What made you decide to loose weight?

davery1985
davery1985 Posts: 142 Member
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I remember going back to work after my maternity leave ended and i overheard one of my work colleagues say that i should be ashamed that i had not lost the baby weight by the time my daughter was 10 months old, and that i must be so upset with myself for not looking like i did before i got pregnant. I was a size UK 16 at that point and i knew i needed to loose the weight, but hearing that just spurred me on even more!! At first i was upset and wanted to just tell her i heard what she said, but i thought to myself, ill show her that i can do this! Now 8 months on i think about her comment and it doesnt upset me now, i think to myself that if she never said it, that i might not have found this website and lost so much weight. I still have another 16lb to go, but im getting there slowly but surely.
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  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    To get back on stage... I do it every year. Bulk then cut.
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
    The mirror
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    elvis.
  • tabi26
    tabi26 Posts: 535 Member
    My pants!! They hurt to wear! Clearly, my *kitten* has gotten bigger, and I REFUSE to buy new pants! I bought four pair last year at $100 /piece! No way in heck am I running out to buy more expensive pants! Hahahaha!
  • michcruz
    michcruz Posts: 152 Member
    My health felt like it was in jeopardy, I hated everything I wore, I hated the way i looked in the mirror and especially in pictures. Something just had to be done!
  • ChunkieNuts
    ChunkieNuts Posts: 135 Member
    looking in the mirror
  • davery1985
    davery1985 Posts: 142 Member
    My pants!! They hurt to wear! Clearly, my *kitten* has gotten bigger, and I REFUSE to buy new pants! I bought four pair last year at $100 /piece! No way in heck am I running out to buy more expensive pants! Hahahaha!
    Haha you sound like me!!!
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    Diabetes type II. I had it, along with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, plaque stuff in my arteries. I was on 6 different meds. I am no longer on any meds and it's all gone. I got another 100lbs I want to lose. It's slowed down but I am patient. Plus weight loss never has been my main goal. Getting healthy and staying healthy has and always will be.
  • jamcnabb
    jamcnabb Posts: 5 Member
    My health. My parents and grandparents all were diabetic and had heart issues due to obesity and I am determined to not go down that road.
  • VictoriaWorksOut
    VictoriaWorksOut Posts: 195 Member
    Realizing that I am the heaviest I ever been in my 42 years, and not liking how I look in clothes. I have never been overweight, and am not overweight by common standards, but for me I am not liking it. Going back to minus 12-15lb.

    .... and .... I got hot fiance, can't have better looking husband then myself LOL.
  • davery1985
    davery1985 Posts: 142 Member
    Diabetes type II. I had it, along with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, plaque stuff in my arteries. I was on 6 different meds. I am no longer on any meds and it's all gone. I got another 100lbs I want to lose. It's slowed down but I am patient. Plus weight loss never has been my main goal. Getting healthy and staying healthy has and always will be.
    Aw thats fantstic news getting off the medication!! Im sure it will come off in time, its taken me 8 months to loose most of my weight, but i still have abit to go too. Good luck xx
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    The feeling that my favorite jeans were getting tight.
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    I wanted to for a while, but didn't. Then the wife, who wanted to for a while as well, took a bit of initiative, and then I was all over it like that stuff that goes all over the other stuff.
  • prdavies1949
    prdavies1949 Posts: 326 Member
    I have now retired and have booked a cruise next September to celebrate. There are a number of formal dinners, which we will be attending so I need to get a dinner suit. I then discovered that it was next to impossible to get an "of the peg" suit in my size and shape. I am now determined to get back down to a size where I can wear anything I want.
  • karylee44
    karylee44 Posts: 892
    photos!!! wow... never thought i looked that bad!
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    Also, swimming in public on vacation. Wake up call.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    When I was able to do the truffle shuffle then it was a good time to lose it.
  • _Calvin_
    _Calvin_ Posts: 122 Member
    My pants got a little to snug and I hate shopping so losing weight seemed to be the only alternative. That and my life insurance company said they would drop my yearly rate if I lost the weight.
  • angels960
    angels960 Posts: 35 Member
    I remember going back to work after my maternity leave ended and i overheard one of my work colleagues say that i should be ashamed that i had not lost the baby weight by the time my daughter was 10 months old, and that i must be so upset with myself for not looking like i did before i got pregnant. I was a size UK 16 at that point and i knew i needed to loose the weight, but hearing that just spurred me on even more!! At first i was upset and wanted to just tell her i heard what she said, but i thought to myself, ill show her that i can do this! Now 8 months on i think about her comment and it doesnt upset me now, i think to myself that if she never said it, that i might not have found this website and lost so much weight. I still have another 16lb to go, but im getting there slowly but surely.

    Colleagues can be so *****y!

    Mine was recently one of my colleagues asked me when my baby was due (it was sincere!) I am not pregnant :(
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    photos!!! wow... never thought i looked that bad!

    This.


    and it's *lose
  • _shortstack
    _shortstack Posts: 46 Member
    After pregnancy number 2, I took some "before" shots with a high definition camera.
    I never realized that I had back and side rolls. :ohwell:

    Now, I'm down 40 pounds, and the pictures are starting to improve!
  • Fat2Fit145
    Fat2Fit145 Posts: 385 Member
    My weight.....was fed up of being overweight and uncomfortable in my clothes....
  • fitblondebaker22
    fitblondebaker22 Posts: 84
    I was in a denial for a while! My clothes were getting so tight, and I just kept thinking the dryer was shrinking my clothes more and more every time I would do laundry. It was to the point where I would buy a pair of pants and 2 months later they didn't fit. Didn't own a scale anymore, didn't pay attention to how much junk I ate ALL the time. Saw a picture someone posted on facebook of me, and I could not believe how much I had put on. 35 pounds within a year and a half. It was go time! Lost it and never looked back :)
  • HayleyHat
    HayleyHat Posts: 41
    Well, I used to be pretty active although still overweight, then pregnancy screwed over my body and my health levels dropped dramatically. I've gained masses of weight since and am now the biggest I've been. Now that most of my health problems are sorted or at least manageable I'd been meaning to get back into the swing of things, get back to eating healthy and being active, but kept putting it off.

    I think for me, also, the thing that pushed me over the edge was a colleague asking if I was pregnant, including rubbing my stomach. Not impressed!
  • melanie8289
    melanie8289 Posts: 161 Member
    I hated the way I looked. When I looked in the mirror it just wasn't the real me looking back! I'm now a bit happier with how I look but still have some work to do to be completely happy.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Wanted to get in shape to take the city fire fighter test. Didn't get the job but I did pass with 100%.
  • PittShkr
    PittShkr Posts: 1,000 Member
    loser.gif
  • MrMatt87
    MrMatt87 Posts: 8
    It's all about chasing down a dream job that has some pretty tough physical standards and at the same time not being a hypocrite and telling my kids to work hard and chase their dreams while I rot away on the couch and at my current job.
  • oneworkoutatatime
    oneworkoutatatime Posts: 312
    One day I saw a pic of myself and was throughly disgust. Also, I was putting on a pir of my jeans and thought some one had switch them , but most of all the birth of my daughter
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    I never wanted LOOSE weight...that sounds all jiggly and horrible! I wanted to LOSE weight when I could no longer buy my favorite jeans without going over a size 12!!

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