Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

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.

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.

Big and Tall was not where the cool kids hung out.

When 2XL got snug, it bs came rediculous

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.

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).

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!!

That's very unprofessional.

I was starting to get really sick. I'm only 23 years old, yet I was popping pill after pill just to function properly. I was buying antacids and painkillers in bulk because the thought of running out and having to deal with all the weight-related pain and discomfort terrified me.

Also, I became a recluse. It got to the point that just leaving my house (and having other people see me) brought me on the verge of a panic attack. I wanted to do things, and go places, and I couldn't. My house started to feel more like a cage than a safehouse. That was the final deciding factor for me.

I've been diabetic since 2008. In December last year the doctor wanted to put me on a second medication as my A1C was 7.2. I've been taking Metformin since my diagnosis. That second medication has been linked with causing liver problems. I decided there and then I wasn't having anything to do with that drug. I knuckled down, took up running, lost nearly 20 lbs and last month my A1C was 5.8. Now I'm not on any medication at all!

When you decide to stand on the scales for the first time since high school and realise at 131kg you are the weight of 2 people for your height of 162cm. I started a few diets that I always got bored of and only lost 2kg over 6 months. I started using this app 2 weeks ago and am already down to 127kg. I have also signed up for a 12 week healthy living program starting next week, which entales 3 visits each with a pharmacist, dietician and exercise psychologist to get me going on the right track. I have found that tracking my food and liquid intake really makes me aware of what I was doing and the little changes needed for a better me.

I have never had the motivation to start before. Alot of my family and friends are not thin, so never felt like the fat one. I would like to shop for clothes in the normal section. I don't want to worry about fitting in to things like jeans or chairs. I want to participate in work marathons and charity runs. I want to live a long and happy life. And I want to take away from enemies the ability to use fat as an insult.

My beautiful girlfriend bought me a diet book months ago. I didn't use it. A few weeks ago she left me for a man very with very little body fat. This can never happen again.