When did you decide to start losing weight?

ipsamet

My mom got really sick - she was in the hospital for a month, in and out of the ICU, finally got out and was diagnosed with breast cancer. I decided that I wanted to take control of my life, and be as strong and healthy as I could possibly be while I was still young enough to enjoy it. And know that if I ever do get sick like that, I'll be in the best shape of my life to fight it.

Amanda_Rae_Rae

When I decided that I was sick and tired of having to use an inhaler (my asthma was brought upon by my weight gain) every night, and worried about my heart.

xsaribarix

My breaking point was when I had to have my mom or boyfriend help me with my shoes and socks because I couldn't bend over that far. I still have to sit on a chair if no one's around. I've only lost two lbs. from my highest weight before joining MFP in April the day before my 30th birthday, when I've said: this is it: I've had enough! When you need special implements to clean up in the shower and you need to do friggin' acrobatics just to wipe your @ss every day - when it gets to THAT point, ya it's time to lose weight lol

EBFNP

I gained 20 lbs one semester in college after losing 40 lbs previously. I have been trying to lose ever since. However, with nursing school then graduate school, the lbs packed on and I gained a total of 60 lbs in 5 years despite working out and "dieting." However, last year prior to graduating my Masters, I really had enough. I didn't want to graduate looking the way I did. I cut my hours as a RN while I finished my Master degree, and I spent the extra time in the gym. Less stress=weight loss. Now I have lost nearly 45 lbs, and 15 to go...I've learned a lot about eating and exercise plans since last year too.. Loving my new lifestyle

kdeaux1959

March, 2011. I had just had enough, and it was time for a change.

Mine was much the same reason. Just was December 2011 when the scale read 344... I knew starting during the holidays would be impossible so I began January 2.

Dwamma

It was just time. I am 45 years old and have fought my weight all my life. I needed to make a lifestyle change not another diet. I signed up for a gym membership in Nov 11, but didn't really use it untill March of 2012. The gym was supppose to be my stress relieif from school and the teenage drama at home.....but it motovated me to change my life! For Good!! I love working out now and I make much better choices about my food as well. Thank God that I have been finially moved to change my life for good!
Best of luck to you!
Blessings!! <><

pantsdailyon

Heart attack.

jacque930

April 25, 2011...I was sitting at my desk doing my work and I was halfway through a can of Pepsi when I had that epiphany moment. I decided at that point that I was NEVER going to live that way again. A little over a year later, well, see my ticker.

That is absolutely fabulous.. sometimes it is just a decision that happens in your day.. bang.. hits you, you just decide I want to change.. Great Job!

butterflylover527

I decided to get in shape a year ago when my mother ended up being hospitalised for fluid aroud her lungs that was caused by a scarred liver due to being over weight. I see what she has to go through every month when she has to go back and get the fluid drained so she can breathe. I don't want to go through that. After spending hundreds of dollars on diffrent weight loss programs/ products i found MFP and decided to give it a try. Since starting this 2 weeks ago i have worked out every day and lost 1.5 lbs it would have taken me a month to lose that on other programs/products. I even feel healthier! :happy:

That's amazing, keep it up!

butterflylover527

November 2011 I went to Cali to visit my brother, we went to Catalina Island to go zip lining and the walk to the zip line was like a mile long and up and own hills and all that great stuff I was so out of shape and deff lost the race with my brother... that I just decided that it was time to take back my life and live it the way I know I should.

I want to do that so bad!!!

nickyfm

When my bingeing was out of control, due to my also out of control sugar addiction, which was especially concerning due to having PCOS. This was also coupled with the fact that I was always exhausted, felt fat, unattractive and generally unhappy with myself. My once fit, 110 pound, happy frame was a thing of the past.

I had a million 'breaking points', but I would often fall off the wagon after a few weeks, and just end up gaining the weight back again.

However the literal turning point was on Valentines day this year. I had lost about 5 pounds before then, but I was struggling to keep it off due to sporadic binges. On V day I had a particularly large binge, due to the fact that I was lonely, and figured "**** it, I'm gonna eat sugar because I'm single". This binge involved going out of my way to the supermarket, buying a bunch of sugary treats using my hard earned money, and secretly stuffing my face in the car.

It was after that moment of shame and anguish that I decided to put my foot down, and change myself to what I once was.

I rejoined MFP, after having used it about 2 years ago, and realised on days that I was 'dieting' I was way under eating, thus leading to binges. Also, I was restricting certain food types, so I would often feel extremely deprived. Once I started keeping the mfp food journal, everything stuck

And here I am, 3 months later, 111.3 pounds, and I'm fit, happy, energetic, and I fit into all of my old clothes again. And that sugar addiction I struggled with? An absolute thing of the past

butterflylover527

I gained 20 lbs one semester in college after losing 40 lbs previously. I have been trying to lose ever since. However, with nursing school then graduate school, the lbs packed on and I gained a total of 60 lbs in 5 years despite working out and "dieting." However, last year prior to graduating my Masters, I really had enough. I didn't want to graduate looking the way I did. I cut my hours as a RN while I finished my Master degree, and I spent the extra time in the gym. Less stress=weight loss. Now I have lost nearly 45 lbs, and 15 to go...I've learned a lot about eating and exercise plans since last year too.. Loving my new lifestyle

Im starting college soon, hoping I can stay on track! Good job!

chocoholicdiva

A trip to the doctor in late August 2010 did it with me. I had a cholestrol test come back, and I was told by the secretary (my doctor's husband, my doc's a woman) that it was "up a bit". That was an understatement, of course, but it wasn't the test that shocked me at my appointment. It was how much I weighed on the scales that gave me the fright of my life - an electric scales, and the results read in at 287.4 pounds!!!! That was what scared me. I knew I needed to lose some weight, so the next day I got an electric scales of my own and started dieting. I went up a pound first, and then from September 2010 to April of this year (2012) I lost 40 pounds - all on my own, no help from a dietician. Since then, I've joined MFP, lost another 5 as of this moment, and I'm still going!!!

delco714

we were discussing weight-loss, dieting, exercise with regards to patient care and discussion in school..

i felt i could NEVER tell some one to eat better, diet and exercise if I was fat and out of shape myself. I dont fancy myself a hypocrite. I want to set an example for my patients.. so I did. And now I reached my goals and keep pushing to new heights I didnt know existed. I finally am up to the stage of surpassing my goals!

mfchiumento

This April when I put on a pair of my "fat" pants and they were a litte tight, as well as seeing the number steadily getting higher.

xYumzx

November 2011 I went to Cali to visit my brother, we went to Catalina Island to go zip lining and the walk to the zip line was like a mile long and up and own hills and all that great stuff I was so out of shape and deff lost the race with my brother... that I just decided that it was time to take back my life and live it the way I know I should.

I want to do that so bad!!!

It was amazinggggggggg Im going again for my 1 year of my new me this time ill win that race lol

jacque930

2 weeks ago... I had a friend recommend this site as she knew others had used MFP. I downloaded on my phone a few days before I started using the site. 2 weeks ago, I decided to create a log in and start tracking. I may not have been perfect everyday, but I am consciously consuming better food choices.

I also lost my dad last December and since then in my mind have been telling myself that I want to be healthier. I have been excising some over the past 5 to 6 years but needed to do more. I have gained about 5 to 10 pounds each year the last few years. Last year at my annual dr. visit we discussed that I needed to keep an eye on my weight. She wasn't too concerned but did not want me to gain any more. So I am to go to my annual appointment in a couple months and hope to show that I have not gained but at least lost a few from last year.

One other factor, my jeans. I wore out my jeans and I knew it had to be from extra weight! What an awful feeling that is.

Finally, I looked at myself in the mirror an said "is that a double chin starting?' I knew then I HAD to make a change.

Add all this up, and it is time to make a change in my life. I know I can make the right changes and I have a very supportive fiance.. encouraging, never has called me fat or anything of the sort, loves a woman with curves, which loosing weight is not going to make them go away, it will make them look better, and he is also an avid cyclist. It helps to have a healthy spouse, it is encouraging to be around.

Thank you to all for sharing your stories!

ChrissyRMiller

I had known I needed to drop the pounds since before my husband and I got married a year ago. But what really the tipping point was at orientation for nursing school this past month. During orientation my class recieved books and our scrubs. I was the last student to get my scrubs and one of the administrators asked me what size scrubs I needed. When I had to tell him I need a XL top and a 2XL pant in front of the entire class! I was mortified!!!! I went home and cried! Starting nursing school should be exciting since I'm finally working on my dream of becoming a nurse. That one incident just pushed me over the edge to get back into shape. I've given myself a personal goal of getting down to 150 pounds in a year. It will be about 100 lbs lost in 12 months, but it will be worth it just so I'm not humiliated any longer. Plus, I want to wear Daisy Duke shorts next summer for my hubby (He used to have a huge crush on Daisy Duke).

timmymon

Last year at this time I went clothes shopping for the upcoming summer. I was disgusted with how I looked and decided that I was going to change my life from that point on. Funny how one little moment in your life can lead to such a complete change in everything you do!

kimi131

My "fat jeans" (which I had just bought and were up a size already) were getting dangerously tight. And I was reallllly near a weight I told myself I would never be again. The combination of the two told me I either a) had to buy new jeans (again) or b) lose weight. I went with option b and I'm so glad I did!

somethingwonderful

I'm with the person that said "my body decided for me". I am fast approaching 49 and feel like 79. I'm in pain all the tome. I feel like my weight has been an anchor seriously weighing me down. I saw a picture of myself at our family christmas party, and I am the heaviest person there. I am tired of feeling ashamed. I am also done making excuses. I started losing earlier this year because of problems with my gall bladder. I think it has been a blessing in disguise. I know that I wasn't ready mentally. I had to make changes because of the pain and nausea. Because it was happening organically, my attitude followed. My sister then invited me a few weeks ago to join MFP. Another amazing turn in my life. Since then I have lost another 5 lbs. It is really motivating to see my food decisions and how much (how little) exercise I get. MFP and my sister's encouraging words are now keeping me on the right track. I truly feel that I can do this. I am starting to see a pin dot of light at the end of the tunnel. I look forward to it getting brighter and that I can do everything I really want to with the next half of my life. Best wishes everyone!

oaks67

When I looked at a picture. A picture says it all. :flowerforyou:

heytherestephy

I was extremely depressed and facing being institutionalized for my depression. My depression was largely linked to my weight, although I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, it just so happens that when I gained weight it became all about my weight. I have bad and good days even now.

Anyway, almost 300lbs and dreading waking up every morning I decided to do something about it. My live totally turned around, literally, it's completely different.

Pleased to say that 3 years later I'm off medication for my depression and 75lbs lighter haha.

aftergypsies

I had thought about losing weight for a while. My boyfriend and I went to eat and I ate a lot that I felt sick. I told him we should buy a scale on the way home so we did. When we got home I stood on it and I wasn't shocked but I knew it was the push I needed.

mikey1976

When my Brother in laws youngest son looked at me a couple of years ago and said "you look like you're pregnant"

this my niece she asked if i went outside of my place without a shirt on. i said yes and and she replied you must scare peoples eyes. it hurt tones. i stued around mad for two weeks. then i decided to join a gym that had a programe for weight loss. i was real suscessful i dropped 57 pounds. then the people who i thought where my friends at the gym turned out not to even care. it was just a job to them. my emotions got the better of me and i put on 30 pounds. so when my year was up i moved to a new gym and i have been trying since then. i will susceed because now i have my mfp family

CoryIda

September 16, 2010.

I went to the doctor for my depression. She changed my meds and also recommended that I get some exercise to help boost my mood.

I decided then that if I had to exercise to get my mind healthy, I might as well go all out and get the rest of me healthy, too.

I dumped the junk, replaced it with nutritious goodness, and went for a walk.

Never looked back.

BLSBoyer

I went all day in yoga pants (and was not doing yoga) and huge tshirts.

I was having a hard time sleeping because I was so uncomfortable.

I could barely make it through the day without a nap.

I was not spending enough quality time with my son.

On March 30, 2011 I quit smoking and I decided, if I can quit smoking and be that strong, I should be strong enough to exercise and eat right!


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CeeRawr89

When my ex and I broke up. I wasn't in a hurry when I was with him because I was comfortable. Too comfortable for my own liking.
About a month later I was looking at photos of me, and I was disgusted.
That was Oct 2010.
It's been a long battle but I'm still fighting and almost at my goal !

NoAdditives

I started trying when I realized I was growing out of size 10 pants. But then I met my husband, got comfortable in the relationship, stopped exercising because I was spending all my time with him, and started eating whatever I wanted. I weighed 195 pounds when I got pregnant with out second baby. After he was born I got serious. Our third baby was born 4 1/2 months ago. I lost 30 pounds (15 baby weight, 15 extra) in about 6 weeks and I'm now about 10 pounds lighter than I have been in over 4 years. Breastfeeding is taking a ton of calories away from me (burning about 1200 calories from making 60oz of milk a day), and if I could eat enough I'm sure I'd be losing some more weight. But, it's not a huge priority for me right now, so I'm happy where I am. For now.

tori_grr

I started losing weight in march and have lost 20 lbs but I just joined MFP last week hoping to lose 20 more by august