What was your turning point?

I've had many, but the most recent one was the pictures I saw after our trip to Vegas. Just......ew.

I woke up one day and thought, my boyfriend deserves someone beautiful and I had let my self go, That and it just hurt to do anything, it was just not comfortable anymore!

When I saw the pictures of me at my daughter's wedding. I knew I was over weight but I had no idea how bad I looked.

A personal side note, I have PCOS (Google it if you don't know what it is) and it caused me many health issues. I ignored my health for years despite being told I need to lose 50+ lbs from the doctor that diagnosed me 9 years ago. I pitied myself and let myself just continue to gain more weight. About 3 years ago my dad had a heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery, followed by lots of physical therapy. I thought I lost him, and he survived the whole ordeal and is healthy now. This made me realize life is too short to wallow in self pity. I could be the next one in the hospital. So I picked myself up and began trying to get healthy, I researched my PCOS, I found people on here with it and got ideas on how to take control. I even went to a doctor and got tips and medicine to help treat my health. Slowly I've gone from 230lbs and a size 18/20 to 150 and a size 6/8, I only want to drop 20 more lbs. My next goal is to have a baby now that I'm finally healthy and got my PCOS mostly under control.

I always hated the way that I looked, but the physical side of it was never actually enough fo rme to do anything about it (which I guess it why my current goals are still not fat loss related, but more sports oriented). For me, I went to the doctor when I was 25 years old and found out that I had high cholesterol (among other things). And the fact that I couldn't run a mile in under 13 minutes without feeling like I was going to pass out and die didn't help matters, either. I wanted to get in shape to make my health better and to be better and doing things (like run faster). Of course I wanted to look better, but if that's my only motivation I will just sit on the couch cause I'm happily married and he thinks I'm beautiful anyway. :flowerforyou:

My best girlfriends gender reveal party was my turning point. I saw a picture that was taken that night with all my girls and I just cried. I felt that I didn't look that big and it was just horrible! I have that picture on my phone and I look at it everyday to remind me why I'm changing my ways for good!

Mine was a double whammy of buying (finally admitting) I was a size 20 on my 26th birthday, and then also getting a scary health screening at work where I was in the at risk category in everything. Blood pressure, weight, hip to waist, cholesterol, you name it and I failed.

It finally clicked how big I had gotten and how little I would get to live and enjoy my youth. I finally decided that no temporary pleasure of putting something in my mouth was worth living life like that.

I decided to find out about weight loss surgery. I found out, but found out that for insurance to cover it I'd have to stay that same weight got three full months. That was almost enough to make me suicidal because of how unhappy I was. So I decided to give it one last all our nothing go on my own. 6 months later and I'm down 75 lbs and thinking about entering maintenance in another 15-20. No surgery, just me. Changing my own life before I lost it.

Bump for later....gotta go to work:sad:

I have neglected my weight/health for years. My wife and I separated (although still live in the same house) a couple of years back and it has taken me a while to get into the mindset of doing things for “me” instead of for “us”, and now that I have, the first thing I want to do (for me) is to get thinner and healthier before I hit 40 next year, so I can enjoy my life and my childrens' lives in a better state than I have always done up to now.

It’s only been 5 weeks so far and I have got a long way to go but I already feel far healthier than I ever have done before.

And (I guess like most people) I wish I had done this sooner.

I look at clothes and I think to myself.. "I can not wait to come back for you"..

This actually made me giggle! At my size if I said this it would be a threat to the cloths in question.. Loved your post! Thanks!!!

The point I knew was trying on wedding dresses. I couldn't hardly believe I allowed myself to get like this.
Not to mention the health risks. I used to be what I thought was attractive women.
As you can see no longer. The weight has made me into some hideous creature I don't even recognize.
I've posted a before pic. Well kind of a before pic. I was still packing a huge amount of weight. I just totally went past some threshold. These pics are roughly three years apart.


Before


NOW

Recent holiday photos - Clothes - Partner - Sport - Excercise


Everyone has different motivational Goals, as soon as you find yours, it becomes easy.

Seeing some photos of myself. And then one day the scale was in my way and stepped on. 89 kilos... That was 28 days ago. That was the day I joined MFP.
I lost 6 kilos since then.

My daughter has issues with food. She is almost 6 and still fearful of trying new foods, only has a small number of foods that she will eat, and we keep seeing that list of acceptable foods get smaller. So in my journey to help her with her issues, I started seeing my own problems, not the same problems, but just as concerning. Then helping her get dressed one day I saw that she has started developing the same shape I have, with a bulge around the top her pelvis. This is thing I hate most about myself, and seeing it form on her, made me realize that not only do I need to change the way we eat, I need to change our activity levels. I'm trying my hardest to be a good role model for her, hoping that as she see's me add more activity into my daily life she will join me. And it seems to be working, we play games running around the yard, tag and races. She likes to see how fast she can run. We've added a couple new foods and condiments to her repetoire, and even managed to bring back an old favorite. While I have cut my portions to normal sizes, and added in more nutritous foods.

She really is my biggest inspiration and motivator. And I do not want to cause her to develop the same issues that my mom did for me. We are working together for a healthier, more active life

My turning point was my last vacation when I went to the Dominican Republic. On the plane ride I was sitting in a sit where the armrest didn't come up. The entire flight the armrest was digging into my thighs. It was so painful I wanted to cry. While I was down there I met a couple and decided to go snorkeling with them. We were on a speed boat and I couldn't even pull myself in the boat. I felt like a beached whale when two men were pushing me into the boat. It was horrible and embarrassing for me. I swore I would never travel like that again. I came back determined to become a healthier person. It is all about evolving and changing bad habits. I don't think I could ever be that person again. I know I wouldn't want to. Good luck everyone. I know we can do this.