What was your tipping point?

snowdrop_diva

I think mine was when I found out that my health was under par. Finding that due to my poor health and size I now had to deal with hypothyroidism, low immune system, unexplained infertility and a few other things .. it all pissed me off a tad.

I was always active and fairly healthy when I was younger, and kept the weight down. With a lot of effort on my part I kept it down. Back then I Swore I'd never get near 150 pounds...

Jump to the past 5 or 6 years.. life and my weight got away from me.

No excuses here, it's all my doing.. too little exercise and more yummy dinners out with my husband (he's a pretty good cook too, so even dinners in tended to be a bit decadent). My man also likes a plump gal, so he'd put what ever he wouldn't eat on to my plate before getting up, and stupid me I'd eat it too. *dumbdumb*

217+ pounds later and I was miserable, and extremely unhappy with my body so I started trying to fix things. Not as easy as when I was younger, let me tell you. And with the health issues piled on there it was even harder to keep it up and get the pound to start coming off.

It's been about 8 months now since I started to change my lifestyle and exercise more. It was extremely hard at the beginning, fatigue is a *****, but it is getting easier (thank goodness)

I have a Long way to go still, but at least I am putting my all into it and feeling better with each new day.

lilawolf

Thank you all for your stories

Dawnhasajeep

I needed some new pants for a Christmas party because none of my pants fit. I had to get a W20 with an elastic band. :sad:
This summer I bought size 6 because none of my pants fit me...TOO BIG :bigsmile:

kgb6days

I saw my back, and I had back boobies. Totally disgusting! I only weighed 155, but on my 5'2" body it was way too much.

lilawolf

I needed some new pants for a Christmas party because none of my pants fit. I had to get a W20 with an elastic band. :sad:
This summer I bought size 6 because none of my pants fit me...TOO BIG :bigsmile:

Size 20 to a size 6! WOW! WTG

mrsbee48

Thank you; so far I've lost 18 pounds and I'm exercising to gain strenght in my legs too Already I see a difference

LilKatyRed

My tipping point was really around the time I saw pictures of myself at the beach and the whole trip there. This is what led up to that point:

I went to the beach, and realized I forgot my bathing suit. Had to go buy a new one, and the size I had to buy (I don't remember what it is now) made me a bit upset.
Then, when wearing said bathing suit, I felt a bit big.
I was surrounded by thin beautiful girls (My aunt and her friends) in bikini's all day. Even the little kids were wearing them and looked great.
One of the little girls saw me looking at myself in the mirror and said "Do you think your fat?" As if wondering if it was okay for her to think so too.
the tip of the tipping point:
Going home and seeing those photos. I was 217 (Probably a bit more at that point.) and seeing that on the scale was insane! So, I came home, adjusted my eating habits and Went from 217.2 to 194.4 in a almost under 4 months. (Had huge ups and downs, hence the reason it took so long to lose the weight.)
! yep. that's my story.