What was your "I need to change" moment

Amazing progress!

My "moment" was a picture as well. It's the one in my profile in the red and white striped shirt. Ii appeared on facebook and couldn't believe I had let myself go that much. I was already a member of MFP but hadn't used it at all. Started logging that day and never stopped!

I was at an all you can eat pizza buffett....my fat *kitten* had stretched out the elastic in my undies....and they were falling off me...fell off...and were hanging below the hem line of my shorts...on probably my 4th trip or so back from the buffett line....wow. Fat girl had to put the fork down and stop....41lbs since then...no more pizza buffetts for me!

In March, 2012 I went to the doctor because I was having pain in my chest,mainly when I ate. I was diagnosed with acid reflux, and he discussed dietary changes and gave me a prescription for Nexium. I walked out of his office, and it struck me that at 42 years old and 338 pounds, it was only a matter of time before it was medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. I knew that it was time to change. I did, and I feel like a new person.

When I saw pictures from our cruise last year. Like the ones from this year much better :happy:

I was not obese , just overweight..
I'm 5,4 and my highest weight was 155 lbs ..

I ended a bad unhealthy relationship..
My ex was always giving me criticizing looks, and commenting on my weight..
That destroyed me..my self-esteem was so low..because I was so in love with him...
I can't be in a relationship with anyone right now because I'm not confident that I'm good enough..

Maybe by losing weight I will get my confidence back and start to love myself again..
I'm 140 now, so far so good..
Exercising gave me satisfaction, made me be believe in myself again..It also helps with my depression..

When my health started to decline and I was well on my way to having diabetes and high blood pressure that and the scale...

Like a lot of people I've been big for the majority of my life. My "I need to change" moment happened when my then 3 year old let go of my hand and started running toward a busy parking lot. I had to yell to get her to stop because I couldn't run fast enough to stop her. Luckily she stopped, but in the back of my mind I always think, what if she hadn't? What if something had happened to her because I wasn't healthy enough to be the mother she needed? I realized that not only have I been jeoparodizing my health, but hers as well and that is just selfish. So, now I'm on the roady to healthy so that I can be the mother my daughter deserves. :-)

At 301lbs being told I was too big for gall bladder surgery. I went away lost 50lbs whilst getting sicker and sicker. Found I needed 3/4 of my liver removed due to tumors. I'd lost enough weight to make much smaller incisions and it reduced my risk of death on the table massively. Recovery has been hard but I've been determined to keep going and I have.

I've reversed my high blood pressure, high heart rate and type 2 diabetes. There's no trace of it in my system for the last year. No going back for me ever.

My depression is much better, as is my anxiety. My need to binge is now once a year (yesterday... Bad day...really bad... But back on it today.) my whole outlook on life and the way I think and feel is totally different.

My fybromyalgia is greatly improved when I'm exercising and eating well. Eating junk now makes me feel terrible. I feel full, satisfied and happy on my macros. This is a total lifestyle change for me. I'll always be glad that doctor told me I was too fat for surgery

There were lots of other factors leading up to it. Spent my whole life work, eat, sleep. Repeat. Had no energy to do anything active. No time with my family. Everyone concerned and upset. Something had to click in me though, I had to want it for me and that was my light bulb moment. I realised I deserved better. I realised I wanted a life, and got the fight in me to go get it.

Zara x

Mine was when I lost my mom to Congestive Heart failure and I went to the Endocrinologist that month and she wrote yet another prescription for me becuase my legs were swollen. Jeeze was that an eye opener! My dad was also diagnosed with Diabetes that year. I was already on so many medications that when I saw my mom pass away I knew then that it was time to take control of my life and get off all those medications!

When I saw a picture of me from my cousin's wedding!

I became a member of mfp a few years ago when I went to try on dresses for an anniversary party. All the dresses I liked looked horrible on me. I quit logging a while later when my low carb diet wasn't working for me. Jump to Dec. 3. I went to the doctor for a rash. My blood pressure was 148/98. The doctor mentioned it but gave me a prescription for rash medication. A month later I called for a refill because the rash had not cleared up. The nurse on the phone said that there was another med I could take if my blood pressure was normal. This was my life changing wake up call. I am eating sensibly (no fad diets) and losing weight. My blood pressure is not normal yet, but it is lower (133/86). If anyone has similar issues or just needs a friend, send me a request.

I realized that if I were to get pregnant (when at my biggest), I'd be well over 200 pounds, 250 even. That is not a healthy weight, even if it is because you're pregnant.

When the scale hit 199. I knew that I never wanted to see 200, and something had to change if that were ever going to be true. Since then I've kept at it and have been losing weight slowly, but I'm SOOOO close to being out of the obese category now. I'm just glad to be moving in the right direction.

seeing the scale!

My change came when couldn't walk up the stairs at work without feeling like I had to die. I work with 3rd graders and I wasn't able to play, run around or do anything. I also have 3 kids at home (7, 7, and 4). I want to play! So, play I will!