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

I just woke up one morning and thought, "I can't take this fat on my body ANYMORE!" plus, I want to be healthy when I have kids!

Turning 50.
Having my dad tell me I was going to die and leave my son alone.
Visiting a city I used to live in and not calling old friends because I didn't want them to see how fat I was.
Feeling tired all the time.
Hating to look in the mirror.

Its been a rough few years, I've had four babies, one of which who passed away at 20 days old, I've had marital struggles, and recently seperated, and I just found myself really eager to dig the old me out of this mess and revive a little bit of who I used to be before life got rocky. I'm excited to be healthier and happier and more confidant for my kids, as well as for me. Its time to shake off this excess and feel free!

Katie

having the doctor tell me I have to go on cholesterol meds!!! I said, no, and she said, well loose the weight and eat better, so I said okay!! and here I am!!!

The above photo was my breaking point. I thought I looked good then I got photographic proof that I did not!! I could hardly recognise myself, I had no collar bones but I did have back fat and I could feed a village with my arms.

I got a new doctor this past year who ordered a fasting blood test. The results were mostly good then it said that my cholesterol was above normal...I knew I had gained weight, but the potential health problems were what changed me.
I also could no longer fit into any of my clothes ....i could squeeze into them and pretend but it made me look and feel awful.

Now I fit my clothes, and I havent been back to the doctor but I feel 100% better

coworker (male) told me he didn't recognize me when i was bending over at the watercooler and that i had put on some weight. that did it. i was mortified but i thank him still for giving me that wake up call.

Dec. 27, 2010 I weighed the highest in my life 177. I had to keep my jeans unbuttoned and wear a sweatshirts over it so no one saw. But that day I was holding our baby girl and realized that I ant to make sure i walk her down the aisle someday so I decided something had to change. As I sat there I googled weight loss and MFP came up. I started logging that day and then started exercise soon after. Since that day I have lost 30 pounds and recently completed a half marathon.

I've always been a bigger girl - when I was younger I was taller than everyone in my class (I hit 5'8" at eleven years old), and I started putting the weight on in high school. I'm still a little embarrassed to admit this, but I hit 200lbs in 2010 - and somehow, that was the year I got my first boyfriend EVER. He was slim and sweet and totally fine with my size, which was wonderful, but *I* was never fine with it. I would shy away from letting him see me or touch me - not because I thought he'd judge me, but because I didn't feel the least bit attractive or sexy. That was the biggest kickstarter for me. I joined a gym in January of this year.

But to be honest, I spent a good five months half-assing it. I'd drag myself to the gym three times a week and then completely blow all my hard work in one day going out with friends. It was a really vicious cycle of self-sabotage and made me miserable. And there was one night at the end of May when I broke down crying as I talked to my mom. She handled things wonderfully, as moms do, and offered me some weight loss books. I scoffed at them and told her "programs like that are crap". She looked at me and went, "Why don't you try it? Just for one month and see how things go? What do you have to lose - except some weight?"

Those words, finally, got through to me. Since June, I've lost 30lbs on my own! But I've hit a plateau and have had trouble kick-starting things again, which is where MFP comes in. I'm hoping that this will get me down into the 140s, a weight I haven't seen since I was in eighth grade!!