The moment that made you SERIOUS about losing weight?

The question everyone kept asking me was "ARE YOU PREGNANT?

I am so conditioned not to ask a woman if she is pregnant for fear that she might NOT be pregnant, I probably offend women who ARE pregnant by pretending not to notice.

When the salesperson in the jeans shop looked me up and down, said ''you could try some on but I doubt we have anything in your size..'' and walked off. I was mortified!

I visited my family in April 2012 and mother called me a few days later. She called me and gave me an earful. She told me that my uncles who are in their 70s look better than I do (I am 37), she mentioned that I was puffy everywhere and if I dont take care of myself, no one else will. She also said that if I dont have my health then I wont be there for my 2 kids. She did not want me to continue down a negative path after some serious personal issues.

She helped me put things in perspective and it was a wake-up call. After listening to her, I started walking, then started and finished 1 round of insanity and 2 weeks left in round 2. Thus far I have lost 14 lbs and I have had to put new holes in my belts - A huge NSV for me.

My future goal is to get to normal BMI and I have 10 lbs to go for that. I continue to be in the overweight category. By doing this, hopefully I wont be in the pre-diabetic category any longer.

My motivation was this:
My girlfriend had been out of the city for a few months, doing her work term in a far off part of the province. I was getting things together to go and visit her, and it just struck me. I should REALLY surprise her.
So about a month and a half before the visit, I got into Keto on recommendation from a friend, and dropped 15 pounds before seeing her. She was indeed surprised. Now though, it's another 15 pounds (30 total) that I have lost in almost 4 months on Keto, and I'll soon be seeing her again.

When my doctor said I had type II diabetes. He said do you realize how obese you are and that your are killing yourself? After I got over being angry, I had to take a serious look at myself.

I went from a job that I wore scrubs every day to a job that I had to wear dressy office clothes....... oh..... rude.

I was trying on clothes and realized that size Large wasn't big enough, I felt sick.

Ha ha oh well I series of things, but, one thing that's stuck in my head was being sat next to and chatting to a stranger at a posh dinner bash and talking weight probs. I was saying I'd yo yo dieted all my life, she said she struggled with her weight too (yet she was slim, think she was talking about a stubborn 5 pounds not stubborn 5 stone!). She actually seemed a nice person so sure she didn't mean to offend but she said 'aw well never mind at least you have a pretty face'. To me this meant a) I really was big to the outside world, you kid yourself and people are polite, but this woman didn't say aww you're not that big which is usually what I've heard and b) there was a sympathy there that I probably would always struggle and be big as this was how I was talking. Hope one day to be sitting next to a stranger telling then about my amazing 6 stone weight loss and how I'm finally comfortable with my weight and food. One stone down!

A lot of things:

1. Receiving an xxl shirt from my grandmother as a gift I thought "there is no way in hell I would have such a big size" then I tried it on and it fit me.
2. Gaining all the weight I had lost a couple of years ago and some more.
3. Coming home crying from a day of shopping (I used to love shopping)
4. Seeing a show called "heavy" where really fat people lost weight by eating right and exercising and realizing that I don't have to live like this.

And now, I gained a new life! I think this was the best ting that ever happened to me. And you know what! I'm glad I was fat because if I just had been a little pudgy and had my old habits I never would have changed.

There was a couple things: 1st that my 3 year old daughter pushed on my stomach and said "Mommy I like your mushy belly" which i know she meant well and the 2nd thing was when i actually looked long and hard at myself in the mirror.:noway:

I went to the doctors in May and I weighed in at 170. I've never weighed that much in my entire life. It literally made me want to cry. From that moment on, I knew I wanted to get back into shape and start losing weight.

The same thing happened to me. Routine doctors appointment and I weighed in at 176! Never before had I been so heavy. I cried right there and my doctor realized how depressed I was. We discussed diet and exercise again. I went on 1200 calories per day, water and riding my bike. Ten pounds lost and a friend suggested MFP. I use it and have lost another 22 pounds since. Eighty five days since joining. I truly believe logging food and exercise helps! Thirty three pounds gone and back in the size 8 jeans!

The moment that made me serious about losing weight was one weekend I had literally binged and binged and binged and when I stepped on the scale I saw the number 260!!!!!! That number shocked me so bad that because it was literally so close to 300. That I was jolted into being serious, and looking at my self in the mirror. I had denied how bad I looked and how uncomfortable I truly was at my size.

Yeah eating right and exercising all the time can suck sometimes, especially if everyone else seems like they are doing and eating whatever they want. But I literally just tell myself I won't always look this way and I will make it to my goal. I'll be there in a little under a year, and from then on out I will have one heck of a life to enjoy. So just remember everything that you are doing towards your goal means something, and we will all get there!!!!

i was at a wedding 6 wks ago. as i was sitting there tearing up thinking about walking my daughter down the aisle at her wedding (still a good many years off), i watched the mother-of-the-bride slowly and rather painfully, waddle down the aisle in what could be best described as a moo-moo. all of a sudden, it hit me. At the rate i'm going, almost 50yrs old and 30 lbs overweight, i will look just like THIS mother-of-the-bride in 10 years. GASP! NO! NO! NO! i can't let this happen. i didn't hear any of service after this revelation.

Spent the next half hour getting mad at myself and deciding to take back control. no time for self pity. have let this go on for too long. Get mad. Get going. Get control. So far, so good. almost 10lbs down - 20 to go! then i just have to keep it off for another 10 or so years!

JUST DO IT!

1) When my friends call me 'bigger' than them and look down on me for eating big meals.
2) when guys have this weird compliment of "you're pretty, confident, clever....you're just too fat"
3) when I couldn't wear the clothes I liked.
4) knowing that in the future, if i carried on, I wouldn't be able to have kids or run round with them, make them proud etc.
5) when I finally looked in the mirror and hated what I saw - if I hate me then everyone else will.

I knew I was gaining weight for a while, going to the gym every 2-3 weeks, not thinking I was eating as many calories as I was. I knew at work I was sitting almost the entire day and I was buying clothes that were making it easier to mask it...from myself. But it was on June 30th/July 1st the big change happened.

My wife and I were visiting my family 400 miles away. My sister's husband is the funniest, kindest person you ever met. He and I talked the night before we were returning home. He said, something along the lines of, 'Rob you're getting big. I don't know about you, but gaining weight leaves me depressed and unmotivated. I just go about life being blah.' He said it more eloquently and it made a big impact on me. I was home the next day and weighed myself, 250 lbs. I'm 211 today with a goal of 175.

My wife and I have turned around our lifestyle, not going through a drive-thru before we hit the couch for the night. It's a silly game of frisbee golf before the gym and/or a bike ride, long walks with our dogs, meeting our neighbors. It's healthier eating most of the time and better portion control when it's not healthy. It's also a huge debt of gratitude to my brother-in-law Gerald.