What broke your camel

a picture of myself sitting in a lawn chair with shorts and a tank top...what the hell was I thinking...i couldn't believe how fat i was.

i turned 40 and was tired of the dryer shrinking my size 14s

I just started again after gaining back all or most of the weight I lost with MFP this Spring. This time around I am starting because my work clothes don't fit and I can't afford new ones, my running shorts look terrible on me, and my husband started getting serious about his health because he wants to be a cop. It's a lame excuse, but I gained weight after getting married in June in large part because I started eating like he does instead of how I used to. Now we are in it together, and that is very motivating for me. Plus, I have yet to hit my goal, even after getting within a few pounds back in May.

Realizing I had not only not lost any weight 3 years after my pregnancy but GAINED 20 pounds.

My dh give me a not subtle hint that I lose the weight or lose him.

That's not right what ever happened to in sickness and in health - you were sick!

A call from the doctor: "Is there any history of diabetes in you family? There is now."

My co-worker and friend started Weight Watchers. Silly as it sounds, I didn't want to be left out.

I can't afford weight watchers so I searched around and found MFP.
She started WW a couple weeks before I started MFP. She's lost 10 pounds and a couple inches, I've lost 15 pounds and one inch more than her around the waist. I want her to do well and be happy too, honestly I do, but there is a part of me that feels really good knowing that I'm doing so well while she struggles. That sounds terrible doesn't it! But we've talked about it multiple times, I've told her what I'm doing that's different. It's almost turned into a competition for me, not between her and I, but more between different methods.

So now, 3 months after starting my journey, I'm feeling good and people are noticing the weight loss and body changes, so it motivates me to keep going!

One of my best friends wanted to lose so bad & she wanted sum1 to do it with her, so after like a week of begging I finally agreed. She was miserable & I hated seeing her feel that way. If me doing it with her would help, then I could do it. I didn't figure it would hurt me. I was pretty fat. That's been a yr ago & still going. No turning back now.

two words: double chin. I looked in the mirror one day and was like "holy *kitten*". That wasn't the me I recognized, or even liked. I let ending an engagement, quitting school for financial reasons, and moving back in with the parents turn me into a wreck, physically and emotionally.

I could handle the scale saying I had gained 40 lbs in 9 months.... but what I can no longer handle is that double chin and all it reminds me of.

Missing my New Years Resolution of not running a half marathon in 2012. But there's still time to get to the second half of that resolution: full marathon in 2013!

Seeing a number on the scale that was only 5.2 pounds less than what I weighed when I gave birth to my second child and realizing that I had gained 40 pounds in less than a year. I am just sick and tired of being fat. I want to be able to run around with my kids and not feel crappy. I also want my knees to hurt less and to be able to wear tank tops in public without shame.

For me, it's hitting the 200 mark on the scale and seeing the fat photos of me. I look awful in photos and there is only so much cropping one can do to look good. I have outgrown most of my clothes and I am tired of wearing larger and larger sizes. If I am going to keep buying clothes, I want to get smaller sizes, not larger. I have wanted to lose weight for a long time but lacked motivation. Now, I AM motivated! I want to like what I see in the mirror and be able to find clothes that fit me. I want to feel attractive again! MFP has helped a lot so far and I've already lost 6 lbs in less than 2 weeks, even on days I was over on my calories. The support here is great too.

About 3 weeks ago I was in the middle of a pity party for myself. I had been making a halfass attempt this summer to get in shape and eat better, and shockingly, it wasn't working. Which, in that moment, was everyone else's fault (and especially his. It's his fault that I see him sitting with a beer in hand and want to join him rather than going to the gym like I had planned). He looked at me and told me that I didn't want it bad enough.

That was it. I ended the pity party and decided to show him just how motivated I could be. Plus, we're going on a cruise in January and I really want to rock a bikini. :bigsmile:

Christmas photos.... I had a full on double chin and looked like a fleshy blob in my grey coat lol.

It all added up. Gaining year after year while working so hard and running marathon after marathon (I learned that you can't out exercise too much food (no matter how healthy) and the smaller you are (shorter) the less you get to eat and it's not fair! LOL

Anyway, I was over weight but could run circles around the guys when I went through the police academy at age 45. I was pretty proud of it and determined to lose weight, but to my horror I kept gaining no matter how much I worked out. Finally 3 years ago (wearing the bigger size uniform) my patrol partner and I were taking someone to jail and the guy in the backseat called me a fat *kitten* the whole way to the jail. My partner said "That's not very nice!" LOL But it was true! That was the last straw for me! It took me two years and simply learning to eat less. It's a harder lesson for us smaller people because all this crap about needing 1200 calories simply does not apply to us when we are so small! That is barely above my full of muscle RMR! When you have fat reserves when you are a 5'1" female 1200 is not even a real deficit! I ate one meal a day and my doctor said I was fine. He watched me for two years and checked my blood work and he said it was awesome and I was as healthy as ever. My full story here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740340-i-lost-60-lbs-at-age-51-anyone-can-any-workout