Specific reason/moment you knew you needed to lose weight

Was there a motivation or moment that you said to yourself I can't believe "THIS" just happened, I have to do this, enough is enough.

Complete this sentence:

You know you need to lose weight when.....

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... when you can't workout for 10 minutes without getting tired
... when you look at the scale and you want to throw up
... when your husband tells you "you got fat"
... when you look at yourself in the mirror and see too many rolls and dimples in your skin
... when people (family members, friends) start making comments about your weight and bring up the idea of you exercising in every conversation
... when all of your favorite clothes no longer fit

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when you look in the mirror and feel sad no matter what you are wearing.

when you feel completely uncomfortable in your own skin.

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My sophomore year of college, I was about 15 pounds heavier than I am now. I have no idea how it happened - I was always the same weight growing up and even now I am still the saw weight as I was in HS. My working out and eating was more or less the same and I was fitting into the same clothes. One day I tried on top after top to go out in and I was like WTH - nothing looked good, my arms looked way too big to be mine. That night my friends and I went out and I saw pictures of myself - OMG I looked awful. The day after that I started making healthier choices eating wise and began running instead of using the elliptical.

Since that day I make sure I workout and eat healthy. I also laugh about it with my DH because the day I thought I looked bad was the day we officially started dating, so I guess I didn't look that bad after-all.

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For me it was a picture I saw of myself. I knew I had gained weight, Im not blind. Then we had a family BBQ, cameras were flashing yada yada. I normally avoid them like the plague, like being behind the camera. Well i stared at it for 20 mins and couldnt believe I am as big as I am. Horrible.

I joined WW a few weeks later. Im down 10lbs. Nothing crazy could be more if I was working out and super strict with it.

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Message edited 11/5/2011 5:31:11 PM.

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My boobs were touching my stomach rolls

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My doctor said it...

I knew I needed to lose the weight, but that was the reality check for me. And once I started working out and could outpace my students in the halls, I realized how much I enjoyed it.

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we started the biggest loser at work and i thought i'd only lose 5 lbs, little did i realize, my weight jumped to my pregnancy weights -and really had about 13 extra pounds instead....not to mention i was wearing my "big & bloated" pants as my everday pants...

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When you look in the mirror and see a old frumpy mom, the mom you never wanted to be. The one who is squeezed into her jeans with a muffin top.

Message edited 11/5/2011 8:51:54 PM.

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Whenever my clothes start feeling a little tight, I know I need to cut back on eating & start exercising more.

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Message edited 11/6/2011 12:25:43 AM.

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-when everything in your closet is just too tight

-when your co-worker asked you if you were preganant and you weren't

-when i'm starting to buy clothes in the plus setion

-when my DH and I couldn't sit comfortably in a booth

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when I avoided all mirrors because I hated the way I looked in everything.

when I stepped on the scale one day and saw I had gained 70lbs since my wedding.

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For me it was a health scare. During a routine check up at my gynecologist, they saw elevated sugar in my urine. They did blood work, and it ended up just being the sugary cereal I had eaten that morning. But, I never wanted to feel that way again, like I had done damage to my body by being overweight. So I picked a diet (South Beach) and never looked back. That was in 2003. By 2004 I had lost 30 lbs. I've kept all that off, and now I've started the diet again to finally lose the last 20 lbs to get to my goal weight.

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- My Doctor told me I was overweight

- I dont feel good when I look at myself

- My scale makes me want to cry

- Everything I wear is tight and I have muffin top

-I just feel so depressed.

I have just started today and hope I can do this. I always feel like a failure and when starting to diet in the winter it is the hardest for me because of all the food that come with the Holidays. I always give in and I know I have to stick with it this time. So today instead of getting that Subway sandwich I get all the time I will eat a Salad!! Jared can go suck it cause Subway dont work for me!!!