Whats the one thing that set you off to want to lose weight?

MucGay · February 2013

Had always been a size 12 and up and up until before I started this "PROJECT", I was a size 18. I do not want to look at the of back of a clothing rack (since they usually sized them smaller to bigger) and it seems the biggest size is 20 @ certain clothing stores (and even some only up to 14 or 16!)

That pants rack was sending me a message to finally get down to buisness!

sissiluv · February 2013

It wasn't anything big or dramatic. I was overweight but healthy and my doctor wasn't too concerned and it was rarely ever brought up.
But my doctor put me on birth control to regulate my PMS and menstrual symptoms and along with it came so much nausea for a month and a half that I ended up dropping fifteen pounds like that. Not healthy but the weight-loss bug still bit me and it culminated when we moved towns.
A switch flipped. I decided I wanted to gain control over my body instead of my body controlling me and that meant getting fit.
So here I am. c:

mike_gee15 · February 2013

Saw how big my face looked in pictures, plus just taking my shirt off and seeing how big I'd let myself get.. not a pretty sight.

losingweightfindingme · February 2013

I got rid of my ex boyfriend. I figured if I was strong enough to get rid of an emotionally and mentally abusive 190 pound man, I was strong enough to get rid of my extra 120 pounds. My thing that spurred me joining MFP was having to dress up for a work Christmas party and realizing that none of my dress pants (already lower plus-sizes) didn't fit (or at least didn't fit without being really uncomfortable).

amandapye78 · February 2013

I live in Colorado the healthiest state in the nation and went to friend of my daughters birthday and the only one bigger than me was a lady pregnant with twins. They picked at their cake and I went back for seconds and I could just feel them staring at me.

MrsNolf · February 2013

I had a miscarriage and I don't think it was related. But, I was so traumatised from the experience that I decided I wanted something positive to come out of it. A new lifestyle and a healthier me. Plus, I want to be a yummy mummy when I do have a child

HollyBmomof3 · February 2013

I decided to lose weight after falling down a few stairs while holding my 8 week old baby. My knee just gave out under me. I was 260lbs then. I also had a toddler to take care of and my husband was on deployment. My girls had only me to care for them so I had to change myself for their sake. I lost 120. I have since had an other child and am happy to say Im back down to 140lbs and planning on losing a few more.

LisaMia66 · February 2013

It wasn't just one thing for me. I'm a little stubborn and tend to lie to myself often. So there were 3 things that set me off, they were: 1. Seeing just how squinty my eyes looked in a picture of myself and realizing they weren't squinting but that my cheeks were just getting very fat 2. I bought 1 pair of size 14 jeans and they were my first ever after wearing size 12's forever 3. Finding out I was pre-diabetic and that my cholesterol was over 200. Actually it was the third thing that really sealed the deal for me. :noway:

I'm currently down to a solid size 10 and I believe I'll be in those size 8 jeans within the next month. I wear sunglasses in as many pictures as I can to make sure I don't that squinty, fat-faced look again. :laugh: The best thing is that my cholesterol went down by over 20 points! YAY!

SpleenThief · February 2013

My wife told me it was the reason we never had sex.

youngers3 · February 2013

I hear ya! My 3 best girlfriend are bombshells. I'm getting married and my bridesmaids
Are killer. Even BEING in a relationship, you still get envious of those who are around you a lot and get approached. My girlfriend Sarah is married and goes to coffee shops & gets free coffees all the time . She does not flirt or flaunt anything. We went out to the bar once and she was starred at all night long. I had NEVER felt like crap about myself until I realized that I was not even glanced at. I told her I didn't wanna go to the bar with her cause I felt likecrap about myself!! Lol. It's not her fault. Then my other two friends are the SAME way. So my breaking point was my Getting married & someone tellling me "oh hell no I would not have those girls in my wedding" (because they are drop dead gorgeous) . I thought enough is enough. I know too many ppl that we're fat on their wedding day and lost a ton of weight after. I don't wanna be like that I wanna look back and be like damn I look good. Lol good luck to you all!!

walkerr1968 · February 2013

This is an awesome thread. It's interesting reading everyone's stories. For me, it was when I went to the doctor, stepped on the scale and weighed 189 lbs! I'm only 5'2". I knew I had gained weight, but seeing the number was the wake up call. To me, it was too close to 200 lbs. With the support of MFP, the weight is coming off and physically I feel so much better.

amberlynnsinspired · February 2013

Not being able to sit in a movie theater seat.
Getting stuck on a Disney Land ride because they could not open my seat belt because it was on too tight.
Noticing I was almost half a ton.
Getting stares everywhere I went like I was some kind of monster.

I'm not a monster.

Strickens · February 2013

The fact that I could no longer comfortably fit into my favourite pair of jeans and shirts anymore, at least not without bulgy bits and my gut sticking out a mile -_-

NaomiHooley · February 2013

I watched the documentaries "Hungry for Change" and "Fat, Sick and nearly Dead" .. I went the next day and made green veggie smoothies for breakfast, just adding that many veggies has changed my body! And my mind feels better too... no looking back!

roxbox2013 · February 2013

Whenever I was around a group of people who were talking about their weight, and I was too ashamed to say my weight because I weighed significantly more than them while being the same height!

NickiLee52 · February 2013

Straight from my bio:
I was reading over my mom's shoulder while she browsed pinterest. My eyes skimmed over this: "A year from now, you're going to wish you would have started today."

It was shocking. That quote really jolted me. It was true..Every year that passed I just felt more and more miserable, wishing every summer that I had used the winter to lose weight. I've had weight issues for as long as I can remember, so I've spent every weight-conscious year of my life wishing that stupid wish.

It kind of made me feel sick, all the time I wasted wishing and not doing anything. All of my determination came from that damn quote.

The rest was history. The next morning I was ready. About 8 months later and I'm down to 144.0 pounds. I started at almost 180 pounds. Crazy...

NickiLee52 · February 2013

I'm going to type that up and stick it to my bathroom mirror - Love it! It is exactly how I felt when I decided to get busy with a new way of eating and exercising.

HartJames · February 2013

Pictures. A series of them from every angle one Christmas. I couldn't lie to myself that they were just from a bad angle. I desperately considered weight loss surgery because I felt so helpless. After reading the facts and risks (that I wasn't willing to take as a single mother) I decided I had nothing to lose (but weight?) by REALLY trying for the first time. I was scared for my life and with great clarity finally understood that I COULD do everything I was able to be as healthy as possible & so, health was my goal. I was shocked that it worked, worried even when fat started flying off at such a rapid pace!

Phany04 · February 2013

My wake up call was finding out I had pcos and was insulin resistant. I was also at my highest weight ever....284.6 pounds. I am scare of developing diabetes. I also broke up a 3 year relationship and engagement where I wasn't happy. It was time to think about me and my future. It was time to make a life change. That was only 2 months and a couple of days ago. Today I weight 258. I'm on my way and I will achieve it.

pg3ibew · February 2013

Putting on a suit to go to an affair on Dec 14, 2011. It was cold outside and I was cursing and sweating as I put the suit on. Because nothing fit right.

I didn't even wait until the next day to change my life. I started that very night at the affair.

If possible, it was my worst and best day.

MicroHez · February 2013

It was a number of things for me... One being the co-worker who was pregnant (and pretty thin) saying "Heather, I'm almost as big as you now." Another being I told myself that if I ever did hit 300 lbs, I would make a change... I had held solid at 285 for like 7 years, and never had any reason to lose weight other than appearances.

But the final nail in the coffin was just after Thanksgiving, I was having some MASSIVE stomach issues. I knew I had over indulged, but this was stomach and intestinal pains that were obscenely bad! My regular doctor wasn't available, so I went to the "other" doctor (who I detested, reason being I saw him for a sinus infection and he gave me only Flonase... week and a half later I was borderline pnuemonia... moving on...). He manipulated my stomach and listened to stomach gurgles and said that it was either reflux or gallbladder. He wanted me to get a blood panel for liver and pancreas functions and an ultrasound. Blood panel came back completely normal. Went and got the ultrasound, and everything was unremarkable except there MIGHT BE slight fat intrusion on the liver. Attached to that paperwork was a script for a statin drug and a note saying something to the effect of fatty liver disease can kill you.

FFS!!! I am NOT taking a cholesterol drug WITHOUT an actual blood work up to see where my levels are sitting!

So, here I am, roughly 15 lbs lighter after about a month... I am feeling better and bound and determined to get back down to my pre-college weight and ultimately my high school weight. It was time for a change, and the health scare was just the catalyst.

gettinwade3 · February 2013

I got pregnant again. I had lost weight with my last child due to gestational diabetes. I started being unhealthy soon after she was born due to stress and depression. I came to my senses recently, not wanting to be unhealthy whether I had GD again or not. So I once again cut out soda, candy, and 90% of junk food. Plus I HATE the way I look...I already feel better though.

WAHMto5 · February 2013

My weight was going up slowly every year I got older! Most of the women on my mother's side all have diabetes and I was very afraid to get the same! I also hated the way I looked and could not imagine going up another size!!

Rehobobound · February 2013

When I realized that my belly fat began under my breasts and jutted out in blobs. (so attractive) Never had that before when I gained weight. Being overweight and over 50 isn't something I want. I want to be the healthy old lady, not the one that can't walk up the steps without resting.

Gracerrr · February 2013

The straw that broke the camel's back for me was gaining my last 15lbs which caused my cycle to become unpredictable. My husband and I are going to be TTC this summer, so I kinda freaked out and decided it was time for some real change! Wish I had started a year ago!

angelataylorneal · February 2013

When I realized I was starting to hate getting my pic taken. I had just been to my doctor and been weighed, so I figured why not now?

Karoger87 · February 2013

Well I had a heart transplant almost 3 years ago. And I haven't been doing what I should.. I've been slacking. I was almost 200 lbs, tired of people calling me fat, and tired of looking like **** in pictures.