Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

prettygirlstorm1 · January 2015

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

ErinK09 · January 2015

Oh no, haha!
I was just sick of myself and my habits.

ImaSongbird · January 2015

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).

ImaSongbird · January 2015

I have been overweight since I was a wee little girl. I started dieting at age 18, and have been on a roller coaster ever since. I used to lose weight every spring/summer, only to gain it back in the fall/winter months. For me, it is a daily battle with few reprieves.

rrr0623 · January 2015

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.

softblondechick · January 2015

Going to a regular store, and going to "plus" area to find pants. Designers for plus size, think all fat women are color blind, uneducated unemployed, and don't like nice clothes, or sexy clothes...I saw a bunch of junk that looked like a Wal Mart clearance sale in a ghetto. Nothing appropriate for leading a professional meeting, or traveling for a work trip. The suits available were cheap looking, and nothing fitted.

I need to lose weight to get back to shopping in sections that have decent clothes to choose.

cwolfman13 · January 2015

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.

47Jacqueline · January 2015

I was about to have to invest in serious purchase of a larger size.

sodakat · January 2015

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!

lfrazier2482 · January 2015

A few things.
Getting on an airplane for the first time in a long time and struggling to get the seat belt to fit around me.
The office was getting new carpet and we had to move out everything. While we were moving my desk I was panting a bit and pouring sweat. My manager came up with a concerned look in his eyes and said " why don't you let one of the younger guys do that for you?'.
I hadn't weighed myself in forever. My sister said I could come over and use her scale. It maxed out at 300 lbs. When I came out of her bathroom I had to tell her that her scale didn't go high enough.
I bought a scale and found out I weighed 339 lbs. I am down to 253 right now. It's the best I have felt in a long time. I am not there yet but I refuse to go back.

caitlinbrianne0817 · January 2015

It's a lot of things for me. Clothes shopping is the worst. I work in a meat department so I work with men. Hearing them talk about women the way they do takes its toll on your confidence. I'm not small by any means. 5'4" and 220 lbs so hearing them talk about people wearing like a size 6 jeans being chubby or thick is hard. Not being able to play with my two year old son without losing my breath. But mostly not being able to be happy with myself the way I am.

SuggaD · January 2015

My extra wait was baby weight. I always planned on losing it but kept making excuses about being too busy. 13 years later, a friend's weight loss made me get to it (because I'm competitive like that).

khaleesikhaleesi · January 2015

ImaSongbird wrote: »

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).

Oh, I like you. Keep whispering those sweet nothings.

nattyy264 · January 2015

I lost a lot of weight last August. Bought a hell of a lot of new clothes. Chucked all my big clothes. And Iv now put on all my weight again with a wardrobe full of new clothes I can't wear!!! So instead of buying new clothes that fit. Im squeezing myself into my new clothes. And working hard to get back to where I was in August

hannahrahntana · January 2015

Seeing the stretch marks on my stomach and legs, none of my pants or shirts fitting anymore and comparing recent pictures to those of just a year ago was eye opening. Ready for the change ahead

anarchysbitch · January 2015

For me it's the good old "your pretty for a fat girl" sentences lol. I have a great boyfriend who loves me unconditionally but I am the singer in a couple of bands and heard that sentence one too many times.

Paperchains38 · January 2015

I had a rather nasty gallbladder infection January 2014 (i had had gallstones for 6 years before hand that didn't bother me too much) which led me to eating a low fat diet, the benefit of that was i lost 3 stone, sorry not sure how many pounds that is, in a year. I finally had my gallbladder removed on the 12th January this year but before the operation i was worried that i would go back to my old eating habits and put on all the weight that i had lost so i joined MFP and on the 2nd January i started logging what i ate, i chose the second as i didn't want to see it as New Years Resolution. I have also managed to talk my partner into doing this as well as we are both very over weight (I weigh 15 stone 11lb now but i was 19 stone, if not slightly more, at my highest weight), so far he has lost 7lb and i have lost 8lb since we started this lifestyle change.

cincysweetheart · January 2015

I got sick of all the dumb@$$ ideas people have about losing weight and why people are overweight in the first place. But of course nobody was going to listen to me when I was so overweight myself. I decided it was time to prove everybody wrong… by example. No health scares, no photos that made me cry, no horrible self-esteem problems. Just an attitude.

nikitad123 · January 2015

I didn't have an ah ha moment in the slightest, I've always known I'm overweight, always wanted to lose weight and always thought one day I'm going to be thin but I did absolutely nothing about it. My cousin is really into fitness and bodybuilding, so I told him next time you go to the gym I'm coming with you, so he came to stay over for three nights and we went. Simple as. Those few days he was staying we woke up at 6am and went straight to the gym. People say they hate the gym when they first go and yes I'm not going to lie I did get the odd stare or two in the weights section (that gym didn't have many women go there) but I sucked it up and went 5x a week, changed my diet and three weeks later I'd gone from 208.5 lbs to 198.6 lbs. I was hooked.

Tobortine · January 2015

I gave up smoking three years ago and put on 40lbs. The pictures from my daughter's graduation showed this old fat guy, that was the deciding moment.

Since I'm over the cigarettes it was time to give up the weight.

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