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| out of mild curiosity, i got on the scale at the gym & i couldn't believe the number it read.
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IRRELEVANCY
1/26/07 9:36 P
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| I came within 5 lbs of being 200 lbs. The last time my weight was that high, I was 9 months pregnant with my son. Being 195 lbs is way too much for me, and the thought of continuing the way I was going was only going to make it worse.
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SBOWMAN1450
1/26/07 4:57 P
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| When the doctor said "you have diabetes" She wanted to start me on medication right away but I asked her to give me 3 months to lose weight and eat right. I started tracking all of my food on sparkpeople and took that with me when I went to see the dietician so she could see exactly what I was eating. 3 months later, no medications and diabetes 100% under control!!
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April, 2006, Easter photo: I was HUGE at 165 lbs
May, 2006, Godparents' wedding photo: I was still huge at 160 lbs LOL
so i knew i had to continue. my the time of my wedding i was 136 lbs. since then, i've been anywhere between 134 and 137 lbs. after the finals i'll try to get down to 120...hopefully
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SHALLYBLES
1/25/07 10:40 P
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Kids are always brutally honest! I used to babysit for two of the sweetest little girls and one day they asked me if I was on a diet and when I replied "no" they told me that I needed to be. I brushed it off then, but now that I look back I wish I had listened to them because they knew what they were talking about!
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IRISHGAL220
1/25/07 10:01 P
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My OMGosh! moment is when a friend told me the way my son describes his mommy. Keeping in mind that my son is only 5 yrs old. He told my friend that he said "my mommy is fat, and she farts alot". "She is so big that I can't hug her". I have always fought with my mother that I am NOT fat, and that I am HAPPY in my body. In the beginning it seemed to sasiate my confidance level, but now I know it is just a lie. Hearing my son say those things about me really hurt and now I know that he sees me as fat and smelly. "out of the mouths of babes" as they say. Got to get my groove on and lose this chunk.
Fight the battle every step of the way. 
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Yeah .. that's a big one also. :-( I always hate getting on that scale and then of course, the excuses start - I blame it on the clothes I'm wearing or the shoes, whatever but myself.
You are doing great though! How long has it taken you to get to where you are now Cecil?
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CECILTHEMUPPET
1/25/07 8:56 P
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| For me it was a combo of going to the doctor last June and stepping on the scale to see 152 and then going home to calculate my BMI to find that I was out of the "healthy" range and into the "overweight" range.
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GRIMTHECAT
1/25/07 8:24 P
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| When we got our Christmas family portraits back. I'm wearing a pair of those blasted low-rise jeans (the only kind I can find nowadays) and my gut was pooching out under my shirt. My mother says to me, "Well, we better put in the letter that you're not pregnant. You know how those things get started."
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| Going to the mailbox and finding my very own LaneBryant charge card. Yes I HAD been shopping in LaneBryant and yes I had applied for the card but at a 14W I was still able to shop in the regular misses department some of the time. Holding that card in my hands and seeing my very own name printed on it and everything sort of made my being "plus size" a concrete fact. Call me vain but it was a concrete fact that I didn't particularly like.
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| Mine was this past November when my husband and I went to the Marine Corps ball. I remember looking at myself in the mirror before we left and thought I looked great. There's even a few pictures where I look good but there are more pictures of me looking quite a bit bigger than I did the past year. I was so upset when I looked at our digital camera that night, sitting at the dinner table in the middle of this huge ball - I immediately got depressed, which was silly and sort of ruined the entire night for me .. but that's when it hit me, I needed to do something now .. and quick before I became even unhappier with myself.
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SEATTLESEKHMET
1/25/07 6:03 P
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| I saw pictures of myself that a friend sent from a holiday gingerbread decorating party this past December. I was so sickened--I didn't even recogize myself. It pretty much sealed the deal that I had to act NOW.
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| I don't think I had a specific moment, either. My mom has been counting calories and walking for a while; she's looking great with her weight loss. If she can do it, I know I can - I'm built a lot like her. I'm sick of hating to have my picture taken because I don't like how I look in pictures. I want more energy, especially since this school year (I'm a teacher) is a really difficult one schedule-wise for me. Now I'm thinking pleasantly of how friends will react when I see them over the summer after I've dropped some weight, of how I'll be able to wear some things I like that have become too tight, etc. All of those things together have inspired me to make changes to improve my health.
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| Mine was when my middle daughter told me she wants to be like me... with a 'big belly' and all.
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SRYOGAGIRL
1/25/07 4:37 P
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It wasn't really a 'moment' per se, but I just got sick and tired of having such a hard time finding jeans.
I'm only about 35 lbs overweight, but I'm short. I have to shop in the petite section or else things are too long on me. Unfortunatly, being short and being inbetween a size 12-14 makes it really hard to find jeans.
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FERNANDA78
1/25/07 3:27 P
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Mine was when I saw someone I used to think was heavy asked me why did I gain so much weight. 
It hurt me so bad because this girl used to tell me she was jealous of my figure ALL the time... Whenever I feel like giving up, I remember her look of disgust when she saw me last.
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CHUBBYANGI
1/25/07 3:16 P
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I have had a ton of OMIGOSH moments, but none of them made me want to lose weight bad enough, until my BF decided that we needed to take my kids to Disney World in April.
How horrible would it be to have this once in a lifetime adventure, and not be able to fit in the plane seat, or not be able to fit on the rides. I don't want to embarrass my children. I don't want part of their memory to be that I couldn't have all the fun with them.
There, I said it,
Angi
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LYNN_MASSA
1/25/07 3:09 P
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I've been overweight for most of my life, with a few times being thinner. The first time I really thought I needed to lose weight was when I saw a picture and asked who was in it... they said "you", and I was mortified!!
That was at 180-190. Now I'm 220+ and I see pictures of myself and really can't stand it. The picures of when I was thinner, and the way cute clothes that are in my closet at that size, motivate me to get to a weight I am more comforable with.
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| There really wasn't a moment for me. I just saw a link to SPARKPEOPLE and came by for a quick look. After here for 1/2 hour I was hooked but still didn't really plan on sticking with it. I just haven't left yet. I also haven't decided what a final goal will be. MAYBE IT'S TIME.
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SHALLYBLES
1/25/07 2:54 P
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What was the thing that made you decide that you HAD to lose weight and what do you think is going to keep you motivated?
Mine was when over the course of a few weeks people started asking me if I was pregnant and then finally when I told one person "no" he thought that I was being sarcastic.
I bought an elliptical trainer to put in my apartment and on the computer I have a sticky note that says "Are you pregnant?". When I get tired and want to poop out in the middle of my workout, I look at the note and it reminds me how much I hate that question and how the only other time I want to hear it directed at me is when I am actually pregnant.
Good luck to you guys!
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