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

[Slapshot]

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Carrying my 37 lb son up the stairs to bed exhausted me and killed my knees and hips. One time, halfway up the stairs, I realized that I was carrying TWO of him ALL THE TIME. That's what did it for me.

[MellyG]

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My experience is similar to what everyone else has said. #1 was breaking the 200lb barrier. Not a great health move for a short lady! And I already looked like the bigger girl with the pretty face at 150lbs (I'm naturally a tad puffy , or endomorphic as some would call it).

#2 was carrying a 20lb box of cat litter from the store to my car thinking, at first, "crap, this is heavy!" That thought was followed immediately by, "crap, I've gained that weight three times in my adult life!!!" (without any loss in there, just to clarify). I gained 40 in just over 3 years and decided I would either have to make big changes or continue this free fall into misery.

[EveWasFramed]

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I have few things here:

- Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! I hate full body pictures.

- I wear a body slimmer every day (it's like a one-piece underwear/bra combo that holds your tummy in) and I hate it. I want to wear NORMAL underwear again, but my belly is so poochy I look and feel awful without the slimmer. I have been wearing one for 2 years ever since my daughter was born. It needs to GO!

- When I lie on my side in bed at night my stomach feels like I'm pregnant again. Ugh.

[bellajgw]

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Finding my dream wedding dress and feeling hideous in such a beautiful thing. My arm fat hung all over, my back fat hung out, my stomach was so bloated...I remember thinking "how will I ever look beautiful on my wedding day if I look like this." I remember wondering if I could stomach looking at my wedding photos if I still looked like this. I knew that I shouldn't lose weight just for the wedding, but I had tried so many times and I new I should get back into Atkins again because I felt so much more healthy on it. So, instead of putting it off a week, or until Monday I started the next day. I made the committment and today is day 49 for me. Its slow, I've stalled, but I refuse to let that stop me. I will be a healthy weight for my wedding, I will look beautiful, I will be proud of how I look and what I'm doing and I will be healthy as we start our family. I will NOT let our children fall into the same bad habits we have.

[cocobelle]

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Went to the doctor last week. Had to hear the additional 'clink', as the 50lb weight was moved over. I swear it echoed through the office.

Now, I'm looking forward to going back and hearing the 'clink' go in the other direction!! lol!

[Kntrylady]

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Great Thread ! Absolutely cumulative for me, all in the month prior to starting Atkins again....

~Clothes fitting too tight, realizing I only had 3 pairs of jeans that fit
~Feeling tired with no energy
~Becoming pre-diabetic
~having horses, love to ride, and feeling guilty getting on their back
~having horses, love to ride, and saw a picture from the back with my butt rolling over the back of the saddle.
~Being at a hotel in Reno with mirrors surrounding me in the bathroom (AAAAARG, couldn't hide from that)
***and finally, sitting in front of the TV, and having my cat climb into my lap, and then up onto my shelf of a stomach, just under my boobs, to lay down !!!!

[ania]

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My daughter turned twenty this year. I realized that I am overweight for twenty years. I gained some weight when I was pregnant. And than some more over the years. And here I am over 100 pounds later(and 20 years).
This "after pregnecy" weight is there to long.