I'VE HAD IT!
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My moment was when I was getting measured for my bridesmaid's dress for my friend's wedding a couple of years ago, I wound up having to buy a plus sized dress. That was a huge blow to my ego, not to mention it cost $50 bucks extra (and then it wound up costing $80 for all the alterations it needed... but that's a different story). I had been through a bad break up earlier that summer and things weren't in a good place. I was living off of about 4 lattes, a 500 ml bottle of coke, and an orange a day. It sucked, and I started to gain a ton of weight because at that time I had stopped doing everything except for getting up and going to work/school. I started to make small changes like eating better, etc, but I still wasn't exercising like I was pre-ex-boyfriend, so I was still gaining weight. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I went to Science Formal that year and looked at pictures afterwards and realized how bad I had gotten, I had a uniboob in my dress! After that I started back skating, and going to yoga again, one of the best decisions I ever have made.0
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1. My biggest pair of pants were getting tight on me and I thought about buying new pants (bigger ones), but then I was like, NO, THE NEXT TIME I BUY CLOTHES, IT WILL BE SMALLER ONES, NOT BIGGER.
2. I saw a picture of myself with my kids and I looked so chubby, it wasn't even cute. It was terrible cause the kids looked great, but I ruined the picture.
3. And then I stepped on the scale, and I was as heavy as I was at the end of my pregnancies.
The next morning (10/26/12) my hubby told me to add this app to my phone and we have been at it since then. 7.5 lbs in 4 weeks...My clothes are beggining to feel loose, and I feel so much better. Only another 30 lbs to go.0 -
Realising that I weighed more than I did at 9 months pregnant. In fact I still do... but at least I'm doing something about it now0
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When I couldn't sit on the floor longer than 20 minutes at a time to play with my daughter (who was at the time 2).0
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It was Dec 2011, I looked in the mirror and felt disgusted with myself and I felt like I was 100 years old. So I decided right then that I was going to lose weight and get into shape :-) it's been almost a year and I'm down 53 pounds, 3 to go for my goal!
wow thats amazing!!
cant wai tto get there0 -
my moment was when my boyfriend told me he was going to cancel my gym membership...
thats all he said to me, i could hear his dissappointment in me.
i could tell he was tired of waiting for me to change
and in turn, dissappointed myself.
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I have a beard. When I shaved my beard off for fun, I saw my actual face.
I was scared.
I was mortified.
I had to get rid of that second chin!
Also, I am getting married in September next year and I want to look hot.0 -
My moment is when I went to the doctor for my yearly, she told me I was 20lbs over weight, it was a smack in the face I knew I had put on some weight, but 20 lbs sounded like sooo much weight. She told me that if I don't get it under control now it will be so much harder to deal with ten years down the road. Also I started cringing at pictures of myself, and refused to be in front on the camera.0
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When a blood test showed me as border line diabetic. I sorted my diet out immediately as showed fine a week later, but that scare was enough.0
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I was just shy of my 40th birthday and had gained a lot of weight that year. The dr diagnosed me with an underactive thyroid and ordered me to lose the weight if and at all possible.
But I was disgusted with myself. I was flabby. I had to avoid certain too-steep stairs. I didn't look or feel good.0 -
One of my fellow RAs gave a presentation on nutrition and "How to Avoid the Freshman 15". Though I am senior, it hit home hard and I realized I wasn't eating right at all.0
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When I was going pants shopping for work and picked out a pair of large sweatpants. I tried them on and felt the waist band squeezing me. I felt so uncomfortable and disgusting.
Now I can wear medium sized leggings ;P0 -
..........My "moment" if you will was after Id been admitted to the hospital in July of 2012 with a raging infection that I wasnt even aware of. I was ready to be discharged and they did an O2 sat. Sitting still my O2 was dropping into the 70s...but I had a fantastic resting heart rate that the doctors loved. Next thing I know Respiratory Therapy is swarming over me with a sensor on my finger, a Co2 sensor on my lip, O2 cannula in my nose and they're telling me i have to walk up and down the hall and breathe normally. Here I am pushing an IV pole with all these damn wires and sensors and as I look behind me I see someone pushing a fu@king wheelchair. (WTF is up with that.........scared the bejeebers outta me .....but they seemed to be waiting for me to collapse or something. NOW I find out on exertion my damn O2 sats were dropping even worse than 70. Hard telling how long this had been going on.
Id had all kinds of tests ....cardio, pulmo, neuro, gastro, anesth, sleep doc et al. Ive had 28 surgeries over the years and have tons of titanium pins plates and screws and lo and freakin behold the weight has taken its toll. I HAD TO DROP as much as possible as fast as possible or live on O2 stuck up my nose 24/7. How embarrassing that was........I shall never forget. I lost 35 lbs in the first 6 weeks and have continued on the journey. Ive already noticed a huge difference in breathing. I no longer use O2 during the day. I do have it bled into my BiPap at night but hope to be off that by June. YAYAYAYAYAYA me.!!! (Now if I could see as much success in my chronic pain issues that would allow me to do some awesome workouts like the rest of you do Id have it made!!!!!!!)
ya......it sucks but the new lifestyle change is electrifying and Im not letting go of it now!!!
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My moment was when I took my 2 boys to a go-cart track. They are too young to ride by themselves, so my husband and I had to drive the cart while they sat as passengers. I couldn't get my seat belt buckled even after I loosened it as far as it could be loosened. Very embarrassing for me to have the guy yanking and pulling on the seat belt while I was sucking in my gut as much as possible. I don't want to be that person that struggles to get the seat belt to click on go-carts, roller coasters, or rides at the fair. My boys deserve better than that, my husband deserves better than that, and most of all - I deserve better than that!0
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It came a few years ago. I was excited to finally see "Honk If You're Horny" at the local movie theater. You might remember it, starring Faye Dunaway and Pauly Shore.
When I asked for my ticket, the kid at the window said that he had to check with the manager first. So, then, the manager comes over and tells me, "I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid our facilities are not equipped to meet your needs."
:huh:
When I asked what he meant by that, he replied, "What I'm saying, sir, is that a man of your carriage couldn't possibly fit in our seats." I offered to sit in the aisle, but he said that it would violate the fire code.
Then, some guy standing by the door yelled, "Hey, Fatty! I've got a movie for ya: A Fridge Too Far!" as everyone outside the theater began to laugh at me. The manager sensed my rising anger, and tried to placate me with a free garbage bag full of popcorn. Before leaving with what little dignity I had remaining, I told him, "This may surprise you, but you can't buy me off with food. I'm sick of all your stereotypes and cheap jokes! The overweight individuals in this country are just as smart and talented and hard working as everybody else. And they're going to make their voices heard!"
Today, my voice is heard, here on MyFitnessPal.0 -
i want to lose weight so bad i,m 24 and i weigh 210 and i,m only 5ft. i need motivation !0
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I sat in denial about my weight for a long time. I could hide from scales (for the most part). I could hide from cameras or position pics from the chest up. BUT, when I TRULY had it and joined MFP was when I got tagged on FB in a full body photo of myself and I couldn't hide in the denial anymore. It was there for everyone to see, probably before I had time to remove it from my page. From that moment on, I became a devotee to this page and the logging and I'm down another 45 lbs roughly. And that was the straw that broke the camel's back!0
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I had enough when i looked down in the shower and couldn't see my junk.
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When I started hiding from my friends b/c I was embarrassed about how I looked. I would constantly find excuses to stay home when the real reason was that I was just ashamed of how I looked. Still have a long way to go but working on it..
Exact same way with me!!0 -
WOW! I'm so proud of you, 106# lost??? That's amazing. Keep up the good work!0
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It came a few years ago. I was excited to finally see "Honk If You're Horny" at the local movie theater. You might remember it, starring Faye Dunaway and Pauly Shore.
When I asked for my ticket, the kid at the window said that he had to check with the manager first. So, then, the manager comes over and tells me, "I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid our facilities are not equipped to meet your needs."
:huh:
When I asked what he meant by that, he replied, "What I'm saying, sir, is that a man of your carriage couldn't possibly fit in our seats." I offered to sit in the aisle, but he said that it would violate the fire code.
Then, some guy standing by the door yelled, "Hey, Fatty! I've got a movie for ya: A Fridge Too Far!" as everyone outside the theater began to laugh at me. The manager sensed my rising anger, and tried to placate me with a free garbage bag full of popcorn. Before leaving with what little dignity I had remaining, I told him, "This may surprise you, but you can't buy me off with food. I'm sick of all your stereotypes and cheap jokes! The overweight individuals in this country are just as smart and talented and hard working as everybody else. And they're going to make their voices heard!"
Today, my voice is heard, here on MyFitnessPal.
This just made my whole day....possibly my life.0 -
Glad to hear it, sister!
This just made my whole day....possibly my life.It came a few years ago. I was excited to finally see "Honk If You're Horny" at the local movie theater. You might remember it, starring Faye Dunaway and Pauly Shore.
When I asked for my ticket, the kid at the window said that he had to check with the manager first. So, then, the manager comes over and tells me, "I'm terribly sorry, sir, but I'm afraid our facilities are not equipped to meet your needs."
:huh:
When I asked what he meant by that, he replied, "What I'm saying, sir, is that a man of your carriage couldn't possibly fit in our seats." I offered to sit in the aisle, but he said that it would violate the fire code.
Then, some guy standing by the door yelled, "Hey, Fatty! I've got a movie for ya: A Fridge Too Far!" as everyone outside the theater began to laugh at me. The manager sensed my rising anger, and tried to placate me with a free garbage bag full of popcorn. Before leaving with what little dignity I had remaining, I told him, "This may surprise you, but you can't buy me off with food. I'm sick of all your stereotypes and cheap jokes! The overweight individuals in this country are just as smart and talented and hard working as everybody else. And they're going to make their voices heard!"
Today, my voice is heard, here on MyFitnessPal.0 -
Sigh .. I've had it moment . Hmm there's plenty of that especially when I'm going to a b-day party or out with my bf I want to look nice but nothing ever looks nice on me , I spend hours contemplating on what to wear . I always have to get ready 2 - 3 hours ahead so that way I can figure out what doesnt makes me look bigger than I already am . It's hard...
This one happens all the time , when I go over to my bf's family house , it's embarrassing because they're all smaller than me and most of the time they make comments about my weight and it hurts , I know they're just joking and stuff but really hate hearing it . Sometimes it makes me want to cry . Another one is when my boyfriend and I get in an argument about something he would win most of the time by making fun of my weight , which is messed up I know .... That makes me not want to eat and I actually don't eat for a couple days because of what he says . But sometimes I would argue back and say " you must be skinny then if your calling me fat " because he has a belly but he isn't as big as I am but still.. He shouldn't call me fat no matter what.. But dont worry he doesn't anymore because we talked about name calling .0 -
THE BLUE JEANS!! Ok, so here is the story, my ex husband and I were getting ready to go through a divorce. I was cleaning my room and found a pair of jeans that WERE NOT mine. At this point it was an eyeroll, I had asked him not to have his girlfriend over when I was at work (he obviously wasnt respectful of that) So i figured id be nice, instead of shredding the jeans, I washed them and folded them and waited for the next time she came to pick him up. I went up to her car, gave her the jeans and told her, do what you feel you want to do, but dont you EVER do it here again. then i turned and walked away. Halfway back to the house I heard her call out my ex's name. He walked over and I could here her state "THESE ARE NOT MY JEANS!" I was rolling, karma finally had a little shot...he tried to tell her that they were an old pair of my jeans, I was mistaken. the girlfriend looked at the tag, then looked at me and went "Not in that size" I picked up the jeans and went back to the house...she was right, not in that size...yet. I kept the jeans
Soon that WILL BE my size. 0 -
I was in total denial. For my size, I thought that I felt pretty good. I was an expert at hiding myself away. I didn't DARE look at the scale and then I had a doctor's appointment and weighed in at 300 lbs! Cried a little...and then said "Forget it! I am changing this now!" That was 154 pounds ago! I now weigh less than what I have lost! Its been 18 months of hard work but I am NEVER going back to how my life was before!0
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When my ex and I were fighting. He looked at me and Said you really let yourself go. That was in April the day I kicked him out of my house. But it got the fire burning inside me. Cause today I have lost 51 pounds and counting. So he never see the end results. But I'm happy now. Peace0
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bump!0
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Mine was when my son had to defend me at school because his classmates were making fun of my weight. It was terrible looking at his hurt and sad little face when he told me about what happened. I realized then that my decision to be overweight affected him just as much as myself.0
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What a motivating thread !!!
Like another poster, I have had a string of moments....
Clothes not fitting, moving from small to medium to large, from size 6 jeans to who-knows what size because I won't even wear jeans anymore
Avoiding my life-long friend because I spent years as the skinny one, then I gained a ton of weight and she lost a ton of weight, so I am too embarrassed and ashamed to see her
Looking at myself in pictures and being mortified (in the RARE occasion that I allowed myself to be in a photo)
Avoiding the doctor because I don't want to get weighed
So many...0 -
I had a mini melt down when I stepped on a scale after graduating law school and realized that with a year and a half until my wedding I had managed to creep up to 225 lbs. I joined a boot camp, started running and by the time my wedding rolled around had lost 20, was feeling pretty good about myself (and still love my wedding photos). The year after that I stopped weighing in regularly and stopped tracking my food, though I did keep running and even worked up to a marathon - though not well...not well at all. I think my "I've had it moment" was when, 13 months after my wedding and 2 weeks after my marathon (when I'd told myself that I MUST be even more fit than pre-wedding), I got weighed for a physical at my doctor's office and I weighed in at 232 lbs, not only had I gained back ALL the weight that I'd lost pre-wedding but an extra 7 lbs besides!
I was angry, I was tired of fooling myself because I certainly wasn't fooling anyone around me. In the last 13 months I've dropped 44lbs with no yo-yoing, dropped 21.5 inches off c/w/h (3 sizes!) and more importantly, I've shaved a whole minute off my per km running time and took an hour and 37 minutes off my marathon time when I finished my second marathon this year. This is the me I want to be, fit and happy!0
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