what was your wake up call?

I was laid off from my job in Jan of 2011, i was on unemployment for almost a year, all i did was sit on the couch and apply for jobs via the internet, then in Dec i finally got an interview, for the first time i realised i couldnt ware any of my clothes, i got on the scale and realised i weight 30 pounds heaver than the year before, i got scared, i never thought i would get obeise (sp?), just thought i was alittle overweight until then, Jan 1st i made i started on my diet, i didnt really have much success until i started calorie counting with MPF on Jan 15th, since then i have lost 28 pounds

Mine is I am diagnosed at prediabetic right now. And I have high blood pressure. And I have two kids (fourth graders) and a loving husband that I am not ready to leave yet. On top of the fact that I am almost 100 pounds over weight is a topping on the cake, so to speak. Good luck to everyone. We ALL can do this.

My wake up call came in several parts. When I moved in with my boyfriend three years ago I had dropped over 75lbs and looked great. Over the past few years almost all of it has come back. I saw what I looked like at the last family reunion and felt sick. Then everyone in the family started talking about how cute it is that he and I have both put on weight, showing that we are comfortable together.
Now I can't fit into his pajama bottoms and weigh almost as much as he does, when he used to have a good 60lbs on me.
Then finally, the plus sized catalogues a started showing up, and that was enough for me.
Many tears and lots of beating myself up later, I've started.

Now, I've gone Paleo to improve my health overall, have lost 13 lbs through diet and lots of cycling, and we're both training for the Seattle to Portland bike ride. My reward to myself for starting this journey was a major investment in a recumbent trike - now we can go out cycling together. He's always been very fit, but then there was me, not fit at all.

I'm getting there, slowly, but I'm getting there, and enjoying the journey with a wonderful support system.

In December seeing the box of Enntimen's chocolate donuts that I ate the night before in the trash. It just suddenly hit me that I was eating entire boxes of donuts in 10 minutes time and going to get more to eat. When was it going to stop?

Then I saw a news report on one of my best friends who lost over 100 pounds last year. We used to over-eat together and had similar issues. I figured if she could do it then so could I.

Doc thought I might have Lou Gehrig's disease.

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My wake up call was realizing that I had gained back 30 of the 60 lbs I had lost three years ago, and that at 23 I was relying on 2-3 mountian dew's a day then sleeping pills at night to keep me going...that at 23 I didn't have the energy to do anything that I wanted, and that I would rather spend a friday or saturday at home than out with friends...I didn't feel good about myself, i hated my body...and I couldnt do that any more. So..I cut out pop completly, and started eating about 75% clean....i allow myself a treat every now and then, but it is something small, like 2 or 3 hersheys kisses, or a cookie...i would have never been able to do that before, 2 kisses ould be 20, a cookie would be 3 or 4...i am just starting out with my journey, but i already feel healthier, stronger, and have more energy that before.

My doctor. At my first visit with my new doctor, she minced no words when telling me that she thought I should lose weight and start exercising that very day. I'm not fat/heavy, but after a few months of feeling angry at her, I decided that her lack of tact didn't make her wrong. I was at the top of the normal weight range and I knew it. I wasn't in shape anymore, and I knew it. I was (and still am) carrying some tiny rolls around the stomach and bonus fat on my thighs, and yes, I knew it. I'd also failed many crash diets before, but decided to try one more time (this time with a more sensible and gradual approach). Thank goodness I found MFP this time. The website and all of you are exactly the support I needed!

When I realized my arms were starting to look like thighs. :noway:

This made me lol, sorry!

Fitting into my wedding dress lol. I've already bought it but we haven't made alterations to it or had an fittings yet. I want to look amazing on my wedding day and it's 6 months away. I figured I better get started!

Actually seeing myself in my honeymoon pictures .... totally not how I FELT -->enter change

My wake up call was realizing I had gained 30 lbs in a year, I went from 313 to 343. I have been heavy all my life, but not this bad. AND I have an awesome job that requires me to travel to San Francisco at least once a month... free travel, free frood, free hotel... I keep pushing out the date because I don't fit in an airplane seat....

I have lost 11lbs so far, I am struggling, but I NEED to do this....

I'm 35 yrs old and 5'3" tall. My ah momemt was when I tipped the scales at 172lbs! That's what I weighed 9 months pregnant with my first pregnancy! Yikes!!! Then I decided to join a local Biggest Loser contest. I'm happy to say in 8 wks, I have lost 23lbs! As of yesterday, I was in 2nd place for $970! 6 wks to go...if I can lost 10 more lbs, I might have a really good shot. For me, its not about the money but about getting motivated and being held accountable.

Weirdly enough it was seeing a Treadmill on sale on QVC. It brought to mind all the promises I'd made myself to exercise more and lose weight. I started back on my diet the day the treadmill arrived, and I've used it almost every day (took one day off for sore legs). So far so good.

When I could no longer squeeze into my pants that fit perfectly 3 months ago. Also, saw myself in the mirror and immediately thought "who is that chubby Mcchubkins?"