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

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!!

After I had my third child almost 2 years ago I was at the lowest weight I'd been since I got married 7 years ago. It was great...I was fitting into jeans I had long packed away and knew I looked great. I've always been lucky that each pregnancy resulted in a smaller me at the end due to the better diet and no booze. Knowing this was my last baby I swore that I wouldn't gain it back. I was 155 then (I'm 5'11") and said at first if the scale hit 160 I'd start watching myself. Then I said 165. Then we went on vacation and suddenly I was just about 170 but not quite there yet so I made another allowance and said as long as I stayed under 170 I was fine. Then I kept eating poorly and drinking too many calories. I briefly tried WW but it was too complicated for me and I didn't stick with it and put on another 5 pounds after. Finally after a week of really horrible eating and drinking leading up to and through Thanksgiving and noticing even the pants I bought as my "fat" pants were getting snug I had it. I HS friend posted on FB that she was doing MFP and if anyone wanted to join her and I signed up. So far I'm down 3 pounds in about a week and loving it!

I got an iPhone and it turns out there is an app for that.

My "a-ha" moment...when my friend said while walking together that our husbands were checking out some cute girls that walked by because "they were thinner than OUR fat a**es", that did it. I'm 5'10" and was 185 lbs when she said that. Now that I think about it, I'm down to 149 lbs and wear a size 4/6 jean (from a tight 12/14) and she has never once commented on my weight loss, or any of the healthy lifestyle changes I have since made. Interesting realization I am having as I type this....

I relocated and have a new job where we can wear jeans on Friday's. Well I went to get some jeans out of the closet and realized that I couldn't fit any of them in there. I went shopping for the next size up and had a rude awakening that not only do I need a size up, I needed two sizes up and I refused to buy anything. I was depressed that evening and decided that I need to do something about it. Plus, I'm always sleepy. No matter how many hours of sleep I get, I'm still tired. So I started working out last week and I feel great. I actually lost my 2 lb weight goal this week. Yay!

just today I went home for a visit and took some pictures with the family and was horrified at how big i have gotten.

Looking at pictures from when I lost 30lbs three years ago and hearing that my excessively overweight ex back home had lost a lot of weight... I felt like if I could do it once, then I can do it again and find some way to keep it off. And if he could do it, then I could do it! And I have... I'm almost at goal...and I'm keeping it off by training for a half marathon and also re-joining my ultimate frisbee team for another season! Keeping in shape over the winter is to ensure that I can play frisbee for the three seasons in 2012...because man, that game is intense! Especially if you're like me and you've never played sports before!

I'm headed on a cruise. I knew I needed to drop some lbs to feel completely good about laying on that deck by the pool. SO GLAD I STARTED!!! Now I don't want to stop!

Had some blood work done and the doctor told me I am borderline diabetic and I refuse to stick my fingers and take shots. I am scared of needles big time!! Also, I want to be a good example for my kids, I don't want them to know what it's like to be overweight. I have many of other reasons but these 2 are the main ones.

when the family photos came back last year.