What one thing

dcglobalgirl
dcglobalgirl Posts: 207 Member
in Motivation and Support
Inspired you to change your behavior?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I was fed up with my stressful lifestyle - the constant hunt for junk food and the constant struggle to hide from the fact that I was slowly killing myself.
  • neugebauer52
    neugebauer52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I knew that I can do it - now I am out to proof my point. 155 days gone, still going strong.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,615 Member
    I couldn't fit in a certain cycling jacket anymore. I looked at getting a larger size but discovered that the price had gone way up! It was either shell out nearly $300 for another one ... or lose weight.

    I lost weight.
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    I didn't want to be skinny anymore
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,534 Member
    Fear. I thought I would die soon. Or maybe worse, have a debilitating stroke. We had 2 little kids.

    I think CPAP saved my life. I wasn’t capable of clearheaded thinking before I got the CPAP. After some actual sleep, my situation became clear. I was in serious trouble.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    My size 14's were getting tight and I did not want to become a 16.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    I think like any big changes one day I just had enough and set out to make it happen. I always knew it was about calories so I looked for a free calorie counting website.

    I landed here and very glad I did. :)
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    I've been an on and off dieter my whole life and when my 51st birthday rolled around and I was just as heavy as ever I got really mad at myself and I started to make changes. For me food issues goes all the way back to my childhood and losing weight is 90% mental. That has been the hardest part but I'm making strives towards freedom everyday. Yesterday, I wore a shirt that has been hanging in the back of my closet for 6 years. It was almost a little big on me. What a motivator!! :)
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Diabetes is a potent deterrent and I was very surely headed there with only a couple of points away from an official diagnosis. Since diabetes is not something you can solve and forget, I knew I needed something that is sustainable enough to help me avoid or delay it as long as possible, and that requires behavior modification. No quick fixes worth there.
  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    Size 42 pants, 42!!! (now in 34's, goal 32)
  • 1BlueAurora
    1BlueAurora Posts: 439 Member
    I remembered that when I was younger I could climb stairs without feeling like I was lugging an invisible 30 pound lead weight. Oh, and there was that picture of me at a BBQ where my head looked so tiny compared to the bulky body I had. That's 2 things, but it was that combo that got me going.
  • FireVixen_Fayth
    FireVixen_Fayth Posts: 154 Member
    My wife and the fact I look absolutely gross
  • Idontcareyoupick
    Idontcareyoupick Posts: 2,854 Member
    My dad has kidney failure and looked up transplant options. Bmi has to be under 30 to do it and I was at 40. Don't know if I'm a match but wanted to lose weight so that I could if needed. Now on this journey, it's nice to see the weight come off, feel better and healthier
  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    For me it was finding (and then using) mfp. Previously I had lost weight several times, but always ended up regaining. Constant fluctuations between "on diet" or "healthy eating", to extremes, then life happening and I would falter. A period of time followed and I was "off diet". No longer even thinking about what foods or how much I was eating. Also stopped weighing both food and myself during these periods.

    Then I found mfp; finally found the right tool to help me. Reading the forums, learning so much, the simplicity of what I needed to do. Daily logging "no matter what", ending of "dieting". Tracking nutrition/calories for health. Persistence and not perfection; an end to "all or nothing".
  • sherbear702
    sherbear702 Posts: 650 Member
    Winter is coming, I have tons of jeans, it's just that none of them fit. Initial goal get down to 199 (25lbs to go). Then 10lbs at a time from there until I get down to 170. Then ALL my clothes would fit properly again
  • besmith11
    besmith11 Posts: 106 Member
    My nieces (15 & 4) said that I was not fun anymore because I couldn't play with them. They asked me if I loved them still. Broke me to pieces. I am now 24 lbs. down with 76 to go.
  • vinisc
    vinisc Posts: 6 Member
    I want to know I am doing everything I can to have the best life possible.
  • lililomo
    lililomo Posts: 167 Member
    getting cancer
  • Bex953172
    Bex953172 Posts: 4,159 Member
    I sacrificed my body for 4 pregnancies resulting in 3 children from 2014-2018.

    I want my pre pregnancy body back!
  • mrsallenmoore
    mrsallenmoore Posts: 42 Member
    The way I looked and how people treated me
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    clothes way too tight. moving slow. labored breathing...fear of death or aging badly.
  • emmies_123
    emmies_123 Posts: 513 Member
    Realizing I would be near useless for our upcoming house move. I had no upper body strength and would have had to be relegated to sidelines while other friends/family moved all our stuff.
  • Jadesfire93
    Jadesfire93 Posts: 92 Member
    My weight has yo-yo'ed my entire life and I've pretty much been "dieting" since I was 8. I've felt the need for a real change (finally) for the past six months or so as I've gotten bigger and bigger for a variety of reasons.
    Addiction runs in my family, and food is mine. Two months ago I had to go to my uncle's funeral after he committed suicide caused by his alcoholism. My black dress was too tight and I had to wear a full set of spanx underneath it. It was a wake-up call, and I can't hit the snooze button any more.
  • roarkesdrift
    roarkesdrift Posts: 37 Member
    At the beginning of the summer, I had to buy size 46 dress pants, which was the biggest I'd ever needed, and I couldn't fit into my suit anymore. Also, I just didnt want to do things/go out with friends for a while, so I decided I needed to change.
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    My weight got up to close to 180lbs (6'1" male) in the winter of 2015 and I was unhappy with how I looked. I also knew I was only marginally less unhappy with how I looked at 170 or 160. This realization shifted my mindset from losing weight to improving my body composition and I started taking resistance training more seriously (to that point I'd half-kittened P90X and P90X3 because they were supposed to make me hot, right?). Now, at 29 I'm stronger, better looking, and happier in my own skin than at any point in my life.
  • Cassandraw3
    Cassandraw3 Posts: 1,214 Member
    I had gotten down to 120 lbs in 2014 and was finally happy and comfortable with my body. Add diet changes and a baby and I had crept back up. Then almost a year ago I went from a job where I was on my feet moving all day to a desk job and gained another 10 lbs in 5 months. Finally had enough and I decided to lose the weight again to be comfortable and happy in my body once more.

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