When was your last straw that made you want to change?

Would have to be my 3yr old. She was sitting with me I was shirtless. She says daddy what are those? I say there stretch marks. She says oh when I grow up I want some of those too.

My diabetes was getting out of control and I felt like crap.

Not fitting in my jeans anymore & having a coworker ask me if I was pregnant because I had a little "pooch". (I'm not pregnant)

I know the 2nd one was something to get angry about but it's really stuck with me.

1) Realising that I ACTUALLY was over weight. Checking my BMI and seeing that I was in the overweight catagory and could be 3 stone lighter.

2) Seeing pictures of myself at my wedding. I am super ridiculously happy in each one, but I am so porky. I will always love my wedding photos because it was an amazing day and I look so happy and in love but I will always think I look fat. Coz I am.

3) My gran saying to me 'yes, I didn't think you'd be the one to get fat. But you have'.

lol no one reads anyone else's in these threads

I read all of them :embarassed:

I have too!

I try to.

Heart palpitations that came from nowhere, varicose veins, right leg swelling and now high blood pressure. I swore i would never hit 300 lbs, i did, infact at one point i was 310, now im down to 288 first goal is 150lbs. If im going to die its not going to be because i ate my self to death.

Pictures never bothered me tho...

Fear!

In September I had a kidney stone, and had to visit my MD for the first time in two years. During routine testing, he decided I was just into the pre diabetic range, and told me to exercise and lose weight. I lost 6 pounds between then and the end of the year, but it was cold and I was lazy, so I didn't exercise.

During a CT scan for the kidney stone, they saw plaque in my arteries, and the same over-cautious MD had me do a stress test. From that he scheduled a visit to a cardiologist. That happened this past Tuesday, and Thursday I was in hospital getting an angioplasty and a stent for a 90% blockage.

Now I'm taking it serious!
Slo

Anxiety attacks, so bad I was terrified everyday that I'd lose control and do the irreversible

My spouse of 18 yrs told me he was leaving me because he just isn't attracted to big women.

Well, there are several. I wasn't worrying about my blood pressure and diabetes enough. I thought I could easily change those numbers with changes in diet. So I was making changes yet somehow gained more weight and the numbers went up. The cholestoral numbers dropped and that was good. But everything else got worse and they upped my meds. My hobbies involve my eyes. Needle crafts, reading, and other things. Now when my blood sugar spikes up or drops low, my vision gets blurry. So I really have to watch and maintain that. So I really need to focus on weight loss and eating right.

I also love clothes but I never buy any. I hate the close for my body now. I can't wear anything I really like. So I want to get down to a size that I can look good in the styles I like.

But now I have a new and unusual reason to lose weight.

Normally, I do not have to sit all the way forward in a car. Even with my short legs, I can reach the pedals if I'm back a notch or two. But that being said, I'm fat so my stomach is still touching the steering wheel.

But my new used car is a stick. That makes me happen even though I have to relearn to drive one. I'm fine except for first gear. I am still trying to figure out the clutch to gas ratio in that one gear. The brakes are super touchy as well.

But the clutch needs to go all the way to the floor to start. This means I have to move the seat all the way up. Now I am totally squished between the seat back and steering wheel. Right now it is against my bruise from my accident making it hurt worse after driving.

So now I have a NEW reason to lose weight to add to my other reasons. And I'm reminded with discomfort every time I get into my car. I need to loose weight in order to drive comfortably.

I lost 8.4 or 8.6 lbs in about a month. I'm now going to focus on maintaining that rate. So each month should get more comfortable until one day I can sit in my car and my stomach doesn't touch the steering wheel at all.

I do wonder if there are attachments to add to pedals for short people to drive more easily. That would be nice.

Scale said 180

All the standard reasons. I used to be an athlete, a warrior. The final straw, a buddy of mine lost 70 lbs, it's the competitive nature, and it works...

Mine was having a severe psychotic episode being triggered by a bout of my eating disorder. I figure as long as I do nothing I'm going to have recurrent episodes of the restricting and purging followed by my brain essentially giving me the middle finger and letting all the voices out again. I still haven't fully stabilized from this last bout of psychosis, but it's being worked on. The other reason is that we may be looking at doing ECTs (electroconvulsive therapy, aka "shock treatments") in the future meaning I need all of my numbers for electrolytes to be lined up properly. All of my other numbers are fine (A1C, HDL, LDL, EKG, Heart enzyme test, etc.). I just realized to balance my mental health I really needed to find the balance with my physical health as well.

I've struggled with my weight since I was 11 years old. My weight has fluctuated from 206lbs down to 135lbs over the years. I have never reached my goal weight and my self esteem is non existent. I finally decided that I am the only one who can change how I feel about myself and reaching that goal weight is a start.

Apart from all the clothes related things already posted: I love scuba diving. But my wetsuit was getting tighter and tighter and I had to keep adding weights to the point I couldn't even drag my own set back on the boat after a dive.... imagine having to take of your set in the water after a drift dive.....