What motivated you?

[TwinkleSparkleBling]

I was out with DCs and they wanted me to go on a carousel with them. I felt too embarrassed. I have never let being fat stop me doing anything. Until now. I felt shit that my size stopped me doing this with them.

I don't want to feel like this again and am going to remember that feeling every time I want to overeat.

Those of you who have lost weight, did you have a 'defining' moment?

[CMOTDibbler]

I saw myself in my competition beige jodphurs. The sight of my arse in those was enough to get me to lose 3.5 stone and keep it off

[DulcetMoans]

Sight of myself in a bridesmaid dress, plus wanting to start TTC and the right friend to get me through it. 5st down now.

[alphablock]

Last summer a couple of mums in the school playground announced they were determined to lose some weight. I didn't want to be the only fat mum, so decided to also make a bit of effort. Ironically they have lost very little since then, but I have lost 3 stone 5 lb.

[PamHalpert]

Going on holiday and wearing a swimming costume with a swim skirt and always covering up. I'm 23 ffs, I should be strutting around in a bikini

I'm going back to the same place over New Year again. The thought of the possibility of the same people being there again is spurring me on. I want them to think "wow"

Also, we're going on holiday with lots of family next year, all of them are tiny. I want to feel confident next to them.

The major thing though is that I have PCOS and want to TTC. It isn't going to happen when I'm 6 stone overweight!

I've lost 25 lb so far, a quarter of the way there :)

[BsshBossh]

Seeing the health of my mother and her friends decline rapidly after they hit 60 due to being overweight.

[TwinkleSparkleBling]

Wow! Some great losses. Thanks for sharing your inspirations.

[dottyaboutstripes]

Some mums at school asked if I wanted to go along to WW with them. I laughed and said no but a few months later asked if I could tag along after all as one if them had dropped from a size 16 to size 10, I was amazed! I went from a size 20 to size 8 (but after more babies am now a 10 - not that I'm complaining about that!)

[daisydee43]

Pics of myself at step mums hen do and cousins wedding (same year) looked like a walrus in a dress. Was size 14, now a 10 and have been for nearly a year

[rusmum]

Our elderly neighbour coming over to help me with the shipping as I shouldn't be lifting in my condition ! ( wasn't pg!) lost 3 stone but regained 1. 16-18 to 12-14 . Need to get 1 back off to be a steady 12 again

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

My size 14 trousers were getting tight. I'd already grown put of my size 12 ones several years before and I just wasn't prepared to buy a bigger size.

I had gradually gained 21lbs over 3 years and over the last few months I have managed to lose it all and a bit more. My size 12 trousers are now lovely and loose and I feel so much better.

[pussycatdoll]

Never having anything to wear because everything made me look 6 months pregnant

[hiddenhome]

I'm sick of frumpy clothes and having a hamster face

[basia2]

I've always been thin, even after having children, without much effort.
But after the birth of my 3rd son, I had post partum depression and got on Prozac for awhile.
I was on it for seven months, and did not even realize that the weight had crept on, until one day I looked in the mirror naked and just HATED what I saw. All the weight was in my midsection- and not even in my lower belly, but more in my upper midsection. It looked hideous. How did I not notice this happening?
I quit prozac that very day. I've been off it for a year now, and am back to bring thin... the weight came off quickly after I quit, like three months.
So I guess what motivated me is hating the way I looked when I gained weight. I was simply unwilling to look like that, to live in that body. I refused. And once I finally noticed the problem, I ate very little, until all the weight was gone. The memory of how I looked with all that fat was enough to make me lose my appetite.

I am sure there are healthier ways and reasons to lose weight, but if I'm honest, that was mine. I was simply unwilling to live in a body that looked like that, and I refused to feed it anymore until it went back to looking the way I wanted it to.

[Cheesyslice]

I walked past a shop window and didn't recognise that fat cow I saw in the reflection. Turns out it was me. Over 2st down now and back to a size 12.

[basia2]

Are UK clothes sizes different from US sizes?
Does anyone know? Or are they the same.
I live in the US.

[Fatasfcuk]

Basia US clothing sizes are different. A UK size 8 is a US size 4.

[basia2]

Ah, okay.
I wear a US size 4 or 6. So I guess that would be a UK size 8 or 10.

[Sad51]

I never want to go beyond wearing a size 12. When my size 12's start becoming tight around the waist, I eat less calories.

I would not mind wearing a 10 as I did in my 20's however I would probably struggle to maintain.