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

[sallycinnamum]

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.

[wetsand]

Seeing what my naked bottom looked like from behind in the three way mirror in the changing room in M&S!

[thequietone]

A school friend died last month. She was only 38. That did it for me. I cried for days after my DSs went to bed and decided to be more healthy for them. Not a lot to lose but she died when her baby was only 4 months old. Heartbreaking.

[Nehru]

Mile! Photos. !

[Reastie]

I think it was a combination of seeing some awful pictures of me, looking at myself and actually not recognising the reflection (it look like someone ate me!), and my size 22 post preg clothes (when my pre preg clothes were a 16) were getting too tight. I'm a teacher and when we broke up for summer holidays last year I decided to dedicate the holidays to working as hard as I could on weight loss so I was in good habits to go back to work in the September. I joined the gym and looked at my diet. About 10 months on and I've lost over 5 stone and am finally back in my pre preg clothes! I really did need that moment of realisation to click my brain into really going for it.

[Reastie]

Oh I just remembered, the photo of my sisters graduation. I thought at the time I didn't look too bad but the photos were awful, I looked huugggeeeee. I can barely look at those photos even now. Made me realise crikey I am really really fat and I must do something about it.

[Pollydon]

In a changing room & realised the size 16 was too tight.I realised that if i carried on eating as I was then I would be back on a couple of months for a size 20.
Since that day I have lost 3st , back to a size 12, healthier & enjoying life more than I have for 15 or so years.
I firmly believe that something has to click to do it, though.

[INeedThatForkOff]

I think this thread, and some pics my cousin tagged me in last night might be my killer moment. I have no definition between my chin and neck, just a sort of curve. My arms and middle are matronly. I would definitely be cast in that kind of role in a play. My hips and thighs are wiiiiide. I'm 5'4", over 12st and desperately unhappy about my appearance.

I want to try 5:2 but I'm still BFing. Until then I might just set myself a simple rule of 3 healthy meals, 3 small snacks (only one of which can be non-fruit or veg based) and challenging exercise 3x a week. I need to get my five a day.

I'm going to start by sending back the wine I ordered with the shopping.

[Nehru]

Never drink at home. Fatal.

[BlackAffronted]

Just before Christmas, I realised I was bursting out of my fat clothes and if I got qany bigger, Id have to start ordering my clothes from specialist online shops or something :(

Found BIWI's Bootcamp threads and have lost 2 st 2 lbs since Jan :)

[BlackAffronted]

Peppa and Millie, you guys are inspirational! Well done!

[mendandmakedo]

Mine was a holiday which after paying for a helicopter ride we had to be weighed so the weight could be distributed equally in the helicopter. There were 5 of us and a skinny couple got to go in the bit at the front with pilot. I had to sit in the middle and the back with my boyfriend and his friend/ my ex as I luckily weighed slightly less than them. However ex was 6 foot and boyfriend was slightly overweight himself. I am 5 foot 2 and was over 13 stone. When I got home I lost over 3 stock and since having children and going up in weight I have since gone down another stone on previous lowest and I am now a size 10 After being a size 16 - 18. It's all good and the helicopter ride was my killer moment, however it is a constant battle to keep it off and not always successful in this.

[VIX1980]

Some of these stories are amazing and are actually giving me my realisation moment again. After having my ds last june i remember i weighed myself at 8 months, i was 12 stone 8, once he was born i went back down to my originall 11. 5.

I tried on a jumper in december in my usual size of a 14 and when i looked at the back in the irror there was fat hanging out everywere, when i weighed myself that day id gone up to 13.6 stone, in the space of 6 months. That was my day, ive since lost the 6 pounds, but keep falling off the wagon, i have the sw books and have started today to do them, i know its not even been 1 day but these stories are inspiring that i can get there.

Nehru for what its worth i also used to be a size 14 at 10 stone 4.

Very broad shoulders, large boobs, could sometimes get away with a 12 but never in pants or jeans. im 5 foot 5, so it is possible to be 10 stone and not a size 10 as everyone imagines.

[bigTillyMint]

This is really inspiring!

Donkey's years ago I too lost a load of weight because I was going on holiday with a slim friend - just cut down on everything big-time, including drinking! Kept it off for 12+ years with just a little upping and downing.

We were getting married 9 months after having DD, so plenty of motivation there, but after having DS 20mths after DD, I didn't try to lose any babyweight till he was 4 years old and someone asked me when it was due

I did WW and got back to exercising properly and lost a couple of stone.

Have yo-yo'd a little bit since starting the menopause, but less than a stone which isn't too bad on me as I'm tall

[DeskPlanner]

I love this thread. Going to keep reading it as my inspiration.

[DottyboutDots]

This is a great thread. I've got a 20 year school reunion coming up in two months. Is it possible to lose 2 stone in that time? I already do quite a bit of sport (5 times a week: swimming and squash) but i've plateaued at 12 stone. So depressing as I'm only 5.3.

[sparkle12mar08]

The first time pre kids was when I couldn't cross my legs on the train - my thighs were too fat to actually get one across the other. Lost 2.5 stone in about 9 months with sensible, mostly low fat, eating. Second time post dc2 was because a friend was loosing quite a bit and I didn't want to be left as the fat one, lost about 2 stone again in 3 months. This time it's more of an ongoing process. Nov 2011 I was tired of my weight (again!) and came across a fit2fat2fit journey which has inspired me ever since. Lost 1.5 stone very quickly (3 months), bounced around a bit for six months or so, lost another 10lbs to Oct last year, have put most of that back on to date, but am on the waggon again no and am hoping to loose the remaining stone now to get to my target weight over the summer. It's mainly lower/low carbing, but I'm also looking at the fitness side of things for the first time in 9 years. I've started c25k and am also riding my bike 2-3 times a week.

[Wiifitmama]

My lightbulb moment was in October 2010. I saw a photo of me with friends on an evening out and just looked awful. Not sure why this was the lightbulb moment as I have spent my whole life overweight and although I had lost large amounts of weight previously, I never reached goal and always gained it back. I had pretty much given in and decided I would always be fat before I saw the photos.

My starting weight was about 17 stone (at 5 foot 3.5 inches) and it took me a year to get to a healthy BMI and another half year to get to goal. I currently weigh 9 stone 4 pounds and have maintained for a year with some blips up and down. I reached my goal in time for my 40th birthday which was also a lightbulb/milestone.

I keep a photo of myself at my heaviest on my fridge as I never want to go back to that. I look considerably younger than I did when I was younger and fatter and want to stay that way! But I also have had a huge learning curve over the last year on HOW to maintain which I have found much harder than losing the weight in the first place. And I am fully aware that I can never let my guard down. But for me, being able to walk 8 miles without breaking a sweat, open my wardrobe and know I can wear anything in it and look good, and not dread the heat if summer is all worth it,

[ghosteditor]

dotty I bet you could get close to that on low carb without risking too much of a bounce back after. Good luck.

[Mumof3men]

Mine was last week.(Will now be easily identifiable to anyone I might actually know in RL).
Taking part in a mile race with children from school. My friend and I always run/walk with them. Having also gained all of the 3 stones I lost last year plus another stone and Plymouth being a little hilly :-), my shins were killing, I was absolutely out of breath and we were virtually the last over the finish line-we did run the last twenty yards.
Someone took a photo of us crossing the line and tweeted it.(no malicious comments though thankfully) I was mortified. I look like the Incredible Hulk lumbering up across Plymouth Hoe. It was tweeted for the world to see.
That's all I've needed to think about this week.
Also, last night we went to a bbq with neighbours and I was perched on the end of their wooden chairs, terrified they might not hold my weight.
So, I need to lose nearly eight stones :-(

[DottyboutDots]

Thanks Ghost. Have just dusted the cobwebs off MFP account!

[nulgirl]

My moment was at work in October 2011 when I was told that my contract was not being extended. I wasn't upset because the project had been completed but I realised I would have to go for interviews and I looked so fat and unprofessional in the clothes that I could fit into

I was 15st and lost 3st in 5 months followed by a further 2 stone 6 months later. I am now 10st and look so much better (well in clothes anyway - I still unfortunately have loose skin which I hate). I am determined to stick to this weight and never let myself creep up again. Wearing size 12s which are loose for the first time since I was 16 is an amazing feeling.

Now if someone could give me a miracle cure for the excess skin on my tummy and arms.......

[timetomoveon]

ds1 was 18 months old and was starting kindergarten 6 months later and I really really didn't want to be the fat mum at the school gates an ds to be ashamed of me in years to come. Lost 3 stone in 9 months and kept it off for 2 years, the got pg. ds2 is now 4 weeks old and I've got 7lbs to lose to get back to where I want to be.

[HanShotFirst]

I desperately need a 'killer moment'. I have piled weight on over the past seven years and have no motivation to do anything about it. I see it all in a very abstract way - not being able to fit into clothes, not having the energy etc, but I just write it off, but I know it's no good.

I also have fibromyalgia which was diagnosed seven years ago (which accounts for my sedentary lifestyle due to the pain) so why can't I get it into my head that being as big as I am only makes this worse?! I'm 27 FFS! I should be feeling great about myself! Arrrgggghhhhh!

The last time I lost weight was when I was pregnant with DC2 and had diet controlled gestational diabetes (low carb, high protein) after he was born I was over a stone lighter than when I began pregnancy. Yes, I am that fat that I could lose that much weight.

I need to get on top of this - desperately. Since puberty I have never been smaller than a size 14 and now I'm a 22-24 and bloody 5ft2 so I look like a ball. Is this post my 'moment'?

[sallycinnamum]

You lot are an inspirational bunch.

I'm hoping this thread is my killer moment plus I've just tried on a size 16 dress and its too tight.

I can't be in denial anymore. Now I've got to find the right way of losing the bloody weight!!

[crikeybill]

I'm about to hit 40 and 2 months ago weighed 13st 5lb. I wweigh 12st 8lb now but need to lose another 2 stone before my birthday holiday.
I tried on a swim suit in a harshly lit changing room and needed a 20 !!!!
I cried and cried.

I've got to do something !!!!

Quick diet question, my weight loss has slowed considerably, but it has coincided with me having a bowl of porridge every morning. The idea was that it would fill me up, but is it a bad idea carb wise ???