Besides yourself and a mirror, who gave you a wake-up call?

Mine wasn't the mirror but the camera lens. In a mirror I look fabulous! LOL!

My oldest (4 yrs old, at the time) was obsessed with growing up. She'd pat her head and say it was higher today. She'd pat her belly and say it was getting bigger. She'd look at her socks and comment how they were getting smaller.

One day she was commenting on how she was taller, and asked if I was taller. I told her I was done growing up. She patted my belly and said my belly was growing and was nice and big. It was supposed to be a consolation, in her little-kid mind.

I had already lost 50 pounds at that point, and had coasted at that weight for several months. I found MFP the next day.

Man, that still makes me cringe.

Nobody mentioned it to me. I didn't have mirrors in my house, I guess I was in denial. It wasn't until I realized I kept untagging myself in photos and I couldn't keep up with my kid at the park that woke me up. What 22 year old can't run around with a 4 year old? I feel so much better now, though I tell my husband not to be scared to mention it if I start slipping up again.

When spring rolled around and I pulled out my warm weather clothes. I couldn't get any of my shorts past my thighs or butt, could not get any of my dresses over my bust without a fight, and I had "outgrown" several of my skirts. When I tried on my tighter fitting t shirts and tank tops, it was back roll city. Buying a pair of size 12 jeans that were tight on me (I was too much in denial to get a 14) was the last straw. After that, I got on the scale and discovered that I had gained almost 30 pounds since September 2011 and was 40 pounds from my ideal weight.

I've had to lose 10-15 vanity pounds in the past, but this is the first time in my entire life that I've actually been overweight. It's scary, especially with the diseases(hypertension, diabetes) that run in my family. I want to get my body back in proportion, but I want to get my internal health on track as well. I'm an apple and all the visceral fat that I'm carrying is dangerous.

Watching my parents health problems as they have gotten older and most of it could have been preventable with the right diet and exercise. As I am getting older I want to live longer and be healthy because I love to doing things...

My doctor. He didn't say it in a "you need to lose weight" sort of way. He said it as "losing weight will help you control your blood sugar" which was 1 pt. short of pre-diabetic at the time. That sort of wording is why he continues to be my doctor. Good bedside manner - sounds concerned for me.

Unfortunately not a single person. Not even my Dr. every year he has me tested for diabetes, etc & so far everything is clear, but I know its a matter of time. I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant plus you add in obesity & its defiantly only a matter of time. But even if someone said something to me I don't know if I would have listened, the mind sees what it wants to see & you hear only what you want to hear. It was myself that got disgusted w/my own inability to move my fat behind & said enough is enough.

My health, when the doctor prescribed a third medicine for Type 2 diabetes. It made me sick and I had enough!

My parents said something and I didn't listen. It took looking at my wallet and the fast food bags left on my bedroom floor to realize what I was doing was harmful.

I had to put my weight on a form to have some day surgery.
Hadn't weighed myself in over a year.
Couldn't believe how much I had put on!

Crazy as it might sound, I realised that I was starting to lose control over my weight was when my leg got stuck between two bars on the playground (I work in a kindergarten so that's usual stuff for me).

At the pool the little kid saying to his mom....the whale is out of the water...we need to push it back in...Nahhh just people I meet and the looks they gave me..

Nice weight loss!!! Keep up the good work.

On last years holiday someone took a picture of me on the beach.

I wasnt happy with that picture and that is my motivation.

When i reach my goal which is set at losing 10 stone, i will publish the before and after photos.

I currently have lost nearly 6 and a half stone.

Myfitness Pal has become mybest mate.

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I used to be really fit and healthy when I was younger, but they slowly and without me noticing it piled on. Now I don't want to just lost the weight, I want to be fit, healthy and look good. Many things to motivate me! I am more interested in the inches than the weight.

Also, before I always exercised, so I've always eaten what I want, MFP is a massive eye opener and is making it much simpler! I still eat what I want, but it's nice to keep tabs and eat smaller portions and know what I'm putting in my body.