what embarrassing moment made you want to lose weight?
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azfunfrog41
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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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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
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I just didn't like my body and I wanted to be strong3
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I recently visited the nurse at my GP's surgery and it turns out it was an old school friend of mine. Things got really embarassing when she had to tell me that I was on the borderline weight-wise for the medication I was on and if I put on any weight within the next six months, she'd have to refuse me it and look at alternatives. Essentially being told I was "too fat" for my medication was one thing but having to be told by an old school friend was quite humiliating. I'm determined not to be anywhere near borderline by my next visit.6
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There were several
-Children pointing and snickering
-Breaking chairs
-Not being able to use a public loo because I didn't fit
-Not being able to wipe my own behind because my arms were too short
-Sex became all but impossible
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It was more out of spite than embarrassment, but my previous relationship was miserable and I ended up gaining 40 pounds, slowly over 2 years. 6 months after I dumped him I began seeing my amazing best friend, who happened to snap a photo of me reading to my son at bedtime. Complete with rolls through my sweatshirt, double chin and atrocious posture. I saw it and knew I had to get out of the habits I built over 2 years.8
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My aunt was hounding me about going on a 'weight loss journey' with her. I didn't really put much stock into it but the both of us weighted ourselves in. A week later (I completely forgot the 'journey' lol and didn't diet), she asked me to weight in again. She had lost a pound, while I gained 2.2lbs (1kg), in A WEEK. Which put me at 92kg a.k.a borderline obese for my height. It was really a shock for me since I never thought of myself as obese o:
My Aunt was really encouraging about the gain and she didn't make a big deal out of it,but I was really embarrassed nonetheless and I began dieting and exercising that same day lol5 -
comments here and there from work colleagues and family1
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I weighed more than my grandma! Granted I am 5 inches taller but still.0
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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!!! 3 -
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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.1
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I was sitting at the top of a slide on a playground. That's when it hit me like a ton of bricks... I was too big. Tears welled up in my eyes and I had a giant lump in my throat. My little girls cheered me on to go down the slide. I felt like time was frozen as I looked down at my wide hips and big belly. Why did I let myself go?!?! The tears ran down my face as I looked at my beautiful, smiling little girls. I looked over to my husband who had a worried and somewhat panicked look on his face. In a shaky voice I told him, "I can't do this anymore."
I slipped back once since then over the holidays but I'm back to moving forward. Slip ups happen, just need to figure out how to get it under control faster.
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I was there twice. It isn't fun. Especially when you have to look your wife in the eyes knowing she does the laundry.2 -
My son kept patting my belly and asking if I was sure there wasn't a baby in there because cousin R was pregnant and we looked "almost the same"
20+ lbs later and while IN A BATHING SUIT he looks at me and said "I guess you aren't having a baby - you're too skinny". That was the best I've felt in a while.9 -
My moment came when I couldn't ride the water slides at Great Wolf Lodge with my kids and then a short week later when I couldn't fit in the seats at the auditorium at my kids school. Now here I am 6 weeks later with a 30 lb. loss so far and still going.8
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I went to Alamo Drafthouse with my family for a movie. They have seats with individual swing arm tables. I slid in past the table without a thought, but when it came time to leave I was stuck. I couldn't stand all the way and I could not bend in such a way to get out the same way I got in. I ended up sliding out under the table onto the step adjacent. THEN I couldn't get up due to a recent knee surgery and it took my Husband and my 17 year old son to pull me up off the floor. I was so humiliated I cried for 2 hours. After that I took my doctors' advice and made some initial changes. Now I am in a medically managed weight loss group and I've lost 25 lbs so far.9
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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!1 -
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.3
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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!"4 -
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.3
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