What was the final straw?

[Jlkhollins]

Last straw

My last straw was realizing I had done SO many things to make my dreams come true. Since I was a little girl I wanted to show horses. I had purchased the huge gas hog to haul a horse trailer with, I own a great horse, and just ordered a brand new horse trailer. But......at the weight I WAS at (I am so proud to be able to say that) there was no way I was getting out in the middle of an arena in front of people. I realized it was time I really make my dream come true. And, so far I am well on my way. Three weeks into Atkins, 23 pounds down, and more to go. But, I am excited about the process!!!!
Jennifer

[teriha]

i have 3 daughters for whom to be a role model. i strain to tie my shoes, i won't let ppl take my picture. i avoid mirrors and if i'm caught off guard in a store front i don't recognize myself. i can't shop in the stores i want to...enough is enough! when my youngest daughter says'big' or 'fat' or any word like that, she looks over at me and says "sorry"...

(and there can be a cleanliness issue so yay for you for saying it out loud.)

enough is enough....

[Curveegrrl]

I've always been overweight and have always hated it. But really did nothing about it. OK, I'd do various diets for a couple weeks, but they'd make me crazy, so I'd stop. (Wow curveegrrl, what an original story!)

Anyhoo, I have a friend who was doing amazing things with Atikins. She basically transformed herself in a year. She never tried to push Atkins onto me (which is good, 'cause that would have backfired in a major way) but just sort of showedhow much she enjoyed it.

And since I was moving to a new country anyway (or rather back to a country I'd been in before), I thought, what better time than NOW?? Make the transition. Change myself. That's why I started travelling -- to change myself. So why not actually make some clear physical changes.

Yeah. so it's going pretty well too.