What was your first “I’m getting fat” realization?
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At about 3mo postpartum I had stopped losing the baby weight naturally. I noticed that a fav cozy t shirt of mine (men’s large) was getting snugger and snugger. It took another month before I got up off my rear and started logging and exercising again. Down I think about 17-18lbs since Jan 9 and back to pre-preg weight. Aiming to lose another 15 or so.2
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passenger79 wrote: »
ETA : Oh and when my comfy ,loose jeans became too tight .
This. When my "fat" clothes are tight and I can only wear 15% of the stuff in the closet.0 -
I was always bullied for my weight when I was a kid, so some people always reminded me that I'm fat as hell. In 6th grade I was sitting in school and someone asked my name. My surname means 'big' in my language, and when I introduced myself the girl told me 'Well, you are really big, haha'. That hurt me so much but at that time I couldn't do much about it. In high school I was managed to drop 10 kgs in 3 months, and I was at a pretty healthy weight but always on the rather overweight side. Then when I started uni, PE classes stopped, I just fell in love with my BF and we ate a lot of junk food in the beginning. Then in the summer when we went on a trip we took photos and I was so sad looking at them, that I gained back that 10 kgs in a few years, so I decided to make changes. I'm 60 kgs now, almost at my goal weight and I know that I will never be that 'big girl' again. However I still see myself fat, and hate so many things on my body, I think those childhood memories won't fade away ever...4
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My jeans getting tight, being unable to conceal the muffin top, and having to buy a dress for a wedding in a UK size 20. The photos from that wedding really shook me into action.2
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As the saying goes, "pictures don't lie". I could suck in my gut when looking in the mirror and think I wasn't too bad but seeing pictures from multiple angles you see how you really look.
Starting to have heartburn problems was another strong hint.2 -
Pictures of myself. Rude awakening!
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I lost about 70 pounds twenty years ago, felt great, loved being able to buy cute clothes. Then life and so much stress happened and I gained it back plus some. Two years ago I started MFP, lost ten pounds and then had a health crisis that caused me to lose another 50 pounds very fast. I was relieved to have a bump in my weight loss but didn't sustain it (more life stress, more eating my feelings) and I gained back 40.
I was trying to get myself to commit to a sustained effort when my sister (one year older than me) died suddenly in early 12/17. She was 5'2" and about 35 pounds overweight. Her doctor said her sedentary lifestyle caused her death. I've always been far more active than she was but also heavier. Six weeks after she died, my favorite aunt (who was healthy weight but didn't take care of herself at all) died. Two weeks before that my bipolar son tried to commit suicide. I ate myself into about ten extra pounds in two months.
I was so depressed. I saw a therapist for three weeks and decided what I REALLY knew would help would be to eat better and get my hiney into the gym every day. So I did. Within a few days I had stopped crying every day. I'm three weeks in and have lost 10 pounds.16 -
Wow, so many amazing stories: utahjulia, that's heart breaking. I think grief has a physical effect on your body as well...
I've always bounced around, but when I was in my 20s and 30s the bounces were 10 pounds. I wasn't over a 25 BMI until my early 40s, when the bounces became 30 pounds, then 40 pounds, then 50...
No major lightbulb moment for me this time, but I had to get a new Driver's License photo back in January. I wasn't expecting it, so I was 206 pounds, needing a haircut and badly dressed. I look like a large slab of lard with tiny pebbles for eyes, and seem so unlike myself that it's actually laughable. I'm seriously considering using it as a 'before' shot.
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My moment(s) came when:
1) I saw myself in pictures. I thought I was rocking that cute outfit until I saw what the camera saw.
2) My "fat" pants were getting too snug and I was wearing my husband's extra large shirts to hide the belly.
3) While sitting at my desk, I noticed that my pants seemed to be cutting me in half.
Logged back into MFP and started taking calories seriously. Down 38 lbs in less than 7 months and I couldn't be happier!8 -
Wow, so many amazing stories: utahjulia, that's heart breaking. I think grief has a physical effect on your body as well...
I've always bounced around, but when I was in my 20s and 30s the bounces were 10 pounds. I wasn't over a 25 BMI until my early 40s, when the bounces became 30 pounds, then 40 pounds, then 50...
No major lightbulb moment for me this time, but I had to get a new Driver's License photo back in January. I wasn't expecting it, so I was 206 pounds, needing a haircut and badly dressed. I look like a large slab of lard with tiny pebbles for eyes, and seem so unlike myself that it's actually laughable. I'm seriously considering using it as a 'before' shot.
Thank you. And I can relate to horrible driver's license photos.1 -
1.) When I noticed that my arm is as wide as my face
2.) When I stared developing new stretch marks for the first time in 5+ years
3.) When I saw a picture of myself and realized I resemble a manatee6 -
When my jeans burst like the over cooked sausage I was eating.2
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Hanatastic wrote: »3.) When I saw a picture of myself and realized I resemble a manatee
I kind of think I looked like a walrus. The female kind, without the tusks.
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I never had an ‘I’m getting fat’ realisation. I was always fat. I was a fat four year old, for goodness’ sake.
So in my life, fat wasn’t a thing that happened; it was what I was. It felt like an inevitable part of me. I never truly believed in the ability to lose weight, any more than I believed I could change the colour of my eyes.
I’m not sure what changed that, but I’m glad it did.8 -
ALL of my clothes are tight and uncomfortable. I refuse to buy bigger sizes so I have to lose weight2
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Looking at my wedding photo. The shirt (I was never into dresses) I wore looked like a bed sheet on me, not flowy and gorgeous as I imagined it would.
And the fact that my husband was a pretty big guy back then and all of his clothes fit me almost perfectly. I didn't realise just how big I was until then.4 -
Having my best friend from high school come to see me/and then again me going to see her & others I hadn't seen in almost 20 years-and how they for the most part were the same size or slightly heavier, while I was half and again my former size. That and pictures & videos of me, especially when taken with me not aware. I cringe in horror at them. My kids take videos and pics of me, proud of their Mama but inside I'm afraid I embarrass them as the chunky mom.5
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Being very thin most of my life, and even after having two kids I got back down to 125 (I'm 5'4") it took a while to realize. I did kind of keep tabs on my weight and would try on and off to lose weight when it would creep up- which I did, and I would always gain it back plus more. I would spend 5 or so years in a weight range and then it would creep up another 5-10 pounds. When you only gain 10 pounds a year it doesn't seem like much, but over 5-7 years suddenly you are 180 pounds. Again, when I looked in the mirror I didn't see a fat person. It was only when I looked at photos that I saw someone fat (weird how that works). I didn't hate my body even at 180. I just knew that with my family history of heart disease, diabetes and bad knees that I would be headed for that if my weight keep creeping up and up. So I joined on here and haven't looked back. Took me a year and a half to lose 55 pounds and have gained back a bit so I'm now trying to count again. It is much much harder to maintain, but the key is to be aware that you are gaining and nip it in the bud when you see that your clothes are getting a little tight. Oh and I also donated all of my bigger clothes so I have no choice but to maintain.4
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Great question and for me:
My mom giving me a top she bought because it was too big for her and it would fit me better (it was an extra large)
Not wearing jeans because stretchy pants feel more comfortable.
Someone assuming that I don't work out because I was at that time about 50 lbs overweight (I was in 2016, 5'4" and weighed 195 lbs)...they said to me that I should even just incorporate some walking, ummmm...I hike/walk/kickbox on a regular basis even though it doesn't show:( Food is my issue:(6
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