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

My in laws sent me a picture of myself and my youngest son, taken without my knowledge. Because my face and neck and hands and arms haven't really gotten big at all over the years, I kind of fooled myself into thinking I wasn't that big. But nope, all that extra weight is in my back, butt and stomach. UGH.

Funny how when I was 140 lbs I thought I was "fat". Partly because my stomach muscles were destroyed by exploratory surgery in my teens, but yeah, that was actually a healthy weight for me. Four kids later, 60 lbs pregnancy weight per kid, and 10 pounds of that stayed put afterwards...I ended up at 180 at 5'8" and just not liking the way clothes fit, the way I feel, hating the glimpses of myself I catch in store windows. It's time to change all that, not to mention lose the pounds so my joints don't ache and I get fitter so I can keep up with my toddler!

I started my gym membership/working out last September. I am 24 and a student, I took all online classes over the summer, my intention was to spend the summer hiking and going to the dog park, etc. When summer hit, it rained nearly every day, and I only got to the river three times, no hiking, dog park just a few times. I gained even more weight. That was the last straw! When September hit I felt like I had no energy, ever. I joined the gym and got moving! I immediately saw improvements in my weight and overall energy.

This month I am starting a new routine, I am taking weight training on Mon, Wen and Fri and a cardio class on Tues and Thurs through school. I am trying to still hit my gym occasionally- weekends? I have lost 17 pounds since last September and can't wait to see that number go down more!

Several. but the one that really sucked was when i i finally spent the money on my first pair of silver jeans and then they got too tight after all that money spent. now they are too big but i still have them for a pic once i reach my goal.

Seeing pictures of myself as a brides maid in my friends wedding party. I was "the fat one". Sigh...

I went to a reunion and saw my pictures and I wanted to cry. I actually did.

Shopping for 3x shirts for the first time.
Didn't want to be that guy and hated what I had become.

When my cardiologist said there is nothing else he can do for me.

I've been heavy since I had my son in 2008. Gained an obscene amount of weight in a short period of time (I'm talking months here).Ever since than ive always tried on my own with no success.

What really did it for me and made me join this community was the fact that I'm embarrassed to create a Facebook page because i dont want to show pics of myself. Im so camera shy now.

When I met my hubby we just got together for dinner, because of him working all day long that was the only moment to see each other, plus we made poor decisions about dinner. I was in 47kgs when I met him. For Christmas 3 1/2 months later I was 55kgs which was a lot in such a short time.

I did my best to not gain more weight because I was used to have huge dinners full of carbs.

Then we got engaged and I did my best to lose some weight, with the help of a nutriologist I made it to 52kgs and I felt happy and healthy. But after the wedding and moving from Mexico to Itally y practically just eat, eat everything I had in front of me, and again gained some kgs to 54 but exercising so I didn't think was that bad if they were muscles, then we moved again to another city, no gym, eating a lot, and again huge dinners, made it to 56kgs, which is the BIGGEST number I've ever seen n the scale.

Then no fitting in my all times fav jeans made me almost cry when my husband appeared in the room telling me that I better change because there was no way I could fit in those.

Right now after 2 weeks following Shaun T's workout T25 I have lost some centiemeters, and I'm in 55kgs. My energy is much more bigger than before, I do things that I didn't think I was able of. And having my husband by my side helps me to go on. Plus we want to grow our family as fast as possible, and I want to be fit and used to exercise so I can go back to my weight after giving birth. And I want to arrive to 30 in the best shape possible (I'm 28 almost 29)

The turning point for me is when I had a double mastectomy. Now my belly really sticks out. Adding to that is the need to eat healthy and exercise as the first line of defense in fighting cancer. Right now there is no evidence of disease and I want to do my part to keep it that way.