Whats the one thing that set you off to want to lose weight?
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I have been pretty aware for a long time that I needed to do something about my weight. I would start, then I would stop for one reason or another. Over the years, I got really good at the excuses. But, I hid everything from pretty much everyone. I would lie about my weight, or what I ate that day... Even photos taken were mostly cropped to only face images.
Then, the wake-up call and shock... Over the holidays, my husband took pictures of me with our daughter. And not the close up kind - the ones where you see the WHOLE part of me. I was embarrassed, mortified, and just disgusted that I allowed myself to get to this point. I started MFP the next day and haven't looked back.
I'm keeping that picture. Not because it's great, but because it will be my constant reminder of where I don't want to be ever again. And I made everything public... No longer will I lie to anyone - ESPECIALLY myself. So, I am documenting EVERYTHING on my blog.
I have a long way to go, but I'm happy that I made the first step to really making the lifestyle change. One day at a time...0 -
The last straw for me was when I had a very nice Christmas cruise dinner I was to attend and I needed a nice dress to wear.
I don't normally wear dresses but I have about 15 I keep for special occasions( I know a lot but I'm a clothing hog
I knew I was heavier than the last time I tried on dresses so I saved my one emergency dress for last and tried on all the rest. None of them fit. That was kind of expected so I pulled out the emergency dress.... It didn't fit either! I just couldn't believe it. How could I have put on that much weight when I thought I had lost weight by going to the gym months before.....
I ended up having to special order a dress that would fit and I just couldn't let myself do that again. I might not have realized how big I had gotten but the clothes don't lie.
I had been going to the gym for months but not really watching what I ate and that was the problem so January I started logging my food and finally started loosing weight.
I'm so happy I found MFP!0 -
Realizing I'm "the fat one" in photos with my friends0
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I looked at myself one day in teh mirro and it felt awful to see how gross I'd become and I remeber actually and honestly HATING myself.
I never want to feel that again.0 -
Sadly enough, for me being borderline diabetic didn't do me in, neither did having my boyfriends "big tee's" getting to tight on me, it was when I was working at a bank and two times in the same month by different customers, I was told that I have a BEAUTIFUL pregnancy glow and how cute I look pregnant. I have never been pregnant so that for me hurt.... and now Im here!!0
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Holiday in Aprl this year and deciding I am finally going to go, feel good and enjoy myself x0
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Being 'congratulated' by a former colleague I bumped into on the tube....
Him: Hey, long time no see! Oooh, congratulations!
Me: On what? (I had started new job 1 year earlier.)
Him: Ha ha, well you've either put on 25kg or you're expecting! When are you due?
Me: I have put on 23kg *fights back tears*
Rest of carriage: Shut up you idiot...
After fighting back the tears for the rest of the journey home, I went home, had a big cry, then the following morning I walked into the gym on the way to work and joined up. I've been 3x a week for the last 8 months and have lost 8.5kg so far. His thoughtless comment was the kick up the backside I desperately needed!0 -
I was so sick and tired of feeling depressed and hating the way I looked. I literally just woke up one day and thought "*kitten* this". And it's been awesome ever since :drinker:0
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I am 29 and have high cholesterol, it runs in my family. I decided to be a healthier verson of me, and lose some weight in the process. I also gained 15-20lbs over the last year, and that was really the kick in the rear that motivated me.0
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I've had way to many...and way to many fails.
I've started to cover myself up whenever my husband would look at me.
My "big" girl pants don't fit anymore.
NOTHING fitting anymore
Hidding from the camera...
I HATED shopping (where did that come from!!??)
Looking at old pics and feeling like that was the REAL me...and I'm some fake horrible unhappy version of that.
I'm glad I looked into this today. I've been bad all last week & weekend...and I need to get on this again.0 -
I went on a trip with my dad to see our family out of state. 6 or 7 people were sitting around the table checking their blood sugar talking about fishing like the fact that all of them were diabetic and had to check their sugar was the most natural thing in the world. Looking in to it i realized every single person in the family who is a certain amount above ideal body weight has diabetes. Everyone closer to the correct BMI is fine. And when they lose weight, they lose the diabetes.
It scared the daylights out of me.0 -
My doctor told me get back into better shape and lose weight or diabetes and lot of other bad things would be happening. I took him seriously..... lol0
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Not being able to buckle the seat belt in the car and finally peeking at the scale when I went to the doctor....I knew then it had gotten way out of control and I needed to take control back. No more making excuses.0
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First time I lost weight - around 11 years ago - I had gained 30 pounds since my college days. I would feel really awful if I tried to jog for a minute. I would be so out of breath. I just felt so unfit & unenergetic & frumpy. So, with diet & exercise, I lost those 30 pounds.
This time - I had gained 10 pounds in 1 year. It was a bad year for multiple reasons - so lots of stress eating. Even though my BMI was still in the normal range, my doctor pointed it out to me. She said if I keep gaining 10 pounds in a year, it will be very bad for me. She wanted to know if I had stopped gaining weight. So, this year IS going to be a better year. And, I've decided to lose last year's 10 pounds + 6.5 more. I'm down about 5 pounds so far.0 -
For years I just didn't realize the weight was creeping on. After three knee surgeries I couldn't participate in the sports I had all my life, but I kept eating like I was burning all those calories. Then three years ago my long time girlfriend and I broke up (not over weight). Became immersed in online gaming and gained more weight, until this younger beautiful woman popped into my life and you know that light bulb goes off. I ain't dead yet and he!! am still quite the catch.
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I was always skinny with a nice bootie until I had my second child. We moved back to OK (my husband's home) and started our own business where I was home all day. With a one year old and a 6 year old I ran the home office but I was home all day around food all day.
About 6 years ago I got serious and dropped 15 lbs in the last 5 years I have gained 30. So I am right back where I was. What motivates me makes people look at me weird. But my son's senior year is next year. He is an outstanding athlete and outstanding student. We are big into all of their sports and I just don't want to walk out on that field on senior night being over 150lbs. I want tons of pictures his senior year and I want to be in some of them and not be embarrassed. My daughter at 12 doesn't think I am fat but she will change her mind if I don't do something soon. My husband who loves me dearly is on board he is motivating me. Our 25th anniversary of being together is in Sept with his 30th class reunion in May. My first goal is 30lb by the end of May. I have lost 8lbs so far.0 -
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That is inspiring! To read that someone who had a disease tell you if I could change this with diet and exercise I would in a heartbeat.0
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After gaining alot of poundage over a year-span, I went to the doctor convinced something was wrong with me (hormonal). When I got my blood results...it pretty much said..."You're fine. You're just fat."
I just didn't think I let myself go that much...0 -
Having an outdoor chair almost split itself and having to jump up before it did.....yep, that did it!!!0
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I hated the way I looked but have trouble getting the motivation to do something about it. I swore this year i would not make a NYE resolution to lose weight because those never last.
Well, woke up at 3 am on NYD and vomited for the next 24 hours with the terrible norovirus. Decided to use it to jump start my weight loss since I couldn't eat anything but maybe a piece of toast for 4 days.
I've tried all kinds of diets and fads. I'm now just simply counting calories and walking. And since Jan 1, I am down 18 pounds 0 -
My husband and I were rear ended while sitting at a red light. It was determined that the car that hit us was going approximately 40 mph. The doctor visits that occurred after that were brutal. Not only did we sustain back/neck injuries but we were told that they would take a great amount of time to heal and unfortunately the extra weight we are carrying would hinder the healing process and make it more painful. We had talked about getting into shape before but in was never "convenient" I really believe that everything happens for a reason and I honestly believe that if we hadn't been in a car accident we'd still be putting it off.0
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1. Because I was fat before...and lost weight....50lbs...gained it all back in a year....stopped watching what i ate....
So none of those clothes fit me...and it feels like poo to put back on your fat clothes and they barely fit.
2. At a sporting event and someone yelled at me "Fat A**"
3. Boyfriend grabbed my fat rolled and called me "skinny"---Ha HA and said " Lets go see how much you weigh"
The list goes on....but these are a few...0 -
I have my belly button pierced and it would hurt because my stomach was pushing against the skin around the piercing. I was stubborn and wouldn't take it out because that was almost a reminder to me that I was gaining weight. I am very happy to say I haven't had that issue anymore.0
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after i had my son i wanted to look good for my husband and son i didn't want him to have the "fat" mom0
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I had been telling myself to get serious at the gym for a year or so... was going to an all girl gym that had some circuit and then some classes. I was doing ok, but mainly maintaining. Then my dad, who had diabetes, and heart disease died suddenly. I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him! He was only 61 years old! The week we got back I went to a new gym that was in the process of being built a mile from my house. I purchased the biggest personal training package that I could! I want to make a lifestyle change... I want to be able to be around for my grand kids and great grand kids, and I won't be if I continue down the route that I was on. A week before the gym was to open I blew out my knee. It was a set back, because I was so motivated to start loosing weight. I have lost a bit of weight, with exercise limitations. I am just now able to start working out without my knee brace. I am really excited! Today is the first day that I was able to do an hour of cardio without my knee hurting! So, what set me off? Love... My dad, he is the catalyst, and my kids are my motivation.
Your story really hits home for me. I am so sorry for the loss of your father. My parents' health is a big part of my motivation as well. I am fortunate that they are both still living but I am constantly scared of early deaths. My dad had a quadruple bypass in his fifties. They are both very unhealthy and very overweight. I worry about them constantly. I want to have kids someday and I want to lead by example with a healthy lifestyle and I never want them to have to fear my early death. Good for you for making this huge lifestyle change!!0 -
There wasn't one thing. It was more of a lot of things over a period of time. My jean size increasing, comments from my doctor, not feeling confident in my skin, seeing photos of myself and hating how fat I looked and knowing it was the truth, avoiding mirrors because I don't like how what I see in my memory doesn't match what I see in the mirror...
I tried a lot of things to try to turn it around earlier. I paid for a gym membership and went for a while. I tried diet and 10,000 steps a day. I tried biking to the park (2 miles away). I even tried phentermine. Nothing helped, it just got worse.
The one thing that set off my success finally, was leaving teaching and starting a new career because I finally got a handle on my stress.
The highest I ever weighed in at was 197ls at my annual doctor's appointment January 2012. Sad thing is that I'm pretty sure I was heavier before that appointment, because at that time, I had been walking 2 miles per day and using MFP for a few months already. I'd gone from 135 lbs to nearly 200 in just 3-4 years. I'm so glad I never actually saw a 200+ number on the scale, even though I wouldn't be at all surprised if I was that high at one point.
I have an appointment with the same doc next week, so I'm hoping to see progress from my year over year mark. I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm "non compliant" with his weight loss advice ever since I gave up on his diet plan and ditched the Phentermine. By June of last year, for my wedding, I was down to 185. Now my scale at home says I'm just under 180 lbs. That includes not dieting for the honeymoon, house hunting, moving, unpacking weeks, and winter holidays. I hope to be at a healthy weight by the end of the year because I want to start trying to have kids. I guess I'll see how accurate my scale is next week.0 -
Seeing a family photograph and noticing for the first time, that I was the biggest person in the room.0
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For me there are so many reasons I need to lose weight
1. My cloths are all to tight
2. I have bought 20+ bras and hate them all due to my weight
3. I have started to have other health issues due to weight... back and knee pain
4. I won't let my husband see me without being FULLY clothed
5. Don't like what I see in the mirror
6. Don't like how I feel.
7. Want to be a good example for my kids
8. No energy what so ever
9. I KNOW better
10. I want to do this because I know it is what is best for me
Sorry not the ONE thing but I started it that way and it turned into my top 10! UGH now if it would all motivate me enough to stick with it.0 -
I got tired of all the crap I was putting up with. Now that I'm dropping fat and gaining muscle, people aren't giving me any crap anymore, and I got tired of my Dr. saying "DUDE! It would be nice if you would drop some weight."0
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