What was your "fat" breaking point?

Was never fat to start with, but because i'm 19 years old and didn't want fit the stereotypes of lazy, unhealthy binge drinking, Fast food British youth that apparently plague our streets

So really I just want to give a big F you to the previous generation for labelling the youth like they have

I hadn't seen my favorite cousin in two years, She came and stayed with me on vacation and she told be about her struggle with weight. I had been struggling really hard over the past few years and gained a ton of weight. She told me what her weight was and it was pretty much the same as mine, we are about the same height. I finally realized just how big I had become. It's like my eye were tricking myself in the mirror to not see how heavy I really had gotten. I live 1000 miles from home, the next time I can afford a trip back, I want to go home proud of myself, not ashamed to let my family see what i've become. I am no longer a salad dodger. Slowly but surly its working and the weight is coming off. I won't forget how bad I felt when I finally hit my rock bottom.

when I walked up the stares and practically couldn't breath any more

When the scale said more than 250 and i was embarrased about a picture i got tagged in on facebook!!

I was bursting out of my size 16s and struggling to keep up with my daughter. I wasn't happy with myself so I decided to get fit and fabulous!!!

By that I mean when did it finally hit you that no matter what you need to start dieting to make a life style change and to stick with it?

In July I landed in the hospital with a systemic bacterial infection that settled into infectious cellulitis and a raging UTI. It all checked out clear of MRSA but I had both staff and strep. It was nasty. Id never been so sick. I had toyed with losing weight for the last several months. Lord knows Id tried everything over the years and nothing "stuck"

After I got outta the hospital I had no appetite. I had been on so many antibiotics battling the infections that I was nauseous and dry heaving 20 minutes out of every 60 that I just didnt wanna eat.

THAT was the kick start I needed. Then I found MFP and started over here. Id been here about a year ago and lost my login so I hadda start over. Ive since signed in every day, dropped at least 35 pounds, am logging food faithfully and feel better than I have in years

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when i got pregnant with my third 6months after my second and i still had 30lbs to lose from that pregnancy! i started light exercise during that pregnancy and actually lost body fat and only gained 2lbs so i was off to a good start when my daughter was born! i didnt want to look like a chunky mummy who didnt care about how i looked. i wanted people to think wow you cant have 3 kids haha!

When i went to the doctor for flu last December and he ended up taking my blood pressure and telling me that it was borderline high, and that I have to go on regular meds pretty soon if I don't lose weight . That scared the hell out of me and I decided to do something about it.

I fell in love with a man I ant to spend my life with. I have 84lb to lose - but I am deted to losing it slowly, through a healthy lifestyle that will last forever, rather than a crash diet which isn't healthy.

I had put on forty pounds in medication weight over the course of about a year and a half, only one of about seven pairs of jeans I owned fit any more, and I took a research trip to Paris, France in May for two weeks. I walked a half hour one-way to the library every day of those two weeks and came back five pounds lighter, at 145. That was the initial kick I needed to start getting serious about logging meals and losing weight.

So far I am down 13 pounds since joining this site; a total of 18 pounds with the Paris weight loss factored in. Now I can fit into two out of seven pairs of jeans. I am looking forward to the day I can wear all my clothes again.