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!

ew_david

I had many. A picture of me at a wedding. My "fat" clothes becoming too tight. I think the final straw was that I was too young to feel as old as I did.

majigurl

My MIL ( amazing woman ) passed away 2 months ago today. My husband and I have been struggling with weight for years now. I have an eating dissorder that has now left me scared NOT to eat food Her passed was sudden and prob. ( maybe?) preventable with excercise and good nutrition.

We have 2 daughters we NEED to be around for. So this is no longer a " yeah, we really should get healthy", but is now very clear to us that is extremly important and we HAVE to do something.

It's hard. We all struggle with food and weight loss in one form or another. I used to feel like I was the only one hurting. It's the biggest lie we can tell ourself. If we are honest, withothers AND ourselves, we can do this! Nothing worth doing is easy.

so yes.. My "oh hellz no" moment has been in the last 2 months....

cincysweetheart

I never really had an "oh hell no" moment. I have always been fat. I knew it. I was under no delusions about how big I was. It had been years since a normal scale could weigh me. In fact, I honestly don't remember the last time a normal scale could weigh me. My moment wasn't a oh hell no.... I just finally realized it was possible to change (possible in the abstract). And it didn't have to be a big deal. I didn't have to undergo some surgery or go on some Biggest Loser style diet/regimen. And I realized I could do it. It wasn't just possible in the abstract.... It was something *I* could do. So, I did. That probably sounds strange... But up until recently, I didn't think it was possible for someone as big as me to really lose weight without it being a big deal (surgery, etc). It just took some determination to see it through the long haul. And a recent life event had made me confident that I could do hard things and keep it going for years to come. So I decided to do it.

andreavarangu

My moment came when I saw that my Mom who is 88 years old cannot walk anymore. She is wheelchair bound and that means that for the most part she is confined to the residence where she lives. She needs help for dressing and all basic care. Mom isn't that big....she might weigh 180? But she has lost so much muscle that it's just enough to keep her immobile. We are all living longer now and I thought, " I want to walk my way to the very end" We are all living longer so we owe it to ourselves to make sure that all those years are the best they can be.

wissabear

I saw a picture of me in my dance troupe costume. It had to change!

Jesea

Went on vacation with my in-laws in August of 2011, thought I looked great, had been walking/jogging consistently, but not really watching my food. Saw the pictures and almost cried. But it took Christmas morning photos to really get me going....in January 2012, I said it, "oh, HELL NO, if MFP doesn't work, I'll join WW"

KelARita7

Pictures of me after my son was born and the fact that the scale read 200lbs. Never in a million years did I ever think I would weigh 200lbs. I did not recognize myself in pictures and that was an awful feeling. And then going to my daughters classroom for the first time (she started Kindergarten the month my son was born)...I didn't want to be that parent a kid is embarrassed of. Started shortly after...spent a year watching what I ate and lost 65lbs. Have maintained it the last 3 years give or take 5-10lbs.

teranga79

When I was in physical pain trying to do my trousers up.... the shame :blushing:

LStonePTL

My moment was when the Dr. told my husband that he needed a hip replacement at 40 because his weight had progressed the arthritis. I knew we had to get our acts together. Only by the Grace of God!!

Galatea_Stone

A photo of me in a bikini on a beach. I hadn't worn a bikini in years, and we took a family vacation. I'd gotten pretty good at wearing regular clothes and hiding my body under layers and tailored jackets, but swimwear hides nothing. My husband kept trying to take a photo of me and get me to sit up straighter and straighter so that the fat rolls didn't show in the pic, but I couldn't sit up any straighter. I saw the photo, and he shrugged and said I looked better in real life, but I could see clearly that I needed to lose 60 pounds.