What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?

abbynormalartist

A year after my second child, my overall weight was back to where I was before but I had lost a lot of muscle and gained a lot of fat- and all in the wrong places. My husband took a (very unflattering) picture of me sitting in the car and I was allllllll belly. I looked 6 months prego. That was almost a year ago. My weight is still the same but the mummy tummy is gone. No six pack but at least I don't look prego anymore.

meazy6784

Being told I was cute for a fat guy

JillianRumrill

I was tired ALL. THE. TIME. like go to bed right after coming home from work tired. It was unusual for me.

curwhibbles

I almost didn’t make it into my wedding dress. It was close. That’s when I made changes.

jseams1234

My wife telling me "You're getting fat" and the development of a dickydoo.

brittanydnv

I realized it when I was just a preteen. Walking the aisle on the school bus. I barely fit. It was mortifying.

Velvettpeach

elizabethb8686 wrote: »

Pictures from a vacation and then going to the doctor not long after that and seeing a number that was about 30lbs higher than the last time I'd been there... huge wake-up call, and that number also happened to be the most I've ever weighed in my life. I knew my clothes weren't fitting great but I didn't realize I had gained THAT much weight. I was spending a lot of time in leggings and baggy T-shirts and just not realizing how big I had actually gotten. But I'm very aware now! And finally going in the other direction!

Quite agree, I refuse to wear leggings now. I realised when my DD felt the fat on my back giggled and said, "Mummy you have back boobies"!

Out of the mouthes of babes huh! Truth...

suerlewis2

One cozy night in with my husband (for cozy, read: slightly inebriated) he, for no apparent reason, reached across and poked my belly - and said "CHUNKY" . He was as horrified as me at his faux pas. But it stuck with me. He loves me no-matter what, but that just showed me the "sub conscious"

janchild82

My uncle made a comment about how much weight I had gained.

rlaurain

For me it was also my mood, I was not happy. I was taking my anger out on my husband. (Anger at myself). My clothes stopped fitting. I looked horrible in pictures, to the point of not wanting to be seen in pictures OR going out in public. I didn't get compliments like I used to- Which I thought I didn't care about until I became invisible suddenly. I guess all of that led to some depression issues. I'm glad I never became invisible to my husband, but I felt not good enough for him, anyone.. not even for myself. I'm down 10 pounds now and I am trying to lose the next 10.

HDBKLM

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h1udd

For me it was a 3 vector attack on my realization on a holiday a few years ago

(1) Driving the car on holiday and finding the belt of my jeans really really digging in to my gut and hurting

(2) Falling over a ball that I was trying to play with my daughter and being confused that my ankle would normally take that force with out bending over and turning my foot black for a week

(3) Looking back at a holiday picture of me carrying my daughter and I was resting her on my belly and my chin was just part of my neck

The sudden dawn of realization that I had become fat and my body could no longer function like it used to

cessi909

My pants that used to be a little loose are now tight and they are starting to be uncomfortable to sit down in. Then I also saw myself in the background of a picture and it didn’t feel great. I was in an outfit I felt looked nice but I look large at this point.
Plus I tried to do a hike I love and struggled because I was so out of breath.

Edit to add: my son also recently asked if I was having a baby while rubbing my belly. He was genuinely excited thinking I was pregnant. My kids and husband also kick my *kitten* in anything physical we do - playing at the park, hiking, biking, etc. and I’m tired of being left behind

melissawill2017

Definitely not my first "I'm getting fat realization", but yesterday was a big one for me. I was uploading pics from my camera to my computer after my daughter's birthday party and every single picture of me was so unflattering! I just started back on MFP a week ago and I've done well so far. However; seeing those pictures was kind of a slap in the face; like a second wake up call. At first, it made me feel depressed and I felt like eating more cake and ice cream, but then I took a few minutes for myself and refocused the negative thinking and told myself that I was on the right track and beating myself up wasn't going to accomplish anything. I gained this weight over time and it's going to take some time to get it back off. I'm happy to say that I weighed in this morning and I'm down 3.4 pounds for the week; I take that as a win!

fitoverfortymom

I was "getting fat" for 20 years.

I finally decided to do something about it for one of the most petty reasons ever. My company and another company announced a merger. Both my ex and my hubby's ex work for the company merging with us. Coming in at 256lbs, I didn't want to look like I had let myself go, because I had really let myself go. After a while, I lost sight of the pettiness and really focused on how to take better care of myself, weight loss being a big part of that.

I've yet to run into any of the ex's now that I'm down 100lbs, but I don't even care about that any more, because I can run up mountains.

kds10

I found over the years that I started to like to wear stretchy elastic type pants more than jeans/anything with a zipper and button were getting too tight and uncomfortable to wear and I refused to go up in size:(

WifiresGettingFit

I've had a lot of moments that were telling that things were getting out of hand but I spent a good while just watching the scale go up and choosing food over my goals but here are some of the honorable mentions:

1.) My comfy jeans no longer fitting or any of my jeans actually
2.) Sweatpants and underwear getting tight (this one specifically the underwear was my most recent enough is enough moment and I'm down a few pounds)
3.) The button flying off a pair of jeans
4.) Getting told that they only carry "normal" size jeans
5.) My stomach getting closer and closer to the steering wheel

Enjcg5

When my genetically “oval” face changed to “round”

SCoil123

I usually can wear comfortable clothes like leggings and yoga pants because I work from home a lot but one day I had a big work meeting to get ready for. I tried on all of my work clothes and not a single outfit fit. I had gained back around 30lbs of the 80+ I originally lost before noticing.

rickyjones1848

Buying size 40 jeans and seeing my weight hit 275 was really scary. I knew I was just months away from weighing 300 if I didn't change something. I had to hold my breath to tie my shoes. I got short of breath climbing stairs. My weight has been a lifelong battle, but I never thought it would get this bad.