when did you realize you were overweight.

Angel1066

When my choices of clothes stores diminished to about 3

downtome

I have always been overweight most of my life with some thin breaks in between here and there but I have never ever been in denial about it, I just didn't give a dam! I finally came to my senses and something clicked back in November 2010 after I had found out the my Ex had a new girlfriend, that was it for me...I was tired of feeling so down on myself and knew that something had to changed, if it didn't, I would have kept getting bigger and bigger! Losing 57 pounds so far had made a world of difference and I feel so much better about myself and the way that I look. I still have 98 pounds to lose but I am more motivated than ever to get there and keep going. MFP has been an absolute Godsend, I couldn't have come this far without it and the help from all you fine folks who lend so much inspiration and motivation...and for that, I thank you! This feels so much better than stuffing myself with "Ben & Jerry's' Toffee Heath Crunch Icecream! I will take fitting better into my clothes anyday over that misery!!!!!!!!!!!!

lucietelfort

In high school was chubby or as I like to call it "thick". Then I graduated and life happened. I didn't have much of a social life before highschool ended and it just got worse from there. I hated shoppoing because nothing I tried on in stores fit or looked good on me. then everything I hadn't experienced decided to hit me one day with one hard blow. It was then I realized that I had let my weight stop me from ever really having any fun or being just normal. I was just disgusted with the way I'd let myself go and I gained even more. I literally stop going out and alienated myself from the world. I decided it was either do something about it or die because I wasn't about to spend the next 50 years of my life the same way. Hopefully I accomplish my goal. I'm trying really hard to find the new me or rather the me I've always been just burried under all the fat!

cng1117

I never really felt obese until last June. Even though at 295 pounds most people would feel obese I didn't, don't know why, just didn't feel like it really affected me. Obviously there were some things that I didn't/couldn't do, (mountain climbing, touch my toes, skinny dipping etc) but those were things I've never had an interest in or didn't feel like they were very important anyway. But, then in June we had a family reunion and I decided to go. I hadn't seen my cousins, aunts or uncles in about 10 years since we moved to TX from MI. Get to the reunion, got some cute shoes on, hair is done, make up is on, was feeling pretty good and then as I was walking up the drive I see the double takes. Then it hits me, these people haven't seen me since I was 17 weighing in at 130 pounds. Oh. My. God. Thankfully everybody was gracious enough to shake it off and not stare except for my grandmothers sister who got this little smirk on her face every time she saw me. :ohwell:

blackdragonclare

I have been called fat from the first day of school looking back I wasn't very big I just had a chubby face and as a teenager I got so obsessed about being fat I used to bin my lunches and skip breakfast I was still over weight even then. the only time in my life I have ever been slim was when I nearly died ofa immune system problem I was yellow and nearly dead but all I cared about was how thin I was. then I got pregnant and my weight has gone up with each of my three babies. the thing that has made me want to change is I had gestational diabetes and was told if I dint lose weight I will probably develop it pretty soon.

cng1117

-When my husband started not looking at me

that one is hard...

karenjoy

I was always thin, skinny even. I had a 19" waist when I was 20 years old, I didn't gain weight even after three children I was a UK size 10 (US 6-8) but then my son was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD, my Mum had a stroke and I started to gain weight, then my Mum was diagnosed with cancer and I gained more weight, she then died and my marriage broke down and I gained more weight, BUT I didn't see myself as fat until one day just over a year ago in my new job with my new husband I realised that I was the fat one in my office, not the skinny one, not the one who could look good in anything, not even the middle of the road one, the FAT one. No one was bigger then me. WOAH

All my life this was someone I NEVER thought I would be, it took me about 5 or 6 years to see it and I got to over 200lbs before I noticed. I have a way to go still, but I am no longer the fat one in my office.

simplyxaddicted

When I couldnt fit into a size 16 jeans.... And I had began to get stretch marks on my arms... EEKK

MsMe79

When I left my ex-husband and realised that because of him I'd gained 50kgs (over years) and I looked in the mirror one day and saw him and what he did to me, so I admitted I was fat and it's been a long journey and still a long way to go, but I want to see the skinny me and let me new fantastic supporting husband enjoy the wife he deserves and that I want to be

kacarter1017

I had known I was overweight, but didn't really "see" it until I was 36. This was my wake up call year. My dad died at 37 of his second heart attack (not overweight, exercised, etc). When I reached 36, I realized I had better start controlling the things that increased my heart disease risk. That started my 11 year journey to this point.

michelca

I've always been fat, but it didn't really hit me until my niece told me I had a big tummy over the Christmas holidays. That was truly an eye opener.

bentobee

Of course I've known for awhile now that I was overweight (started gaining after getting married - was in college and working and nearly all meals came from a drive-thru), but the knock in the head I needed to start making healthy changes was a few months ago my three year old daughter asked me what skipping was, so I tried to show her and I couldn't do it. I couldn't skip. I was too heavy and out of shape. It was a hard hit of reality and I began making changes immediately.

julsofdenial

What?! I'm overweight?? OMG.. I NEVER realized it!

Always have thought I was actually.. just at a new level now and with facebook being a reality, I can't go anywhere without ending up in photo someone posts that I didn't approve and I can't stand looking at myself. SO basically, I am trying to lose weight so I can go out in public and end up on someone's facebook photos!

DaDivaDSTnee

I've always been overweight but when I knew I had gone to the breaking point was when I was being intimate with my hunny and I couldn't catch my breath...I was so mortified!