Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

I little over a year ago, my office did a Biggest Loser competition with a cash prize. I kind of figured "why not?" and gave it a shot. I dropped almost 20 pounds in a couple months and was ecstatic! Then work went a little crazy and kept me travelling for weeks at a time for about 6 months. I got back in the groove in October and have been back at it ever since. My pounds lost has slowed down, but I'm getting visibly smaller which is still pretty awesome. I'm in the middle of this year's Biggest Loser and I'm hoping to kick some major butt!

Shown a Christmas family photo, I was horrified to see what a fat old scruffy lady I had become! With a bmi of 43, I looked like Santa

We had a family gathering at my mom's house and I had to wear my pajama bottoms because nothing else fit me, lol. Sad but true. That's when I knew I had gone too far.

This is so embarrassing. All my weight is in my stomach and I look (looked?) pregnant. At my highest weight I told my husband, I can't go on that roller coaster, I won't fit. He insisted that rides are made to accommodate larger people and so I tried, and everyone on the roller coaster waited as I attempted to push the bar down. It didn't go down and I had to get off the ride..

There's MANY aha moments such as pants not fitting, being embarrassed to look at current photos of myself, but that roller coaster thing just really sucked.

Trying to fit into a wedding dress!

samgamgee wrote: »

I had been vaguely dieting on and off for a while, then winter 2014 I went totally off the rails and put on about a stone. I knew I wanted to lose weight but hadn't fully committed, was being a bit wishy washy... Then I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror from behind, naked and thought 'holy back fat, Batman!' For some reason that really cemented things for me, like I had gradually seen my body and face change but I rarely see my back so the difference from my mental image of myself was more of a shock.

I think that suddenly seeing yourself at an unexpected angle can be a real wake-up call.

I knew, but had been rationalizing, that I had put on some weight after several years of keeping it off, but a candid shot taken over the holidays at an angle I rarely see in the mirror really threw me for a loop. My face looked almost unrecognizable to me, it was so round and puffy. It was NOT an attractive picture of me, and I knew that the person who posted it is not at all mean-spirited and wouldn't have done so if they had been struck by the picture being unflattering.

Which meant it wasn't unflattering, that was just how I had looked for a while.

The next day I started tracking again and it's been such a relief to feel like I have my eating and my body back in control. The weight isn't coming off as fast as it did when I was younger, but it is coming off, and I'm optimistic that I won't have to encounter any horrifying candid shots during future family holidays.

Hitting a weight I thought I'd never touch, 250, it was shocking and so was entering the obese category 3. Those are just the people on tv right? Nope, that's you, fix it.

My boss- who is at least two of me- referred to me as one of the 'fatties'

My most recent weight loss is because I piled on like 4kg over the Christmas period, and that was the kick up the *kitten* that I needed to get me back on track. It's going really well!

Before that, it was definitely the mirror showing me something I didn't like!

Mine was when my bloke cheated on me - (insecure) Feeling much better now though

I've known i've been overweight for a while and have tried many times to lose weight gained because of an injury in the last five years but have been unsuccessful. Now i live in Japan and can't buy clothes even in h&m maternity. This christmas i had to measure my bum spread to check i could fit in the airline seats- i was 2cm too wide. Luckily I didn't have to buy another seat but I spent over 12 hours squished into the seat with one armrest a little up to accomodate. The belt barely fit and its taken a while to get rid of the bruises. Unfortunately I picked up a back injury which has delayed exercise plans a month and have so far have had no luck with just dieting. I am going to my sisters graduation in july and really want a wow well done moment and not look like a whale standing next to my extremely fit and pretty siblings. Need support!

Nova_88 wrote: »

There was no moment for me. I just want to get rid of those 30 lb that are bothering me for 5 years.
It is sad this thread was started last year. I saw a lot of people writing about major health problems or huge life changes and when you go to see the profile the last visit was one month (or so) after the first visit.
There are not a lot of active users and it have been only a year!

Don't worry about it! There are lots of active lurkers reading and silently cheering you on, as we each get closer to our goals! More stories, please!

MudstainSally wrote: »

Hitting a weight I thought I'd never touch, 250, it was shocking and so was entering the obese category 3. Those are just the people on tv right? Nope, that's you, fix it.

That's what I'm going through! I've been chubby my entire life, and I've tried to "diet" and stuff on and off, and I gained 30 pounds my freshman year of college. Now I'm 230 and I decided to get healthier for me to love myself more. Although hating myself made me gain even more weight, so I figured out the root of the problem.

Relationship issues. Been married 17 yrs next month. 3 kids. Not too much to lose (20 lbs ish) , just looking to feel better about myself. And to add insult to injury- for the first time ever in my life bmi chart says I am over weight for my height. That has never been an issue for me before. Time for change in more ways than 1 I guess.

I was called a "big woman" by a man who was surprised that it bothered me.