Didn't know I was getting fat till I got fat!!

meshell216

I was in denial also. I have known for a while but it really sunk in when I was in the car for a 3 hour trip and I just couldn't get comfortable! My stomach and boobs were in the way and I couldn't stand it!

florange323

For years I worked in retail pharmacies where I was on my feet all day. Plus I was broke and didn't have a car so I walked a lot. Then, I switched to mail order pharmacy. I got a raise, bought a car and a cozy desk job. Sitting all day not only burned fewer calories, but it also aloud me to snack. Add to this recipe falling in love, getting married, and 2 pregnancies. I always knew I was fat, but I didn't care. I still felt sexy, and I was happy. When I started to feel unattractive, depressed, and when little comments that use to roll off my shoulder would make me cry I knew I needed to do something for me. I'm doing this for me. My next goal is to go back to school. I want to be a pharmacist.

calliope_music

my wake up call was when my doctor told me i would have trouble getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy! i want that when it comes time!

tsgaddy

Four words: airline seat belt extenders

lebrown37

I didn't realize how much weight I had actually gained. I had been battling depression for a couple of years and had been really skinny. I found the love of my life and started to gain a bit of weight. My family called it my " happy weight". My boyfriend doesn't mind the extra weight....he says he loves me more everyday. That's awesome...but I mind it. I have gained 20
pounds in less than a year! I don't feel like myself anymore. I have gotten in a rut and I feel like it is hard to climb out. I was always a thicker girl until a few years ago. I started running and lost a lot of weight and promised myself I would never go back.
Now I feel so hopeless. My boyfriend is also a bit overweight which makes it hard to get motivated to get up and get active. I feel myself falling back into a depression and I'm trying to muster all I have to get active again. I know it would be
beneficial to both of us. I need some encouragement.

Cindyinpg

Funny (now, not then) story of how I realized I was fat. I was wearing a pair of suspenders years ago--the kind that snap to your slacks (not button). I was working at my office desk and a pen fell off onto the floor. I bent over to pick up the pen, the suspends stretched and the back clip came off! Like a rubber band, the metal from the suspenders hit me in the back of the head so hard that I sprawled out face down on the office floor! It hurt so bad I thought someone shot me in the back of the head!

That same day at lunch, I drove to Wal-mart, bought a pair of shorts, shoes and a shirt and went to the gym!

God bless!

Shawn

I smiled at this one because I could visualize it so well. Kind of a slap in the head revelation like, "You could've had a V-8!" MY revelation came at our local fair when the carny wouldn't let my husband and I on the Ferris Wheel, "until more people our size came along to balance it out." That was enough for me.

gigglesinthesun

Well, I used to be a lot heavier and then lost it all, then had another kid and lost some again. Then recently things were getting a little snug, but I ignored that.

However when I went to the doctor she mentioned that I am now in the overweight bit of the BMI I realised if I don't do anything now it'll continue unabated ... so here we are (and yes I have hated my pictures lately, so it is time)

evastria

Im still marvelling at what I've done. Always been chubby, biggish, round... Now i feel like a whale!
Was 140 lbs on a 5'5 frame (slightly overweight but not major) now I'm pushing obesity (oh how i hate saying that) at 172ish. Gained 32 lbs - the weight of a child! - over 9 months. Not in pregnancy either.
Quite a few moments which should have told me something; having to order new shirts at work because my chest was straining the buttons, getting rolls of fat when i sat down, feeling tired constantly, my mother saying i look 'well'... A friend at work even said sympathetically, "don't worry, everyone puts on weight when they're in a good relationship" for crying out loud!
I feel like I've let myself down and let my partner down. He's never said anything about it but when i pushed for an opinion he said he found me more attractive when my belly was smaller. I know i pushed but that was the last straw. Im doing this for me and for him. Going to try to get to a more toned old me, hopefully 135 lbs.

_cdaley

Part of my problem is that I pretty much live in leggings and Lululemon. I gained twenty pounds and didn't really notice because my clothes all still fit! 5 lbs down, 15 to go- once I hit my goal weight I will be putting on my size 6 denim at least once a week so if I start to gain a bit, I notice!!

amy8400

It took me 20+ years to gain 50 unwanted pounds and like another poster, I had my ah-ha (or is it oh-sh#$) moment when I was weighing our cat and the scale went over 200. I also noticed I was huffing and puffing when climbing more than a couple flights of stairs. I had shoulder pain, foot pain, even some back pain. Family photos brought the pain of embarrassment. I was no longer the healthy woman in the family photos 30 years ago.

Funny, though, how pain is a powerful motivator. Not going there again!

tigerblue

I squeezed on my largest (size 16) jeans, and then I couldn't sit down! No more denying! Extra weight is gone now!

catawbalovely

oh no I definitely realized I was putting weight on. The first 15 lbs came on slowly and the last 15 really fast.

Sharon_C

I knew I was getting fat but it was always one excuse after another. I don't have time to go to the gym. I like food, always will, and I don't want to give it up. And the biggie: I would enter a room, find the biggest person there and tell myself that I was smaller than she was so I didn't have to worry.

When I saw pictures of myself at my daughter's high school graduation it was the moment that I knew I had to do something about it and that I could no longer hide behind my excuses. The next day I started watching what I ate and cut back on portions. Later that summer I joined MFP. A year later I joined a gym. The rest is history.

ashleyjohnstonn1

When I realized that I weighed more than my boyfriend... although he is a skinny mini with a metabolism to die for (lucky him!) he is 4-5 inches taller than me. Being with my boyfriend all the time I ate super unhealthily and convinced myself I could eat like he could... which I can't! Also my clothes stopped fitting. I had attempted to lose weight a couple times before but nothing serious until the past two months or so.

cromk1993

I went from being in good shape and healthy to being more than 100 pounds over weight. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten until I stepped on the scale and saw a number I never thought I would ever see! I now weight as much as my fiancé who is 6"2' and I'm only 5"6'!!! Oh man it's time for a change, it's time to take a look at myself and change the way I take care of my body!!

PamazonDreams

I didn't realize I'd gained weight, mostly because I loathe pants (skirts are sneaky like that - they just sit a bit higher up when you gain weight, so you don't realize....sweaters are sneaky, too - they just stretch....and don't even get me started on loose tops....). THEN, I went to go skiing a few weeks ago and....my snow pants didn't fit. Now, don't get me wrong, mine weren't the elasti-waist type, but, still, they are not exactly the most fitted garment in the world. I was horrified. I had to buy new snow pants!!!

So, like any responsible adult, I moped around and ate (and ate and ate) for a couple of weeks, and then I got on here and started taking it seriously. Here we go!!

pennyks88

I really didn't notice it happening. It was like I woke up one day and realized my clothes no longer fit. I've gained 20 pounds over the past 4 years and I am ready to get this weight off!

amy8400

Sneaky *kitten*, that weight gain that happens over several years. The worst kind!!

cchew686

When I realized that I weighed more than my boyfriend... although he is a skinny mini with a metabolism to die for (lucky him!) he is 4-5 inches taller than me. Being with my boyfriend all the time I ate super unhealthily and convinced myself I could eat like he could... which I can't! Also my clothes stopped fitting. I had attempted to lose weight a couple times before but nothing serious until the past two months or so.

I had exactly this experience with my BF.

AmyRhubarb

I finally realized I was buying larger sizes every few years, and noticing that the image I saw in the mirror (standing up straight with tummy pulled in) wasn't the same image I was seeing in candid photos of myself! I didn't like my tummy pooch, how thick my arms were getting, and had started buying longer and longer shorts every summer because the fat was creeping down to my knees and beyond!

I was around 40 at the time and decided things weren't going to get any better on their own. I had been (and still am) a stay at home mom since my kid (now 16) was born, and fairly idle. And I thought I ate pretty healthy until I started logging foods and seeing how little protein I was getting, and how big a lot of my portions were - I was good at overeating!

So, 4-5 years later, I'm down 25lbs, stronger, fitter, and feeling so much better than I have in years! Lifestyle change is in place and I plan to continue for the rest of my days. :drinker: