What was your final push

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zorbaru
zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
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Hey,
so all people that decide to lose weight would have that one moment that actually kicks them into gear.

for me it was a video we made for my martial arts school. i always knew my weight but thought i "carried it well" until i saw this.

im the big dude being put in pain :) at 2.10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_jhy-k6I-U

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  • wannabefit4life
    wannabefit4life Posts: 56
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    Finding out my health was in jeopardy really kicked it into gear for me. I have two small children and realizing that continuing on the path I was on could have caused me to die young really did wake me up and made me get it in gear.
  • SweetTooth68
    SweetTooth68 Posts: 169 Member
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    My size 18 jeans getting so tight and the only clothes I was comfortable in was pajamas. I still have a long way to go but at least those size 18's are not so tight anymore.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
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    When I bought new pants and then they were getting tight 2 months later. I realized I was gaining weight WAY faster than I even knew. Had to put a stop to it.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,239 Member
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    Having a stroke with blood pressure of 220/180. Now my blood pressure is consistently 113-117/75-77 I am still one a few meds for it, but have been taken off of a couple at this point as well. See my specialist this coming Tuesday and hopefully we can get rid of another one, or at least reduce the dosage.
  • Cherrycandy
    Cherrycandy Posts: 200
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    My weight gain has been gradual, and snuck the hell up on me. Two things made me do it:

    1. I found some pics from just a few years ago and I was in a bikini and like a size 5. Made me sick and I realized I now looked not only fat, but like 10 years older than what I should look like.

    2. We just bought a new house and the master bathroom door is directly in front of the toilet, and its got a huge, full-length mirror on it. I sat down to tinkle and looked up ( It was in the middle of the night and I sleep naked so I was naked in the bathroom, sitting) and I was like...WHAT????? I look like THAT??!!!! I really had no idea my stomach and hips were that freakin' BIG!!!! Turned my stomach! When you sit, it kinda squishes all your fat together. Awesome. :(
  • Mamaheatherhg
    Mamaheatherhg Posts: 54
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    For me it was a few things at once. One day i took the day off work and i went to go pick my son up at his after school program and i was so early he wasnt there yet. So i waited and finally his bus arrives and all the kids are coming in. He finally sees me and comes over and we wait till the kids get through. At that time i had purplr hair and the kids keep looking at me and whispering to each other so i asked if there were tralking about my hair and i was smiling knowing they werent. They siad no and then they were like ur hair is purple? Then i broke my sons bed at the edge of it and it is a futon made of wood. I was being tested for diabeties and in pain all the time. Last was i was watching the show Heavy. And posted on facebook how i wanted that kind of help and my friend aaron took interseted and cared and said him and his wife would help me and they have been great.
  • Splendidissimus
    Splendidissimus Posts: 20
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    It's not a reason I really want to admit, since it's kind of shallow and trivial, and I'm actually only straddling the upper end of the healthy weight range, but... thigh chafing. It's not the only reason - I had been depressed due to some issues for a little while, and my "skinny jeans" became "impossible jeans" and my "normal jeans" were actually borderline too, and the oversized men's jeans I had were actually fitting my hips - but it was when I got off work one morning and realized my thighs had rubbed against each other so much that I realized I was getting a place I didn't want to be, and it was the trigger to actually do something about it instead of half-heartedly "trying".

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