when did you finally "get it"

I always got it.Ive never tried pills or any of that crap lol I always new the only way to do this was work hard and watch what I eat

I got it from the death of a loved one, my grandfather. I learned the frailty of life and what it means to be alive. He was an evangelist. Thats one of the reasons I am the way I am.

I got the message loud and clear when the Dr told me I had Diabetes and WOW THAT WAS A EYE OPENER !!! I would like the quick fix also but I don't want to waste my money on something that might not work, so I am like you I am doing the Healthy Way, Eating right and EXERCISE ! Since joining MFP about 20 days ago and giving up drinking a 2 litler of coke cola daily I have lost 8 pounds

Understandin how to lose weight? June 2007 is when I began my weight loss. I too use to try and take the easy way out with tryin all the different diet pills. But what can I say I was bout 15 when I started diet pills and 18 when I finally realized how to lose weight. Eatin clean well, that just began back in November, before that I was all bout eatin carbs and very lil protein, now I am always lookin for ways to add more protein and buy organic foods.

Mid November 2010, decided to join the gym. I am not sure what happened, I think it finally just clicked that I need to exercise and eat better. I have lost 18 pounds since I joined the gym and can tell my way of thinking has changed, very rarely want to eat out and never want to miss a chance to go to the gym. I am absolutely loving the way I feel right now and am glad it finally clicked and know that it won't be over night but as long as I stick with it, I will reach my goals!!!

It hit me right before Thanksgiving. I've been losing weight as you can see from my ticker but I was doing it for the wrong reasons. It was all about the scale moving and not the healthier way of living. I realized after watching a lot of Dr. Oz shows that if I was going to succeed at maintaining this weight loss I would have to alter my way of thinking. The truth about why I gained weight and continued to gain had to be address as well so I wouldn't reach a point where I started to re-gain again. Also I needed to now start being more proactive in my weight loss journey as far as educating myself.

Its paying off.

97-pounds is AMAZING!!!! Way to go!!!!!!! :drinker:

I had to try it for a week to "get it." I really didn't want to accept the fact that counting calories would work.

In my first week I lost 5lbs, so I was hooked!

I got it when I was told I had Diabetes and remembering how my father died from it. Death is inevitable, but I don't want to die like that...not if I can help it.

I was about 4-6 months away from turning 30 and having a tremendously hard time with it (which I now know was ridiculous). I had a lot of "life is passing me by" type thoughts and I decided to start living my life and making it what I wanted to be with no more excuses.

I don't want to look back at the last 10 years when I'm 40 and still be wishing I had changed things and regretting that life isn't what I want it to be. I've learned that life is always what you make it and you're definitely the one with the steering wheel in your hands.

My little signs were wheezing at rest, getting winded walking up a single flight of stairs, not fitting in to my clothes, and very low energy. I 'got it' when I realized I was not going to put up with it any more. I decided I was going to take a stand and do my best to battle my new found habits. Getting back to myself by giving back to myself.

I think I've always had it - we had some pretty good health/nutrition info from school sports through to the amateur rugby club I played for.

My question would be when did I finally want it? And that happened towards the end of last year watching the health of my father-in-law decline due to cancer and having in the back of my mind the poor health my own father is in due to obesity - I wanted to do something to avoid the family inheritence.

I knew what I wanted and how to get there...I was there once before. I just got too lazy and liked my pizza and ice cream too much.

This is just like me. I knew that I would have to change how and what I was eating and I didn't want to. Last year I thought, I really want to lose weight and look a little less like a fat slob; all I wanted at that point was to not be visually obese though. I applied to be in a contest and when I did not get chosen, I kind of gave up. Then I tried the contest again this year and I did get picked. That still didn't put it ALL together for me... I thought I would just give up soda and fast food for the 8 weeks, and hit the gym 6 days a week like the rest of the group who are in the contest. Until we had our first workout... I weighed in at 30lbs more than I thought I weighed, and I absolutely couldn't keep up with ANY of the others in the contest. I was the biggest (proportionally) of the group and the least in shape. I VERY quickly realized that it was time to put all the head knowledge together with the opportunity that had presented itself. I am still not able to do 6 days a week at the gym (well I could, but its a 25 minute drive and when I am only doing about 20 minutes of a workout at a time, it's not worth the gas money). So I got some new games for my Wii and bought a couple of accessories I can use at home, went grocery shopping JUST FOR ME, and set up some goals and rewards for myself. I am not losing 5-10lbs a week like the rest of the people in my contest, but I AM losing about 2 each week. I am not exercising as much as the others, but I AM exercising, and I AM increasing how much I can do. I am not going to win the contest, but I AM going to win overall because I am learning what my body needs and wants, and it is not a third doughnut because my husband just ate 3! Yup, I finally "got it!"