What was your turning point?

Zacei
Zacei Posts: 14
in Chit-Chat
I was just wondering what the final straw was that made you think "I'm going to make this change and stick to it".

Mine was a concert t-shirt. My friend's mum bought me a medium instead of a large (a large was tight as it was). It wasn't about wanting to fit into that particular shirt, it was just the point where I realised how big I'd got.

How about you?

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  • MyProgressISYour1Proof
    MyProgressISYour1Proof Posts: 376 Member
    there were several:
    1. The scale reading 346.4 and I was only 19
    2. My liver was messed up after my gall bladder was removed
    3. I always saw EE on the scale
    4. I couldn't see my feet
    5. My mother passed away when I was 15 and she was sick plus morbidly obese
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    When I stepped on the scale and saw 252 (I'm 5'2) and realized I was now closer to 300 pounds, than 200. For some reason that scared me into action.
  • ltgarrow
    ltgarrow Posts: 342 Member
    For me it was two separate events. First was last June when I did my yearly PT test for a special team I am on. At the weigh in I was 200 even. My scores were barely passing, but passing none the less. In September, we got a new scale, and at 215, I decided that enough was enough. I'm down to 177, and more toned than I think I've ever been. Can't wait for the test this June.
  • chelly_leigh
    chelly_leigh Posts: 22
    Coming back from 6 months travelling for my dad to tell me "Wow! There's a lot more of you to love now!"
    He didn't mean it maliciously, but it stuck. I've since then been on a struggle to get to my ideal body. I'm the thinnest I've ever been atm, but I want to get to that nirvana. My housemate is a great inspiration to me. She always knows what I need to do. She's great!
  • Skrib69
    Skrib69 Posts: 687 Member
    I refuse to have a waist larger than 32". The trousers were becoming increasingly uncomfortable. A colleague who has a lot to use started WeightWatchers and showed me their app so I decided to find my own that was free!
  • AceDuddyMegaa
    AceDuddyMegaa Posts: 73
    Kicked off a roller coaster at 6 flags. Most embarrassing moment ever. My friends didn't laugh which strangely made it worse lol nothing feels worse than people genuinely pitying you
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    I was nearly harpooned by the Japanese.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    realizing I weighed as much as I had when 9 months pregnant.

    PS - fezzes are cool.
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    An extremely unflattering photo of me with my then boyfriend. His family framed it and put it in their living room and every time we visited that stupid picture was right there mocking me. LoL

    I had to break up with the guy.
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    bump

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