What was your lightening moment when you realised you were fat?

[darleneconnor]

I've gained a stone a year for the past 7 years so it's been a long, slow path.

I suppose I've known for the past 3 years that I really need to lose weight but I finally had my 'lightening' moment last night. I was watching an old Roseanne episode and realised that I was the same size as her.

It's been a very sobering realisation.

Has anyone else had a precise turning point like that?

Congratulations on your lightening moment! It's horrible at the time but trust me, u will remember it forever and be so glad it happened! My own was after the breakdown of my previous relationship (it wasn't a bad breakup, completely mutual and a bit of a relief when it happened) and I went shopping for some new clothes to cheer myself up, as I'd got far too comfortable and was living in baggy jeans etc. I went to buy some new stuff from a shop I've bought from many times, and I had to go up 2 dress sizes and even then the clothes were strained! I think my other clothes must have stretched with me, as I tried a few other shops but that was definately my new size! Good luck tho, it was all the motivation I needed to drop back to my 'happy' weight!!! Xxx

When the scales said 11st 12lb, I'm 5'8".

The lightening moment came at the end of 6 months gorging and comfort eating, holiday, then Christmas, then FIL dying suddenly, then holiday again, then AArgh !!! what do the scales say?

That was back in April this year, am glad to say I'm back to my usual weight and size.

The lightening moment is a good way to describe it. :)

Looking at our holiday photos...I said to my husband "Gosh I really quite big on these pics" and he replied "Yes I thought you looked huge in that bikini"

I've known for a while that I needed to lose weight, but the moment I decided to actually DO it was the weekend when three of my four remaining pairs of trousers all split.

I nearly cried because it's so hard to find trousers which are the right size AND shape. I don't like wearing skirts and dresses but I was resigned to doing that while losing enough weight to be able to buy clothes that aren't plus-size.

Ironically, two weeks after starting the diet I bought four pairs of trousers at a car boot sale on the off chance they might be tolerable, and they fit me perfectly! However, I'd started down the weight-loss road and I wasn't turning back. Those trousers are now rather baggy but will do for a bit longer.

I've been pleasantly surprised to notice lately that ordinary shops and department stores are starting to carry larger sizes. I can't yet buy clothes in a normal shop, but it won't be much longer now!

Jeans shopping. It was horrible but I'm grateful for it.

About a month ago, 3 people in 1 week genuinely thought i was pregnant again. (i'm not)

i then came across a few of my honeymoon pictures (from 4.5 years ago). i was shocked at how good i looked then in comparison to now. i was a bit overweight then, but looked ok.

now i'm huge and look terrible. i know i looked terrible because at the end of that week dh took a full length photo of me. i was shocked. I knew i had to do something, i dont want to look like this now, let alone for the rest of my life.

Last year got up to 12 stone 8 which at 5'3" is not good ( now 9 stone 8, much better)

Turning points that made me relaise I just had to solve the problem were:

1. Male acquaintance saying to me "well, you are built for comfort and not for speed"

1. Big fat male colleague, 20 stone + saying " you have got a bit of middle aged spread like me"

1. REalising I never wanted to look at myself in fitting room mirrors.

4.The size of my holiday shorts when laid out on bed to pack!!!!

The time had come when I just couldn't live like that any longer.

I was so jealous of a friend that lost weight in May when I saw her walking down the road towards me looking absolutey fantastic in the skirt and top she had on (6 of us were off out to dinner).
My mindset totally changed on that day, although I had half heartedly started to try and lose some weight already.
I joined Curves ladies only gym (4 times a week) and at the moment I am 2st 9 lbs lighter than I was last new year.
I have bought a few new clothes which are a size 12 (I don't ever remember buying clothes below a 14 in all my adult life, but maybe they size them bigger now!?! I had been a size 16 verging on 18 probably sometimes)
I am not quite so good as when I started this regime in May, hence only losing 2 or 3 lbs in last couple of months, but going to the gym and getting weighed once a month definately helps to keep me on the straight and narrow.
When I am at work (4 days) I take only fruit for lunch (apple, banana, 2 satsumas).

I was always quite skinny, and never had to worry about my weight because I smoked quite a lot and never ate anything. Then I quit smoking, had two DC in two years, and one day I realised I had about three extra chins and a huge round belly even though DD2 was over six months old. I decided it was time to do something!

Thinking for months that i must buy better quality knickers as the primark ones kept shrinking in the wash,it was actually my arse that was getting bigger.I then found out i was pg so have had a reprieve.I will be revisiting the problem at a later date.

Last week. I realised I was looking at plus sizes, kidding myself I liked clothes really loose. What I meant was, ones that fit, not ones two sizes too small because I hadn't admitted I'd grown.

Rigged up a mirror so I could see what I look like from behind and got a horrible shock. I was average size for so long I took it for granted. But now I really have to change my lazy, sluggish, comfort eating, never-lift-a-finger ways!

For me it was when my ds woke in the middle of the night and sleeping naked I just crawled out of bed whacked the light on as I walked past and on the way back caught myself in the mirror, I was disgusted, I look like i'm 7 months preggers!!

Unfortunately that was only 2 days ago so barely even started my mission, 3 and a bit stone to loose go me!!