The moment that made you SERIOUS about losing weight?

Three things motivated me all at once:
1) The first time I heard my thighs slap together a s I ran upstairs.. ewwww
2) The fact that my sister had lost 2stone
3) The thought that I would be be fat When I went on my holiday in March

and thats all I have to remember to keep me on track

A few years ago, I was close to 18 stones. I had a good friends, nice job but could not get my weight under control. I had been big all of my adult life and could not see a way to get the weight down. It was a month before my 26th birthday and i was depressed at thought of being this size for my birthday. I then managed to read 'Idiot Proof Diet' which was the first time I had became aware of a Low Carb Diet. This diet changed my life as I had lost three stones within the year and have kept this off. With the low carb diet, I became motivated when I lost ten pounds in two weeks. It was the first diet that I have ever seen results and suddenly ten pounds was not enough and I kept wanting to lose more. This made me serious about losing weight. I think it was the thought of another Birthday that motivated me initially however long term it has been a combination of factors eg sick of being laughed at behind my back by *****y colleagues because I had too much fat sticking out, wanting to sit comfortably on a plane, wanting to wear to nice clothes.

Looked in the mirror last November and truly hated what I saw. Vowed to lose 50 pounds, I have 6 more pounds to go to reach my goal weight.

I think the moment I became serious was when I stepped on the scale at the Y and it read 305lbs. I had deluded myself into thinking that I was still around 250 and that it wasn't "that big". Having that reality smack me square in the face was my ultimate wake up call. Even if I have a day where I fall off the wagon, I made the promise that I will NEVER go back to the way I was.

We were at the lake on the 4th of July. There were about 15 to 20 friends there and everyone was in the water playing and swimming except me. My kids kept asking me to come play with them and daddy in the water, but I was too ashamed to put on a bathing suit. I was embarrassed because It kept running through my mind, "I wonder what everyone must think about me".

That's the point I realized I'm missing out on my life, and most importantly, I'm missing out on my kids' lives.

--The doctor telling me I needed a lifestyle change.
--Many times where I was so "addicted" to eating cookies and drinking lattes just to get enough energy for the day.
--I was starting to outgrow the largest pant size I had ever had.
--looking in the mirror and feeling like I was seeing someone else

My motivation is my Mom, may she rest in peace. She was always such a strong woman, who grew up in rural Slovenia, everyone had to work hard all the time. When she was in her teens, one of her many jobs was to go down to the river and beat the clothes on the rocks, with cold, icy water. She worked so hard on the farm, such a strong woman. Then she moved to Canada, over the years she still worked hard every day, but it was definitely an easier life. After my Dad passed, she still stayed in the house, still did the stairs, even though she sometimes had balance issues, and had some minor falls.

One day (she was 80 years old) she slipped getting out of the tub after her bath. She had no core muscles, and her other muscles had degenerated so badly that she couldn't pull herself out, not even up to the end of the tub where the tap was, to get water. She was discovered 20 hours later by a neighbour (thank the Lord!), severely dehydrated and ended up in the hospital for a few days.

At that point I decided that I was not going to be an 80-year old woman who didn't have the core strength to pull herself out of a tub! I want to be strong and fit! It's been a journey ever since.

All my weight is around my midsection, true, I have no fat arms, no big legs and no butt. Everything is around my belly. The question everyone kept asking me was "ARE YOU PREGNANT? or i can be outside and get chewed out for smoking a cigerette because ppl assumed I was pregnant. It finally broke me down and thats when I said this has to stop. Keep it in mind the only thing big on me is my midsection. My legs and arms look like a normal person. I am shaped oddly but yea when everyone assumes your pregnant when your just fat, it hurts.

Hey, Mandy! I am the same way, most of my problem is my belly. It means we have an apple shape body. If someone mainly gains weight in their hips and thighs, they are pear shaped. That's what my doc said. She also said the belly is the most dangerous place to have fat and it's the hardest to get rid of. Belly fat causes diabetes, heart disease, etc. A personal trainer told me the only way to bust belly fat is through cardio- whatever makes you sweat, breathe hard, and gets your heart pumping. Best of luck to you, Mandy. :flowerforyou:

it was great to read all the storys,

So interessting what motivates diffrent people.

I always knew that i wanted to get married and have children. beginning of january when I moved into my own appartment and practically had nobody to watch what i ate or did, i figured that would be the perfect time to start.
I am really determined.
even though i don't even have a boyfriend yet. I want to look good in my weddingdress, should I ever get married. I want to be pretty and thin.
and since i love to have kids at some point in my life I decided that i better get healthy for that now. Besides I have PCOS and loosing weight has been a huge improvement in my symptoms.
I am so going to do it.
Also I always said to myself that i will never be more then 90kg and i figured if i get pregnant at 88kgs I would be in trouble... so now I in for the battle and so far i have ups and downs, but this year has been really eyeopening and overall sucessfull so far.

I saw a picture of myself. It was not pretty. Not at all.