What was the moment? When did you decide to take back control?
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That happened last weekend when the scale was working again and decided to weigh myself after monhts. I thought I gained a little due corona because my jeans where more tight. But I was shocked how much I had gained since the last time I checked. In my mind I always gave myself a maximum and I was way passed that so it made me really upset. So I decided to stop drinking coke, don't eat donuts and other unhealthy, way to sugary snacks. But I also wanted to keep track of what I eat in a day so I learn how much I can eat and I don't eat too little. So far it's going well.
I have been overweight for most of my life and I have done diets before, some worked, some didn't. I have been wanting to lose weight for quite some years now but after my last failed diet I lost the motivation till now.. And now I finally want to eventually have the body I dreamed of for so long. I never will be skinny but to be able to fit into an M instead of an XL and have a healthy weight is enough for me.9 -
Sine the lock down I have been enjoying far to many comfort foods. Then I noticed my pants were getting hand to button and then u voting the scale and realized I had gained back all the weight room had lost when I was last watching carefully. Then I went to the dentist and as part of new screening they checked my blood pressure and it was very high and I take medication for that so that was the moments I realized I had to turn this ship around and change course. So I started tracking and making changes the next day.6
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Notreadytoquit wrote: »I was dying from untreated lyme disease. Had been taking the vodka cure for three years to self medicate. Went for my annual physical and the paper said OBESE. Slapped me sober.
Gave up alcohol. Lost 10 #'s. Got a better doctor, and treatment, went back to gym ... lost 20 #'s, switched to logging and real life exercise lost another 15#'s. After almost a decade of logging and moving I weigh what I did 40 years ago. I am fit, trim, enjoy food and cooking, and my friends on MFP.
A fan of real life cardio exercise, I could tighten the jiggle with some weight training. I'm looking for new friends who log and exercise. I can't get friend request to work on my tablet so please feel free to friend me. Thanks. Enjoy your Saturday all.
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Hi. What have you done to help your lyme disease?0
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Taking care of my dad in the last few weeks of his 10+ year battle with Alzheimer's disease.20
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It might sound a little strange buttt... Accepting myself. Not hating my body anymore. Finally accepting that this is me and I can love my body and want it to be smaller. I can love myself at a bigger size.
I just have so many bad examples around me of people that hate their weight no matter how thick/thin they are. I think I needed to break that chain reaction and fully be okay with the way I am "now" as a not goal, not working towards being perfectly skinny.
Somehow 100% being okay with how my body is helped me start to lose weight.
I'm not going to ever be perfect. I'm not going to eat veggies every meal. I'm still going to have chocolate every day, just not a big bar but a little one. Small changes every day add up. I don't have to be perfect, I don't have to lose 40 kilos in a month. All I need to do is take it one day, one hour at a time.
So yeah, I decided to take back control when I finally was a hundred percent accepting everything there was about myself. I keep reminding my grandmother realizing at 74 that she's had a distorted view of her body her entire life. I don't ever want to be like that.24 -
When I realized that a year and a half after moving to a high elevation area I still couldn't catch my breath after walking up a single flight of stairs. I was well past the acclimation period, so it was definitely my physical condition to blame.7
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When I couldn’t fit my clothes & I started to get out of breath really quick I was unhappy with myself6
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I was walking across the parking lot after school one day talking to a parent and I tripped over a curb. I fell and landed on my right side cracking a couple of ribs. I thought myself, if I didn't weigh over 400 lbs, the ribs wouldn't have cracked. And to add insult to injury (literally) I could not pick myself up, the parent had to help me. So embarrassing! I was already a Type 2 diabetic and when I went my doctor about the ribs, he wanted me to begin doing insulin shots because my A1C level over 9. I was scared and didn't want to the do that, so I told my doctor that if my A1C level wasn't lower and I hadn't lost weight when I came back in 3 months, then I would do whatever he recommended. I began by just making smarter food decisions, I still ate out daily. Then a couple weeks later I joined MFP for the accountability, resources, and support of like minded individuals. I've lost 19 lbs in about 5 weeks and rarely get takeout.34
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After losing weight 5 years ago I had knee problems and the weight crept back on. I love hiking but realised a month ago how much I’m struggling because of my weight. Holding myself accountable now and logging on mfp everyday and the weight has started to come off. It’s going to take a long time so slow and steady.14
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This is not my first time on MFP, and so this is not my first sort of AHA moment either, but it's probably the most emotional one I've had:
I went hiking and really struggled to make it a mile. At the end i broke down and cried, more upset with myself that i remember being in a log time.
It hit home harder than it probably should have, but i recently lost my dad, and he was the one that always encouraged me to enjoy being outside (we used to hike for hours when i was a kid), and here i was, struggling to make a mile loop......
i was ashamed and embarrassed, not to mention overheated since i dress to cover up, not to handle the nice summer weather....
Yeah somethings has to give, and it's going to have to be me.
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I got stretch marks on my lower stomach, and I cried. I have stretch marks everywhere else, but they're old and faded; these are new and red and honestly ugly as heck. I know that they'll fade, and I knew I'd gained some weight but I weighed myself and I was 240 pounds which is as big as I've ever been. It's not surprising I've gained weight since I can't go out due to lockdown, but I've always been overweight so I didn't really notice it. That I didn't have stretch marks on my stomach was somewhat of a matter of pride to me; it was something that I didn't feel I had to worry about since I've basically hovered around the same weight my whole life, but I guess that's what happens when you take things for granted.14
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I was never too bothered by weight, just a bit on the bigger side of average. I was active - I could out hike and out run most of my skinny friends. I figured I was 'fit fat', I come from a long line of big woman - I am by far the smallest. And then I was diagnosed as Type 2 diabetes. I spent a day crying and feeling very overwhelmed and then realised this is still in my control and I can maybe turn this around - so here I am. Down 13lbs since diagnosis, realistically another 30 to go to hit my goal weight. More important though, I feel in control of my health.18
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it was a two moments for me... i was re-organizing an online photo album and came across a pile of photos from my last trip to Nepal... at the saddle of an 18000' pass, carrying loaded duffel bags into a clinic tent, climbing up a long, steep, rocky gorge to the next pass, loading up horses with gear, etc. it suddenly hit me, i don't think i could do any of that right now and not because i am old or injured or ill, but because i am not doing what i need to be doing.
the second moment happened about a month later. i was getting a couple of daily reports on covid, one of which listed each new death in my state. almost every one included the phrase, "had underlying medical conditions". and the thought hit me, if i don't keep taking care of myself, that could be me way before it needs to be me.
the first moment helped me re-boot, the second to stay the course.15 -
When I decided to start living my life for me and no one else.13
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Literally 8 days ago after 30 years of neglect.
Looking forward to the future!12 -
It was a few different things: not being able to wear sundresses I'd made, becoming unwell with autoimmune diseases, seeing my ruddy face in a bloody zoom meeting. But the motivator was reading a book called 'Conquering Fat Logic'. It's not for everyone, but it was frankly written. And the writer said something like 'stop telling yourself you can't lose weight. There's lots of evidence that people do lose it and keep it off.' All types of people, not just those with a few pounds to go. The evidence is here on MFP, that that continues to be a motivator and reinforcer, too.7
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I just had it. On may 19th I weighed in at 382lbs. Afraid to get up to 400. My weight had jumped 12lbs in two weeks and my quality of sleep and energy level was very poor. Would wake up every 1 to 1
5 hrs through out the night. Couldn't stay asleep more than 2.5 hrs. I probably had a bout with sleep apnea because of trouble breathing while asleep. I've lost 38lbs down to 344 and feel and sleep way better. I recently got remotivated after I told a co worker I had just lost 32 lbs in a month by just dieting and she thought that was being lazy by not working out. I want to silence the naysayers who think I can't keep it up and my roomie doesn't think I'll lose 48lbs in 3 months to get down to 300.18 -
I just had it. On may 19th I weighed in at 382lbs. Afraid to get up to 400. My weight had jumped 12lbs in two weeks and my quality of sleep and energy level was very poor. Would wake up every 1 to 1
5 hrs through out the night. Couldn't stay asleep more than 2.5 hrs. I probably had a bout with sleep apnea because of trouble breathing while asleep. I've lost 38lbs down to 344 and feel and sleep way better. I recently got remotivated after I told a co worker I had just lost 32 lbs in a month by just dieting and she thought that was being lazy by not working out. I want to silence the naysayers who think I can't keep it up and my roomie doesn't think I'll lose 48lbs in 3 months to get down to 300.
Love your goal to lose 48 lbs. Consider being careful with time-tables. 16 lbs a month, or 4 lbs a week are VERY aggressive goals at any weight. If you do it in 6 months it would still be AWESOME!12 -
May have posted this already, too lazy to check, , , but when I retired I gained 8 pounds in 8 weeks and "POW!" the switch went "on". I knew I'd have to do something. So spent the next 14 months losing 70 lbs. My deepest hope and sincerest prayer is that that switch never goes "off". I'm not exactly sure how to prevent it, because it has gone off in the past. I'm logging my intake accurately everyday, weighing every morning and exercising at least 60 minutes a day in an effort to keep the switch "on" all the rest of my life.
HERE'S TO KEEPING THE SWITCH ON ! ! ! 🤞🙏19
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