What motivated you to loose weight?

juliaamilee

here is my story-- In 2010 I was sitting munching watching tv, my back had been killing me for days. At 5'1 at 214 lbs no wonder. Right?? So I decided to dust off the treadmil and walk.. I could (I am ashamed to say) walk at 2.8 mph and I was winded. I was thinking. WOW I cant beleive this slow and I am winded. I am not going to be fat and forty. So, I kept telling myself it takes 6 weeks to break a bad habit so why not start a good habit. That was how it began soon I was at 3 mph then 4 mph. then running at 5. I was doing couch to 5 K. Running the 5K on the treadmil. Then the dreaded, unmotiviating thing called exercise induced asthma smacked me right off. One day I was running 36 minutes within a week I couldnt even run 3 min without getting short of breath. Talk about an unmotivator, I tried over and over again, but just couldnt seem to get it back. Lost my stamina and motivation. I kept walking tho. I can still out walk everyone I walk with in speed and distance. I am doing insanity now. I am stuck at a 50 pound loss and have been for a while. I have decided to suck it up and stay inside on those hot humid days and use that treadmil, work again on the couch to 5 K. I will run a 5 K outside someday. Trying to work on breaking that plateau. With changing up calories and exercising differently. I still have 2 1/2 years before I reach that forty mark. So what is your story?

ClairBears84

Hey there! I also always wonder what made people make the change, it was a few things for me, sitting one day and feelin cellulite on my leg! OMG i almost died righ there! I can no poudly say its almost all gone! Number 2 I am tired of my boyfriend saying everyone else has such a nice body! i want him to say that about me too!, we are still a ways off from that goal! but getting there!! The other thing is want to be healthier do fun active things without feelin embaressed or getting winded!

We are all on the same yet very differnt journeys!

Good Luck Stay Strong! x

Daz49ers

Stepped on the scale and was 22st or 308lbs all the motovation i needed, casue it terrified me to the point i was killing myself

TadaGanIarracht

The short version, I looked in the mirror and decided I was done being the fat girl with the cute face.

LovelyLifter

i was motivated to LOSE weight..... when my dad pretty much called me a fat *kitten*

sofakingawesome69

seeing this really fat guy looking back at me from the mirror the other day. I figure if I lose some weight he will go away..

genuinelyfrans

I just woke up one day, went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and literally broke down into tears when I looked at myself. I couldn't believe how much I let myself go!

TeachTheGirl

My husband noticed how depressed I was and when an opportunity for a gym trainer came about, he basically voluntold me that I was going to do it. I was furious! Initially I took it as 'he hates the way I look' but then I realized that I hate the way I look and that this opportunity would mean a better me.

Now I have signed up for a year with my trainer. She's the one that introduced me to MPF and my gym buddies and friends here are the ones that keep me motivated and inspired to keep going. I am feeling better emotionally as a result of feeling better physically.

ClairBears84

The short version, I looked in the mirror and decided I was done being the fat girl with the cute face.

OMG I totally get that! I would like a cute *kitten* to go with it now thanks!

moniquelessard

My nephew called me fat. Children speak the truth. It hurt so bad, but because it came from such an innocent place, I knew that it was how the world saw me. I knew that it was true. I was fat.

mikeschratz

I leaned down to put my riding boots on one morning and was out of breath after getting them on.... that is insane. I took my boots off, went into the computer room, got on the web and found this link. Started that day losing weight. 146 days ago I was 250 lbs, today I am 201.5. My original goal was under 200, then it turned into 190 and now it is whatever wieght will put me below 20% Body Fat.
Y'all have taught me quite a bit and I greatly appreciate it.
Peace!

SenshiV

What motivated me was...being demotivated and upset about it..first.
Getting higher than normal levels of sugar, cholesterol and triglicerids...second.

MadeInDR022

I saw a bright red stretch mark on my stomach. Up to that point, I was fat but my stomach was stretch mark free...now they're creeping up like crazy =(

BeautyFromPain

To put it bluntly, depression.

My dr could tell all the different tablets I had tried were not helping but only making me worse so she decided to do something different and give me a week off tablets put exercise every day and see how i feel at the end of the week.

Never been back on tablets and I'm happier than ever!

lbetancourt

when a coworker mentioned that he didnt notice me bending over at the watercooler & politely told me that I had put on some weight. I was at my heaviest at 147lbs.

sneekspeete

I knew I had been gaining weight,but didn't wanna kno how much,so I avoided the scale at all costs! Well I got my courage up (after I had no clothes that would fit anymore,well besides sweatpants!),stepped on the scale and....200 POUNDS!! 60 pound gain in 3 years.I busted out crying right then n there! Started walking and rejoined Curves the very NEXT day.Now I'm 183 -slow going,but at least it's going DOWN and not UP!

tomomatic

Pictures at the beach. I couldn't stand looking at them. I finally decided to man up and do something about it. I'm not where I want to be but I'm proud of where I am.

melb2003

A couple of things have motivated me throughout this. 1st, I'm infertile because of my weight and my doctor said that by losing weight, it will give me a much higher chance of conceiving a baby, which my hubby and I have been trying for 4 years. 2nd, I was at Christmas Dinner with my family and my sis-in law cracked a job about someone from high school and how she was probably only wearing stretch jeans, which lo and behold I was wearing stretch jeans. 3rd, it hurt to get up in the morning and walk, I mean my back hurt, ankles, legs, and then it even hurt to shower and make sure to reach everywhere...and I thought to myself, I'm 26 and I should be in the prime of my life, if this is my prime....I'm screwed!!! One day, when all of these things built up enough, I said enough is enough, and I started keeping track of everything and I go to the gym at least 5 days a week. Even when I have a bad day, week, whatever...I just think to myself, one day at a time. Each day I do good, I'm another day closer to my goal. That has kept me motivated right now.

MindyG150

Another woman....the one I wanted to be.

CharityAngel

There were several factors. My current husband says that he loves me as I am right now, and even when I was 15 lbs heavier. He did not want me to change anything unless I wanted to. This was the first time in my life that someone wasn't telling me that I am not fat but I am not thin either and that I better lose some weight because I am 'bigger'.

As a teen, I started out a decent size, but them comments from others about my weight only made me think that there was nothing I could do about it. Obese family members would tell me that I couldn't do anything, and that it was genetic. I believed them, and so I did not try to get healthier. Along came my first marriage, and my ex had addiction issues (mine obviously was food). Those issues I blamed myself for and I packed on the pounds. I went from 135 to 215 over a 14 year period. I realized that his issues were his, and there were other things that led to me leaving with the kids.

I focused on myself for the first time in my life, and I lost almost 30 lbs. Then I got married again, and stopped being as active and was more focused on hanging out with my husband. I gained 25lbs back. After we decided to get married for eternity back in April of this year in the temple, I determined that I wanted a change.

I am a vocalist, and some of the choirs that I have had to sing in required me standing for a long time. It hurt my knees and hips to stand that long weighing as much as I did (225). I determined that I was not going to fit the image that others in my family had given me to fill anymore. I was going to be healthy, increase my chances of landing more performances, and feel sexy. I have a lot of motivations.

I am happy that I have lost 15lbs since the beginning of May when I came back here. I am looking forward to getting all the way down to 135. I have not been there for 17 years.

verptwerp

i was motivated to LOSE weight..... when my dad pretty much called me a fat *kitten*

ooooh .... that's harsh ......

:flowerforyou:

Krizzo87

The short version, I looked in the mirror and decided I was done being the fat girl with the cute face.

+1

Dawners98

I went to the doctor and found out I had gained 6 pounds after convincing myself that I felt skinnier and must have lost weight. Yeah, no. I came home, told my husband I was fat and did something about it.

Buca412

I don't want loose weight. That's just squishy fat separated in my body, lol. I do want to lose weight though!

verptwerp

1. Doc said I was officially a diabetic & needed meds .....

2. Had a pix taken with my daughter & didn't recognize myself .....

That was 3 years ago ..... now I'm off the meds ..... and I don't mind having a picture taken now :drinker:

Zvyezda

I discovered I was 79 kilos and was desperate not to reach 80. So I gave a half-a***d attempt at losing weight then came across MFP and realised it actually WAS possible to lose weight and finally started taking it seriously!!

deltazee1983

I'm so glad to read all of this. I'm notorious for saying I need to loose weight and then I go and eat whatever I want and do nothing else to help loose the weight. Reading all of these posts make me realize that you are all just like me. I'm at my heaviest weight ever right now 212 and I it feels awful. How do you stay motivated?


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Nutrition1st

I grew up an athlete and stayed @ 185 lbs with 10% body fat. 4 kids later and 30 years old I sat on the beach in Cancun pushing 300 lbs. I wasn't worried about the weight and felt quite comfortable. I water ski and jet ski 7 days a week. Play softball etc. The next year I started waking up in the middle of the night b/c my feet would fall asleep. I figured I was probably sleeping with my feet crossed and cut off the circulation. The one day my thumb started to get numb. My cholesterol was 450 + and blood pressure through the roof. I got scared that I was on the verge of having a stroke. That was April 2008. I never saw a doctor or nutritionist. I did my own research and changed my entire lifestyle. In September 2008 I was down to 175 lbs and felt like a crackhead. So I switched gears and put on 25 lbs of muscle. My primary motivation was to be able to enjoy my kids youth and watch them grow up and be able to be active with them. I was an engineer at the time. I have since then changed careers to Nutrition Science and Fitness so I can help others avoid (or turn around) what I went through.

xiaxiong09

Funniest story ever. Since giving birth to my son 15 months ago, I keep telling myself, "it's ok, I'll lose the babyweight" and "I'm still young, I have time", and "It's not even THAT bad of a weightgain" and so on and so forth. I didn't even realize how horrible my weight gain was until a couple weeks ago.

My cousins came to party with us and we went downtown. They brought alot of cameras and that night alot of pictures were taken! When I saw the pictures I had thought that there had to have been something wrong with their cameras because there was NO WAY I was that fat. But I look at the other people in the pictures with me and they looks pretty normal.. so it was true. That was when something snapped in me and I just knew I had to get on a diet and be SERIOUS about it this time. It's been Two weeks since my diet and logging onto MFP every day and I have gone from 171 to 165. I am 5'2. It's a great start and I don't plan to stop til I reach my goal of 135. I CAN DO IT!! And so can everyone else one here! GOOD LUCK! Add me if you need motivation like I do. =]

SuperMuna

Clothes.

Lots of nice clothes I want to wear but can't.

Kaylee_Loren

When my mom said, "I've never seen you this heavy before" and my "husband" (soon-to-be-ex) called me a fat wh**e.

Along with the red stretch mark that was showing up on my love handle... WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!?