Whats the one thing that set you off to want to lose weight?

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  • knitmom71
    knitmom71 Posts: 21 Member
    I didn't really set out to lose weight, but I did set out to get in better shape. I went for a bike ride with a 40something friend of mine, and was totally wiped afterwards. She's a good five years older than me and complained about how out of shape she is. My DH lost 30 lbs and got in much better shape several years ago, and I decided that it was my turn.

    And, I'm glad I did, because I now have a new doctor, and at my physical, she wanted to run a full blood screening. Turns out my good cholesterol is really low. It was nice to be able to tell her that I'd already started many of the suggestions. I was glad to have started because I wanted to, but I must say that having a doctor tell me that I need to exercise more certainly has helped to keep me on the right track!

    I am seeing the payoff in terms of my overall energy level and clothes fitting differently. I really hope that I see the big payoff when I have blood tests again in the new year.
  • Ghkffb56
    Ghkffb56 Posts: 263 Member
    being cheated on..
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    There are so very many, but the one that comes to mind is having to pick up a bottle of Lipitor at the pharmacy.
  • starjewel16
    starjewel16 Posts: 18 Member
    My husband is in Basic Training for the military and I really want to lose some weight so that when he does the Airman's run at graduation and sees me standing on the sidelines, he can be proud of me. I got pregnant right away after we got married so I feel like he kinda got cheated out of having me at a good weight. I know I can't lose it all in a month but I want to lose enough that he will be proud of what I've accomplished.
  • girlwapp
    girlwapp Posts: 136 Member
    being tagged in the picture that is my profile picture. Damn.
  • saraann4
    saraann4 Posts: 1,296 Member
    I just finally looked in the mirror and said "wow" in a gross, disgusted way. Plus my size 22 jeans were getting a little too snug. My shirts were pushing a 3x too. eeeek
  • HeatherTransformed
    HeatherTransformed Posts: 213 Member
    Love these reasons! I had some of these situations happen to me and still kept eating....

    I had blood work and it showed that I had high cholesterol. I had lost and gained weight many times, but it was the first time I really felt a consequence of my awful eating choices. Eight months and 50 lbs later, I just had blood work done last week. We'll see how my cholesterol has changed soon. :::crossing fingers:::
  • metacognition
    metacognition Posts: 626 Member
    My doctor gave me several shock results on a blood test. My triglycerides and blood sugar were abnormal.

    I also feel that I am running out of chances to lose the weight. The fat is holding back my life. I am out of my early twenties and have not even gone on a date in four years. No guy has showed an interest or asked me out since high school. No amount of makeup or clothing can make up for zero confidence.

    I am pretty much doing this so I can have a chance of getting what I want out of life. I am sick of feeling like a victim.

    **graphic**

    I also spent a few days with a relative in hospital and it shocked me into change. She is morbidly obese and in terrible health. She has 15 doctors and has taken over 20 pills a day to manage the symptoms. Most of her issues stem from the weight. I had to untie her hospital gown and walk her to the bathroom at night. She asked me to rub lotion into the rolls on her stomach and back that she could not reach, so they would not chafe under the strain of the fabric. I had to adjust her leg for comfort, knowing that it was infected with an easily transmissible bacteria that her immune system is not strong enough to fight. The bed was about six feet from the bathroom but it took her 15 minutes to get out of it and to prop her feet in a position to stand. She would run out of breath several times during this process. Eventually, we got to the point where she required a pad on the bed, and there were a couple of times when I could not do anything but retch, leave the room and let the nurses handle it.

    The hour she came out of the hospital, she went to Burger King and had a Whopper. I can't help but think how her lifestyle choices are killing her and putting a strain on everyone in the family. Since her release, the diabetes has worsened and she takes insulin shots before every meal. But at least she is alive.

    Seeing how bad her health is, and how much she looks like me - we put on fat in all of the same areas - shocked me into staying on my weight loss plan. I do not want my future to be like that.
  • lmc8774
    lmc8774 Posts: 129 Member
    It was when I realized I was eating enough to satisfy 3-4 people.

    One day I ate Mcdonalds AND Burger king for breakfast... then arbys for lunch.. then chinese buffet for dinner.
    I didn't want to die from a heart attack by age 35

    I laughed when I first saw this because I've been there. But then I saw how much weight you've lost. That's awesome.

    For me it was busting out of my clothes. Not being able to run like I had before. And just seeing all the excess fat on my body.

    Also, I did a marathon at my heaviest weight and it wasn't easy. But I felt so much more fit than I looked. Seeing those pictures of me at the marathon, with cellulite on the front of my legs....it wasn't what I thought I was, so I decided to try to change it. Still not where I need to be, but getting closer.
  • I'd let myself go because I was so unhappy and I wanted to build myself back up again. And I wanted to have my photograph taken and not look like I was pregnant.
  • Poorgirls_Diet
    Poorgirls_Diet Posts: 528 Member
    It was actually my soon to be ex husband that did it for me. I found out he was having an affair which was bad enough but to find out that he sent his then gf a picture of me with this message underneath. 'She is not a patch on you, you are hot, thin and beautiful and she is fat, ugly and to top it off barren', that statement hurt me so much that I knew I wanted to gain confidence and get out from under his controlling and abusing behaviour. Although I am losing weight for myself and to gain confidence I would also really like to show him the new 'me' some day and wipe the smug smile off his face. I am very thankful to all of my MFP family that push me every day so I can achieve my goal and turn into a beautiful woman both inside and out....
  • mmckee10
    mmckee10 Posts: 405 Member
    stepping on the scale and hitting the same numbers as when i was 9 mos pregnant! my son is almost 2 and i'm still holding all that weight -_- time to shed. i want to be the 135 (or at least close) that i used to be.. and feel sexy in my skin.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I went up a size in my pants and had to buy new clothes. I'm halfway down to my goal weight. ;-)
  • When my boyfriend and I got on the scale and I weighed more than him! I'm only 5'4 and he's 6'3! Oh yea and also the fact that my daily attire seems to be t-shirts and legging because that's all I can fit now.... Hopefully I can lose weight keeping this food diary
  • Does anyone here live in Houston?
  • Trying omn clothes in the dressing room. Made me want to cry just looking at what I ALLOWED to happen to my body. Life changing experience. Left the store, came home and got on the treadmill.
  • SheepyWolf
    SheepyWolf Posts: 8 Member
    Looking in the mirror and expecting a hot person and seeing someone that was unattractive. I still see that after about 2 years, but now, I am finally ready to make a commitment. It's not about how fast I can lose it anymore, it's about keeping it off and making it a lifestyle. I have to make a change.
  • I always knew that I was chubby, but I never felt fat.
    I was content to stay a bit chubby for my whole life, until I talked to a lady in her 40s or so who had to have been 400+ pounds. She said that she was about my size when she was my age. (I was 19 at the time)

    All the sudden I realized that I had been gaining weight very slowly since my teens, and that if I didn't change my habits soon, I would go from being a bit chubby but still cute, to massive in a decade or so.
  • SheepyWolf
    SheepyWolf Posts: 8 Member
    Stepping on the scale and seeing that I weighed the most I ever weighed in my life.
    Oh my goodness I know that feeling. That is another thing that spurred me on.
  • lessofme150
    lessofme150 Posts: 105 Member
    I can relate to almost all of the above posts.

    My big kick in the pants started in April when my cousin (and best friend) committed suicide. She had suffered from depression for a long time and I have had bouts of it myself but never to that extreme. After she passed, I didn't care what I ate or how much of it. I gained 10 lbs very quickly, slept like crap, was very spacey and extremely unhappy. One day in July I stepped on the scale and weighed the heaviset I have ever weighed. I decided that I couldn't let her death run or ruin my life and decided to do something about my weight so I could feel better about myself. So glad I did it!
  • Bigstupid
    Bigstupid Posts: 25 Member
    No aha moment for me but a series of fortunate eye openers.
    *Hitting 191 lbs on the scale without a lot of muscle to account for it on my 5' 6" frame. Too close to 200 for me.
    *Looking at my drivers license photo and thinking, "That's me?"
    *My girlfriend worked as a caregiver and one of the ladies she cared for read palms. She said she saw her falling in love with a chubby man. Anne thought of me.
    *The looming pant size increase heading my way.
    *Being called Fat by a child.

    damn, you said "one thing" sorry!
  • InLaLaLand04
    InLaLaLand04 Posts: 21 Member
    Having my 5yr old ask me several times within a 3 week span why my arms and stomach were so "squishy". Mouthy 5yr olds! That and I refuse to buy a whole new wardrobe in a bigger size. I've been big all my life and it's just time to make a change.
  • stines72
    stines72 Posts: 853 Member
    i have no clue honestly... it was july 4th and i went on a walk to see the fireworks and got really sweaty and it felt good. also i had been feeling pretty crappy lately physically and wanted to start getting healthy so i started out just walking then went to running and before i couldnt even run 2 laps around a track but eventually worked my way up to a mile.. i dont run anymore but i do cardio and im so glad i started this journey and i lvoe eating healthy!
  • I know exactly how you feel! I noticed that less men were approaching me and like you said it's not because you're unattractive it's because they can sense your confidence levels. The thing that made me want to lose weight the most was when I noticed I didn't reckonize myself in my pictures. I use to be a picture freak. Loved to take pictures anywhere! I use to cheerlead and live a pretty active life until I had my baby two years ago. It seemed as the weight was starting to fall off it took an abrupt turn and starting coming back.

    I wanna get my social life back but I feel so ashamed of my weight that it makes me self concious and honestly a little jealous of others that are in shape and wears thing that I use to wear that I wouldn't dare wear now. So that definitely made me say, nuh uh this weight has got to go.

    I was 144 when I got pregnant and when I started this program I was 188. I haven't weighed myself in about 3 weeks so next week I will weigh in. I look better already so I know I've definitely lost some.

    Best of luck to you=)
  • Carol_Magee
    Carol_Magee Posts: 69 Member
    I weighed nearly 350 pounds at 5'7" and had all that goes with it - low self esteem, type II diabetes, high blood pressure and a bad wardrobe. I didn't buy nice clothes because I was going to lose weight and why spend money on clothes that I wouldn't be wearing for long. Sound familiar? Of course I didn't lose the weight. The thing that really set me off to losing weight was falling down and not being able to get up. That was terrifying and extremely embarrassing. I've lost 60 pounds since then and have found MFP. Now I have friends all over the world who are having the same struggles. Thank you, friends, for being there!
  • KenishaFitness
    KenishaFitness Posts: 161 Member
    My clothes size was going up and I was still trying to buy smaller clothes because they were cute and I wasn't even able to fit into it. And the fact that I can barely can stand up no more than 7 hours at work with out all the pain in my ankles.. taking my niece and nephew to the park or out to play and cant keep up. I had to make the change.
  • CDG1013
    CDG1013 Posts: 106 Member
    When I had to buy larger uniforms. I already had 2 sets of everything...my fit size, my not so fit size, and then had to go to a fat guy size. I looked horrible in my dress uniform and made a decision to get back into shape and be an example for younger officers.
  • julielittlefish
    julielittlefish Posts: 134 Member
    I became a new mom. And then, 4 days later, I became single mom. I called the initial phase my "post-partum got a divorce diet". I've kept it off by changing the way I eat.
  • elfpearl
    elfpearl Posts: 191
    When I got on the scale and weighed the same as I had weighed 9 months pregnant with both of my children...but I wasn't pregnant.
  • kristieprn
    kristieprn Posts: 18 Member
    We had to get a specific uniform color at work and within a few months I had to go out and buy bigger ones! WTH! And I had once upon a time sustained very healthy habits so here I go again.