Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

I was asked if I was pregnant. And nothing in my closet fit except my t shirts and fat pants.

When someone I don't know that well asked me if the could ask a personal question.

I said: 'umm o.k?'

They said: 'Do you want to lose some weight?'

I said:(a little surprised!) Of course I do (can't deny whats obvious to see!)

They proceeded to offer me advice on how to do it...

and then said: ' you could be very good looking if you did!'

At this point I was a bit stunned and didn't know what to say, I'm still not sure if I should be insulted or not! It has made me wonder, 'how bad do I look now?'

Appropriate or not, it has made me really think, sometimes comments from (relative) strangers can hit home harder than those from loved ones.

This was yesterday but the comments are still stinging a bit - I must look worse than I think I do, a bit of a reality check.

What way would you take a conversation like that from someone you don't really know?

Oh and plane seats, cinema seats, theatre seats etc. are feeling a little snug (thanks pear shape genes!)

When my doctor told me I would be diabetic by 40 if I didn't lose weight.

The Dr. says my BMI is Obese for my height, my entire family is huge, diabetes and cancer run as thick as the Nile in my family, I want to be able to wear a swim suit and not want to hide, and above all none of my pants fit the way I want them to...

My favorite thing to wear used to be leggings, jeggings or tights. Those were the ONLY bottoms I wore. No jeans, no shorts.

For almost a year straight of only wearing those 3 types of bottoms, I tried to get back into my size 1 jeans...

To find out that I could only fit in size 7 to 9

Being 5'3 and small framed all my life, that really was my "I see the light moment."

After that, I've been really making an effort to not only lose weight, but to get healthier overall.

I had lost a bunch of weight (75 lbs in 07/08) kept all of it off for a few years, then gained 30 back then stayed there for a for years. Then over the last two years gained another 25 lbs back. I am still down 20 lbs from my highest. I keep meaning to do something about it. I am 5'9 and right now 207 lbs. Highest was 227 and at goal I was 152. So it makes my BMI just above 30 right now and I am 42.

But then last week I started to feel off. And one night before bed I had this odd feeling I might have a heart attack in the middle of the night. Weird body feel slight pain in chest and back pain. I sent a text to my kido who was on a trip just saying I love you(just in case) and tried to brush it off. I also didn't tell my husband what I was feeling.

When I woke up in the morning I thought about the fact that it seemed possible to me that I could be having a heart attack. I also thought about my kid. It is my job to make sure I do everything in my power to insure he has a healthy mom.

I would love to look better again. I was very proud of what I achieved before. I have always looked young for my age and at goal I got a lot of compliments on how I looked even from people who never knew I was heavy. But really right now in my 40's hitting the early part of what is called Peri-medopause (which sucks girls I am not going to lie) this feel like is is life or death even though I am heavy but not morbidly obese. And even though I am under where I started in 2007. I would not be surprised if I was also mildly pre-diabetic.

I decided to add MFP along with WW (I may drop WW we will see) and I am running again.

Extreme marital stress, death in family, starting to run just to relieve all the stress then realized I have lost about 40lbs. Side effect of a bunch of stress for me is not much of a appetite. I never really intended to loose weight. I would not advise my path to anyone. I am doing well now and maintaining eating healthy exercising regularly.

PRE DIABETES! The doctor told me I was pre diabetic and I was like , no way!
cant be ! and seeing 214 pounds on the scale ( im only 5"2). Seeing way too many people die from diabetes. And I refuse to die from something that I have control over.

I´ve always been overweight, used to fluctuate 10 lb up and down. The last 2 years, after moving away from home, I´ve been eating way too much candy and fatty foods, and som I never went back down to my lowest weight, and continued to slowly gain weight.
I hid my scale last year, and finally stepped back on it a little over a month ago. I was 20lb heavier than what I was the last time I stepped on the scale. I´d gained 20 lb in about 5 months! It was the shock I needed. I´ve lost about 12 lb since then!

I really blossomed over the winter. I typically have to use the last hole on my belt and unbutton the top of my pants. I got to the point that even that was uncomfortable and had no other bigger clothes so Feb 7th I made a change. 19lbs now and counting

I have two daughters (14 and 10) and I realized that my eating habits were negatively affecting them. I decided that I was going to get fit for 2015 and have managed to stick to healthy eating habits and regular exercise for the past 6 weeks. I am happy to say that I have already lost 12 lbs! I have 65 to go!

Not getting any younger. After 30 it occurred to me to make the change.