What was your wake up call?

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  • paulwgun
    paulwgun Posts: 439 Member
    being put on blood pressure tablets and being told i was in the diabetic waiting room
  • Assassins_Angel
    Assassins_Angel Posts: 329
    when i got on the plane to visit my parents back in the uk i couldnt fit in the sits very comfortably i knew it was time for action!!
  • paint_it_black
    paint_it_black Posts: 208 Member
    Vanity lol, turning 30 and realising I wanted to look good in summer clothes again
  • wabrody
    wabrody Posts: 202
    Mine was when i recieved an award at work and saw the picture. That was my reality check. Nothing like looking at a picture of you and getting a reality check. That is when I decided to change for the better. Since I have started i feel better and have more energy.
  • zyrover
    zyrover Posts: 16
    Doctor told me I was pre-diabetic. I work for a college. One of the students began to hum the Fat Albert theme song as I lumbered by him. Decided it was time to get serious and make a change.
  • sjmelia
    sjmelia Posts: 8 Member
    Mine was after surviving both kidney cancer and prostate cancer. After my last CT scan, my Oncologist challenged me to lose 20 pounds before my next CT scan in August. My doctor told me that being overweight would make it easier for the cancer to occur again. Scared the heck out of me!
  • docturtle
    docturtle Posts: 156 Member
    When my doctor told me I weighed in at 149 and my weight chart was 111 to 151 and I had been gaining a couple/few pounds a year through my 30s and it would be harder to keep the weight off in my 40s. I was determined to not be overweight by the next weigh-in at my annual physical the next year.
  • jodycoady
    jodycoady Posts: 598 Member
    simple!

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    true story bro :drinker:


    bahahha I love it!!

    People asking me was I pregnant, MORE THAN ONCE... Hmmn maybe time to check my own numbers....I'm 35
  • cdpm
    cdpm Posts: 297 Member
    A photo of me on a family holiday in 2010. Then in the post came my graduation photos. My flaws like spots (and annoyingly my freckles?!) had been airbrushed out, but my big fat chin wasn't.
    Made me realise there's only so much photoshop can do, the rest is down to me!
  • SlimmerJess
    SlimmerJess Posts: 4
    Wearing a vest top and jeans, looking in the mirror at myself and thinking... if i saw myself in the street i would think "does she not realise how big she is..Jesus wear bigger clothes you fat cow!"

    Also complaining to my boyfriend that i dont like the way i look and want to lose weight, and he finally had enough of my moaning and said well do something about it! lose the weight you dont want or stop complaining about it!

    He has no idea how much that helped me!!!

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  • guardian419
    guardian419 Posts: 391 Member
    I had been fluctuating weight ever since joining the military, anywhere from 190 (healthy for my body) to 250. I started to 'wake up' when I was asked the last time I had worked out, and it had been almost a YEAR (6am-10pm every day kills your gym plans).
    -Unfortunately, this started me on MFP, but not on doing anything about it.

    When I got married, and realized that I had a serious second chin even when I wasn't looking down, and when I had to buy new dress uniforms for the wedding because my bootcamp issued set fit like compression shorts, along with the fact that my joints were hurting for no apparent reason, made me realize I had to do something immediately.
  • SuperSneaky
    SuperSneaky Posts: 43
    I've never had knee problems, and now it makes an unnerving cracking sound every time I go up stairs.

    I hate that people see "fat girl" before they notice anything else about me.
  • nevertoolate2
    nevertoolate2 Posts: 309 Member
    I had a load of wake up calls - but I just kept pressing the snooze button until I could not ignore them anymore:

    * sky high blood pressure
    * a pic of me at the barbecue on hols
    * worsening asthma and health
    * my 10 year old daughter beating me in a race
    * another pic of me even bigger than the last one, standing in the sea with a t-shirt on because I was embarrassed to strip off!

    And oh boy do I now wish I hadn't waited until I was in my 40's before trying to get the bod I always wanted!
  • histwinkletoes
    histwinkletoes Posts: 100 Member
    The day after I turned 29, I realized I didn't want to be fat anymore and I really had to do something about it. It's been 2 months and I've lost 15 pounds but my ultimate goal is to look amazing and be healthy by my 30th birthday and to stay healthy in my 30's.
  • swthrtsmrf
    swthrtsmrf Posts: 384
    My wake up call was when my husband was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer and I saw the picture of him and I together right before his first round of chemo and I realized I need to do something to get healthier not only for me, but to be there for him and our children. So I did! But when he got sick I knew that I needed to change me for many reasons.

    I am 29 and I do not know my numbers, but I do know they are good.
  • sel254
    sel254 Posts: 273 Member
    I just decided that this was going to be the year that I got my life back on track after dealing with some losses. I have no ideas about my readings. I'm 28.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I weighed the same as my fiance. Granted he was underweight at the time but still! Terrifying!

    I don't know my blood sugar levels per se, but according to my doctor I was and still am in good health. I wasn't obese or anything, just about 10-15lbs over weight (or at least outside of my BMI).
  • Living4Liz2012
    Living4Liz2012 Posts: 312
    (About 2 years ago I was about to turn 23 YEARS OLD and start school for my B.S. in CRIMINAL JUSTICE)

    Went to the Doctors because I was:
    1) having shortness of breathe
    2) headaches
    3) trouble sleeping(I would stop breathing throughout the night)
    4) couldn't walk to long( without feel faint)

    STEP OUT THE SCALE MY DOCTOR SAID: 268.8 pounds(yes I cried like a baby because I couldn't believe it)
    DOCTOR REPLIED: NEXT TIME I see you will be for high blood pressure, diabetes(type 2), high cholesterol pills and a breathing mask at night to keep you alive. Oh don't forget a 75% chance of a heart attack or stroke
    THAT WAS MY WAKE UP CALL!!!!!!!!!

    2 years later I am 25 years old and weigh 198.5 pounds:)
    Free of ALL medications:)
    and 3 weeks shy of finishing school, and entering law enforcement:)
  • turouge
    turouge Posts: 3
    I went to the doctor because I received a concussion. He did not talk about my concussion but my weight problem. Dumbass doctor, but he had a point and it stuck.
  • annams76
    annams76 Posts: 161 Member
    My marriage started falling apart. My self confidence was gone and I was eating my misery. My husband and I took a small break where he moved back with his mom for a couple of months. The day I was alone in the house I stepped on the scale & looked in the mirror. That was it for me. I am doing it for me and my daughter and my military career.
  • siobhan478
    siobhan478 Posts: 21 Member
    Seeing horrible photos of me that friends had posted on facebook, and hardly having any clothes that fit me, I was a skinny child and a very fit and sporty teenager and young adult. Then I had kids and stopped being active. Woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and realised that I had turned into a disgusting, obese adult. I was 38 and 257lb at only 5ft 3in. I lost a stone last year just by trying to be more active, but after my birthday in January this year I got MFP and a Fitbit and really made the effort to shift the weight. I don't know my medical numbers but I'm now 39 and 198lb. Still got a long way to go but I am determined not to be fat when I turn 40.
  • teresadutton
    teresadutton Posts: 217 Member
    One day I just woke up and was done. Done being fat and tired. It was like a switch was just flipped in my head and I was done. Plus I weighed more than my hubby, I felt/feel bad that he doesnt have a healthy, thin wife to love on. I have high colesterol: TC 254 HDL: 40 LDL: 178 everything else was normal. I am 38.
  • Tink_889
    Tink_889 Posts: 244 Member
    For me it was seeing a picture of myself on facebook, I know that sounds quite shallow and I wish I could say to you "It was for health reasons" but I was just disgusted at the way I looked.

    I have had disordered eating for quite sometime and after seeing that picture went straight back to starving myself so I guess my second wake up call was to realise I was making the same mistake again, ie losing weight through starving (which I did and got to a very low weight but gained it all back) so I decided to try it out the healthy way.

    I'm 22.
  • katedesaccord
    katedesaccord Posts: 19
    My "wake up call" has been nagging me for years and years. I just kept ignoring it. I hated the way my body looked. I've started-and-quit workout programs/gym memberships so many times, but I finally said screw it and am really trying hard to change my life around.
  • nekochanpurr
    nekochanpurr Posts: 14
    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.

    Thank you!! I am going to try this. i am on meds for it, but depending on the day some days they work, others.. Well, not so much.
  • 0510mommy
    0510mommy Posts: 3
    Well I used to work for weight watchers, and I had regained a bunch after my second child. My bigger jeans were leaving marks as they were tight, and I wanted to run a faster time and finish a half marathon. I finished several 5 k s now and finished the Disney princess half, I am back down within 1 lb or so to my lowest weight watchers adult weight and I've been much fitter than I was back then. I am healthier now at 29 than I was in high school, and I weigh less too. I just got ACE certified and plan on working as a trainer soon.
  • StartingOver12
    StartingOver12 Posts: 40
    For me it was getting engaged. I was horrified at the thought of being a chubby bride. Unfortunately I will still be a chubby bride come September but alot less chubby anyway.
  • dawn9355
    dawn9355 Posts: 2 Member
    First time in my life my cholesterol and blood glucose was too high; scared me so bad. I've lost 5.6 lbs. since the bad news 3 lbs since using this website and am determined not to become a diabetic or heart attack/stroke victim.
  • Anniel88
    Anniel88 Posts: 150 Member
    Realizing all the hand-me-down clothes from my aunt didn’t fit… I’m 24 and she’s had 5 kids. Her "fat, pregnancy" clothes didn't even fit me anymore. All my levels are fine, but I do have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (Hypothyroidism). I realized I had to stop letting Hashimoto’s control me and I had to start controlling it. Saying I was tired and had trouble losing weight was just an excuse to be lazy and depressed about it.

    I'm getting married in October and I'd really like to feel like a fit, young bride!
  • molliewitt
    molliewitt Posts: 25 Member
    My father was hospitalized for congestive heart failure due to being overweight. The doctors talked to the family about nutrition options for him and an overhaul of his lifestyle. If my father at 425 pounds can lose 60 in a short time, his daughter should be able to lose about 30 to get me to the lowest healthy weight for my height.

    My dad has a second chance at life now. He has the ability to fix what is wrong. We are all not granted second chances, and I do not want to follow the same road and be in the same place in 20 years. So little by little, I am doing it!

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