Turning Point?

I’ve made some serious headway in my weight loss goals. The light at the end of the tunnel is looking very bright to me these days. I can’t help but to think about the past… the good and the bad. Mostly, I’ve been thinking about the turning points that pushed into realizing it was time to do something and the years that slipped by without doing a thing about it.

 

 

Does anyone have a turning point (or a few) they’d like to share??

 

 

Here are a few on my list:

 

 

Learning about BMI for the first time 2 years ago and realizing I was Morbidly Obese at age 27

 

 

Being diagnosed with PCOS and pre diabetic/insulin resistant

 

 

Elevated blood pressure

 

 

I was too big for most airline seats

 

 

My size 24 jeans were too small

 

 

It hurt to walk or stand for any amount of time

Good post! For me: buying bigger...and bigger sizes - but not eating all that much.  Could understand it if I was a fast fooder or a bag of chipper. blood pressure meds at age 45 about passing out when I would tie my shoes - gut cut off breath I do think my joint achiness (hips) has reduced at least somewhat just hating pictures - all of them with me in them yes, many of these things are vanity related. That is a problem for me - reduced energy is not a problem for me at heavier weights , so I am always the last to know when I am gaining - clothes get tighter suddenly.  I need to stay conscious, vigilant ent to keep my future bright. thankfully no more co-morbids to date.  THE last straw/turning point that made me go seek WLS:  Oprah show with Dr. Oz. He had an obese cadaver sliced in two - lengthwise. The omentum was visible - the layer of white fat that is located over your stomach. In a normal weight person, it is as thin as a bridal veil.  In an obese person, it looks like plasticized lard packed amongst the organs in the pertinial cavity. It was a disgusting visual that has stuck with me to this day. AND it is real...that is where i especially pack my weight, so I can only guess what mine looks like.

1.my turning point was when I attended a funeral for a very good friend of the family. She was the nicest person I knew she also weighed over 350+.  Her pallbearers  were unable to pick up her casket she had to be rolled into the church. Some people there laughed and were rude as ****not to mention insensitive. I guess for me, I've been heavy all my life so I told myself I'm happy this way. But honesty I don't want my children to have to hear people's comments about me. 2. my jeans size 24 were also getting too small. 3. i was tired of hearing......your so pretty if only you were thin. 4. my knees were hurting.

Ahh, I like this.  It's actually one that I've thought about writing out for myself and posting it some where I can see it as a reminder to myself on why I'm on this journey once again.  For me it's so easy to slip and fall into a "fantasy land" so to speak.  Sort of like a binger I guess, which that I am! I've gotten a hold of it, but occasionally still slip. Think my big one was the doctor telling me I'll be in a wheelchair by the age of 60 if I don't lose weight. Then theres the idea of how she put it when she mentioned the next 20 years of my life.  It almost sounded like there might not be any more than that if I"m not careful. My health problems, plain and simple.     high cholestrol, I would love to get off my pills.     doctors making me take an asprin a day, and I'm only 39.     warning that they are watching my bp     my leg pain, if I get healthy there is a good chance it might go away         my asthma and allergies.  I can't breath well on a LOT of days.  I'm too young for this.     scared to go take care of female problems not wanting to go under in this condition and weight. My kids, I want them to know the real me, because what they see  is not the true me.  My self esteem, the way I look at things, EVERTHING changes when I lose weight.  I DO NOT want my kids to think I"m a loser.  I only want them to see positive things from me.  Which they haven't the past few years and I'm just realizing this and really ashamed of it. My husband, I want to be with him forever.  I'm realizing he might be a widow early in life if I don't change things.  I don't want to see that happen.  I would have to hunt him down if he remarries. :)  Just NOT gonna happen. hehe I have realized if Im not careful someeone else might be raising my kids.  That right there just gets me every time I think of it.  It just can't happen.

1) Being so scared of going to the doctor because of my weight that I avoided it for 5 years. 2) Finally going the doctor and being in total and complete fear of the scale. I was in tears. 3) High BP 4) Thinking WLS would be my only resort. WLS scares the pee out of me. 5) Not being able to walk more than 2 blocks without my hips killing me. 6) Needing physical therapy for my knee and back and knowing it was all because of my weight. 7) The example I was setting for my girls. What has changed or is changing? 1) Food choices...not only quality but quantity 2) The realization that if I was going to finally face the doctor then I had better do as he says or why did I bother to begin with. 3) Realizing WLS is NOT what I want except as an ABSOLUTE last resort.  4) An awesome sense of accomplishment when I finish walking a mile with NO pain. 5) Watching my girls follow my lead with their food and eating habits. 6) The absolute BEST thing is how I feel about myself with each milestone I achieve on this journey. My self-esteem is going through the roof!!!!!!!!!!