What was the last straw?

1. Tired of that bloated / full feeling
2. Tired of spending money after money on junk food
3. Tired of being out of breath all the time
4. Tired of feeling exhausted all day everyday
5. Don't want my daughter to be this way

beckystocking wrote: »

I went to the video store to get a movie, crouched down seeing one of my favorites on the bottom shelf, and could not for the life of me, get back up. I thought, oh I will grab the shelf and use it as support, but it moved and all I could envision was the whole shelf coming crashing down on me. So I seriously had to roll on the floor like a taco and use my some weird combat role to get up. And I dropped the DVD. I am 52 years old and should be afforded the dignity of gracefully retrieving any DVD I so choose.

You are awesome!

Way to go! I know its very hard with the knee problem but you are a great example to others that you can improve your health AND lose weight when you have limitations. Heres to your continued success!!!!

I have epilepsy and had to switch medications, and the new one caused a 40 pound weight gain in 6 months! This on top of the weight I had gained over time just by eating poorly and not moving enough had me flirting with 300 pounds, which terrified me. Then I found out both my parents have stage 3 emphysema, and realized I will likely lose both of them before I'm 50 (I'm 41 now). In a tearful call with my father, he said, "I'll do everything I can to be around as long as possible." In that moment, I realized I don't want to be saying that to my kids after I've already been diagnosed with something that will ultimately kill me. I owe it to them and to myself to make changes NOW, while I'm still healthy, that ensure I stay this way as long as I can. I've lost weight before, but I've never equated it in my mind with something I owe my children (which is just silly, but I didn't get to be 282 pounds without a fair bit of cognitive dissonance). There's nothing I wouldn't do for my kids, so I have a quiet confidence and a long-term mindset that I've been missing with previous attempts.

The excitement of my 3 year old to be a dare devil. I want to be there with her and be able to fit into roller coasters, go to water parks and run and play. Being a parent on the sidelines is my biggest fear. My parents are in their mid sixties and still water ski. I want that!

Saw a picture of myself when I was doing a run last year. Had always sort of believed I was "okay".
Then I saw this picture of me and my stomach was hanging over the waste strap of my backpack and the chest strap just highlighted my moobs
I want to be a dad who is around for my daughter for as long as possible, I want to take her climbing, snowboarding and windsurfing. All things I did when I was younger but now would just look like some fat unhealthy dude trying to be young again.
My daughter is 4 and by her 5th birthday, in November I intend to be fit again and never hear her mention daddies "boobies" again.

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always sweating, blood rushing to my head while putting shoes on, back pain when bending, and, gosh, my pictures...

I seen a picture of myself and was shocked...So, I am 9 days into a new lifestyle. At least 30 minutes of exercise every day! Still working on my eating habits, but I can and will do it this time! This is so encouraging reading everyone's posts. Thank you all for taking the time to share!

Well mine was definitely a combination of things. I had 2 PE's ( massive blood clots filling my lungs with blood ) contracted rhabdomyolysis in June and the Dr's actually called in my whole family to say their goodbyes because I wasn't expected to make it through the night, I almost died three times in the last 18 months, my wife, our youngest son, my mother and sister went on our first and probably only cruise of our life and I had to stay on the boat in the Bahamas because I couldn't make it off the boat and back, my wife bought me new Big Man's clothes and not one single thing fit then I went to the Dr in January was 410 pounds for the heaviest point of my life and my Dr said son u r killing yourself! He said another man is going to be with your wife, someone else will be walking your daughters down the aisle and your son is a sophomore but if u keep this up u may not even see him graduate! So this is a life or death decision! I started in January and have lost 49 pounds so far and have another 125 pounds to lose. Making a mistake is not " failure " refusing to get back up and try again is!