What made you WANT to lose weight ?

What is the thing that made you realize you HAD to lose weight ?

WANT: I wanted to look good in regular sized clothes.

HAD: my size 38 waist MEN'S wide leg jeans were feeling tight.

Being surrounded by skinny, tube-top sporting college girls.

Hmmm....1st, it was getting fitted for a dress before my sister's wedding.  I thought I was the same size as the other bridesmaids, but I was a 9/10 while the other girls were a 4/5 and a 6/7! 

I was at my doctor's shortly after which was when I learned that I had gained 7 pounds in a year.  I wanted to stop it before it started.  I'm looking forward to my next appointment :). 

I watched the scale go up and up and up and up and up, until it reached 150..that was the biggest I have been in long time,

And I took control and said no more.....

For me it wasn't all about losing weight it was about, getting healthy. and fit, I used to get winded walking up the stairs.

Now I work out 6-7 days a week, and love every minute of it.

I didn't want to be chubby, and took my hobby more seriously.

UD

Original Post by cassrd05:

I was at my doctor's shortly after which was when I learned that I had gained 7 pounds in a year.  I wanted to stop it before it started.  I'm looking forward to my next appointment :). 

I hear you, me too.

What made me realize I was FAT, is when I went for the volleyball team tryouts in college.

I was excited about it, and I even asked my dad to come and watch me during the practice, which he did.

During the tryouts, all the girls were tall, slender and athletic. I was trying to catch up, fat, sweaty, out of breath, while they were all smiling and fresh.

What hurted the most though, is when I saw the look on my dad's face. He had PITY. He smiled, but I could feel it was to cover his disappointment. I was humiliated and still think about it...

The last time I flew to CA (coach of course) to visit family I realized that the seats aren't getting smaller.....I'm just getting wider.  Add to that my three year old son is getting faster every minute, and I don't want to let him down or embarrass him.  I want him to be proud of his Mommy.

Honestly?

I'm tired of living in my mothers shadow. She's thin and pretty and I am always hearing "Oh your mom is so HOT!" I am so tired of it I told all my friends that if they say it again I'm not responsible for what I do to them. LOL

I KNOW she's hot, but she's not a very nice person, I've got the medical records to prove it, I just want to be able to be around her and not feel like a frumpy person.

my fiance looking at me in tears after a fight over the whole weight situation, and him saying he missed being able to pick me up, toss me over his shoulder, and play wrestle with me like when we met. and the fact that he wants to be able to carry me away into the distance during our wedding night....

sigh.

I rode that, "I'm not that bad" wave for a long time, and then one day I tried to see how fast I could run a mile, and couldn't even finish.  That's when I really turned it around.

I actually went 93 days straight to the gym, and when I started changing my diet, that's what made the pounds come off.

Now I am off the mentality "I might as well see how far I can take it."

Original Post by kizzichan:

Being surrounded by skinny, tube-top sporting college girls.

Amen to that.

And basically, I've slowly been gaining weight over the years, and I've just now realized that I'm getting pudgy.  I want to stop before it gets out of hand.  I only need to lose a few pounds, but it seems like a lot to me, because I've never had to try before.

seratuki lol, the VERY same reason. Everyone asks me why i can't be more like mum, and to be honest, after a while it just got to me. None of my close friends do that though.

Although i wanted to look good in normal sized clothes, and i hated not beign able to run, and worrying about all the flab jiggling when i did run.

I wanted to be healthy and active.  I wanted to be able to keep up with my four grandchildren when playing.  I wanted to reach age 50 with a new body and I wanted to be able to shop for cute clothes and begin to have a social life again.  All of the above reasons and in fairly equal proportions.

I refused to buy bigger, new clothes..infact I couldn't even afford to.

And just realizing that my energy levels were down and I needed to make a change if I wanted to live a healthy life.

Hahaha, runningbuns, weight loss is expensive... sometimes more so!  I just spent $100 on 3 pairs of new pants and some shirts and now the pants are baggy on me... -_-  I'm half-hoping that they'll shrink in the wash, half-hoping I actually am skinnier.

I finally reached the 200 mark on the scale. I got on it about a month and a half ago and it said 201. I cried. I come from a very obese family, and for a long time, I was the smallest out of all my cousins. Diabetes and heart disease also runs in my family, and I don't want to be a statistic!!!

I'm tired of telling my 4 year old daughter I don't want to go outside. I dread going outside and playing with her, because it's too hot, I hate bending over, I get sweaty and out of breath so fast, I get headaches... I WANT to be able to play with her and actually enjoy it!!!

My daughter lovingly told me "Mommy, you have a big belly"

I was 30 lbs lighter when I got together with my bf 3 years ago. I know he loves me anyway, but this isn't how I looked when he fell in love with me, and it bothers ME. Also, (this might be TMI) but being overweight totally messes with your sex drive, and I miss being passionate with him!!!

I felt aimless and helpless and didn't know what to do with life. In my desperation to find some kind of goal I decided I would lose weight. That's what made me really want to lose weight. And it's kind of funny that I'd endured years of people making little comments about my size and that their comments meant nothing to me. It's seems so obvious, but my revelation came when I realised that I had to do it for me. Not my family or my friends or the stupid idiots who made the comments. And it helped to realise how apathetic I'd been over the years.

same as you~

also wanna have a change, a life-stlye changed.

it's just sound cool and great to tell everyone i love exercises and do it at least 3 times a week.  and always watch out my diet~  refused to eat any crappy food cos I'm looking after myself.

that's will be a life-long goal to be a health sporty person who i would pround of~

 

 

Original Post by gorgeous_jen:

I felt aimless and helpless and didn't know what to do with life. In my desperation to find some kind of goal I decided I would lose weight. That's what made me really want to lose weight. And it's kind of funny that I'd endured years of people making little comments about my size and that their comments meant nothing to me. It's seems so obvious, but my revelation came when I realised that I had to do it for me. Not my family or my friends or the stupid idiots who made the comments. And it helped to realise how apathetic I'd been over the years.

first it started as a eating healthy and counting calories thing. after me and my ex spilt 4 months ago i have lost 15 pounds. i feel a sort of accomplishment for myself like somehow loosing weight is helping put him behind me and that i can better myself without him.