What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?

My UK size 14's were getting too tight and I didn't want to go up another size.

Yep, jeans too tight.

I bought some new clothes that I thought looked great on me. I took a few pictures of myself because I was feeling so confident... and promptly deleted them. I looked like a whale.

tight shirt/pants, getting out of breathe walking down to the basement to do laundry.

Didn't really have one...I was pretty lean most of my life and in my teens and early 20s I was actually pretty much rail skinny and had difficulty holding onto weight. I put some quality weight on in my mid 20s...some muscle, some fat and was happy not to be a stick figure anymore.

I put my bad weight on from 30-38 after I graduated college and took a desk job working long hours with lots of out of town travel. I actually didn't really notice it much...or I should say that I didn't really pay it any attention.

I went to the doctor for my annual physical when I was 38 and came out with some really nasty blood work...pre-diabetic, triglycerides over 400, very high cholesterol and blood pressure around 170/110 and the doctor told me that I was officially obese per BMI at 5'10" and 220 Lbs and well on my way to being very sick, if not dead by 60.

My decision to lose weight and get back into fitness and eating better was more health related than anything...at the time I had a 2 year old and a new born and the thought of not being around for them scared the *kitten* out of me.

That was over 5 years ago...at that time I was a 2-3 PAD smoker who could barely walk the dog around the block without feeling like I was going to die...now I'm a fitness junkie who doesn't smoke cigarettes and enjoys doing 1/4 and 1/2 century bike rides just because it's the weekend and 15ish% bf with all bad blood work reversed. Still on blood pressure meds, but they are much reduced and my BP is well under control now. I've maintained my weight loss going on 5 years this spring.

ETA; at my highest weight, my wife started making comments as well...not really negative, just more worrisome...

back in my 'FAT' wardrobe and the seats on the plane felt much snugger and I travel a lot with work !!

When I would smile for a picture then look at the picture and my eyes disappeared into my large and round face

Pre-diabetes. My doctor telling me to glue my lips shut or gain another 40 lbs and get surgery. The only clothes I could fit were my 6'3" 260 lb husband's clothes. My parents and friends thinking I was hiding a pregnancy. Everyone telling me what a *kitten* I became since I gained weight... and me realizing they were right.

emcclure013 wrote: »

I bought some new clothes that I thought looked great on me. I took a few pictures of myself because I was feeling so confident... and promptly deleted them. I looked like a whale.

Yeah. Kinda this. I was out with family, celebrating a birthday, and rocking a cute outfit (I thought). Saw the pictures afterwards...

That was years ago, and I'm still trying to get my kittens sorted.

Having trouble keeping the tray down on the airplane (my stomach kept pushing it back up)

Mine was when I walked upstairs in my home, I was light headed and had to sit in the top step. Leaning against the wall trying to control my breathing my only thought was "I'm so fat". I had been able to ignore the button extender I used on pants but almost passing out going upstairs was the slap in the face I needed.

It was always a photo caught me by surprise. My confidence has always been quite high, I used to joke that I had body promorphia in that I could always thought I looked better than I actually did.

@WhereIsPJSoles wrote: »

Any time I mention going to the gym or doing something active and someone’s like “oh you do that?”

Yes. My potato body moves.

Woo!

When everyone in high school was shopping at American Eagle/Abercrombie and I realized I could only shop at Lane Bryant. I was always bigger but that was when I really noticed.