what was your wake up call?
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I had an attack of gout which stopped me from being able to walk for 2 weeks. When I eventually got to see the doctor, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and pernicious anaemia. I was also told I was a candidate for hip replacement surgery.
I did not want to have to be medicated for the rest of my life so my lifestyle had to change.
I'm 77 pounds down now, my target weight is now in sight. I'm still diabetic, but it's under control, and have to take medication for another year before review. I'm determined not to go back to what I used to be.0 -
I have enjoyed reading through each and every post here. I like the wide array of stories that everyone has and how all stories have something in common, a need for change and a turning point.
My need for change has been there for about 3 years. I was successful at loosing 25lbs about 5 years ago. I kept it off for a year and then slowly started gaining it back. In the last 2 years, I have tried several "Fad Diets", with only temporary results.
This last winter I started wearing stretchy pants and sweats. I couldn't fit in my jeans or any of my pants anymore. On top of that alot of my tops and coats were getting too tight in my arms to wear. My feet grew a half size and my face was looking very round in pictures. I told my husband one day that I use to dress to show my body off, now I dress to cover it up. It was a sad realization. I also would cring when he would try to touch my tummy and thats not like me. My tummy has always been in the best shape, even when other parts have not been.
So with 40lbs extra baggage, I decided to get my mom and sisters on board and here we are, truckin' through week 7 of 10, in our little competition to see who can loose the most. I've lost 20 lbs and am almost half way to my goal.
MFP has been instrumental in my journey. I spend more time on here then I probably should but, it really encourages me to be a part of a community going through the same things I am. I love the success forum. I love seeing those who have made it and how they did it. I can not wait to post my pictures there this summer!
Thanx for contributing a good thread.0 -
really like the variety of the responses here. Everyone's journey is different, but at the same time, there are so many overlaps! I love that this site helps contribute to other peoples' success, not just your own!0
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#1 Not being able to find ski clothes in my size..not even in the Men's section...not even in 5 other stores we went to
#2 Being told by an insurance agent that I will be declined for health insurance because of my weight
#3 Watching my blood sugar level rise every morning (diabetes runs in family so I do preventative testing...guess it didnt work)
#4 Being miserable carrying al this extra weight and not being able to breathe in this higher altitude
#5 Not being able to go hiking, skiing, snowboarding, etc.....because of my physical limitations0 -
Over the last 10 years I have gone from about 350 to around 200 pounds. I had gotten used to my new weight and over the last year had tried to convince myself that I was fine right where I was, but in my heart I knew that I needed to lose more in order to truly be healthy. On January 31, 2012 my mother, who had a long list of health problems, due in large part to her refusal to control her diet or her weight died from a massive stroke. She didn't have to die. If she had taken better care of herself she would still be with us. At that moment, the risks of being overweight suddenly became very real to me. Of course we all die eventually, but if there is anything that I can do to live a happier, healthier life so that I can be here for my family I will do it. You only live once, so why not make it the best it can be?0
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Well, I always said that when I was done having kids I was going to get in the best shape of my life. My youngest son was born back in April of 2010 and here I was almost 2 years later still the same.
I found a picture in pinterest that said: " Yesterday you said tomorrow" ... what a simple phrase, but it really got to me. I realized that I have been saying that day after day, year after year, so I set up my alarm clock for the next day at 5:30am and gave it the name "Yesterday you said tomorrow" and since then I've been getting up everyday at that time to hit the gym.
Three weeks in and never looking back!0 -
My wake up call was when I was told I had Type 2 Diabetes...That was 1 1/2 years ago and since then, I am down about 40 lbs...My A1C is 5.8 and I no longer have to test 4x per day, just 1-2 per WEEK...I still have a long ways to go...My goal is another 40 before my trip this summer...Good luck on your journey's, everyone..!!.. :flowerforyou:0
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in december i was told i had high blood pressure. after talking to me about it, the doctor suggested i first try losing weight before she prescribed pills. i was also a bit worried about diabetes but that came back normal
also at the same time i was noticing that i couldnt walk up a flight of stairs without getting so incredibly winded that i wanted to sit down. plus once i was up those steps it took me over a minute to get my heart beat back to normal. not good
now 4 months later i've only lost 17 pounds, by my blood pressure is back to normal and i can easily walk up those steps. bit of course i'm not going to stop here. i'm still overweight and know that even though i've dodged some health bullets now, they are still circling as long as i'm overweight0 -
My wake up call was when I realized I was almost 200lbs. And when I'm only 5'3... that's a HUGE amount. At that time, I remembered back to when I was in the 130's and thinking about how much work it would be to lose it, and realized that I had that much MORE work to do at that point...
I think I need to remind myself of this so I can get back in the saddle... I've been slacking pretty horribly lately
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My son slapping my stomach and laughin at how it jiggles.
Smh...0 -
Won a sailboat race and couldnt get the nerve to let myself be in the pictures to prove it because I was so in hate with my appearance.
I 'woke up' that day- after feeling alive for the first time in forever- and not being able to prove I was there...
It was like I'd punished myself that way... never again. Everything changed that very day and hasnt stpped changing since0 -
My son slapping my stomach and laughin at how it jiggles.
Smh...
My toddler does this!!! I feel your pain! :noway:0 -
I've been at this weightloss thing since my youngest was 3, she's now 10. I had lost a lot of weight to fit into a dress for my sister's wedding...I was matron-of-honor. I looked really good!!! Anyway, a third pregnancy happened then ended sadly. I went into a deep deep depression. I only recently started to come out of it...my deciding moment was when the scale showed that I was less than 10 pounds away from hitting *that* number I swore I would never allows myself to hit.
So here I am, logging daily for the last few weeks. Staying on track. And it's going very well.0 -
me and my wife got married in may 2009, in june 2009 we got the wedding album from photographer,,,,, i have to say my wife looked amazing,,,,, but i couldnt work out why she married me,,,,, i looked like a gigantic pork pie,
every time i see a wedding pic of me it really makes me ashamed,0 -
The funny thing is, it took a commercial about a Golden Retriever that couldn't fit through the doggie door and was missing out on his favorite activities to wake me up. I knew I was terribly over weight but seeing the dog do something about his problem cracked me up and hit home. Go figure.0
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I can totally relate. Not to winning a race ( ha) but the feeling. Iits awful.0
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I couldn't close the handlebar thingy on a new roller coaster that my son wanted to ride.0
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The funny thing is, it took a commercial about a Golden Retriever that couldn't fit through the doggie door and was missing out on his favorite activities to wake me up. I knew I was terribly over weight but seeing the dog do something about his problem cracked me up and hit home. Go figure.
I love that commercial!0 -
My 3 year old son poking me in my butt/thigh and asking "Mommy why you so cooshy?" then after I said it was because I was fat he asked "Mommy why you fat?"
That was the second one, the first was my sisters wedding photos. I look huge in them. I tried last year but lost steam, this year is going to be different.0 -
I was tired of constantly thinking about losing weight, everyday I would think about it and not do anything. I have never weighed this much and I have a closet full of clothes that I kept telling myself that I would get back in them one day, now I'm on the road to fitting in those clothes again! I haven't had heartburn since I've started this and I feel 100% better!:happy:0
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Over the last 10 years I have gone from about 350 to around 200 pounds. I had gotten used to my new weight and over the last year had tried to convince myself that I was fine right where I was, but in my heart I knew that I needed to lose more in order to truly be healthy. On January 31, 2012 my mother, who had a long list of health problems, due in large part to her refusal to control her diet or her weight died from a massive stroke. She didn't have to die. If she had taken better care of herself she would still be with us. At that moment, the risks of being overweight suddenly became very real to me. Of course we all die eventually, but if there is anything that I can do to live a happier, healthier life so that I can be here for my family I will do it. You only live once, so why not make it the best it can be?
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Eleven years ago, when I quit drinking and started eating, I gained 30 pounds. It took me a couple years to get it back down, but I did manage to. Two years ago, my then boyfriend, was in a motorcycle accident and I had him move in with me because he couldn't walk or take care of himself. After 4 months of taking care of him, working two jobs and taking care of my daughter, he was able to get around enough to start cooking. Since he was still off work, he would have food ready for me to eat when I got off work, and since I had been so busy before, I hadn't really been eating much or consistently, but now I was. The pounds started coming back. When we got married, We did not like the way we looked in our pics, and he was having a hard time buttoning his jeans. The worst part for me was when I put my jeans on and it looked like I was hiding an innertube in my shirt!! :noway: Our church started a weight loss bible study and I signed us up. He's dropped 14 pounds, people at his work are asking him why he's wearing such big jeans now and even though I've only lost 7 pounds, I've toned up quite a bit and I was able to rock my skinny jeans at church the other day! :glasses:0
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Ive had a weight problem for as long as I can remember! My highest ever weight was 9 years ago, at 21 years old I was 270! I made a major life change and moved from Alaska to Missouri and lost lots, down to 180! Then 2 babies later I found myself at 240...this was last April. I didn't want to go there again and I started working my butt off, loosing almost 30 pounds by the end of May! I was so dedicated, honestly I had made it to the point where it wasn't hard anymore, just something I wanted! Then on May 22nd my town got demolished by an EF5 tornado, it tore a path a mile and half wide and 13 (almost) miles long and killed 162 people. 2 of those people it killed were my Uncle & my cousin (my best friend). We searched for my uncle for a week before we found his body, during that time when we weren't digging we were at the hospital with my cousin who was fighting for his life, he died 2 days after we found my uncle... between the loss of my family and the loss of my town I became very depressed, I just didn't care anymore! Since May I gained slowly gained back every pound that I lost! The day two weeks ago when I weighed and saw that I knew it had to be over! I've lost 10 pounds now, that I remind myself every day that I don't want to ever gain back! This is it for me, I have to do this..my family didn't have a choice when they died, I do and as much as I miss them I'm not ready to be with them again!0
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My wake up call was when I didn't want to do anything with family or friends because I was ashamed of the way I looked and felt. Also when used to love being active and playing sports and getting outdoors, but I couldn't do that anymore because of how outta of shape and overweight I was.
Glad to say that I did lose 35 lbs so far and I am completely able to get out and do everything I love to do again. Great feeling!0 -
I was tired of constantly thinking about losing weight, everyday I would think about it and not do anything. I have never weighed this much and I have a closet full of clothes that I kept telling myself that I would get back in them one day, now I'm on the road to fitting in those clothes again! I haven't had heartburn since I've started this and I feel 100% better!:happy:
That is so awesome about the heartburn! I was the same way! I used to have heartburn basically everyday, then I changed my diet and started eating healthy about a year ago and I haven't had heartburn since. It's so weird to think that just changing your diet would make it go away, but I am so thankful I don't get it anymore. It wasn't much fun!0 -
I travel a LOT due to the fact that my husband and I currently have a long distance marriage. When I flew in January, I couldn't fit comfortably into the seat. I've always been smaller on top than on the bottom...AND I'm the smallest of my friend group. So this hit home...and particularly since I had just fown 2 months prior and hadn't felt this squeeze. I was mortified. Now I'm working my butt off, literally!! MFP is a phenomonal site! I'm down 14, but I find now that I'm aware of just how fat I am, I'm incredibly self conscious about how I look. Hopefully the weight loss will become noticeable soon and I won't feel so embarrassed because of how out of control I've allowed myself to get.0
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my wake up call came when my beautiful aunt died from obesity related cancer. at the time i weighed 220 pounds which isn't good for a 5ft 1 inch girl. i decided to enter a 5k 'race for life' in her memory and when i told my partner and family this they laughed at me.
you can't blame them for laughing really ...i was a uk size 22 and i couldn't run for a bus never mind a 5k race. but i'm stubborn and i wanted to prove them wrong so i started training. with the help of some motivational ipod tunes i set off running for one song and walking another, before long i was running 2 songs and then more and more. as i trained i found i ate better and for the first time in 15 years i wasn't on a 'diet'.
6 months later i ran my first race weighing 138 pounds and by christmas that year i had dropped to 112 pounds and gone from a uk size 22 to a uk size 6.
unfortunately i became seriously ill 2 years ago and the medication combined with generally feeling sorry for myself has seen my weight go back up a bit but i'm hoping to deal with that now as my medication is reduced and i am back in the gym regularly.0 -
Mine was this morning@ 530am, made it to the gym txs to the wake up call-cheers-Ty0
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When I was giving my two-year old a raspberry on her tummy, she tried to pull up my shirt to do the same thing, and I reflexively slapped her hands away. She was so hurt and bewildered... I didn't meant to do it- I just don't let ANYONE see my stomach. I decided then and there if I'm that ashamed of the way I look, it's time to do something about it.0
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Have always had a problem with my weight, once read my doctors notes and I was clincally obese at 10! 35 years ago that was unheard of.
Did lose a lot of weight, did a lot of cycling, life changed, marriage, daughter, divorce. Weight came back on. Had my gall bladder out last year. Op was ok but left me tender and used that as an excuse.
Have a very good friend on here who told me about MFP and I saw their progress. So on the 8.1.12 I decided that I needed to change.
I don't like my picture taken, but have just loaded a new one. I quite like it. Am 16 pounds lighter, want to shed another 20.0
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