lose weight we can hopefully prevent the patch from reherniating. I also want one more baby but not like this. I can't be pregnant again like this. So by my babies second birthday I intend to be at my goal and then we can reevaluate. Then I can also have a skinny pregnancy and experience pregnancy like the rest of the world does. I am currently pre baby number three weight and 10 lbs from pre all baby weight. Then we start chipping away at the rest of the extra weight. 1lb a week will get me to my goal on time.

vallemic

I was trying to figure this out the other day because for whatever reason, this attempt at losing weight has WORKED and I have been able to stay motivated and not give up! What was the deciding factor? Like many of you, I knew for a while that I had to lose weight! My BMI was actually in the obese section (which shocked me... 33 lbs overweight is considered obese, according to the charts I was looking at), all my clothes were tight and I refused to move up to size 14! But honestly, it was the only thing keeping me from being 100% happy. I have a wonderful husband and a healthy child, great job, financial security, everything a woman could want but I still felt a little unhappy and started avoided social situations (and I'm a social butterfly)! So I knew it was time to get my life back!

AmyMgetsfit

Quite frankly I am very repulsed when I look at myself in the mirror. I also hate clothes shopping because I am so large. Looking at the Christmas pictures made me cry. I am embarrassed to visit family members out of state. When my father in law was in the hospital with heart attack, my first thought was don't die until I lose about 40lbs. The thought of going back to my home state and being seen by people that haven't seen me in years, made me panic. I just started trying to lose weight 2 weeks ago, so I have a long, hard road ahead.

nikkiej2012

My doc always saying I am obese (well on the chart) and now I have an eye condition which can cause be to become blind overtime if I don’t lose this weight

usernamejoe

Doctor handed me 12 pills 2 years ago and said "Feel like taking these daily, if you live that long" I was 260 ish about that time, down to 212 now.

Oh, and I opened a door for some people coming into a building and the last guy (big guy) said "us BIG guys don't need jackets, we have weight keeping us warm!"

dogacreek

The turning point for me was when I bought a new motorcycle which was larger than my other bikes. We took a trip and I burned the inside of my leg really bad. It took four months for the leg to heal. I was totally digusted with myself. I started by just counting calories and then eventually excercising. I'm just losing one pound a week and am over half way to my goal. I will make my goal, I have no doubt!