What was your 'I finally need to lose this weight' moment? (And was it as bad as mine?)
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People are so cruel! I would love to be your weight!! My ah-hah moment was at the doctors office recently! I got on the scale and could not believe that I was 250 lbs! I've always been curvy, but this is crazy! My doctor sat down with my and basically said, *kitten* or get off the pot. Haha! Anyway, screw that guy that said you aren't fit enough for a sports car.0
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arditarose wrote: »I think it was the knee cellulite for me.
Hahahah, you're killing me! But yeah, I'm basically one walking cellulite dimple.0 -
Somebody snapped a picture of me, and I saw it on FB.
I looked like a rooting hog.
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my moment was when my sister won't allow me to be her bride's maid cos I was fat.0
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Maintained at 200 pounds for years eating whatever I wanted (still obese, but I didn't want to have to deprive myself when I wasn't gaining anyway), until the scale showed 213 and I realized it was time to consider doing something about it... Then I made myself sick of food by stuffing my face during the Holidays and decided that it was time to do something about it.0
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My "Aha! moment" is actually kind of grim.
After YET ANOTHER job application rejection I was just in a bad place and felt miserable about myself and my life and i can remember just kind of saying to myself one day "OK your life sucks, your job sucks, you're fat, you can't change the first 2 things but the one thing you can change is your weight! If you're going to be a failure in this life you might as well be a skinny failure rather than a morbidly obese one!"
and that super motivational speech did the trick, I still keep getting rejection letters, Im still stuck in the same dead end job, BUT I am losing weight!
I'm thinking about stitching my little speech out on a throw pillow so i can see my uplifting words each and everyday emblazoned in golden thread
Given your wit, I'm surprised you haven't found a better job—you must be overqualified0 -
Im looking at photos of my recent vacation. It's 90-100 degrees outside and I'm wearing a thin jacket because I felt like I needed to cover my big belly. The cute little pigtails my boyfriend likes and the fun pink shoes just look awful on this pudgy 5'1 153lb girl I see in the photos. Theres jyst nothing fun size or petite about me left. Today I got out the camera and with my bra and underwear on I took a picture of what I really look like. It's a photo I never want anyone to see. But if I have to keep looking at it to not eat the icecream and cookies and nachos anymore that's what I'm going to do. That and I just keep telling myself... nothing tastes as good as skinny feels... go drink some more water.0
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Doctor told me he was going to send me to a specialist for diabetes if I couldn't get my sugar in control. I didn't want to go on insulin, because when my father in law was put on insulin, he went down hill fast and ended up having to be put on dialysis..When he went in to have a stent put in his arm, he had a heart attack and never woke up and ended up passing not long after.. Thinking about that, scared the cr-p out of me and I started using my fitness pal to try to lose some weight.. I started in March after seeing my doctor and my A1c was 8.8 and in June when I went back my A1c was 6.9..
After seeing him though, I have hit a wall and have not been as diligent in my eating habits.. A lot of stress and being ill has put me in my old habits of eating carbs and other things I shouldn't be eating.. I have to get myself back in gear or I will be in the same boat as before.. It feels like being on a rollercoaster.. Good Days and Bad Days.. Never and Even Keel ... Anyway, I went from 175 to 150 and still working on it trying to get to 145 or 140 and then I am done. I just want to be healthy.. Got to stay away from those snack foods.. They are a killer.. To me anyway... Bad food, Bad....0 -
I just got so sick of being called fat in ballet by teachers and other dancers. I've had several ballet parters who have called me fat and too heavy to lift. I just got sick of it. Now that I am moving to NYC to start college (I have a scholarship to play soccer), and I'll be dancing for a ballet company, I want to start over and I just don't want to be called fat my entire life. So I need to lose a bit of weight.0
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Love reading though these
My moment was when I was so close to 100kg and I just didn't want to reach that number and also I had just passed my boyfriend in weight and I didn't feel like a woman. I want to be cute and feminine and something my boyfriend can be proud of. If anyone would like to talk etc I'm a good person 0 -
Wow. That comment must have hurt.
No total asshat has said anything to me yet (probably because I am still carrying around/strolling a baby most of the time).
For me, I am getting intensely motivated because at close to 200 lbs post-baby I could no longer enjoy holidays and trying to look nice. Nothing looks good at that weight! My boobs arms and butt were/are huge with my tiny pea head. I had used pregancy as a giant excuse to binge and I was obese prior to getting pregnant. I gained 40 lbs on top of my pre-pregancy 184. Woof. I am regretting the gelato, the yummy yummy gelato and the crazy amount of it that I consumed.
Also I am not working (stopped recently) and my husband is finishing up his fellowship and I will be a "doctor's wife" soon and I don't want to have people think that he could do better, you know?
I am down to 189 but want to be at a BMI that keeps me in the normal range ultimately. It is going to be a long time and baby #2 might be conceived before I hit that goal.0 -
My moment was when I tried to play with my son and couldn't keep up. Just imagining the possibility of me leaving him sooner than I have to, all because of poor eating habits, was enough for me. :-( .0
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When I was too fat to get into my hammock.
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When I was asked when was I expecting........ I wasn't pregnant0
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Pictures are really what made me really want to start losing. I have never in my life been this size. Now I'm one pant sizes away from my goal (started out 3)1
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I was looking at statistics online and found that almost 50% of all premed students never actually make it into medical school. Being first generation college student and being female gives me higher chances, but being obese makes it so that it would be almost impossible without perfect MCAT scores and a perfect GPA, plus about a million hours of volunteer work. Getting from the obese weight range to a healthy weight range more than triples my chances of acceptance.0
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My moment was a combo thing. First, it was that I am healthy as a horse. My BP is 90/70, my A1C is super low, and my cholesterol is well under 100. My hematologist told me that I needed to stay healthy by losing the weight. And, he was right. The second was my boyfriend of 11 years. He is a doll, and loves me totally. I think it's high time that he got to see me at my real potential.0
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kbwilson76 wrote: »My boyfriend (who's younger shorter and skinnier than me) and I were having breakfast at our usual mom and pop diner on a normal Saturday morning. He as usual ordered an insanely huge breakfast (seriously...how???), and some guy was giggling at his order (with his own belly btw) and said to the owner (in Portuguese...not knowing the owner is a good family friend and ratted him out later):
"He needs so much food to lift his big woman."
To this day that man is on my s"?t list.
I wasn't that big to begin with, husky yes, but big woman??? It's nice when we go in for breakfast on Saturday mornings, my @ss is getting tighter and his belly stays the same.Fivefarthings wrote: »I'm 5'7 and was 12.1 stone (down three pounds so far, go me!). I'm about a stone and a half overweight and unfit and have been for the last couple years and I've promised myself time after time that this year will be the year to lose the weight, and it's never happened... Until now
This year in June my boyfriend and I were at the Le Mans, France, 24 hour race (the bf is a massive car geek). He has a nice car, convertible, and this year we took it to a car show so he could show it off. So there we were, driving slowly through the crowds, when we stopped in the traffic, and two guys came to admire the car. And as they were stood right next to me in the passenger seat (roof off) one of them said, really loudly, 'That's a really stunning car, though you definitely need a more fit bird sat in the front.' And they walked off before I could think of anything to say in reply. Needless to say I was utterly mortified.
And that my friends, right there, following a cruel remark from a total stranger, was my 'moment' when I said, no more! I am going to get fit and healthy and look and feel fabulous from now on and damn any strangers who say otherwise!
What was your moment?
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My moment was when I had difficulty sleeping at night and night sweats. I didn't Like the way my body looked in the mirror. I faced the scale and knew I had to do something and make a change.0
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My 'Aha!' moment only happened three weeks ago and I've been pretty focused since then.
I've been really over weight by about 40kg (90lbs) over the last ten years but my health has never been affected by my size and I've never seen myself as ugly and fat - so I never seriously tried losing the weight. Just every time I had a kid, I'd stay the same weight until eventually I got to this size.
So about a month ago we began a process of changing insurance companies and they wanted blood samples from us to look at. Anyways, blood results came back showing a rise in glucose levels in my blood, as in pre-diabetes, like if I kept going the way I was going I'd probably get full diabetes. I'd never had news like that before about my health so I made the choice to choose a date, choose a diet and stick with it no matter what so I could get that glucose level and BMI down.
It's only been three weeks but I've been in no rush. I'm going on a cruise next March so that's kind of an incentive to get a good chunk of weight off, but I'm not putting a time limit on this. I started off just following the old Weight Watchers points system from back in the day as a start point, but once I found this app I've switched over to counting calories instead and making sure I'm in the green. It's like I've flipped a switch because I would never have gone this long in the past being so focused about my diet and exercise.
Good luck to everyone on their journeys.0 -
Seeing myself in a mirror and not recognizing that person. The person in the mirror doesn't match how I feel on the inside, because most days I feel pretty good. Then I catch a glimpse and then say, oh man, who's that fat chick.
My mom asking me to finish up the leftover food because she doesn't want to throw it out or save it.
My brother (grown man) making snorting noises when I eat, regardless of what it is, big or small. Even just a bite.
Having to get on my knees to retrieve something off the floor and it hurts so bad and I realize I'm not on my knees, I am balancing on the pocket of fat below them.0 -
I was looking at statistics online and found that almost 50% of all premed students never actually make it into medical school. Being first generation college student and being female gives me higher chances, but being obese makes it so that it would be almost impossible without perfect MCAT scores and a perfect GPA, plus about a million hours of volunteer work. Getting from the obese weight range to a healthy weight range more than triples my chances of acceptance.
What you need above and beyond everything else is that stand out quality, particularly if this is from personal experience. Fitness will go a long way in your favor, but either shadowing or real experience with patients is going to put you over the top. Hospice volunteer is a great experience.
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Found out I have gallstones and needed to change diet to reduce creating more. Stories of pain and suffering that leads to removal of gallbladder has been helping me stay on course.0
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After reading every heart-touching story in this thread, I wish I could dole out virtual hugs to anyone who'd accept one.
For me, after cumulative issues relating to health over a long time, something just snapped in April this year. I've been overweight most of my life (except a very few years in college and after). I've been active most of that time - very active and even fit the last decade or so. But so many bad things have happened that would be less likely if I weren't overweight: Breast cancer, sleep apnea, bad knees, high cholesterol (though I got that down with minimal weight loss), and most recently an obscure gall bladder condition (adenomyomatosis) that relates to inflammation and cholesterol.
I also noticed that the doctors' offices I was visiting were full of overweight people; that older (70s/80s) people I wanted to be like when I grow up were at healthy weight; and the not-much-older-than me people I knew with weight issues and unhealthy habits were having *serious* health problems. (I'm 59.)
I started in April at 183lbs, lost 27 pre-MFP, and 3 since. I'm a widowed, orphaned only child; I need to be able to take care of myself capably as long as possible into old age. I need to be at a healthy weight!1 -
When i first starting dating my husband in 2012, the drummer in his band (276 lbs) told my husband (the bass player, just for reference), that i was "too fat and made the band look bad" and that my husband had "ditched one fat girl for another." more reference points: my husband's ex was 275 lbs while i was 211.
I was ticked off, of course. I also suddenly gained 6 lbs in 2 days with no change in anything, so i went to the dr. Turns out i had a medical issue that needed fixed, and once we got that under control, the weight just started sliding off.
My husband quit that band, but we still see the drummer every now and then. It's quite gratifying to see the look on his face when he sees how much weight I've lost while his wife has gained about 30 lbs. There's a proverb that says when you lose weight, someone else gains it. I just say, man, karma is a b****. I still have about 21 lbs to go, or more if i feel like it, but yeah. That was the moment i decided that if this weight wouldn't come off when i was doing everything right, it was off to the doctor! Lol. It was bad enough that i didn't feel well, but to have this completely ransom stranger to me, who weighed 75 lbs more than me, saying that i made the band look bad that pushed me over the edge.
I have lost weight, but people are still a$$h0les.2 -
gardnerslater wrote: »I went to the doctor for my annual physical in may. My vitamin D was our of whack do she wanted me to come back in 4 Month. I went the end of October, Oct. 23 in actuality; between May and October I gained just under 30 pounds. I thought her scale was wrong, it had to be! I weighed more than I had when I gave birth to twins. I called my sister and said I need to lose weight, she stated she did too and we decided to hold each other accountable. Nov. 1, 2014 was our official start day. I started walking the next week, with a minimum of 102 pounds to lose and morbidly obese. It was then at that critical nexus and knowing my children were concerned that I finally engaged. I started out doing it for them but over the course of the last 9 months I began doing it for myself. 85.5 pounds down and 16.5 to go. I could do not but this is my goal for right now. I have got to find a way to stay focused in the midst of others telling me to quit and I look fine the way I am. Even in the midst of explaining bmi and beng considered overweight on the high end, I have my sabateurskbwilson76 wrote: »My boyfriend (who's younger shorter and skinnier than me) and I were having breakfast at our usual mom and pop diner on a normal Saturday morning. He as usual ordered an insanely huge breakfast (seriously...how???), and some guy was giggling at his order (with his own belly btw) and said to the owner (in Portuguese...not knowing the owner is a good family friend and ratted him out later):
"He needs so much food to lift his big woman."
To this day that man is on my s"?t list.
I wasn't that big to begin with, husky yes, but big woman??? It's nice when we go in for breakfast on Saturday mornings, my @ss is getting tighter and his belly stays the same.Fivefarthings wrote: »I'm 5'7 and was 12.1 stone (down three pounds so far, go me!). I'm about a stone and a half overweight and unfit and have been for the last couple years and I've promised myself time after time that this year will be the year to lose the weight, and it's never happened... Until now
This year in June my boyfriend and I were at the Le Mans, France, 24 hour race (the bf is a massive car geek). He has a nice car, convertible, and this year we took it to a car show so he could show it off. So there we were, driving slowly through the crowds, when we stopped in the traffic, and two guys came to admire the car. And as they were stood right next to me in the passenger seat (roof off) one of them said, really loudly, 'That's a really stunning car, though you definitely need a more fit bird sat in the front.' And they walked off before I could think of anything to say in reply. Needless to say I was utterly mortified.
And that my friends, right there, following a cruel remark from a total stranger, was my 'moment' when I said, no more! I am going to get fit and healthy and look and feel fabulous from now on and damn any strangers who say otherwise!
What was your moment?Fivefarthings wrote: »I'm 5'7 and was 12.1 stone (down three pounds so far, go me!). I'm about a stone and a half overweight and unfit and have been for the last couple years and I've promised myself time after time that this year will be the year to lose the weight, and it's never happened... Until now
This year in June my boyfriend and I were at the Le Mans, France, 24 hour race (the bf is a massive car geek). He has a nice car, convertible, and this year we took it to a car show so he could show it off. So there we were, driving slowly through the crowds, when we stopped in the traffic, and two guys came to admire the car. And as they were stood right next to me in the passenger seat (roof off) one of them said, really loudly, 'That's a really stunning car, though you definitely need a more fit bird sat in the front.' And they walked off before I could think of anything to say in reply. Needless to say I was utterly mortified.
And that my friends, right there, following a cruel remark from a total stranger, was my 'moment' when I said, no more! I am going to get fit and healthy and look and feel fabulous from now on and damn any strangers who say otherwise!
What was your moment?
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softblondechick wrote: »There was a Facebook posting about a woman who felt fat shamed at Old Navy. I would think when you have an experience like that, rather than make an issue that the world is "mean to fat people", really own that experience and use it as an opportunity for change.
I am not excusing fat shaming, or making fun of her experience and reaction.
But, realize if you have a situation where you felt shamed because of weight, you can change your weight. It does take work and motivation for change. Or accept the fact that the world won't change. Only you can change. Lose weight or get tough so you won't cry when someone makes a rude comment.
I don't really think we should become complacent about bullying just because 'the world won't change'. And, yes, when people are publicly shamed for their weight that IS adult bullying. I have never been overweight per se but I have been bullied even in college for having a large nose, something I can't change unless I choose to get plastic surgery. Would you tell me to suck it up? (Trust me I already have)
Everybody posting is here to make a positive change for their health but this thread was specifically asking people to open up about their most vulnerable moments. It's not really fair to criticize posters for doing just that.1 -
I lost 20 pounds last summer and put about 15 back on. Doing a down dog at yoga and seeing the dimpling in my thighs up close and personal really did it for me--soooooo unattractive. That is a shallow reason, but there it is.0
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