What was your point of disgust?
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When my stomach was hanging over my pants, none of my old clothes fit me...just generally felt uncomfortable being Chubby, and embarrassed all the time.1
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When i realised should my younger sister need a kidney I wouldn't be able to give her one as i was so unfit.
That was the cherry on top for me..... i already didn't like the way I looked, it caused my depression to increase and turned into a vicious circle. So i decided to stop it and start exercising and eating better.1 -
SpirituallyBlonde wrote: »When i realised should my younger sister need a kidney I wouldn't be able to give her one as i was so unfit.
That was the cherry on top for me..... i already didn't like the way I looked, it caused my depression to increase and turned into a vicious circle. So i decided to stop it and start exercising and eating better.
I always admire those who give an organ to a loved one or a stranger! It's truly amazing!2 -
Stepping on the scale and seeing a number that I've never seen before. My boyfriend pointed out that i try to hide myself from him even though we live together and he's seen everything.0
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GemstoneofHeart wrote: »SpirituallyBlonde wrote: »When i realised should my younger sister need a kidney I wouldn't be able to give her one as i was so unfit.
That was the cherry on top for me..... i already didn't like the way I looked, it caused my depression to increase and turned into a vicious circle. So i decided to stop it and start exercising and eating better.
I always admire those who give an organ to a loved one or a stranger! It's truly amazing!
Thanks - it hasn't happened yet, but i'm getting prepared just in case. She's been through heaps already so if this happened i want to be there for her.
And hey - whats a kidney between family3 -
Still wearing maternity clothes on my daughters 1st birthday.1
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I had many times I thought I hit the breaking point and then I crash dieted, over exercised. About 2 years ago I decided to just do things one baby step at a time and that's been the best method so far. Came to mfp to find out how to get ride of the last bit of weight. Success all around so far and SO FAR haven't gained back anything in those 2 years! So the habits are sticking. But times I realized I was too fat: When I was bigger than my 8 month pregnant sister. When I couldn't climb a flight of stairs without being winded. When me and my ex were the stereotypical fat Americans everyone else in our group had to wait on to catch their breath, repeatably. Not being able to fit into anything that wasn't plus size.0
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I have three drawers of jeans, and one pair that still fit... with a muffin top. And trying to find shirts that would hide what didn't fit into the jeans. Wearing hoodies at home hoping hubby wouldn't notice. Having an insane collection of bedtime attire and I hadn't even unpacked it from when we moved because I didn't want to put it on0
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I've found this thread interesting because I didn't really have a moment like the ones you guys are describing. I was always overweight, and even though I didn't like my appearance and hated that I wasn't able to do the same things as everyone else, it never dawned on me that life could be any different. I tried dieting before and it hadn't worked, so I figured this was it, this is how I was always meant to be: fat and getting fatter.
I had even had a MFP account for a while, logged things (no food scale), didn't work, meh.
Then, one day in July 2015, I downloaded MFP as an app on my phone. And I discovered the bar code scanner. This is gonna sound silly, but I found it super fun!! I don't have any games on my phone, so scanning and logging became like a little game for me. And then I started losing weight....I was shocked! This was possible? For ME??
That little thing led to one change after another: getting a food scale, working out, eating better.
50lbs down later I genuinely like the body I see in the mirror. I'm still actively logging and eating at a deficit because I want to get to the bottom half on the "Normal" BMI range. And that's not because I'm dissatisfied but because I've never been that thin (except when I passed that weight going up as a tween) and I'm curious to see what my body can be like.
So to whatever software engineer/designer that invented the bar code scanner: THANK YOU ;-)8 -
Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »
Then, one day in July 2015, I downloaded MFP as an app on my phone. And I discovered the bar code scanner. This is gonna sound silly, but I found it super fun!! I don't have any games on my phone, so scanning and logging became like a little game for me. And then I started losing weight....I was shocked! This was possible? For ME??
I love the idea of using the barcode scanner as a game! I keep forgetting about it and searching for my food manually
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I just woke up one day and decided it was time. I've been battling my weight since I started having children and enough was enough. I'm still at the beginning of my journey (about a month in) but happy with the way things are going. I have a five year old child and am rapidly approaching the big 50 so something had to be done...I need to give my boy as many years with me as possible.0
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For me it was when I realized I only had two pairs of pants left that fit, could grab handfuls of belly and saw a couple of full length pictures of myself in the background. Seeing myself standing in the background it was a lot easier to accept that I'm starting to look large.
Plus both my sons have gotten excited because they thought I was pregnant.1 -
I didn't have a moment of disgust. But I looked through my old computer pictures and found a picture of myself in a bathing suit from like 5 years ago ... I was like damn I looked good. I need to lose some weight. I'm only 20 lbs heavier now but it just all carries in the wrong places it seems.0
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A guy at work died of a heart attack who couldn't have been 10 years older than me. I didn't think he was morbidly obese, he was only a bit fatter than I was. I just realized if I kept going down this track that might be me one day, dying early. I want to be around with my kids for a long, long time. And I want them to learn from me the right healthy habits so they live a long time too.2
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I do pinup modeling on the side, and one of my pictures came back and you could see my gut through my dress. I also ripped a pair of pants I love from my butt getting bigger. I actually hide my body from my husband when I am getting dressed or changing clothes.1
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My favourite dress was too tight0
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When I qualified for a healthcare trial and study after my csection due to my BMI. It was so devastating to my ego at the time because I was so pleased that I had gained less than 20 pounds during my pregnancy, and to have people ask and talk about my weight was a tad insulting.0
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having to return a pair of size 40 jeans because i couldn't shut them. Started logging calories and dieting the very next day. I felt completely ashamed of myself.1
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Saw a recent photo of myself with a group, and regretted being in it because I felt like I ruined it.0
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I have two moments that spurred active weight loss:
- First, when I was my heaviest (195) and was terrified of the scale hitting 200. This is the first time I lost weight.
- Second, when I gave online video games due to the time sink and decided to instead invest all that time into losing weight actively again to hit my true goal weight.
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Not a moment of disgust so much as a moment of reality hitting me, I saw a group photo of the office Christmas party months afterwards so my memory of it was small. I saw a middle aged fat woman in the corner of the photo who I didn't recognise, thought to myself who is that then realised with horror it was me!2
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I thought i had slimmed down for my daughters wedding until I saw the photos. I looked ridiculous.1
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Seeing myself in my friends wedding pictures!! Worst thing I've ever seen! I didn't think I looked that bad at 5'6 and 225 Ibs and barely squeezing into a 14 dress! Omg those pictures make me cringe every time But I said I'm done! No more! I need me back!2
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not to be cheesy but i had no "point of disgust" i had a sort of...point of logical self love... Realized i was capable and continued on. Way more disgust once i began losing and melting xD2
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I was already comfortable with my heavy weight and had no real plans to change it. I happened upon MFP, started logging calories, and lo and behold, wound up dropping a couple of pounds. I kicked myself for never realizing how stupidly simple it all was. That was that.3
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The clothes fitting...I am in scrubs being a nurse 95% of the time, I spend lost of money on them and when the 60+ uniforms I have in size medium are getting tight....time to do something!0
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My point of disgust came on the day my husband was told he was diabetic. We were eating pretty similarly, and most of the junk food that came into our home was chosen and purchased by yours truly. We both needed to make some major changes, and I wanted to be a supporter rather than an enabler.3
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Okay, haven’t posted my starting weight until now... My point of disgust was when I saw the number on the scale (471). I’ve always been overweight... I just didn’t know how close to 500 lbs I was. I lost 10 lb over the next few months, but didnt really have a goal or a light bulb moment until I watched the first episode of “This Is Us”. Yes, a TV show was my lightbulb moment. Something about seeing “Kate’s” story, which is much like mine, made me realize that I could actually do something about this. I was 28 at the time, I didn’t want to spend any more of my life miserable. That was December 2016 and I’m down to 355 today with no plans on stopping.18
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I wouldn't say disgust as such but It was the middle of winter and i was sitting in front of the tv with crap food and thought to myself i actually can't go through another summer this size. I signed up to MFP (again) and the next day started logging my food and today marks 3 months and im down 9.2kg and dropped one size. It hasn't been easy and id say im eating 80% good 20% treats most of the time.4
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