Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

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  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    I took the dog for a walk. Usually someone else walks him, but I was the only one available that day. 2 minutes in I was gasping for breath.. pushed through as much as I could and the whole walk lasted 7 minutes. It was the straw that broke the camel's back and pushed me to take action. A week later I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and it was what gave me the motivation to not quit. Right now my blood sugar is well within the normal range, which keeps me motivated to keep going!
  • ullc316
    ullc316 Posts: 33 Member
    I have high school records and no 1 could believe that I did that! My daughters use to say your belly is fat! Now they say different order is restored lol
  • kodiakke
    kodiakke Posts: 379 Member
    I've always been heavy, but being single and trying to online date... wow. People have no issues with just telling me "You're too heavy/fat/I don't like women your size". And I realized... I WAS that size.

    I'm losing weight for me, because it's past time. I have a closet full of beautiful clothes that I haven't fit into for a long time. That will change. I will be healthier, move faster, and feel better.
  • shannonbun
    shannonbun Posts: 168 Member
    I'm going to England to visit my boyfriend and I've been worried for a long time that his friends will ridicule him for being with a fat girl... so the solution is, just don't be fat, I suppose. It's hard, because I don't really have any problems with how I look now, and I hate that I'm changing because of how someone else might see me. But nonetheless, it'll make plane travel a whole lot easier.
  • stefchrysler
    stefchrysler Posts: 47 Member
    Had a baby almost 12 years ago and just didn't try. The 90 pounds I gained with him have yet to leave.
    Been trying for 6 years. But then give up. I know I can because when I found out I was going to Hawaii for a vacation a couple years ago I started doin the gym and eating healthier and lost 17 pounds in 7 weeks. Then I stopped and started university and didn't step on a scale until last January and I had gained 40 pounds in 2 years. I knew I had because I felt it but it was a shock. Been yoyoing since. Just started again in sept and lost 18 pounds from sep-dec went on vacation and gained 8 back. I am getting married next spring and my goal is to lose 80 pounds. I have 14 months. I would be happy with 50 but 80 is ultimate goal. I now have a workout/meal buddy and I have not given up yet.
  • Kors2306
    Kors2306 Posts: 3
    My boyfriend. I know they say you should lose weight first for yourself but I want to to look good and feel good for him
  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    Love reading everyone's Ah Ha moments. :)
  • rach021979
    rach021979 Posts: 103 Member
    Oh my gosh the button thing made me laugh! I think it was when my boyfriend said..in a sexy way...mmmmm that gut. (it was hanging out) WHAT!? NO! There is no sexy mmmmmm about a GUT! lol.
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    edited February 2015
    My doctor wanted me to take a diabetes test, which insulted me, because I was 10 to 15 pounds overweight, then I saw a show with people who contacted Type 2 diabetes that were only a few pounds overweight, and that was the cold bucket of water over my head. I am at a normal BMI now, goal weight and I feel decades younger and more active, and my doctor is happy too.
  • DaFibble
    DaFibble Posts: 152 Member
    I felt mentally and physically unfit most of the time and got fed up with it. Deciding to lose weight was just part of that.
  • nissanmama
    nissanmama Posts: 26 Member
    I crossed over the 200 pound mark. I can't zip up my boots. I'll be 50 in two years. I don't want to be old and fat. Seriously though, I'm in my own way.
  • genericuser138
    genericuser138 Posts: 15 Member
    Because I hate being fat. I hate being terrified of chairs. I hate that in high school I couldn't wear band shirts because they weren't my size. I hate that there are a lot of activities that I am to heavy to do because of weight limits. Being fat sucks. I hate it.

  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    rach021979 wrote: »
    Oh my gosh the button thing made me laugh! I think it was when my boyfriend said..in a sexy way...mmmmm that gut. (it was hanging out) WHAT!? NO! There is no sexy mmmmmm about a GUT! lol.

    Lol.......my hubs and I call my gut "Tina the talking tummy" I agree it's so not a good look. Cheers to becoming gutless.
  • jeremykleinhans
    jeremykleinhans Posts: 1 Member
    I was chasing my 14 month old son around the house and I couldn't keep up. I was out of breathe so darn quick. I got an image in my head of telling him when he's older "Not right now. Daddy's tired." Screw that! I want to be able to join my son in whatever physical activity it is he wants me to.
  • hyacinth819
    hyacinth819 Posts: 1 Member
    I've been overweight forever and when I was pregnant with my son back in 2013 I gained 30 more pounds that I still haven't lost. So here I am almost 18 months later and I'm ready to start trying for number two. But I don't want to get pregnant until I lose the last of the previous baby weight. I don't want to be the fat mom.
  • breefoshee
    breefoshee Posts: 398 Member
    I don't know that I've ever woken up in my adult life without the thought that I need to lose weight. It will be great when I get to maintenance and the thought is to maintain instead of losing.
  • MaryPoppinsIAint
    MaryPoppinsIAint Posts: 157 Member
    edited February 2015
    Realizing that 100 pounds ago I thought I was fat. Looking at pictures from high school and thinking, "I don't remember being that thin." Paying $70-90 to get a single bra that actually fits properly. Accepting that medical science is not going to be able to fix my connective tissue disorder anytime soon, and the only real ways to moderate the effects are losing real serious weight and lifting heavy to make the muscles do the job that the tendons can't. Having to get my gallbladder taken out & hearing 3 different versions of what I would then be able to eat from 3 different people, and discovering that I was one of the lucky ones who can pretty much eat anything, as long as I eat balanced and keep the portion size reasonable. Spending more and more time indoors and leaving my house less and less because it's too much work.

    Losing the first 30 pounds, then getting lazy and regaining 10-15 of it and the new smaller jeans I bought not fitting anymore. Getting it off again, then having another kid and managing to basically maintain (her 20lb of baby weight was gone in a week), but then gaining 8 because I wasn't paying attention in the weeks after birth. I'm now back down to the original 30, but I'm needing to get some serious going here, because I keep batting the same 2-4 pounds back & forth. Also need to go see my PT because my sciatic nerve is pinchy again and it makes it hard to move, let alone walk distance or lift much weight.

    There is a picture of my wedding dress on my desktop wallpaper. I weighed approximately 190 the day of our wedding, or 28 pounds less than right now. Our anniversary is in July, and I want to put my dress on again, and yes, wear it out with my husband. I'll be happy if I can get it under 200lb by then, but I have 23 weeks to lose that weight. Time to put it in gear.
  • badwolfreturns83
    badwolfreturns83 Posts: 4 Member
    I realized I needed to take control.when the diabetic nurse said my blood sugars had shot up.
  • jackievera
    jackievera Posts: 27 Member
    I have high blood pressure and my doctor told me to exercise. I also cannot shop at every store for clothes because I cannot fit them.
  • JeremyHigh
    JeremyHigh Posts: 11 Member
    I bent over to tie my shoes and i started wheezing cause my stomach was in the way, i thought "i used to be a martial artist who could kick my own face without bending my knees and now i have the flexibility of a 2 by 4 thats not gonna cut it anymore"
  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    jackievera wrote: »
    I have high blood pressure and my doctor told me to exercise. I also cannot shop at every store for clothes because I cannot fit them.

    High BP runs in my family so I'm watching my sodium intake and trying to stay under 2400mg daily.
  • bainsworth1a
    bainsworth1a Posts: 313 Member
    I'm not getting any younger hoping to get healthier and add a few years to my life
  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    edited February 2015
    bainsworth1a wrote: »
    I'm not getting any younger hoping to get healthier and add a few years to my life

    No better time than the present to get fit.
  • P0PTART
    P0PTART Posts: 50 Member
    I'm only 44 & have had 2 heart attacks. And one time I was hospitalized for 4 days because they couldn't get my blood pressure down. I have a 3 year old I want to see grow up & a 24 year old that I want to be able to spoil her kids.
  • Westenfor
    Westenfor Posts: 3 Member
    When I found my old favorite jacket and I couldn't even get it on my arms.
  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    Westenfor wrote: »
    When I found my old favorite jacket and I couldn't even get it on my arms.

    This happened to me also. I'm determined to fit back into my favorite blazer.
  • angelorodriguez_b1
    angelorodriguez_b1 Posts: 11
    Its because of my medical result. Cholesterol, triglycerides, sgpt, sgot reached beyond its limit and i'm only 22 years old during that time.
  • intannor81
    intannor81 Posts: 57 Member
    When i do some water sport and need to jump in the water from a 5 meter ledge. The people watching screams when i finally jump and the water splash so hard & high. hahah~

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