What was your "lightbulb moment"?

Smilineyes

My first moment was when I stepped on the scale and saw 199. One pound from being 200. I realized it was time to stop messing around and get down to business. My health lightbulb went off when my boyfriend and I went to this thing called Bodies Revealed. It shows the human body and how it all works together. Healthy and unhealthy organs. I decided I wanted my organs to be healthy

Kels

abbychelle07

My health lightbulb went off when my boyfriend and I went to this thing called Bodies Revealed. It shows the human body and how it all works together. Healthy and unhealthy organs. I decided I wanted my organs to be healthy

Kels

I saw something similar on Oprah a long time ago. She had a doctor bring in "healthy" organs. Example: the intestines and colons were flexible and pink. Then she had him bring out the "unhealthy" organs. These were rubbery, stiff, and filled with bumps and fat that shouldn't be there. They said that is what your organs would look like after years and years of a fatty diet. It definitely makes you want to change!

I think it takes a wake-up call like that to make you realize you are harming your body, and giving it quite a challenge as you get older.

nicole0177

when i was use to weighing 110 pounds and one day i get on the scale and it says 145:sad:

littlebites

Mine was looking at my two young boys running around the house, comfortable in their own skin. I wondered...why am I so miserable with my body?

curvylady

I have had a few although, honestly none have kicked me into gear long term. I am 42, weigh 188, size 16-18 depending.

My worst experience was about 7 years ago, when I was doing my job as a salesperson for newspaper advertising and I was in one local shop, waiting for the owner. A dear, elderly male friend spotted me, came up to me, rubbed his hand in a circular motion on my belly and said "how wonderful dear, when are you due!!!!".....I was absolutely devastated, made a quick reply that I was not pregnant, just FAT....he looked so embarrassed and said he was sorry and went over to his wife. I ran out of the store, bawling by the time I reached my car then when I got back to my office, cried my eyes out, sharing this awful story to my manager.

But.....this wasn't the first time this has been said, and to be honest I did gain another 25 pounds after that in the following years. I have attempted other diets or programs and did lose those 25 pounds, putting me back to the weight I was when I saw my friend. But, now at 188 and a fairly new member of MFP, I know will get to my goal this year.

GinaB30

I have had a few although, honestly none have kicked me into gear long term. I am 42, weigh 188, size 16-18 depending.

My worst experience was about 7 years ago, when I was doing my job as a salesperson for newspaper advertising and I was in one local shop, waiting for the owner. A dear, elderly male friend spotted me, came up to me, rubbed his hand in a circular motion on my belly and said "how wonderful dear, when are you due!!!!".....I was absolutely devastated, made a quick reply that I was not pregnant, just FAT....he looked so embarrassed and said he was sorry and went over to his wife. I ran out of the store, bawling by the time I reached my car then when I got back to my office, cried my eyes out, sharing this awful story to my manager.

But.....this wasn't the first time this has been said, and to be honest I did gain another 25 pounds after that in the following years. I have attempted other diets or programs and did lose those 25 pounds, putting me back to the weight I was when I saw my friend. But, now at 188 and a fairly new member of MFP, I know will get to my goal this year.

Oh man! Isn't that the WORST?!
I've been on both sides of that one!
I once asked a woman when she was due, and she wasn't pregnant but had a medical condition that makes her stomach swell like that OF a pregnant person :sad: I felt SOOO bad I could have cried!!

Then when I was Christmas shopping someone said that to MEEEEEEEE booohoooo
Isn't Karma a bugger?? LOL

littleone68

My light bulb moment...I hadn't seen my grandmother in 4 or 5 months and my mother brought her to visit me. After she left she said to my mother " what happened to her, I didn't even recognize her". That was enough to make me realize I needed to do something, that and I couldn't cross my legs or bend over to tie my shoes.