What triggered your journey?

camkal12

I have been down the weightloss trail so many times, I dug my heels in and decided enough was enough! Sick of not fitting into anything I really wanted to wear...resorting to cutting out the sizing labels in clothing...something had to give. What's changed for me?

It started with my 11 year old son finding an old box of photos stashed away in the chest. He was studying one very intently and when I asked him which one it was - he had a confused look on his face as he showed it to me. Great...the secret was finally out... I had to admit to him that the girl in the cute two piece bather was indeed me. He studied it again...looked at me and as I broke into a cold sweat fearing I'd need to somehow justify why I looked so different now, he smiled and said, "You're still beautiful Mum".

There and then I decided that I owed it to my sons to have me around for a long time, to be able to run with them, catch ball and hold my head high. My journey isn't leading me down the road of the "two-piece bather" again, rather, I'm aiming for a future where family photo memories don't involve my husband and sons with me holding the camera to avoid being seen! I'm standing up for myself and realised that I don't have any Willpower to speak of, however, I am working on the "Won't-Power" to say NO to negative thoughts and look forward to a healthier future.

OK - had to vent that and now I'm done! Good luck everyone out there - I'm on my way

Bon90

Stepping on the scales to see a number I have never seen on them before

jjroblin

The thing that triggered my journey was looking in the mirror and hating what was looking back at me. That was back in December of 1999 and I succeeded in losing 120 pounds total and have kept it off all these years. The journey never ends though, it is always a battle but a battle worth fighting for everyday

HunterTrouble

One of my high school students called me fat. And I cried like a baby after class. I had fooled myself for a long time that I wasn't overweight.

Plus, I weigh more than my boyfriend. I HATE that lol

farway

On holiday 2012 and saw a great big fat git in the full length bathroom mirror as I got out of the shower

orangesmartie

Constant backache and painful knees, heavy breathing after walking the flight of stairs to my front door.

These were all niggles that pushed me towards getting a handle on my weight. What really kickstarted it was having severe depression and feeling everything was out of control, beyond my control. The only thing i could control was my eating and exercise.

Sadly one of the negative side effects of battling depression is i have loosened my grip on my (emotional) eating habits.

jrhodo

Holiday picture on Facebook. I was next to my two very overweight sisters, and I didn't look much different!

Crankstr

i'm just a small town girl...

Thomasm198

i'm just a small town girl...

I'm just a city boy.

Bobby__Clerici

This picture....

I looked like a rooting hog

sunnyside1213

Seeing an old boyfriend after years.

Contrarian

I took the midnight train.

ApocalypticFae

My old pair of "fat jeans" ripped when I tried to put them on this week. :embarassed:

dawnsjourney

Feeling so badly about myself that I was not living. I decided I wanted to Live! Truly live. For the first time ever.

So here I am. 60lbs lost and about 150 or so to go.

dawnsjourney

oops

hannah_alfie

I've always wanted to loose weight but what finally triggered me was a few things, I wanted to fit in a bikini for a holiday, a few boys made fun of my weight, I wanted to get a boyfriend, I was sick of the way I looked and my sister lost 2 stone so that triggered me too xx

NCchar130

This picture....

I looked like a rooting hog

:sad: NO YOU DON'T :sad:

But I understand the sentiment.

ShreddedTweet

Don't stop believin'....

jenihullett

I promised my Dad before he died that I would take care of myself. He didn't want me to inherit any of our family's obesity-related health problems down the road. Now I'm about 1/2 way through my journey.

chervil6

well my journey always start by getting in the car or on a train or bus/ plane ..... oh and some times walking :laugh:

kimosabe1

1 more pair of pants I couldn't fit and went to FB and someone mentioned this site so I logged on.......

mmenuey27

What triggered my journey..........Well my I have been trying to lose the same weight since my oldest was born (that's 9 years ago). I believe that with some past relationships I have let myself go even more than before. I actaully weigh more than when I was pregnant the second time. My ex husband has remarried, which was 6 years ago. My 9 year old always tells me that he wants me to be thinner; not in a rude way but more like telling me to be healthy. He is built like me and is very concious about what he eats, and I think that he worries he will look like me at my current weight. This is when I decided that enough is enough, and I want to show him that he/I am in charge of my weight, and that it isn't genetic. Some of it is, and I will have to work harder to get where I need to be. This is where I will teach him will power as well. I need to do this for my sons and for myself.

chervil6

I took the midnight train.

liking this lol

ValerieMartini2Olives

I worked at a grocery store for many years. I got tired of watching really fat people who were just so lazy using motorized carts. I don't want to wind up a 30 year old fat woman whose stomach hangs down past her knees and is so fat she can't walk. I said that is NOT what I want to be.

pteryndactyl

I feel like I'm getting older and while I can get away with my less-than-healthy habits now, I know I won't be able to in the future.

Plus, there are some things I want to do that I'm just not able to, like the "Run for your Lives" 5k where zombies chase you!

chefphil321

As i became my journey as a Culinary major and learned about nutrition, i was curious about what I was putting in my body each day. I figured I'd try to eat better and treat my body with more care. It's amazing the garbage we feed our kids in America now days when we should be promoting healthy eating habits.

glitteratthesea

I saw some not so flattering pics back of myself. Plus I didn't eat healthy, so I needed to change that before it would go very wrong.

Oh, and someone asked if I was pregnant.

supahstar71

Steve Perry.

jjscholar

I almost died of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure on July 1, 2011 because I weighed almost 400 lbs. Like many of you, I used to consume tons of fast food, fried food, and other junk food.

Not anymore... I can never ever go back to the way I was before July 1, 2011.

RunningOnPurple

In the same week my boyfriend passed away (he was super morbidly obese, as was I and he had a heart attack) and then later in that week I went to the doctor and found out that the knee injury that I'd been living with for six months already couldn't be fixed because I was too fat, by a little over 100 pounds.

I'm honestly surprised I made it through that week. Thank goodness for family and friends and thank goodness for my MFP friends once I started logging here everyday.

harribeau2012

Like you, bit of a roundabout dieter, knew that I NEEDED to do it (years ago) but the best big push came just the other day when a cousin took a pic of me in the kitchen (not eating for once) and I was truly honestly SHOCKED by the plain truth. It doesn't make me a bad person. I will not have a fixed life if I lose weight. I will be able to keep up with the family and I hope to be less self concious . Can't wait. 3 days in...so far so good. xxx