What was the final straw in making you decide to lose weight?

[Pinkbutton85]

Just that really. Mine was realising that I was about to go up another dress size and refusing to let that happen!

[NotMyUsualTopBilling]

Struggling to breathe whilst tying my shoelaces.

[LoopyLou1981]

Mine is hitting 12st. Although I’ve done it several times so it doesn’t seem to be a long term solution!

[FlopsyMopsyRabbit]

When I was getting out of breath going up and down the stairs in my house. That was in July and I'm 3 stone down now

[Thereshegoesagain]

A photograph.
The worst photo of me I've ever seen.
4 stone gone and has stayed off for 18 months and that photo is on the fridge as a reminder to never ever go back.

[Crunchymum]

I'm still waiting for the epiphany

[Princessmushroom]

Still waiting but if someone could send it to me that would be great!

(I’m going to tackle it in hypnotherapy and see if that works)

[cato75]

Joint pain

Looking like a snake that's just swallowed a cow when trying clothes on

Turning 40

[PositiveVibez]

Mines a bit bizarre, but I went the doctors for my 6 month pill check and had put on a stone since my previous check 6 months before. I was disgusted in myself tbh.

I lost a bit and put it all back on over Christmas.

I opened a new pill packet on Monday and realised I haven't lost a jot in 4 months.

I am embarrassed to go back so am on the 8 week blood sugar diet now to give me a kick-start.

I am 3.5 stone overweight and it has to stop.

Recently my joints have been aching and I just know it's my weight.

Opening that pill packet on Monday was my pivotal moment.

[wowfudge]

My DM offering me some of her old work clothes. Really lovely class stuff and great quality, but did she think I was her size?!

I've lost a stone since then and want to lose another stone.

[Impicciona]

I got stuck in the middle of a double height escalator in a metro station after it stopped working. Everyone was walking up and I had to stop halfway because I just couldn't do it.

I cried and then swore I'd never face that again. I lost 8 stone and have kept it off over 2 years now.

[worlybear]

A brief hospital stay for infection.
I was horrified by the number of obese patients having to be man-handled by nurses.
I was being a bit lazy and eating convenience food prehospital but it's really made me focus on eating healthily( and hopefully lose weight!)

[MrsPinkCock]

@Impicciona

Well done, that’s an amazing achievement.

I lost almost 5 stone, have kept most of it off for the last 10 years. However I do fluctuate a stone or so. When my size 10s get tight, I know to pull it back and ditch the weight. Not going back to being bigger again!

[theharlotletter]

Tipping the scales at 12 st 4lbs which is the heaviest I've ever been apart from when pregnant (I'm five foot 7" btw). I felt and looked matronly. So started the Michael Mosley's 800 calorie a day diet 17 days ago and have already lost 9.5lbs. Can get back in my size 12 jeans and stomach much trimmer. Want to lose another 7lbs then will assess.

[moreshitandnofuckingredemption]

Stayed in a hotel with a bathroom with a RIDICULOUS amount of mirrors. Lost 18lb afterwards last spring, kept it off so far. I've got another stone to go but have lost some motivation so reckon I need to go back to NYC, just for inspiration, y'know!

[Biancadelrioisback]

Sometimes I just hold my fat rolls. I'm still amazed that they are there! I was always so slim! Anyways, I realised that I'm 3 dress sizes bigger than I was a couple years ago and I can't put my socks on without panting

[thefirstmrsdewinter]

I was staying with friends and weighed myself on their scale (I didn't have one at home) and found I was just this side of 15st (or over 200lbs, which made more of an impact). I'm tall and well-proportioned so I wore it pretty well and it was a shock to see the numbers. Went on to lose 3.5st with WW and except for a little fluctuation (a few lbs on, a few lbs off) I've kept it off.

[Northernmum100]

A photo taken on holiday. I looked like I had been inflated - think Aunt Marge in the Harry Potter film....

[halfwitpicker]

Oh god loads :

I wanted to wear nice clothes
I wanted to be healthier
I wanted to conceive
I wanted to look younger
I wanted to cook well and eat well

Also, someone I worked with gave me a pitying look when I said I wasn't ergonomically designed for running, I meant because I've a big chest, but she obviously took it that I was too fat. FUCK THAT. I am not too fat to run. So I lost the weight.

[creativeusername]

I've just had mine. I bought a fitbit and while my resting heart rate is fine, even a gentle walk shoots it right up. It's scary! I am a good 6st overweight so its not exactly a surprise that i need to lose weight, but up until now, I had been telling myself that it was just cosmetic and not affecting my health. I have 2 kids that I need to be around for, and I'm approaching 30 so now is the time!

[halfwitpicker]

Another biggie is the way people treat you when you are fat. Like you're invisible. You're overlooked for promotions, treated inferior etc.

I get more respect at this weight that 3 stone over.

[halfwitpicker]

Than at 3 stone over

[feelingverylazytoday]

I've lost weight twice. The first time (8 years ago) was after family funeral, couldn't do up the button on my size 18 trousers and realized I was the fattest one in the family. The second time was a couple of years ago, I knew I'd been gradually getting bigger, but got on the scales and found out I was only half a stone away from my previous heaviest weight. I was absolutely gutted, but I've lost nearly 5 stone overall, and am at my lightest and fittest since about 20 years ago. And I'm 58, post menopausal, so ladies it can be done.

[AlaskanOilBaron]

Two years ago, I bought some amazing sailor trousers from Zara in a size M and they didn't fit. I decided to diet into them, and now they're too big which is a great source of happiness to me.

They are still my favourite trousers by a country mile,

It's really all about clothes for me.

[NCKitten]

I wrote this four days before Christmas. I have lost about a stone since then (5lbs over Christmas!!). The most shocking thing is that I still eat a fair amount by most people's standards, but I'm losing weight - just goes to show how out of hand my eating had got!

After a pregnancy with ongoing sickness which was only relieved by eating and three months of maternity leave during which I've eaten everything I wanted, I now weigh 103.7kg. Last night I vowed, and promised myself, that I will never weigh this much again. My weight loss journey started today, 21st December. Not after Christmas, not on 1st January, today. I will make sensible food choices, allow myself to get hungry and try to assess whether a healthy person would make the same choice and what a "normal" person would think of my eating. No mad diets, meal plans or calorie counting, just healthier choices and a bit more exercise. It has gone too far - I am 3.5 stone heavier than when I got married 2.5 years ago (and I was overweight/ obese then), I could lose half my bodyweight and still not be underweight, my knees hurt when I go up and down the stairs, my shoulders and neck ache from the weight of my breasts, my legs aren't swollen, they're just fat, I'm a size 20 but that's in Asda's rather generous clothes (I haven't had the guts to check elsewhere), I am at increased risk of developing weight-related illnesses like diabetes, my BMI is one point off the eligibility threshold for weight loss surgery. And most importantly, I have a gorgeous baby boy who needs a healthy, happy mother and role model.

This is my promise to myself. The revolution started today!

[dementedma]

photos taken this Christmas. have lost half a stone and doing the C25K