what was your wake up call?

My whole life I was able to say I have never been over a certain wait, always just under. My wake up call was about a year ago when I went 12 pounds over that weight. That was also around the time I went to the doctor and started taking so much medication for different things. with 122 pounds to lose, I'm glad to say in 11 months I have lost 17 (6 which have been on MFP)

mine was a cancer scare, after losing my father, grandparents and my other sets of grandparents battling cancer not to mention countless family members we have lost due to cancer when they found a lump my boob my heart stopped...thankfully it was negative but after reviewing my family history they gave me the genetic testing and I tested positive for the gene so that on top of family history I run a extremely high risk of cancer... that was it for me... knew it was time to stop screwing around with my weight and finally take control... i could not risk losing a second of my life and the time i get with my hubby and girls

Oh, I'd say about the 10th random person congratulating me on being pregnant or asking me how far along I was when I was NOT pregnant.

These are things that happened to me (or rather things I let happen) but not one was a wake-up call unfortunately!

1. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
2. Asked when I was having the baby AFTER I'd already had the baby.
3. Being called a fat *bleep* by a total stranger driving by my house.
4. Having a 11 pound baby because of the diabetes also having pre-eclampsia with this pregnancy.
5. Actually having all 3 of my pregnancies with diabetes.

The list goes on and on.

But what actually helped was having a Florida vacation opportunity and having family and friends join MFP with me for support. And even though it was a rough start, I think I'm gaining a mental edge on this whole weight loss thing and surprising myself in every direction!! I'm down 11 pounds and have lost over 10 inches!! No stopping me now, I'm addicted to MFP!! I plan to be in onederland this week!

NOT HAPPY, didnt get my 5am wake up call, missed my hot yoga class

When I realized that I didnt have any pictures of me with my 4 year old this christmas... purely because I wouldnt let anybody take my picture. I realized how selfish I was being, because I can never get that exact moment back, and I was depriving her of photos of us as a family on Christmas day.

Pictures was my thing to. My Husband was complaining that looking back over the last bunch of years I pretty much managed to not be in any pictures and how that was unfair. When the kids look back at pictures of vacations and Christmas it will be like I wasn't there. It's weird he wasn't asking me to lose weight but to let my picture be taken but it was my wake up call.

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This picture. I looked like a walrus. Not a skinny walrus either... I looked like the walrus all the other walruses call "Lard Tusks".


(my favorite joke,,, forgive me if you've read it before).

Realising that, unless I change things permanently, I am never going to be anything other than somebody's drunken mistake.

I had always been small and at one point actually struggled to keep weight on so when I went from 110 to 150lbs in about a year I realized something had to change. I still have the size 10 pants I bought (and could barely sqeeze into) when my other pants couldn't button. I remember calling a friend in tears as I left the store. At this moment I am happily back into my size 2s and feel great when I was down to 110 I was in 0s but I know thats too small and am glad to be where I am.

Realising that, unless I change things permanently, I am never going to be anything other than somebody's drunken mistake.

This makes me want to cry. Nobody should feel that badly about themselves. You're more than your waistline honey, and certainly not a 'mistake'.

Realizing that I weigh exactly what I weighed when I gave birth. Almost 8 years ago. It slowwwwly crept up on me. Disgusting.

Nothing as life changing as some of the posts I've read. I was only a little bit out of shape, and was looking for a good food calculator when I stumbled upon MFP. I've got a big 12 day backpacking trip I need to train for in July, so counting calories seemed the right thing to do. Also, I've reached menopause and I've been reading it's harder to lose weight after,and that weight gain and bone density loss is a real possibility. So, exercising longer and harder, increasing my weights for strength training, and really watching my calories is paying off. I've lost 6 lbs. since I logged in, and I've noticed my clothes fitting better.

Seeing a new doctor and being told that I was "too heavy" for birth control pills and she wouldn't give them to me because I was too much at risk for blood clots "at my weight".

Eating made me feel good at the moment but, after I would eat, I always felt a horrible type of guilt. That resulted in a feeling of being out-of-control. Not good.

My big NOPE moment came when the scale got too close to 300. I told myself that I was not going to hit 300, so I got myself down. Now I tell myself that I'll never be 280 again, never be 270 again, etc.