Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?
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When I hit the 190's I knew I just could not let myself hit that 200 mark, also I was starting to burst out of ALL my clothes.
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My Bub was born and I thought i do not want to be that fat dad who can not play with her or even worse be dead at 60 due to something i can control.2
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I've been trying off and on for the past few years to loose weight. Having children did not help, gained and lost, gained and lost. Never ending cycle.
I've just gotten to the point where I have a ton of clothes in my closet but very little that fit me and look okay to wear! I wasn't buying bigger size clothes! Feeling so fat all the time, hate pictures, hate mirrors.
Not to mention not being able to play and run with my kids. Getting winded after a few minutes and needing to sit and rest.
I luckily decided to stop eating so much, cut back on carbs and fats the day before we went grocery shopping. So none of the fattening stuff has been in the house for weeks! I'm on a mission and I'm not stopping til I feel and look 100% better!2 -
It was a number of things:
- When I was sitting on the sideline for the 100th time watching friends and family enjoy an activity that I was too heavy, too self conscious or too unfit to participate in.
- When I started to check the weight capacity of every purchase I made. And particularly when I had to abandon a number of purchases because I was too heavy.
- When I'd be nervous walking places with slightly narrow aisles as I was afraid my girth would accidentally bump something and break it /knock it over / cause a mess
- When I'd go somewhere and have to be uncomfortable because I was wedged into a seat with arms or, if there were no arms on the chair often be on edge the entire time as the seating didn't look equipped to handle someone as heavy as me and felt on the verge of collapse.
- When I was honest with myself about my eating patterns. I was kidding myself with my 'good all week so can indulge on the weekend' mentality as my 'indulge' over those two days was probably close to 5x or 6x my daily maintenance calories
- When my house would end up in a mess because I didn't have the energy to get housework and chores done.
- When I would do everything possible to avoid stairs and then fake a leg injury because I'd be embarrassed taking the elevator or escalator.
- When I sat down and worked out how much money I spent on binges of sweets, pastries, donuts, milkshakes, etc. (I came to about $4000 - $5000 p/a in extra food)
- When even the 'big and tall' section of regular stores wasn't big and tall enough so I had to wear generic clothes from specialist outlets. And when my clothes stopped adding X's (XXL) and just started prefixing the X with a number instead (7XL).
- When I got so large I started to get clumsy. Tripping over things, knocking things over, bumping things and people.
- When I'd sit in the triple-seater train seat and only 1 other person would sit down as there wasn't enough room left for the 3rd person.
- When I would be in pain while flying as the belt would be cutting into my belly because I would flat out refuse to accept a seat extension because that would mean having to move from the exit row and give up the extra leg room
But the final straw, after all that. The thing that broke the camels back and finally got me to take action was when my bathroom scales (which go up to 160kg/350lb) stopped displaying my weight and started showing "Err" because I'd exceeded it's max weight.14 -
MsTracy1972 wrote: »Wearing this spare tire around my waist..ughhh, its such a downer. I feel like I have lost control of my belly. I don't have kids, but I look like I do. Oh, and I am built like my mother, and I dont want to be.
I'm in the same boat! Only my mother is still built like a brick **** house! I was too, before kids (I have 3 but they are grown now). Just want to get back to ME-without the "spare tire." I call it extra meat LOL. When it stopped me from wearing certain things and then doing certain things, and spilling into my life and affecting my confidence was when I knew it was time to really get serious about losing the weight and getting fit-being HEALTHIER.1 -
Me and my ex broke up, and i realised what terrible eating habits she had gotten me into. Just started eating like i used to before we got together and whent down 10 kg over i year. It felt good so i thought, why not keep at it and make it my new years resolution to lose weight this year? But how was the question since i(like most people) fail to keep it. I put a super harsh punishment on myself if i would have failed (not gonna tell you what it is) and now ive gone down 9kg more in 4 months and i actually hit my goal weight today!5
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when my wedding ring wouldn't come off even when i used soap in the shower0
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For me the pushing point was when I went to the doctor twice, about a month apart, and had gained almost 10 lbs in that short time. But even before that I was in the contemplation stage, because the stretch marks which had finally started to fade from last time are coming back. Because my pants are getting tight and I don't want to buy new ones. Because I can see that my face looks different in the mirror. Because I get winded way too easily.
The motivation has been building up for months, but the realization of how quickly I've been gaining really smacked me in the face.3 -
When I bought a dress at the thrift store that fit me well and I felt really good in it...until I realized it was a maternity dress...I've always wanted to lose weight since I was 8 years old, and this is the first time I've felt more committed to eating healthy and focusing on lifestyle changes. I'm making sure I stick within the 2 pound a week loss bracket as closely as possible, when in the past I would go full force and drop 12 pounds in a week. I'm down 9 pounds in 3 weeks and I have so much more energy, I'm actually sleeping more than 4-5 hours a nice which is really improving the quality of my daily life. I know this is the time I will be able to change my life.7
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I quickly bought a 3x shirt without trying it on. When I went to put it on at home it was too tight.
Now I wear a 1x at 20wks pregnant, plan to continue after pregnancy
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I was searching Amazon for a new bathing suit to wear to the beach this summer and realized I couldn't find one to cover my problem areas (my entire body3
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My feet were constantly hurting (waitress) couldn't walk while getting up in the middle of the night.. my nephew called me fat (hurted my feelings but I didn't tell him that).2
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One day I was confronted by a scary number on the scale and decided that I never wanted to see it again. I started researching, and realized that weight loss and weight maintenance were a matter of simple arithmetic, that it didn't have to happen all at once but could be a matter of small changes accumulating over time. I set some goals, starting tracking, and got more active. I liked how straightforward and un-gimmicky it was to set a calorie limit, as opposed to drinking some awful shake or eating someone else's idea of a healthy meal. I lost 30 pounds and have been maintaining for three years now. When I gain a few pounds (and it's been a long, dark winter, so here I am with four to lose), I know I have a fall-back plan to get on track before it goes any further.
Knowledge is power.8 -
I went from being active - running and cycling - to being sedentary and gaining weight. I just got tired of feeling bad and being fat. I started tracking calories in Feb. I've been beginning to exercise again. I'm 57 and I want to be old and fit - not old and sick someday. I'm down 30 pounds and have another 30 to go.
I used MFP before but never was active in the community section. I want to change that also.7 -
I was worried about my health1
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I quit smoking and need to do something with my free time now.4
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The number 200 on the scale always kept me in check. Although 170-199 is not healthy, I was comfortable in my own skin. I am built curvy and carry weight well. I started my own business last year and went from a fast paced life to a sit watch netflix and eat fast food life waiting on customers. I put on 50lbs in a year! I feel like a beach ball with arms and legs sticking out! Not curvy at all. Worse my body feels horrible from all the fast food. I started clean eating and although I'm tired from sugar detox my body feels better. I even made a weight goal of 140 and I will get to it. I want to be healthy!4
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Bump0
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I was desirous of becoming a sexy *kitten* again.
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