What was a your wake up call?!

jesscorinne
jesscorinne Posts: 72
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
So what made you decide to lose weight? What hit you, to make you say "I really NEED to LOSE weight!"
For me it was a picture taken of me with a double chin and 3 rolls you could see through my xxL shirt and early that week I had a pair of relitively new jeans rip down the middle we I bent over to get my bag! I was 12...
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  • kendib
    kendib Posts: 155 Member
    Being 26 and having the doctor talk about putting you on blood pressure medicine, if I didn't lose weight.
  • kaetra
    kaetra Posts: 442 Member
    Horrifying cholesterol test results. My poor :heart:
  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
    A picture I took at mothers day, I was shocked!!
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    I went to get dressed and a shirt that used to be very loose on me was too snug. I tried another shirt, same thing. I tried several more shirts with the same result. I said this is ridiculous I'm not buying a whole new wardrobe and then outgrowing that too.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Someone saw an old photo of me and commented about how thin I used to be.
  • Nonibug
    Nonibug Posts: 1,214 Member
    1. Mine was 4 years ago when my doctor started talking about total knee replacements because I had so much pain in them. I was edging near 350 lbs.

    2. When I would go to my oldest sons football games, I would have to find a seat at the bottom of the bleachers because my knees were to bad and I was to big to walk up the stairs.
  • 0AmyMarie0
    0AmyMarie0 Posts: 315
    I couldn't afford to buy another size up in clothes...and needed to.
  • Thelala
    Thelala Posts: 47 Member
    that awful MORBID obesity word. I used to be tiny teeny but I'm not any more. I'm on my way back for good!
  • Thelala
    Thelala Posts: 47 Member
    I'm with you!
  • Fitdiva83
    Fitdiva83 Posts: 51 Member
    All pants couldn't fit anymore and I refuse to buy more clothing and have different sizes in my clothes.
  • charlesb22
    charlesb22 Posts: 110 Member
    Trying on clothes and catching sight of myself in the change room mirror - under fluoro lights, the least flattering sight ever :sad:
  • mimirenea
    mimirenea Posts: 17
    Always being thin throughout most of my life until I started having my kids. Looking at old high school pictures, and seeing my reflection when I sat down and had 3 tummy rolls that seemed to support my boobs. Feeling so insecure that I had to wear my bf's baggy clothes cuz I outgrew mine. Refusing to buy anything with numbers and only get clothes that stated XL. Getting comments from old friends/relatives saying wow? What happened? You really let yourself go. I remember you being a size 5, you were so pretty.
  • klynn81
    klynn81 Posts: 178 Member
    Several things....but seeing 275 on the scale scared the shiz outta me, and I thought, omg only 25 more lbs and I'll hit 300. I know how miserable I've felt in the 200's I could only imagine how depressed I'd be in the 300's. NO WAY was I gonna let that happen!!
  • jtheroux89
    jtheroux89 Posts: 48 Member
    Having the doctor tell me I have higher cholesterol than I should for being 22 years old... that was the first time I've ever really considered how I've been treating my body. I guess it's easy to not even think about it and assume health problems come later in life.
  • dimplez711
    dimplez711 Posts: 88
    When my doctor told me I should look into gastric bypass surgery.
  • bluegirl91
    bluegirl91 Posts: 6
    My major wake up call was when my doctor told me I had high cholesterol (239). At only 21 years of age that was a very big sign to me that I needed to get healthy. Plus I want to look (and feel) sexy again :blushing:
  • jtheroux89
    jtheroux89 Posts: 48 Member
    My major wake up call was when my doctor told me I had high cholesterol (239). At only 21 years of age that was a very big sign to me that I needed to get healthy. Plus I want to look (and feel) sexy again :blushing:

    I think we have the exact same reasons! :) haha
  • JARREFAN
    JARREFAN Posts: 14 Member
    When I asked to join my local gym they took my blood pressure then advised I get a note from a doctor unless i wasn't allowed to join:cry:
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    Having knee surgery weighing over 300lbs and having to have special supplies as I was so heavy.
    Wanted to see my kids grow up and enjoy my grand children
  • Twinsmomma27
    Twinsmomma27 Posts: 7
    I refused to buy the next size up in jeans. Than I saw a picture of myself and I look so much bigger everywhere!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Going over the 200 lb mark. Enough was enough.
  • Cheryl188
    Cheryl188 Posts: 113 Member
    We decided to get some life insurance and I was denied based solely on my weight. All my other tests came back great. I'm only 32. That day I contacted a personal trainer and I've been working out every day since December 7, 2011.
  • CAWStar
    CAWStar Posts: 23
    Having only two pairs of jeans that fit and then going to the doctor and being told if my blood pressure didn't come down in three months I would have to start taking meds. He admitted most people that start taking bp meds don't ever come off. Screw that, I'm gonna lose this weight!!!
  • KNMD
    KNMD Posts: 28 Member
    I have been steady gaining despite my best efforts for 6 years, I have never seen the scale drop, not even when doing the C2-5K program for 5 months. So I stopped exercising, since it didn't matter.

    Then I got my Cholesterol back.... was 115 (during exercise), now 208! 3 more weeks until the recheck.
    I may not lose weight, but I won't shorten my life out of disappointment in my physical appearance. I'm now exercising 30 minutes almost EVERY day, and working hard to get that number down.
  • JDavid007
    JDavid007 Posts: 331 Member
    I finally after years of dreaming that I would get into shape. My clinical depression was finally getting worse and worse. I started to see doctors and got more medication. They found I was very deficient in vitamin D and my Testosterone was way below normal. That visit to over the Testosterone was what did it for me. They did not say lose weight I just read about what could cause low Testosterone and weight was one of them as well as making me more depressed than normal. So I started to hit the gym at work and been going for almost 5 weeks strait nonstop. Have not had many down days and feel so good.:drinker:
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    2 things

    1. My wife telling me I was unattractive fat
    2. A picture where I looked like a fat walrus

    What woman would want to be with that?
    BING!
    Wake Up Call!
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    A picture I saw of myself at Easter where I weighed 190lbs. I couldn't believe how big I was.
  • Starla_
    Starla_ Posts: 349
    deciding i wanted to join the police force and realising id have to change a lot of things.
  • mkinzalow
    mkinzalow Posts: 13
    My wake up call was when at the age of 21 the doctor told me that I have high blood pressure.
  • superstarcassie
    superstarcassie Posts: 296 Member
    After I found out that I had sleep apnea and had to wear a CPAP machine. After a few weeks of that- I snapped and started to lose weight. I joined a gym and literally started walking at a 2.5 on the treadmill for 10 mins and used the elliptical for 5. I thought I was going to die.....but I kept pushing and working hard. After around 7 to 8 months using the CPAP machine and losing the first 75ish lbs, I was able to finally get rid of it! I was motivated to become healthy and athletic. Here I am almost 2 years later still working towards my goal and loving the healthier life I have chosen to live! :)
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