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

Hitting 196 on the scales, couldn't believe it! Getting called chunky on a night out by some random drunk guy. >.< all my clothes being tight and being out of breath walking up a tiny hill. Also wanting to fit into a bikini and little shorts in the summer like other girls my age.

What did it for me...the moment when I knew I'd had enough was before Thanksgiving last year when I went to my favorite store to buy a new outfit and nothing fit!! So, I went back there a week ago and bought a new pair of pants and a new blouse AND they were one size smaller!!! :bigsmile:

There were so many things that set me off! The first was not being comfortable being intimate with my husband, my 3 year old telling me "Mommy you are too big to fit in that shower" and then being too embarrassed to post a picture of me with my daughter for her 5th grade graduation on my Facebook page, but posting the one with her and my husband.

My fat girl pants were too tight.
Trying on clothes was a depressing nightmare.
I didn't want to go out with friends and my hubby anymore because I was now THE BIG GIRL.
Feeling disgusted when I looked in the mirror at myself and what I had become.

The list goes on, but it all just flooded me within a matter of a week, I hit rock bottom so here I am. I have completely changed the way I eat and I am down 15 lbs. Next I plan on working out slow and easy thanks to my pacemaker, but I want to get moving!!

My brother telling my ex that "people like me never get better" was what got me pissed off but what set me off is how unhealthy I feel!

I really want to feel comfortable in a swimsuit this summer! NO MORE COVER UPS!

Awesome topic, and I look forward to going through the several pages & reading other people's responses. That said, It was looking at Ashley Donahoo on the site Livestrong, I found her profile by accident and I just saw this gorgeous girl who was once about my size. Seeing her before & after pictures just made me realize I didn't have to be 300 lbs. + anymore, or even 200 lbs. + , I can reach my goal weight too. Being on this site is great for that because you have so many successful people happily showing off their progress, that is a nice motivational tool.

I wore hoodies all summer long last year. So uncomfortable.

Every shopping trip ended in anxiety and tears in the changeroom.

My arms jiggled grating cheese. GRATING CHEESE.

My 10 yr high school reunion is coming up in Aug. Hope to be nearer to onderland by then? Woo.

Being diagnosed diabetic.

For me it was a combination of a few things. I've always went to great lengths to avoid having my photo taken so I hadn't seen pictures of myself in a long time. When I finally saw a picture my sister took of me I was shocked at how bad I really looked. I knew my weight had been steadily creeping up and I just kept telling myself I couldn't let it hit 200, like that was some sort of line I couldn't fathom crossing. Mentally it was like 199 was acceptable but 200 could not be tolerated, how stupid right? Shortly after seeing that picture, I forced myself on a scale and saw "200", I cried and cried. I remember thinking to myself...if I don't fix this now I never will. I was about to turn 36 and I thought about how much of my precious 30's I'd wasted being fat, single and having no life. I didn't want to waste any more time feeling unhealthy and unhappy and finally my desire to lose weight was matched with a willpower to do it, and everything finally clicked.

I went on vacation with friends and come home and looked at the pictures of myself on the beach and I was shocked at what I saw. Pictures are brutily honest.

I'd just broken up with a bf and so was unhappy with what I saw in the mirror. And I weighed myself for the first time in months and pretty much cried at the scales. The scales said I was 13st and 4lbs with a BMI in the 'obese' category. I was still a size 12 (UK) but was on the edge of wearing size 14 trousers. I just had a sense that if I didn't do anything. I wouldn't feel completely content with myself.

My dad lost five toes to diabetes. I was pre-diabetic myself.

I was terrifying close to hitting 200lbs. I started at 194 and had to stop things immediately. It was the same weight I was when I got married and I hated that look. I used to always say I was my heaviest when I was married and here I was again...at my heaviest. I also have a 9 yr old daughter who is overweight. I don't want to see her suffer her whole life like I did with weight issues and self esteem problems. Our lifestyle change is a family affair in this house. We work out at least 3x week and we are.all feeling and looking better. It is much harder losing weight for me now than it was even a year or two ago but I have learned to be consistent and not think of this as a diet. I am also not married to the Damn scale anymore. It just drives me crazy so why bother with it. I can see the difference in the mirror and with the way my body feels.

Not gonna lie though...the thoughts of wearing summer clothes and a bathing suit and having no worries is an awesome motivator. That is my goal in the long run!!!!

^^ Omg, I know, no tolerance for heat...Ugh...I work a salesfloor job and I'm on my feet and moving around all day. I used to be soaked in sweat. It was horrible and embarrassing. Now, I almost never do lol...Unless I'm truly running around (which happens occasionally)!

LOL, that was it for me!!! Went to D.C. last summer, my old stomping ground, I wore a dress and I was so uncomfortable due to inner thigh chafing! summer is my favorite season, but not with THAT giving me issues! I decided I needed to get rid of all that:)

My belly. As a kid, I never paid attention to mirrors much. If I did, I would peak at my face. When I was 15, I started becoming more aware of full-length mirrors and what my body looked like under my clothes. I didn't like that my belly stuck out, my bellybutton was round instead of taught, and being small-breasted exacerbated the problem. I was skinny-fat. My arms/legs looked grossly skinny but my belly looked fat lol. No waist! Despite playing softball.

I began trying to eat healthier at 15... Switching to whole grain bread, and bringing turkey wraps & grapes to school. I started using my mom's exercise bike & lifting dumbbells. Nothing really changed though. When I got to college at 17, I took a weightlifting course for gym and learned more about calories, vitamins, nutrition. I started trying to eat very few calories, 800-1200 (As you can see, I didn't exactly know what I was doing still). But I started doing research online, reading news articles on diet & learning the right ways to diet.

19 years old was the turning point for fitness. I thought being tough was cool & someone I knew recommended a kickboxing class. So he brought me... I loved it (Even though it was also the realization that I had no endurance for running, couldn't do push-ups & the abs workouts burned my stomach!) I was so sore.. For 2 weeks, but I got better and stronger. My stomach started to look better, and I started to see some muscles on my twiggy arms & legs! My flat butt turned to a round but. After that, I was hooked on fitness!