What was your "fat" breaking point?
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When my highest weight was 3 lbs MORE than I weighed the day I gave birth to my son. I weighed 212 pounds when my son was born, and that was including a LOT of fluid from blood pressure issues. At my highest, I weighed 215 about 15 months ago. It was embarassing, I was creeping into size 18 jeans, and I had resorted to baggy t-shirts and stretchy pants to hide my expanding wasitline. I never liked what I saw in pictures, and I couldn't find a "good" angle to hide the unhealthy blob I had become. My husband left for six months (he's military) and I had to do something. After losing weight slowly on weight watchers last year, I decided to approach this with a lot more energy, and put in the blood, sweat, and tears.
I've lost 30 pounds since then.
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I remember very vividly how hard I cried in the dressing room when I had to buy size 20 jeans. However, it wasn't until I needed to go to a 22 that I hit the breaking point. I refused to buy them and started counting calories the next day. I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy to be back in a 14. I haven't seen that since 9th grade. :happy:0
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Several things happened at once:
My son went to college and I suddenly realized I had a lot of personal time. I booked a trip for my husband and I to Puerto Rico and I am scared the seat belt won't fit on the plane. I finally weaned myself off of taking nerve pills every day for the past 15 years. I had crazy energy and felt great, although I hurt all over now.
No excuse to not take care of myself now.0 -
When I gained 60 lbs over 10 years after being model-thin- I had no energy, I looked terrible, had trouble sleeping at night, hair kept falling out, and my asthma and allergies were really bad. I ate well and exercised for a few weeks and then stopped- what a huge difference. Since then I've been trying to stay on track.
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Had a big weekend, spent the Saturday in the pub having massive burgers, drank all evening and stayed in bed with a pizza all day the next day. Got up the next morning, fell over the (giant) pizza box on the way to get dressed and realised that the clothes I'd bought the previous summer when I was already horrified that I couldn't buy anything that fit and didn't make me look fat wouldn't fasten.
Something just snapped and I got the app and started recording everything the next day.0 -
When I became 98kg and was only 2kg away from being 3 figures in weight (for us Europeans 100kg are a big deal. . . like, 220lbs)0
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Ive had several.
Lost my sister in 98 to a car accident. I had to move to FL. No friends so I turned to food for comfort. Within 2-3 years I was in plus sized clothes just out of my teens. Bounced back and forth with the same 10-15lbs for several years.
Spent 9 years with a man who had the metabolism of light speed. I blindly ate what he ate and suffered. Couldn't break away from it to start the struggle again.
Have gained medical problems that the weight has contributed to as well as my self esteem and depression. Being ridiculed by men on dating sites for my weight.
And the final was having cousins and nieces and nephews that i cant keep up with. I'm in my early 30's and damn it I shouldn't be out of breath when playing with them. This time I'm ready to make the change, Ive cut out soda, fast foods, extra sodium and Ive made the effort to log my food as I now realize how extremely important it is.0 -
I have 2, first one was when I went shopping and had to get size 18 pants and the other was when I went home to visit family & my dad called me up and basically told me I was overweight. He was worried about my health and to hear him say that made me change my outlook on my weight overnight. I went to the doctor that next day to ask for help and she put me on a food plan.0
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When I couldn't outrun my 7 year old while playing tag with him. That made me take a good hard look at myself and the direction I was headed, and I didn't like it at all. Now I can run circles around him!
That was 2.5 years ago, and I'm never going back to being like that!0 -
Wow! Well, there have been quite a few........trying on clothes in the store would bring me to tears, I hid from cameras, I hated looking at myself in the mirror. I'd tried unsuccessfully to lose weight so I resigned myself to being heavy. Things at home weren't good so I just sort of gave up. On one of what I like to call my pretty days, I got dressed to go to a family function. I remember looking in the mirror and thinking I looked pretty good. Then somehow my mom got a picture of me AND posted it on facebook. (the right half of my profile pic) I saw that and couldn't believe it. The only time in my life I've ever been that big was when I was pregnant with my daughter (she'll be 16 next month). That was my breaking point.0
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Sadly after i got cheated on..... and now everytime i go to the gym it burns in the back of my mind.... so far 70lbs down and i have a hard time keeping the ladies away 0
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Healthwise, it was recent high cholesterol (which has yet to improve!). Plus all of a sudden being super tired (I knew if I went to my Dr the first thing she'd tell me to try is diet & exercise).
Bodywise, it was having to hitch my too tight, muffin top jeans up over my tummy when I'd sit down.
My tummy/waist area is usually small (I carry my weight in hips/thighs/bum) so I knew I was getting big if I was gaining weight there. (That and the dreaded back fat.. )0 -
When I was sitting on a cheap IKEA chair at a friend's house and it broke, dumping me on the floor in front of a roomful of people. Yes, the chairs were crap, and badly put together, but it was MY chair that collapsed. I started working out the next day.0
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Tired of being the "chubby" but cute girl in pictures. I just wanna be cute, period with no extras ! I'm always super tired and I get out of breath really easily, which really sucks cause I'm only 24. So tired of being unhealthy. Plus this past June I was at a very important event, dressed very cute and the side of my dress ripped open, an all my side meat was shining ! It was horrifying. At that point I decided that I had no excuse for being overweigh just pure laziness so I joined MFP and now I'm trying to rexercise more regularly. Time for a BIG change0
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When the doctor told me I have high blood pressure and would have to take medication for the rest of my life.0
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When I realized my entire closet was full of black clothes. Like I was going to a funeral everyday... a funeral for my body.
And I looked like a black cow in all the black clothes.
THIS.
My husband calls me Juli Cash cuz I wear black ALL THE TIME. (and yes, still looking fat in it too)
Just last night he asked me "how many pairs of those black pants DO you have?'
My answer "All my pants are black".
So I went for a run AND did a walk and plan to do that until I have to buy new pants. (that aren't black)0 -
Recently saw a photo of myself on FB that is just terribly unflattering and embarrassing. On top of the fact that I am pale because my skin never saw the summer sun, it's a mess! Saggy boobs (despite a good bra), cankles, double chin, huge arms. And let me assure you -- I removed that tag pronto!
It is amazing how the mind allows us to see what we want to when we look in the mirror. I never understood how an underweight person who suffers from an eating disorder could look in the mirror and see someone who is gross, fat, overweight, disgusting, etc. Well, it's the same way an overweight person can look in the mirror and see someone who is chunky or a little pudgy and think to herself, "it's not that bad."
Other little things: fear of flying because I am afraid I won't fit in the seat (in fact, I know I would require a seat belt extender), having trouble sliding in and out of restaurant booths, worrying about sitting in a chair that looks "questionable", worrying that a child will call me out, dreading the swimming pool.0 -
I had two breaking points:
1. Getting acid reflux every time I bent over to tie my shoes, and;
2. I was four months pregnant in December of 2010. In December of 2011, when the baby was 7 months old, I weighed 20 pounds more than the year before...eep!!0 -
I have two moments: The first one might be gross but here it is anyway, I was having a hard time wiping and cleaning my butt because I could not reach it and the other one was getting on the scale and I was 12 pounds from 300lbs. The only pants that fit were the stretch kind and even those were busting at the seams.
I knew that it was time to make a change and I was about to buy into another lose weight fast scheme and someone made a comment and talked about MFP and I came to the site and knew that I was home. Even though it has taken me 6 months to really get serious, I am serious now because of all of you. Thanks to the entire MFP family. Happy Losing.........:flowerforyou:0 -
Ive been waiting 3 years for the perfect time to have a baby. And the list of complications for obese women scare the tar out of me. When I realized that no matter what we do between now and death, we will never be 1000% ready for a baby (have all the money in savings, have the perfect house/job/routine/vehicles). So we set a date to start trying and I realized in the mean time, I could lose some pounds. Im hoping to lose another 30lb before we quit bc.0
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The first time was when I would eat a whole bag of miniature sized peanut butter cups in one sitting almost every night. That was before I lost the 100 lbs. The second time which was recently was when someone I used to work with almost a year ago told me twice in the same conversation that I was gaining weight.0
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I had the usual Blood pressure talk from the Docs last year. Lost a bit- in the region of 25lbs then put it all back on. The "fat" point was at the start of this year. At work they do a 10-week weight lose challange and I have entered for the last 2 years, never done much, cut out a few cakes and cookies at work for a bit. Helps make us all feel better about Christmas, but that is about it.
This year the organiser had a set of scales in the office and I jumped on... Set to ignore it like I had previous years, but the scales were set to lbs not stones and pounds so I wandered back to my desk with a large number in my head 294... 294 what is that in stones... Quick calculation 294/14= OMG 21st.... At this point I swore and did something about it.
Start weight 294lb
Currect weight 242lb
Goal this year 224-231lb (16st - 16.5st)
Next year ........ We shall see how I feel over Christmas0 -
I had to buy a new pair of work pants an they were getting tight and no more than 3/4 weeks later I needed another pair..
That was it for me I know then and decided I needed to get the weight off...
I then went to lost 3.5st and was at my lightest and happyest for about 12 month.
Then I met my Fiancee and with contemptment, Although I am still very happy I have put back on about 1.5st of the 3.5 I lost.
I am getting married next July and am 100% going to get back to how I was when I met me fiancee :drinker:0 -
When my manager was ordering uniform shirts, and she measured me and was insistent on ordering me a 24W. (Don't worry, I was never really THAT large, the shirt was big on me to begin with...but still, when I know I am a 16/18 and you order me larger? Rough.)
She just told me she needs to order me smaller shirts because I am "smaller" and that these ones are "WAY TOO BIG" on me.0 -
I was mentioning to a couple of friends of how much I admire their ability to get up at 5am to go to the gym many mornings that I could NEVER do that. They told me I just had to want it bad enough. That's when I decided, no more excuses, lets get this done!0
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Well, I knew I had an eating disorder and would binge from about 13years old. I knew that was wrong but didn't care much. I was filling a void in my life. I eventually got skinny when I was 16 years old but had my daughter when I was 17. I haven't been skinny since and I'm almost 24. I did however end up losing 30lbs last year. Of which, I have probably gained half back. I'm serious about my weight loss again and plan on sticking to it. A friend of mine showed me MFP and you guys showed me Jillian Michaels. She has been the only one to kick my *kitten* into shape. Serious girl crush happening now. I'm eating cleaner, less processed foods and working out. I should be not only at my goal but TONED by next summer. I like to think of it as I'm preparing for next years bikini LOL.0
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When I bought clothes online and discovered that XXL was too small That was a very sad discovery. I kept the clothes anyway: now they're part of my short-term goal! 0
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when my fat *kitten* won an all-girls sailing race off the coast of louisiana....0
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Being in the Air Force, we have PT tests twice a year (once a year if you score above a 90--which I have NEVER done!). I have failed more tests than I have passed and it was this last one that I failed when I really woke up. I don't know what it was, but this one hit me really hard. I am now determined to not only lose the weight, but to score at least an 85 on my next test!0
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My first breakung point was coming off an eating disorder. I realized i was tired a lot and
i was wearing kids clothes. and they were falling off. so i made a change. and two years later.....my biggest sweatpants were cutting into my hips. 0
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