What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?
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emcclure013 wrote: »I bought some new clothes that I thought looked great on me. I took a few pictures of myself because I was feeling so confident... and promptly deleted them. I looked like a whale.
Same! I bought a super cute dress for a holiday party a few years ago and felt super confident in it. I saw a photo posted on Facebook the next day and I looked like a sack of potatoes next to my colleagues. I started the day after that pic was posted and never looked back.
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Mine was when I walked upstairs in my home, I was light headed and had to sit in the top step. Leaning against the wall trying to control my breathing my only thought was "I'm so fat". I had been able to ignore the button extender I used on pants but almost passing out going upstairs was the slap in the face I needed.15
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The kids in 5th grade made fun of me when we had to do public weigh ins and I was the heaveiest girl in the class by quite a bit, when I hadn't been in 4th grade.16
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A favorite cocktail dress that fit me well a couple of years ago now doesn't...3
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New stretch marks that had nothing to do with getting taller!11
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It was always a photo caught me by surprise. My confidence has always been quite high, I used to joke that I had body promorphia in that I could always thought I looked better than I actually did.25
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Sadly I got to an all time high weight of 260 and never really had a YOU are fat moment. I was never one of those people who was self conscious about my weight. I struggled with weight most of adult life but I was still the same outgoing BIG personality person at a normal weight as I was at an obese weight. My ah ha moment was when my husband came home from the drs with a prescription for Cholesterol meds. I was like nope, not gonna happen, we are changing our lifestyle RIGHT NOW! That was 11/28/16 and we haven't looked back since. we lost a combined 140lbs and we are still working the healthy lifestyle change. The sad part, is I still see ME in the mirror not the 72lb lighter me. Something wrong with me, I know LOL33
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@WhereIsPJSoles wrote: »Any time I mention going to the gym or doing something active and someone’s like “oh you do that?”
Yes. My potato body moves.
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I knew it was happening, I just ignored it. When everyone else tries to lose a few pounds before vacations, I just bought bigger clothes.
We booked a trip to Ireland in February. I want to be able to take pictures with my family and knew that my face was so fat I would delete them all. Then, on a camping trip with my family and another family, my friend and I talked about losing weight together since I knew time was running short before we head to Ireland. All in when we got home. Then she posted pictures and if gave me extra motivation to kick it into gear. I've lost 30 lbs since the end of October, and she lost 21. Now we booked a beach vacation so I am motivated to keep going.
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When everyone in high school was shopping at American Eagle/Abercrombie and I realized I could only shop at Lane Bryant. I was always bigger but that was when I really noticed.10
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The seat /seatbelt on the airplane .6
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Tight shirts, bras, pants, puffy face, feeling heavy and worn down all the time. Not recognizing myself in pics because I looked like a damn whale.4
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »It was always a photo caught me by surprise. My confidence has always been quite high, I used to joke that I had body promorphia in that I could always thought I looked better than I actually did.
I passed "I'm getting fat" and went straight to holy crap I'm obese because of this. I always thought I looked thinner than I actually did. Pictures showed me the truth so I avoided them at all times.20 -
Mine, I think, was when I went to a friend's 18th and saw myself in the mirror as I was getting into my party dress. I looked ridiculous. It barely fit.2
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I really can't remember what triggered me.
I've been overweight for a years, but really can't remember what the final straw was. Just glad that it happened.3 -
The mirror was the first thing I noticed, but I was able to ignore that too easily.
My big "wake up call" came when, no matter how uncomfortable I was willing to be, I couldn't squeeze into my biggest work pants. I refused to buy bigger clothes, and had to wear dresses for like 3 weeks until I lost enough to get back into my pants.
They started to get pretty damn snug on me again late this fall (after surgery #4 on my leg) but once the leg was healed well enough I was able to start back at the gym after nearly a year off. Been at that since, so now feeling ready to start cutting back on the eating to lose the fat now that my muscles have had a chance to work through the initial re-growth.2 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »It was always a photo caught me by surprise. My confidence has always been quite high, I used to joke that I had body promorphia in that I could always thought I looked better than I actually did.
Omg, I totally have this too but I always just called it "reverse body dysmorphia" lol. I always look great in my head and even fine in the mirror...but then I see a photo and I'm like woah, who is that fatty?!19 -
I've struggled with appreciating my body since I hit puberty and went from borderline underweight to borderline overweight in what felt like overnight. In spite of the fact that I stayed within +/-5 pounds of a normal BMI through my mid 20s, I always thought deep down I was fat and figured I would be forever, just like my mom and most of my aunts. This hurt me when I actually started gaining weight in my late twenties because even though I'd obviously made lifestyle changes that were hurting me and could see the number on the scale going up when I weighted myself every few weeks or months, I still saw the same fat girl in the mirror I'd been seeing since I was 13 which let me stay resigned to my fate much longer than I wish I had. I never had that "OMG I'm FAT!" moment. It took maybe six years to actually start reversing that process, with a big kick in the pants being not wanting to replace my wardrobe for a third time.
Huh, I don't think I ever pieced that together before. Thanks for the thread, OP!7 -
I went swimming in the ocean and to dodge harpoons.25
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I always had self-esteem/body issues when I was in my teens until once 'wake up call' at the beach. (another story) After that I resolved to accept myself for who I was at any time in my life. There was no realization, no 'oh my gosh, I'm fat'
I knew I was obese, I could see that in the mirror.
I was in denial about how much I ate, that realization was an eye opener. I logged my calories before I made any changes and was flabbergasted at how much food I ate. I assumed I just needed to cut back on my supper or 1 snack. lol.9
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