What lit your fire?

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competitiveness and perfectionism.

There are many more details to the story including some health concern that played a role... but yeah. I have always been a big achiever and pleaser. Realizing I was so far below the acceptable norm for health/size motivated me to change.

The fact that a year after my son was born I still weighed the same if not alittle more then the day he was born.

Only regained my motivation the past few days after watching the show "I Used To Be Fat". Just made me think of the way I used to be and how motivated I was. Planning to hit my goal by Christmas now!

Before that it was because I was bullied from the age of 8 right up until about 14 or 15. Also when I would injure myself it would take a lot longer to heal because of the weight!

my now ex-girlfriend called me fat. unapologetically and not in a joking manner.

The 200lb mark on the scale! Never been there before and NEVER going back!

Nasty breakup -- decided getting hawt was the best revenge.

I used to be super thin at 94 lbs and wore a 00 size pants. Then I ended up having 2 kids close together and my second one made be balloon up to 150lbs and wearing a size 11 YIKES!! I was so disgusted with myself, got depressed and all that. Finally after 3 years I couldn't take It anymore and also a few of my neighbors lost tons of weight so I was like ok it's my turn. Now I only have 6 lbs to my goal. I weigh 111 right now wearing a size 2-3 and I feel so much better about the way I look and feel.

I don't think I was in excuse hell. I knew I was gaining weight, and I knew why. I was eating more than burned off. It was a slow gradual thing, with a few losses over the years, but more gains than losses. I gained weight very slowly. I'm not upping my exercise to try and reverse that cycle to a gradual weight loss.

I don't really know why I chose now. I suppose getting older was a factor. That brings enough health risks without adding extra pounds to the equation. But mostly, I just want to form habits that will keep me at a healthy weight, and finally break the slow gain - fast loss cycle I've been on for the past 10 years or so.

My spouse of 17 yrs, telling me he was leaving because he just wasn't attracted to big women. & then I find out he had been cheating for at least a year.

My job had a "biggest loser challenge" running from January to June.

I won :bigsmile:

I am now into fitness and weight lifting more than weight loss.

Hubby being diagnosed with diabetes. He has no family history of the disease . Doctor told him it was totally related to being overweight. I on the other hand have so many family members with it. My numbers are edging closer towards it and I just dont want to have to live the way they have. So many of them eat what they please and then try to counteract it with their insulin. That's nuts!!!

Also, for vanitys sake, I have a closet full of cute clothes that I can't wear at the moment..... But soon I will!

For me it was trying on wedding dresses. I found a OOAK dress I adored but it is a size 10 and I am a size 14 in wedding dresses. The store altered it to fit with a corset back, but I vowed to lose the 50lbs in one year to wear it with the side seams where they should be. The day after I found my dress I stopped drinking pop or juice, began counting my calories and limiting my portions. A few weeks ago I got a Fitbit and started upping my exercise.

In the past, with every relationship I put on 20lbs. I don't want my marriage to be the same. I used to go to the gym every day, and I could run 5k no problem. After I had my daughter, I was down to 165, and then gained 15lbs - nearly weighing as much as I did when I gave birth to her! I want to be a good role model. Plus my fiancee was gaining weight with me and since he is 11 years older I started fearing a short life with him. Since I do all the cooking, it's easy for me to control a lot of what he eats and it felt like it was my fault.

Realizing that I was sitting at home every day and not being able to do all the things that you would like to do was very depressing. However, what lit my fire was my husband calling me names. He does not tell me I am fat or mind what size I am, but he was telling me on a regular basis that I am stupid. Often using the word, "retarded". He actually said to me that he litterally thinks that I am retarded. I got really weary of feeling worthless and I realize that I need to change my life. If I can lose weight then I believe it will make me feel better on the inside and the outside. Unfortunately, losing weight is not coming easy to me. I have been trying really hard.

I work in a doctors office and a patient called in asking for the "short heavy set nurse". Uh, well I'm the only nurse who works in my office so it was a huge slap in the face...but it was definite wake up call.