What was the straw...

MikeSEA
MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
edited October 2 in Motivation and Support
That broke the proverbial camel's back?

. I can say that I had known I needed to lose weight for awhile. But one day i realized that the term "man teets" had started being used more frequently in my presence by a disturbing margin.
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  • Allyson1985
    Allyson1985 Posts: 148
    Straw for me was going into the hospital, nearly dead and not realizing it.
  • ronda_gettinghealthy
    ronda_gettinghealthy Posts: 777 Member
    my othopaedic surgeon called me "OBESE",, :explode: rude (but he was right!):ohwell:
  • cloneme_losehalf
    cloneme_losehalf Posts: 356 Member
    Oddly enough for me it was hurting my foot and having to be off of it for four days. I know I would not have had to be off that long had I weighed less and may not have even hurt it.
  • Cindy311
    Cindy311 Posts: 780 Member
    Just waking up one day and feeling like everything was just cracking under the weight (knees, back, ankles...).
  • thetorontokid2
    thetorontokid2 Posts: 231 Member
    buying a scale on new year's day and seeing that i was the biggest i had ever been!
  • jmelyan23
    jmelyan23 Posts: 1,648 Member
    That I was only 27 pounds away from 300. I promised myself I would never EVER let myself get that heavy.
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    I got asked when I was due by a total stranger. I went home that night and started to get serious about losing weight.
  • Kmhornak
    Kmhornak Posts: 42 Member
    Having fertility problems. Not being able to qualify for a fertility study because I was considered obese.
  • NatalieWiley
    NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
    That I let another birthday go by where I didn't hit my goal. I am tired of year after year saying I am going to get in shape and then that one year mark (my birthday) comes and once again I am no where near close to where I had seen myself. This time I am doing it because I WILL be in Vegas for my birthday!
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    when I stepped on a scale for the first time in years and saw the actual number!!!!!!!!!!!!! After I wiped away the tears and I first tried to lose weight but i was doing it all wrong and now I am on the right track doing it the correct way!!!!!!!
  • NaomiLyn15
    NaomiLyn15 Posts: 388 Member
    Trying on a bridesmaid dress for my friends wedding when it came in (6 wks after ordering) and not fitting into it. Lost 10 lbs for the wedding (crash diet), fit into the dress (barely), and then saw the pictures. Couldn't handle the way that I looked. I still cry when I look at them.... But, I am 30+ lbs away from that number now, and still paddling to get farther away. :)
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    Being single again and realizing that if I didnt think i was atractive how could others
  • elfy66
    elfy66 Posts: 138 Member
    A truly awful pic of me at a recent wedding where I just looked like a blob! I may dig it out and post it if I'm not too ashamed.
  • shawnscott5
    shawnscott5 Posts: 295 Member
    My husband and I went clothes shopping one day because we never buy anything for ourselves. I found a ton of cute jeans and tops and I went to try everything on. Sad to say I left there with 2 t-shirts and eyes full of tears.

    I refuse to go a size larger, so I just won't. My goal is to get back to a size 4 or 5, I am short and built that I can handle that size and still have meat on my bones. No more tears for this gal!!
  • winodini
    winodini Posts: 135 Member
    Realizing that I still weigh within 10 lbs of my post baby weight....5 years after the baby :0
  • Kylesfa
    Kylesfa Posts: 14 Member
    Going to the doctor and seeing a number that was wayyyy to high.
  • srandle175
    srandle175 Posts: 112
    My mom is a diabetic and one day I asked her if I could check my blood sugar with her machine. I was just curious. But the number was very high. It read as if I had diabetes. I have an appointment next month to have it checked.
  • ryanfeltz
    ryanfeltz Posts: 126
    Went to my aunt's and she happened to have a scale... i realized i weighed as much as i did when i was pregnant with my first baby..... FYI not pregnant now..
  • SixCatFaerie
    SixCatFaerie Posts: 690 Member
    Dislocating my knee a little over a year ago while trying to get up off of the floor. (yep, just by getting up off of the frackin' floor!!!) Never have I been in so much pain! Took about 6 weeks before I could walk normally without crutches or a cane.

    Then several months later my Dad looked so sad (hadn't seen him in about a year) & said that I should really try to lose some weight. It wasn't what he said - it was that look on his face! I'll never forget it. It was like complete & utter disappointment & sadness. Love you, Dad!
  • TooFatToFit
    TooFatToFit Posts: 285 Member
    I haven't had a straw actually. I've been thinking for a long time of getting healthier. I just didn't accomplish much until I lost 150lb of betraying husband and suddenly I was free to start doing the active things with my kids that I'd been trying to integrate into our lifestyle for a year or more. I had already stopped overeating, now we were starting more active hobbies (geocaching, cross country skiing, etc). It wasn't enough though and somehow over the summer I managed to gain another ten...still not overeating, being more active...but I was eating all convenience and fast food. Not good for the kids either. I was already planning on joining a gym as soon as the kids started school again (since I was laid off in the spring and am going back to school, leaving me time) and I've done that. I had another app for calorie counting on my iphone but wasn't thrilled with it so I tried this one...and I've been very dedicated to it since then.
  • catlover98611
    catlover98611 Posts: 38 Member
    One day in Nov I woke up being sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. My kids were seniors in high school and I wasn't sure I wanted to be around to watch them graduate, let alone grow up and go to college. Thank God I found a wonderful program when I did that addressed the weight issue first so I felt like a woman again and not a beached whale, then came the real work...UGH... Happy to say both girls are in college and I'm looking forward to that graduation day!!!
  • learnbygoing
    learnbygoing Posts: 103 Member
    Realizing that I was one pound away from being listed as overweight. Obesity is a trend in my family, and I never want to get as large as my parent/grandparents did.
  • SmangeDiggs
    SmangeDiggs Posts: 238 Member
    Realising i had no photos of me with my newborn because i deleted all the ones that i ''looked'' fat in...well when you are fat of course you are going to look fat....duh
  • GApchnWA
    GApchnWA Posts: 2
    I was asked by a lady at my church if I was pregnant. I'm unmarried and seeing a gentleman in the church, I became fearful that if she thought we were doing things to get me pregnant someone else might and that it would cause him to have to step out of his many roles in the church. So I got motivated to protect our reputations and reaquire what I had lost.... a healthy weight and my previous wardrobe!
  • elfy66
    elfy66 Posts: 138 Member
    can;t post pics :(
  • msmellebelle
    msmellebelle Posts: 101
    Many things...the scale is reading the heaviest number I have ever seen for me...I feel awkward sometimes around my boyfriend who recently lost weight...looking in the mirror and not recognizing myself...seeing pictures from vacation and wondering, do I always look that round?

    Mostly, being habitually sick because my immune system has weakened due to obesity.
  • PrincessStubbie
    PrincessStubbie Posts: 109 Member
    You would think when I stepped on the scale after a very long time and seeing 303 that I would hit it hard and heavy...I lost 20 pounds, but put it right back on again.....I had been hovering around 300 again, but still nothing...my husband was diagnosed with diabetes back in August and so our whole life has changed...for the better! I follow his food plan now and the rest is history...I am not hitting 300 again!
  • auntbyte
    auntbyte Posts: 32 Member
    Great question! It's good to keep my reasons for being here fresh on my mind.

    I didn't qualify for a weight loss program because my blood work revealed SO many things wrong. Went to the dr., showed her this lab work and her response was "we just can't determine WHEN you'll have a heart attack" (!) With a really strong family history of heart disease and the scales off the charts, I started searching for help. Epicurious.com voted this website the best app.......and I was off and running!......er, rather, limping along. I don't know what it is about this program...maybe it's having to be accountable for every single thing I put in this old, beat up body. Touch wood, I'm averaging a 2.5 lb. loss per week (and my goal is 1.5).
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    After field placement in Lima, Peru, saw some pics uploaded by friends in college from our trip, and I looked terrible.

    We landed on the night of my 24th birthday.

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    Here's a pic from that day, birthday party on the roof of the Roosevelt hotel.

    Realized how terrible I looked. Funny it takes someone elses photos or 'perspective' to make me realize it.
  • KazziaLlewellynn
    KazziaLlewellynn Posts: 127 Member
    I've been obese most of my life so that honestly didn't bother me, until a woman I know who is having a baby soon told me that her doctor put her "at risk" during her pregnancy. It was sad to realize that my weight could severely affect a child I want so very badly. God made me to be a mom. I don't want risk hurting my child, or dying young because I wouldn't change bad habits and laziness.
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