What made you say ENOUGH! ?

I was at my largest at 183 and was pushing to the next size in my pants, was depressed and tired all the time.....my self esteem was in the toilet......I decided I was going to get back into some of my old clothing and wasn't going up another size...so I started doing P90X with my daughter. I saw results and was hooked....I am now down into some of my old pants, look forward to getting in some exercise and improving my health.

For me it happened the other day when I couldn't fit into any of my clothes and ended up wearing my husband's shirts. It's spring and I don't want to be wearing men's t-shirts all summer!

I was at my largest at 183 and was pushing to the next size in my pants, was depressed and tired all the time.....my self esteem was in the toilet......I decided I was going to get back into some of my old clothing and wasn't going up another size...so I started doing P90X with my daughter. I saw results and was hooked....I am now down into some of my old pants, look forward to getting in some exercise and improving my health.

Same here. I was at 185 and my clothes were getting too tight. I decided I need to change now, rather than later.

Seeing the tags on a dress I bought three years ago that every summer since I have said I would get into. Add that to not being able to fit into anything in my closet without looking like a stuffed pig was enough for me. I refuse to buy any more clothes as my closet is probably worth a few thousand dollars. Just can't throw my entire wardrobe and money down the drain.

Having to go get a bridesmaid dress for my only brothers wedding and being so embarrassed that I was squeezing into a size 24 dress. I remember crying when I saw the pictures because I swore I looked like a big red blimp, and the pictures had already been posted and passed around. A month later I had to go see a doctor for some severe stomach pains, and when I stepped on the scale it read 315. On top of that, my weight was causing me some nasty problems with my stomach. I broke, and in January I started MFP.

Mine was when i was 198 lbs and in ALOT of pain. Test after test came up negative. I even had scans for different types of cancer....all clear. I had a surgury on my side ( kidney) when i was 13 and have a large scar so my doctor said i think its due to your weight and the scar tissue. I bet if you lost weight it would go away. I didnt want to exercise and stop eating all the crap...i enjoyed it. I gave it a shot thu and i am now 74 lbs down in 11 months and once i started losing weight and not eating so much of the garbage ( bags of chips, cupcakes daily etc) the pain has gone away. Every now and then it twinges but i will NEVER go back to that size again. I was miserable in my own body.

my mother asked me if i would consider some kind of bariatric surgery, and i thought... oh hell no, I'll do this *kitten* myself!!!!

Like you, I thought hitting 200 was bad enough. However I somehow totally ignored myself for another year and ballooned up to my heaviest at 242!!!!!

It was soo very scary. Besides the way I looked, I was starting to experience increased depression/anxiety, numbness to my hands and fingers, always sick (chest congestion), achy joints, pain with just walking, insomnia. I can go on, but it was the final straw!

I'm now down 43 lbs and counting. It was worth every sweat, worth every time turning away cakes & cookies, worth getting up early just to workout. I love my new life and would never want to be where I was.

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When I was 252 lbs I knew I needed to change, but I tried(and failed) at everything. But it was a Christmas Photo taken in 2011 that changed it all for me. Something just...clicked. I just started exercising, watching my portions,etc. I couldn't believe how easily it was coming to me. I didn't have to starve myself or deprive myself. Small adjustments and substitutions made me successful. That Christmas photo changed my life, and I still have it pinned up on my Visual Board to show me how far I have come!

At 316 pounds, I went into my doctor because my knees were killing me all the time. Even on medication, my blood pressure was too high. The stress of my life was piling up with no end in sight.

My doctor told me I needed to lose weight. She told me to walk an hour every day. I looked at her like she was insane, since I have to walk around normally with a cane.

I went home and started brainstorming how to do this in a sane way. Called my mother and got her old stationary bike from her. Started looking for free calorie counting sites. I decided if I was going to do this, I was doing it right.

Eight weeks later, I've dropped over 20 lbs, eat healthier and feel better than I have in years.

To prove my mother wrong. And I was also tired of feeling chubby.

When I had to go up a clothing size, almost twice. :embarassed:

I had changed my life once before, and took 48 pounds off before I took a dream trip to Japan. Though I was still very overweight. I had an embarrassing experience with a language barrier where at Universal Studios in Osaka I was told I couldn't fit in the seat and could not go on the ride. Depressed me and then topped off with stress in my life I came home and put on all those pounds back.

When i woke up one morning and stepped on the scale and see 317 staring back at me, I knew the number well. The exact number I started my first and failed life style change at. I resolved I had only failed if I gave up. And put myseld back on the right track.

I was upset I had put it all back on, but it taught me the import lesson of how fast weight will return if returning to my old ways.

It was a few things for me....

First was "out growing" all of my scrubs YIKES!

My knees & back hurting ALL the time!

Stepping on the scale to find out I was my heaviest.

I thought about it for a few days & decided I needed to stop making excuses...enough of letting emotions lead food to my mouth....just enough. I am ready to take care of me.

it is just the right time and I have friends to help me. I'm not good with gym memberships or eating healthy or "dieting", as I put it.

I've always been "over weight" but at this point I'm past Obese. I'm a big girl any way (I'm 5'8" with wide hips and shoulders), my lowest weight was 165lbs in a size 14, which was 10 yrs ago. I'm 27 now and when I finally decided it was time to do something; I was weighing in at 293lbs. I've always been the "big girl" in my group of friends but when I'm pushing a size 24 jean... I knew it was time for a change. My job was sitting down all day (until yesterday) and I spend quite a bit of time sitting in front of the computer. But I am at so much risk for issues that develop because of weight. enough is enough! I can't find clothes that fit, I can't sit in some chairs comfortably, I can't fly comfortably, I'm tired and sluggish and have little energy or motivation. But with the help of my friends and this site it's finally time for changes.

I want to be healthy, losing weight is just a side effect of a healthy life style. I want to have kids in the (near) future and I want to be active. MFP has been a huge help. I mostly use it to monitor my daily food intake and I've already lost 6lbs in two weeks.