What was your 'I finally need to lose this weight' moment? (And was it as bad as mine?)

First off, what a douche bag. But congrats on losing the weight. I woke up to reality when I found out I was "obese".

My moment came about a year ago when I needed to give my weight to a horseback riding company in order for them to pick out a horse for me to ride. The original shock came from me checking my weight the first time in a year and realizing I had gained 40 lbs (and I was already soooo overweight). The final push was the company calling me back and telling me that I was above their weight limit so I couldn't ride any horses.

sealove627 wrote: »

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.

This is a big one for me lately, too. I don't know what it was - almost the opposite of body dysmorphia - for the last few years, I'd look in the mirror and I looked just fine to myself - although I was putting on ~ 10 lbs a year and not fitting in my clothes, so clearly I was getting bigger, I just couldn't see it. Suddenly, this year, I'll catch a reflection of myself and I am SHOCKED by how many bulges I see and how my face doesn't look quite right anymore.

kerrisallen wrote: »

sophomorelove wrote: »

Mostly pictures and health reasons. Socially I don't feel fat or out of place (most of the time) but my knees are not happy with all the extra weight. Plus shopping sucks now. I am tired of being "the fat sister" in the family.

I can relate to the fat sister comment im the middle sister and 50lbs heavier than the others. My little sister is getting married in august so I decided I didn't want to be the fat sweaty sister in the wedding. I should have started sooner but some progress is better than no progress.

Bazzababy1 wrote: »

My final moment was yesterday.
This is bad the chiropractor gave me a serve yesterday. Im so overweight - i cant roll my body over naturally to the otherside without using my neck as a pivot to turn over. I keep throwing my neck out of alignment, my posture is poor because of my big boobs. He told me me to get off the couch which i love - and start exercising. I think i just got served. Not going back to see him until i have lost 20kgs at least

Good luck with your goals! You can do it!

Approaching the 200 lbs mark on the scale + having a harder time stretching & exercising.

I was on a trip down to DC to visit my sister/ nephew with my mother and my grandmother. My mom had been tactfully chiding me for months that I should start "eating healthier". (I've gained about 15 lbs in the last year) but my grandmother kept telling her to shush and that I was beautiful (grandmothers right?)

Before lunch one day my brother in law took a picture of the three generations of girls with my baby nephew and I couldn't believe how big I looked. My mother was laughing (rightfully so it was truly mostly a bad angle) my sister started talking about how she gained weight at my age (she's smaller than me right now at 12 years older). My grandmother was curious to see why we were all upset over the picture so we showed her and her response was "Don't worry, I need to lose some weight too."

Le sigh.

See a picture of myself with my daughter at the zoo. I still have it on my phone as a constant reminder to be healthy for myself and for her. She deserves the best of me.

Also, as an RN who am I who give health advice when I am not healthy?! The hospital I work for does not allow smoking by any employee. But if we are promoting health and wellness I need to be someone to inspire the patients to get healthy.

For me, it was when I undressed in front of my mirror and noticed my stomach stuck out further than my boobs did (and yes, in my case, that says a lot)

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ejb06070 wrote: »

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.

Good luck!

I just started working in an ED as a scribe, which my boss told me she used as clinical experience and shadowing when she applied (and was accepted) into medical school.
I'm trying to get volunteer experience too, but it's proving to be rather difficult. I signed up to be a mentor for children (since I want to be a pediatrician and I love working with kids) but when I gave them my references, they wanted to see more professional ones. I listed family, since I have some great professional references regarding my ability to do calculus and my knowledge of the body systems, but none that know how I work with children. I called a food pantry and offered to volunteer with things like carrying bags and boxes or whatever they needed. Followed up three times, no calls back. Called the local hospital and asked about volunteer opportunities. Only one they had available was to plant flowers out front and "beautify" the city. Didn't really interest me. It almost feels like no one wants free help... =/

I have body dysmorphia(sp?), I can't ever see how I really look, sometimes early in the morning I see results but after I eat it's back to seeing a horrible fat monster. I let my weight balloon up in a 3 year time frame, didn't realize I'd gained about 80lbs until I got pregnant and was weighed at the Dr. My whole pregnancy I ate super healthy and walked a lot, plus some prenatal exercises, I managed to only gain 14lbs, all baby and left the hospital after birth at 266 my starting weight. That's when I realized I needed to change. Plus my husband was finding me unattractive and I felt like it was unfair for me to stay fat when I know he prefers fit, so the lack of sex was a good motivator and working out gave me a reason to motivate him so he can meet his goal (abs before 30 lol) I was one of those people who binge eat some days and don't eat at all other days. Since starting my weight loss journey I've found it hard to make myself eat or drink water, until I started Keto, now I'm meeting my daily goals and drinking tons of water. I lost about 16lbs before calorie counting in a span of 6 months. I've lost 12lbs since I joined mfp 26 days ago.

My moment came right after January this year and although I had been ignoring my weight for years and trying not to look in mirrors (and when I did not really see). I just thought, "I need to start eating better." I starting making preparations for eating better and the weight loss and exercise program happened organically. I didn't tell anyone for months and when I finally did tell people. I made sure they knew not to be critical if I ate something they didn't think I should be eating. I knew that wouldn't help and would make me want to say "What the F..." and go back to my old ways. (I can be really obstinate that way.) I truly don't know why I suddenly to help myself when I hadn't paid attention for years but I'm grateful that I did and I'm now down over 80 lbs. Still have a long way to go but I'm no longer worried that I won't or can't do it.

I love reading this post. Thanks for sharing everyone!
My moment was when my clothing got so tight I would have to go and buy a larger size!
I talked to my dad and he said: what do you want to weigh and in what time frame?
I said 74 kg by my birthday, he then replied: put your money where your mouth is and have a bet with me. I bet you can't get there, if you do I'll pay, if you don't you pay!
So here I am two months later, feeling great and losing weight, only 1.8 kg to go and 4 months left!
I exercise and put in everything that goes in my mouth into this wonderful app!
My husband likes me chubby and he was also heavy, well he walks with me every day and weighs all my food for me, as he is the cook at home, and he's lost some 4 kg too now and is proud of it!!!
It's not always easy but I'm determined and I will get there and stay there!
I'll be 52 this year!
Maybe old but not fat!

1. Other people's opinion of you in none of your business. Those men were a**holes. You are only supposed to pay attention to your God, spouse, children, friends, family and bosses opinion of you, and should ignore obnoxious people like you encountered.

2. I'm a diabetic and my blood sugar was around 500 (it's supposed to be around 100) and my doctor ordered me to the emergency room. Also, I realized that all of the leaders were a size 10, and if I wanted to get promoted I needed to be more physically attractive. Restricting carbs to 45 daily, I lost 22 pounds since last year. And yes people noticed and commented on my loss. I also walk 6 miles daily. In fact I choose to continue to commute by subway because I walk 3 miles doing so, and the bus would have dropped me at my door. Formerly I climbed 18 stairs daily but a big dog ran into my knee at the dog park so I've been in recovery for a while. I recently added high intensity interval training by jogging on my trampoline, but if my knee starts hurting I am going to stop. I will also develop a home weight lifting routine so I put on muscle while burns more calories. Puppy is hyper active so I like to work out with her.