What motivated you to begin your weighloss journey?

Seeing pictures of me at 218 lbs. I looked like I had been injected with some kind of puffy stuff. Lookin' at my size 18W pants on the bed and thinking how huge they were also had a little something to do with it.

Time for a change!!! Started this with my Best friend of 13 years "Happybunny" (log-in) almost a month ago. We don't live close to each other so it's a great way to support each other!

A bunch of things but a big one was the day I dropped my purse in the floorboard of the car and went to bend sideways to grab it and realized I couldn't.. there was too much of me in the way. I decided right then "oh heck no, this can't keep on going like this" and started taking it off pound by pound..

I had two damn..is this really me moments. One I saw myself on a video tape and Before I saw it I thought I was cute..and the truth was I was just really fat..regardless..The second is someone I cared about blurred out in a moment of anger.. that I was fat and undesirable compared to other women! That moment..I felt so small..inside.I never felt that person felt that way about me. But they did. The good thing is I knew who I was and it was a damn shame they couldn't see it. Now I'm ready to back up the *kitten* I talk. If these people really can't see pass my weight.. I can loss it. But I will forever see passed them.

When I was 2lbs away from 200lbs, I decided I'd never be 200lbs. Pictures keep me motivated now. I want to look how I feel on the inside. There is a skinny girl in there somewhere!

Honestly it was this site, I am an obsessive person (ocd), and this site made losing weight a great thing to "twik" on.


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Just got too big for my britches

I had been in a slump for quite a while always thinking "I really need to join a gym.. I really need to start working out again.. I really need to.. blah blah blah"... And then I started talking to guy friend of mine and everytime he said he was heading to the gym, I would always think "I really should do that," and one day I finally took action.

I drove past the gym at lunch and signed up that night as a Christmas present to myself (It was just before this past Christmas). Absolute best gift I could have ever given myself.

I've worked out 4 to 6 times a week every week since I joined, and have actually exceeded my trainer's expectations (he just thought I was a fat old lady... he's only 24... what does he know?).

Being told by my Dr. that I was border line diabetic. My mom and two of my brothers were diabetics when they passed away. I need to lose weight in order to be healthy.

I went to my OB at the beginning of January, and saw that I had gained 30 lbs, since last may!! OMG!!!!!!! Hideous!!!:sad:

I was in a play, and when we were sorting out costumes, we found that nothing would fit me. It was really embarrassing. So I decided that I was going to lose weight so that it could never happen again. My profile picture here is Lady Gaga, I use her to help keep myself motivated.

My sister was struggling with diabetes and I joined this site in May, 2011 to "help her". I too was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on June 14, 2011. I came home and ate everything in my refrigerator and then started this journey on MFP for real on June 15, 2011. (shoot, I missed the mango sorbet and had to give it to my neighborhood children). I began a low carb, low sugar and low sodium diet. I logged everything in faithfully and walked the hills in my neighborhood daily. 83 pounds off later and my doctor feels I will be off all medication by the end of next month. The potential health complications of diabetes motivates me and keep me from failing this plan like all others in the past. I feel healthy, I just joined a gym to push my exercise and muscle building to the next level and I have a goal of becoming an "athelete". I started this journey in fear and now I am on this journey for life, proud, motivated, and feeling pretty powerful. I reach my first goal by moving from morbidly obese to a healthy BMI. I now take this weight loss journey one meal at a time, one day at a time and so far this is working for me!

Have been the BIG girl my entire life. Lost 5-10 lbs to regain 15-20 over and over again. Got married at 16 had a baby a year later another baby 16 months after the first and a 3rd baby 15months after the 2nd one. Was in a controlling marriage with a jealous person who feared if I lost weight other guys would notice. So I just stayed fat and pretended to be happy. 2 yrs ago I ended the marriage. But turned to food as a new companion and hit an all time high of over 300lbs. In August of 2011 I had surgery and took longer to heal due to my size. I woke up one morning in late August and decided...it was time to take care of ME! I deserved to be healthy and happy..my kids deserved a healthy mom...and that day decided no more excuses,no more pitty parties it was time! Since August 28th I've dropped 81lbs. I have another 70lbs to go but I know I'll get there! And better than numbers lost on a scale..I have energy...I find myself starting to smile,I can play with my kids,I can walk up my stairs actually I can run up my stairs. Moving forward and refusing to look back!

I feel like I am already half way through my life and I have not met my goal weight. I have yo-yo dieted for years. I want a life change that sticks. I want to learn how to eat right and sustain it for the rest of my life. I was taught got habits but it's easier to develop bad habits than good habits. Bad habits taste better, bad habits are easier to find, bad habits are easier to prepare and bad habits are cheaper. It's so easy to sit on the couch and watch TV or sit at the computer surfing the net. It take energy, motivation and time to put on your workout gear and go do it. How much longer am I gonna take? I don't want to have regrets when my health starts to deteriorate from bad eating habits (Diabetes runs in my family). Plus I want to look really hot in a cute outfit someday soon.