What was your wake-up call?

When I was still teaching, I recieved an anonymous note on my desk during a class while I wasn't looking. It read "Miss S., are you pregnant?" I was mortified. Kids can be mean, but it was enough motivation to get my butt in gear!

Type 2 diabetes.

I went to a music festival over Memorial Day and just felt hot and miserable in my tight size 16 shorts. I saw other ladies walking around in cool and comfy sundresses and was really envious. Plus, I had used my age as an excuse for not losing weight (I'm 49) but many of the ladies I saw were older than me. To top it off, we stopped at my mother in laws on the way home (she is good about watching her weight) and she looked really cool and comfy in her clothes - while I felt fat and miserable. That Friday, I started MFP.

i've been an overeater my whole life. i hated only being able to shop for old lady clothes at very limited stores & paying premium for clothes- i could never hit those $3 clearance racks in cute stores in the mall or wear sundresses or cute clothes that other girls did. i just never thought that normalcy was accessible to me till i had a car wreck and saw my xray. i was 26 & realized my health wouldn't be invincible forever. so i started riding my bike to work every day & started paying attention to the calories i was intaking. the pounds started melting off- i could control it!

When I was 42, I had severe chest pains. While it thankfully was gastro and not a heart attack, it scared me pretty bad since my dad died of a stroke at 44. I started riding my bike again and dropped about 20lbs (from 280ish to 260ish) and was feeling better. Then I was diagnosed with type 2 diabeties. I refused to go on meds, so I got serious and am now down to 214 with a goal of 180. No meds for me!

I have a cousin that works at the same place I do, and she is really heavy. We were telling coworkers we were related. I jokingly said "Dont you think we look alike?" The answer - well your face is shaped the same. Hers is really round with several chins. I immediately began my new way of living.

being woken up in my sleep because I could not breath ... it was horrible. I lost 30+ pounds, and it totally stopped.

I was at the doctor's office and got on the scale and the nurse started chuckling and said to me " You're rolling with the big girls now!" I did NOT think it was as funny as she did!!! I'll never forget that! Plus I am vain- and I want to be hot! LOL

I have been a big person all my life, but looking back at the pictures of me in highschool when I weighed around 225 lbs. and comparing them to me now at 475 made me realize enough was enough. I have wanted to get the bi-pass surgery in the past but my insurance company wqould always regect it. So for years I bglamed the insurance company instead of me. I was eating around 7000 - 10,000 calories per day. I would go to McDonald at 10 pm and get 2 Big Macs, a Large Coke, A double Cheesae Burger, and Fries for a nightly snack.

No more, in the middle of August, i said no more and changed to a primary pescitarian diet, allowing my self red meat once a week, and chicken twice. The rest of the meals are fish, fresh veggies, a littlel bit of fruit, whole grains, and water.

Since i dont have an effective scale I havent been weighed since i started but I am excited to see where things are going. Two weeks in and I need a new belt, and underwear, and most of my pants need to be rehemmed because they are getting too long beacuse my belly is starting to slowly shrink

I was in India for work in April/May of this year. A picture taken with the team I was training was my big slap in the face/wake up call. It was made even more unpleasant when it was plastered up this side and down the other on Facebook. I could not get away from it and ended up closing my Facebook account just to stop the horror! The picture is in my profile pics, next to another picture when I was down 25 lbs a couple weeks ago. That pic still makes me shudder.

first time was to look good on my wedding day in 2010. Then got comfortable and packed it all back on and then some.Then when i hit 253 in august of 2011 and my doctor gave me a good shake its been smooth sailing with no body pain :happy: :happy:

I creeped up to 245 and my husband mentioned using this app together (although he's always been thin) I knew then he might be dropping a hint. He had never said anything about my weight, but could tell I was depressed about it! We started together and MFP has truly changed my life. I still have a long way to go, but I feel better about myself, then I have in years and I no longer have to shop at only plus size stores.
Great Topic!

I moved out of campus and I knew I wanted to eat healthier. I thought I was until I got on the scale three months later and had gained four pounds (at first I thought it was water weight, but it stayed). I had previously been tittering on the edge of a healthy bmi and the weight gain put me in the overweight zone. I decided after finals I would start working out. Well, I sort of lost my nerve until I saw a picture posted of me on fb a few days after finals. A week later I started insanity (finished in early august) and now I'm almost done with asylum . Changing my eating habits was actually pretty easy because I ate healthy before--just waaaay too much.

Mine was seeing a picture taken of me 2 months after my 2nd child was born at my sister's wedding reception. I knew I put on weight, but that pic was an eye opener. I was a size 18 and now..3 years later..I am feeling good and looking good and wearing a size 4!