Originally Posted by carrot-top

I had a stroke and it was a true wake up call. No food is worth dying for. I still have a ways to go and have since had brain surgery and am facing another one in June. Really - no food is worth all of this !

Originally Posted by Mia-Chloe

I gained weight in the last 2 years due to extreme stress. I won't list what I went through, but it's mind boggling.

Once I started getting severly obese, there were a lot of incidences that should of motivated me to lose weight, but did not, such as:

- my bf's mom being CONVINCED I was pregnant, even after I denied it
- guys not noticing me anymore
- realizing I can't cross my legs anymore when I go to the movies
- my bf never calling me beautiful anymore
- my bf's mother telling me ppl mentioned to her that I have gained a LOT of weight lately and then trying to force me to go on walks with her
- ppl i haven't seen in a while glancing up and down my body and the awkward silence that follows
- being horrified by pictures of myself -- how fat and puffy and disgusting i look

But the one moment in time that finally pushed me to do it: My bf's mom told me that my bf told her he refuses to be intimate with me because of my weight (yes, my bf's mom is an insensitive cow). I suspected he didn't find me attractive, but I didn't know for sure until I heard the words from her mouth. That one moment I wanted to burst out crying. But I grit my teeth and held it in and turned that pain into anger and, eventually, into determination.

My motivation is revenge based. I decided I would lose the weight and then dump that jerk of a bf for being so shallow. I want to delay breaking up with him for when I am slim and sexy so his heart will SHATTER. It's what he deserves for rejecting me when I needed him most.

Originally Posted by haileydawg

2). Watching the movie Super Size Me

Originally Posted by Citruskiss

I was very surprised watching this movie - even though I knew what it was about, and I must say, it turned me off fast food. I saw it on DVD last summer and haven't been able to eat at those places since.

It was unbelievable - the way that guy's cholesterol went up, the depression and the weight gain - all in just a month. Yikes!!!

Originally Posted by LOWCARBR

my story is first, seeing pics of me from my co-worker that she passed out for me to keep. i was horrified. the other thing was that i am getting older -45 yo to be exact in march and i have so many more years to live, and i had wasted so many years on deadbeat men, being huge, being depressed, being insecure, and i wanted to live these next many many years looking younger and feeling younger...healthier especially. and the topper was being in a trashy relationship with my bf that i hope to leave in a few month ..with myself being thin and beautiful and wearing some of the most sexy clothes i can find. in search of someone more deserving of me.

Originally Posted by DarthRaidr

I can tell you today it was seeing pictures of myself last night at a beach... holy whale cows Batman...
And I thought I was lookin' good!

Originally Posted by haileydawg

Actually for me it was what I ate, not how much. I would usually eat one meal a day at a fast food joint. I never ordered large or super size meals, rarely ate the dessert, and always drank diet soda or water with meal.

For example, if I ate at Taco Bell, I would have a regular taco and a bean burrito. If I ate at Mc Donalds, I would have a double cheeseburger and a medium fry. If I ate at KFC, I would have a 3 strip meal.

I don't think the quantity was high in what I consumed per day. Throughout the day I would not eat much else. To me, it was simply all the crap I put in me every day. Now that I have cut out all of the above in just 5 months I am down almost 60 pounds, I half cut my triglycerides in half, my cholesterol is at a normal level now and I have raised my good cholesterol.