what embarrassing moment made you want to lose weight?

azfunfrog41
azfunfrog41 Posts: 6 Member
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Mine was when i split my pants at work when bending down to get something. I decided to start exercising and watching what i ate. What was yours? Also add me as your friend if you like.
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  • owa1s
    owa1s Posts: 273 Member
    I just didn't like my body and I wanted to be strong
  • dawson002
    dawson002 Posts: 170 Member
    comments here and there from work colleagues and family
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    I weighed more than my grandma! Granted I am 5 inches taller but still.
  • kimhoward81
    kimhoward81 Posts: 5 Member
    I think for me it was when I went to go put on my pants and they slipped on easier than they usually do and there was no struggling to button the things like normal. However, I realized the issue when the bottom of the pants were about a foot shorter than normal. These were not MY pants, but my sisters, who is, or at least used to be, two sizes bigger than me. And they were comfy! :( I knew I had gained a little bit of weight, but I didn't realize, or didn't want to realize, it had been two full sizes. I had to change the way I was eating and living right away. I did NOT want to get any bigger!!!
  • 2011rocket3touring
    2011rocket3touring Posts: 1,346 Member
    Morgaen73 wrote: »
    ...-Not being able to wipe my own behind because my arms were too short
    That was actually a big (pardon the pun) fear of mine as I was getting heavier.
  • dfranch
    dfranch Posts: 207 Member
    I went to a party and ate so much I was sick for the next 24 hours (had to call in sick to work). The next day I couldn't really eat much. Once I felt better, I just kept eating less. After a week or 2 I started logging on MFP.
  • Morgaen73
    Morgaen73 Posts: 2,817 Member
    2011rocket3touring wrote: »
    Morgaen73 wrote: »
    ...-Not being able to wipe my own behind because my arms were too short
    That was actually a big (pardon the pun) fear of mine as I was getting heavier.

    I was there twice. It isn't fun. Especially when you have to look your wife in the eyes knowing she does the laundry.
  • lron69
    lron69 Posts: 8 Member
    So many embarrassing little moments and feeling so unhappy and uncomfortable. But the kicker for me was a bone spur and achilles damage to my foot and being too scared to have the surgery for fear that I'll die. Also not being able to put weight on it for 4-5 weeks which means I'll have to be on a blood thinner because I'm "somewhat overweight" (nice of the dr to put it mildly). How on earth will I be able to shift my weight around while I'm recovering?
    And realizing i have no life outside of work, can't go hiking with my son or shopping with my friends. I can't continue on like this, I'm almost 50!
  • Tsmith87
    Tsmith87 Posts: 6 Member
    I went to the doctor last week and saw the number in the scale after avoiding the scale for almost a year. I could barely pay attention to what she was telling me because all I could see is that number.
  • BrettWithPKU
    BrettWithPKU Posts: 575 Member
    Some might say I "yo-yo", but each time I rebound I only gain about half of my losses back before something inspires me to re-start.

    The first time I started I was approaching 300 pounds, and I REALLY didn't want my weight to start with "3".

    Another time I re-started was during a spike in my business travel, and I REALLY didn't want to inconvenience people in my row on the airplane.

    Most recently, after throwing out pairs of "fat pants" during my previous campaign, I REALLY didn't want to go buy those bigger-size pants back. "Lotta work!"
  • veronikamellon
    veronikamellon Posts: 42 Member
    I had to use a rubber band to fasten my pants. From there it was a decision of either buying new pants, or losing weight. I chose the latter.
  • PrincessMel72
    PrincessMel72 Posts: 1,094 Member
    Going from a size 24 in Jan 2011 to a size 8 in June 2012 (thanks MFP!) and then not being disciplined enough to maintain that new size - having to buy size 18's again. Shopping for clothes that apparently I was too fat for most stores and not fat enough for the plus size shops!
  • megzchica23
    megzchica23 Posts: 419 Member
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    After gaining 10 lbs I had 2 clients with in 2 weeks ask me if I was pregnant...after I answered "no" one of the women said "but your stomach is sticking out"!! **super rude comment - I thought**

    I have an unfortunate body type where I gain weight on my stomach mostly, but to lose my stomach fat my arms and legs get pretty scrawny...I'm trying to find a balance :smile:

    Same here too! Most of my weight is in my tummy and the rest of me didn't get that much bigger. My arms finally started to gain some weight but my wrists still look like little kid wrists. So I was asked like 100 times if I was pregnant. I also bloat easily because of my stomach issues, so that didn't help. But now that I'm eating less, differently, and exercising I don't bloat as much. So I already look way better only having lost 4lbs so far(this time). But yeah I just am tired of getting asked if I'm pregnant when I want kids so bad and don't know if the answer to that question will ever be yes. Makes me a bit sad. Plus I figure if I want kids, I need to get healthy. Now if only my husband would realize I'm not going to age any slower...
  • rustychord
    rustychord Posts: 166 Member
    The scale didn't go high enough.
  • Christiee1993x
    Christiee1993x Posts: 67 Member
    Seeing my reflection and finding out my pregnancy is classes as high risk. I tried and failed to lose weight prior to this pregnancy but I never dreamed I was THAT obese. Hoping to maintain till birth then lose.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    azfunfrog41 wrote: »
    Mine was when i split my pants at work when bending down to get something. I decided to start exercising and watching what i ate. What was yours? Also add me as your friend if you like.

    I don't really have one, but I've done that twice at a healthy weight. I cycle and lift and my quads and rear make pants fitting more difficult. Men's clothing doesn't seem to be cut or designed to accommodate a booty.
  • flower772016
    flower772016 Posts: 1 Member
    Seeing a photo of myself on holiday and I looked like I had no knee caps because my legs were so chunky
  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
    It wasn't an embarrassing moment, just kind of a psychological defeat/shock for me when my "fat" clothes started not fitting. Sometimes it is hard for me to grasp I was a muscular, fit 180 pounds with single digit body fat when I met my wife. I always had self esteem issues and always thought I was ugly (now, looking back, I still have self esteem issues but I would actually get hit on back on those days so I might have been somewhat attractive though I don't and never did see it). As I gained weight, it didn't help my esteem issues. My weight climbed and climbed until I broke the 250 pound mark and had a size 40 pants became tight. I had to pick and choose my XXL T-Shirts as some didn't cover my belly up.

    There was nothing magical about those numbers, but it really made me think, "Holy *kitten*!" What have I done to myself? To see myself in pictures was (and still is as I am just restarting MFP when I gained the 30 pounds I lost back after I was injured). I look at my pictures and see a fat person, someone I should have never became.

    When my jeans became tight, shirts didn't fit, and I saw how I looked in pictures, I noticed I was setting a piss poor example for my kids. If I sat on the couch, so do they. If I exercise, so do they. My kids became my driving force as well as a bit of vanity (so my wife can have a better looking husband rather than what I became). I would like to put on a shirt and debate about if the style and color looks good on me, not does the shirt make me look less fat.

    I volunteered at a Spartan Race back in 2014 as I was on the fence about running one. I met a couple of incredible people who told me their stories of being 300+ pound people. Both were thin, in good shape, and they were Spartans (AROO!). I realized, if they could make the journey, so could I!! So here I am!!
  • Cirque95
    Cirque95 Posts: 22 Member
    There was one time I started a new job and had to wear a uniform. I ordered my usual size in trousers only to find out that they were way too tight. I then had to explain that they were too small to a number of people and order the next size up. I also had to wear my own trousers for the next few days whilst I waited for the bigger size to arrive which just made the whole situation worse.

    It was when I realised that all of the clothes in my wardobe didn't fit anymore, that I decided that I had to do something about it.
  • onward1
    onward1 Posts: 386 Member
    When my fat clothes started to get too tight. And these were the fattest clothes I've ever had. I got on the scale and realized I weighed more than when I was pregnant years ago.
  • kimothy38
    kimothy38 Posts: 840 Member
    I bought a new dress to wear to a friend's party. A guy had a go at me in front of people for drinking 'in my condition'. He thought I was pregnant. He wasn't even embarrassed when I said I wasn't actually pregnant at all. He just kept going on about it. Seriously, shut up dude! I would've left the party but I was staying the night there.
    Also, airplane seat belts that nearly don't fit - I'd rather not fly than have to ask for an extender.

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