What Was The Deciding Factor To Finally Lose The Weight?

[kaninag 35]

Mine decision to lose weight started after 2 events....FIRST my great grandad (who had dementia and I had not seen in a few yrs) said to me...Kanina I didnt even recognize you you've gotten so fat!! Second was when I got my wedding pictures back...I was MORTIFIED!!!!! I had the surgery the following January!!! BEST DECISION EVER!!! Now ppl say Kanina I didnt even recognize you you've gotten so skinny LOL

[Entropy 0]

For me there was no single factor, it's been building for a long time.

I'm 280, BMI 40. I was up to 315 at one point. I've been over weight my entire life.

• I've been on every diet program, WW, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem and even that horrible Optifast. They all work but then I get tired of the food and counting all the time and I slowly slip off.
  
• I went to Universal Orlando with my kids and couldn't ride some signature rides because I can't fit into the seats. The attendant was nice enough to say that my shoulders are too broad. Some I could ride if I rode the "fat guy" seat and the attendant squashed me in. Humiliating.
  
• On airplanes and in theaters, I fill my own seat and part of my neighbors' so I try to get an aisle seat or a window seat and squish into the corner.
  
• I'm type II diabetic and on THREE medications yet my morning stick is still above 150. I'm asymptomatic but when symptoms appear, thy'll be permanent and devastating.
  
• I buy my clothes from the big and tall store, I can't wear what I want because it's not in my size.
  
• A day at Walt Disney World destroys my feet for a week despite having very good shoes and no feet problems. I was going to book the EPCOT Segway tour but I was above the weight limit so I told my family that it was full. I feel terrible for doing that.
  
• I don't sit at restaurant booths because the table is "too close".
  
• While putting Christmas lights on my roof, I noticed that the ladder's weight limit is 250. I'm risking my very life!
  
• I think that my size is preventing me from getting the job that I want but the employer will never say so.
  
• ... and on and on and on.
  

[Aj210 1]

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To be honest I was having sex with my wife and I noticed I couldn't go as deep as I use too, because of my belly. So I guess I did it because I wanted my d**k to look bigger…LOL

And all the other stuff you guys mentioned too.

[ebonymc 52]

OH MY, Well my story is that I also have a family history of diabetes and heart disease. Everytime I saw my Doctor he never bit his tongue making it known that "You're gonna have a heart attack or stroke". I dreaded going to have my labs and follow ups but knew he was right. I had tried so many diets only to fail. I thought about doing this for 3 yrs but was too afraid to commit. One day I was dancing around my kitchen in front of my granddaughter trying to make her laugh and she did. She looked up at me smiling and said " you look like fat Albert". Well that did it for me. I made the appointment and kept it this time. It's been 2 yrs and Im down only 50 lbs but I've been taken off 2 of my meds. So it took that or her to make me get control of my weight. 25 lbs more to go and I'm coming off the other meds too!

[pink dahlia 2,513]

im 53 yrs old. 5'3- was 225 lbs. been fighting a weight prob since i was 30 or so.i just got tired of not living the life i wanted. EVERYTHING revolved around my weight, and i mean EVERYTHING! i knew last spring that i would have to do something, but what ? then my hubby casually mentioned that his sis and her hubby were going to have lap band surgery around early june. I had seen the adds, so i knew what it was but had literaly never thought about it for me. they both had the surgery and did very well over the summer. i did research over the summer, and finally went to a seminar sept 7th, and the local support group sept 8th, and got the paperwork started. i had my surgery dec 13, 2011 am down 12 lbs so far ans feel and look better already. i am on my way to doing the things that i have only thought about for a longggggggggggggggg time . MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME !!!!!!

[kristallynn13 18]

Warning Mature Content To be honest I was having sex with my wife and I noticed I couldn't go as deep as I use too, because of my belly. So I guess I did it because I wanted my d**k to look bigger…LOL And all the other stuff you guys mentioned too.

Too funny!! I love it! I have heard somewhere that for every 50lbs overweight a man is, he loses one inch of length!!

[Lynn Stewart 4]

I am 56 type II diabetic on an insulin pump bmi of 34 my pcp said she wouldn't support lap band decision because of complications and you've lost weight in the past so what's the big deal. So now have to go in and try to explain hard for someone without issues to understand. Plus I'm what they consider borderline so it's not that important.

[elcee 3,343]

My BMI was also 34. My PCP also told me it was too dangerous and I should just eat less , exercise more etc. I don't like being told I can't do something so I thought Sod you and made an appointment to see the specialist myself. The specialist thought i was a perfect candidate and more likely than most to achieve 100% success because of having the lower BMI. Yes you may have lost weight in the past but have you kept it off? Obviously not. Plus as you get older it gets harder and harder to shift the weight. I wish some of these PCPs would just open their eyes and realise how hard it is. If they have never had a weight problem then they cannot possibly understand.

I would go and see another Dr.