Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?
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Because being overweight is unhealthy, I feel less confident, and unattractive. As I become closer to what I want to look like I feel compelled to help others with their weight problems sharing my knowledge, my experiences in hopes of motivating others to not feel helpless, to go from I think I can to I'm doing it. And thus they share there experience with others, helping more people.2
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Seeing 300 pounds on the scale again and saying I couldn't have gained 70 pounds. Looking at myself in the mirror and realizing I did infect gain 70 pounds. I have less space in my car and always feel uncomfortable. My back is killing me from carry around my belly and none of my clothes fit.1
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I just want to be as healthy as I can be for as long as I can be.
My health seems to closely follow what my mum has gone through, and weight/diet are possible causes for some of the other stuff she is dealing with, so I may as well start eating well now and maybe avoid some future problems (or at least keep to a minimum).
This is me too - yes, I had a random accident and it has affected me a lot, for far longer than I thought it would, but I just want to get on with it and see what I CAN do now.cindyellis9404 wrote: »I'm tired of using my injuries as an excuse. I want to be fully mobile and I want to feel my age. I don't want to feel old before my time.1 -
I decided I needed to lose weight when I hurt my hip and every time I go to the doctors they tell me I need to lose some weight. To be honest I agree! So here I go....2
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We got an alarm system installed on our new house complete with a doorbell camera. Seeing myself on the camera recording was honestly embarrassing. 2 summers ago I had lost about 25 lbs but I stopped logging and have gained weight back. I just didn't realize how much I had put on until I saw myself on camera.
Now I need to figure out what box my food scale is hiding in
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I teach/coach trampolining for a living..... i was demonstrating a skill and the kids mentioned how "far down the bed goes" while I was jumping
plus when i got down i was shattared that and the usual seeing my self in a photo with friends..... Decided then that I needed to get fit and lose some weight. 2 -
I have always been the biggest all my teen years. I recently turned 18 and decided I want to live the rest of my life healthy and happy
I knew if I kept my eating habits I would become very overweight and miserable. 8 -
I was on the cross country team in high school and now I'm a mother 3 and ive been super unhealthy, now I'm done in going back to a healthier diet and lifestyle!! No more smoking, less junk, and more exercise, I want to run a 5k again by November I know I won't be as fast as I was 10 years ago but I dont care!!2
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I went back home to visit my family and at church I met my friend with my God doughter they were so exited and wanted pictures... In the pictures I looked so much older and so fat yet my friend looked so young and we r practically the same age.1
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When my son was about 4, he took off running towards the open gate at the end of my driveway (he's 9 now). I live in the country, and you know how fast people drive (SLOW DOWN FOLKS. I LIVE HERE). I BARELY caught him before he got to the road, and that was NOT ok. I have been off track for a while now, thanks to an injury (damn Spartan races), but I can still catch the bugger. I'm not where I want to be...but I am better than I was.3
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Going to the doctor all the time. Always, feeling knee or back pain. Looking in the mirror and not looking at my full body because did not like what I saw. Seeinn family members and friends pass do to weight issues. Coming to the realization that if I do not change I want be here for my wife and kids.
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I suffered two tragic losses this past winter that have been very difficult to accept. I know I have needed to lose weight and prioritize health in my life for several years now, but just haven't had the emotional strength to do it. With the warm weather finally here and feeling the mental fog of those tragic losses finally lifting, I have an urge to do something different in my life; to enjoy life more. Focusing on weight loss as a goal has been a good distraction from the gloom and is helping me move away from those events in a way that will, hopefully, lead to many new adventures and memories in the future.1
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I was in a bad cycle of heavy drinking and then getting fast food after bar close. I would get 2 sandwiches (at a minimum), eat them both in one sitting, and then feel disgusting (and ashamed) afterward. My "ah-ha" moment happened on one of those nights... I got home with my two sandwiches, ate one, and decided I didn't want to feel disgusting and ashamed. So I put the other sandwich in the freezer and went to bed. I woke up the next day and have continued to make better choices since!
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My sister in law gave me her fat clothes after she lost alot!
I mean, yeah, not complaining about the free clothes, she had great taste. But still...5 -
I had just hit 170 and that was really an "oh *kitten*" kind of moment in itself, and then Facebook "On This Day" brought up a picture from my sophomore year of high school, before I tore my knee to bits, when I was at my lightest/fittest and I basically said to myself "I have been 145 lbs and fit, I can be 145 lbs and fit again."6
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I started a new job last summer and it was much more physically demanding (standing on my feet almost all day); by 2pm I would be exhausted, so I knew something had to change. One of the benefits I was most excited about when I took the job was the onsite gym. I wish that was enough to get me motivated but no - I still haven't been inside that gym. For the past few weeks my assignment has changed and I've been almost exclusively on desk work, and my knees are killing me. Plus, for the first time in a long while I got on a scale (also @work), I was not ok with what I saw.0
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I went on vacation in Colombia with a much smaller, fitter friend. In Bogotá, the elevation is far different than my home in Canada. While my friend nd also got winded, I was winded to the point of needing to stop after a few feet. I felt like I was disappointing her and my myself. I have a love of travel and decided at that moment, on a side street in Bogotá, I needed to change if I wanted to do half the stuff I dreamed of. I'd known for years it needed to change but that was the moment the switch flipped.6
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Being diagnosed with hashimotos hypothyroidism was my kick in the butt. In less than a year I went from a size 6 to a size 16. My joints ache daily even though I only need to lose 30 lbs it might as well feel like I'm trying to lose 100 on my small 5" frame.1
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My double-chin. I can almost live with the bigger tummy and bigger thighs, but unless I turn male and grow a beard I can't hide a double-chin with my clothing. I also thought I looked a lot skinnier than I do: a friend visited and took pictures while we were out.... My clothes were less flattering to my bigger proportions than I had thought.1
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Menopause... I could not get away with eating and not excerising (regularly) anymore. In 2 - 3 years I went from 170-180 to 218. Yeah, that's one of the things they don't really tell you about. LOL!
A good and healthy weight for me is around 160 - 170 lbs.
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I used to be a high level athlete in my teens and 20's, but since i stopped seriously competing I've really started putting weight on. My back is bad and my knee will need surgery soon (mostly to do with the sport stuff when i was younger, but the weight certainly isn't helping).
There was no one shining moment when my I decided it has to happen now, it's been coming for a long time. It will help me in my current sports that's for sure, as a 38 year old my competitive spirit still flows just at a lower level 0 -
I realized that the only reason I wear my work uniform everyday is because none of my other clothes fit anymore and I'm embarrassed to try on clothes at a store.2
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Looking up BMI and seeing that I was 6 lbs away from the definition of morbidly obese.
Being afraid of having a stroke or heart attack.
Sleep apnea returning and feeling tired all the time.
Going into "foma" after each meal.
Buying XXL shirts for a 5'8" frame.
Having 2 cervical spine surgeries (fat head too heavy??).
Feeling like I'm dying at the annual school father-daughter dance.
Worried that I will actually die way before my 2 daughters grow up.
When fiancee fell out of love w/ me. Related to weight or not.
Basically just deciding that I was "done" feeling/looking this way.6 -
Today is my Birthday... I weight 155pounds, 5'3'' height.. I usually wear a size 10-12 Tees... today my friend gifted me a size 16-18Tee... i am the younger in the group and i am the fat one.. i felt very sad inside cause my friend thinks i am fatttttt(size 18) and i am not OK with that.. i DONT wanna be the fat one anymore...2
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The names Jacob, and I'm back with a thirst and hunger greater than I've ever had before. I started excersising back in 2011 as an obese, 110kg, twenty year old, who used to get teased and picked on in high school and later on in work. I started my journey ironically after falling through a ceiling at work.......
This would be the biggest turning point in my life. I started off walking, in which i lost 2 kgs in one week!!! Not only did this assure me that I had begun my journey to a happier healthier me, it also steered my eating habits into a whole other direction. I chose healthier options, smaller meal portions, and finally gave up my obsession with high sugar energy drinks. In the following weeks I continued to walk, which eventually turned into short sprints, losing a further 14 kgs in 8 weeks.
I then started the next chapter, weight training..... At the time it was very daunting but I knew in order to reach my goals I would have to overcome my fear of exerting my self infront of others and just do it!! (no nike endorsements here). Over time I watched videos, learnt from people around me and continually grew my arsenal of knowledge in which I would need to crush my goals. A further 20 weeks down the track I did it, I reached 79.5 kgs. I never felt happier, stronger or more confident in my life.
After my goal I did slack, work picked up and I slowly stopped going to the gym I would get into little fitness blocks of about 2 months then fade off again as work picked up.
Now, 2017, i have set my self my next big goal. I applied and have succesfully been accepted in to the Australian Army. For the last month I have been training (weights and cardiovascular) and have lost a total of 6 kgs. My start weight was 94. so currently sitting arouund 88 kgs. Im doing a far bit of weight training but am also heavily focused on cardio and endurance training as of course this will be a major obstacle in joining the armed forces.
So follow my journey for the next couple months as i continue to fullfil my dream, getting stronger, faster, fitter and healthier again.
I will post weekly, for anyone whom wish's to follow along, but ideally for my self to keep my self accountable.
Happy Training Fitfam.
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It sounds vain but when I first started I wanted to look hot, when I accidentally bumped into the boy who broke my heart.9
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rolled my ankle last summer and the inactivity from the pain I gained 21 lbs to my already 205 , I want to not have a belly roll and to work on the house and garden with out my knees hurting . Down 13 over the last month .
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