What sparked "I'm going to lose that weight!"

Everything else in my life is going well. Good job-although its not my dream job, school is going great, why not get on the ball with losing weight.I have a clean bill of health and would like to keep it that way. Excess weight isn't healthy and I want to be the healthiest me I can :bigsmile:

Plus my father's side of the family is morbidly obese. A lot of them have died from all kinds of things- diabetes, weight, etc. I don't want that to be me.

I had a baby, I was 220lbs. My grandma was diagnosed with colon cancer from a lifetime of horrible diet. She died at 69 years old. I realized that I didn't want that for myself or my child. I didn't want to perpetuate the cycle of obesity that is in my family.

I decided I was putting more time and effort into thinking negative about myself and spending more time trying to avoid social situations than it would take to begin to eat right and exercise to look and feel better.

When my doctor diagnosed me with a genetic immune system deficiency and said "if you get pneumonia again, there's a good chance you will die."

When I stepped on the scale and it said 263. I had no idea I was that big. I figured I was around 235 at my heaviest.

Goes to show you can't tell on your own. You need tools. Scales, the Y and My Fitness Pal.

Now I'm almost under 200lbs. Just a little more work to do.

Hi,

For me, it was a couple of things. I had my annual physical, and wanted to get off of the cholesterol medication I had been taking as my legs were "killing" me. He wasn't sold on that idea, but I quit taking it cold turkey, and within a week, my legs felt MUCH better. However, he indicated to me that my blood sugar was elevated at that time. Please come back in two months.
Two months later, my cholesterol level had skyrocketed (but I was NOT going to go back on Lipitor), and my blood sugar levels were still elevated. So he sent me to a dietician who basically told me these things: 1. Begin eating breakfast 2. Keep your total "carbs" to 15 or under a day (15 grams of carbohydrate = 1 "carb") 3. Write down EVERYTHING you eat.

Well, I left her office, convinced she was a 'quack' but totally willing to try it. That was the end of August, and by December, I had lost about 30 pounds. I kept at it, and by the following summer, I had lost about 70 pounds. I didn't do it just by dieting. I began walking, and walking, and walking. When I saw a friend of mine, and he asked what I had done, I told him about the diet, and said, "and then, I walked my *kitten* off." He turned me around and whispered in my ear, "Literally." He died about two months later, and that is one of my favorite memories of Dave.....and him telling me that his dad didn't believe him when he told him who I was. His dad totally didn't recognize me.

Kaye

My Mom, who has battled weight all her life, got shoulder replacement surgery and is on track for both knees to be done as well. She's yo-yo'd three times since her late 20's, mostly by cutting calories and not exercising. I don't want to end up like her in my 60's.

Not recognizing myself in a photo. I was looking at photos I took at a friend's wedding and didn't recognize myself standing next to my brother. It was a huge eye opening experience. That was April 2009. Have lost 70lbs since then.

I got a job that required dressy clothes every day. Every single morning I would stand in my closet, upset that nothing fit or nothing looked nice. I opened my eyes one morning and said "oh hell no!" and started that day.

1) Facing the thought of having to buy a bigger pants size AGAIN.
2) FINALLY owning up to the fact that a past history of an eating disorder is NOT A free pass to eat whatever I wanted now, however much I wanted now, and not take care of myself now. I have to be careful to not go overboard into Obsessive Mode about counting calories, but I owe it to myself to be healthy. Period.

Honestly it was so many things. I was having issues at work with a bully and my thought was how can I deal with this when I feel like crap about myself. In some way I wanted to blame myself and my thought was I had to feel better to do better. I also have 15 year old twin girls, one with her own weight issues and it was as if a brick hit me in the head that I better be a positive role model for them before they are out of my hands. Dealing with rheumatoid arthritis and not wanting to take the medication, I decided I would do everything in my power to feel better naturally. I simply got sick and tired of being sick and tired. This is what sparked my motivation to drop the weight burden, now and forever!!!

We had a vacation planned with my husbands best friend, his wife and their daughter. While talking on the phone with her making plans for the trip she said to me, "Well at least I don't have to worry about you being all skinny and making me look bad this trip. hahaha" :noway: She is a heavy girl and the last time we saw them was before I had my daughter and I was thin. It made me so angry and hurt me so much that it was enough to push me. The next day I started my journey and I've never looked back. 25 lbs down went from a size 12/13 to a size4/ 6 and my profile pic is the bikini I bought while we were on our trip with them. I love her to death but EAT YOUR HEART OUT HONEY bc I worked my *kitten* off to get where I am! :bigsmile:

Barely fitting on a roller coaster. That as the thing that put me over the edge.

I had previously lost weight a few years ago and gotten rid of all of the pants I couldn't wear any more. Now putting on weight again and having to cram myself into my pants, having them cut into my gut all day, and facing the fact that I would have to buy all new pants in a size bigger. Most of the jeans I had bought when I dropped the weight are wearing out and ripping and I need new clothes. I decided I'd rather not have to buy the bigger size.

Back surgery and realizing that I disliked myself because of my weight. Sooner or later you hit that point where you just can't take it anymore. I realized that I used to be in great shape, and it was completely accomplishable. I kept talking myself out of weightloss years before and saying I couldn't do it because I was already too big, and I'd need to lose weight to be able to function actively. Then 1 month ago I did a 5k just for kicks with no training. I finished in under 45 minutes. I'd been working out with a trainer, but not doing any cardio. When I actually finished the thing at 290 pounds approx. (down from 330+), I'd come to the realization I can do it, and I need to do it. And now, I AM doing it. At the gym 4-5 times a week, lifting 2-3 times a week, cardio 1-3 times a week. And I'm now down at 280, that's 25 pounds of tracked weight loss since september 26th, now there's no looking back.