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

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

Something just clicked for me, maybe it was when I realised I was pushing a size 16.

But once I had started, it was very empowering to realise that I could say 'no' to cake, wine, etc, and that I was in control of what went into my body.

I'm 3st down and have gone from a bmi of 30 to 23.

When I start to lose my face shape. I've got really good bone structure, when it isn't hidden under fat.

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This resonates too. I carry all my weight on my face - I look like a different person when I'm thinner. You can see my features!

When I felt like vomiting everytime I saw myself in the mirror

DP and I got engaged on holiday. When we came home we tried to pick a holiday photo to announce it on Facebook but I looked fat in all of them.

That’s when I realised that unless I lost weight I’d feel the same way about our wedding photos.

I’m now 2 stone down, 1 to go and 7 months to do it in!

Another wowee! from me too @Stevie69 bloody amazing

I read this thread last night ans this morning have just stood in front of the mirror.

My c section overhang is about 1mm from becoming an apron (ie skin touching skin) and I look dreadful!
I have to decide what to wear based on what fits, not what I'd like to wear, and I just feel like a sack of lard!

Hoping this might give me the kick up the backside I need!!

@Stevie you look unreal!!

My defining moment came when I was asked by my father when my baby was due. In a room full of people, at a social event for my 10 year old.

I am now two dress sizes down, over 2 stone lost but most of all I'm fitter and have more energy.

I joined a gym, I go 3-5 times a week. I started to run, I can't run for much more than 30 mins (wirh a short walk half way through) but I'm moving!!

And the best of it is, the night my father asked me that, I had got so many compliments as I had went to a lot of effort to look nice, I'd had my hair done and my make up professionally applied, i'd bought a new dress. Now I hate looking at photos of the night.

Over was he actually not aware you weren’t pregnant? Your father? Or was he making a joke and knew you weren’t? If a stranger asked that then fair enough but seems weird your own dad who you know well enough to be socialising with wouldn’t know!

Sounds like your 'd'f was not being so 'd', and in fact being cruel.

@44PumpLane, fuck your post has made me realise I have a CS apron. That sounds so horrible! I had been in complete denial about it anyway, but I thought it was just the usual overhang everyone talks about. I will add it to my list of reasons I am losing weight! Only a matter of time until it starts causing problems...

To everyone on here: please be kind to yourselves, IME you're much more likely to be successful at losing weight if you have positive motivators (e.g. I want to be healthier) than negative ones (e.g. I'm disgusted at myself)

Sorry, missed a comma! It should read "fuck, your post has made me realise"!

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Thank you so much. I'm struggling a little with some menopause symptoms right now. Your kind words put a big smile on my face and have helped me towards a happy Friday.

Thank you for taking the trouble to post; a little kindness goes a long way

Oh he knew I wasn't pregnant, he was being cruel.

We no longer have any contact. But I'm ashamed it took me a few years after this instance to finally cut the ties.

trouble putting my socks on (sheer fatness) and wheezing going upstairs (I thought due to being unfit) turns out I had undiagnosed asthma and getting that sorted has helped massively with energy and motivation. Been steadily losing since, couple of hiccups but have cracked it now

Like many of you, it was a photo. My sister who'd just had a baby, my brother, who always used to be the chunky one, and in the middle-me, the skinniest of the three for most of my life. I looked like a weeble Huge hips and thighs, sticking out stomach...
I lost 12kgs doing c25k and counting calories, and got down to a size 10. Lost focus a bit this winter though!

I was having dinner with friends, with the top button of my jeans undone as I was so uncomfortable (long, loose top on so hid it)...she announced she was having a swimming pool built and couldn't wait for the first pool party.

I went home and cried. The thought of stripping down to swimwear in front of my friends was just too much.

I've since dramatically cut down my drinking, I'm eating sensibly but not depriving myself - if I want chocolate, I'll have it. I'm in the gym 3 times a week. I'm slowly and steadily losing weight. I may not want to wear a bikini (stretchmarks are horrible), but I sure as hell will look good in a swimsuit come July 1st! I've lost nearly half a stone since January 1st and I feel so much better.

Post-menopause, blood pressure high, finding stairs difficult and the final straw was realising I was getting close to the age my mum was when she got breast cancer. And type 2 diabetes. And past that at which she'd started to need heart medication. All weight-linked. And I was heavier (though more active) than her.

Went on MFP calorie-based diet at BMI 33.4 size 20-22 and am now BMI 21.7 size 10-12

Never felt better. Literally never. Because this time I got fit too... I couldn't even run 1km when I was at school, let alone 10km...

btw diets are expensive. I should have given my credit card to a certain clothes shop to save time

Being told at the doctors that I was obese. I was very overweight in my early 20s and had always sworn I’d never let myself get like that again, but I had. I’ve lost nearly 5 stone in the last 6 months and I’m now well into the healthy BMI range - if I can just get down to a size 12 (I’m tall) I’ll be switching to maintaining. I’m so much more confident in how I look!

My stomach is never going to be the same again (2x big weight loss plus 1 pregnancy) and I’ll never look good in a bikini again but I’m fine with that

on the tube with my 6 year old and asking him to move along to the empty seat next to him so I could sit down by the doors near the pram and him responding “but you wont fit”

im 5 weeks in and lost 19lbs

Bobby that must have hurt! I imagine he didn't mean to be hurtful though? And well done on your weight loss, what are you doing?

Oh no I know there was no bad intention I think kids sometimes just say things without thinking but I did feel humilated as obviously other people did hear. I did fit
into it fine but it made me realise how big I had got that my son thought that I wouldnt. I am calorie counting and sticking between 1200-1500. Still got a long way to go though.

The thought of another summer like last year. I was so uncomfortable all the time and menopause making me even hotter. Losing weight slowly and just want to feel more comfortable in my skin again. I’m following a low carb plan and it really helps with all kinds of things.

Saw a photo of myself doing my first martial art belt. I was so proud to pass but I had a huge, sudden realisation that I was not that person.
Since then I've not only lost 2 stone but I'm really buff because I did it through intense exercise (which includes a lot of strength work) and good diet.
So my core strength is great and therefore I carry myself better. My skin is healthier due to diet and water. I dress better, look younger, am noticed more because my confidence has shot up. My sex life has improved, I make more friends because I smile more. I have tons more energy for my kids and for myself.
Doors have opened job wise because I'm now good at sport and active living.
I adventure - mountaineering etc
No way will I go back. No way.

I lost 2 stone after a theme park operator in Spain said to me pregnant women weren’t allowed to ride. I wasn’t pregnant.
I have regained and lost the second stone several times since then but have never regained the second stone.