Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?
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I have Hypertension at 27 years old. I've been toying with trying to lose weight for about two years now, but now it's time to get serious and get in better shape. Not only for me, but for my children as well.3
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For me it was watching my Mother's health deteriorate in the span of a few months. She ended up having multiple mini strokes and a brain lesion. She is better now but it was a wake up call for me.
Back story:
My mom has ignored the Doctor since giving birth to me (27 years)
One day while on vacation she collapsed, that finally caused her to visit a doctor at a clinic.
She had high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes (type 2) that was left untreated for who knows how long, and now had a long list of pills to swallow.
Then came the brain lesion...without warning I lost my mom mentally, literally overnight my mom went from "fine" to unresponsive. It was one of the worst days of my life
she was in the hospital for a good month before she was healthy enough to leave
You would think this would be a moment for her to take control of her life and improve herself....nope...she is still just as lazy. Only her diet has slightly improved since she now knows shes diabetic and doesn't want to feel ill after binging.
So I am living healthier because of her, because I will not end up like her, I wouldn't want to put my children through that.12 -
I had hit 320 lbs and I was a more or less scared. I was 19 and already at a really unhealthy weight, I didn't want to know what would happen if I kept going the way I was for a few more years. I also wasn't able to wear very many clothes that I owned, couldn't find clothes in stores to wear, I was mostly wearing extremely large male shirts and sweat pants every day for over a year. I wanted to be around for a long time to have a good life with my boyfriend and finally be happy with my body and I couldn't do that with being 320 lbs.
I've now lost 112 lbs in a year and sitting at 208 lbs. I fit into more clothes, I don't have to search around everywhere to find something that will fit me now, most of my clothes that I own fit me and I'm still going strong.
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I finally saw a full body pic of myself and it never hit me that I actually looked like that. The numerous times of tears I fought in dressing rooms because I couldn't fit into those boutique store plus size clothing.4
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I've been trying to lose weight for years. It all started when I had surgery on my back to correct my scoliosis. I was 11 at the time and for a few months I couldn't do much except hang out at home on the couch. So I gained some weight. Then I've been up and down till I was 20. Then I found out I was pregnant with my 1st. After having him, I lost all the weight I had gained in 1 month. Then I got down to the size I wanted. Stayed there for about 2 years. Then got pregnant with my 2nd. And here I am, 25, 8 1/2 months after having my 2nd, and I'm 5 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. I've been stuck for a month but I'll keep trying till I get there!2
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I was heavy all of my life, getting heavier every year and nothing ever worked. I was really feeling bad about myself and finally said 'screw it! If I can't win then I'm eating whatever I want and dying happy'. After my doctor gave me another you need to loose weight speech without bothering to even examine me I finally demanded a specialist who diagnosed the hormone imbalance that my previous doctor hadn't even bothered looking for (ten years with her) in about ten minutes. He tells me it might take a few different medicine combinations to figure out what works for me...FIRST medication and I was down 5lbs without having done anything. I ran to renew my gym membership, changed my primary doctor.7
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I knew that my weight was creeping ever since I left college. I was usually pretty active so I didn't worry too much about it. Well, my lightbulb moment happened during a mud run. I like doing those with friends, non competitive and just the girls out having fun. Well during part of the race, we stopped for a pic and I sat down on an infalatable whale (no, really), and when I tried to get back up off of it, I basically had to roll sideways and get on my knees to do it. I was so embarrassed, I know some of the women behind us just felt sorry for me. Well, trust me it was all I could do not to cry the rest of the race. I just knew that my weight and fitness levels were the lowest they have ever been. I am tired of being tired and fat, so I am working to achieve better fitness levels and a healthier weight. I still have not given up on my mud run either. I plan to participate in it this fall.4
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Because I realised that I could no longer get to the top of the stairs in my uni library without being out of breath, and I realised that it was pathetic.
So I stopped eating rubbish, started eating right and exercising, lost 140lbs over the course of two years, and have maintained my goal weight for two years and counting!13 -
cuz im fat3
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Got out of the military, moved less, ate more, grew a beard. Everything seemed fine until I decided my beard wasn't growing like I had hoped so I shaved it. I was hiding so much extra face and neck under there! Either had to grow it back or lose the weight... I think I chose the better option.7
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Total vanity. After a recent ugly divorce, didn't want to be the person that "let myself go", much better to live by the motto "looking good is my best revenge".
I rationalized the first 10 extra pounds as that "10 pounds per decade" excuse, but after the next 10, and new jeans, that was the end of that.7 -
My dog likes to curl up next to me in bed at night (in the winter). One day she decided I was softer than the bed.
Well, probably my room was just extra cold that night, but it was the proverbial straw meeting the proverbial camel. I joined MFP the next morning.5 -
At a certain point the realisation hits that its not baby weight anymore, its cake...14
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Plain and simple: I just got tired of feeling fat all the time. My back is in constant agony...it's hard carrying around 220 pounds!!!1
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1bellringer1 wrote: »I gained almost 40 lbs after being on Prednisone for almost 4 months for a lung infection last year. I ate every thing I could get my hands on. Every couple of weeks at the Dr I would step on the scale and it was up 5 lbs every time. Everyone kept saying don't worry, you will lose it when you get back healthy again but I was dragging my feet about dieting. Then my boss took a picture of me at work this last Thanksgiving and that was the first time I had seen myself in a picture since I had gained it. Internally I was like 'OH MY FREAKING GOD"!!! I was fat. There was no 2 ways about it. I had never weighed more than 155 lbs and now was almost 200. My only child graduates in May and I plan on being back down below 160 for that because it will be lots of picture taking and I can't avoid the camera for that!
This is my story too. My little girl graduates in May. She asked me to be in some of her senior shots. I hated how I looked in them even though she loves them. I swore I would lose the weight so that I won't dodge the camera on graduation day.1 -
Well mine started off with an ex-boyfriend breaking up with me because we had different lifestyles (he ate healthy and had lost over 150 pounds and I did not share in that lifestyle or style of thought at the time.) But he told me the main reason we couldn't be together was because he was a runner and wanted a partner that would be able to run with him in competitions. With my weight and weak ankles (old injury from falling off a horse) I was never going to be that girl for him. So after the split, I was depressed, and I decided that I would prove him wrong. I started using couch to 5k (thought I was going to die in those first days) and shortly thereafter I started using MFP. Once I lost 10 pounds, I was addicted to my clothes not fitting, the comments on how good I looked, and running. Soon the drive to prove him wrong was gone and I was doing it for me. (As of today, I am down 54 pounds from when I started running and 68 pounds down from my heaviest.)
P.S. In my first year alone of running I have done 10 5k's, 1 4miler and 1 8k. This next year I'm already signed up for 5 5k's two of which are intense mud runs. They say the best revenge is having a good life, and that's exactly what I'm doing.
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Every time I get a comment how far along I am and all the pictures I had bigger than my husband...ugh can't be happening. I want to be a good sample for my kids too. I HAVE to.2
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Awesome Pharmacygirl26!! That is the kind of motivation I am looking for myself. Mostly just get up and do it.0
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i was just... ready. like with any major life change (stopping smoking, quitting another addiction, etc) you don't do it until you are TRULY ready. maybe theres an a-ha moment, but i think for many... it's literally just one day they decide they are ready. Last year i quite smoking with the same feeling. haven't had one (or wanted one) since. This feels the same. For that reason, and that reason alone, I can tell this will stick. I'm going on 3 weeks now and i FEEL AMAZING. I LOVE exercising, from walking to zumba to the gym. If i don't work out in the morning, i feel CRAZY restless and can't focus on my work during the day. i love planning what I'm going to eat (and i eat what i want, just in moderation and I keep to my calories) . I still have to work on scheduling my days better, this is a new routine and I haven't perfected my schedule yet, but I can tell... this is it. And I'm STOKED about it EVERY.DAY.
I gained it one pound at a time. That's how I'm losing it. Lots of little NSV keep me going too! My clothes are starting to feel different. my legs are starting to physically feel different to the touch. Loving all of it!6
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