weight loss breaking point...

Funny thing is that I never really thought that I had "broken". I was always upset over my weight, it was building and building. I did try to start eating right on my own, but I didn't weigh myself or have anything to guide me.

Then I was just chatting with a writer friend of mine. He told me about this site. I was thinking.... it'll probably be like Sparkpeople.com...useless. But after I signed up I just clicked. Like a light bulb went on inside of my head and I saw a path for me to follow.

That's it. I haven't looked back and for the first time I have structure and a guide. I don't follow anything blindly, but I do need walls and paths to follow or I lose focus. Give me a field and I will wander forever. Give me a maze and I will figure it out. It's all how my mind works.

I can see myself being able to live my life like this, healthy and never again being disgusted by my own body ever again.

My doctor, with no lab results or bloodwork or ANYTHING, started harping on my weight, and I got mad.

Last time I had bloodwork done, I had better cholesterol than my last doctor.

I live with a diabetic, and so I've been eating healthier in the last year to year and a half than I have in my life.

Still couldn't lose weight. And totally blew my stack over it.

So I started doing more research, realized that I was prediabetic, went to an obgyn, got Met, and started moderate-carbing (75-100g a day net).

Mostly, mine was being peeved at my doctor. I am SO SICK AND TIRED of the medical profession blaming everything from my arthritis to my strep throat on my fat.

I'm losing weight to prove to her that it won't magically make everything go away and make me immortal so I can get treatment.

It's stupid, and it sucks, and in a world with basic human rights, common decency and a modicum of respect, it shouldn't be *necessary*, but it's my break point.

=Betty=

This made me break...


Its now fitting nicely Taken in June

thanks for this. this summer i have been creeping back up, eating junk, and feeling bad about myself. literally, as i read these entries, i ate the choc chip cookie bars i made (frozen, even!). just shoveling them in when the kids and hubby can't see me.

i heard echoes of me in many people's responses. i don't like what i see in the mirror or pics lately. the middle age flab look. i look at other moms and think to myself, if she's fat and dsn't care, why should i care that i'm a little chubby/flabby? but that's not true....i do care, i know i can look better, i know the regular exercise does good in a multitude of ways, i know i feel like a better person when i choose healthy food over cookies/ice cream/m&m's,

i was just a few pounds away from my goal wt this spring. and i felt so PROUD. i want that feeling again. i want to not be obsessed about the next time i can "cheat" with an excuse (it's the 4th of July, it's my birthday, it's rosh hashanah, it's it's it's....). i want muscles. i do not want to go thru my forties fat and flabby.

so the breaking point?? today. waiting for my dh to leave for the grocery store so i could have those cookies, hiding from my kids, feeling stuffed/sick, and reading about you and SEEING me.

thanks again for posting this and for all of you sharing your "moments"

Over the holidays, Halloween - New Years Day, I ate whatever and whenever I wanted. I always felt guilty and it ended up with me feeling really crappy about myself every time I ate. It didn't matter what it was, even if I ate a salad I would feel terrible about it. Around Christmas time I decided that after NYD I'd quit all the bad food and add exercise to my routine. So I joined a gym and began eating a lot cleaner. Started counting calories and yeah..

The exact breaking point was probably going to the doctor in January and being weighed in. *kitten* got real.

The breaking point for me was when I was waiting for a bus with my partner and an entire stop full of people when a car full of young lads went past and shouted 'You fat Bxxxh'
I had never been so humiliated in all of my life. I have always been a bubbly and fun person but my heart died a little that second. I am only 5ft as it is so obviouolsy my weight has less area to spread to.
All of my sisters are healthy weight and my cousin and friends so I just thought, why not join them... 5ft and 12 stone puts me in the Obese category so this alone made me embarrased.

Oh my god! People are the worst. Seriously, this just made me angry.

Got pissed off with taking the bus and started riding a bike to work the rest just fitted in after that

My breaking point was struggling to bend over to put plastic covers on my shoes pool side, during my daughter's swimming lesson because my boobs and tummy were in the way.

I started walking my dog because SHE was overweight. When my husband commented on how much slimmer SHE was becoming it dawned on me that a 1 mile walk was doing her good but not me. I was using the walk as a stress reliever at the time for myself. Woke up one morning and thought to myself, as long as I'm walking for the dog and stress, why not turn it into a work out for me. This might be the one exercise that I enjoy doing. Started with a mile, worked up to 2, then 3 and now I walk 4 miles in an hour. I saw how it was affecting my body, toning my legs, adding stamina so I added weight training to my agenda and bought a treadmill on the days when it's raining, snowing or too cold. Once all my workouts became a habit I turned to eating right and watching my calories. That's what brought me here. When I started walking 4 miles I had lost around 25 lbs. After starting on this site I've lost an additional 15. It truly is a life changing decision and I plan on sticking to it for the rest of my life.

For me, it was a combination of things... The past few years I haven't felt like myself. I would think back on how confident I was in college and how good I felt. I'm feeling more like my old self now. I also dance and it's hard to dance when you're carrying around an extra 20 pounds.
Also, I've had asthma all my life and went to the doctor and got put on 3 different types of medication. Not a good feeling. I just took up running. Hopefully that helps. I'm only 25 - I want to be able to breathe on my own!

My boyfriend is 6" tall and weighs 202 and I was 5'4" and weighed in at 220.6 when I first started. So my first goal is to weigh less than my boyfriend, three pounds away !

mine was returning home after an amazing vacation with friends and family in israel and realizing that i gained 10lbs. I wanted to get fit and eat healthy so that the next time i go, which will be in may when i move to israel, i will not be the best friend of the girl next door but the girl next door

...when I ran across a list of the heaviest NFL football players and I weighed more than the heaviest Offensive Linemen.
"Offensive" indeed!

Another eye opener was the first (and only) time I needed a seat belt extender on an airplane.

My highest weight was 377, now I'm down to 283. Size 5x down to 2X, Size 28-30 down to 22-24.
No more seat belt extenders.
No more worrying about even fitting into the airplane seat.
No more worrying about fitting into seats at events or movie theaters.
No more worrying about car seat belts being big enough.

This picture. I maintained a weight of 180 lbs (not healthy either, but better than in this picture.) Then last winter, I went from my not-so-good 180 to 200. I had never been out of the 100-somethings before. Oh, and my weight in this picture? 220 lbs. Yep. I cried when I saw it.

When I plummeted from 55kgs to 60kgs in just one month.

After months of yo-yo dieting, I finally decided to go for long time changes and started zumba!