Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

I noticed that my usual fluctuation of weight (about a 2 - 3 pound swing) were up so that what used to be the "top" weight is now the bottom weight. I want to lose that 2 - 3 pounds and maybe a few more to be a little leaner. (I'm short so 2 pounds on me is visibly noticeable!!) Plus the suit I have on in my profile picture was just a little tighter than it was last year - I like this suit and I want it to fit correctly.

I gained 57 lbs my second pregnancy. It took me several years to slowly lose it and I don't want to be there again. I've maintained the loss for a dozen years now.

I was only going to get older......

Mine began when we got back the photographs from my friend's relative's wedding. Whereas I thought I could've looked a little nice that day... NOPE. I binned the dress immediately and joined the nearest gym.

Well mine was a few reasons, I went into a UK size 16 last year and could no longer find anything to fit and look nice, I couldn't even shop in River Island any more. I no longer wanted to be the big girl out my group of friends. My Asthma went really bad and I realised I needed to lose weight for my own health. I want to fit in a tight size 10 dress for once in my life. I have always had the horrible flabby belly on the beach well not any more this year is my year!

The major one was the checkup almost everything was out of whack and the big straw an A1c of 9. That scared the ever living daylights out of me.

Cholesterol levels were too high so it was try to bring them down by losing weight, or go on meds.

yopeeps025 wrote: »

I got tired of looking at all the fat on my body.

Yeah. I feel the same way. Its coming off this year. !###

One day I woke up and put on my glasses and they were too tight. Literally squeezing my round fat face. I gained just enough to make them not fit properly. It was like having a fat wardrobe was just the norm but I couldn't get wider glasses too! ENOUGH! Joined MFP.

A combination of a few things I think- a scary asthma clinic nurse told me I had an overweight BMI, I hated some recent holiday pics of myself, my hubby had recently joined the gym and MFP to lose so I decided to join him

For me, it was a few summers back, i saw 3 absolutely disgusting photos of myself, i lost a tonne of weight and felt better, i took a break for my birthday, only needing to lose another stone to stone and a half, i got too comfortable within a relationship which was new at the time, and never really went back properly. The relationship got very unhappy and i started to emotionally eat, clothes were getting too tight and i had about 4 outfits i could still fit into even though i didnt like any of them.

The relationship finally ended just before last christmas and we still live together for a few more months, during that time period i would try and be good but give myself too big a portions and not pay attention to what i was eating so i gained again, as the living situation can be quite difficult. A few weeks ago, i ripped my final pair of work trousers, and was living out of a pair of leggings and two tops. i felt so miserable and ridiculous,, remebering how 6 + years ago before i had my child which had made me gain weight (coupled with a stressful life which resulted in emotional eating) i had once been a uk size 8. my clothes were size 16, but if im honest i was really a size 18, i just didnt have the clothes and refused to buy the clothes as that would mean that i could get comfortable in 18s.

Currently my weight is the same as it was before christmas. im looking at losing a minimum of 51lbs in total. im taking hideous 'underwear shots' at the moment, so i can see the loss bit by bit, and it is certainly a motivator for me!

On a side note, i am looking for new friends as i have found in the past it can be a really good motivator if you build up a relationship, so feel free to add me im trying my best to ensure i am on every day. i have only just started re-using it MFP again.

I'm a distance runner so naturally I'm always trying to lose weight.. Lol

My boyfriend and I were talking and ended up on the subject of weight, and just thinking about myself as heavy as I am just.. I teared up for the first time over it. It doesn't help that like none of my clothing fit me and I can't afford to buy anything else with being the only one of us two with any income(Live in the middle of nowhere with no vehicle, his job sucks as they keep laying half the plant off every 2 weeks).

I saw a friend recently whom I hadn't seen for about 6 months before that, and I didn't recognise him until he was about a foot in front of me. I realised at that point that it was achievable. It wasn't a transformation only seen on TV and in films, but I could actually change the way I look. And then I ate a couple of Easter eggs, and then started my weight loss regime.

I have been fighting with weight since I hit puberty. Had a brief few years win my early 20's when I was actually at a reasonable weight and in great shape and I remember how good I felt about my body. I want that back. I married a man who was unfortunately not the best influence on my eating habits and gained a lot of weight. Then he died quite suddenly and I gained a whole lot more, and I didn't care for about a year. I got up t around 350 pounds. That was in 2000

Once I sort of woke up and realized that I was eating myself to death I decided that I had to change so started making changes. I gave up soda and lost 30 pounds. I changed from white bread and pasta to whole grains and lost more. I started riding my horse again and training and lost some more. I got down to about 295 and stalled.

In 2009 took up martial arts on the suggestion of a friend. Lots of sweat, pain, and hypoxia later I was down another 20 pounds.

2014 A new job that allowed me a better standard of living and better quality food and I dropped about 15 more. But over the winter I regained about 10. A visit with a potential new doctor sparked a angry rant and a conversation that I didn't want to have on FB. But the logic could not be ignored. I've added exercise I have improved my food choices. So the next and only logical step if I am serious about loosing this weight is calorie counting. I am ready to be serious about it. So I took a friend's recommendation and joined MFP. The day I saw this Dr (March 25th) I was at 275. Today I am at 264.5. It's only been 2.5 weeks.

In a sense, I just got serious about it one day.

There are a few things, though, that contribute to that & keeping me motivated.

-My fasting blood sugar was a bit high when it was checked about a year ago, and I want to make sure that doesn't continue. I don't want to have to go on medications for that, or to have to start monitoring.

-My dad had a heart attack at 43, and I'm now 42.

-My dad died a year and a half ago and my mom is in a nursing facility. Neither will get to know their grandkids well, though they did meet their first. I want to be around so they have some extended family on their dad's side.

-I want to be around & healthy enough to be there for those I care about.