What made you decide to act? - If you comment, I'll send you a friend request

Hi Michelle

You pose an good question. There are sure to be some interesting responses!

My husband and I have four kids (oldest 9, youngest 5) and I put on loads of weight (45 kg) during the pregnancies and the several years of being an at-home mum. Our second child has a slight weight problem and the other night we watched the opening episode of The Biggest Loser, to try and get her (and us) motivated to lose a little weight (or in my case half a ton of weight).

The show was so motivating, and afterwards I immediately signed up for MFP. Determined to lose the 45 kg... feel so sluggish and I must be a boring mum because of it!

Funnily enough I lost quite a few kilos before our wedding 11 years ago. I was highly motivated and my now-husband kept praising me for this. I told him "If you were going to be seen by everyone you know in a skin-tight white dress you'd be motivated too! You're just lucky you get to wear a tux with huge shoulder pads!"

Hope your upcoming nuptials gives you incentive too.

Hi Michelle,

Well for me it was having to replace my wardrobe with new clothes because the ones I had just didnt fit me anymore. I found it very depressing not being able to wear clothes I loved. I got down to the weight I wanted and brought all new clothes for last summer. I have since been naughty and crept back up slightly, but I now have to get back down otherwise all my new clothes from last year wont fit me this year!!

Also I am approaching 45years of age and have had some peri menopause symptoms so i thought getting fitter and a healthy weight would be a good idea as I've heard exercise can help alleviate some of the symptoms.

Good luck to everyone! :-)

First Motivator: Posterior nose bleed that sent me to the hospital. BP was 190/130. Dr said it could have been a vessel in by brain instead of in my nose.

Other Motivators: Tired of feeling run down, not being able to sit in a booth comfortably, paying $50 for jeans and $25 for a plain T-shirt.

Started probably around 400. Don't know 'cause I couldn't weigh on a bathroom scale. I weighed in Jan of 2015 and was at 340. Down to 260 now.

I love hiking and used to hate hiking where there were large elevation gains. Now I seek those hikes out. Training to hike some of the Appalachian Trail this year.

What motivated me to lose the first 50 pounds was I was tired of being handed amazing opportunities and not taking them because I was too afraid I wouldn't fit. Things like zip-lining, or parasailing. Then, I got sick, and the weight loss was put on pause. My motivation this time? That same sickness makes me fall over or collapse a lot. If my husband is gonna have to pick me up off the floor, I may as well do what I can to make it easier.

My tipping point was realizing (during the holidays) that all my clothes had shrunk a size or two in the last year. My enduring motivation is that I've seen what being over weight and/or obese had done to many people I know, some of whom I love. I see what it does to their ability to go out and enjoy a walk or a shopping trip, the effort household chores are, and how unhappy that makes them. I don't want to walk that same path. I started down that road in the last year. Now is the time for me change that and choose my path (at least as much as I have control over).

What kicked me into gear was actually watching a Youtuber. He wasn't even doing a weight loss/fitness video. He just stated that he was trying something and I thought "He's doing something about it.. why am I still sitting around and not?" I got up in the middle of the video and went to the fitness center to get a membership.

I have a lot of reasons to do better for myself, but not enough motivation or willpower. I have already had several days where I thought "Why even bother?" Trying to get weight off and fighting my inner demons is quite the task.

Hi fellow bulge fighters, I have been out of shape and unhappy with my weight for some years now. I have started and stopped many diet and work out routines with little results. My best efforts lasted a couple weeks at the most. This time around I got a personal trainer and have started eating pretty clean. I didn't say anything to anyone about what I was doing because I've stopped and started so many times and quite frankly it's embarrassing for your family and co workers to watch you fail time and time again. Well the changes that I have been making we're noticeable I guess and people started to inquire about what I was doing, so I told those who asked. Well, I had a co worker tell me they didn't think I'd be able to stick with it. Later that night my family was eating dinner, when I sat down with my food which was different than what my family was eating my husband kind of snickered. I'm sure he didn't mean to, but that little snicker kind of hurt my feelings. That little snicker spoke more words to me than he could have ever realized. I decided at that moment I'm going to do this for myself, by myself. Im determined to reach every goal I set for myself. I'm hoping to give and receive inspiration here. Heres to the journey!

* I had been thinking about loosing weight but just never started even though I was really having problems. But when one of my grandsons got engaged I joined weight watchers. I attend weekly meetings. But use mfp to track everything. I've lost 62 lbs
* need to still loose 30. I'm a slow looser but still loosing. Having 3 more great grandsons in the next two weeks
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Seeing my mom with arthritis that is only made worse by the extra weight she carries. There is so much more of this world that I want to see, so I am here, getting healthy.