What was your point of disgust?

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  • melmerritt33
    melmerritt33 Posts: 1,044 Member
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    Not a moment of disgust so much as a moment of reality hitting me, I saw a group photo of the office Christmas party months afterwards so my memory of it was small. I saw a middle aged fat woman in the corner of the photo who I didn't recognise, thought to myself who is that then realised with horror it was me!
  • dlm4mom
    dlm4mom Posts: 252 Member
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    I thought i had slimmed down for my daughters wedding until I saw the photos. I looked ridiculous.
  • 2baninja
    2baninja Posts: 511 Member
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    88olds wrote: »
    I wasn't discussed, I was afraid. I got on the scale and it said 285lbs. I saw 300 coming. I was afraid.

    this was me, and I was at 266
  • Its_thetime
    Its_thetime Posts: 18 Member
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    Seeing myself in my friends wedding pictures!! Worst thing I've ever seen! I didn't think I looked that bad at 5'6 and 225 Ibs and barely squeezing into a 14 dress! Omg those pictures make me cringe every time :s But I said I'm done! No more! I need me back!
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
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    not to be cheesy but i had no "point of disgust" i had a sort of...point of logical self love... Realized i was capable and continued on. Way more disgust once i began losing and melting xD
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    I was already comfortable with my heavy weight and had no real plans to change it. I happened upon MFP, started logging calories, and lo and behold, wound up dropping a couple of pounds. I kicked myself for never realizing how stupidly simple it all was. That was that.
  • NurseKristi81
    NurseKristi81 Posts: 90 Member
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    The clothes fitting...I am in scrubs being a nurse 95% of the time, I spend lost of money on them and when the 60+ uniforms I have in size medium are getting tight....time to do something!
  • Adamanda5
    Adamanda5 Posts: 38 Member
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    My point of disgust came on the day my husband was told he was diabetic. We were eating pretty similarly, and most of the junk food that came into our home was chosen and purchased by yours truly. We both needed to make some major changes, and I wanted to be a supporter rather than an enabler.
  • Pepsab
    Pepsab Posts: 168 Member
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    I wouldn't say disgust as such but It was the middle of winter and i was sitting in front of the tv with crap food and thought to myself i actually can't go through another summer this size. I signed up to MFP (again) and the next day started logging my food and today marks 3 months and im down 9.2kg and dropped one size. It hasn't been easy and id say im eating 80% good 20% treats most of the time.
  • shenanigans_
    shenanigans_ Posts: 457 Member
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    Not being able to shop in 'regular size' clothing stores.
  • evilpoptart63
    evilpoptart63 Posts: 397 Member
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    I was tired of having sex fights with my husband. One especially bad one I asked why he goes so long without any interest in getting it on with me but leaves porn history on my phone without deleting it even though it bothered me...he informed me that my body was disgusting and he thought I would take the hint and try to get in shape. He went on to say my post-baby stomach didnt even look like something that belonged on a human and I looked repulsive naked....That was it...I snapped and decided getting in shape needed to be my #1 priority. I haven't looked back and my marriage is better than ever!! :)
  • Bkind2meAli
    Bkind2meAli Posts: 38 Member
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    Getting on the scale and realizing that I weigh more now then I did when I was pregnant 10 years ago :(
  • HDBKLM
    HDBKLM Posts: 466 Member
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    Mellykay88 wrote: »
    Okay, haven’t posted my starting weight until now... My point of disgust was when I saw the number on the scale (471). I’ve always been overweight... I just didn’t know how close to 500 lbs I was. I lost 10 lb over the next few months, but didnt really have a goal or a light bulb moment until I watched the first episode of “This Is Us”. Yes, a TV show was my lightbulb moment. Something about seeing “Kate’s” story, which is much like mine, made me realize that I could actually do something about this. I was 28 at the time, I didn’t want to spend any more of my life miserable. That was December 2016 and I’m down to 355 today with no plans on stopping.

    Over 100 pounds in less than a year is a fantastic accomplishment, who cares if your inspiration came from TV? Whatever it takes, right? Indeed, I think we underestimate the influence entertainment media have on us, for good or ill, and in that sense your story is all the more reason why representation of 'non-traditional' types is so important. The power of 'seeing' stuff to spark the imagination, even in the context of something fiction. Get this: Mae Jemison, the first Black woman astronaut, was inspired by seeing Lt. Uhuru on Star Trek when she was a kid—the first Black woman on TV who wasn't playing somebody's maid or something like that, so the story goes.

    Congratulations again, and glad to know there's no end in sight to your journey.
  • coffeebean92
    coffeebean92 Posts: 41 Member
    edited November 2017
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    Mine was realizing when I was at my heaviest I was mainly attracting a certain type of guy which I was not into and if I wanted to attract the type of guys I am into I needed to work on my appearance. I lost the majority of my weight and now I am able to attrract the hotties (: There is hope lol. Also I developed painful fluid around my knee and don't want to have to get surgery and realized losing weight will help my knee and help my body function better in general without added stress of extra weight. My mental health also has improved.
  • coffeebean92
    coffeebean92 Posts: 41 Member
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    evilpoptart63 wrote: »
    I was tired of having sex fights with my husband. One especially bad one I asked why he goes so long without any interest in getting it on with me but leaves porn history on my phone without deleting it even though it bothered me...he informed me that my body was disgusting and he thought I would take the hint and try to get in shape. He went on to say my post-baby stomach didnt even look like something that belonged on a human and I looked repulsive naked....That was it...I snapped and decided getting in shape needed to be my #1 priority. I haven't looked back and my marriage is better than ever!! :)

    It sounds like he was really harsh ]: I am happy you were able to lose the weight. Congrats on having a baby!!!
  • Kadoober
    Kadoober Posts: 289 Member
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    I have been having back problems (long term) and shoulder problems (more acute). So I basically stopped moving about. I hadn't gained any weight, but my clothes were much snugger and uncomfortable.

    I went to PT for my shoulder and was completely disgusted to learn that I could work my delts to exhaustion with a TWO LB. WEIGHT. TWO POUNDS, ya'll! Hey - I was all fluffy because my muscles were melting away.

    Bleh. Hell no. Logged back in here at MFP and joined my local Y the next day. Screw this nonsense.
  • JennyRATL
    JennyRATL Posts: 199 Member
    edited November 2017
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    Seeing pictures of myself and looking like a tree stump. Squatty with no definition, no waist. Just straight down. Flabby arms, cottage cheese butt and thighs...yuck.
    I was really naturally thin my whole life until I hit 40. And I have thin arms and calves, so most people assume I'm "fit" because that's all they see and I dress to hide the flab. And I thought I looked pretty good as long as I was dressed!
    Then I saw pictures of myself.... :o
    I drank too much rose, exercised too little and was always tired...
  • mishelnkiki1
    mishelnkiki1 Posts: 87 Member
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    It was actually when a new girl started at work. We have another girl in our row as well. The first girl, her cubby t work is filled with junk. Candy and pop-tarts and all the crap you can imagine and shes big. The new girl is vegan and her cubby is filled with all the healthy food like fruits and just really good foods and she looks much healthier. It was then that I realized that while I don't have any food in my cubby, the food I was eating everyday resembled the junk cubby. I don't want to be like that anymore. Having a vegan next to me has helped keep me motivated so much!

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