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

A boy on my son's football team told him, "Your mom is fat" and he got into a fight. I figure if he is going to fight because someone says something about me I prefer he punch someone out for saying, "Your mom is HOT". I am down 33 lbs as of this morning.

My husband and I are trying to start a family and I want to be healthier

Dr told me I needed to lose weight because I was borderline diabetic. Scared me so I started changing my eating and exercise habits right away. So far, 20 lbs down and I feel so much better. Next Dr. appt. is next week so anxious to see what the outcome will be.

Looking in the mirror. Looking at old pictures of myself. Not wanting to go swimming or to the water park and I LOVE THOSE! I want to be healthy so that my daughter has a good example to follow.

My cousin in law lost a lot of weight by running. I was speaking to her one day (didn't see her for a while) and I noticed something different put couldn't put it in my head. I thought she got a new piercing or new hairstyle. Then my girlfriend said "she lost a lot of weight didn't she". I'm like OMG so that's what was different. :laugh: This got me motivated.

Then a few days later my friend told me to go buy Nike+ so we can compete online. I bought it online and had it shipped to my house.

The same day the package came to my house, I got lay off from my job :sad: . So I realized that I had too much free time now and I'm able to go ahead and lose some weight. 6 months later I'm still unemployed (working part timers) and I'm down 40lbs. I believe things happen for a reason and if I never got lay off I would be even more fat than I already was. My eating habits from working was fast food / restaurants for breakfast and lunch. Nowadays its clean but not spotless :bigsmile:

My husband is a type 2 diabetic and was placed on insulin. It totally shattered my world (not judging, just personal). I made a vow then and there to get healthier and do something about the unhappiness that I constantly have with my body. 17lbs down (11 with MFP) and already starting to get the workout high. I love it!

I started really bringing my "A" game to my health after taking care of my in-laws for a week. They have so many health issues at 71, that they are less capable than my Nana who is turning 97 in Feb.

Hitting 199 my breaking moment. I absolutely refused to have a scale that showed 200.

Being over weight my whole life, doing the starvation diet in high school down to size 0 had kids and gained it back plus some. Being bullied and made fun of, refuse to have my picture taken and see myself as disgusting in pictures I do see. I want to be free from this feeling once and for all.

Otherwise than relatively temporary pregnancy weight gain, I have only been really overweight for about 6 years. The first 50 lbs was due to a medication. The next 30 or so was a gradual climb from yoyo dieting and emotional eating. I kept thinking that I might just get okay with it - a matronly look for this stage of my life. Not even my 30 year high school reunion was enough to kick my butt in gear and it was painful going to that so fat. I have noticed myself getting more and more photo and mirror phobic. But for some reason, staring my 50th birthday in the face (January 2012) was the catalyst. Don't mind the age - I do mind the fat. I don't recognize myself when I look in the mirror.

There is a strong, fit, healthy me trapped in here and I want out!!

Spectacularly bad break up with ex. Wanted him to know what he was missing. 30 pounds later, he has seen the changes and is very impressed. Best thing is, now I don't want him back. I can and will do better!!

Well a number of things for me. My dad had a heart attack and found out he had Diabetes, I realized then that this could happen to me one day. A quote a friend of my posted "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interest in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses; only results - Kenneth Blanchard" This was a real kick in the butt to me. Then I posted something on facebook to one of my health nut friends, it was me being jealous is what it boil's down to, and he pretty much kicked me in the write direction with tough love. I have since realized he isn't a health nut or exercise junky, he is doing what is good for his body and wants everyone else to do it too and in hopes to being an inspiration. He is one of my biggest inspirations. Also my kids, when I run around and hear myself short of breath really fast, I know something needs to give. When I was diagnosed with Gestational diabetes in my pregnancy, and though I lost a lot of weight in my pregnancy and was no longer considered a diabetic after my pregnancy, I knew that my chances were really high and I had better do something about it now.

So here I am 72lbs lighter

I've been trying to find the motivation to lose the baby weight from my final kid for the last two years. Like some other folks, it was a picture that snapped me out of denial. I didn't recognize myself:



Because I used to look like this before baby:



And in the interim, my husband had a major career change--joined the military. I hate feeling embarrassed to meet the men and women he works with--especially his commanding officers--because I'm overweight. My husband doesn't care--he treats me as the sexiest thing on the planet no matter what size I am. Which, of course, makes me want to be fit all the more. A man like that deserves to have arm-candy for a wife!

I can relate to you when it comes to your Husband. My Boyfriend treats me like I am the most beautiful, sexiest thing on the planet too........ even at 255 (my heaviest when we first meant a little over two years ago). I just want to show him how sexy I really can be :-) And bring out my inner beauty along with it! GO YOU for getting on the weight loss train..... and btw you have such a BEAUTIFUL family!!

I've finally become happy with my weight. If I were to stay 235 (current weight) for the rest of my life I would be fine, but now I want to be better! I started taking anti-depressants in May because my doctor and I thought I had chemical depression. Once I started taking them, I had LOADS of energy and lost 20 lbs (was almost 270)! I then felt better, joined MFP, and am finally losing more weight.

However, I need to be honest... I wasn't really committed to logging everything. Then my super skinny sister challenged me to a two week test of logging everything under our calorie goal. Whoever went over first, or didn't log at all would buy sushi. Thus began our December Sushi Challenge! Now that I am taking EVERYTHING I eat and logging it, I have lost 5 more lbs bringing my total MFP weight loss to 15 lbs! My fiance and I joined a gym and I look forward to going.

Now that I know weight loss is easy when you have a calorie deficit, I look forward to being a size 12 (or smaller) and living a looooong health life!

I thought one day "Life doesn't last forever and I have wasted 31 years not liking myself". "I want to feel skinny(healthy) for the first time in my life".

Pretty much that

Awesome and I feel the exact same way!!! Good for you!!! YAY!