What was your wake up call?
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Combination of two things-
Went to the beach with my sister, and my brother in law took TONS of pictures. Eek.
I was sitting at work in the conference room for some "birthday treat", and I was looking at the fattest person at work, and trying to judge how far away her stomach was from the table, and if I was smaller than her. All the sudden I thought, "Wait, what?" I realized that I wouldn't be happy just being "less fat" than the biggest person at work.0 -
I had gotten to the point where most of my clothes didn't fit me. I spent and entire spring & summer with ONE pair of shorts that fit and ONE pair of capris that fit. I refused to buy new ones. At 5'1" with a small-medium frame, going up a size was NOT an option for me.0
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After working out and altering my diet for a year and a half, I saw video of myself taken last December...and I STILL LOOKED LIKE ****! I knew then that at my age (40) you can't just do what always worked for you "then", you have to take it to another level. I did. No looking back.0
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My wake up call...when my husband told me he didn't find me attractive anymore, and didn't know if he wanted to stay married. I have since lost 45.8 lbs in the last 6 months (using MFP and working out for the last 3 months).
He did end up deciding to leave last week, in spite of all my success. Too little too late in his opinion.
I'm still awake, and carrying on my transformation...I'm not done yet!
What a jerk. If my SO said something like that I'd be like, "oh, really? k bye!" but props to you for trying to make it work. Now you can go find yourself a REAL man.
On another note, I've had multiple wake-up calls and none of them really got me going. I just finally decided to go for it. Or - maybe I just haven't had my "true" wake-up call yet. *scared*0 -
I have had so many wake up calls that they are more like reminders these days.
When my little sister and I had a weight talk and she honestly answered my question by saying sometimes I embarrased her with my weight.
my neice being innocent asking why my belly was so big and if I had a baby in it.
daily reminders that keep motivating me is when i look in the mirror and don't like what i see, look at pictures (especially where I'm sitting)0 -
I lost about 28 pounds and put back on about 18 of it.... My clothes stopped fitting about 2 weeks ago, I've been making changes and I'm feeling better. Also when I was helping babysit my nephew I had a hard time getting up and when I declined invites to go out because no clothes fit right..... I'm back and I'm going to do this!0
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A couple years ago when I went to get my drivers license renewed. I saw my picture and was crying before I left the DMV. I showed my MIL who is overweight and she was wondering why it looked like my chin was pointing down. I told her it wasn't. It was just me taking a picture.0
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I've been so tired for such a long time, and in constant pain. Doctor has been suggesting WLS and one day I realized I was really considering it. I want to be in control. I "allow" my SO to push food on me. I feel sorry for myselt. I've got to take back pride and self-esteem and make the necessary changes. So I'm logging my food and tomorrow I'm going to see a dietician. Watch out!! I'm going to rock this.0
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1.my huge stomach kept bumping into things- I think I had piled on 20 lbs or so incredibly fast that I didn't realize that I had gotten so big. I've been wearing elastic and flowy dresses for so long- they 'fit' at any weight.
2.people kept asking me if I was pregnant
3. avoiding going out to clubs or dancing because none of my cute going out clothes fit.
I still have a long way to go but at least 1 + 2 aren't happening anymore0 -
i new i needed to lose some weight but I didnt realize how big I got until I took a pic for my starting point then I realized dam I realy do need to lose some weight.0
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A snippet from my about me:
Back in Summer 2011, I was overweight - 5' 7'' 157lbs. I walked up a flight of stairs and was huffin' and puffin' when I reached the top (didn't blow a house down. Albeit I was borderline normal weight and overweight, I was unhealthy. My doctor told me I had high cholesterol and high blood pressure. I knew something had to change; I realized it had to be gradual... 0 -
From About Me:
One day I was clothes shopping and found I was just a bit too big for the 'regular' stores, and a bit too small for the plus size stores. At the time I joked that I needed to either gain some weight or lose some. I decided to lose...
ETA: Around the same time I put my back out (slipped a disc for the UKers) and the physio I saw told me to lose 40lbs and take up yoga. My back has improved with every pound I've lost. And I do love yoga (HOT!!)0 -
For me it was the constant frustration of nothing fitting when I wanted to buy clothes! The final straw though was when I was watching The Biggest Loser and realised there was only a couple of contestants that weighed more than me...
I've found calorie counting/deficit really logical so far though, so I'm hoping to stay motivated
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A lot of people asked me why I suddenly decided to get fit and healthy, and my honest answer is "I don't remember" ^^;; I know I woke up one day and thought "Okay, I'm going to sign up with this gym and start getting healthy." Maybe my brain is being kind by blocking out the memory.
The only real thing I can remember is that on August when I went on holiday with my SO, I hated so many pictures of myself because I looked horrible in them. It was only in October that I started though - so maybe it just took 2 months for the absolute horror to sink in lol.0 -
Hopefully this isn't too lude, thats not my intention. I was having a little difficulty uh....self-handling, AS effectively as before while laying on my stomach. Just sumthin in the way...
/blush
- Mharren0 -
I stepped on the scale & I weigh as much as I did when I had my daughter.
Also, today at work I was told "You're starting to show"
Hmm, that's to bad considering I'm not pregnant.
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My wake up call...when my husband told me he didn't find me attractive anymore, and didn't know if he wanted to stay married. I have since lost 45.8 lbs in the last 6 months (using MFP and working out for the last 3 months).
He did end up deciding to leave last week, in spite of all my success. Too little too late in his opinion.
I'm still awake, and carrying on my transformation...I'm not done yet!
"too little too late?"
I'm sorry but he sounds like he was trying to make up an excuse to leave or something. What a shallow reason..... I'm so sorry 0 -
My lab results.....letting myself get off track for 6 months and seeing those high cholesterol numbers as well as glucose...Got to get back right on track now.0
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I saw my Xmas pictures and I didn't recognize myself.
EXACTLY what happened to me! My fiance and I have a photographer in the family so she took shots of us with the dog and my future in-laws; my mother-in-law to-be blew them up and sent to us. I almost lost it.0 -
Tired of my clothes not fitting and I just don't feel healthy!0
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Reaching 191.4 lbs & seeing my older sister becoming healthy and fit. She has a lovely body!0
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I took a photo and compared it to an old one, I immediately got off my *kitten* after it and i've been working out and eating clean since the first.0
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Tried on a dress at Macy's and realized I couldn't wear whatever I wanted to anymore and look GOOD.0
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All of my grandparents who have passed away have passed away due to heart problems and my father had open heart surgery at 58 years of age and is diabetic, as was his father. I would like to avoid these issues. But, my biggest eye opener at how big I was happened when I had to buy a size 20 jean (womens) and that made me realize how far I had let myself go. I am now in a 15-17 size in junior jeans, but still working on it 0
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when i had to ask family members not to post pictures of me on FB and I would constantly hide from the camera. normally i was a picture *kitten* before gaining weight.0
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I had to have an attendant help fasten my seatbelt on roller coasters at Cedar Point last year. Humiliation.0
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I spent the better part of a year on my *kitten* because of an issue with my pelvis and vowed that I'd never take my mobility and health for granted again. Riding a cart at WalMart because I was in too much pain to walk was horrible. Prior to that I'd ballooned to my at-term weight with my first child...not so great on the ego, either.0
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My real wake up call was when a RANDOM STRANGER came up to me and gave me some unsolicited advise on how to lose weight last week.0
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Christmas day I was getting ready for the days festivities. I went to put on my size 14 dress pants that I had not worn since that March. I could not get them buttoned and I just bulged out of them. I put a rubber band around the button to close it, but the fat bulges were too awful. I wore something else instead. I was still in physical therapy for a shoulder injury so didn't actually start the weight loss/exercise until Feb 1st. I knew I didn't want to purchase larger pants and this had to stop now.0
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When it took me two days to find a pair of jeans at the mall that fit right....0
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