"the last straw"

MobiusMan
MobiusMan Posts: 385 Member
edited September 23 in Motivation and Support
WHAT TRIGGERED YOUR CURRENT GOALS?
Mine was two fold:
1. My HbA1C test labeled me Diabetic and I don't like labels and know I have the time and ability to reverse this mess.
2. My son and his wife have decided to try to have kids (first Grandchild potential) I fully intend to be as engaged with my grand kids as I was with my kids.
Oh ya, 3. Under this armor of chub...I'm really hot!:laugh:

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  • welly5
    welly5 Posts: 293 Member
    Those are good reasons!

    I joined a gym and discovered that I was juuust juust in the overweight BMI range. But then I hurt my back and wasn't able to use my gym membership (which I am still paying for...shiiiit) or even walk around that much and suddenly I was right in the middle of the overweight BMI range :(

    Only two or three pounds to go till I've got a healthy BMI again! :)


    Also, my closet is full of cute dresses that just don't fit right anymore
  • secostley
    secostley Posts: 409 Member
    Like you, my A1c shot through the roof last summer (It hit 10) and scared the beJesus out of me! The doctor threatened to put me on the needle (insulin). I'm scared of needles.

    Also, beneath the excess weight really is the next Denzel Washington!



    Shawn
  • CreativeRedhead
    CreativeRedhead Posts: 2,166
    I saw a "fat pic" of myself at the beach back in 2009. Decided then that I had completely let myself go and this was the result, this fat body was what i was left with. So I made some changes and it has paid off. I still have a long way to go.
  • ShellzLo
    ShellzLo Posts: 14
    "The last straw" for me was that my doctor told me I had to loose 30lbs or I would be a full blown diabetic and I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AN EVERYDAY PILL OR NEEDLE, so this is the year to get all of my levels back in check. My LDL was thru the roof high and my HDL was low. SO I figure with being serious now I can get back on track and stay there b/c yo-yo dieting is not good for the heart. I use to think if I exercise I could eat whatever I wanted... So not the case and I know that NOW b/c I would be exercising in vein... So I want to be healthy and live a little longer and NOT be DIABETIC.
  • Buttsmom
    Buttsmom Posts: 351 Member
    For me it was that old fat lady looking at me in the mirror every morning.
  • Fat_Chopper
    Fat_Chopper Posts: 97 Member
    I had come to the end of clothes sizes, end of wetsuit sizes, my bike tyres wouldn't hold me, my side of the bed was coming apart, I would sweat and have prickly heat on cool days, the couch had an imprint of my *kitten* and my surfboard wouldn't float, nearly put my back out trying to wipe my bum. Sorry but you asked. :smile:
  • rayfromtx
    rayfromtx Posts: 111
    I had come to the end of clothes sizes, end of wetsuit sizes, my bike tyres wouldn't hold me, my side of the bed was coming apart, I would sweat and have prickly heat on cool days, the couch had an imprint of my *kitten* and my surfboard wouldn't float, nearly put my back out trying to wipe my bum. Sorry but you asked. :smile:

    Love this.
  • jane77
    jane77 Posts: 489
    Hearing my sister rant about how dumb her wi fit was because it told her she was obese. Remembering how mine had told me the same thing and how sad it made me when the little person expanded. Time to stop pretending
  • fitnesspirateninja
    fitnesspirateninja Posts: 667 Member
    My dad had a stroke in August. It was terrifying, and I learned that people who have a parent who have a stroke are more likely to have a stroke themselves. However, it took about two months for me to actually get on here and get serious (things were also obviously a bit crazy in my life during that time). The reason? I saw a picture of myself and realized how unhealthy I looked. I saw a future of preventable illness and a shortened lifespan. I saw fertility problems and unhealthy children learning from my example. It was a painful truth to learn, but once the pain passed, I was able to finally do something about it, and I'm so glad that I did. I feel so much better. The difference is amazing! I know that there are some health issues you can't avoid, but I believe that I'm creating a better future for myself.
  • FitJoani
    FitJoani Posts: 2,173 Member
    When my cholesteral was high, i was pre diabetic and stage two hypertension...at 23. I also could not walk 3 blocks without getting winded so I told myself ENOUGH its do or you might die literally and never looked back.,
  • spuzo
    spuzo Posts: 50
    I'm new and thought this would be a great first post...

    My last straws were [I had a few over the past weeks]...

    *Realizing that the person I've been imagining in my mind [fit, active, outdoorsy] was NOT me as I am now and I have to work my butt off to be that person.

    *Having the "weight loss surgery" talk with my GP [Im 39 years old and 345lbs]. It's not a route I want to take and I don't think I should take so this is my "last ditch attempt" to change my life without surgery.

    *My co-worker asking if I'd ever thought of going on The Biggest Loser. He didnt say it in a meanspirited way, he said it to help because he knows I want to lose weight and try to do it on my own.

    *Being on STD again for pain and missing all the holiday celebrations [Christmas & New Years]. Im tired of being in pain all the time and being sick.
  • kendradl
    kendradl Posts: 595 Member
    In the mirror I see another person, my last straw was at my sister's wedding this past October and getting the pics back and seeing the real 'ME' for the first time in a long time, that was enough for me. Shortly after I found this website via a member that was featured on the Today Show last year, it was like it was meant to be and everything fell into place and has been working ever since.
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    ooh, good question!

    1. gained weight already lost back after an injury filled 2010 and even my big clothes were fitting a bit tight.
    2. blood work results showed everything good and normal except I am tinkering on Pre Diabetic and I'll be damned if I end up making myself a diabetic like my grandfather did, not to mention how ashamed I felt sharing that information with my fit and healthy husband.
    3. tired of shopping at Lane Giant
    4. enough is enough, time to get serious, like they say *kitten* or get off the pot!
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Probably the final final last straw for me was when i downloaded the MFP app on my iPhone. I entered what I had eaten the day before and I came back as something like 3,500 calories.
    I realised then that the label on my clothes weren't wrong...my clothes really were that large, they weren't shrinking. :laugh:
  • Jizes318
    Jizes318 Posts: 409 Member
    My last straw was looking at a picture of me recently and I thought I looked great that day meanwhile I really was getting heavy and I looked like crap. Then my husband started hinting "Hey want to go to the gym".. I knew then I needed to get the old me back. I weighed in at 164.4 and I was normally 125. It made me sad and depressed and I felt dumb for never really seeing the real me and getting my *kitten* together.
  • DawnOf1969
    DawnOf1969 Posts: 726 Member
    I saw a picture of me and my daughter at a function. I was embarrased to be in the photo so I couldn't even IMAGINE her embarassment at having to stand there with me. I'm sure she doesn't feel that way, but that's the way I imagine it to be. I vowed that I didn't want to be an embarassment to my kids so I got to my doctor who told me I was obese and that if I didn't want to live to see my grandchildren I should just stay on the path I was on. But if I wanted to live a long life, then I better drop the weight. It's been a long, hard road and I have just as long and hard road ahead of me but I'm slowly chiseling away the embarssing me and finding the more attractive, happier me somewhere underneath all that flub.
    [my "last straw" photo is in my profile pictures if you care to see it]
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I got a tattoo on my belly and a navel piercing, and want to be able to show them off come summertime.

    I can suck it in for a few seconds to show them now, but I'd like to not have anything to suck in. :tongue:
  • MobiusMan
    MobiusMan Posts: 385 Member
    I had come to the end of clothes sizes, end of wetsuit sizes, my bike tyres wouldn't hold me, my side of the bed was coming apart, I would sweat and have prickly heat on cool days, the couch had an imprint of my *kitten* and my surfboard wouldn't float, nearly put my back out trying to wipe my bum. Sorry but you asked. :smile:
    :laugh:
  • chrish1981
    chrish1981 Posts: 156
    The scale hit 150 and that was IT.

    I'm 5'3, and I've always been around 120-130. I "accepted" 140 as a part of getting older, but when it got to 150, I realized I need to make a change.
  • Jonesie1984
    Jonesie1984 Posts: 612 Member
    My last straw was a few things:

    **Weighing 186 (so you know 200 is just a hiccup away)....I delivered my daughter at 175 pounds. I weighed more than I did when i delivered my baby! That's gotta shoot my ego.

    ** I used to love to shop for clothes and have my picture taken. I barely have any photos of the last year because I was always dodging them due to the way I looked. I have very few photos with my daughter this year and I don't want her to not have memories because mommy never got it together.

    **Going to the beach last year and never getting in the water ONCE because I didn't want anyone to see my in my bathing suit.. I have always been a little apprehensive but I KNEW i looked terrible. I never wanna feel like I can't have a good time because I'm so preoccupied with the way I've destroyed my body.
  • Dtho5159
    Dtho5159 Posts: 1,054 Member
    Mine was several things:

    *My dad died when I was 17 from being morbidly obese and I would hate for my kids to experience the same

    *I always was a "healthy fatty" until 2010 when my cholesterol rose, my BP went up and I developed acid reflux (all in the same year) Before that, I had always been obese and NEVER had chol or BP issues

    *Im sick of always being the fat one.. My husband is uber skinny and Im double his weight so it just doesn't look right

    *I want to prove to myself that I can do this. After 10 or more years of not caring, I finally care and want to do better for myself and my family
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