what embarrassing moment made you want to lose weight?
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Was at Bush gardens last summer and could barely fit on some of the roller coasters. I said oh he'll no and went head first back into fitness. Trying to get the body back from college haha we will see.0
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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.
What a total lack of grace from that stranger. Even if you were pregnant, it's not for him to comment on what you choose to do. And it's just generally a bad move to assume such things about anyone, no matter what size. I'm glad you managed to make a positive change afterwards, but I hope he didn't make you feel too bad. Not worth getting upset by rude people.0 -
My SO (who is wonderful and supportive in every way, and always tells me I'm beautiful) bought me an item of clothing in a plus size. He was trying to be sweet, but I didn't realize I looked that big. I started exercising and dieting the next day.0
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I really didn't have a embarrassing moment that made me decide to make a change... I just decided one day back in November that it was time to get healthy & fit... My husband came home from the dr's with a script for cholesterol meds and just like that it was time to make a change. I started thinking about turning 48 in February, how our oldest is now 22 and how both my husbands parents and mine died at a young age and our three boys do not have Grandparents and I don't want that for my future Grandchildren. I want to be healthy and fit enough to run around with them, to want watch them grow, go to their games/recitals, watch them graduate, get married have children of their own. I went full blown "girl you aren't getting any younger, get your *kitten* together"
It's been 131 days and we are still going strong, eating well exercising 6 times a week. I am going to be the hottest Grammy out there one day LOL 2 -
i broke a toilet seat and it pinched my butt2
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I was never not embarrassed about myself. I thought I was fat since I was a kid. People telling me I was 'big boned' or 'stocky' instead of chubby hurt me even more, because it made me feel that they thought I was too fragile for the truth or too unintelligent to see through their lie.1
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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.
Don't feel bad... I went to planned parenthood when I was broken and had a gyno exam by someone I worked with. Awkward.1 -
When I gave birth to my baby, and she started crawling and I had to take tons of breaks to breathe after walking behine her0
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A niece on my husbands side was pregnant and we were all at a party that my mum in law was hosting and a family friend asked if I was due to have my baby around the same time as my niece.....a small part of me died that day. But as trite as it sounds it's made me stronger. I've been in maintenance since August 2014 on a varied and nutritious diet (with chocolate and wine
), workout 5/6 days a week and did my first 5k a week after my 41st birthday last October. 
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My tummy was so potruding that whenever I used to go it used to be ahead of me by several inches like an uninvited guest3
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When buying an XXL was too tight and was gonna have to go shop for clothes at the tall and fat stores..... That and people tagging me in photos and seeing how bad it had become!!! What a wake up call that was!!!2
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I was always really active in high school. I played soccer and ran track. I was always active so I never worried about what I ate. When I got to college, I wasn't really active anymore, but I didn't change my eating habits. I realized that in two years, I had slowly gained 20 lbs! I couldn't fit into my favorite clothes anymore and I knew I needed to fix it!1
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Mine was when my cousin's bridesmaid dress wouldn't fit me. It was super embarrassing. They had to choose a whole new dress entirely.0
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I split my pants, twice. Both times in public...but that wasn't embarrassing enough to spur me to action.
A coworker asked if I was having a boy (a BOY! Like, she didn't just think I was pregnant, she thought I was pregnant enough to know the sex of the baby!)...Still didn't do it.
Anyhow, a couple of weeks ago, I just felt like I was ready. So I wasn't motivated by my embarrassing moments, but I thought I'd still share them for a giggle.1 -
It wasn't an embarrassing moment for me but a health issue, I was about 45lbs overweight and got the news from the doc that I had diabetes type 2 an high cholesterol, which made it a life or death issue. The decision was easy, the long road was difficult to a certain point.1
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Honestly nothing embarrassing ever happened that catapulted me. It was actually work. I hated my job, to the point where I was having panic attacks and felt completely trapped as the economy here is pretty stagnant and my attempts to get out hadn't been going in the right direction. My weight had gotten worse, probably from all the stress eating and lack of exercise, I actually decided to take control so I had a purpose so to speak, something I could focus on other than how unhappy and miserable I felt. I just left that job finally this year and I am so much happier in all aspects of my life.2
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It wasn't the defining moment I decided to start my journey, which really began after I went to a doctor two weeks ago, and was given a referral for a consultation about bariatric surgery (sounds scary!), which is embarrassing enough, but just a few weeks ago, a mentally ill neighbor of mine, who basically says whatever he thinks, decided to tell me: "You have more rolls than a Roman bakery." I hadn't heard a fat insult in years, usually people judge you silently then pass over over on job interviews and dating websites, so just hearing something like that from someone was a sharp reminder that my weight, and subsequent low self-esteem, may be holding me back from where I want to be at this point in my life.1
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My sister and I always shared clothes. One of us was always a little heavier (usually her) but we were always close enough that we could share. A few years ago we moved to opposite coasts, and she started living a really healthy lifestyle while me not so much. We met up to attend a wedding in Florida in December, and it was clear that we could not share clothes anymore. It was a struggle to zip up my dress for the ceremony. Putting on summer clothes in the middle of winter made it all the more apparent. So call it sibling rivalry, but I am NOT going to be the fat sister!
But in all seriousness, seeing the conscientiousness with which she ate and still enjoyed food was an eye opener. I haven't told her but I've been using her as a model for how to eat healthier while also having a sense of adventure with my food.2 -
You should tell her !:)0
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When shopping for undies at places like Wal-Mart is hard. They only make sexy undies for skinny girls. I have to buy mine at places like lane bryant and spend $10 for 1 pair.0
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My kids were using my belly as a drum. I asked for them to do this with their own bellies and they both commented that mine was perfect because it was sooooo big.1
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I took a trip with my mom to Washington DC back in 2014. I was having a blast but when I got home and saw the pictures we had taken and saw what I looked like I was devastated. I had been living in denial and those pictures were a slap in the face. I was so embarrassed that I locked the album on facebook and even untagged myself from a few. I realized that if it made me so uncomfortable that it put a damper on a trip with me and my mom, it was time to do something.1
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I had a pair of jeans dubbed "my driving jeans". Aka jeans that I could wear for long drives (2+hours) and not want to scream from being so uncomfortable. Although my real moment was when my Dr told me after some routine blood work that my liver wasn't gonna last ten more years like this.1
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I didn't recognize myself in some pictures of a trip my daughter and I had gone on. Plus could barely fit in the plane seat!!!!
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When I didn't want to take any photos with my daughter because of how big I looked, and I realized I may not ever have photos with her if I continue the cycle. I was 250lbs when she was born, I was 149 by the time she was 5... I scheduled a professional photo shoot for us when I hit my goal, the photos hang on my wall and inspire me now.1
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When I found a perfect wedding dress in my old dress size (14) and it was way too small, Luckily I was able to have a corset made and it looked great, however after getting my wedding pictures back and not liking my double chin and arms, among other things, I decided to start MFP, only a few weeks in but almost 10 lbs down, and once i get to goal I plan on having my dress re altered and getting some new wedding pics done that I would be happy to hang up.2
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Couldn't wear jeans and the thought that I weighed more than a healthy-weight tall MAN. I am a 5'1'' small framed gal.1
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Maybe I weighed the equal of a healthy- weight man and his 30 lbs dog.0
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When I couldnt find a nice dress for new years as they dont have very many nice ones for larger women, and having to go to the plus size sections in shops is embarrasing.1
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This isn't embarrassing really... my coworker recently lost about 30 pounds and she looks great! That made me think a lot about getting serious enough to lose weight.1
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