Did you all have a "breaking point" photo?

marsgirlly
marsgirlly Posts: 71 Member
edited September 29 in Motivation and Support
I sure did. This picture of me at Santiago Bernabeu, the stadium of Real Madrid, three weeks ago in Spain. This is not the way that a short lady like me wants to look.

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What was everybody else's motivation for losing it? I already feel happier and motivated, and I re-started my journey 4 days ago.

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  • Jaradel
    Jaradel Posts: 143 Member
    Seeing a couple pics of me from Mother's Day drove the point home, but it still took me another month to finally start doing anything about it. I was actually looking for a simple calorie counter app on my phone one day and found the MFP app, and started putting in my food for that day, and realized just how much I was overeating, so that was my real wake up call.
  • Shutterpillar
    Shutterpillar Posts: 208
    We had a family shoot done to help out a friend who needed to build up her photography portfolio. In EVERY SINGLE picture I had muffin top and my face was beginning to get noticeably chubby. (double chin in most photos). it motivated me to get my butt in gear.
  • syiyi
    syiyi Posts: 341 Member
    Our family celebrates just about anything! this past FEB we celebrated valentines day and everyone in the family looked cute. I was disgusted with my pictures.. :( & decided to make a change.
  • HisSweetPrncss
    HisSweetPrncss Posts: 3
    I didnt really have a breaking point photo! When i went in for my planned c-section with my son I got on the scale and weighed 280!! I wanted to cry i know i was pregnant but couldnt beleive I let myself get back! Now its 14 months later and i am down to a 193!!! I am still not happy i want to be at 158!! So not much further but this site def has helped me in the last week i have lost 10lbs! Just tracking my weight and excerise is great!
  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    It was either this one or the one in my signature!

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    I hadn't realized how much weight I was actually putting on. I was going through a really, REALLY rough time and turned to food for comfort.
  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    I deleted the picture that was my breaking point!! It never occurred to me to keep it for comparison. But there definitely was a photo that made me decide to CHANGE this situation! I was sitting next to a friend and in the photo I could see that I was wider than him. I'm much shorter and have a small frame. Not good.
  • brown_eyed_girl_06
    brown_eyed_girl_06 Posts: 107
    Yes...looking at pictures of me from Christmas of last year. I realized how big I had gotten and now I look at those pictures and cringe that I let myself go like that. But I didn't know how bad it was until after I had started losing some weight.
  • DizzieLittleLifter
    DizzieLittleLifter Posts: 1,020 Member
    yep, and I labeled it "FAT" on my computer. It was a pic of my SIL and I at Thanksgiving. IDK if I have it still, but I'll look. Congrats on taking the first step and Good luck to you!
  • brown_eyed_girl_06
    brown_eyed_girl_06 Posts: 107
    I sure did. This picture of me at Santiago Bernabeu, the stadium of Real Madrid, three weeks ago in Spain. This is not the way that a short lady like me wants to look.

    100_0797-1.jpg

    What was everybody else's motivation for losing it? I already feel happier and motivated, and I re-started my journey 4 days ago.

    Our goals and stats are very similar...i am 5 ft. and started by journey at 167 and my goal is 125-130. We will see when I get closer!
  • Gottagetfit4me
    Gottagetfit4me Posts: 56 Member
    I don't know how to add pictures on here yet but one particular photo that was a wakeup call for me as well. It is a picture of me and one of my good friends that she posted on FB. I entered a comment under it that said “I guess that 5,000 calorie diet isn’t working for me” added by a “lol” but inside I was embarrassed and I was truly shocked at how I looked. I didn’t dare ask her to take it down because I didn’t want to be “on of those people” who complains about how I look.

    At the time I had no idea about how many calories I was consuming, never exercised and ate out 4/5 times a week. After seeing the picture I limited my eating out to 2/3 nights a week. That was the first step. Then a few weeks ago a friend of mine was playing on her phone and said “this site is great do you know how much calories you just consumed by eating those 3 slices of pizza and 5wings you ate?” I thought hhmm I have no idea and then courageously said “show me”. Ever since I joined this site and am headed in the right direction.
    It’s amazing what I have learned from the terrific people of MFP.com

    Thank you Sara B.
  • JDMPWR
    JDMPWR Posts: 1,863 Member
    I did of me at 350lbs. It's in my pictures. It was my 31st birthday.
  • belrie
    belrie Posts: 14 Member
    http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j334/belrieb6773/birthdayp-bus154.jpg

    this is me at 174.5 pounds, i'm the one in the greenish dress. my hair was ruined in the rain, so ignore that! the next day i uploaded my photos & this is one that didn't make it to facebook, but i'm going to swallow my pride to put it here for the sake of motivation. that was 24 pounds ago. :)
  • BustyTransformer
    BustyTransformer Posts: 45 Member
    In mid June of 2009, my family and I went to a local park to take in the nice weather. We took a lot of pictures and I was standing there thinking I probably looked good in them whilst holding in my stomach. I was horrified by what I saw. If any of you are my friends on here, it's the pic with the purple shirt and blue jeans. My face was completely round and so was everything else lol
  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    birthdayp-bus154.jpg

    this is me at 174.5 pounds, i'm the one in the greenish dress. my hair was ruined in the rain, so ignore that! the next day i uploaded my photos & this is one that didn't make it to facebook, but i'm going to swallow my pride to put it here for the sake of motivation. that was 24 pounds ago. :)
  • belrie
    belrie Posts: 14 Member
    haha thank you! i'm not the greatest with computers.
  • jujubean1992
    jujubean1992 Posts: 462 Member
    i had one. it's on my profile. it's the picture of me and my sis in law with "mustaches" funny picture but the size of my arms and belly horrified me.
  • squigglypuff
    squigglypuff Posts: 279 Member
    It was from my friend's wedding about 2 weeks ago. She has an ED so obviously she's very slender and I just looked like a whale next to her. I definitely don't want to slim down to her size (because it's not healthy) but I do need to lose a lot to be at a healthy BMI.
  • BustyTransformer
    BustyTransformer Posts: 45 Member
    This is my pic BC836E1E-orig.jpg
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    Yes, from my cousin's bridal shower in January. I looked HORRIBLE!
  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    haha thank you! i'm not the greatest with computers.

    no prob =)
  • Jenn728
    Jenn728 Posts: 683 Member
    Yes! Mine is under my photos and labeled 2010.

    That was taken on an annual trip. I cried the day I packed because I had nothing to wear, my tshirts were too tight....I was in a deep depression. I just felt gross, this is the heaviest I had ever been (aside from pregnancies, which I bounced back quickly from).

    I've lost 12 pounds since then...it's a constant battle to not gain weight, but totally worth the effort.
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    mine is in my pics in my profile. It was taken December 2009 at my Christmas party at work. I was so appalled by the fact that my head looks as if it is going to explode!!!!!! I didnt see the pic until around January 2010. I am back on track after losing 35 pounds and am starting over, I had gained 20 pounds back out of the 35 and have given myself a new shot at being healthy. I started a new starting weight and in 6 more pounds I will be back to where I was when I lost the 35 pounds. I have a long ways to go but this time is different for me. My new view on life is different, some things in my personal life have changed for the better and my eating habits are finally under a managable control. I have found a new way of eating that keeps me both full and satisfied without ever being hungry or have cravings.
  • mrsdaytons
    mrsdaytons Posts: 24 Member
    My breaking point was in a video. It was of my children and I was in the background walking and they caught me from behind. I was so disgusted by what I saw. I never realized that I looked that way and hated it!! I lost a lot of weight since then and I'm working on the last few pounds. My sis has been a big help and encourages and inspires my a lot. I will never look like that again!!!
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