This is what i have discovered in my weight loss journey. No one can tell you when its time, you have to decide for yourself what you are going to do. Even what the doctors told me about my own well being didn't make me want to lose weight. I decided when i was no longer happy with myself. I had begun to have low self-esteem and none of my clothes fit. I have to make my weight loss to God in prayer. I had to really meditate on my eating habits. I wanted to change for myself. When you are ready, you will do the same