What was your "fat" breaking point?

When my arthritis in my knees got so bad that I had to get my left knee scoped this year. To much weight on my knees. So I decided that when I get the ok from my ortho to start exercising I would. Baby steps at the beginning but now it's gotten a lot better, thank you Walk Away the Pounds. I will be getting my right knee done next year and my upper body will be very well toned to deal with the crutches.

because i knew i was eating too much ****...lol...and also just looking in the mirror.

When I got to 295. I refuse to get to 300!!

I also broke my ankle 3 months ago, and I had to be in a wheelchair for 3 weeks because I couldn't carry myself on crutches.

When I stepped on the scale and was disgusted by the number I saw, which was 20 lbs more than I even guessed it would be.

My insecurities got the best of me. I spent every day in fear that my husband would find someone more attractive and leave me. That was the turning point of when I'd had enough. Although I have lost only 4 lbs, I've realized that if my husband is shallow enough to let something like my weight affect our marriage, then I didn't deserve that kind of person in my life. I'm still a little fearful, but I acknowledge that if he would have left me for my weight, he would have left me for anything else. So I focused myself on why this weight loss was good for me, and my daughter's future.

My health and my daughter's happiness is my motivation to keep going every day.

I have been thinking about this question a lot lately...what was my breaking point...and I don't think that ther was one major "thing" that made me decide to lose weight...it was a lot of little things like, my knees hurting when I would stand up, my heart would start racing seemingly out of nowhere (to the point that I thought I was going to pass out or die), not feeling comfortable in my own skin...let alone my clothes. One day I just told myself if not now, when? And on those days when I would get depressed about how much weight I had to lose I would always ask myself ...well what's the alternative? Get bigger and more unhealthy...uh no I don't think so...best decision of my life.

I saw myself tagged on facebook at a wedding a few years ago. I couldn't believe the "whale" that had eaten me! I'd been going through a rough time and had started drinking 6 cans of beer EVERY night to get through it and I decided that enough was enough. I lost 2 stone just by walking insane distances every day and not drinking alcohol. Since then I hit a plateau where I've stayed for the past couple of years. I still want to lose another 25lbs though. The thing that spurs me on is the thought of how I'd feel if I ever bumped into my ex again. I'd want to be proud of myself and show him what he missed instead of being ashamed (he was in the army and a complete fitness freak). I've started cutting out evening snacks and exercising at least 3 times a week. It will be a slow road to my goal as I want to change my habits for life. I've learned there are no shortcuts if you want to make changes that last. I think it's right what someone else on here said, sometimes you hit rock bottom but you need to realise that all other concerns have to be put to one side. It is all about YOU and making the effort to be the person YOU want to be. My work is not as important as my health, my family's problems are not as important as my health, money is not as important as my health...

When I ended up in hospital Memorial day weekend with bad chest pains and ended up staying a week and having a heart cath done.

When my daughter says...that lady...has a belly like you and they wear that....see you can wear it too, other people really dont care how you look. I think she was trying to give me a confidence boost....but it just made me feel horrible.

We were just in AZ to visit family and while we were there I realized that half the stuff I brought....did not fit. I had to buy new stuff there. Everything was a size bigger that I bought.

I have wore jeans for almost the past 2 years at work due to me not fitting in any of my work clothes.

I pretty much hit rock bottom in every area of my life. I guess you could say I woke up and realized I was the only one who could change it all and I knew I had to start with changing ME. It started with portion sizes, cutting out the junk & processed foods. Eventually started really eating clean and exercising. Forceed myself to this every day because the alternative made me cringe. Fortunately, I became a bit obsessed with it. I soon realized I was feeling a lot better, both physically and mentally. At that point, it became nonnegotiable. It's just the way I live my life now and I wouldn't want it nay other way. I don't ever want to go back to the person I was a year ago.

DITTO !!!! Congrats on your weight loss !

Last summer I went to my manager's wedding and afterwards saw some photos of myself. I hated how I looked, in fact I hated pictures of myself period since I gained all that weight. I also had been going through old boxes for my daughter's fundrasier yardsale and found clothes that I had not been able to wear in years. Really made me sad because I used to love to wear some of those clothes.

I knew that my wedding was 11 months away and I needed to make a change. After all half the day is about pictures and I didn't want to look back at my wedding pics and hate them because I didn't like how big I had become. I was at my highest weight ever, I weighed more then I was when I was 9 months pregnant with my daughter.

Wanting to get back into those old clothes and wanting to like my wedding photos pushed me to finally start losing the weight. My wedding became my goal. Lost 32 lbs before my wedding and you know what I love my wedding pictures

Now that the wedding is over I have just pushed myself with a new goal, to look great in that slinky black dress I was given and want to wear to my cousin's wedding in October. So far I have lost an additional 4.8 lbs since my wedding and I feel confident that I can make that an even 10 lbs before her wedding. I am like the tortise, slow and steady but I will win this race!

I hated hating myself. I hated dodging pictures or hiding pictures if I made it into one. I hated trying to position things in front of me. Dodging outings because I was so embarrassed at how I looked. I was just ready to be proud of myself again.

So True...Very Funny....

This summer I went for my annual physical. The nurse weighed me and wrote on my file "Recommend Obesity Counselling".

Realizing I'm probably not going to be alive in a few years if I keep going at the rate I have been. At almost 400 pounds, I know I'm a ticking time bomb. Every day I can eat healthy and exercise for even just a little bit is hopefully a little extra time onto my life.