What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?
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ginyspills wrote: »For some reason these realizations give me more fuel to stick to eating healthy!
Mine was my mood. I realized I’ve been feeling constantly moody/insecure. Great marriage, work is fine, same amount of money stress. So what is the problem? Looking back at photos of me with the huge smile, I realized I have gained a crap ton of weight! How can I smile like that when my clothes hardly fit me? I refuse to buy new outfits in a bigger size! Determined to lose this weight
How about you?
The thighs of all of my jeans kept wearing out, even with my bigger sizes that I convinced myself were just mislabeled haha! Then I saw a picture of myself from last summer and I was absolutely horrified. I thought I was getting fat, picture confirmed that I was already there!7 -
Pictures from a night out with friends at a murder mystery. One of my friends is very petite and I realized that I looked like a big blob next to her. It did take me another 4 months to actually start doing anything about it though.3
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grumpopuppo wrote: »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.
Yes!! I have to carry Tums around like I have some sort of weird addiction when I'm not eating right, and gaining weight. When I'm not overeating and I'm either losing or maintaining weight, I don't have that problem. Whoda thunk it?
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The moment I looked in the mirror and realised that actually, the mirror wasn't lying
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Just seeing pictures of me on the beach, clothes getting tighter and feeling like i could not move as fast as i used to0
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Same as most people, I could tell I was getting bigger because clothes were getting tight and pictures were not looking good, the moment I decided I needed to make changes was when I noticed my sweat pants getting tight. I could handle buying bigger jeans but there was no way I was upsizing my sweats6
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Seeing myself in pictures with colleagues and realizing how much larger I was than (a) the other people in the picture, and (b) I thought I was.
Faced the harsh reality that my size was beginning to negatively impact my career.8 -
In 5th grade, kids started bullying me. My pediatrician said I couldn't have French fries anymore. One day, I looked in my full length mirror, and realized I was really fat.
On the plus side, I realized that extra weight could be thrown around effectively, so the overt bullying didn't last. 12 -
grumpopuppo wrote: »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.
Yes!! I have to carry Tums around like I have some sort of weird addiction when I'm not eating right, and gaining weight. When I'm not overeating and I'm either losing or maintaining weight, I don't have that problem. Whoda thunk it?
Yeah, yeah! Get to a certain point on the scale and BAM on comes the heartburn. I hear the best guess as to why that is, is that the extra weight puts more pressure on the stomach and that in turn forces the acid up the eusophagus.3 -
Photographs on Facebook friends had posted of me. Seeing my face bloated and clothes that I thought was hiding the fat ....looking bad.6
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My mirror betrayed me one morning after a shower. Can you believe that?! I trusted it to lie to me for years but instead it just decides to randomly show me the truth... Ouch.18
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Looking at photos taken at a celebration taken a few days before.
I realised it wasn't a bad angle of the photo (as I had thought previously), but I was fat.4 -
I was like damn i can't see my abs.4
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Since I was 11 my family reminded me daily for YEARS so I have never needed a photo or pants size to remind me I was a bit chubby
... tho 2 years ago my sister was preggo and her boobs got huge and I commented "wow your boobs are bigger than mines now" and everyone looked at me and laughed and told me nope your boobs are really still super huge and well that was an eye opener like I knew my boobs were big but sheesh I guess I was in denial 
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When I couldn't see my vaj under my gut. #realtalk24
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My ankles would start aching when I went for longer walks, most of my clothes didn't fit, being considered for bariatric surgery, I avoided leaving the house as much as possible, my uncle telling me that I'm getting really fat and the scale.5
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The pinafore that used to fit me perfectly is now too tight on me3
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This was more like a "Holy crap I'm fat again" moment, after I regain most of the weight I'd lost. When my "everyday" jeans barely fit me anymore.2
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One morning I was brushing my teeth and I noticed my under chin fat wobbling. I was so *kitten* shocked and appalled!!!!6
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I wore a suit to work which I had tailored last summer, bent to pick up a pen and fired one of the back pocket buttons into a colleague. Definitely made me realise that stress eating and no exercise had taken their toll!!20
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All of my jeans shrank in the wash at once even though I hadn’t worn/washed some of them in months.26
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Couldn't fasten my coat up (took me a while to notice because I like wearing it open). Also noticed I was struggling more to bend down when tying my shoelaces.2
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I was able to ignore a 60lb gain in a year and a half (caused by meds) by wearing babydoll dresses. Thought I wore it well until my 5 y/o told me I looked like I had a baby in my belly.
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I put on and off weight through my 3 pregnancies over 10 years. I slowly each year kept putting on another 5 pounds. I would bend over and hit my but on things and thought what am I doing wrong..I went for a physical and got news of possible hyperthyroid disease. I asked to lose weight and recheck in 3 months..i joined MFP..after losing some weight is when I noticed I was looking fat in pictures..idk why..still have 20 pounds to lose..0
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My son took my photo while eating pancakes & bacon on Christmas morning with family. It's the worst photo I've seen of myself! Time to take control of this situation was what went through my head when I saw it. I may print a copy to keep on my fridge for motivation. Also, assorted aches, pains and low energy due to the extra weight. Need to shed about 50lbs. I'm also aware of how people who've known me for years will treat me differently now. It's rather sad. But I intend to make healthy changes.2
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cwolfman13 wrote: »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...
Really enjoyed this comment. Congrats on all your hard work
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LOL honestly? It occured to me i only looked hot in "pictures" id send to my girlfriend in 1 angle. They sort of dwindled i ways to hide or crop out the fat lol. Not really sure why it took me so long to this day i still dont think i was THAT fat but i lost 110 pounds and im only 5 ft 3 and still only mid range BMI so i mean....denial. lmao
I had sort of been aware before then but i hadnt been aware enough to take action. It hadnt effected me because i could still pull off sexy if i faked it enough. Was kind of a kick in the butt tho
Edit: also this picture i use as my before but its not even me at my heaviest may have been in my mind when trying to find a flattering angle that time around. Had told self it was just a bad angle
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ginyspills wrote: »For some reason these realizations give me more fuel to stick to eating healthy!
Mine was my mood. I realized I’ve been feeling constantly moody/insecure. Great marriage, work is fine, same amount of money stress. So what is the problem? Looking back at photos of me with the huge smile, I realized I have gained a crap ton of weight! How can I smile like that when my clothes hardly fit me? I refuse to buy new outfits in a bigger size! Determined to lose this weight
How about you?
same here! I think about how I have a somewhat good daily life (I have a teen in the house, lol) and happily married but still felt rotten every day mood-wise. Plus, I'm so big I breathe heavy just going up and down a short flight of stairs. Tired of how my clothes feel too.2 -
Airplane seatbelt moment and struggling to tie shoelaces2
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