What was your worst "fat" moment?

They are WAY too graphic for your pretty eyes..... should I say them?

when my boyfriend of many years told me he didn't find me attractive anymore because I had let myself go... at the time I weighed less than I currently do.. at that point I thought well if this guy who has supposedly loved me for years things I'm disgusting who is going to want me.. and I hid away for a while.. gained 20 more lbs.. than I came to my senses and was like.. oh wait.. he's an idiot and I'm awesome..and here I am..losing weight. For me.

You go, girl! >=D

Eating Habits:
Eating an entire batch of raw cookie dough over the summer was a major turning point in how I looked at my nutrition. I couldn't believe I did that, and went into a crazy shock over it. While this was a big fat moment for me, it served as a very effective form of motivation. I threw out or gave away all of the junkfood in my house immediately---one thing I learned is that if I do not have the foods around me as a temptation, it is easier for me to make the right choices! While it is important to have treats, I have substituted sugary cereals for granola and fat-free yogurt (which tastes even better!), potatoe chips for veggie chips and peanuts, vitamin water and pop for V8 and cinch shakes, and ditched coffee, "nutrient bars" and fatty pastries altogether. Things like fiber plus bars may sound good for you, but they have so many grams of sugar! I am trying to get into the habit of taking my women's-1-a-day vitamins instead.

Appearance:
My boyfriend (who is extremely lean and muscular) accidentally pulled a pair of my pants on one morning. He looked way better in them than I did. Lol.

Ugh, when my daughter was 2 years old, some lady came up to me and said to her, are you gonna be a big sister soon? I was like wtf is she talking about?
Then she asked me how many weeks along I was. I was not pregnant and have not been for 2 years. The next day I went on a diet. I went from 212 pounds to 144 and it took me about 2 years. Now I am here to lose a few more pounds.

Anyone else have a crappy "fat" moment that changed your life?

That.

Sitting down and feeling my belly rest on my legs.

yeah. this and thighs touching when in a skirt or shorts. :grumble:

Two:

I was working a retreat for my high school and sat in the same chair for about four days. After the week was over I had bruises on the sides of my legs where the arm rests hit. :frown: That shouldn't happen.

While in Africa with another youth group, I was climbing up a hill and realized I was falling further and further back from the group. One other leader stuck with me, but I was almost in tears when I realized they were all waiting for me at the top. When I finally made it, I blamed it on my bad knee. I do have a bad knee, but let's be honest, my fat @$$ was too heavy and out of shape. If I had the money, I'd love to go back and conquer that beast :mad:

I was at a sporting good store about 5 years ago with my husband - looking for some paddles for our raft to float the river. We asked the owner if he had any and he grabbed some out, but looked me up and down and said something like "you shouldn't be out in the sun too long anyways" and I was like, um why? And he looked right at my stomach and said "because of the baby" I told him I wasn't pregnant - he kind of looked away, and at his feet and said "you look like you are" and I said, I'm not - he said again but much quieter, "you look like you....."

I was fighting back the tears and I could tell my husband was upset too....but didn't want to say anything to embarass me further. We never went back to the store, they went out of business. I joined the gym shortly after and dropped 50 lbs - won a fitness competition. So, yea - suck it.

There have been many over the last few years but I think what really made the difference for me and sent me to MFP was this past summer visiting a close friend and her daughter.

1. While watching Sleeping Beauty, the little girl (4yrs) said to me, "I love you because you're nice and look like the fat fairy". I know she meant to be sweet but that hurt me.

2. Then that same trip, we had gone shopping and I bought a dress that I absolutely love and was wearing it on the way home. Getting on the plane, the flight attendant asked me how far along I was. I've never been pregnant. I didn't respond. I just moved down the row but I think she could tell from my face what she had said.

Thank you all for sharing these. Your stories absolutely made me tear up and feel better at the same time. I absolutely agree these stories are better than the success pictures for modivation!

First time I decided to get healthy, it was a photo of me on a horse. The curve of that horse's @$$ was freakishly similar to the curve of my love handle..EEK! I lost 30 lbs that year....

Buuut...I slowly gained it all back. A cross country road trip put it all over the edge. I was 20 lbs heavier than I had ever been before. The cross country trip was part of a documentary project in which I was often in the role of interviewer. So, once we got home, I had to start seeing the same clips of myself over and over and over as my boyfriend edited the videos.

They say video adds 10 lbs or something....let me tell ya....the way my body is distorted into this roundish plumpy pregnant looking thing was way too much for me. I am getting healthy and staying healthy this time!

Fly on little butterfly ticker, fly on! You'll reach those flowers one day ..lol