What was your AH HA! moment to get started?

Hitting 200 lbs.

My bathroom scale only goes to 300. My moment was when I hadn't weighed myself in a couple months, i was 280 the last time I had. I stepped on the scale and it went past the 300 to 5lbs. That was way to light. I knew I needed to gain weight fast. Also this meant my bones were hollow like a bird. Maybe I could fly?

Seriously though seeing it break that 300 for 305lbs, that changed my life.

When I had to literally roll off edge of the bed in the morning bcuz sitting up was no longer an option with my belly and boob fat in the way

there was a lot of things for me. looking in the mirror and going wtf happend, the number on the scale, seeing pics of myself. but my ah ha moment i walked into the gym and said shut up and do it lol

Contemplated new underwear because I felt uncomfortable
Stopped wearing my jeans because I felt uncomfortable
Contemplated getting bangs to "slim" down my face after seeing a picture
Calfs and underarms felt squishy-ier
All of this triggered a NO! I'll get healthier instead

hitting 199 pounds. that was what i weighed in, on the day i had my kid. (not after having the kid, before). i never hit 200, and never thought i could. so i was thinking, omg, i weigh the same as i did when i was 9 months pregnant...wow.

I had many small AHA's that were not quite what I needed. Vacations pics, not being able to participate in activities with the family. A very close friend has been doing MFP since August of last year and has went from a size 22 to a 9, she looks amazing. Anyway, my final AHA was when I had begun wheezing when even walking short distances, like from my car to my office at work. or through the grocery store, I felt and looked horrible. My feet and legs would swell so bad, I could not wear shoes and looking like they were going to explode. I had a really bad wheezing day on Jan. 20 and realized the next day would have been my beloved fathers 74th birthday, however, we lost him when he was only 49, which was the end result of morbid obesity. I in 3 weeks I would to turn 45 and realized it was my time to make a change because I was following too closely in his footsteps. My Journey began on January 21, I am down 21 lbs and 70+ inches. The sky is the limit and this is my time to shine!!! Good luck to you all!!!

I had many small AHA's that were not quite what I needed. Vacations pics, not being able to participate in activities with the family. A very close friend has been doing MFP since August of last year and has went from a size 22 to a 9, she looks amazing. Anyway, my final AHA was when I had begun wheezing when even walking short distances, like from my car to my office at work. or through the grocery store, I felt and looked horrible. My feet and legs would swell so bad, I could not wear shoes and looking like they were going to explode. I had a really bad wheezing day on Jan. 20 and realized the next day would have been my beloved fathers 74th birthday, however, we lost him when he was only 49, which was the end result of morbid obesity. I in 3 weeks I would to turn 45 and realized it was my time to make a change because I was following too closely in his footsteps. My Journey began on January 21, I am down 21 lbs and 70+ inches. The sky is the limit and this is my time to shine!!! Good luck to you all!!!

Congratulations on your success! I am also very sorry for your loss. I'm sure he would be very proud of you!

I would also definitely have to say this is similar to my wakeup call, as far as the feet swelling. I work at a job that requires me to be on my feet about 8 hours a day, and I see my coworkers handling it so gracefully, while my feet are putting me in misery the entire day. At some moments I would try to sneak a ''sit-down'' lol. The only thing I focused on all day was the pain. Definitely not good.

For me the moment was when I realized my overall lack of fitness was keeping me from enjoying things with my family. As my kids have gotten older, they are naturally more active, adventurous and willing to push themselves. I realized I couldn't keep up with them, but I still really wanted to be able to do so.

I told myself years ago that I never wanted to be the parent who sat in the ski lodge while my kids tore up the mountain. In October, I joined a gym, got a trainer, starting working out, doing yoga, cross fit and any other new gym experience I could find. Turns out, I really love being a gym rat. The healthy eating followed a little later, simply to allow me to do a better job of fueling my can't live without gym time. The weight loss and smaller sized jeans is just a bonus.

My test is next week - skiing with the kids for 7 days. Not only am I sure I'll keep up, I might even give them a run for their money.

Knowing that I needed to do it was one thing. I then looked about, researched a bit, thought about targets, what I really wanted. Thought, planned, schemed and plotted.


And then, one morning, I decided 'TODAY'.

And so here I am.

I had many small AHA's that were not quite what I needed. Vacations pics, not being able to participate in activities with the family. A very close friend has been doing MFP since August of last year and has went from a size 22 to a 9, she looks amazing. Anyway, my final AHA was when I had begun wheezing when even walking short distances, like from my car to my office at work. or through the grocery store, I felt and looked horrible. My feet and legs would swell so bad, I could not wear shoes and looking like they were going to explode. I had a really bad wheezing day on Jan. 20 and realized the next day would have been my beloved fathers 74th birthday, however, we lost him when he was only 49, which was the end result of morbid obesity. I in 3 weeks I would to turn 45 and realized it was my time to make a change because I was following too closely in his footsteps. My Journey began on January 21, I am down 21 lbs and 70+ inches. The sky is the limit and this is my time to shine!!! Good luck to you all!!!

Congratulations on your success! I am also very sorry for your loss. I'm sure he would be very proud of you!

I would also definitely have to say this is similar to my wakeup call, as far as the feet swelling. I work at a job that requires me to be on my feet about 8 hours a day, and I see my coworkers handling it so gracefully, while my feet are putting me in misery the entire day. At some moments I would try to sneak a ''sit-down'' lol. The only thing I focused on all day was the pain. Definitely not good.
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Thanks so much, I know he is, and for once in my life, I am proud of me too. I got this !!! I had the opposite issue, I sit down at my job for 8-10 hours a day, but you are correct, the swelling is so painful, no one could explain unless they have experienced it. You are going absolutely great and congrats on you current and upcoming success.

Gave birth to my second daughter and weighed in at 206, which was actually 2 pounds less than when I got pregnant for her. I realized that I didn't want my girls to grow up with the obese parents I grew up with. I want to be a participant in their lives. I want to raise them to be healthy, with healthy habits. I don't want to raise them to be obese, as my parents raised me. I don't want to sit on the sidelines of their lives. And I don't want them to grow up with the weight issues I have grown up with.

My kids askind me if I was pregnant..

My kids askind me if I was pregnant..

Now that's funny.

When I started deciding what to wear in the mornings based on what I could squeeze into. I was only fitting into 3 pairs of jeans and 3 dress slacks. My work started a biggest loser challenge around that time and now I'm not only getting really healthy and learning about my body, but I might win $400 bucks on top of it.