What was the moment you realized you needed to lose weight?

I had been battling the weight half-heartedly for about two years, and it definitely brought me down. But the moment that I realized I was going to make changes was a week before I was about to elope. I had bought a pretty dress but started to panic that maybe there was something better out there. I ordered 4 more online, all in a size larger than I normally wear, and NONE of them fit. I could barely zip most of them, looked like an off-white sausage in all of them, and realized that I didn't want this body. I decided to enjoy my elopement weekend but to start making healthy changes when I got back. I did great initially but I was sidelined by an injury and the holidays. Now I'm back and down 15 pounds. 20 more to go but feeling inspired!

Well, let me begin by saying that when I was pregnant with my daughter I gained just about 60 pounds..I was always in shape prior to that, but months and months went by after I gave birth and I was not losing any weight. Around the time that my daughter was 18 months someone asked when I was due!? I was mortified and while it hasn't been until my daughter turned two that the weight has finally been dropping, the pregnancy question was definitely my moment of shame!!!

great thread!

I think for me, it was starting to effect every area of my life, from energy to mood to the fact I would leave my button undone on my jeans when driving because they didnt fit any more. I was in denial for a long time, as the weight dont creep on over night does it folks?

when my eight year old daughter wanted me to go on the biggest loser :embarassed:

When I was on my cruise in January and I quickly found out that ALOT of my summer clothes didn't fit!!!
I started the day I got back and I'm down 27 pounds in 2 months

For me it was a day where I felt so horrible. I felt like this giant blob that just felt...ill. I didn't want to move, I didn't want to play with my kids or even get up to cook for them.

I wanted to just stay on the couch. I had this horrible pressure on my chest and stomach, and I just felt so awful.

That was the day I decided I needed a change. I didn't want to feel like that ever again.

For me, I've not had just one moment. This has been years coming. I guess my "moment" was last summer after having my hyster. I decided that since i wasn't going to have to deal with certain health issues anymore. That it was time I stopped putting off the weigh loss battle and got in gear to get in weight off.

A photo from Christmas 2011. I saw it and thought, "What the hell is Jabba the Hutt doing in my clothes, sitting on the floor, playing with our dog?!"

And then I said, "Oh..." :embarassed:

(And then I read that article in the NYT I'm still obsessed with - The Fat Trap - and decided to do an experiment and searched on my iPod Touch for free calorie counting apps and then I found you guys...swoon! The rest is history...) :flowerforyou:

ive had the belt loops break on me and the bath water store up behind me ive had the are you pregnant remarks ive had my boss make barbed comments about my size ive bought clothes in the next size then the next and honestly i deluded myself that i was fine my jeans were old thats why they broke, people wanting to make me feel bad about myself, clothes being cut smaller than the actual size they are meant to be, my boss was horrid anyway so took no notice of him but couldnt explain away the bath my moment that made me want to lose weight was when i got seriously out of breath walking up 13 steps to take my son to bed what i usuall y did was carry him up and lay down on his bed and read him a story and this particular day i had to get my breath back for 4-5 mins before i could begin reading to him i decided then and there i was gonna lose weight unfortunately i got almost immediately pregnant so had to put it off for a year (whilst i was pregnant nobody realised as i had got that big you couldnt really tell till i was almost due that hurt more than anything)
i started last january and have not looked back 81 pounds gone that i never want back still got a way to go but getting closer every single week

The summer a lot of my friends got married did it for me ...endless hen do and wedding pictures and I hated every one of them.
That , and the realisation that I was buying a *lot* of shapless , baggy, clothes - some of them in up to 3 sizes too big in an attempt to hide my figure.

The doctor told me I needed to do something about my weight. I started losing weight, but wasn't that serious about it until I had a heart attack, A year later, I am down over 50 and running 5Ks.

brain surgery... followed by friend at work giving me a wake up call and sharing this web site with me - best decision ever!
down 28.5 lbs... fitting in smaller clothes... more energy... doing a 16 min mile / 50 mins on the elliptical trainer....

i feel you ive done that also

when I looked down and could not see my.............Toes

Went to the doc on Dec. 30th, she had me step on the scale and shot the market to 200 lbs.
In shock, I said I don't weigh 200 lbs, she said nope you weigh 199.

Truth hurts.

My first real one was October 2011 when i was admitted to hospital with severe cholecystitis....was in a week while they ruled out other things including cancer.....i thought my kids were gonna lose their mum because of how obese i'd let myself get. I weighed 332lbs and when i was told i only had gallstones i was so relieved i promised to lose the weight and get healthy. I had the op to remove my gall bladder 3 weeks ago and so far have lost 80lbs, and am down to 252lbs..................for the past few days my bad habits were slowly creeping in but somehow i had another 'aha' moment last night and am firmly back in control.....and will fulfill my promise to my husband and daughters to go swimming with them and on the rollercoaster etc on holiday in august x