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What was the 'killer moment' that made you lose weight

314 replies

sallycinnamum · 05/05/2013 20:55

Donkeys years ago I lost a significant amount of weight via SW because I saw a photo at a work Xmas party and made a vow to lose a stone. I ended up losing two over 4 months.

When I got married two years ago I ate nothing but porridge and Ryvita for two weeks and lost half a stone so the dress wouldn't be too tight. Then a month later I got pregnant with my second DC.

Now, after 2 DC I know I need to lose a stone but I haven't had the killer moment yet that will spur me into going on a proper, long-term diet and sticking to it.

I just wondered what it was that finally spurred you into going on a diet and doing it properly rather than giving up a couple of weeks in.

OP posts:
SvetlanaKirilenko · 05/05/2013 22:35

Grin at "low carving" OP - that must be a new diet I haven't heard of.

TheDeadlyDonkey · 05/05/2013 22:39

I had a lightbulb moment a year ago and lost 4 stone. I still had quite a way to go, but then life threw a few, erm, challenges and the lightbulb went off again.
Put on weight over the last 6 months and now trying to get back into the Zone.

thefirstmrsrochester · 05/05/2013 22:40

Killer moment might just have happened. I'm staying in a touring caravan this weekend, I had a shower in it, and my arse was touching the wall on one side whilst my heaving chest was grazing the wall on the other side Blush.

Nehru · 05/05/2013 22:42

rochester

MAN UP
get the scales - once you weigh and set a terget you are NEARER YOUR GOAL

Toughasoldboots · 05/05/2013 22:44

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MonkeyingAroundTown · 05/05/2013 22:46

Seeing muffin top and back fat when wearing t shirts. Plus I tend to pile it on my face and I don't think I look as attractive with hamster cheeks. I have lost 22 lbs in 15 weeks. Went from 10st 12 lb to 9st 4. I am now a comfortable size 8/10 and feel great. My motivation was returning to work following the birth of my son. I didn't want colleagues thinking I had let myself go because I had had a baby.

FriedSprout · 05/05/2013 22:47

Nehru, not sure why you think I would lie, but am fitting very comfortably into size 14 Wranglers thanks Confused

Nehru · 05/05/2013 22:47

I bet you are slimmer, you minx

INeedThatForkOff · 05/05/2013 22:49

I'm waiting for mine. Reading this thread made me want to amend the shopping I did online earlier, but I'm too late. To be honest though, if I could just learn that a little bit of rhubarb crumble would be fine, as opposed to a third of it over two days; or that buying three bottles of wine to get a fourth free doesn't mean I actually have to open a bottle tomorrow, I wouldn't be two and a half stone overweight.

I've had no self control since initially losing my baby weight after DC1. I just can't be bothered after DC2 Sad

springykitsch · 05/05/2013 22:51

HELP! I have stopped smoking and the weight has piled on in record time (1.5 st in 4 weeks Shock ) - and I feel at a loss! I don't know what to do, how to attack this. any suggestions? It's time for a drastic change...

cocolepew · 05/05/2013 22:53

Wow peppa you look years younger.

MustTidyUpMustTidyUp · 05/05/2013 22:54

DS1 asked me if I had boobs on my back (fat) Blush and told me I looked like a big-fat-panda-Kung-fu-panda.
I lost 4 stone and have gone from a tight 18 to a roomy 12.

Yay! Thank god for his naive tactlessness.

thenightsky · 05/05/2013 23:03

Opening my wardrobe and realising I could only wear 2% of what was in there Sad

wetsand · 05/05/2013 23:03

Killer moment: weighing myself in January 2012 having reached 10 stone 5 and realising I could no longer say I was 'just under ten stone' but officially 'almost ten and a half stone'. Plus, unflattering photos from that Christmas.

Also, size 12 was starting to feel tight and size 14 comfy!

Around that time, I also found MFP and read a thread on here from someone who was baffled that their Spanish SIL ate meat and cheese for breakfast but was so slim, while the OP was munching Special K!

But because i didn't want to get obsessive over my weight, I decided to start exercising three times a week and eating healthily, saving chocolate for the weekends only etc, and let my weight adjust itself accordingly. A year later I had lost two stone!

WhyIRayLiotta · 05/05/2013 23:06

peppa you look fantastic.

Elderflowergranita · 05/05/2013 23:11

Peppa, you look gorgeous!

Two and a half years ago, at the age of 44, I realised after 5 losses that we would never have that longed for 4th child. .

I finally decide to join the lovely health club directly across the road from our house, the one DH and the children had joined years before Blush.

I started exercising regularly, dropped a lot of rubbish from my diet and lost two stone. I'm now a size 8 and fitter than when I was 17 .

Joining the gym really changed my life, it made me understand that I could achieve far more than I had dreamed possible.

PaperPomPom · 05/05/2013 23:18

When it got to the point where, aged 21, it was mid-summer and I was wrapped up in my duvet crying my heart out and sweating like a pig because I couldn't bring myself to let my long term boyfriend see me naked. I was 20 stone 4lbs. I'm now 11 stone 6 lbs. i was a size 28 pretending to be a 26, I'm now a comfortable 12. My goal was always 11stone exactly as that is the upper limit for normal BMI for my height, but we'll see how I feel when I get there where my goal will be - I carry my weight on my waist and want it gone.

Bakingnovice · 05/05/2013 23:27

Love this thread.

PeneloPeePitstop · 05/05/2013 23:28

A picture of me on the front page of the Guardian Sad

Have lost nearly 4 stone since.

Elderflowergranita · 05/05/2013 23:30

Wow, are you famous penelopee?

You win the prize for most dramatic light bulb moment, imo! Grin

Nehru · 05/05/2013 23:34

dish it pitstop

PeneloPeePitstop · 05/05/2013 23:34
Grin

I was ENORMOUS, though.
It was nice to be able to access rides at Legoland without having to squeeeeeze in.

Not famous, no... But my weight loss is thanks to Polly Toynbee.

AntoinetteCosway · 05/05/2013 23:34

A few days after giving birth I looked at DD and realised I wanted her to have a healthy, happy mummy, not a fat, sad one. I lost 5 stone over about 7 months and she's now a very active toddler so I'm glad I've got the energy to run round with her!

BIWI · 05/05/2013 23:41

For me, it was looking for a little black dress, to wear to the Mumsnet Christmas meet up, 2011.

I had traipsed through all the shops in Wimbledon, and ended up in our nearest M&S.

I tried on a dress, size 14, that was, actually a lovely dress. And it fitted me (sort of). But it was sleeveless, and my arms were shite. And it clung everywhere.

I looked like a horrible sack of potatoes. At 5 ft 2, it was truly awful.

Now, some two years later, I have shed two stones - and kept it off - and I run and go to the gym regularly. At 53, I'm not about to let that go backwards.

milewalker · 05/05/2013 23:56

mine was the fact if I carried on like I had been I wouldn't see my son and daughters grow up/see them get married/see any future grandchildren as not spend enough time with my husband.

14th October 2007 the first two pics on my profle were taken and that's the day I changed my lifestyle, it took me 18 months to get from size 32 to a 14. I now wear 10/12. I've lost in total 14 stone as of this month.