Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?

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  • StellaNova72
    StellaNova72 Posts: 16 Member
    My five year old coming up behind me jiggling the fat on my butt:/ Lol
    Not only that, I am an older mother who wants to be healthier. With this diet
    and cutting calories I am still tired but hoping that will soon end.
  • RachelM2130
    RachelM2130 Posts: 15 Member
    When I struggled to breathe, after running after the bus. Just that feeling of, I’m struggling here to breathe after a 5 min run to get the bus. I want to be healthy and happy. I want to improve my cardio skills and if losing weight comes with it then it’s a bonus.
  • BellaB1363
    BellaB1363 Posts: 249 Member
    When I'm out of breath walking up the stairs to the train at night. I avoid long stair climbs like the plague, but this one I have to do. And by the top I'm barely able to finish. Part of it is arthritis in my knees, but the bigger factor is my weight. The last time I lost the weight, it was no effort at all. That's where I want to be again.
  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 17,640 Member
    I've already been losing for a while, but a couple of recent HbA1C readings just edging into the prediabetes range (and diabetes runs in my family) have made me extra serious about it.
  • sriley721
    sriley721 Posts: 68 Member
    Someone asked if my mom (size 2) was my real mom.
  • smms0714
    smms0714 Posts: 68 Member
    Before I went to basic (a long time ago), I was at my highest weight. I lost about 50lbs, but I ended up on a limited PT profile. After my med board I started gaining all the weight back. I stepped on the scale recently, and I had hit a new heaviest weight. Not exactly the record I was looking to set for myself. I was telling my boyfriend (who lost weight using MFP) about it, and he's now helping me with my weight loss while trying to lose his last few pounds himself.
  • Horses4Two
    Horses4Two Posts: 45 Member
    I can no longer get on my horse without a mounting block because I'm not quick enough anymore!
  • pfurrya
    pfurrya Posts: 1 Member
    I was into dancing, and suddenly I couldn't bend like I used to because there were rolls of fat in the way. :D My double chin made falling asleep on long car journeys (passenger, obv!) more uncomfortable. And all the clothes I'd been happily wearing for over a decade no longer fitted, and it's hell on earth trying to find trousers and jeans that fit my new shape.
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
    i got stuck in the back seat of the car at my daughter's high school graduation. poor kid was mortified.
  • karlpm
    karlpm Posts: 78 Member
    Whenever I burn popcorn....and then I make another bag...while still eating the previously burnt popcorn. I was like.....whaaaat am I doing! Also hit the age of 33 and decided I want to be one of those middle aged people that still get ID'ed :)

    33 isn't middle-aged.

    Unfortunately, for many that don't take care of themselves, it is.
  • QueenEygpt
    QueenEygpt Posts: 5 Member
    Hello, I'm new here but not,, meaning I signed up for this app in 2017 and haven't used it until today.... I would love to know how to make friends on here to motivate one another, I have 1 friend but not exactly sure how we became friends, will someone please help me out, Thank you Community Fitness Family... 😉
  • avlucia
    avlucia Posts: 66 Member
    Honestly, I just woke up one day and decided to love my health as much as I loved the rest of me.
  • alliemaeg89
    alliemaeg89 Posts: 95 Member
    edited April 2019
    I had started losing weight before I got pregnant with my oldest child, but I had never noticed how much I had gained until I realized my delivery weight was the same as my first weigh in after I decided to start eating healthier. Before that I have no clue how much I weighed because I wouldn't go near a scale. That was my biggest wake up call, to think that at some point I was heavier than I was at 9 months pregnant (edited to add: right before delivery I was 235lbs)
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    I am only 17 and bigger than all my classmates. I get made fun of a lot for it, ever since 3rd grade. I am tired of that three letter word written in invisible ink on my head: FAT.

    MFP is for 18+ so beware. FatSecret allows users 13 years old or older.
  • fattypatty2486
    fattypatty2486 Posts: 5 Member
    When I stopped wearing scrubs and realized none of my “real” clothes fit anymore. Have to get my life together!
  • ingridkenobi
    ingridkenobi Posts: 5 Member
    My birthday is coming, my boyfriend is planning a weekend getaway at the beach to celebrate it and I want to look awesome : )
  • sarahcordes6
    sarahcordes6 Posts: 3 Member
    I lost 16 pounds last year and gained nearly all of it back since November last year. I don't want to be heavier than my fiance anymore and I want to look good in a bikini again.
  • prettygirlstorm1
    prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
    I wanted to wear a size 10 and become a lifetime WW member
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    I hate seeing photos of myself. I accept that I am heavier and that it is my own fault, but it never quite hits me how big I am until I see pictures.
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  • hap2go
    hap2go Posts: 105 Member
    Joined back in 2017 but never really kept on track. I never had a weight problem growing up so its HARD to accept my new reality. I weigh more now than I did 9 months pregnant. I have to get healthier! My husband just got some bad results back from his latest health screening for work so we're going to try to do better on food. I need to do better on simply moving as a I have a very sedentary desk job.
  • ttugurl
    ttugurl Posts: 23 Member
    I have a trip coming up. Disneyworld with my kids and I want to be prepared to keep up with them. But also, because at a certain weight, I can feel it. Which is around 260, Sure enough old effects started happening again: thirsty, out-of-breath, clothes too tight. Plus this summer, might include some interviews and I want to look my best.
  • sallyfacekiller
    sallyfacekiller Posts: 1 Member
    the realization im goin to college in the fall and the fact that i rarely take photos because i hate how round i look in comparison to all my friends who dress in M-XS clothing