How you started/what motivated you to start losing weight

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  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    I was so fat that I couldn't clean my house without becoming completely short of breath and ready to pass out.
  • ja20102004
    ja20102004 Posts: 349 Member
    My wedding dress! Tried it on and it was an inch away from zipping all the way up. It could be my boobs also.
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    I was an overweight kid. I was also unhappy and mean through my tween years. I didn't feel like I had control over my life (which is pretty normal when you are a teen, BUT I really didn't have control over my weight).

    I decided to stop drinking soda and eating sweets. I lost 15lbs when I was about 14-15 years old. A neighbor actually complimented my weight loss. I realized that I DID have control. I started exercising, cut out some more crap, lost another 15 lbs. Then lost some more weight. As my weight went down, my self-control and happiness consequently went up.

    I just didn't want to be an out-of-control, unhappy adult, and my weight was a big part of feeling like that as a kid.
  • kenthepainter
    kenthepainter Posts: 195 Member
    Tired of getting up in the morning and having my first thought be "I am Fat"
  • s1hern
    s1hern Posts: 10 Member
    Severed acid reflux and heartburn got me started on losing weight. My health, my horse, my family, friends, and hoping to live a better motivated me to start loosing weight.
  • chatty826
    chatty826 Posts: 47
    I love Nerd Fitness!!!
    i read this. and i watched the video at the bottom.

    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/08/31/is-it-really-worth-it/
  • maglcalman
    maglcalman Posts: 1
    My motivator this time was heartache and pain. It's the only real thing that hurts enough to motivate me to make changes in my life. The fact that I finally fell for a woman after a year plus of not really caring too much about dating or my body and realizing how terrible I looked in any pictures I wanted to send her was a wake up call. Then I was told that she just wanted to be friends after about two weeks of courtship. Stuff like this doesn't have to hurt this much dang it!
  • amykay9377
    amykay9377 Posts: 98 Member
    Mine was a video on YouTube.

    But let's back up first. I was chubby in school, got picked on (didn't we all?). In 1997 I got pregnant with my daughter. After delivery in 1998, I was given Depo as birth control (loved it, for a while.....) Fought with weight loss, but depo increases hunger and decreases metabolism so I had to get off of that. Quit that in 2007.

    I've been a smoker pretty much since I was 13. Quit when I was pregnant, but started again soon after. The family went to North Carolina in 2006 and we went to Chimney Rock. We hiked DOWN a trail, and I had to stop multiple times to catch my breath. I resolved to quit smoking b/c of that, and did in Feb 2007 (busy year!)

    After those two major life changes, I kind of half-assedly dieted and worked out, but nothing really was working for me (of course, I wasn't really trying).

    I am a Disneyphile - I love all things Disney. There is a website out there where there are Forums for us crazy people, and a section is called WISH - We're Inspired to Stay Healthy. There, back in 2011, someone posted a link to her video from the 2010 (or 2011) Princess Half Marathon. By the time the video was over, I was in tears. I just KNEW I had to do that. I sat on the idea for a while (I've been known to start things I never finish) before I said that YES, I'm going to do this.

    In Feb 2012, I bought a treadmill. In March 2012, I did our local March of Dimes and told myself that if I could do the 8.6 mile route in less than 3 hours, I would actually sign up for the Princess. I did the MoD in 3 hours. I signed up for a 5k in April, another in July, then a few in the fall, and then, in 2013 (just 10 months ago), I crossed the finish line at the Disney Princess Half Marathon. It took 4 1/2 hours, but I did it!

    I lost about 10 pounds last year (and I've eaten some of those back during this holiday season), but I like where I'm headed, and if I can get my diet under control, I can only get better!
  • alc212
    alc212 Posts: 124 Member
    This time (because there have been a few!) it's looking back at the Christmas photo's and realising I'm the biggest of all the females in our family - including Aunts, Cousins and extended family. Not a good feeling.
    Shopping with some of said family and seeing them try on beautiful clothes while I look at the clothes which will hide as much of me as possible.

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