What was your wake up call?

CME76

Last month, my husband went to the doctor and his triglycerides were over 700 and he is in alot better shape than me. Then, an acquaintance from High School died of Cardiac Arrest. Also, pictures made at Mother's Day.

I went to Doctor yesterday....my bp is very high and my HDLs are low. New to this, but working on it. And I am 36.

kalynn06

I had to weigh a skittish dog, so I jumped on the scale with him, and thought "Wow, he weighs more than I thought". Then I weighed myself to do the subtraction, and realized where the extra weight was. I knew that I had put on some weight, but not almost 15 lbs.

mystinamarie

I got married in December and was at a weight I was pretty happy with, but didn't have to worry about "fitting into my dress" anymore- so went kind of wild with the eating.

I didn't realize how wild until Easter break when family was visiting. I looked at the photos they took and was absolutely ashamed. I was squeezing into my yoga pants and I looked like a stuffed sausage- you could actually SEE cellulite through the pants fabric. Then I dug out the scale, and found I'd gained almost 20 pounds. Major, major wake up call.

melissalynn317

I saw pictures of myself and thought "my arms should not look like tootsie rolls." They aren't going to fix themselves and I'm always up for a good challenge.

michaelsgirl1210

My husband took me to a museum and took pics of me with some historic books (I had hoped to use the pics in my professional blog since I'm a librarian). When I saw them, I was terribly embarrassed. When I weighed that night, I was at my highest non-pregnant weight ever. I knew something had to change. I was also tired of being unable to keep up in my 2 year old's "Mommy & Me Dance" class. I'm 27, and I've lost 17 from my highest weight (15 with MFP), gained a lot of muscle, and now I can chase my daughter and have energy left over. And I'm only 1/3 of the way to my goal!

bellaboo07

I was heavier than my husband! ( not now though!) also was 3 stone heavier than when I was 9months pregnant unreal! I don't know My numbers but after I had my daughter had to go on beta blockers for a few months as my blood pressure was so high and now being over 5 stone lighter I have perfectly normal blood pressure.

Henism88

I was 19 years old and I tipped the scale at an alarming 348lbs. I thought it was make it or break it time.

sagetracey

When my husband told me that his greatest fear was that I would die or end up in a wheelchair because of my weight.

nekochanpurr

Not having control of a lot of things in my life.. This is one thing i can control. The one point where i have a choice.

Also, my doctor told me it might get rid of my asthma and acid reflux.

Alissakelly

superficial reasons :S

My boyfriend was really skinny, not a pound of fat on him. I felt like an elephant beside him. Ironically, it wasn't until we went home for the summer and were apart that It really hit me how I wanted to change. I wanted to be comfortable in my skin, proud of my body, and feel great with and without clothing.
I wanted him to be proud of me, what guy doesn't want a girl other guys think has a good body? (he never said he wasn't proud or that he wanted me to change, but I didn't feel i was anything to be proud of) Picking clothes to wear became awful, old clothes weren't fitting, my sister told me I had gained a lot of weight at school. I realized wishing to look good gets you nowhere, unless you work your butt off and so I started
happier than ever now and still working away

lelstar

Not having control of a lot of things in my life.. This is one thing i can control. The one point where i have a choice.

Also, my doctor told me it might get rid of my asthma and acid reflux.

Something to try for the reflux: juice from half a lemon in a glass of water before you eat anything in the morning.

AlphamaleBAMF

It was when I got divorced. My whole life had collapsed and I decided to move to a new town and start over. So far I've quit smoking and gone from 136kg down to 110kg.

Jonahyona

I kept looking on Facebook and seeing guys my age with big arms with six packs or close to it. It made me feel bad because I am entering my twenties and I should look my best. Also, my dad had been teasing me that I will get fat because I don't exercise or anything. Lastly, I kept seeing pictures on Tumblr of models and actual guys around my age and they all looked really good. I don't really care to look like a model but I would like to be healthy and look good.

chrissilini

I have always battled with being overweight. Strong family history of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer in Nov 2011. One of the best things to minimize my chance of recurrence is to lose the excess weight. 15 down, 35 to go!

EstherZue

I was going out one night and was trying to "jump" into my jeans when the pockets ripped. I covered it with a long shirt and in the course of the night I ripped the inside legs of the jeans also. The next morning for work all the buttons of my last wearable pants exploded in all directions when I sat down in the car. I laughed, cried, and started dieting immediately. 8 kg lost, 10kg more to go

katbiggle

When I hit 10st 91bs which is the heaviest I have ever been. I hated looking at myself and none of my clothes fitted me. Then my neighbour told me about MFP and how she had lost 20lbs and that inspired me )

TheVimFuego

I tried to get into my work trousers after a year's break and couldn't, this was about 3 months ago.

This was after religiously following the low fat calories in/out philosophy for the duration of the break, and being in complete control of what I ate and shopped for.

I realised that it just doesn't work for me (and I was hungry all time, sounds familiar?) and started investigating nutrition.

Today I hit the scales and am under my initial goal weight and feeling great, the trousers are a little loose if anything.

R666ECE

being on Holiday and realising i didnt eat anything healthy ... then Girl friend left me .... i was never going back to being a skinny fat ever again

Umeboshi

There was no 'wake up call'. I just felt like seeing if I could lose weight, and turns out I could.

k2charmed4u

Also, do you know your previous and or current numbers for your cholesterol, blood glucose readings etc? And what is your age if you don't mind? Thanks

Wake up call was finally feeling confident enough to make a difference. When I was 272lbs my cholesterol was 5.9 and my sugars were 7.1 I was 20 on those readings. When I lost 56lbs I was 22 with a cholesterol of 4.9 and sugars of 6.3. I put on 48lbs last year (now lost another 4lbs so at 260lbs at the minute) but don't have any recent numbers at the minute.

netchik

Another miscarriage.

Cholesterol has always been excellent and still is. Blood pressure before was dangerously high (hospitalised at 167/80) is now on average 122/67 (test every saturday).

Fasting Blood sugar was peaking at 9. Now average of 5!

That's 40lb worth of health for me

Sorry forgot age: 37

TaylorsGranddad

My entire life fell apart and my weight was one thing I could control.

Me too 100% same, but my life back on track now... and the weight is coming down too

higgins1988

lots of comments over time and generally feeling unhappy about myself, but i started dieting in earnest so i would look good for when my boyfriend got back from travelling. It was only after i had lost some weight that i actually realised how much bigger i had gotten :S

amaryaxxx

My wake up call was on a flight when i couldnt buckle my seat belt, and needed an extra strap, and at a theme park when I couldn't fit on a ride.

MySweetPotato

simple!



true story bro :drinker:

anku08

mine was when i couldnt fit into my last summer clothes... and my stupid friends instead of supporting me started to move away from me
but well I am a bit better than before.. and i threw those friends out of my life..
Atleast i have got the guts to lose that fat.. they did not even have the courage to motivate me through my journey..
dumb losers they are..

bathsheba_c

I was 135 lbs throughout college. I had something of a wake-up call when I went to the doctor three years later, and was at 155 lbs (my heaviest weight ever). Then I hit the snooze button.

My major wake-up call was when I went to the doctor a year after that, had a blood panel done, and found out that my cholesterol was 236 (don't know glucose, and my blood pressure has always been low).

After that, I started watching what I was eating, majorly reduced my saturated fat intake, working to reduce my carb intake, and I'm trying to be much more physically active.

munkey418

when my shoes started to feel tight and i realized my ankles were as swollen as the day before i gave birth to my daughter. And im not expecting.... another wake up call that has been slowly sinking in is i weigh too much (thanks PCOS!) to have more kids which is something my husband desperately wants and i feel like a complete failure in life that i cant even do something that i feel like i was put on this earth to do

sarann111

My 'before' picture that was taken in January 2010; I never realized just how bad I looked until I saw that. Getting divorced also gave me a lot of free time, anger, and motivation that I chose to use to better myself.

lord_lethris

Cholesterol too high (6.7), back pains, leg pains, chest pains, achy arms, fingers blagh blagh.
5 different Quacks over 8 years thought I had anklyospondilitus, sciatica, bad thyroids and osteoarthritis.
And every time the Quacks weighed me they said "well.. your not Obese".

4 trips to an osteopath last year, for a bending session, and he basically said "8 years of anklyospondilitus? what a load of Boll**ks! your fine..."

Went to my 6th new Quack, (by now, even "I" started to think I was a hypochondriac). She did a blood test for everything. Cholesterol still high (6) and positive for osteoarthritis, however the score for osteoarthritis was very low, and I had a very small trace of a chemical that "may" contribute to anklyospondilitus... A VERY SMALL trace thats not worth thinking about.

So I asked the Quack why I have been in so much pain for years. and she said "Given that you may have osteoarthritis, and you also suffer from a high Cholesterol count, you are, infact, overweigh for your condition"

Me - **Shock face""

She said "You are not Obese, BUT You could really benefit with loosing a little bit of weight. Get yourself down to 69kg and see what happenes".

So here I am And you know what? She was right. After 8 years of agony, all the pain has stopped after just a few months of dieting.

I've still got a few KG to go, but I'm getting there ^_^