What gave you that final push to start this journey?
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I just got this saying stuck in my head that if you want something different you have to do something different. I kept saying how I wanted to lose the weight yet I wasn't "really" doing anything about it. I have other areas in my life that I want better control over and taking charge of this was what I felt was a first step. I want to be healthier, happier, and more energetic. I wanted to show me some love and taking better care of myself was a huge step in that direction. Looking different and feeling different takes action and I knew I needed to do just that!0
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Myself, my 12yr old daughter and husband took a trip down to Orlando in October 2011. We went to Universal Studios and I was afraid to try to ride most of the rides. I told myself it didn't really matter if I fit or not cause I wouldn't have ridden them anyway. We had a great time anyway, but I KNOW as usual my weight held me back. I started playing with losing weight right after we got home but as usual didn't have any good results.
Then in November I gad another appt. With my nuro eye doc and he told me point blank that if I did not lose weight he would be drilling a hole in my head and putting in a shunt to help relieve the pressure behind my eyes. Well that scared the crap out of me and that's when I joined MFP and decided to make a lifestyle change.
And I am happy to say at my follow up appt at the end of Feb the doc was very happy with the 25lbs I had lost. I am now working hard to continue my journey and hit the next goal he set for me which is 250lbs by the end of July.
I truly feel that I can do this!!!!!0 -
When I realized even when getting out of the shower and standing in front of the mirror I didn't ever look at myself. I force myself to look in the mirror for a few seconds everyday to motivate me and keep doing it until I like what I see.0
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For me I hated what I saw and wanted to get healthier for my career BUT the main reason for mine was to actually get a muscular physique and because of my ex i had lost weigt the wrong way. To the point where I'm sure I had a minor eating disorder. So in reailty I'm happy I gained the weight back so I can A. do it healthy this time B. Do it for me and no one else.
and to meet the real me
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I took my 8-months-pregnant best friend to Target to register for her baby shower, and the girl behind the counter said, "Which one of you is pregnant?"
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My boyfriend of the time breaking up with me because I wasn't physically attractive.
Plus I didn't feel great, and couldn't buy cute clothes.
Now single and happiest I've beeen, look at me now haha
At the risk of saying something which seems out of place coming from a guy, I'm going to paraphrase Marilyn Monroe:
"If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
True that. If that's the way he felt you are definitely way better off without that in your life.0 -
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I had just moved to Kansas. Figured new place, new me (lame, I know). And I waned to get in shape before I started college and I wanted to have some self esteem and confidence which I have NEVER had. It was a rocky start at first. I'd do a walk here and there, rent some videos from the library, but I never stuck with anything. Finally in December, I looked around the local gyms to see what I could afford, joined the gym at my local community center. Was a New Years Resolutionist who actually stuck to their goals. :drinker: The progress isn't happening as fast as I'd like it to, but I feel a million times better.0
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A friend of mine died three weeks ago from a heart attack. A second friend had a heart attack the week after. He survived, but it was a wake up call. I will not be a statistic.0
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Feeling uncomfortable in my clothes. Having asthma. Hard to breath bending over to tie my shoes. Finally got totally disgusted with how I was feeling and looking. I am at an all time high for my weight at 240 lbs and did not want to let it get any higher. I had lost quite a bit of weight about 20 years ago with Jenny Craig but gained it all back and quite a bit more. So I know that I can do this on my own this time by counting calories(my Dr's suggestion for losing weight). I've only been at it a week and have lost 6 pounds. I have tried dieting many times over the years but this time I have a different attitude about it. I am going to lose this weight and keep it off this time. My goal weight is 130 lbs so I've got a long way to go but with support from family and friends I know it can be done.0
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My 3 year old, poking me in my thigh and asking me why I was so "Cushy" as he put it. I new I was in need of change, after seeing pictures of myself in my sisters wedding, but I didn't have the motivation last year and started then stopped. But my 3 year old made me realize I needed to change for them. I have a 4, 3 and 1 year old that need me to be here and healthy for a long time. There are quite a few illnesses that run in my family and I want to try and avoid as many of them as I can by being fit and healthy.0
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for me it is about setting a good example for my daughter. I have been naturally slender most of my life and have never had to do much to stay that way, however I have 20 pounds that have stayed with me for two years from my pregnancy and I am sick of it. I want to be that healthy, sexy mom that gets to be active with her kid and whose husband still has that spark in his eye and is proud of what his wife looks like. I know my hubby loves me no matter what my size but I like to feel attractive for him.0
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My sweet husband of 30 years had a heart attack on January 14. WOW! What a wake up call. They had to shock him 11 times to get his heart out of d-fib and back on a normal beat to stabalize him to do an angioplasty. He had a 100% blockage in the main artery on the right side of his heart. He's 60 and I am 55. He ate what I fed him. He had to quit smoking and take care of his health. I became deterimed to do this for both of us. He went and had tests done on Friday just to check and see how he was doing and the dr. said it was an amazing recovery. It is in a big way due to our lifestyle changes. We are eating healthy, losing weight and exercising. It was the push I needed. He has already lost enough that he's happy where he is. I still have a long way to go (90 or so pounds) but I am going to do this. YES, I AM GOING TO DO THIS!!!!!!0
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i think your ex was the one with the problem, you are adorable no matter what size you may be that he can never take from you, so do not let him have anymore power over you. there are men out there that will want you for you. i know i have a wonderful man but it took me 2xs being married and cheated on too realize that I deserved better than that. i still have low self esteem , but every morning with bed head and morning breath my boyfriend tells me i am beautiful. so hang in there and you will be blessed in all that is yours too come0
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At 298 lbs, I realized if I didn't change what I was doing, I'd be over 300 soon. I decided I wanted to be more active with my three kids and be around for them as they get older.
I started in Oct 2010 with walking and lost about 4 lbs. I switched to logging my food in Dec 2010 and the weight started coming off slowly. I lost over 50 lbs, but then plateaued. I got a fitbit a few months ago and it has spurred me on to increase my activity. I'm getting close to a total of 70 lost- soon I'll not be obese, but just overweight-what a goal!
I feelso much better- lots more energy and I'm the size I was when I got married. By my 20th anniversary in July, I'll be smaller than at my wedding!0 -
For me, I had gone through a pretty painful breakup. I have been suffering for a long time with self esteem issues, and well, the person I loved couldn't handle being around me anymore. My weight spiraled out of control after that. I looked in the mirror recently and cried, stepped on the scale and saw that I was at the heaviest I have ever been. I had never been over 200 lbs, and yet here I am, weighing over 200. The first step was getting help for my mind and now it's time to work on my body. It's time to get back to being happy with me because I have been unhappy for far too long.0
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For me it was a guy that I like very much. Met him on a dating site. We emailed each other for about a month and were very compatible. When we met for the first time, it went well, but within a couple of days he sent me an email stating that he could not overlook nor live with my "neglect of not doing anything about losing weight", but that we could still be friends. Additionally, he said that my goal should be a size 6 or 8.
I replied to his email pointing out items from previous emails as well as items on his profile that he had posted, all without attacking him in any way, just stated facts. I included an inquiry as to how he could state that I have neglected to do anything about my weight when he had only seen me once as he had absolutely no basis for that comment. We continued to correspond and saw each other for about another 6 weeks. On Christmas Eve he said that he felt he could commit to me and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day was great!!! I spent most of New Year's weekend with him only to have him dump me on New Year's Day, although he wanted to remain friends.
Since then we have seen each other a couple of times and exchanged a few emails and text messages. I want more than anything to show him that I can do this and look like and feel a whole lot better. I have no idea what the future holds for me in regards to having someone special in my life, but I have a dream that I will someday have someone special in my life who will appreciate me for the person I am, regardless of my physical attributes as they tend to change as one ages.
I do not know if my future will include this man in any aspect of my life or not, but it was great for a while to connect with someone as much as I felt we did on multiple levels and to be as compatible as I was with this man. Today it has been nearly 2 months since I have seen him and about 2 weeks since we have exchanged any sort of communication, so it may be a total lost cause for me in regards to him being a part of my life at any level, friendship included.
Understand that my current journey isn't being driven by my like of this man, but it certainly has given me added motivation. I AM doing this for myself as if anything, he did give me hope that there is someone out there for me. I just understand that I will have better luck in meeting other men if my physical looks were more appealing, i.e., smaller size. Although I am 5'8", I don't really feel that a size 6 or 8 is possible for me, but I will never know. I just keep on keeping on.0 -
2 classmates. that saying about being the example you wanna see = so true.0
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My boyfriend of the time breaking up with me because I wasn't physically attractive.
Plus I didn't feel great, and couldn't buy cute clothes.
Now single and happiest I've beeen, look at me now haha
he is a loser and he doesn't deserve you at all ..0 -
Crying in a changing room! it was the worst Ive ever felt! But only 3 seeks in Ive started to feel much better and so motivated to make this the time to be successful 0
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I had been getting bigger and bigger and there were a number of things that were making me realise I couldn't carry on this way.
♦ Going to Frankie & Benny's and not being able to fit in the fixed seating.
♦ Barely being able to fasten my seatbelt on a plane and certainly not being able to put down the tray without it pushing into or resting on my belly.
♦ feeling breathless when I walked into town
♦ sweating like a pig when I walked (briskly) to get a seat on the train
♦ getting a stitch in my side when wiping my backside & not being able to see the wee man unless I leant over or pushed my belly aside
♦ looking at my wedding photos and seeing how fat & round my belly was when my sporran slipped underneath my gut
♦ having to buy 46" trousers and XXXL shirts for the summer
Yet, despite all these incidents screaming at me to lose weight, I didn't seem to have the motivation to do anything about it.
In July of last year me and the hubster went out and bought ourselves new push bikes, with the idea of getting some exercise. We went out a couple of times together, but the weather turned and it wasn't always that nice. Nevertheless I started going out for an early-morning bike ride at the weekends, but I wasn't even thinking about what I was eating.
Then one of my best friends took me to task in the pub one weekend and had a go at me for saying that I was going to do something about my weight, but never actually doing anything. So worn down by all the nagging I agreed to give up sweets and chocolate for 8 weeks as we had our friends' wedding to attend at the start of October.
I started keeping a food diary and went online to find the calorie values of the fresh foods I was eating and that's when I stumbled upon MFP, or Facebook for Fatties as I affectionately call it :laugh:
The rest as they say is history.
I've been logging for over 7 months now, I've lost 50 lbs and have gone form couch potato to super-swim-star.
I've made changes that work for me; I eat/drink what I want, but I account for it and in doing so I am happier and healthier (not that I had any major health issues - my blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar levels were always within normal parameters - but I have greatly improved my aerobic capacity) and because I can physically see the changes, it's made a world of a difference :happy:0 -
I'm a type 2 diabetic and my Dr. said she was going to have to put me on insulin!! I didn't want that at all so I sarted watching what I ate and the pounds started coming off!! My blood sugars are under control now and I have actually been taken off one of the 3 diabetic medications I've been taking!!
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My final push was when I had to unbutton some jeans that I could previously fit comfortably...It was time for me to stop being in denial....and also constantly feeling heavy!!0
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I used to be very active and after a very dramatic pregnancy and one normal one, I stopped doing a lot. I went on hike with a friend and couldn't breath by the time we got back up the hill, my face was bright red.... I was a hot mess. This wasn't even a big hill..
It had just topped off other things, like my cloths not fitting, not being able to keep up with the kids.
My new rules -
Rule 1 - you can't complain if you're not doing anything to fix it
Rule 2 - No Excuses
I've lost 15 pounds since then all together, and a dress size. Not done yet, but on my way!0 -
I'm sure we've all tried this many times before - I know I have. But this time, I'm in it to "thin" it (lol).
Love that!!!
Was just so tired of being fat & feeling fat.0 -
My boyfriend is super fit and I always feel like people look at us thinking "Why did that fit and attractive guy end up with that fat girl? He can do much better." Her thinks I'm pretty, but I want him proud to be with me. I hate how I look in a bikini, this year I want to feel like I actually deserve to wear one. I'm also tired of being the fat friend. Not that anyone says anything, I just feel that way.0
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Thanks guys! Yeah he's been texting me asking what's new and I actually say what's new.. running, organic foods, etc
And he laughed "Since when do you run"
I said "Since when is it any of your business what I do anymore?"
^^^ Love this!!! What an *kitten*!!! He isn't worth your time....
and for the question... I knew I had needed to lose weight for a while now but I didn't know where to start so it made it hard to do that .... Started to eat alot of fast food and gained a few more kilos.. Then my sister put me onto this site and I haven't looked back... I love that I can eat what I want (in moderation of course) and still lose weight.... and now I've lost those extra kilos I had put on in not a very long time, I lost it in about a month... I am loving life right now and my journey has only just begun :bigsmile:0 -
I climbed on the scale one day to see a number looking back that would have put me in the morbidly obese range. Granted, it was late in the day and I was weighing myself with clothes and shoes on, but still, that was a number I just couldn't abide by. I began working out the next day and found MFPthe next week. I am really looking forward to the day when my BMI puts me in the overweight range rather than the obese range!0
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I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes....that was all it took. That diagnosis also nudged my husband into taking a look at his diet/lifestyle...slow but sure....0
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