What was your "last straw"???

A young boy was walking behind me and started singing about a BIG FAT WOMAN waddling along the road!
I was almost in tears as I knew it was aimed at me!
Woke up the next day Monday 10th June and have never looked back

I was at Wally World, bent over to pick up a 40lb bag of dogfood and my jean shorts literally ripped all the way right up the seam!!!!!! lol.....My face went blank cause it was loud... lol...

My physical returned a 'high cholesterol'' result at only 27 years of age. That is what got me headed in the right direction. I immediately dropped fast food that isn't a salad or proven 'better for you'. I also stopped drinking sugared drinks- period. After a year of yo-yoing back and forth with MFP and laziness and gaining back every pound I've lost, twice!- I'm back and I'm here to stay until some big stuff happens and hopefully beyond. I'm still terrified of losing weight because of the extra loose skin I will have but I'm doing it anyway and hoping I qualify for tummy tuck financing by then

I have always been thin my whole life, never broke 108 until I turned 20, bumped up to 125 and then gained about 21 pounds on top of that over the last year. It might not sound like a ton of weight but in that year and with that 21 pounds, these were my last straws:

- I went from a 32A to a 36D. (Still freaks me out.)
- Developed stretch marks on my thighs...never had a stretch mark before.
- For the first time in my life, instead of the doctor saying "oh, your weight is perfect!" they said "I see you've gained six pounds since March".
- Feeling tired, sweaty, sluggish, uncomfortable in my skin.
- Having to give 99% of my clothes to my little sister.
- Having to buy an entirely new wardrobe.
- Buying clothes based solely on comfort (loose, stretchy) rather than comfort AND style.

I also just started an internship where I sit at a desk. I am getting close to graduating and my post-college job will probably be just like that...sitting at a desk. So, I want to get my weight back down and get healthier 1) before that time comes and 2) before I am out of my healthy BMI (and it is scarily close!)

I was sitting at the doctors office, ( foot doctor) and I was looking around at all the people with toes missing, with half thier foot gone, with half thier leggs gone, not from war, but from diabeties, and I looked at my feet, getting numb as they were, and I knew my kidney scores were getting worse, ( spilling into my urine) and I was sitting around at 380 pounds, my knees hurt, I had fallen down and broken my Humorous bone mid shaft, and I was having thoughts of just going over the cliff so to speak, and something clicked, I am 50 years old, I FLIPPED THE SWICH inside my head, the fight was on, now I am down 71 pounds and going strong, no more visits to the doc for feet, completely off diabeties meds, and wow, what a differsance so far,, I lost 6 pounds this week alone!

My legs and ankles and feet retaining so much fluid it hurt to walk. And I had jus turned 40. I had a brand new pair of shoes and wanted to show them off, but when I directed attention to my feet, I was horrified at what they looked like.

When I feel embarassed to be around my friends. I'm not over weight, but I still have a little mid section pudge that just WON'T GO AWAY, and I just don't like bathing suits because of it and I hate that I can't look as cute in the summertime with my friends, or for guys , and I've always wanted to wear a bikini because of this. I've never worn one in my life which sounds dumb, but I finally want a nice stomach so that I can feel beautiful on the outside and in instead of just hearing it from others and thinking I just have a pretty face and that's it. I know others can love you for your flaws, but you have to love yourself too.

Hahahahaha there are SO many!
1. My biggest size clothes don't fit
2. I have chub rub
3. I hate the way I look in a mirror
4. I am heavier than when I delivered my first child
5. I look like my MOTHER! (luv ya mom, but don't wanna look like ya)

Seeing a picture of myself. It wasn't just that my weight was really showing but that I looked miserable. Shortly after that I decided to do something about it.

I was in plus-size clothes and I was just about to have to go up yet another size.

I refused to buy anymore bigger clothes.

I was also told by my husband that my snoring was getting worse and worse and I was out of breath all the time.

I went to the Dr. and he told me that I have the knees of a 70 YEAR OLD PERSON!!! I'm 42, so you must have me confused with someone else!!!! He said that in 5 years, I would have to have my knees replaced. I said okay, that gives me five years to prove you wrong! And after I had a good long cry, and talked to my cousin about it. I got back to working on my eating, and working out. I had let myself really slip! Good Luck!

Terri!

There was not a "last straw". I have a FB friend that kept posting recipes from I am getting skinny and I know it. They all looked soooo good and inviting. I did not want to count calories, not good at math or numbers. MFP made it easy to count calories, keep track of what I put into my mouth, etc.... I love this site, it has helped me in more ways then I can count. If MFP were a good calorie it would be 2,000,000 billion grams of goodness ! ! ! Everyone is so inspiring,

1) My biggest clothes were getting tight and no way was I going up anymore!
2) My doctors told me that I was pre-diabetic and I was on high cholestrol meds at 23
3) I wanted to live a long and healthy life and not have it be cut short

when i would sit my fat on my sides would fold and touch itself , like fat rolls on my sides, then i seen the scale.

I was going on a helicopter ride in Hawaii and gave them a weight estimate. Who knew that they would put me on a scale to verify!! Lo and behold, I was 30 pounds more than I thought!!