What was your "a ha" moment?

For those of you trying to lose weight and are on a road to a healthy lifestyle, what was your "a ha" moment when you realized what you were doing needed to change?

I had a moment last summer when we took the kids to an amusement park and I had to let them ride a rollercoaster on their own because I couldn't get the seatbelt to buckle. I'm not the type of person who gets embarrassed easily. I don't give a rat's patootie what people think of me.....but when I had to get off of that rollercoaster I felt so awful. What bothered me the most wasn't that other people saw the fat lady not able to ride. What bothered me the most was seeing my children look at me with such saddness. They felt so bad for me. I told them I was okay and to enjoy the ride. And they did.

When the ride came to a stop and they were waiting to get off, there were four girls sitting ahead of my kids and they all looked over at me and yelled "you're beautiful. we love you". Girls I didn't even know. Knew I was sad and yelled that to make me feel better. They got off the ride before my kids did and all four of them ran up and gave me a hug. Such good girls. Sweet kids do exist. When my kids got off the ride, my youngest was crying. He was sad for me. He is a sweet soul and he was so upset that his mom was upset.

That was my A Ha moment. We go to this amusement park every other year because of my job. So summer of 2014 - I am going to get my *kitten* on that rollercoaster and that seatbelt will buckle and I'm going to scream my head off because it's a scary ride.....but I'm gonna do it and I'm going to prove to my children that you can do whatever you set your mind too. I tell them all the time that there is nothing they can't accomplish if they want it bad enough. I'm going to prove by example.