What was the moment? When did you decide to take back control?
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When i got out the shower and looked in the mirror and was like what the hell you fat a**... Time to suck it up and get fit and healthy..13
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When I thought I was going to have an heart attack walking up 2 flights of stairs. What a wake up call and I never looked back.16
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Seeing 190 on the scale did it for me. I cried, then I made a plan.19
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I got an email from a friend of mine traveling through Africa..."Bad news buddy. They're killing off your brothers and sisters for their ivory".
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My dad was over 400 pounds most of my life. Mom was hovering at 300. Both of them got serious and lost all of it. My dad took it a little too far and wears my 10 year old brother's shirts. That's how thin he is now. Mom is around 170. I'm 213 pounds and every time I see them they comment on my weight. Every. Single. Time. I know I'm technically obese and I should lose weight. I'm not telling them that I've started this because I always tell them I'm happy with my body, but I just want the comments to stop. I also want to not feel huge when I go out with them. They all love taking pictures and I feel like a whale standing next to my family in these pictures.65
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I had an amazing opportunity that I wasn't able to take full advantage of because of chronic pain, either originating from or at the least exacerbated by my morbid obesity. I pushed myself hard during that time because I didn't want to have regrets, but there were things I still wasn't able to do because of my body holding me back.
I've spent years feeling shame about my weight but shame never worked on me. If anything negative emotions have always, always derailed my attempts to be healthy. What finally clicked was being part of something that was so uplifting and feeling like... Every day could be like this if I could just have the physical strength to reach out and grab these opportunities.
I don't ever want to come across another once-in-a-lifetime moment and look back on it thinking of all the times I was sitting down, panting, on the verge of tears from pain. I want to look forward to my future and make happy, healthy memories.33 -
Honestly, this is gonna sound super shallow.
But it was when I got my stretch marks.
I had always been "not skinny, but not fat" and after high school, my eating disorder skyrocketed because I was no longer living with my parents and I gained 60 lbs. One day, my skin felt like it was burning and when I got home from work, I took my shirt off and looked in the mirror, and there they were glaring back at me, red and raw and ugly.
I remember sitting on the bathroom floor and sobbing for about an hour.
That's when I started taking weight loss seriously. In the HEALTHY way. Clearly my disordered way wasn't getting me anywhere but in the opposite direction.25 -
When my back started to hurt like hell.
When i couldn't catch up to my friends when walking.
And the one that kicked me into gear quickly was how i looked in the mirror.12 -
I've had a few. The first time wasn't a big meaningful moment. A couple of friends invited me to join weight watchers with them and I just thought "why not?"
The second time (after a partial regain) was when I planned a trip overseas and I was terrified of not fitting in an airplane seat.
The third time (after another partial regain) was when I joined my gym, and it was so hard to do anything. I thought to myself, "What's the point of doing the gym if I'm not really trying to lose weight, too?" That was 2 years ago and I'm still going this time.14 -
I was deleting old pictures that I didn’t need anymore, and seeing myself getting bigger & bigger as I scrolled just flipped something in me. I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been and made so many excuses over the years18
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When my knees and feet hurt and I hadn't done anything to make them hurt. That is when I realized my weight was to blame and if I wanted to get rid of the pain I needed to lose weight and start exercising. I was also getting tired of trying to find something for lunch that was appealing because I was so used to eating fast food every day. My husband and I also have a week long trip to the beach this summer and I know we will be walking a lot. I want to be ready for that - climbing lighthouse stairs, walking in the sand - without falling behind and making my husband have to wait for me.11
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LukesGreenMilk wrote: »Seeing an unflattering facebook picture - looks so different than the mirror but a good wake up call.
I've had my picture in the paper recently - the spare tire caught my attention - and I'm sure everyone else's who looked at it. I don't want to see that ever again!11 -
my 'too fat for regular pants' leggings felt tight on me...18
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I've had quite a few moments like that - and even had some successes - but what really got me this time was a weight loss contest with a few hundred bucks as the prize. Though I understand how important my health is, I saw this as an opportunity to really motivate myself. The contest was 3 months long and I hit it hard. I enlisted my spouse's help, something I haven't done in the past, and I bought weights for use at home. I started actually having success too, something that I wasn't used to. I started developing better habits and sticking with them because that financial reward was near enough and tangible enough to stick with it.
Now that the contest has been canceled, and the final weigh in date long past, I'm still keeping with it, because that lower number on the scale is pretty motivating, as well as the desire never to be as big as I used to be. (As of now I am about 44 pounds lighter than I was on January 6 of this year and I have roughly 51 pounds to go at least, maybe more.)28 -
I was smoking a cigarette while sitting on the patio and daydreaming. The ash got too long & fell off onto my stomach .... and stayed there.
That my gut was sticking out far enough to serve as an ashtray was my moment of truth.20 -
In February of 2018 after my 3rd child was born (in August of 2017) I saw a picture of myself in a bikini top from the back.
I had been pregnant a lot in the last 5 years and hadn't really thought about it. Now after my last child was born, I actually saw my body for what was really happening. I was kind of shocked, I hadn't realized it, it crept up on me.
I'm now maintaining below my college weight.19 -
I had told myself I had to change my lifestyle once my fiancé proposed in June. I didn't actually start my workout regiment and calorie/macro counting until mid-October.
Reality hit hard - I was the heaviest I have ever been and about to need to size up in clothes. My favorite dresses/shorts/shirts were tight and I didn't like myself when I tried on my first wedding dresses! I was tired of feeling lazy, fat, and unhealthy.11 -
Almost two years ago, my disabled son was hospitalized for 2 weeks and almost died. He recovered and is fine now, but that was a turning point for me. The hospitalization had nothing to do with me, but thinking your kid is going to die really can change your outlook! So amongst other things, I made a realization that I needed to start taking care of myself (years of being mother/caregiver first had left me about 75 pounds overweight and feeling like crap). Reframing it that way -- taking care of myself -- instead of "I need to lose this weight" was apparently the shift I needed. I started slow, just showing up at the gym and doing some things. Something is better than nothing, I told myself. Then that felt good, so I started eating better. Fast forward to now...I've lost 60 lbs and feeling a million times better. My eating habits are better (not perfect!), and I have learned to enjoy exercising regularly. Truly a life change that I have never been successful making before!32
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The first time was when I started therapy and became happier in general - I felt I was worth it finally.
After a baby and a regain it was just getting to a point where I had the headspace for it.13 -
I feel as if I've been dieting my whole life. It sucks. But a few years ago - I saw 226 on the scale and absolutely flipped out. I started REALLY looking at pictures of myself over several years time and realized what I had let happen to me. That year I lost 40 lbs. Then gained 10. Then lost 8. Then gained 15. Then lost 20... argh. Coming out of quarantine I was 13lbs up again and decided enough. So I'm back on track, and hopefully for good this time. I'm down 8 since the beginning of the month, have secured an accountability partner to go swimming with every other morning and am shooting for 10K steps a day as well as some cycling in the evening to replace my usual evening hours in front of the computer or TV with beverage in hand.15
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