What was your turning point????

[bubba73]

As sad as the story is, I love to tell this one. When I was at my heaviest, I weighed 212 pounds with a 38" waist. I was at home and show a preview for the Chris Farley movie, "Tommy Boy" with David Spade. There was a clip in the movie where they were driving down the road and Farley ate a package of ketchup straight. Sucked it right down. Spade's line was "Oh my God! I can actually here you getting fatter.". The next day, I went to work and when I ate my lunch, I felt my stomach expanding with every bite. It made me sick. Then, when I was leaving, I could feel my stomach bounce with every step that I took. I was totally disgusted!! The next day I went "hardcore" on a diet plan that was really unhealthy. I strated doing push-ups and sit-ups everyday. I couldn't do more than 5 of either one at a time. I was in really bad shape. I started moving almost every moment of the day. Twisting, turning, jumping or running. It didn't matter as long as I was moving. I cut my diet to almost 1000 calories a day. In less than 6 months, I lost 52 pounds but I was still unhealthy. I am 6' tall and I weighed 160 pounds with a 32" waist. I am much healthier now even with the extra bodyweight that I have right now. I am even studying to become a personal trainer. Life sure has changed for me.

 

[monte]

My point came when I finished the Disney half marathon...I was so excited about finishing, then I got the film developed and saw myself I use to be a size 8, but have gone up to a 14 Now I'm mad and more determined than ever to loose the weight and I have registered for the full marathon. I want to loose, at least, 30 pounds by then.

 

[RunningLilo]

Mine came when I finally decided that South Beach was the LAST diet I would ever try. If it didn't work I would stay fat forever. When I read the book, suddenly it all made sense. Everything I had been doing to try and lose weight my whole life was backwards. Not low fat or no carbs...Eat the right fats and the right carbs.

Then at church the next Sunday a lady told my friend that the Lord led her to tell him that "this was the year that you are going to lose weight for good." He told me about it and I claimed that promise for myself. I believe that the Lord has ways of getting us messages that we need. With His help I know I can do it!

 

[lmhall2000]

I've had several...losing 60-65 pounds over the past 3 years...have 40 more to go...but most recently was a friends son seeing my butt while cooking cookies and saying "Miss Tara, you have a fat butt." He's only 4 and said it funny but it was sooo true! I just laughed and said, it used to be FATTER!!! So that was enough to get me out of this stalling and yo-yoing...now I"m going down for the final run!

Tara

 

[Webbie]

My turning point was a medical wake up call. I was fat, out of shape with high blood pressure. I had 2 serious TIA's and realize this was nothing to fool around with. I lost 50 pounds, 50 over all inches and went from a size 18 to a 12! I can not wait to go to Disney in June and be in all the pictures!!
Kathy

 

[jillane88]

My father died at age 45 of a massive heart attack. I was 23 yrs old and it didn't make me think much about his weight until a few years ago when I hit my 30's and then thinking that 45 was not that far off.

Also I promised DH that if he took me on a cruise for our 10 yr. anniversary, I would get fit and put on a bikini - that was 2 years ago and it was an awesome cruise and I did put on that bikini! I need to get a new one this year for my upcoming cruise because the other one is now too big!

 

[knovak]

My best friend recently lost 40 pounds and is still going on the WW program. She was my inspiration. My youngest DD is almost 4 - it's time to lose that "baby fat" once and for all. I was always heavy until I turned 21 and my mom had gallstone problems and had to lose weight. I went on a diet with her and lost 90 pounds and was a size 10/12 and quite happy - then along came marriage and 2 children. I was almost down to my prepregnancy weight when I got pregnant with me 2nd child and have been struggling ever since. It's just time to get and be healthy!

 

[beckmrk04]

When I walked down the aisle with my hubby, I weighed 205. I looked beautiful, and felt beautiful, but I knew that I did NOT want to be 200 lbs forthe rest of my life. I ALSO knew that when we decided to have children, I would add weight with pregnancy- and I didn't want to have even MORE to lose. After seeing several friends go through pregnancies where they gained 50+ lbs, I decided I would try to lose weight before we got pregnant, and then it would be easier to make the right choices during pregnancy and avoid gaining so much extra weight. I want to enjoy my pregnancy- not be even more fat and bloated and swollen and miserable than I have to be!!

 

[sap1227]

The final straw was seeing a picture of our family when we were in Gatlinburg in January. I can not believe how terrible I look!!

Christy

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

This post has inspired me! Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and turning points. I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired! I am just so tired all the time, embarassed almost every minute of every day and I am tired of beating myself up about it. It is time for me to be proud of who I am and who I can become!

 

[saturday97]

I've had an excuse for not getting fit for a few years now, too busy, etc. This holiday, I put on so much weight in a month from sitting around and eating that my pants (the ones that were already huge and I hated wearing) got too tight and I was going to have to go buy a bigger size. I mentioned this to a friend and she grabbed the phone, called WW, and said that the meeting was on Thurs. and that we both HAD to do something. She'd been feeling the same way. I've lost 9 lbs so far and sometimes it's a big struggle because I have a number of bad eating habits, but I know this is a process and I'm in it for the long haul.

 

[KathyFP]

What a great friend!!!

 

[bunnyfoo]

My turning point was when I realized that I would be spending another summer in jeans or long pants because I felt like I was too heavy to look good in shorts... that and I was tired of buying clothing in the double digits

 

[decaff38]

I don't know if I have a turning point, but I am taking my foot off the accelerator with the hope of turning around. I resigned myself to buy size 20 work clothes because I was so uncomfortable and I'm sure I looked like 10 pounds of flour in a 5 pound sack. I had only 1 pair of jeans that fit me too. I went shopping for jeans at JC penneys and I had 3 pair to choose from. Either many people are my size or no one is this big. I just needed to get my mind back on some track other than sit because I'm tired. I decided to focus on exercise and not the food. It has already helped in 1 week. I feel better and I'm not obsessing about food. Yesterday I went to Quiznos and ordered a small prime rib sandwich (Yummy!!) To my surprise at about the 1/2 way mark I was stuffed and my brain actually yelled "Throw the rest away!!" I did. Once i exercise it is like $$$ in the bank and I really am trying to save and not spend(Calorie wise) Funny how you have to trick the brain into what is good for it!!!! I ran/walked the 1/2 Marathon in Jan. 2005. Could not believe I DID IT!! Was so proud of myself. Need to have that feeling again. Way better than any food I have ever tasted!! Hoping to fit into 18s by Easter. 16s by Memorial Day and 14s by July 4th. If I make it great, if I don't I will just move to the next holiday. My goal is to get fit and run/walk a Marathon in Oct. Everything else that happens along the way is a bonus!!!!

 

[disneyfanz04]

I don't know if I have a turning point, but I am taking my foot off the accelerator with the hope of turning around. I resigned myself to buy size 20 work clothes because I was so uncomfortable and I'm sure I looked like 10 pounds of flour in a 5 pound sack. I had only 1 pair of jeans that fit me too. I went shopping for jeans at JC penneys and I had 3 pair to choose from. Either many people are my size or no one is this big. I just needed to get my mind back on some track other than sit because I'm tired. I decided to focus on exercise and not the food. It has already helped in 1 week. I feel better and I'm not obsessing about food. Yesterday I went to Quiznos and ordered a small prime rib sandwich (Yummy!!) To my surprise at about the 1/2 way mark I was stuffed and my brain actually yelled "Throw the rest away!!" I did. Once i exercise it is like $$$ in the bank and I really am trying to save and not spend(Calorie wise) Funny how you have to trick the brain into what is good for it!!!! I ran/walked the 1/2 Marathon in Jan. 2005. Could not believe I DID IT!! Was so proud of myself. Need to have that feeling again. Way better than any food I have ever tasted!! Hoping to fit into 18s by Easter. 16s by Memorial Day and 14s by July 4th. If I make it great, if I don't I will just move to the next holiday. My goal is to get fit and run/walk a Marathon in Oct. Everything else that happens along the way is a bonus!!!!

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! I wish you all the luck in the world. I too feel so much better then I have felt in so long!!! There were times before where I said I was going to lose the weight, but now I AM losing the weight. There is no way I will ever go back to my old eating habits!!!

 

[Cruise04]

My turning point was June 30. My dd had a yearly doc exam and the doc told her she had to do something about her weight. She had finally gotten to a point that she was huge even though I had been on her to start doing something about it (not constant, just reminders here and there). About 2 weeks before that I asked her if she'd want to go try Jazzercise with me because we can try it free for a week and then see if we want to keep doing it. We toggled that back and forth and never went. Well when we came out of that doc appt I went home and cried. I cried for my dd who was 215 pounds at age 15. I know I had a lot to do with that and it killed me. She was so unhealthy and so out of shape and so was I. And I was her when I was 15 too and I basically starved myself and got the weight off (I wasn't as heavy as her when I did it though).

I was up to a size 30/32 and was having a hard time with my feet and walking up the stairs. I was wheezing and just feeling miserable. But I didn't let others see that. I hated getting on the scale but did it. So that night I told her we were going the next day to try Jazzercise and we both loved it. Two weeks later I had gained 2 pounds and was working out like a horse so I started looking at what I was eating and that did it.

I've since lost over 50 pounds. I have around 85 more to go but I don't let that get in my way. DD has lost 31 pounds now and is more fit to be able to play soccer right now. I've gone from a size 30/32 to an 18/20 in pants and 22/24 in tops (roughly depending on the style). That's 8 sizes!!!!! I feel so much better, I'm so much more conscientious of what is going in my mouth and I hate when TOM comes because I gain a few pounds and just blows my motivation. But when I lose it helps so much.

I'm stuck in a rut right now but I know that's expected. I have learned so much about myself these last 8 months and I've surprised myself a lot too. I really like that I can jump and not feel like I'm dying.

 

[KathyFP]

How wonderful!!! Your daughter musr be feeling so much better about herself. Teens can be so cruel.

You must be feeling great yourself. Keep motivated.

 

[Tazicket]

I kind of have a couple of turning points (if that's possible). My first was when I went to my Grandma's birthday party and my uncle's girlfriend congratulated me on my pregnancy. I'M NOT PREGNANT! Even worse, when I said that I wasn't pregnant, she kept insisting that I must be and tried to hint that our (mine and DH's) secret was safe! ARGH! I started WW for the first time after that and lost about 12 pounds.

A few months after that, I had to have some major knee surgery and was pretty sedintary (sp?) for a while and quit counting points and gained it all back.

Now for my most current turning point. I saw a picture of me taken a couple of weeks ago for an article about how my University helped me after my surgery and I look awful!! I have to do something about it and I am. I have decided that before our next WDW vacation, I will lose weight, so I can be happy with how I look in my picture with DH and Mickey.

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

I am sort of new to the WISH boards, and I am on a new goal to lose weight--this thread was sort of a "sign" to me! My brother (mr. fit guy) and his girlfriend got engaged last weekend. She asked me to be a bridesmaid. I really like her, but I am about 6 years older than the other bridesmaids, and as I like to say, you could add her and the other bridesmaids together and they MIGHT get to what I weigh. It's not quite that dire, but I would like to lose down to 145-150 (I am at 168 now). The wedding is in September, but I want to lose at least part of it by our WDW trip in June (I know what you mean about those pictures!). I am starting WW--it worked for me 2 years ago, but then I didn't keep up with it!

Good luck to everybody and congratulations to those of you who have such motivational weight loss stories already!