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!

I lost 2 stones ten years ago after two things - seeing a picture of myself on holiday in which I looked like a beached whale. I was really shocked . Also trying to climb a mountain and having to wait at the bottom for everyone else because I literally couldn't climb up there.
I have now put it back on plus 2 stones and just feel I will never lose it now, it's completely depressing. I have never been this overweight in my life.

This is going to sound bizarre. But mine was accepting my weight, making an effort to buy and wear nice things, and look good no matter what my size.

Only once I had started taking care of myself that way did something click in my brain and I started taking care of my weight as well. 3 stone lost since September but now starting to plateau so I need to find a way to get back in it.

Getting breathless walking uphill. Seems to happen when I reach 11 stone, which is half a stone over "ideal" weight. My fighting weight (the one where I feel strong and energetic, my face doesn't look too saggy and I don't have to eat too little to enjoy to maintain) is close to the top of my bmi range, anyhow, so I simply have to rein it in a bit to get back down there if I've been overindulging.

I went to try on a size 16 dress and it was too tight. My ideal size is a size 10, but I haven't been that size this decade!
I've started losing weight this month, and have a few social events this year that I hope will be markers for each dress size I'm hoping to drop.

Mine was a combination of things. Not wanting to take my dds swimming or to the beach as i couldn't face wearing a swimming costume.
And a photo where I look like I've eaten another person.

I joined slimming world and lost 2st 12lbs. Now I'm 10st, wear size 10 clothes and feel comfortable in my own skin again :)

Isn't it funny how getting dressed is such a chore when you're overweight, and when you're slim, its almost an art.

I'm at the chore stage.
Dreading the warmer weather.
Trying to focus on that.

Mine was a photograph on holiday

A photo. A god awful photo of an achiement that i shouldve been very proud of. Was mortified!!@@

Being told my spine resembles a woman of 60. I’m in my 30’s.

I haven’t been able to walk more than a few steps for 4 weeks. Spent weeks in agony, not able to get comfortable and always suffering from pain. Can’t sleep for more than a few hours. Can’t do all the things I normally do, work, washing / ironing, cooking. Although I have a hugely supportive husband and children I feel like I’m letting them down every day.

The realisation that I will have to deal and manage this for the rest of my life and whilst weight is not the cause I’m sure it won’t be helping.

I have hardly ate from taking medication making me feel sleepy/ lethargic and sick. As soon as I recover somewhat I am going to stick to a healthy lifestyle. I really have no choice now.

@stevie69 Amazing, congratulations

@Thisaintphaedra

Thank you. I feel so much better

a combination of a bad photo me with two of my grandchildren only lap it just showed me as all bust and chin.
secondly i had gone from a 14 to a 24 in less than a year
a dr telling me i qualified for weight loss surgery knowin that it can be risky so was scared that was the final straw an made me take my weit
towelxxxx

Looking for inspiration now!

This thread is INSPIRATIONAL! Well done to all of you who have lost weight, amazing.

I need this thread to keep going, for inspiration!!!

According to the NHS website, women with a waist circumference of more than 88cm are at a very high risk of health problems. Mine is 118cm couldn't really feel where it's supposed to be though

Mine is 99cm! I've lost half a stone so far but it's not made any difference yet.
I'm definitely an apple shape when overweight, so I think it's going to take a while before I see enough loss for my waist to be back in the healthy zone.

@elephantina I could have wrote your post. That's how I describe it to my DH. It feels like my brain just doesn't connect the pieces!
DM me if you'd like to chat.

Yesterday, when my 80 year old mother, who has recently lost a lot of weight because of health issues, offered me her old clothes! We don't get along she has boundary issues and is mean and nasty and I'm pretty sure the offer was a dig and a way for her to feel superior for weighing less than me. I had a baby last April and have put on a lot of weight, it's time I did something about it.

A particular photograph and overhearing my boss's boss ask my manager if I was pregnant. She said she didn't know but had other people ask her too.

So much of this rings true with me too.
I’m so full of excuses too.

While I was pg with Ds2 I had gestational diabetes and with the change in diet I didn’t gain any weight in my last trimester. Fantastic I thought, I’ll just keep this up after the baby comes and I’ll be bound to lose weight. But first I’ll just have some chocolate and cake as I wasn’t allowed to while pregnant. Then it was Christmas so I couldn’t possibly deprive myself. So I’ll start in January. I went to my postnatal check up, thinking the dr would preprimand me for my weight seeing as how I’m at risk of t2 diabetes now. She said don’t worry for the time being as I’ve just had a baby and am breastfeeding, be kind to yourself she said. So I took that as a free pass to keep eating.

The thing that’s kicked me up the arse now is catching site of myself wearing the baby carrier. It cuts into my back fat and looks horrendous. I had been wearing a coat over it previously so hadn’t noticed. Now the weather has been nice, coat is off and I’m ashamed. Not to mention that Dh wore it the other day and afterwards I had to loosen the waist strap considerably to fit me.

So it starts today! I’ve reinstalled MFP and I feel determined!

@Eminybob That sounds a bit like me, I'm pretty sure most of my weight gain actually happened when I was on maternity

When I recently tried on an outfit for a wedding and subsequently seeing the photos. My joints are sore and I can barely take my rings off at night. I'm out of breath and have no strength

If I eat what I want 11.7 is to be the go-to weight for me which is about 2st overweight as I’m not tall.

I was utterly fed up with being ruled by food. Starving-binging-craving-using food (carbs) for comfort. Constantly thinking about food. Such a miserable existence. Plus all the weight goes on the belly.

Doing High Fat Low Carb and now 9.13 (just lol) and lost 2 inches from waist. Main thing is-cravings virtually gone!

Well done stevie

Like others, a photo - I'd ordered some sweaters from Gap (where I knew "my" size) and asked DH to take a photo as the mirror was upstairs. I hated what I saw. I do 5:2, am back from "overweight" to "healthy" BMI, down over a stone and feeling much better.

I agree that almost all dieters regain weight.
I have lost and put back on again over 550lb in my life (yes, that is five hundred and fifty pounds).
I tell myself that if I didn't diet from time to time I would probably be bed bound by now.
High-fat low-carb + weight training is what works for me.

I am five days in this time. The final straw was being able to feel the rolls of fat in my back.
I cannot be as drastic as I would like to because I have an EBF two-month-old (that rules out cutting out all carbs, and she needs to be in my arms constantly so I cannot exercise).

My BMI is 33. My aim is 26-27.