Lynne_K
Full Member
Further to the thread about your reasons for being overweight, I thought it would be interesting to hear what made you finally say "enough is enough" and make a pledge to yourself to lose weight and get the body you've been dreaming of?
My reasons are that I've been seeing myself in photographs over the festive period and I just did not like what I was seeing. I thought "Oh my god, how did it ever get this bad?". I feel unattractive and lousy and I'm starting to pick up joint / tendon injuries that I never used to. It's got to the point where I see beautiful clothes in River Island but know I can't buy many of them.
I'm a size 18 in jeans but can no longer fit into River Island size 18 jeans (unless they're the slouchy fit).
The final straw for me was recently a woman was arguing and swearing with her son in the street and although I made the briefest of eye contact with her, she remarked "What are you starting at, you fat (effing) cow?". It really got to me and made me think "My God, that's how people actually see me?"
So anyway, it was a mixture of a whole bunch of things. Onwards and upwards though, eh? First proper weigh-in on Monday. Bring it on!
My reasons are that I've been seeing myself in photographs over the festive period and I just did not like what I was seeing. I thought "Oh my god, how did it ever get this bad?". I feel unattractive and lousy and I'm starting to pick up joint / tendon injuries that I never used to. It's got to the point where I see beautiful clothes in River Island but know I can't buy many of them.
I'm a size 18 in jeans but can no longer fit into River Island size 18 jeans (unless they're the slouchy fit).
The final straw for me was recently a woman was arguing and swearing with her son in the street and although I made the briefest of eye contact with her, she remarked "What are you starting at, you fat (effing) cow?". It really got to me and made me think "My God, that's how people actually see me?"
So anyway, it was a mixture of a whole bunch of things. Onwards and upwards though, eh? First proper weigh-in on Monday. Bring it on!
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