What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?
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The seat /seatbelt on the airplane .6
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Tight shirts, bras, pants, puffy face, feeling heavy and worn down all the time. Not recognizing myself in pics because I looked like a damn whale.4
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »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.
I passed "I'm getting fat" and went straight to holy crap I'm obese because of this. I always thought I looked thinner than I actually did. Pictures showed me the truth so I avoided them at all times.20 -
Mine, I think, was when I went to a friend's 18th and saw myself in the mirror as I was getting into my party dress. I looked ridiculous. It barely fit.2
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I really can't remember what triggered me.
I've been overweight for a years, but really can't remember what the final straw was. Just glad that it happened.3 -
The mirror was the first thing I noticed, but I was able to ignore that too easily.
My big "wake up call" came when, no matter how uncomfortable I was willing to be, I couldn't squeeze into my biggest work pants. I refused to buy bigger clothes, and had to wear dresses for like 3 weeks until I lost enough to get back into my pants.
They started to get pretty damn snug on me again late this fall (after surgery #4 on my leg) but once the leg was healed well enough I was able to start back at the gym after nearly a year off. Been at that since, so now feeling ready to start cutting back on the eating to lose the fat now that my muscles have had a chance to work through the initial re-growth.2 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »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.
Omg, I totally have this too but I always just called it "reverse body dysmorphia" lol. I always look great in my head and even fine in the mirror...but then I see a photo and I'm like woah, who is that fatty?!19 -
I've struggled with appreciating my body since I hit puberty and went from borderline underweight to borderline overweight in what felt like overnight. In spite of the fact that I stayed within +/-5 pounds of a normal BMI through my mid 20s, I always thought deep down I was fat and figured I would be forever, just like my mom and most of my aunts. This hurt me when I actually started gaining weight in my late twenties because even though I'd obviously made lifestyle changes that were hurting me and could see the number on the scale going up when I weighted myself every few weeks or months, I still saw the same fat girl in the mirror I'd been seeing since I was 13 which let me stay resigned to my fate much longer than I wish I had. I never had that "OMG I'm FAT!" moment. It took maybe six years to actually start reversing that process, with a big kick in the pants being not wanting to replace my wardrobe for a third time.
Huh, I don't think I ever pieced that together before. Thanks for the thread, OP!7 -
I went swimming in the ocean and to dodge harpoons.25
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I always had self-esteem/body issues when I was in my teens until once 'wake up call' at the beach. (another story) After that I resolved to accept myself for who I was at any time in my life. There was no realization, no 'oh my gosh, I'm fat'
I knew I was obese, I could see that in the mirror.
I was in denial about how much I ate, that realization was an eye opener. I logged my calories before I made any changes and was flabbergasted at how much food I ate. I assumed I just needed to cut back on my supper or 1 snack. lol.9 -
The first time around was simply comments made by family/friends. I was a senior and high school and that truly messed with me. Lost lots of weight in an unhealthy way and was a stick by 20.
The second time around was after giving birth but no one needed to make comments. I knew right away I needed to kick my butt back into gear. Lost the weight in a less unhealthy way but still not fun.
This last time was not a drastic weight gain, maybe 15 lbs at most. It was so slow that it was almost hard to tell (for me) until I was tagged in a picture but even through baggy clothes I can tell me arms looked huge and my face was getting a bit puffy.4 -
My son grabbed my phone and caught a video of me while I was unaware. He showed me the video and I looked soooo awful. I already knew that my clothes were getting too tight and I couldn't fit in some things, but that video made me want to curl up and die. I decided to do whatever I had to in order to lose the weight.7
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »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.
Omg, I totally have this too but I always just called it "reverse body dysmorphia" lol. I always look great in my head and even fine in the mirror...but then I see a photo and I'm like woah, who is that fatty?!
This is so me!!
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first was I noticed when I sat down I hav a fat roll from my rib area and a fat roll from my hip and they rubbed together, it drove me crazy, but it wasnt til I stepped on the scale and seen I was the same weight that I was the day before my oldest so was born that I realized I needed to do something
then I lost 36lbs, was happy, married my 8 1/2 year fiance, lol, got pregnant with my 4th, and gained it all back, and ive slowly been losing it since, not sure what triggered it this time, but Im back at it full force again.6 -
Looking in the mirror, but also when I realized I weighed more now then I did at 9 months pregnant with both my kids.5
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When I stop weighing myself daily.3
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Maybe TMI but it hurt to poop and I started having a bunch of gastro issues. Made me realize I really needed to start eating more fiber. That and lower back pain and tightness in the hips I could only attribute to lack of strength and use.8
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I pulled a muscle trying to wipe my bum.28
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I came to visit my grandfather last year. He was in the final months of his life, 90+ years old, mostly sleeping and often not remembering who we were.
My mom warned me that he might not be awake for he visit and, even if he were awake, he wouldn't remember me.
Sure enough, the old man was sleeping when I came in. After some rousing, he finally woke up, looked at me, focused his failing eyes and said, "you got *kitten* fat."
I knew then I should probably lose some weight.
(This is 100% a true story btw)28 -
Bullying when I was very, very young. Wasn't even overweight, didn't know what 'fatty' realistically meant. Turned into something of a prophecy as I turned to food for comfort.
But these days it's my chin (and whether or not there's two of them) and heart burn levels.9 -
Reviewing photos from the past 3 years and recently. Noticing a different person in each photograph, and the miserable look on my face with the weight gain. Also including negative comments from family and friends.7
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I came to visit my grandfather last year. He was in the final months of his life, 90+ years old, mostly sleeping and often not remembering who we were.
My mom warned me that he might not be awake for he visit and, even if he were awake, he wouldn't remember me.
Sure enough, the old man was sleeping when I came in. After some rousing, he finally woke up, looked at me, focused his failing eyes and said, "you got *kitten* fat."
I knew then I should probably lose some weight.
(This is 100% a true story btw)
The day before I signed up for MFP I went to go visit my grandmother I hadn't seen in at least 6 months. She said the same thing. I never heard it so bluntly from a family member before. Needless to say it was the push I needed to do something about it.11 -
For some reason, I was able to ignore all the pictures, weigh-ins, and tight clothes that I already had. If something didn't fit me, I'd go and get something else that did. I mean, the tag size is just a number right? No one can see it!
Didn't hit me until all of the size 18 pants (US) I was wearing were too tight and my belly was hanging over them. I couldn't bear to buy anything starting with 20 (and by then, I'd probably be closer to 22s!) so that Memorial Day 2012 I decided to make changes.
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Probably not the first, but I took a flight a couple of years ago and realized that if I gained another 5 pounds then I would need a seat belt extender. I knew I wasn't going to let that happen. I still have a little ways to go, but on my last few flights the tail of the seat belt can reach the seat in front of me while I am comfortably buckled in.3
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I honestly can't remember a time when I didn't think that I was fat.20
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There were several things I chose to ignore (feeling like passing out everytime I had to bend over to put shoe covers on @ work, STAIRS - omg STAIRS!! (would avoid when having to go upstairs to meeting bc I did not want to enter the conference room huffing & puffing/go slower than colleagues/try to keep up with them and die inside),the bum-wiping (srsly- I'm still overweight but when you cannot easily wipe your bottom WTF was srong with me! Butt feels tiny now!), looking at other's shopping carts thinking I could NEVER eat like that (how depressing to have like NO junk food, or only eat HALF a sandwich, etc.)... but ultimately it was a photo.6
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Holiday pictures....I can't be that big?!?! WTH?!2
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Two things: I saw a picture of myself and was shocked to see how much my stomach strained against my shirt. Then I noticed in my Zumba class that when I lifted my legs during those fun dance moves, my thighs would hit my stomach. Good heavens!4
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I actually had the reverse reaction. I only realized how fat I was after I lost weight. My high self-confidence was keeping me fat I knew how to dress myself to hide all my fat and still look good. After losing all this weight I'm looking at pictures from the past 15 years that's when it hits me, I was really big! When you are pear-shaped all your fat is stored on the hips. So I always looked small up top regardless of my size. When I was 13 my pediatrician said I was big boned. I just assumed that meant I was never meant to be small. Even when I was 180lbs, I'm 5'2", with high blood pressure I didn't think I was fat.11
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