What made you decide to loose weight?
davery1985
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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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To get back on stage... I do it every year. Bulk then cut.0
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The mirror0
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elvis.0
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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!0
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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!0
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looking in the mirror0
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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!0
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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.0
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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.0
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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.0 -
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.0
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The feeling that my favorite jeans were getting tight.0
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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.0
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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.0
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photos!!! wow... never thought i looked that bad!0
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Also, swimming in public on vacation. Wake up call.0
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When I was able to do the truffle shuffle then it was a good time to lose it.0
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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.0
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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.
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 pregnant0 -
photos!!! wow... never thought i looked that bad!
This.
and it's *lose0
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