QOTW- What Does It Take to Get There?
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QOTW- What Does It Take to Get There?
| Wed, 08-17-2005 - 8:58am |
What is it that made everyone finally say 'okay, I've got to get this weight off, and I'm doing it now'.

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Hmm...well, this time around, it was a combination of things. First of all, I had gotten a few comments about my "sweatshirts and pajama pants" wardrobe, from Neil and from my friends. Unfortunately, they were all I had that fit me comfortably. Then, there was my friends' son who said "Aunt Staci is fat" to my face--he's four and, unfortunately, very honest. Finally, there was the moment in April where I stepped on the scale and realized I weighed 275 lbs--5 more than my highest ever, and 30 more than I had weighed only 9 months before, when I started dating Neil.
Staci
>>>First of all, I had gotten a few comments about my "sweatshirts and pajama pants" wardrobe, from Neil and from my friends. Unfortunately, they were all I had that fit me comfortably.
Dont you hate that?
Well, I've been trying to "lose weight" off and on since I was 16. One time when I was 24 I lost 30lbs on Sugar Busters (similar to Atkins and South Beach diet). Over the next 2 years I managed to put back that back on plus 12 more lbs. What got me into the OMG I need to lose weight mode was seeing a picture of myself at a party.....my legs runneth over (lol). You couldn't even see the metal chair I was sitting on. Also, my 10 year highschool reunion is coming up, summer '07. This to is an inspiration. Just the other day I saw a picture of me 2 years ago when I was 42lbs smaller and wow....I was looking good (still overweight, but I looked better than now). I now have both of these pictures with me.
Hope this helps!
GiGGles
312/309/165
Oh, how I understand the pain of children being honest. I have had on several occasions where a child has said "your too big to play this" or even worse one came out and said "Barbara you need to lose weight." Ohhhhh.....how I wanted to sink down into a corner and also give him a piece of my mind, lol I didn't though. For some reason this hurt more than an adult saying something, why is that?
I have noticed in the last year that I have become comfortable with my clothes. I used to be very trendy, with clothes and shoes. Ha! Not so much anymore....I have to admit this summer I was caught wearing my best friends maternity shirt on several occasions...OOPS! I used to wear heels a lot....not anymore, they are painful...cause my feet to swell and allow more chances for me to fall. This hurts really bad too! I fell last December on pavement wearing some chunkey black boots. From my knee to foot was swollen and black and blue it literally looked like someone had a hayday with a bat and my leg. I even had to get X-Rays and an MRI.
This is another reason why I need to lose weight, with my clumsy self it is too risky to be this overweight.
GiGGles
>>>First of all, I had gotten a few comments about my "sweatshirts and pajama pants" wardrobe, from Neil and from my friends. Unfortunately, they were all I had that fit me comfortably.
Dont you hate that? Its not like we dont know what we are wearing and what we are doing. I also hide in my clothes when Im not feeling good about myself. Rich recently made some comment when we went out of eat like "cant you find something nicer to wear?" >>>>
Oh man, I soooo hate that. What really got me, though, was that about two months ago I was wearing a nice outfit, which I had been doing regularly since mid-April or so (I almost never wore my sweatshirts/pajama pants/jeans anymore) and I had my hair and make-up done, and Neil said nothing! Then, I asked him why he doesn't ever say I look nice, and he said "well, if you wore something besides sweatshirts and pajama pants, maybe I would"!!! We had a good argument about that one and I was very upset and hurt because I had been making the effort to look nice on a regular basis, and he didn't even notice. It made me want to crawl back into the comfy clothes and say just forget it! Luckily for him, he's gotten better at complimenting my nice clothes lately, so there haven't been too many more nights like that, except a couple weeks ago when we were on vacation, and I dressed up for dinner because I had been wearing a sweatshirt and p.j. pants all day (we got up early and had a 6 hour drive) and he was like, well, we're going to a sports bar and you'll be way overdressed--arggh, why couldn't he just say "wow, you look nice"!
My aha moment came when I was having so much trouble with my neck and shoulders that I had to see a physical therapist.
Don't you DARE give up, Kerstin!
My moment of truth was when I visiting my daughter at College and I barely made the walk from the car to her dorm room. Not only was I huffing and puffing but I really thought I wasn't going to make it to her room without sitting down. I even had a visual of me in a motorized chair.
This was heartbreaking for me as I always loved walking before gaining so much weight. In that moment I remember thinking, I will never feel this way about myself again. That night I made a plan including: walking, low-fat food, water, journaling, and finding support (this board). The date - Feb. 21, 2005.
I've had a tough summer with a lot of things going one, some good - some bad, but I'm still committed to getting healthy!
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