what was the final straw that brought you here...

[just4me]

I was looking at some of my posts, and one was from 2005 asking this question. It made me stop and think, why then was i on this board. Well I wanted to be thinner for my husbad, I wanted him to be proud of me, I wanted to feel like I was the most desired thing at all tmes and thought if only I did this, he would always be faithful.

Now finally having the courage to leave a bad marriage and it just being my daughter I think I have found the key to how I'm going to make this work, how I haven't "cheated" once in all of the tempting situations I've been in. I've found me again. I want to be healthy for me, I want to look good for me, and I want to be healthy for my daughter because she needs me. Back then I thought it was "Just4me" but it really wasn't. Now it is. I'm regaining the power over myself, what I look like, what I do. It has come with a determination like no other.

What in other's lives have brought them here determined, what made you say ok....this is going to happen, and this I have to do now!

[mission to lose]

After losing about 19# on WW last year, I gained it back plus 10 more pounds as of this July..Looking in the mirror I saw a Macy's Christmas Parade balloon character about to explode. I looked and wondered if I could possibly get any fatter, since this was the most I have ever weighed, even 40# more than my second pregnancy weight at delivery. I was so disgusted with the image in the mirror that I wondered who that person was and had become, and I didn't like her one bit!!! So that was it...the last straw...I decided I have to stop ruing my life with food!

[RosieC]

I was just desperate to lose a very bloated abdomen.

I wrote more about my story but it became very long so I posted it on a separate thread.
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ry-so-far.html (My Sugar Addict Story (So Far))

But that was the final straw - a bloated stomach and not knowing any other diet that would fix it.

[OzLover]

A photograph that was taken after I arrived on a trip to PA. To get to that trip I had to fly on a plane & I almost didn't fit in the seat & the seatbelt almost didn't fit. I was not going to ask for a seatbelt extender under any circumstances. The whole vacation was a reality check.

[barrnone]

many things - the fact that I had let myself get to this point; looking like crap; feeling like crap; not being able to get my ring off [it's been 10 years, so that wasn't the last straw]; so unhappy about myself, it was affecting my marriage...I had lost myself, didn't like myself - and I missed 'me' - I wanted her back!

[sham]

Hi well when I got pregnant with the third boy I wanted to lose weight because I felt big then at 15 stones.In my pregnanvy I got fatter and fatter and when they weighed me before I went in for a section I was so ashamed to see 20 stones on the scale.I had the baby May 9th so gave myself 8 weeks to recover and then on my Birthday I started the diet(july 7th)last year and promised myself next birthday I'm going to be slimmer in better fitting clothes and wont be ashamed when I look in the mirror.I lost just over 100lb throughout I had my ups and downs but kept going and now I cant stop admiring my pretty slim face and I put on smart clothes daily,do make up,wear my coloured lenses and style my hair differently because I worked hard and feel proud.I did it for me because I wasnt happy thats the reason.Im now back on induction and losing more so lifes good.Good luck to you.You have the right attitude and should suceed.

[msanjelpie]

My hypoglycemia and insulin resistance was getting worse and worse. Every time I ate something I had to go take a nap. I knew diabetes was right around the corner. So I'm running from it as fast as I can in the opposite direction...

[JulieB]

Funny story...I was incorrectly weighed at 300 lbs by the lady who makes the custom orthotic inserts for my shoes. Somehow that number just blew me away. I decided that day to do SOMETHING about it. Turns out I "only" weighed 285, but that "300" number just stunned me out of my stupor.

I should write her a thank-you note...

[VTMissy]

Cool thread.

A few things. I craved milkshakes daily and felt I 'deserved' it even though it would give me a pounding headache and make me instantly sleepy. Night sweats. Working out constantly and keeping my calories under 1200 w/o losing a pound. And the kicker was the utter impatience I had for my two daughters. I have been blessed with a GREAT family and I was always yelling at them. I didn't want to be that mom and I didn't want them to have those memories.

[IrishIrish]

My health was spiraling downhill. I saw a medical record that referred to me as "super morbidly obese". My world was getting smaller and smaller as I was beginning to shun spending time outside my comfort zone. I was desperate to lose weight.

I found this site. I went to Century Club and met lots of great people who helped me start my journey with Atkins.