Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

Mine was pretty anti-climatic.

I got sick and was bedridden for along while.

Once I was well again, I was unable to fit into my clothes anymore.

My coach for my roller derby team told me that I have great skating skills...what was holding me back was my fitness. He said I could be a team material if I worked on getting in shape. When I told my marine boyfriend, he encouraged me to take my coach seriously. He told me it was because he wants me around for a long time. That was quite the wake up call for me!

dougl004 wrote: »

My story is a little funny. I was sitting in my chilly office with a small jacket on. I leaned back to yawn and a button from my jacket popped off and flew accross the room. That was my AH HA moment. What was yours?

Every ten pounds is about four seconds off one's 100 yard swim time, and I'm looking to get into distance swims. While I do not want to be thin (dangerous if you're doing a skins cold water swim) I need to be faster than I am.

I went to the doctor's and she hounded me about my weight before she even asked why I was there (which I was a bit upset about). She encouraged me to see a nutritionist, which was free through work. I agreed to see the nutritionist, dropped the doctor, and started MFP to track what I was eating for the nutritionist to see. Turned out it was a lot easier to manage than I'd ever thought, so I kept on doing it. Seeing the scale near 350 pounds was definitely a wake up call too.

Happy to say that I've been here a year and a half, am at 246 currently, and still going strong on my goal towards a healthy BMI.

I started getting in shape after a break up.
During one of my bootcamp classes, I squatted and tore my pants in the butt. lol
But recently I have kicked it into a higher gear because my younger sister is getting married. Depressing enough that my younger sister is getting married while I am still single, I didn't want to be the chunky Maid of Honor.

echofm1 wrote: »

I went to the doctor's and she hounded me about my weight before she even asked why I was there (which I was a bit upset about). She encouraged me to see a nutritionist, which was free through work. I agreed to see the nutritionist, dropped the doctor, and started MFP to track what I was eating for the nutritionist to see. Turned out it was a lot easier to manage than I'd ever thought, so I kept on doing it. Seeing the scale near 350 pounds was definitely a wake up call too.

Happy to say that I've been here a year and a half, am at 246 currently, and still going strong on my goal towards a healthy BMI.

INSPIRATION GIRL!!!

The first time, I couldn't fit into any of my clothes one day. I must have been wearing stretchy things for like half the year because it felt like overnight I went up a size. Since I couldn't fit into anything, I weighed myself. I was a good 40 lbs heavier than I had been the year previously (when I was in the best shape of my life), and 25 lbs heavier than I had ever been and was nearing 200 lbs.

The second time (still 25 lbs lighter than my first 'wake up call'), I saw a picture of my sisters and I. I was the fat one and not happy about it. So I started losing again. But what really got me permanently on the wagon was the death of my grandfather a few months after *The Picture*. It wasn't a surprise, he had major heart problems. But watching three of my grandparents die over the past decade or so, slowly, due to heart disease or diabetes really made me want to NOT end up like that.

No real story. One day, out of nowhere I was serious about it. But there are some other things that help me to stay motivated:

1. Nothing in my closet fits except sweaters and baggy clothes
2. My boyfriend is bulking up, want to look hot with him
3. I love running, want to lose breast size to make it easier for myself
4. I'm such a fashionista and want to finally put my Pinterest pins into reality.
5. Want to motivate my family to be healthy by being a good role model

My 'fat pants' we're no longer fitting. Seriously, I owned one pair of jeans that still fit, and I was starting to surpass them. I was tired of having to come home and put on sweat pants and pajamas.

I want to apply for term life insurance, but my weight puts me into a high $$$ category even though I am only 35, and otherwise 'healthy'

I am 5'3" and tired of weighing more than my 6 foot tall husband. Like, 50 lbs more.

When my daughter became obsessed with food and wanted snacks constantly. I sadly realized she was mimicking me and I had to stop.

When I hit 200 pounds and I had never been there before. After that I stopped weighing myself.

hannahbethbing wrote: »

I went to a fancy-schmancy gala event for an apartment association-- complete with red carpet-- and when I got the pictures back, I was mortified. I knew I was heavier, but my first thought was, "WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME I LOOKED LIKE THAT?!". Ha!

Because you didn't. The camera is a cruel foe who distorts our appearance. You probably looked much nicer than the camera said you did (weight gain notwithstanding).

I have two amazing, beautiful daughters and a fantastic wife that need me in their lives. I also want to look good in nice clothes.

I came to the conclusion that I wanted to be healthier and not die young and I wanted to be fit again...losing weight was a nice bi-product.

When getting a physical for my CDL to drive school bus, I learned that not only was I fat but my blood pressure, which had always been really good, was elevated. The doctor said it was serious enough I needed to take meds. That got my attention. I decided no way do I want to take meds the rest of my life. So, I guess it was serendipity that I decided to drive bus, got the physical and got the wake up call. Why exactly it "clicked" right then I'll never know, but I'm glad it did. I cut back and watched what I ate for about 5 months before I overheard someone talking about an online app for calorie control. Once I found MFP things really started rolling!