Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

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  • Chewitz
    Chewitz Posts: 217 Member
    People kept asking if I was pregnant when I said no a few people asked if I was sure
  • biancajguymon
    biancajguymon Posts: 6 Member
    I have a small fortune in jeans that no longer fit. Somehow I've gained about 30 pounds since moving in with my boyfriend over a year ago. He's lost weight and he eats more processed foods than I do. Also his mom is a complete health nut and I'm tired of feeling like her talking about which diet she's trying is directed towards me. So that's what got me to buy a scale and actually look at the number and log my foods and start the exercising back up again.
  • ckjess19
    ckjess19 Posts: 7 Member
    No big "ah ha" moment for me. I've been over weight almost all of my adult life. I lost 50 lbs 2 years ago the most unhealthy way possible....not eating. I gained it all back as soon as I started a relationship with a fit and hungry man. Lol. It's very hard to count calories and stick to it with two teenagers and a man who eats horrible day and night. Almost 1000 calories a meal if not more and of course it doesn't show in him at all. I really need motivation and friends on the same path.
  • kamber13
    kamber13 Posts: 249 Member
    I'm starting a new career field that's more physically demanding (nursing) and I want to make certain of my patient's safety, as well as, my own. Plus, I'm starting a new chapter in my personal life and want to enter it fit and happy!
  • ronronronj
    ronronronj Posts: 474 Member
    I was getting to a point of not having a lot of pants fit me anymore, and even the shirt collars are tight. I had some nerve pain in my leg and the doctor prescribed heavy doses of ibuprofen, which made me gain a few extra pounds. A friend recently posted on FB about losing weight, and when I asked him what he did, he mentioned MFP. So here I am.

    @kamber13 I like the Latin quote in your profile!
  • acollis1
    acollis1 Posts: 167 Member
    I saw a picture of myself and couldn't believe what I saw, I had avoided the scale, and I guess chose to ignore the fact I had to keep buying bigger pants!!!!
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  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    jorinya wrote: »
    When I stood in the doctors office on the scales and heard the nurse say out loud 95kg and shake her head, the other nurses joined in. How horrible!! Well I can't wait to reach my goal for this month, go in to that doctors and rub my weight loss in their face. Also decided my kids need their mum to be around for a long time!!

    What a rude group of health professionals.
  • goal_girl_35
    goal_girl_35 Posts: 5 Member
    edited May 2015
    I used to try to get down to a certain number on the scale, but I realized that wasn't what I should be focusing on. Recently I decided that I simply want to be healthy and fit for the rest of my life. I don't want to experience the same health issues my family members have. Also, I want to look good :wink:
  • karenjohal839
    karenjohal839 Posts: 2 Member
    Me and my husband do not look good next to each other, he is tall and lean and I am short and fat!
    We have had our kids and our business is running well it's our time again and it's the little things as well as the health issues
    Piggy back rides, cuddling on the sofa, sitting on the back of a motorbike,
    Being able to buy something other than handbags from top shop!
  • Iri_2
    Iri_2 Posts: 349 Member
    When I looked into the mirror and didn't like what I saw.
  • kickassbarbie
    kickassbarbie Posts: 286 Member
    When I first lost weight I had an ah ha moment too. I was 16 and went to my first ever amusement park with a group, my first big ride was one of those spinning swings, walked to the seat, couldn't pull the seat down over me, two guys that worked there tried to squash me in to it and had to ask me to leave the ride. Same happened on the roller coaster. I spent the rest of the day siting on a bench trying not too cry, too scared to even attempt the waltzers in case I squashed someone sitting next to me. The next day I google how to lose weight, and did it. Wasn't easy but I did it!

    I finally went to a fair aged 20 btw, and went on alot of rides! Turns out I don't much like funfair rides but still it was a proud day for me.
  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    goal_girl_35 wrote: »
    I used to try to get down to a certain number on the scale, but I realized that wasn't what I should be focusing on. Recently I decided that I simply want to be healthy and fit for the rest of my life. I don't want to experience the same health issues my family members have. Also, I want to look good :wink:

    I'm all about healthy living. I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars a month on medications for preventable diseases. Preventative healthcare is the best healthcare.
  • Kman4evah
    Kman4evah Posts: 67 Member
    I figured out my body fat % and got kind of upset (25%).
  • fitbit89
    fitbit89 Posts: 3 Member
    tired of being the quiet girl hiding behind her weight
  • elizstrand1
    elizstrand1 Posts: 2 Member
    I am a newbie to this website & found it after reading Brenda Watson's book "Skinny Gut Diet". Her description of a person's health problems such as allergies, asthma, constipation, auto immune problems such as arthritis, depression, lethargy & the like, prompted me to search this website to help monitor my eating schedule & food choices. Since Jan of 2015, my body has turned on me & my food choices have added weight to a normally fit body. Her description of the imbalance of the bacteria that invades our gut from the food choices we make hit me like a truck! So much of what she has studied & researched opened my eyes to an alternative solution to the devastating loss of the life interest & energy I always enjoyed. I'm so full over Dr prescribed Rx & over the counter wholistic herbs that I'm in a state of inertia--don't have any other options but to try Skinny Gut Diet food plan, There's got to be a solution for all of us & I pray that this combined approach will bring us all the success we hope for! Good Luck & Warm Wishes to you all!!
  • courtniekrebs
    courtniekrebs Posts: 79 Member
    Mine was my pants not fitting and my long term boyfriend saying he'd leave me if I don't lose weight. That hit me hard and gave me a huge wake up call. I don't consider myself ugly by any means but to hear that really hurt.

  • dougl004
    dougl004 Posts: 99 Member
    courtniekrebs wrote: »
    Mine was my pants not fitting and my long term boyfriend saying he'd leave me if I don't lose weight. That hit me hard and gave me a huge wake up call. I don't consider myself ugly by any means but to hear that really hurt.
    He should love you no matter what size. Im not fond of ultimatums. Good luck with your weight loss journey. I hope you meet and exceed every goal.
  • eatgoodeat
    eatgoodeat Posts: 180 Member
    My legs and ankles were swelling up if i stood up for too long because I sat so much for the past year and a half (I'm a web developer). My height adjustable office chair was sinking on its own. I didn't realized I had gained 30+ lbs. until about 3 weeks ago, when i stepped on the scale and was 202 lbs.
  • raregem99
    raregem99 Posts: 88 Member
    I like my body but I'm too heavy. Topped out at 196 lbs, it's time to get fitter, smaller, healthier. I am down 7 lbs so far, started 5/24/15.
  • ibamosaserreinas
    ibamosaserreinas Posts: 294 Member
    There were a few things.
    • I went to give blood and had borderline high blood pressure at only 33. My uncle had also had a heart attack in his early 40's.
    • I had no energy and lots of body aches.
    • I love hiking and could not longer do it.
    • I did not like looking at pictures of me and my girlfriend and being so much bigger than her.
  • Agathokakological
    Agathokakological Posts: 136 Member
    I stepped on the scale and it read 280! It had never been that high before. That along with having to stretch my t-shirts out after they're dried so they aren't tight on me made me commit like I've never committed before to losing weight. I've lost 20 pounds since then, and I don't plan on ever gaining it back, the number on my scale will get smaller and smaller as my clothes get bigger and bigger, no need for stretching.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    My goal was to cut out arthritis pain. When I changed my eating lifestyle that managed my pain well (without meds) the weight started coming off a couple months later. That was over 8 months ago.
  • vixtris
    vixtris Posts: 688 Member
    I needed a new pair of jeans since my old ones started forming a hole in the thighs. I ordered the same exact pair and same size and it didn't fit! I promptly returned them and got a different brand... A little while after that i decided to do something about it.
  • jesssargent2
    jesssargent2 Posts: 28 Member
    I want to be healthier and I am still young. I want to be able to do things smaller people can do.
  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    Big and Tall was not where the cool kids hung out.

    When 2XL got snug, it bs came rediculous
  • ritornello
    ritornello Posts: 7 Member
    I decided to lose weight when I realized that, as a voice major, being in shape is probably a good idea. Singing is kind of difficult when you're not very fit. There was also some family stuff that was a wake-up call too. Luckily, my dad seems to be on the same page, so, at least there's someone to walk the dogs with.
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    I was about to have to invest in serious purchase of a larger size.

    This. I was outgrowing my fat jeans and realized that in my mid-40s, I was running my weight up each year. I didn't buy the new jeans, and now they sit folded up at the bottom of my closet. I use them when I go to parties dressed as Justin Bieber and I need to shimmy jeans down along my *kitten*, lol.
  • Hotshottruck
    Hotshottruck Posts: 9 Member
    The main reason, 500lbs and sick and tired of being sick and tired, and hurting. Just now am starting to get serious about it.

  • carfaa963
    carfaa963 Posts: 2 Member
    I've been overweight for at least 10 yrs. Lately I gained 15 more pounds quickly and was feeling very unfit. Even my fat clothes got tight. The last straws were learning that I would be too heavy and unfit to participate in my son's boy scout trips over the next few years (he's still a cub today), and getting winded after only 10 minutes of outdoor activities with my daughter. Then I realized just how far I'd let myself go. I was appalled (still am).

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