When was you "Oh Hell No" Moment

Railr0aderTony

For me it was fall of 2011, after my father passed away. I was at the funeral and everything seemed fine. I got home and one of my nieces posted some pictures from the reception on facebook. I was looking through them and it hit me, "OH HELL NO" that is not me, I am not that big. Well i was that big. I knew i was big, had not been able to use a normal scale in a long time. Well I was over 380 without a doubt, I started losing some before joining MFP, It was not until I ordered the cattle sized scale at home that i was able to find out where my starting point was. So everyone, When was your "OH HELL NO" moment?

kk_140

I always like these threads, I guess my moment was when I realized that I was moving to a state where you can where shorts all year around and swim at the beach for half of it lol. I put on my shorts just for a try and they all pulled up, but there didn't look good.... So I set my mind to losing weight until they looked good. 40 pounds lost and I'm still going for it lol

AllieGeorge23

Mine was when it physically hurt to wear my engagement ring - I ended up having to take it off.

lambchoplewis1

My moment was listening to girlfriends who do cleanses etc and lose 5 lbs only to gain it back. I decided not to say anything and lose the weight.

TiffieLand

A picture someone took of me at my 20 birthday. I look absolutely chubby with excess face fat and arm fats. My features are hidden by the layer of fat on my face.

SunofaBeach14

For me it was a combination of realizing that I was getting winded just walking up a small hill near our place (having been an avid hiker in years past), and realizing that I wasn't enjoying the taste of food.

logg1e

My sister's 30th - I didn't fit in to any of my outfits and I didn't want to buy something new because I knew I'd be upset with the dress size. I wore jeans and a t-shirt, had a great time dancing all night and started my weight loss the next morning...

Cryptonomnomicon

For me it was the realization I had developed the uncanny ability to dive over furniture when photographs were being taken, also feeling like I may suffer from a heart attack running 25m = 82ft to catch a bus.

The last straw was seeing a photo that someone had posted on their FB page.

Nojoke81

My wife and I were looking at some recent pictures taken of us at a party on facebook. I looked and laughed saying something like, look at those poor fat *kitten*. To which she replied: 'Honey, that's me and you.'

Drastic action had to take place.

asdowe13

Stepping on the scale and seeing 250lbs.

BeardedMike

I've always been pretty fat, but when I started getting that fat neck thing going on, that really freaked me out, although once that went away I lost most of my motivation

bluetuesday5

I never really thought of myself as being that fat even though I was around 250lbs. I started exercising because I was weak, and it was embarrassing for someone my size to struggle carrying things my smaller friends had no problem with. As I started weight training the fat came flying off, and I thought I might as well go the whole way. It's only now when I look at old pictures I realise how big I really was.

angdpowers

Mine was when I was in a friends wedding. I knew I had to buy a relatively larger dress than normal but without hesitation I told myself that all these "wedding-related" dresses had to be ordered in larger sizes ... it was the style of dress ... not actually me.

:noway: :noway: :noway: THEN I SAW THE WEDDING PICTURES! :noway: :noway: :noway:

I could NOT BELIEVE that was me ... ME!

I was pretty disappointed in myself and told myself that these pictures were reality and even though life was really tough right now, being so overweight was making it all the more tough.

Started right then and there.

FatPanda93

Mine was a picture of me holding my baby in front of the church I got married at.. And not to be rude to my mother but I thought "Oh crap.. I look like my mom" Which feature-wise isn't bad at all, but weight-wise, yes..

nfpeacock

When I was walking down the street one day with a friend and my heart began to 'shudder' and 'clench' some much I had to double over, and I couldn't breathe. I'll never forget the look of panic on her face

fejiofor

someone called me an elephant and that was it.

BlackScorpion02

For me it was one night coming out the shower. Pasing the big mirror in my restroom.
I said to myself OH HELL NO!....I look like a pregnant woman.

George_Baileys_Ghost

I stepped on a scale out of curiosity and saw the numbers 4 0 8. I still can't imagine that I ever let myself go that badly. It made me question pretty much everything about myself. I think it always will.

lewispwest

When I realised that I started to buy XXXL tshirts and 44" jeans to feel comfortable in. That's a slippery slope.

aedreana

My ideal.weight was 131-135 for around 30 years. Then one day in 2010, I saw a side view of my waist/midriff in a mirror and was shocked to see a fat pad had appeared. Menopause had redistributed my weight(my weight had not changed). I was now a matronly blob. Oh HELL No! I had to reassess my ideal weight and diet down to 112.

meglynne1987

When I looked at my self in my wedding pictures:sad: ... I looked like I was still pregnant.(I had my child three years ago):noway: :noway:
Oh hell No!