What Made You Really Start?

My husband calling me fat in a fight out of anger. I knew he didn't mean it, but I knew he said it because he knew it would hurt me because I felt that way about myself.

Then a few months later I started having some medical issues (not weight related) and I said to myself that I needed to get as healthy as I could so that they could figure out what's wrong with me. 1.5yr later and we still aren't exactly sure, but I can safety say that it's not anything that I can prevent.

I asked my husband repeatedly and finally he honestly told me that I "could lose some weight" it was both crushing and motivational. He wasn't trying to be hurtful either but he did tell the truth. It IS time for me to lose weight. That wasn't the OFFICIAL start but it got me thinking about what I needed to do! Good luck to you!

A picture was all it took. To say I was disgusted with myself is putting it mildly. I quickly told myself "enough," and it was.

Wow. You are all inspiring, touching, adorable, and I'm proud of us all!!!

My weight loss journey began with photos too. I had gone on a research trip to Italy with school colleagues, and when I started looking through people's photos, I wondered who that woman was who was in all our photos. I then figured out by the clothes IT WAS ME! I guess I hadn't been paying attention ... and the mirror doesn't tell the truth, does it?

Anyway, I got on board right away and knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I got the "fire in my belly" and if it wanes, I look at those photos again. Knowing I don't look like them anymore (I'm 26 pounds lighter) fires me up even more to persevere.

Mind you, I've been known to eat very weird and yucky snacks to not go over my calorie limit ... raw mushrooms with soy sauce, raw spinach with paprika, black chicory drinks, 10 raisins ... haha .... anything to feel full without cheating on my daily allowance.

Good luck, everyone.

I started because I was checking my pulse one day on a whim and found out it was 80 which was way too high and made me worry but what really keeps me going is my comrade, my work out partner, she has really been motivational for me to keep working out and trying to look the best I can and be the healthiest I can be.

Wii Fit made fun of me

LOL! The same thing happened to me! My 6 yr old neice was at my house one day & when I got on the Wii Fit it said 'You're Obese" in that cheery little voice & my niece said "She said you're a beast!!!!" Funny now perhaps, not so much at the time. lol

I started because being fat depresses me and having a beautiful face and not the nice body to go with it bothered me! And the fact i was almost 29 and i know the older u get the harder it is so before Christmas of 2012 i started my life style change and i didnt care if it was freezing out side i walked and i didnt care about all the baking and cookies i ate right and now 2 months into this i have lost 40 pounds! Im so happy i didnt wait until the new year i may of changed my mind:)

Simply...I hated the life I had created.

I had a husband that loved me, but given that I was 370 pounds, we couldn't do things together anymore. My children played around me but, I couldn't play with them. I saw photos of myself and it would send me spiraling into a depression.

No matter what past afflictions that had gotten me there...abuse, broken family relationships, it didn't matter. I had to take control. I was watching my entire life pass me by and I wasn't enjoying any of it.

It has been a long journey, learning about myself, my triggers and my coping mechanisms....but, I am happy to say, it's all been worth it.

My husband has stood by my side, through all of it and even went to counseling with me to make sure that my weigh loss was a happy journey for the both of us (the divorce rate among mass weight-loss couples is staggering).

Now, my children can wrap their arms ALL the way around my body. I can sit in any darn seat in a restaurant that I want. I can out-run my husband (even though I still have about 60 pounds to go!). Now...I GET TO LIVE, and that is priceless. Never again...I will never, ever go back.

I love each and every one of your stories here...they are so inspiring!! WTG PEOPLE!

You'd think it was the doctor telling me I was diabetic & needed meds, right ????

But really It was a picture taken on Valentine's day 5 years ago .......



Now I look like this .......



Much better, I think ..... and no more meds !

i volunteer at a camp and this girl was always made fun of for being fat... she was bullied all the time and one day i took her off to the side to talk to her and was talking to her about self esteem and stuff like that and i know she didnt mean it to be mean but she said what do u do to get people to stop talking about u being fat... i was like wtfff lol no seriously it took me back alittle... i was overweight and i knew it but i didnt realize that other people saw it... so i went home and walked up the stairs and was out of breath and my roommate was looking at me like whats wrong... and i asked him if i was fat... and he told me im telling u this because i love you but u r overweight and im willing to help u with anything u need... and offered to help me...

i dont really have a reason why tbh but take one day at a time a if you are good one day and then another it tends for me to turn into a snowball effect! and before you know it it's a week/month and youve lost weight with it! bonus! :drinker:
also find a exersice you like...it's no good just doing it you must like to do it!

It was a night not unlike tonight. I had just finished reading the whole internet and was waiting for them to print more of it. And I felt really pathetic and fat and weak. So I spent the next day or two reading and maybe about a week or so of planning... went grocery shopping for some good food, purchased some workout equipment, and the rest, as they say, was history.

i'd went through fad diets since i was 16, but i was never 100 percent serious and committed...then i went through a very difficult and nasty break up. at first, i needed to do something to take my mind off of the drama involving my personal life basically falling to pieces. then, i decided that i wanted to feel better about myself so that i never let someone treat me badly again- i knew that i had to treat myself the right way to expect as much from others. so glad!

December 31, 2012. That's the date a picture was taken of me at a party at my heaviest. It was absolutely, horrifically frightening seeing how far I let myself go. After that day I spent probably a week planning and getting everything I needed to start my journey. And from there, as they say, everything was history. I still keep the picture as a widget on my phone to remind myself to either eat healthier or get off my butt and workout. It serves as my constant reminder of how far down I fell and to never let myself get to that point ever again.

To make myself look better than the *****es I went to school with (that was about 3 years ago! Now I've grown up I dont care about them and am doing it for me!!)

I took part in a Santa race, where everyone had to dress in a one size fits all santa costume, and the costume didn't fit round my waist. I thought gosh if i'm too fat to be santa, i really must be too fat!