What was the breaking point for you?

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Dsha

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My husband always says that I look great to have had two children back to back especially seeing as I gained more than 50lbs during both pregnancies. However it's been 2 years now and I'm still holding on to 30 extra lbs that I'm so ready to drop. Anyway, the breaking point for me was the sight of stretch marks on my thighs... Not the back of the, the front! I have plenty of stretch marks on my stomach and that I've learned to deal with but that's the only place their allowed. So it's only the 3rd day since I've been eating way lighter but I feel as though I've accomplished something. The working out part is a breeze, I enjoy it.
My goal weight is 130-135.
 
Putting on the dress I planned to wear to my 20th high school reunion and not being able to zip it up. I had a year to get ready. Dropped the weight, got into great shape....and when the time came...I didn't like the dress anymore anyway and had to buy a new one.
 
Tipping the scale at 140 for the first time in my life. I'd been gaining a pound here & there for years after I hit 30 & yeah, it started to add up after a while. I went from 110 to 140 in about 3 years. I totally freaked when I hit the 140 mark & started serious dieting.
 
For me it was looking at pictures from High School and College to now and realizing that slowly I was increasing in size. I never just "blimped out", but my size kept going up and eventually I was 34 pounds over my pre-college weight. The ladies I worked with were much bigger than me, so when I started working out they gave me all kinds of flack about not needing to work out and that I was already "skinny" etc... (however you will not see any of them working out or cutting back) I realized that perhaps someone had given them the same lousy advice and that is why they were the way they were now. I used that as incentive to get my butt into gear and lose the extra pounds I had put on.
 
A lot of little things added up at the right time for me. I bought a dress for a wedding and realised when I got home that it only fit me when I was standing...couldn't breath sitting. My wardrobe was all cotton and elastic in my early SAHM years and one day I realised that I'd gained 15 lbs but not noticed because of all of the stretch factor...not a good thing!! Seeing pictures was painful too...yuchhhh, so much double chin and puffy cheeks... At 30 years old I realised that I had never seen my body lean and was very curious what was under all of that insulation, not to mention the desire to explore actually feeling healthy. I got off the couch and started walking 5K and watching what I put in my mouth. Well not only did the dress fit for the wedding, I had to have it altered to be made smaller. I kept going and eventually dropped 50 lbs. That was 14 years ago and I'll never be like that again!! Being fit and healthy is a constant source of joy in my life!!

Take Care
Laurie:)
 
Mine was a picture of me sitting on the beach, kind of far away. I first thought is was my overweight mom, and upon closer inspection it was me! I was mortified, I still thought I looked pretty good. So, I got pregnant.:p I lost the weight after baby #2, mostly through diet. It wasn't until baby #3 that fitness became a priority.

Sally
 
The breaking point for me was when I saw a picture of myself that was taken Easter 2001. I just couldn't believe it was me! I had a white, button-down dress shirt on and I was sitting at the dinner table. All I can say is those poor buttons!!!

Anyway, that picture changed my life. And 6 years later I still have it, even though it is seared in my mind forever! I pull it out every once in a while to remind myself how far I've come.
 
Losing the last 10 post-pregnancy pounds was tough (I also had two children 14 months apart) but the breaking point for me wasn't just that. It was watching women around me who were starting to gain weight once they hit the mid-30 mark. I didn't want to end up like them because I knew once it started happening it would be very hard to reverse it, and I hated dieting! So, I hit the videos.
 
For me....it was the steady climb up the scale...literally gaining almost 25lbs in 3 years (how the heck is THAT possible!!??)

Realizing that every single pair of pants required a strong amount of "sucking in the stomach"....

No longer looking cute in jeans....

Not being able to share clothes with my "fitter" sisters and feeling like the "fat one"....

Going to a weight watchers meeting with my mom (for support) and seeing MY scale read 157lbs....(and I'm only 5'3")

Geez...the list goes on and on and on....

BUT...sometimes it takes those slap in the face moments to snap you back into reality. For me, it was about a dozen slaps, but I got the message eventually!!! }(
 
like many others, mine was seeing pictures of myself. mostly, it was seeing pictures after i had my children and attributing my appearance to post pregnancy weight. but as the children grew older in the pictures, but my appearance remained the same, i realized that being 30 with two kids would require a little work to get back the body i used to have.

i literally just made the decision one day (after getting tips and a good confidence boost from a dear friend) to set the alarm for 5:30 the next day and JUST DO IT. that was 3 years and 15 lbs ago. working out and eating well quickly became habit for me, something i look forward to and crave. i'm so glad i made that decision :)
 
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