Why did you guys end up here?

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  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    my other calorie counting site turned into crap

    Yep. If we're going into a basic 'why did you end up on here?' rather than a 'why did you end up needing this site?' in general, then I agree!
  • angelpere
    angelpere Posts: 9
    Because , i just had a recent picture of me taken with my husband of 5years and noticed how much weight i had put on
    and thought to myself that it wasn't healthy for me to weigh so much im bigger then my ol man and bless his heart he hasn't
    complained once lol :laugh: ...also while knowing my family's health issues i figured that at my young age i better make a change
    before i developed the same issues as my (moms) side of the family ( the women on that side aren't in the healthiest situations )
    knowing that i have already got one of the health issues ( cervical cancer found out april 2012) figured what a better time then now
    to get back into shape and have a healthy lifestyle .......

    looking for support in this journey so feel free to add me:happy:
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
    my other calorie counting site turned into crap

    Yep. If we're going into a basic 'why did you end up on here?' rather than a 'why did you end up needing this site?' in general, then I agree!

    livestrong.com?
  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
    Because I couldn't afford Weight Watchers anymore :laugh:

    Seriously, though, I was at a normal weight until my college years. I was very active as a kid and was able to eat whatever I wanted and not think about it. I always THOUGHT I was fat, but had a perfectly normal BMI. Then came college + drinking + eating crap food all the time + a sedentary job, and bam, 200 pounds on my 5'4 frame. Not pretty.

    I'm down to my freshman year weight though and should be back at a healthy BMI by the end of summer!
  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    my other calorie counting site turned into crap

    Yep. If we're going into a basic 'why did you end up on here?' rather than a 'why did you end up needing this site?' in general, then I agree!

    livestrong.com?

    Nope. Even worse (I think). Extrapounds.
  • ksumme
    ksumme Posts: 283
    How did I get so heavy? The initial reasons, toxic family. Much abuse of every type you can imagine.

    Then came the learned behavior of no portion control on good or bad foods, and emotional eating - after dealing with toxic family.
    Now, no excuses. I can't change them or control them, and I don't allow them to control me anymore.

    A few years ago my cousin introduced my sister to this site, and she told me about it. (Neither of them are part of the 'toxic' part of the family, btw.) :-)
    I did well for a while, and then slipped.

    This time, health issues slapped me upside the head. So I am here for good, and doing better than ever from an emotional perspective on my relationship with food.
  • softballmom33
    softballmom33 Posts: 128 Member
    Diabetes and Cancer has unfortunately taken away many of my family members too soon. I had Gestational Diabetes with my second child. I had lost all my weight after having hear and my Diabetes went away. I started putting on weight too much for my 5'2" height. After may doctor visits of just not feeling right I had hypoglycemia, anemia, gallstones and had my gallbladder removed.

    After all of these diagnosis I just wanted to feel better both inside and out. I have lost some of the weight and feel so much better. I have the energy to do the things I have put aside for so long. I haven't went to the Dr's in so long since I always would find out another thing wrong with me every time I went. I have made a Dr. appointment in the next few weeks and hoping I have some good news. I do feel great even though I still have some more weight to lose but its a start.

    I couldn't do this without MFP and all the support that people have given me. I love all my MFP friends for this! I am here logging on every day and try to make the healthiest choices.
  • Vercell
    Vercell Posts: 437 Member
    Great question how did I end up this way I never had a weight problem growing up all threw school even when I had my four children, I always ate what I wanted was active. Just this last 6 years things started to catch up with me all the bad eating. I am 5'7 started weight was 130 in 2006 I got up to 170 then 200 then 220, I did not know how to fix it cause I never had to worry about my weight. So I had to learn how to eat and stay active, so I ended up this way because I thought I was going to spend most of my life thin I did not think I could get fat, I abused my body and thought I could keep eating bad and not being active and it caught up with me.. Currently I am 190lbs goal is to be 150 lbs
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I had already lost 40 lbs before MFP, so I just started using it because it was easier to track calories.

    I gained the weight because I just simply became lazy after an injury and didn't get back into the swing of things when it healed. I've never had any type of problem with food.
  • honeygirl0715
    honeygirl0715 Posts: 38
    I'd lost 24 pounds before I discovered MFP. I started searching the net for weight loss support sites because I realized I needed the support of others who were also trying to liver healthier lifestyles. Since joining MFP at the end of Feb. 2012 I've lost another 24 pounds for a total weight loss of 48 pounds since July 2011. My goal is 100 pounds.

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