Moment or situation you realised things needed to change

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  • monjacq1964
    monjacq1964 Posts: 291 Member
    being told by my choir director that i'd have to tuck in my blouse.
  • mooookie
    mooookie Posts: 22
    I was in a workout class and had just eaten Chicken Parm even though I had eaten lunch already. I felt
    horrible and new I was in denial about what my wife called my potbelly.
  • airforcewife1007
    airforcewife1007 Posts: 35 Member
    Honestly my own self esteem issues were causing problems in my marriage, along with the knowledge that if my toddler was to run off towards a busy street or into the parking lot, I wouldn't be fast enough to catch him before he got hit. Same thing with water. We vacation at the beach and visit the lake and pool often, and he LOVES the water, so I've always feared he would run for it and I wouldn't be fast enough.
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    My best friend asked me to be the maid of honor at her wedding.

    Bridesmaid 1 - Size 2
    Bridesmaid 2 - Size 6
    ME - Size 12

    I was mortified.

    Shortly after the wedding, I got my butt in gear.
  • MeadowSong
    MeadowSong Posts: 171 Member
    The largest tornado to ever touch earth came within a mile of me a couple months ago. At one point I was pretty certain I was going to die, but it took a strange path, and all I got was some (GIANT) hail damage, and a new outlook on life.

    Been much more positive ever since. Trying to live my life more to the fullest. And working on having a healthy and better looking body.

    This! I was hiding in my cellar from this tornado--but it was the one that came through in '99 (in my cellar for that one too) that brought my "AH HA" moment. I was watching videos of rescuers and they were trying to get this large woman out of the wreckage and I thought, "I never want to be there--she prob could have gotten out herself if she was 100 lbs or so lighter" I also want to ride well and be active with my kids (well, now it's grandkids). I was pushing 200 lbs then and had decided I didn't care. Then I got to 165 and stayed there for several years with some fluctuations. I recently decided to finish it off and am headed to 145--where I intend to live out my life. Not caring is NOT an option--it's as hard to maintain fat as it is fit (you STILL get worse if you let it go!) and not nearly as much fun. The Lord has given a wonderful life--I want not to waste it.
  • kgerm317
    kgerm317 Posts: 191 Member
    After completing a challenge with some friends and losing 18 pounds, I felt pretty good! I went on vacation to Florida to see my parents and bought some new clothes for my birthday and as a reward for losing- I actually purchased 16s after barely squeezing into my 18s for so long. After vacation, however, I didn't keep up with it and gaine 11 pounds back on. When my parents came to visit me 8 months later for my twin boys' 6th birthday, I decided to wear one of the outfits I'd bought. It didn't fit. During the visit, a bunch of pictures were taken of me and when I saw them, I couldn't stand myself. Gross. The next day, I woke up and started doing The Biggest Loser on my Wii Fit. You have to start somewhere, right?!!
  • amcsouth
    amcsouth Posts: 283 Member
    There were a couple of moments if I'm honest. But the big one would probably be a couple of days before my 19th birthday were I reached absolute rock bottom. Then and there I decided that my life will go one of two ways. I was so disgusted with what I looked like and people are so f****** cruel where I live, I'd just had enough of the bullying. Fast forward three years and I'm a completely different person. :)
  • withtimecomesmiracles
    withtimecomesmiracles Posts: 339
    I was 17 and I was out shopping with my friends. As we were trying things on I realized that regular clothes couldn't fit me anymore. I ended up going stores to stores following my friends around pretending to not find anything worthy of my time while really I was just waiting for them to finish trying their stuff on. I came home that night, looked at pictures of myself and felt ashamed to ever have let my body get this big and unfamiliar. I didn't felt like the girl on those pictures.
    That same night, I decided to work towards who I wanted to be instead of who I thought was stuck being.
  • scnurse38
    scnurse38 Posts: 61 Member
    when my husband bought me a gym membership!! ( i didnt ask for it!)
  • debbash68
    debbash68 Posts: 981 Member
    My friend took a picture of me and posted it on facebook. I had spent a lot of time managing to avoid cameras (and mirrors) I was totally in denial until that moment she tagged me in THE picture. I was mortified and I cried and cried. I knew I was big, there was no denying that, but I had no idea how bad it had gotten. I thank her almost every time I see her for posting that picture. It's changed my life so so much.

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    Katz congrats on your weight loss and I so identify with this! I've untagged myself from so many pics!
  • WDA4655
    WDA4655 Posts: 91 Member
    Well...I had given up on loosing weight all together. You see, I have lost 100 lbs. two times before and gained it all back both times and then I lost 75 lbs. due to an illness. I was so disgusted with myself and told my doctor I was disgusted with myself. Now she has talked to me about losing weight before but at this point nothing matter anymore. I was just so disappointed in myself. She, (who looks like she's never gain an ounce in her life) (but she was a good doctor, mind you) just looked at me with jaw dropped down. I just shook my head and left the office disappointed, not in her but in me.

    My heaviest weigh in was 375 lbs but I had kept some of the weight off that I had lost from the illness. Then things were changing for my husband and I.

    My husband retired and we moved to Florida. Which we just love because we love the beach, the parks, the drives to explore new places. But I could not move that much at a time without getting out of breath, feet aching, knees hurting, using my inhaler, etc and I would have to sit down for a while. I was growing in concern about my health. I knew that if I didn't do something I'd be over 400 lbs!!!

    I don't know that there was a certain moment that change me, but my insides were crying out for something for so long...

    I knew I needed to do something but it did not come until March of 2013 when a friend on facebook (whom I will be forever grateful to) posted the MFP site. I had been browsing the internet for some kind of weight loss program but nothing stuck out to me until I looked a MFP and I knew this was it. My mind was saying you're not going to do it, but I knew inside me that this was right for me and I would do it.

    My first weigh in weight at MFP was 324 lbs. today 7/24/13 I weighed in at 294.8 lbs. AND THE FIGHT IS ON!! The fight of my life, for my hubby, for our kids, for our grandkids, for our great grandkids, FOR ME!
  • debbash68
    debbash68 Posts: 981 Member
    Well...I had given up on loosing weight all together. You see, I have lost 100 lbs. two times before and gained it all back both times and then I lost 75 lbs. due to an illness. I was so disgusted with myself and told my doctor I was disgusted with myself. Now she has talked to me about losing weight before but at this point nothing matter anymore. I was just so disappointed in myself. She, (who looks like she's never gain an ounce in her life) (but she was a good doctor, mind you) just looked at me with jaw dropped down. I just shook my head and left the office disappointed, not in her but in me.

    My heaviest weigh in was 375 lbs but I had kept some of the weight off that I had lost from the illness. Then things were changing for my husband and I.

    My husband retired and we moved to Florida. Which we just love because we love the beach, the parks, the drives to explore new places. But I could not move that much at a time without getting out of breath, feet aching, knees hurting, using my inhaler, etc and I would have to sit down for a while. I was growing in concern about my health. I knew that if I didn't do something I'd be over 400 lbs!!!

    I don't know that there was a certain moment that change me, but my insides were crying out for something for so long...

    I knew I needed to do something but it did not come until March of 2013 when a friend on facebook (whom I will be forever grateful to) posted the MFP site. I had been browsing the internet for some kind of weight loss program but nothing stuck out to me until I looked a MFP and I knew this was it. My mind was saying you're not going to do it, but I knew inside me that this was right for me and I would do it.

    My first weigh in weight at MFP was 324 lbs. today 7/24/13 I weighed in at 294.8 lbs. AND THE FIGHT IS ON!! The fight of my life, for my hubby, for our kids, for our grandkids, for our great grandkids, FOR ME!
    How inspiring! MFP does seem to work where weight watchers etc doesn't
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    When I was 15 years old

    Realised majority of women are shallow :wink:
  • CrankMeUp
    CrankMeUp Posts: 2,860 Member
    A neighbor posted a photo with myself and 3 others and I thought that CANT be me.

    Joined a gym the following week.

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    ... and a family member said they were worried about me, that I looked puffy and like I would pop if you stuck a pin in me.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    A neighbor posted a photo with myself and 3 others and I thought that CANT be me.

    And, it's not :)
  • debbash68
    debbash68 Posts: 981 Member
    When I was 15 years old

    Realised majority of women are shallow :wink:
    True facts
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    When I learned that I was a worthwhile human being and despite my slow goal to kill myself, realized I didnt want to live like that anymore, and I wanted to grow old healthy and learn to at least like myself.

    When I finally accepted my life long addiction to food, and I would forever battle demons.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    Mainly pictures! I didn't realize it though until my mom asked me about being pregnant. Which is always the worst!

    Being the only fat person in your family, extended included, really makes it motivating too.
  • alyngard
    alyngard Posts: 103
    For me it was when my husband and daughter wanted to go on a paddle boat and I didn't want to because I thought I might sink the thing!!

    Shortly after that I started to have what I thought was heart issues (I really thought I was about to have an heart attack), and then after that, breathing issues.

    Most likely they were due to anxiety, but I was anxious all the time about being fat. So either way, I realized if I wanted a life that didn't involve sitting my butt on a couch 24/7, I better get myself in gear.

    And of course, being sickened every time I would see a photo of myself.
  • danofthedead1979
    danofthedead1979 Posts: 362 Member
    I remember once seeing a guy walking down the street, he was overweight and slouching and just looked a state, I remember thinking I don't want that to be me in 10 years time. Also remember catching my own refection in the glass at a bus stop and hating what I saw. Had lost weight yeats ago, but got complacent and gained it all again but am determined to get healthier and fitter and maintain that level
  • gdane81
    gdane81 Posts: 1 Member
    Picture of me sitting in a garden chair. Just looked awful. And also i had to be a good role model for my to kids.
  • EdTheGinge
    EdTheGinge Posts: 1,616 Member
    Got fed up with hunting for x/xxl clothes, did my head in I just wanted to go in a shop and if they didn't have the size I wanted I wouldn't feel embarrassed asking for it.
  • yamsteroo
    yamsteroo Posts: 480 Member
    I was on holiday in February this year and I was walking up a very steep hill which on previous visits had been doable but this time I was winded after the first 100yds and had to keep stopping to catch my breath and rest my calf muscles!

    That and finding the clothes I had randomly packed didn't actually fit me so I'd a suitcase full of stuff and pretty much nothing to wear.

    Got home, weighed myself and when the scale said 182lb I knew something had to be done - so I'm doing it!

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