What was your moment?

Jiveli85

After a friend had posted a bunch of pictures from the night before on Facebook I realized how chunky I had gotten. I weighed myself that day and saw 150 lbs. I'm 5'3 and it was a lot for my small frame. I knew I had to do something before it got out of control. I'm down 35 lbs and will never go back.

megomerrett

Wire an amazing dress out on a night out but all I could see in the photos was that I looked like a barrel. I realised I'd been compromising way too much on outfit choices and clothes, jeans were uncomfortable but I didn't want to go up another size.
Results of the changes I've made: 17lb lost so far, lost inches off belly and hips and thighs, jeans fit, skin is clearer, no longer need to use reliever asthma pumps daily.

megomerrett

*wore not wire

FatMoojor

my 4 year old daughter mentioning my moobs.....

dawniemate

Having my photo next to Minnie mouse and basically dwarfing her and I'm only 5ft. Feeling heart palpatation and thinking I was going to have a heart attack. ..then becoming a grandma and realising I needed to get a grip. 2 stone down 1 to go

putzfam4

I was going to my brother's wedding and couldn't a dress that made the cut. I finally really looked and didn't like the dresses because I didn't like what my body looked like. I buckled down snd list the weight and changed my shape.
over the last decade other life changes got in the way and now at 60 I want to be the best I can be, but health issues are affecting my path. I will be fine but niw realize it's not just the weight, but rather a healthier life style. Dr's that are involved in current 5 month jaw reconstruction are thrilled with my pro-active approach and the way I log in EVERYTHING good and bad so I can control ME. I even put in ALL suppliments and meds daily and in thd end, they are using my fitness log to add to a case study for the dental college. I agreed, happily!

dramaqueen45

Just several things- heart disease, diabetes and bad knees run in my family and my father had open heart surgery a couple of years ago (which started me on MFP but that didn't last long for some reason), mother has bad knees and has been overweight for most of my life, and brother is a type II diabetic. Last summer despite being fairly active with remodeling our home I still ate a lot late at night and stepped on the scale in late July to see 180- my absolute heaviest. I just decided to try MFP again and this time it has stuck long term. I have tried many many diets in years past, to lose and then to gain it back plus some. I think it has stuck this time for several reasons- I have support from members and friends made (before I would always go it alone); I don't have to stick to a menu (I have tried those types of diets many different times from cabbage soup to WW to ediets, you name it); and I found an exercise that I really enjoy as we bought a recumbent trike for myself (husband has a recumbent bike).

Jgasmic

I realized the only pants I could wear comfortably were leggings. Leggings and an oversized sweater worked for being snowed in, but I knew spring was coming eventually and I would want more choices. I also figured the extra 15 or so pounds wasn't helping my hip pain and I didn't want to be unable to walk all spring and summer.

wildflowerherbal

My moment was my husband telling me I was chubby and it was time to lose the baby weight and he wasn't attracted to me. He was vile about it. That was a year ago. For many other reasons in addition, I dumped him and have lost 11lbs now with about a stone to go. Immensely satisfying to see him checking me out when I drop the kids off but I'd never dirty myself with his toxicity again . Life is gooood!

vinerie

Like many others here, I saw a picture and just couldn't believe how I looked. I got on the scale and saw a number I never thought I'd see. I started then and there and results have been great so far. I recently took a picture wearing the same outfit in the original 'shocker' picture and I can see a big difference. It's nice to go from pictures making me cry to pictures making me smile.

Christina_BS

There were many moments that showed me that I cannot continue this way. But the main thing that made me do something against the real eating disorder was that I realized that I do not want to give my son this kind of example. Also, I could no longer run after him because I was out of breath very quickly, sports and any physical activity was becoming difficult. I hated my body so much that I could hardly imagine that my son would be able to love his mom this way.....

ljk0615

I had a baby and when she was four months old I had only lost 13 pounds total. I was tired of feeling gross and uncomfortable and it being able to fit into any of my clothes. Then I saw a picture of myself at this time and I was "wow. It is time". So I made a plan. That plan has continued to evolve and 6 months and 20 pounds later, I am so glad I stuck with it!

AdamImadA

peterjens wrote: »

One day I told myself I didn't want to be another middle-aged man who had let himself go.

I'll second that!

capnrus789

I just wanted to get laid.

mbaker566

my scale said a number I swore I would never get to
also I was tired of lifting that extra weight-see profile pic

coreyreichle

When I got to a size 40 pant size. At that point, I refused to buy new pants that fit better, and instead decided to make me fit my pants better.

TimothyFish

For me, it was when I stepped on the scale last summer. Two summers ago, I lost twenty pounds by riding my bicycle (yes, it is possible), but then I regained it during the winter months. Not wanting to admit that I weighed as much as I did, I began riding my bicycle again and measuring myself instead of weighing. Since I was seeing my size decrease, I assumed I was losing weight. Last fall, I decided to step on the scale so I could celebrate my success. 268, two pounds lighter than my heaviest weight ever. All of the work I'd done during the summer was pointless, because I'd been telling myself that I could get by with eating whatever, since my exercise was burning it off. At that point, I decided I was going to figure out how many calories I'd been consuming. I never did figure it out, because once I started tracking my calories, I began eating less.

TimothyFish

wildflowerherbal wrote: »

My moment was my husband telling me I was chubby and it was time to lose the baby weight and he wasn't attracted to me. He was vile about it. That was a year ago. For many other reasons in addition, I dumped him and have lost 11lbs now with about a stone to go. Immensely satisfying to see him checking me out when I drop the kids off but I'd never dirty myself with his toxicity again . Life is gooood!

This makes me sad.

BoxerBrawler

Sitting at my desk at work eating a HUGE plate of Indian food from the cafeteria. Just working and shoveling it in, not even aware of the taste or how much I was eating. I thought what I was eating was good for me until a friend walked by and said "Oh yeah, I love Inidan food too but too bad it's so bad for you!". Huh? I started googling what I was eating and was absolutley shocked at the amount of calories I was shoveling in. I had not exercised in years either. I started thinking about my diet... Bacon, egg & cheese bagel sandwich for breakfast, large coffee extra cream extra sugar, huge portions for lunch (entree's, subs, burgers, pizza), snacks in the afternoon consisting of cookies, maybe a bag of chips, a few soda's a day and ending my day with a huge home-cooked meal... or ordering out - Chinese food, pasta, subs, pizza, etc... I couldn't remember the last glass of water I had that day, or if I even had one at all! I could suddenly feel my butt rubbing against the sides of my office chair... Something in my head snapped. I dumped the rest of my lunch and guzzled water for the remainder of the day, totally disgusted with myself. The very next morning I started my journey and never looked back. I was in a 14/16 pants heading toward an 18. Today I am in a 0/1. Hell yeah!

enterdanger

I sold my house really quickly without having a new one to live in and had to do a short term rental. Rented a town house and it was completely vertical living. I realized that I was having issues carrying laundry and babies up and down 4 flights of stairs. It was very eye opening.

jemhh

I had a bunch of moments, or factors, come together at about the same time. Probably the biggest/scariest to me was my sleep apnea. My sleeping got worse and worse (more snoring, more feeling tired) two summers ago. I had several nights when I woke myself up completely by gasping for air and feeling like I was going to pass out.

That fall I had a sleep study done and my results were terrible. My AHI was 87, which meant that I stopped breathing or breathed extremely shallowly 87 times per hour. The few weeks it took to get a CPAP were terrifying for me. My husband was out of town for work and I was convinced that I was going to die in my sleep and our daughter would wake up to find my body. It was awful.

I knew that I wanted to lose weight and get in shape but I had to get the sleep situation fixed first because I was so completely exhausted. (Imagine going to bed and having somebody poke you to wake you up every 45 seconds for hours on end. Even if you didn't remember waking up all through the night, you would be exhausted in the morning.) So once I got the CPAP, it took a good 6-8 weeks to start to feel well-rested and then I was able to better focus on everyday life and what I needed to do to get healthy.

pixelatedsun

My father is diabetic, and he found out when he was 30 or so. His parents also both were diagnosed with diabetes, though they were in their 70s at the time. Both my parents are obese and I have a younger sister who is 16 and starting to slide in that direction, as I did. I want to be a good example to her - I'm 10 years older, and should be the leader. I don't want her to end up like me, over 300 lbs in the prime of her life.

TruCowboysFan812

I've always wanted to lose weight but never had the will power to stop eating junk food. I knew I was overweight but I stayed away from scales at all costs just so I didn't have to face it. One day at work I was on lunch break and decided it was finally time to face the music, so I got on a scale and I was horrified. I was 15 pounds away from 300 and I KNEW at that moment that I couldn't go on like this anymore. That day, I cut out all fast food and candy, I almost completely stopped drinking pop(I was drinking 4 or 5 a day) and I started counting calories. Its been about a month and I have lost ten pounds but I've got a LONG way left to go before I'll feel good about my weight. I must admit that its nice to see the numbers on the scale going down instead of up, though.

RaeB1013

I caught myself in a mirror that took me totally by surprise...not even a split second to realize there was a mirror, so I didn't have the chance to "suck in" or make myself "mirror ready". I think I finally saw what other people see. I almost didn't recognize myself. It was a really, really bad moment and unfortunately ruined the rest of what was a very enjoyable double date night. That was 9 weeks and 38 lbs ago and I am still going strong! I have 119 more lbs to lose before I get to my goal weight but every day is another step in the right direction. I haven't felt this good in a long time!

CostaRica120

I've never been majorly overweight, but have wanted to be thinner and struggled with losing weight since I was like 11 years old. I've gone up and down for years but I am getting married this December and I feel like I owe it to myself to give myself the body I really want for my wedding. I'm only 20 lbs away from my goal weight (lost 10), and I don't want to rob myself of feeling truly awesome that day.

susanmc31

I had lost 60 pounds over ten years ago and gained it all back and more. When my dad was dying he made me promise that I would lose all the weight I had gained back. That was back in 2012, it took me another two years to finally get started.

My weight loss started when my daughter was born. She is a year old now and I have lost 27 pounds (47 pounds from my highest pregnancy weight). Seeing pictures of me shock me as I think I am smaller then what I am. Even looking in mirrors next to people who I think I'm the same size as and seeing that I'm a lot bigger is shocking to me. That helps fuel the fire as well.

Fivefarthings

It was that old classic moment of seeing a recent photograph of myself and going 'wow I look FAT!'

rav_kathj

There are lots of things that didn't lead to the decision:
Trying out hanggliding and the harness very nearly not closing.
Barely fitting into a safety jumpsuit when having to install software on a ship for work.
Getting sleep apnoea, having to wear a cpap.
Having to give up tennis,badminton and hillwalking.
Going sightseeing, barely able to get to the top of malham cove,and subsequently being ditched by bf of 11 years because "I was so fat I was practically disabled".
Having a lot of investigation into a knee problem, being told i needed an operation.
Getting terrible headaches because despite the cpap I just wasn't sleeping.
Allowing myself to become more and more isolated, realising i was not going to events that involved standing, walking, or basically being seen in public.
Being prepared to pay for first class trains because standard seats are just too small, feeling guilty for taking up part of your neighbour's seat on buses.
A lifetime of accepting restrictions- i'll do that when i'm thin/happy/loved....

What i'm hoping will be the turning point ?
Being nearly 20st when I joined slimming world in January, and the cumulative effect of all the above. Very slowly I am coming down: only 22lb so far but I reason that if it took 50 years to gain the weight, I should be prepared for it to take a few to lose it?

crosbylee

I had several things that finally got a crow bar under my butt. Realizing that I was 218, higher than my second preganancy weight and I am 5'4". Looking at pictures and seeing a person in a fat suit. Some how I don't feel like I am as large as I am. Getting out of breath trying to tie my shoes because my gut is in the way. Looking like the Michelin tire guy from the shoulders to my hips. Participatintg in a mud run with girlfriends who are smaller and they have to help you up off the ground after taking a picture because you can't get your balance. You see the people who witnessed this and just feel like they are thinking 'Poor girl' or just judging you. I just wanted to crawl off and cry somewhere. After being here for six months I have only gotten myself 12lbs down. I know I need to work harder and log more diligently to speed up the process. I am tired of being the fat girl in the picture.

jnoegrah

Went clubbing and saw pictures that other people took!