What inspired you to lose weight?

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delaney056
delaney056 Posts: 475
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
In January, shortly after being diagnosed with PCOS, I got up to 150 pounds. I know that doesn't sound heavy at all, but I'm only 4'11. I was eating junk all the time. Wings, cheeseburgers, fries, Chinese food, drank tons of soda, and I didn't exercise. I would go to work, eat the above on my lunch break, and then go back to work. I was always so tired and bloated. I never felt like doing anything.
I didn't realize how big I had gotten. One day at work, a girl asked me if I was pregnant. I was shocked! I had no idea I looked that way. It kinda made me think, "Hmm..maybe I should lose some weight."
I started that night. I looked at myself in the mirror and hated what I saw. Big, bloated, tons of cellulite, no energy, bad skin, blah. I hated it.
I've since lost 22 pounds, or 15% of my original body weight. I'm currently 128 pounds, and a healthy weight for my height is around 120. So, 120 is my goal for now! :)
What has inspired you to lose weight?

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  • I started to lose weight 5 years ago - a lot of fad diets, yoyo, pills and so on. Then last year I couldn't find any other ways than doing it as simple as exercise and healthy eating - with that I lost 18 lbs in two months, but i stopped working out and eating healthy so I gained all the weight. TO get back all the motivation I joined tumblr, and watched biggest loser every single day. So that's how i've lost 10 lbs in one month :D YAY
  • Impy84
    Impy84 Posts: 430
    Feeling FAT. huffing and puffing after stairs, after getting out of the shower all exhausted. That was inexcusable then after my bday I got on a scale and was mortified to see the number 201lbs. So I decided to change and have been working on that change ever since.
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