Why did you come to the conclusion to lose weight?
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yopeeps025 wrote: »I got tired of looking at all the fat on my body.
lmao. to the point.5 -
I was 3lb off 20st.... a weight I never thought I’d reach!2
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I was getting into the car on my way to a family dinner and my pants split. Size 12 pants and I was busting at the seems. It was time to do something about it. 😐6
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My doctor said I was all screwed up, and I have a kid now. Seemed to me like two very good reasons to take better care of myself5
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Weighed myself last week, 240, my highest.
I decided that I needed a change. I feel a different kind of motivation this time, that I’m hopeful this will be the time I accomplish it. I’m taking baby steps, walks every day and tracking what I eat. I’m drinking more water and taking it a day at a time. Keeping my fingers crossed. 3 -
I wanted to shop in the 'normal' part of a clothes shop and not the larger section. Six stone off and I've kept it off for over six years6
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I fell and could not get up....ugh....6
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Heard one of my daughters friends call me "your fat daddy" I never want my daughter or son to feel embarrassed of having the "fat daddy". I want to be there for a long time into the future.7
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Heard one of my daughters friends call me "your fat daddy" I never want my daughter or son to feel embarrassed of having the "fat daddy". I want to be there for a long time into the future.
I've heard similar stories to this where the observation of a child was the wake up call.
I guess it's easy to write off the comments about weight that come from adults as them just being 'rude' or 'insensitive' or 'nasty' or 'mean'. But when a child says it you know that there is zero judgement and zero malice behind what they say. That it's just straight up observational fact which really hits home as it can't be dismissed.3 -
I call it my "Path to Forty" journey.2
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I opened this app after 2 years and saw I used to be 50 lbs lighter than what I am today . That’s insane to me. I have to make a change. Even when it’s pretty rough6
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One of my friends daughters described me as "the fat dad" not out of malice but that was the easiest way to describe me. I never want my kids to be ashamed of who their father is3
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I always did fitness, but this year I passed the position. Began to eat a lot, less exercise. I think it's all about laziness and my psychological state. I decided to lose weight because I no longer like my reflection in the mirror.1
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Just not feeling positive about myself when I look in the mirror anymore.4
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For me it was actually going to the ice rink where I spent a great deal of my time 10 years ago and realising that even if I had brought my hockey boots with me, I still wouldn’t have been able to skate because if I fell I wouldn’t be able to get up again. Watching my daughter skating around with my friends was really hard too. I wanted to be out there doing it and I couldn’t.
The other factor for me was that my husband has bought me my dream horse, he’s a year old and I’ve been waiting maybe 20 years for one of his breeding. I cannot let him get to the age of 4, when he can be ridden and stil be too fat to ride him. I just can’t.
Those are both on top of all the usual things, every movement hursts, my back constantly aches, I cannot do up my shoes sitting down, I’m out of breath walking up a small slope or even on the flat for too long. I’m 42 and if I don’t get my act together now the rest of my years of being physically able to do the things I want to are going to pass me by and I’ll die young. I can’t do that to my daughter.
So today is the last day I’ll be this fat and two weeks in it’s working. I’m going to below 300lbs by the end of September all being well and it’ll keep going from there.7 -
Am fat5
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Varied, if not connected reasons, read on. For quite some time, I have been at various levels of overweight most recently adding stress and strain to deteriorating joints most notably my hips. I have been borderline diabetic but somehow avoided active treatment. Diet, exercise and subsequent weight loss (I want it but not dwelling on it) have re-taken it's place at the forefront with two events and a desire: the first event was left side hip replacement in January. The second was right side hip replacement in April. All exercise is now aimed maintaining and improving newfound mobility and any achieved weight is sure to extend the life span of those implants as well as improve overall health and fitness. My desire: through exercise, diet and weight loss, my goal and desire is to drop A1C level and improve my other lab numbers in such a way as to cause my doctor to gasp when she sees them and the prospect of diabetic treatment greatly minimized, if not eliminated. My target is November. I am 25 pounds closer than I was in May.3
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Once every month or two months, I get really bad pain in my ankle, Achilles, or the middle of my foot. Sometimes all three at once. When I was in high school, I'd miss a week because of the pain. I'm 18 and I want to be able to get a job, go to college, and not be stuck in bed relying on others. Another reason is being a mom. One thing I've always wanted in life, was to be a mom. I grew up with an overweight mother who wasn't able to play with us much because of pain or getting tired too quickly. I don't want that for my children. I want to be able to run around and play with them without my weight getting in the way.7
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Feeling bad about myself and using it as an outlet to cope4
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I became a certified nursing assistant 8 years ago (at age 36) and during my training, one of the patients we took care of was a man who had lost parts of all 4 limbs to diabetes. He was still very overweight. He did not get out of bed until someone came in with the mechanical lift to put him in his wheelchair. He had to use briefs (adult diapers) because of being either bed or wheelchair bound at all times. He had to be fed, obviously, as he had no hands, or even feet, with which to hold utensils. He stayed in his wheelchair until someone got the mechanical lift to put him to bed. That was his life.
I am now a nurse and have never forgotten that man. I was never huge but according to BMI did hit obese at one point about 7 years ago, and that was when I got serious and dropped 50 pounds in six months. I have gained some back (thanks nursing school!), and I realized I set my goal weight too low to maintain before, so I am now re-losing 30 pounds. There are lots of ways I don't want to die, but diabetes is WAY UP on that list. (Obviously referring to type 2 since type 1 is not something anyone can prevent having.)9
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