What was your 'I finally need to lose this weight' moment? (And was it as bad as mine?)

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  • szodyraa
    szodyraa Posts: 60 Member
    I've been made fun of my entire life and I i've most definitely been the duff of my group of friend forever but, some recent moment were going to church camp and not wanting to ride the zip line afraid I may embarrass myself if there was a weight limit, having to wear TWO flag belts for a game and everybody watching the man put them together for me and my younger brother (jokingly) telling me I was as big as a Cadillac :neutral: I am sick of my weight dictating what i can and cant do in my life :
  • JessCozzak585
    JessCozzak585 Posts: 4 Member
    I was visiting my parents for the weekend. The first thing my mom said when she saw me was, "You've really gained a lot of weight." This started a two hour discussion with both of my parents about how I'd never advance in my career if I stayed "fat." My brother also called me a bloated marshmallow that day. My family is filled with some compassionate people, lol.
  • debhurley196994
    debhurley196994 Posts: 8 Member
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  • yellowboots_19
    yellowboots_19 Posts: 10 Member
    My "ah-ha" moment happened when my mom and I were shopping for clothes. A huge majority of them were too small for me, which upset me to a huge degree. But what really got to me was when I'd been changing in the dressing room and I saw all of the cellulite and fat all over my body. After my mom told me how concerned she was about my health, I just bawled like a baby. It was the worst moment of my weight journey, and despite the fact I lost a good portion of the weight, then gained it back, I've definitely made a vow never to go back to that again.
  • cabstar69
    cabstar69 Posts: 4 Member
    Dave_GettingFit wrote: »
    My aha moment was in December when I went to the doctor and had my blood work done. I'm type two diabetic and my A1C was 7.2, which is fairly high. He wanted to put me on a second medication. I was already on Metformin. Not only did I not take that second medication, in April I stopped taking Metformin. Thanks to counting calories and running I was able to lose nearly 20 lbs. I went back to the doctor this month and my A1C is 5.8, which is the high end of the normal range. The doctor told me I can continue not taking Metformin. So in the space of six months I went from being put on a second medication to not taking any medication for diabetes.

    Similar to me. My doctor called me with my blood results on Christmas Eve 3015 and said look I can't do this for you but it's not a case of if but when we chop a foot off and start treating you for blindness. That really scared the *kitten* out of me as I'm a photographer so I started on Christmas Eve and have lost 30 pounds so far. My last check up was good and I'm hoping to lose the pills by this Christmas :-)
  • positivepowers
    positivepowers Posts: 902 Member
    edited August 2016
    Fivefarthings wrote: »
    I'm 5'7 and was 12.1 stone (down three pounds so far, go me!). I'm about a stone and a half overweight and unfit and have been for the last couple years and I've promised myself time after time that this year will be the year to lose the weight, and it's never happened... Until now

    This year in June my boyfriend and I were at the Le Mans, France, 24 hour race (the bf is a massive car geek). He has a nice car, convertible, and this year we took it to a car show so he could show it off. So there we were, driving slowly through the crowds, when we stopped in the traffic, and two guys came to admire the car. And as they were stood right next to me in the passenger seat (roof off) one of them said, really loudly, 'That's a really stunning car, though you definitely need a more fit bird sat in the front.' And they walked off before I could think of anything to say in reply. Needless to say I was utterly mortified.

    And that my friends, right there, following a cruel remark from a total stranger, was my 'moment' when I said, no more! I am going to get fit and healthy and look and feel fabulous from now on and damn any strangers who say otherwise!

    What was your moment?

    Mine hasn't been just one "aha" moment, my life has been a series of "aha" moments.

    Last year about this time I was told I am diabetic with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. That was my first "aha" moment. I fell off the wagon about mid-July, and when I say fell of the wagon, I mean I ate almost nothing but snack cakes, and fried/fast food for the last month. Yesterday was my birthday, at my birthday dinner, my daughter took a picture of me and was going to post it on Facebook. I couldn't believe how soft and out of shape I looked. Ugh! Yet another "aha" moment.
  • positivepowers
    positivepowers Posts: 902 Member
    TheLittleGingerDoesWeightLoss wrote: »
    I keep having my moments, but I can't follow through!

    I love photography, but hate to be in front of the camera. I used to be fifty pounds lighter and if I had something I felt to be unflattering, then I could move my body in such a way to mask or hide it. Fifty pounds later, I can't do that. The weight is all over and can't be hidden.

    I am about to move up into plus-size if I haven't already. Depends on the store.

    My butt is wider than the chairs at Cracker Barrel.

    My family has history of diabetes and a family member just had to get a leg amputation as a result.

    I am terrified of meeting people in real life romantically, because surely all the men I find attractive will only be attracted to "tight" women.

    I have acne on my face that is scarring my skin and this got worse as I aged and gained in weight, so it's probably my diet written all over my face.

    I am always the DUFF in my group of friends. Or at least that's how it seems to come off.

    And so many more....
    Me either!
    I am terrified of meeting people in real life romantically, because surely all the men I find attractive will only be attracted to "tight" women.
    I've also noticed that if men are attracted to me, I feel like they are . . . I don't know . . . defective somehow because I feel so unattractive. If they are attracted to me there must be something wrong with them too. (I don't say this makes sense, in fact, I know that it doesn't but feelings aren't rational.)


  • RitaRose91
    RitaRose91 Posts: 38 Member
    Mine is a couple things...first of all I've always been chunkier than others but was always active gymnastics basketball danced cheer all that stuff so it never really got worse than just a belly and thighs. But senior year I switched over to all things theater and worked at Coldstone so I gained 25 lbs which I thought nothing of it...now fast forward to 7-8 years later at 5'0" and 206 lbs with bad back bad knees and bad shoulders and seeing pics of me from my brothers wedding I knew I had to do something! So that's when I found a gym where it's all personal training and changed my eating habits. I'm down about 10 lbs now and it's been about 2 months.
  • emily_fox
    emily_fox Posts: 62 Member
    When, for the 3rd time in a year and a half, I got asked if I was pregnant. I am a typical "apple" shape, I gain everything in my tummy. By the 3rd time I got asked, I just said, "nope, I'm just 30 pounds overweight". Sure makes them feel awkward lol
  • mazarasltm
    mazarasltm Posts: 205 Member
    Aside from all the little things (fights, stretch marks, more kids, intermittent shortness of breath at rest, overeating), I went to employee health and had Marshmellow like pedal edema on annual physical. I check my patients every day for this. I was becoming a Cardiac Patient. :( ^infinity. Im off all meds now
  • curvymegan89
    curvymegan89 Posts: 98 Member
    I'd had several small moments where I'd looked at pictures or felt uncomfortable in my clothes, but nothing has made me commit to losing the weight the way a conversation with my boyfriend did. We decided we want to start trying for children within the next 2yrs, and I realised that I could not add another 10-15kgs to my current weight. I need to lose weight so I can have a healthier pregnancy and so I can be a healthier mum.
  • baldielove13
    baldielove13 Posts: 219 Member
    SamiHearken wrote: »
    My wedding photo were my catalyst. I look bad, and kept thinking "wow Samantha, you have no ankles". I felt so happy on the day but this photos kicked me in the gut. I've told my wifband that for our 10th anniversary (9 years away ) were redoing our wedding

    Same here. I hated my wedding pictures, and honeymoon pictures. Wife looked fantastic, but not I.
  • FindingLiz016
    FindingLiz016 Posts: 79 Member
    edited August 2016
    My moment was when I gave birth to my baby girl <3 She needs mommy to be healthy and around for a long time!!!
  • 2rottndgs
    2rottndgs Posts: 21 Member
    My moment has been a life time coming. All the signs were there, I just ignored them.

    August 27th will mark 9 years since I lost my dad to diabetic complications. I sat with him holding his hand while he died and I promised him I would change my life and I would make the changes needed to not go down the same path he did and his father did. See, diabetes runs in my family.

    2 years after that day, I was diagnosed as a pre-diabetic...4 years I maintained a pre-diabetic status. 3 years ago I was finally diagnosed a full blown type 2 diabetic...313 pounds, was clueless on how to eat healthy. Had no idea what was a healthy portion was, how to prepare healthy foods...the list goes on and on. Doctors and dieticians were useless. There was nothing more delightful than being lectured to by an overweight doctor...it was even more thrilling to have a thin Doctor snap his fingers in my face and tell me to "just loose the weight". It was depressing to be greeted with the attitude from the medical doctors that overweight people "want to be fat, they're lazy, and they lie".

    I started growing my own food and raising my own meat. A year and a half ago I stopped dealing with the medical profession completely. In my area they aren't current on diabetes, what they are learning and teaching is old school and the doctors I deal with have no interest in learning anything new and current. I went from 313 to 294 and couldn't get any lower. This past May I buckled down and got my act together. I raised more of my own vegetables, I added more livestock, I stopped buying ANYTHING that was processed, I cut out legumes, pasta, rice, dairy, sugar and I measure all the food I eat. If I didn't grow it or I didn't butcher it, I didn't eat it.

    Since June 1st. of this year I've gone from 294 to 264...and I won't stop until I reach a healthy weight. My blood sugar has gone from readings of 150 and higher to consistently 80's and lower...I'll never be the same as a person that never had diabetes, but I can be a very well controlled diabetic...something my dad wasn't able to do.
  • mazarasltm
    mazarasltm Posts: 205 Member
    2rottndgs wrote: »
    My moment has been a life time coming. All the signs were there, I just ignored them.

    ......

    Since June 1st. of this year I've gone from 294 to 264...and I won't stop until I reach a healthy weight. My blood sugar has gone from readings of 150 and higher to consistently 80's and lower...I'll never be the same as a person that never had diabetes, but I can be a very well controlled diabetic...something my dad wasn't able to do.

    ROOT !!!! ROOT !!!! ROOT !!!! ROOT !!!! ROOT !!!!

    I'm very happy for you. Rooting for your success.
    You can do it! You can do it! You can do it!

    Alot of people you havent met, may never meet but read this are all your cheerleaders.

    Go for it ! Go for it ! Go for it ! Go for it ! Go for it !
  • 75poundstogo
    75poundstogo Posts: 99 Member
    For me it was sitting on the couch one evening after eating a box of mac and cheese and 3 beers. I was like this has got to stop. Id been yo yo dieting via paleo for years. I remembered I had signed up for mfp a year ago. One of my close college friend lost loads of weight. I reopened it, typed in my goals. Now im 26 days in and 6lbs lighter. Excitex to keep at it and do the unimaginable
  • Pterod
    Pterod Posts: 131 Member
    My size 18 UK jeans didn't fit, I had reached 15stone and I had to go dress shopping for my twin sisters wedding, she looked amazing but I hate the pictures of us together.
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