what started it all for you?

Darmanin

What happened in your life to make you want to loose weight and be healthier? Was there anything specific or just something you woke up one morning and wanted to do?

I know I'm overweight and have been for about 13 years now ... I know I should exercise more but can't find the motivation to ... I know the things I eat are bad for me ... but I eat them anyway

There is a big part of me that would love to just wake up and be thinner and fit and healthy and eat better etc.. etc... but everytime I think about doing it it all becomes too hard and I dont bother. Really struggling to remember to put all the things I eat in here every day and just when I had started getting of the train a stop earlier and walking to work I'm now crook and can't walk without coughing up a lung.

All these things "i know" I should do ... but can't seem to make it happen ... ever??

Sidesteal

My friend called me fat.
He was right.

tberend

My eight-year old son kept asking me if I was going to have a baby. I'm still a bit miffed. I wasn't that big, but clearly I wasn't in the right shape either.

BTW - I still love him. He's in my profile pic.

SaraBrown12

The feeling of dread the morning after I have been out with my friends on a big night out for the photos being tagged on facebook and looking like a hippo! And not being able to wear pretty clothes!

smsgreaves

My little sister won me a gold pass to the local gym for 3 months. So I started 1st July (coz it was about to expire- mind you she won it in March!!!), it runs out on the 1st of October and I've got a wedding to go to on the 6th

Timing is everything!!

I've tried lots of times before and failed catastrophically, hang in there. Your ahha! moment will happen :flowerforyou:

taso42

Something snapped in me one night. I was feeling extra weak, fat, and pathetic. So I made a decision to lose the blub and get stronger. When I get something in my head that I want, I make sure I get it.

hlw5112

I woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and thought 'This is NOT who I want to be.'

fatty_to_fitty

This time?!

I could't keep up at jujutsu so I had to sort it.

sharonfincher1

Realized I actually had a muffin top, and back fat... so not pretty!!!

Kissybiz

I just got sick and tired of feeling depressed and all my clothes were getting too tight. My knees and back hurt and for the first time in my life I felt OLD!!! I knew I wouldn't go to the gym unless I had a trainer, so I used my Christmas bonus to join a gym and hire a trainer last December. Best money I've ever spent.. seriously. I've shed 50 lbs, and have no body aches or pains anymore and I have my mojo back!!!

Whatever it takes to get you there, do it.. you'll be sooooo happy you did!!!

chatter27

I couldn't stand looking at myself.

Jules2Be

A family member said that I looked like if you stuck me with a pin I would pop.
It hurt to hear but she was right.

annamika510

A guy from my choir said out loud as we were cleaning up in front of everyone else "Did you gain weight? I can see it in your face. And I know that now you are going to hate me but did you??" He is in his late 20s I think... but a few weeks after that he never showed up to choir... So who knows what happened but that killed me. One thing in private but this was in front of 30 people who i call friends.


That and my mother just kept saying to lose my "pooch"

nxd10

I'm scared of getting diabetes and I almost hit a weight that I'd only hit before when I was 8 months pregnant.

JBHawaii

I was talking to a friend about hiking and realized that if I stayed the weight I was and I would never actually be able to do it. I decided right then and there to make a lifestyle change and what started out as a diet is now a full blown life changing experience...

sarahbethfit233

I got into a fight with a friend when I was 12 or 13 and every time we argued, she brought up my weight as an insult. So that summer, I lost about 25 lbs.

caro1275

That's a great question. I've never been THIS heavy, but when I was heavier in the past, I was in my twenties and didn't feel it so much physically. Now I am 36, I travel quite a bit for my job, on my feet pretty much all day, and I FEEL IT. And I hate how physically uncomfortable I am in my own body. For me at this point it is all about health; how cute I look is secondary (although being able to wear cute dresses again will be quite nice!) .

Caro

ashtynplatt

Well, not fitting into my pants anymore for one. But, one morning I woke up and I was like "IM DONE! I am done eating and feeling like this!" That was about a month and a half ago,and so far I have lost 7 pounds

VogtAndrea

Start by managing your food intake. Make a diet plan or rather a lifestyle plan that's realistic and one that you can follow. Once you start seeing results I'm betting you get more motivated.

RealWomenLovePitbulls

my husband told me that i am built like my mom
my mom was 300+ lbs and had gastric bypass surgery about 8 years ago
my husband did not know my mom when she was heavy, so he probably didn't realize was his comment insinuates.
the most i have ever weighed is 130, and that def. comes from my dad, i was also around 100lbs until i turned 20, and then spent the next 5 years building up to and then staying between 125 and 130, so i decided that before it got out of control i would just nip it in the bud!
i also want to have a baby in the next couple years and want to be in great shape beforehand so its easier to get back in shape afterward

igora_soma

I didn't recognize the girl looking back at me in the mirror...

anticheer101

My most motivating day was when I had a pair of shorts on and I walked down my lane way and the entire time I felt my thighs rubbing together... I walked right back in the house, change my shorts, and changed my life. I can never get that feeling of disgust out of my head and still use that to my motivation even after a few yo-yos since then.

I was overweight as a youth and growing up and seeing my parents struggle with being clinically obese I strive everyday to no have that happen to me. I want to be an active parent (though that will be quite a few years from now) and enjoy the years to come instead of fighting my way through weight loss all the time... Its hard to lose but, harder to keep it off. However, the sweetest part of of keeping it off is seeing yourself go back. Not being disappointed, have to change your life around, not buying new clothes because all of them no longer fit.

If you have ever struggled in your life with weight loss, I would say one of the kindest things you can do is motivate someone who is younger than you to get in shape. They should enjoy life rather than having to do constant overhauls on themselves like many of us have had to.

*Get fit, Stay fit* - your life will thank you.

jwatson7

When I got on the scale at the doctor's office and the scale read 185 lbs! That pretty much did it for me.

lois4468

I was just doing web searches and came across this site and thought what the heck and signed up. I found it so easy to use that my husband signed up too. We use it as kind of a game at first just to see how much food we could eat and stay in our calorie range. Before we knew it the weight started falling off and we kept it up. We have now each lost about 50 lbs. and been on here for 6 months. We started with walking and watching calories. It has been amazing to see the changes. We both feel so much better. It used to be every time I even thought about losing weight I would go get 3 - 4 candy bars and say oh well... Now looking back at pictures I just can't believe we got that bad. Good luck!

trojanbb

I was picked on a lot in school (not college, before that) for being really skinny and short. I eventually grew much taller, but was still really scrawny. Finally got fed up, saw all these jacked guys at my university, and decided to change.

Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt

Like the weight I put on, it wasn't one particular thing, just a gradual build-up of a lot of things. The death of my stepfather from an obesity-related heart attack (he was only 56) was a major factor. Then slowly being unable to fit into things - meeting room chairs, roller-coaster rides, restaurant booths, movie seats, etc. Other parents (and sometimes teachers) making comments about my size at my kids school. My doctor saying there's a surgery that could correct my lifelong heart defect - but that it's too risky to attempt at my obese weight. Then last (and in my mind, worst) watching my 11 year old daughter start to make poor food choices and follow in my footsteps, making me remember all the bullying I got as a kid at her age because of MY weight, and desperately wanting to be a better example for her, so she doesn't go through what I did. Realizing she was learning all this stuff from me made me really get serious about getting healthier - because no matter what I say to her about it, kids learn from what you DO, not what you say.

CWSpiegel

I was sitting by the pool and reading a book when..

Girl 1 "That guy over there is pretty cute"
Girl 2 "Yeah, but he's kinda fat"

Yahtzeeeeee.

kolakross

The scale tipping over 90 kilos. It scared me to realise I would look like my sister if I didn't do something about it.

lecamire88

I was always overweight, but one day, I looked in the mirror (or should I say, REALLY looked in the mirror) and realized that I was truly obese. Had a few tears, and decided enough was enough. I'm too young (24) to have my back bothering me and get winded walking up stairs... so - here I am & I've lost 20 lbs (since June)

Carpaydeeum

My wife telling me she was worried about my weight and telling me she hated what I was doing to myself.

ksun10

I was feeling really overwhelmed with school, and keeping my apartment clean, and bills, etc. The more I started thinking about how hard I worked in other areas of my life, the more I realized that taking care of myself had been placed on the backburner since I started college. I gained 50 pounds in 6 months in high school after being put on medication, so it had already been a few years since I had been in shape. I decided that while school and everything else are important, they arent nearly as important as taking care of my health. My $160k BA wont mean a darn thing if Im not healthy enough to make a difference with it in the future.