Former fatties, what finally did it for you?

[beyondctrl]

hitting 107 KG and realised that's 235lbs ....

[Schnitzl]

Moobs + not being able to enjoy summer at all(shirtless). + all the health benefits that it brings.

+ vagina

[jays86lx]

Ha for me the first time I decided to loose weight I was 22 working an ok job and every morning I would eat 4 Reese cups and a 20 ounce coke. Before I realized it I was 6'0 280 and was about 36% body fat. one day one of my coworkers asked me when I was having my baby, FML was my first thought. Next day I was in the gym and eating right. I tried a 12 week challenge and got down to 195 had gain quite a bit muscle and looked and felt so much better. I was no longer tired and could do things all day. That was round 1 fast forward almost 10 years now I gained it all back just kept telling my self I can loose it when ever I want no biggie, well that turned into years of putting it off, then about 3 weeks ago I was on this site looking at how much people have really changed and I told my wife we are going to be fat no more. So we have started eating better and starting April 1 get a gym membership and my goal is to go from 305 to 205 in a year. Do it right this time and stay with it for the rest of my life.

[MrMichael1392]

Doc told me I weighed 310 at age 14, looked in the mirror and was finally sick of looking like a monster.

[schor]

I was 6'4" 330 lbs at 26 years of age. My family had been pushing me to drop forever. I finally started watching what I ate, but wasn't taking it as serious as I should have. When I discovered my roommate dead in his bedroom from a diabetic seizure (he was a type 1 and a skinny guy), I realized I didn't want to be him and put my family through an early death.

[jeremyisfat]

I saw the american Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and realized that my girlfriend had an almost identical figure to the main character. Then I realized that I looked nothing like Daniel Craig. I'm not even joking. That made me lose 80 pounds.

[ndelapaz]

Two words: Intermittent Fasting.

I was able to drop about 25lbs without lifting--due to a busy schedule. Keep your macros in check.

[cyco85]

Two words: Intermittent Fasting.

I was able to drop about 25lbs without lifting--due to a busy schedule. Keep your macros in check.

"Without lifting". I don't give a **** what my schedule was like... If I had to over head press toddlers at the park, I'd lift. Always lift.

[nuclearblonde]

"Without lifting". I don't give a **** what my schedule was like... If I had to over head press toddlers at the park, I'd lift. Always lift.

Hahaha <3

[18ToLife]

first it was being a FA virgin so i lost weight
basically i was a fat beta FA loser with the mind of an alpha
logged on 30 days on COD MW2 multiplayer
yea thatll add a few pounds

[Stryder917]

my biggest thing was.. I knew i was unhealthy, but didn't weigh myself for over a year, didn't really care, didn't think i wouldd be that big kid.. figured that i was no more than 200-215... that, in my mind was going to be awful enough.. but i stepped on the scale and saw 280... just about sht my pants.. fad dieted to 260.. gained 10 back... realized what i had to do, now i'm sitting about 208.

initial bodyfat was around 40%, sitting now around 25-ish..


but really seeing that nearly 300 on the scale de-motivated me reallll bad and then i realized that was stupid... so yeaaaah.

[LyssieDoll88]

After a lifetime of struggling with my weight, being tortured by the public and no self esteem my click moment was when I didnt fit in an air plane seat and they made me buy the one next to me. To make matters worse on that same flight my seat belt didnt go around me so I had to request an extender. t all changed in that moment.

[bgildenstern]

Despite being 5'10 235 pounds nobody has ever called me fat to my face before. People called me "Big Brandon" and comments like that but I didn't realize how overweight I actually was. Then I asked a friend why they called me big and there response was "Because your fat".

Overnight I changed my diet and in 6 months went from 235 down to 162. Been addicted to the gym ever since. Although I did have a relapse you could say when I went backpacking Asia for 6 months and put on 20 pounds of fat and when I friend mentioned he would no longer consider me fit but out of shape. That brought on the motivation to train for 8% body fat and in 6 weeks I have gone from 19% down to 15%.

[bw1031]

This thread is pretty good motivation.

[ShoppersRow]

I didn't like lifting and not being able to see the muscle i'd built up. Now that I'm cutting I'm starting to notice that I actually have made some significant gains!

[OutdoorsinCO]

Mom's side of the family was always overweight, ate like sh!t, etc. My grandfather was the worst. Never took care of himself, ate what he wanted. Went home for a visit and he was in the hospital, had one leg cut off and was getting the other amputated from his diabetes. Plus he had an 8 gauge cather stuck up his junk permantenly because of it.

Right then and there I said I wouldn't end up this way.

[lsiberian]

Hitting 212 was a huge scare for me. I realized I'd gone to far and so I got back to strength training and eating right. I quite the BJJ gym because I realized I was just too busy to get enough time in to be healthy. I went back to my old training program and the mirror has been kind. Slowly and steadily I'm getting there. Just today I hit the 4th belt loop. I was on the 2nd when I started. I even fit a cruise in the middle of it.

The belt loop and mirror do it for me.

[jamesyboi]

I disliked pissing blood everymorning.

[lsiberian]

Two words: Intermittent Fasting.

I was able to drop about 25lbs without lifting--due to a busy schedule. Keep your macros in check.

I'm a very busy person and I personally use bodylastics with some of their online programs. I know it's not free weights, but it's way better than nothing.

[Wellington]

The difference in your face is amazing.

May 2012 you look average at best and December 2012 you're a very handsome guy.

It just shows you that healthy eating can affect you in so many more positive ways.

[GreMillionaire]

Getting on the scale at a Dr.'s visit back in 2010. I was 324 lbs and the disgust, shame, and just flat out embarrassment I felt that moment was something I'll never forget.

[Cartss]

Had to do it for myself.

[MsFat2Fit]

This thread is pretty good motivation.

I agree

[scott213]

Hit 350 lbs a couple of years ago. Realized I was as close to 400 as 300 and it could go either way. Sitting here right now I am at 263. Still a fatty, I know.

[OutdoorsinCO]

Seeing this change keeps me going.

[TheVelocifaptor]

Looking at myself sitting in my room playing call of duty with Dominos boxes in front of me, 130lbs overweight...srs depressed. 1/2 for my own personal feeling of achievement, 1/2 for secks, but confidence gets you a lot further with bishes than a good physique!

[FrancoTAU]

I'm in the saw pictures of me on friend's ********s camp. It was showing my "evolution" from fit skinny guy to fat guy. I'm happily married so it came down more for self respect than vagina though.

[koatliki]

Two words: Intermittent Fasting.

I was able to drop about 25lbs without lifting--due to a busy schedule. Keep your macros in check.

You were skinny fat and now you're just skinny.

Gotta lift, bro

[GeorgeConte]

Question for any of you that, like most overweight people I've spoken to (including myself), have had many failed "attempts" at losing the fat.

What Finally motivated you to stop eating sheet and stick with it for a long period of time to cut you're fat? Interested to know if it was a certain event or change in thinking.

A fight with my brother!

I had severe obesity problems (120+ extra pounds of fat) and he was following close behind me (40+ pounds) due to idiotic nutritional choices learned from our parents. I was so depressed at a point that i didn't care for my life and eat what ever i wanted whenever i wanted it without limits.

He was concerned about me and himself not to become like me and started a big fight on how we should change our habits. The funny part is that i approach everything scientifically (even when i am blind from depression) so we made a deal to find the best way to solve this problem once and for all and change our habits the right way (based on scientific facts).

The rest of the story is pretty much obvious. I got obsessed on reading books, forums and every other possible educational source i could get in my hands about nutrition and exercise and lost all the excess fat and added muscle too.

That was 7 years ago and i still have the same mentality and preserve a healthy body.

Another interesting fact is that i have never done any diet in my life before that event (no failed attempts on losing weight) so i did it all in one attempt. That off course took along time but it was a success because i followed the right nutrition and exercise fundamentals. I am just thankful that i didn't have the common "lose weight quick" delusions by eating "1 banana per day" like many people have.

[LAclutch239]

Breakup. Best thing that's ever happen to me.