When it finally "Clicked" for you

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  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    I'm not sure I ever had a "clickable" moment, but I did come to realize that my health (and thus my future) are largely in my hands. Being overweight/obese and sedentary statistically shortens lives and degrades the quality of our lives. We are deluding ourselves if we think otherwise. I cherish the time with my family and friends, doing the things I love. I want every last minute.
  • Slack2ShortGo
    Slack2ShortGo Posts: 74 Member
    It "clicked" for me when I started to look at pictures from the last few years. I realized that I was the fat friend in the group now. I used to poke fun at my "chubby friends". I was 200lbs. when I graduated and I was in great shape. 10 years later and I was tipping the scales at 284lbs. I am down to 261 and my goal is to get back to 200lbs. Self control and exercise are my biggest tools. Good luck in your journey!
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    Yesterday after leaving the gym, I had to make a stop at the grocery store. While walking the isles, I had a sudden overwhelming craving for sweets. My first thought was to grab a can of cinnamon rolls to bake after dinner. Thankfully, I batted that down, but only with the thoughts of the half used tube of cookie dough that I had in the refrigerator! Well, I went on to ponder just grabbing a candybar and eating it before I made it home!!!---Surely, this would conquer my sudden desire for a sweet....and it would be my secret too!!! However, as I stood in the check out line, i remembered the illuminated red "405" under the calories burned display on the elliptical I'd just sweated for 40 minutes on! So as I strolled through the parking lot, feeling accomplished, yet still wanting something sweet, it dawned on me.... This small decision proved to me that i am INDEED changing my outlook.... making better choices, feeling better, as I continue to work toward looking better!!!!! Soooooooo as I jumped into the car, I did grab me something sweet..... It was one of the "Golden Delicious" apples that I'd had in my shopping cart all along!!!! Thank God for the will-power that he is constantly supplying in my life.... :)

    When did you realize it finally clicked for you??? What was your moment of realizing that you are really going to 'stick this health thing out???"

    It clicked for me when I saw that a calorie deficit REALLY WORKS and that it is the ONLY thing that works and if I wanted to achieve my goal I had to make decisions every day just like you. Stick with it and never give up, it worked for me and I'm almost 52 now, the fittest, strongest, and leanest I've ever been in my entire life. I'm glad I never gave up --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740340-i-lost-60-lbs-at-age-51-anyone-can-any-workout
  • KiraBg
    KiraBg Posts: 24
    Having chicken tenders and curly fries at the local AMC movie theater and thinking the taste of it was so not worth the 600+ kcals it added to my day - the fries were soggy and it all tasted kinda bitter due to the nasty fat it was fried in... I thought I was being "good" and sharing it with my boyfriend - what a dilusion!
  • grinner30
    grinner30 Posts: 122 Member
    MFP made it click. Open up the app on my phone and put in the calories before I ate...I found my self putting things back immediately. The double burger was going to cost me 30 minutes at 6 mph....and i would only break even....no way.

    Pay for the calories out of your eating budget first...it will make you think twice.

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