the "crap, im fat" moment...

xcbballuver

When did u guys have that moment? the moment u realize that ur fat and u should lose weight. i had mines today when i realized my bmi was 25.4 x_X.. arghh

leomom72

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skinnyminimoni

When I got worn out hiking about 2 miles in the Swiss Alps. I was about 215 lbs then, maybe a little more, and I realized I needed to change.

joehempel

I was responding to one of my YouTube guitar videos back in May....was like....I don't have a wrist anymore!! WTF!!!

And decided to change that.

That was 220lbs, now at 193lbs in 8 weeks.

bjohs

When did u guys have that moment? the moment u realize that ur fat and u should lose weight. i had mines today when i realized my bmi was 25.4 x_X.. arghh

Look at the link under my ticker for my Before/After pics. The photo dated December 2009 was that moment for me!

funkyspunky871

Woah, first of all, you're not fat because of a BMI reading. And even if you did want to use that as a measurement of you "fatness," you're only .4 BMI points overweight -- just a pound or two.

ilookthetype

I moved and my new room has a wall that is entirely mirrors. Do you know how hard it is to eat an entire bag of chips in your bed while mainlining Firefly and catching yourself sitting there, eating an entire bag of chips and being all fat? It's really hard, so I finished the bag of chips and complained. Then about 3 days later I was running. Darn mirrors.

kathywoo10

I woke up one day and my knee hurt for no apparent reason and I went to the doctor about it and saw that I was 202 pounds. The doctor didn't say it but I knew my knee was hurting because it was carrying too much weight around...

NewLife_11

I was responding to one of my YouTube guitar videos back in May....was like....I don't have a wrist anymore!! WTF!!!

And decided to change that.

That was 220lbs, now at 193lbs in 8 weeks.

Thats a good one!

gnat45

Seeing that I was getting a double chin and was busting out of 34DD bras.

Andythefitfamilyman

I never had a moment, I been fat for a long time. For me it was a colloction of moments. Then one night I just snapped and decied I wanna be skinny and healthy for once.

xcbballuver

Woah, first of all, you're not fat because of a BMI reading. And even if you did want to use that as a measurement of you "fatness," you're only .4 BMI points overweight -- just a pound or two.

eh i just feel fat .. even when i was 20 lbs lighter and bmi was "normal" i was fat. It just was like a aha moment bc of the bmi.. I just never thought i would ever actually be officially overweight >>

kenzietea

When did u guys have that moment? the moment u realize that ur fat and u should lose weight. i had mines today when i realized my bmi was 25.4 x_X.. arghh

OKAY first thing: Screw the scale and screw BMI. BMI is the most inaccurate POS unless you get the underwater breath test (that is the best way of measuring it, but even that sucks).

and my fat moment was definitely a picture. I was still managing to squeeze my butt into my size 8 (stretch) jeans and someone took a photo. I was disgusted! That was my fat moment, for sure

mialsya

When my doctor told me, "...when you become diabetic..." I was 293lbs. It took me a few months to process that information and understand that I could change it, but that was my jumping off point.

ChantalGG

At Easter time my cousin was asking if i was sure i wasnt pregnant. i think she was joking but i didnt find it too funny. I ws a the point wear my fat pants were too small and i refused to go shopping for a larger size.

skyisthelimit25

back fat.

camy_chick

the "crap, im fat", my BIG moment, was the day i signed up on here. which also happened to be the day we got a new scale cause the old one wouldn't weigh me cause i was past it's highest weight limit. and the new scale said i was roughly 30 pounds heavier then i thought it was. putting me to the have to lose 200 pounds to get me to a "healthy" bmi......don't even ask what my highest bmi was......your face wont come off the floor!

methetree

I never had a moment, I been fat for a long time. For me it was a colloction of moments. Then one night I just snapped and decied I wanna be skinny and healthy for once.

^^^I'm with this guy^^^

It has been a long series of moments. Then one day I was thinking about how much my life sucked. I realized it only sucked because I let it. So, I decided to start losing weight, exercising and changing my life so it didn't suck so much.

It's working, too. I find that even though Jillian Michaels is kicking my *kitten* and I am pushing myself to walk and I am measuring every thing and counting my calories, feeling like kind of a freak for being so intense about it, I also feel the best I have felt in many years. thanks to everyone on MFP for showing me I an one of many instead of alone in this journey.

I actually feel alive when my muscles ache just a little. I love the little changes I have noticed. I even love it when I feel like I can do a fitness DVD that I never thought possible before. I crave yoga. I smile more everyday and stress less.

MellowGa

we all ahve that moment, that is why we are all doing something about it! Good luck with everything! We are here for you

TopazCarey

When I woke up one morning and none of my jeans fit. Not even the fat ones. I had to wear sweatpants (My Regina George moment from Mean Girls lol). This, among other things, sent me into a depression where I gained even more weight. But about a month ago when the scale tipped over at 210, I decided enough was enough.

unsuspectingfish

I'm also in the "collection of moments" camp. I've been overweight for the majority of my life. I was underweight until age 5, when I had a severe allergic reaction to two different medications, and then I was overweight by age 6. I knew, I just wasn't motivated to do anything to change that until recently when two of my coworkers, both my age, started to have medical problems, and one of them is what I'd consider to be of normal weight.

erinkeely4

I had a moment like that in June, and then I got on here through the inspiration of a friend who was losing weight by calorie counting.

Last summer I had a bad health problem (stomach pain was the big symptom) which kept me from being able to eat much. I lost 12 lbs in 1.5 months -- from 115 lbs to 103 lbs (I'm 5'2"). I loved the lost weight, and felt really good about how I looked, because I had also started exercising to try to reduce stress and help resolve the health problem. I started taking a pancreatic enzyme which allowed me to start eating regularly again after another month, and the symptoms slowly faded to almost nothing.

So... of course, I gained all of my weight back, plus 5 lbs! I kept watching in horror as my weight on the scale went higher and higher. When it did finally reach 120 lbs, which is the most I have weighed (this was also my weight for half a year in late 2007) I decided I really had to do something about this, or it would probably keep rising!

I decided I needed to lose weight in a HEALTHY and SUSTAINABLE way. Before, I have always lost weight by simply eating WAY under my caloric needs. A real yo-yo effect.

Since I started in June I have gone from 120 lbs to 110 lbs, and I feel way better. I realize that I wasn't ever actually overweight, but I sure felt like I was.

chevy88grl

I haven't always been overweight. I was an extremely thin child and teenager. Gained weight with each of my pregnancies, as a stay at home mom and then used food as a comfort when my marriage went south, but I wasn't able to leave.

One moment was when I met my boyfriend. He's naturally thin and I couldn't for the life of me understand what HE saw in ME. I was always worried people looked at us and thought "what is HE doing with HER?". My boyfriend never once made me feel uncomfortable about my weight - heck, he fell in love with me at almost 180lbs. He never said "lose weight, you're fat, etc". He loved me for me. But, *I* felt self conscious.

Biggest moment? I saw two women walking in a park and one of them was right around my size. I thought to myself do *I* look like that and no one wants to tell me? OMG. I look terrible.

Within a short time, we had joined a gym and I had completely changed my eating habits. Now, I don't think people look at us and wonder why we are together.

JwlzBoatie

My "crap, i'm fat!" moment was when my younger sister no longer wanted to socialize with me. For example, no longer inviting to go out to eat or go just go out in general. Then, I began to no longer fit into my "fat" jeans, or anything else for that matter! Once I realized that I wasn't just trying to be "comfortable" when I wore sweats and t-shirts, it was that that was all that fit, I had to stop! After realizing that, everything came into focus. I had been short of breath and so much more tired than usual lately. The worst part is that though I have been overweight all my life..it was only at that moment that ever really felt "fat".

That was around December 2010 and since then I have been trying to find a way to get some of that self confidence back. I don't expect to become a size"0" nor am I striving to be that thin. What I want, is to feel comfortable in my own skin again. The health benefits are a plus, of course, who doesn't want to be healthy! Finally, I come across MFP. I have only been a member for 5 days but in this short while, I have had more support on this journey, than I have ever had in anything in my whole life. I can only hope to achieve what so many on here have. Best of luck to you and everyone out there who is wanting to make a change for the better with weight loss! Much Love xoxox

missbp

For me, it was not so much an "omg, I'm fat!" moment. It was more of a "you are not setting a good example for your daughter", moment.

I realized that I was telling her to make healthy choices and to keep moving, but I was not doing either of these myself.

I have tons of pictures to prove all of this. It was pretty funny how I would try to camoflauge my problem areas. Even funnier that I thought it worked.

That was then.

Michelle

marshallexi

For me it was when I was trying on a UK size 18 item of clothing and it wouldn't fit. Oh the shame!

katkins3

I went through a deep depression when I turned 60. I felt "why bother?"
I was looking for something to motivate me. I joined a gym, but hardly ever went. I knew I had to break the depression and lose the pity party weight!
On Memorial weekend things changed! A personal trainer at the gym told my husband about MFP and he downloaded it. The next day my husband loaded the AP for me and I loved it!
I really caught fire! Tomorrow will be my 55th day and I am getting my money's worth at the gym, good on my food, and depression is GONE!
Next stop: Onederland

jayb0ne

This picture:



It was like BAM. It's cought up with me now! I was 192 there. I'm at 167 at the moment.

wonrob

Same as other posters, when i looked horrible in my fat pants.

Since then I've gotten really thin, then put the weight back on. I'd never thought I'd become a yoyo dieter.

Vhovell

I've always been overweight, always wanted to loose the weight, but always gave up after a week or two of being good, but now something has clicked inside me and i really want it this time...i've always wanted to shop in Jane Norman and they only go up to a small UK size 14...so that be my goal by Xmas...if they don't go into administration by then!

Kagard11

Collection of moments for me too!