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  • astrose00
    astrose00 Posts: 754 Member
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    I had reached an all-time high in weight and my body started doing things I never thought possible. Fat pockets and dimples. I kept thinking my stomach was bloated. But it was just fat. I always joke that I am "fat", even when I wasn't. When people no longer chimed in with "No, you're not", that was a good indication. When I looked down at myself I saw someone that had gained a little weight. In the mirror or in photos I saw someone I didn't even recognize.
  • chrisjonesy2k
    chrisjonesy2k Posts: 29 Member
    edited March 2015
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    When i was 23, around 3/4 years ago i was just eating crap,not working(well was and still am a carer for my father),just spent time playing video games,stuffing my face when i was not needed and then just eating even more crap,then i started passing blood(a lot) when going to the toilet,that scared the hell out of me.

    Went to the Dr she asked me to jump on the scales,and she said i was roughly 23 stone(322lbs) and that was like oh wow,i really need to do something now,i can't keep on living like this,so for about 2 years,i just stopped eating any chocolate,crisps,just basically living off a small selection of food.

    So technically i didn't really improve the way i was eating in one sense as i was not eating veg,etc.Then about 3 months ago,i knew i was still not healthy,i was still over weight,so jumped on the scale and it said 18 st 13lbs (so i had lost 4/5 stone (around70lbs) from the last time i jumped on the scales(2/3 years ago)

    But i knew that was still far from healthy,and looking in the mirror,i still hated the reflection,hated my body,hated who i was still,so this time,i thought i need to do it the right way in regards to weight loss.

    So started looking up this that and the other,then my auntie told me about mfp,and i have used it for the last 3 months and find it great,since January 14th i have lost arnd 1.5 stone(21lbs) since my last weigh in(24th feb) so down to 17 stone 6lbs.

    Still currently a work in progress though,sorry for the long post
  • didjaever
    didjaever Posts: 32 Member
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    The last straw for me was realizing that I had gained 20 lbs since starting a new job the end of October. That now puts me nearly 80lbs overweight.
  • georgemang82
    georgemang82 Posts: 20 Member
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    Many things but the main thing was the terrible depression. The depression was the culmination of a heap of things weight related... I felt ugly, didn't want to socialise, didn't want any photos taken, anxiety about social situations, being tired, sad... The day you wake up and decide to go for that walk and do something about it, you IMMEDIATELY feel better.
  • emilypink573
    emilypink573 Posts: 132 Member
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    Seriously just tired of struggling to get out of a car or tying my shoelaces!
  • sangeet1978
    sangeet1978 Posts: 20 Member
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    cattitude123 wrote: »
    The old health scares..High Blood pressure, developed diabetes..sucking wind at the simplest chores..and not liking who I saw in the mirror!

    Exactly where I started! Have been conscious of losing weight since January... strict steps from today!

    Waiting to my success story soon!
  • JenniferInCt
    JenniferInCt Posts: 431 Member
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    Already extremely unhappy with my weight, i asked my mom how much she weighed and it was 30lbs less than me. Id always been smaller than her, and we shared some clothes. Didnt realize how big id gotten.

    Also, my brother successfully lost alot of weight and that showed me I could do it to.

    Then theres the years of comments from people (strangers) congratulating me for being pregnant- never was.

    And god im just sick and tired of shopping at lane bryant (no offense). But who wants to pay more for clothes you dont even want or like?

    Im so grateful I logged in MFP that first day!
  • abbycassidy1
    abbycassidy1 Posts: 202
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    Doc told me from blood tests that I was borderline diabetic, and my kidneys were suffering from my excess weight. He said I could die if I continued down the path I was going. (eating two or three heaping plates full of rich foods, and inactivity) I am very new and fresh to MVP going on my 6th day, 5 of which I did a lot of exercise (from inactivity to walking up and down hills, 5 km's) and yoga............... eating tons and tons of veggies, portion control on other things and tons of water! I have been stuffed when I go to bed still, lol. Thankful for this site. I want to live, for me and my family, I want to see my 7 grandbabies graduate and get married, or just watch them be happy. I would like to meet a nice gentleman one day. thanks for posting this thread
  • hutch3780
    hutch3780 Posts: 2 Member
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    High cholesterol. Single at 34 and never been married. I have not been thin enough for a bikini since I was a child. Recently started working on goals. Went back to school and graduated from Michigan State. Quit smoking over a year ago. Got braces. I'm down from 165 to 152. Goal weight 125. Bikini already came in the mail and sits on the kitchen counter lol
  • JessDickman72
    JessDickman72 Posts: 26 Member
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    Having irregular periods drove me to go see a doctor. After talking to her about my struggles with weightloss, she ran my blood work and came back with a sluggish thyroid and an elevated a1c. Elevated a1c!? No. No way. No friggen way am I going to be diabetic. It can't happen. No. No way I'm letting this happen. She suggested I try a Paleo lifestyle and as soon as I got the hang of it the weight started dropping.
    I am at day 24 and I am 20lbs down. I am not hungry. I am not stressed I don't feel deprived I feel alive. Still a far road to travle but this is the first time I've felt like I'm at least on the right one.
  • CatchingThemAll
    CatchingThemAll Posts: 14
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    JenniferInCt wrote: »
    Already extremely unhappy with my weight, i asked my mom how much she weighed and it was 30lbs less than me. Id always been smaller than her, and we shared some clothes. Didnt realize how big id gotten.

    Also, my brother successfully lost alot of weight and that showed me I could do it to.

    Then theres the years of comments from people (strangers) congratulating me for being pregnant- never was.

    And god im just sick and tired of shopping at lane bryant (no offense). But who wants to pay more for clothes you dont even want or like?

    Im so grateful I logged in MFP that first day!

    Way to go! Those are very similar to mine!
  • Beaches26
    Beaches26 Posts: 5 Member
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    I looked at pictures taken of me on Christmas day and felt like I was looking at someone else. I kept buying bigger clothes and was in denial about how much weight I gained. For the past two years, I only let people take pictures of me if I was standing partially covered by someone else. I started MFP on on Jan 3 and have lost 17 pounds, I have 13more to go and am feeling so much happier and energized.
  • heart2health
    heart2health Posts: 99 Member
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    My last straw came in two parts:

    The first heart attack hit while I was getting ready for a business meeting. Then again three days later after being out of the hospital for less than 18 hours having a second heart attack that put me back in the hospital for three weeks with even more stents inserted.

    There comes a time when the realization that the choice to change your lifestyle, your eating habits and reduce your stress levels isn't really a choice anymore.

    Recovering from the heart attacks is much harder than making that choice.

    The chest pain is a daily reminder that everything on the end of my fork, that goes in my mouth, may mean the difference to whether I live long enough to see my children grow up.

    I started with MFP as soon as I arrived home and I'm trying to change my children's eating habits so they don't end up in some hospital bed years from now wondering what they could have done differently.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
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    I was diagnosed last April with insulin resistance. I really, really didn't want to develop diabetes, so I lost 60 pounds and reversed my IR. Then I kept losing, because I can and I want to be healthy. 71 pounds down, about 15 to go.
  • OMFGItzAndre
    OMFGItzAndre Posts: 33 Member
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    Randomly one day got tired of being fat/unattractive and decided to make a change to pursue on joining the military which I was anted to do also...younger brother losing weight and looking way better then me I can't allow that :D
  • shayski20
    shayski20 Posts: 2
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    My last straw was recieving my new drivers licence (in virginia they come in the mail & we give our weight but its not displayed on our dl)... i got the envelope, whipped it out, and realized i had more chins than i was aware of. Its about the same time i began hearing people refering to me as "the fat sister".
  • firedevil35
    firedevil35 Posts: 40 Member
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    3 things led up to me getting fed up with my weight. The first was getting to a point where nearly all of my pants and shirts didnt fit. The second was getting real sick and having my gall bladder taken out. (Still didnt teach me a lesson)

    Last but not least and the number 1 reason I changed my ways. Seeing a picture of myself with my daughters prom pictures! Thats when I realized how is my family supposed to survive without me? If I keep this up I wont live to see my kids graduate, marriage, etc.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
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    They Type II diabetes diagnosis I received after my roommate's death from complications due to Type II diabetes. She was three years younger than I am now when she died.
  • LovingLife_Erin
    LovingLife_Erin Posts: 328 Member
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    Knowing that in the next two years we wanted to have a baby, realising that I was increasingly already looking pregnant because my belly was getting bigger, and seeing people I knew get diabetes because of their weight, or have a hard time playing with their kids because they were too heavy to run around with them.

    I knew that I wanted to reduce risks in pregnancy, and be healthy and fit for my future children. I also don't want to become another statistic and get diabetes, or have other health issues that I could have avoided. I figured deal with it now, so that I (hopefully) won't have to deal with poor health later. For me it wasn't a specific moment, but a build up of things I'd been thinking about that made me decide to get off my butt and deal with it.
  • Tittan44
    Tittan44 Posts: 40 Member
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    Got out of the shower and really looked in the mirror... that was it

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