What was your moment of "enough is enough"?

My defining moment to start losing weight was on July 1, 2011 when I almost died of cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure.

The horrible tachycardia that I was having did me in. It was so hard to sleep every night because of it and I was worried that I wouldn't wake up. So, I got my but into gear and just losing the first little bit helped out so much.

I was tired, tired, tired all the time. Not just drained tired or sleepy tired, but yuck, disgusting tired. I knew the junk I was eating was contributing to that feeling, not to mention my hips, waistline, etc.

I also noticed I was avoiding mirrors and cameras, which was so not my personality. It was time for action.

Definitely had the clothes one happen, getting ready for work or to go out and realizing that nothing fit has happened to me too often but the big kicker this summer was playing in an alumni flag football game, seeing a lot of teammates I haven't seen in awhile and the looks on their faces when the much heavier me showed up was the worst feeling in the world!

When my blood work came back and my cholesterol was high, only by 4 points but still high. I told my husband and daughter that day I am losing weight and getting this down where it should be. I started dieting the 1st of Jan. 2012 and to date have lost 47 lbs. Yay me!!! I have had a lot of sickness since then (starting this past April) but I feel my cholesterol being high was God's way of getting me on a diet, getting some weight of me before all the rest came up and I had to have surgery, due to my cholesterol coming down from 204 to 147 and the 47 lbs off I came thru my surgery much better/easier than I would have. I guess at that point i thought God you gave me a wake up call with my cholesterol and weight to prepare me for cancer and all that goes with it. Thank you for your amazing grace on me. So I guess cholesterol being high was my "enough is enough."

I was telling a friend about my mom passing away when I was 8. I commented that I didn't remember her and that it scared me that if I died today, my youngest may not remember me. His response will never leave my head. How old do they have to be before it is ok for you to die?

This broke my heart....

I'm doing it for my kids too. I want to be here for them for as long as humanly possible.

I hope you have a healthy LONG life with your kids...

I had my moment now. Two hours back, when I opened a door in the office, it hit me back and broke my thumb nail in the left toe. The nail came off and was standing vertically as it was still stuck to the base. I had to go the small clinic in the office to see the doctor. I was sitting in a chair for bleeding to stop and one of co-worker was requesting a wheel chair. He was telling over phone that I am a heavy weight person and need a wheel chair that could hold me. The humiliation was more painful than the physical pain. Since May, I have come down 22 lbs and I have another 38 lbs to go. My current weight is around 187 lbs and my height is 5'7". I was initially depressed but now I take it as God's message to get back to track. Lately I have slacked in my workouts and I am restarting insanity forever. Now I am more than ever determined to start insanity once my thumb heals. I realized just now that I could do many standing workouts even with this injury like squats, swings and arm workouts. This time I am going to do without any slacking not for the catty co-worker or some other person. I am doing it for me. I derserve the best. Thanks for taking time to read this and all the support from wonderful people in this website.

When my judo suit (that I bought to exercise and lose weight) would no longer fasten around my stomach. I used to work in a bakery and I was sure when I changed jobs and didn't constantly have cakes and bread around me that the weight would just fall off. Well, it didn't, and a month after changing jobs, I had actually put on 2lbs. I realised I had been in denial about what I actually ate, got my phone and looked for the first calorie counting app I could find, which happened to be mfp, and so far so good - the judo suit overlaps by a couple of inches now.

I've never been a truly skinny girl. Growing up, all my friends were significantly tinier than I was. I've yo-yo'd a bit, up and down about 30lbs or so over the years. Last year, the day I married my husband, I weighed 150lbs (@ 5' 7"). When we came home from our honeymoon, I was 158lbs. Usually when I come home from a vacation and get back into a normal routine, the weight falls right off....well this time it didn't. And over the course of the next few months, I added another 10lbs or so. Lost about 4lbs before I got really serious about my weight-loss.

Now, this may be really petty and stupid, but I know my husband's ex-fiancee and i've seen photos of his most recent ex-gf, both of which are girls with amazing bodies. My true ah-ha moment came about 2 months ago when I looked in the mirror and thought to myself "Your husband has had girls that are half your size! What the hell are you doing with him?"

Now to be perfectly clear, I'm not losing weight for my husband (though his reaction to how my body is changing has been a very positive bonus). I am losing weight because I'm not happy with what I see. For once (and forever), I want to look in the mirror and see flat abs with no muffin top or love handles(not necessarily a 6-pack, though that would be awesome!), I want to see muscles, I want to be strong, I want to be healthy. I've adopted a mostly clean diet (i'm sorry, but there are some things i'm just not willing to give up... hello chocolate!) and I work out 4-6 days a week. I lift heavy weights, I run and take a kickboxing class. I'm hoping to start doing crossfit really soon and to really push myself. I signed up for a 5k Survival Race/Mud Run that is in a week and a half (and I'm praying I don't die). So far, i'm down about 7lbs and back into the 150's (thank the higher powers!) and going strong.

I want to be extremely confident with my body, I want to be someone that my husband can show off when we go out, someone that makes other girls jealous and other guys envious. My husband is sexy and i want to match him, 1:1. Most of all, I want to be healthy for a lifetime. Diets come and go, Lifestyle changes are forever.

When i saw I weighed more than I did 37 weeks preggo with twins

My "enough is enough" moment was when I went to the hospital because I was having a heart attack. I thought good lord I'm only 43 this can't be happening and that day I had just told my doctor that I didn't want to become my mother. She passed at 55...of CHF and Emphazima. That isn't going to be me, I want to see my grandchildren grow up...not miss out on everything. I will do this and be happy as I'm already feeling so much better, actually better than I have in years.

When I (unintentionally) puked an entire meal that I enjoyed putting in my stomach and immediately followed it up with "the runs". This was NOT the flu and it was NOT food poisoning. For a long time now I knew something I was eating was causing me to have digestive issues and malnutrition; after spending 2 hours in the bathroom, it was time to make a change. I started an elimination diet of foods that commonly cause ADHD, GERD, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and Anxiety only to find a strong link to Gluten and similar long chain proteins as well as sugars/starches. One by one I eliminated the typical allergens (which none showed up on my allergy test I had several years back), and as I eliminated the allergens, my health had vastly improved. But as you and I both know, wheat and sugar is in EVERYTHING. So I was FORCED to start cooking at home to save the family money, and now I am the family cook as well as 70 lbs lighter since April 2012.

My "enough is enough" moment came after seeing pictures from my daughters wedding when I thought I looked nice, but I didn't. Then seeing pictures from our vacation to Maui. After that I said "No more"!

I was apple picking with my family this weekend. I went to put my son on my shoulders so he could reach the apples, and my knees almost buckled.

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Mine was when I woke up on the morning of my gastric band op and asked myself : have I done everything I can to lose this weight myself??? The answer was no. So I didn't go for the operation and decided to tackle this myself with the help of a local weight loss support group in Wakefield West Yorkshire called Wakefield Larger than Life. They support anyone considering Bariatric surgery, or those wanting to lose weight naturally. That along with the local Shape Your Weight Course which I have just joined 2 weeks ago. Now 20kg down since June and feeling GR8
Angie

Love this. I have nothing against a gastric band at all, but it is such a serious undertaking. I love the fact that you questioned yourself (and so close to the op too) and then proved another path would work. Well done you!