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.

i saw a photo of me sat with the kids and my tittys looked like they were sat on my fat gut, my bmi was high too, it is now healthy and boobage is normal again too.

Being told by the fertility clinic that I was too fat for any treatment, not even clomid. And that they would refer me for a band if I needed, and that even if I got pregnant I'd miscarry because of my weight. Shed see me in six months if I'd lost the 5stone but she doubted that would happen.
So I did it!

A few months ago, I had a job interview in a local clothes shop. I was told I was the only applicant, the interview went well, the manager liked me and said it was just a case of going through head office, but if they said yes, I'd have the job.

I didn't get it, and I am 90% sure it's because I'm 5 foot 2 and was at that time 13 stone 6. I joined my local Slimming World group the day after I got the letter saying I was unsuccessful.

I've lost 7.5lbs so far since February (had a couple of weeks where I maintained and one where I gained a pound) and am now in size 14 jeans in Yours, as well as being a size 14 in Peacocks jeans as well. I am very happy with this, I've not been a 14 in years.

I've got another 4 and a half stone to go before I think I'll be happy, so it's a long road but it's one I'm slowly moving down.

"tittys"

INteresting that weight affects fertility. I wonder how/why

I don't know but it does. I have PCOS and while IVF didn't work, losing weight and taking plenty of strenuous exercise did. Twice.

So now I've got my dream family I need another incentive. Being a happy mum who they can be proud of, perhaps.

My moment of dawning realisation was the BBC Global Fat Scale, which said I was fatter than 99% of the world population, with a BMI most closely aligned to the average BMI of Tonga! What's worse is that the "margin of error" bar only just touched the Tonga line.
I am 5ft, was 14st, size 18+, 36H
I decided (and managed) to eat less and exercise more, and 10 months later I am 9st, size 8/10, 26GG.

Lol at tonga

inthebeginning how did you do it?

Nehru I think it's because excess fat affects oestrogen production, which in turn affects the reproductive system, including ovulation.

Finding this thread really inspirational. I'm due in October with DC2 and am determined not to put on too much weight this time, and to make sure I am back to between 9.5 and 10st by the time DC2 is 9 months. I know from experience that's my sort of "happy" weight which feels right and is sustainable. But more importantly I just want to be non-flabby, I can deal with weighing more but I do want to properly get rid of the jelly belly this time.

xiao I joined ww but didn't follow all their opinions (if it was fruit of veg I ate it, I ignored the whole "parsnips peas and sweet corn have points" rubbish) so really I think it was low carb, I needed the weigh ins and praise.
I exercised three times a week, either zumba, swimming or walking.
I was so determined to show the slightly blunt cruel cow of a nurse that I could prove her wrong. It was like a red rag to a bull!
I know it sounds cheesy sad but I imagined me holding my new born baby in my arms whenever I wanted a chocolate bar/to give up swimming etc.
it didnt work though-still infertile! But at least I'm not fat and infertile haha.

I have been overweight most of my life, fluctuating as an adult between size 16 and 22. I hate it but increasingly as I got older losing weight became more and more of a struggle and I needed to do quite a bit of exercise to see any weight loss at all on a low fat diet.

After my first pregnancy I was left with an arthritic hip and a bowel prolapse. I was 15.5 stone, told not to do any high impact exercise, but had two hospital appointments in one week in which I was told I needed to lose weight. For the first time, my weight was causing me medical problems. I went to my GP and we decided I should try a low GI diet.

That was a year ago and I am now 2.5 stones lighter and am 39 weeks pregnant. I developed GD this pregnancy which gives me a huge chance of becoming type II diabetic in the near future, which is another spur. I have been eating a very strict low GI diet during pregnancy and finally got up the courage to test my hip and do lots of walking. It's been fine.

So post-baby I will be back on the low-GI wagon. I want to lose another 3 stone, and reduce my chances of diabetes. My hip and prolapse are both noticeably better already. Although health has been my main motivator, I would love to wear nice clothes and like myself more.

I've been yo-yoing between a size 8 and a size 22 for the last 10 years. Something clicked in my head at the beginning of the year when I realised I was not fit enough to save my children if there was a fire / knife-wielding madman / one of them fell into the river / etc.

When my top half starts to look like a box in photos

Mine is sad and will 'out' me. A friend died last week of breast cancer. I had it myself a year ago and desperately need to lose weight to reduce the risks of it reoccurring.

I started low-carbing six days ago using MyFitnessPal. I weighed myself yesterday and had already lost 4lb. My stomach has gone flatter too.

I'm just over 13st and would like to get to 11st 7lbs as an interim target, then 10st.

Im currently having that moment.

Im 5ft 7, weigh 14.7 stone and am a size 16. Eat like a pig, clothes never feel comfortable and im so tired and bloated all the time.

Dd3 has SN and I have literally been feeling run ragged, unfit and like I physically cannot cope with her needs.

So I decided yesterday things have to change. Out with the alcohol, coffe and excess food and in with low carbing, plenty of water and 1.5 hour power walk 3 times a week.

Did my first walk lastnight and I have to say I loved it legs are killing me but I can't wait till tomorrows walk

When I was sectioned, seeing the number of people in there who are heavily overweight due to the meds. I managed to lose weight with my last antipsychotic, but with the new one and a hospital admission I've recently gained 6lbs.

I have struggled for the last 11 years with my weight.

At 16 I was 9st 6lb and a size 10 (at 5ft 2.5). I got pregnant, and after I had my son, I weighed around 11st 7. I had actually lost 2 stone when pregnant, and only put that 2 stone back on by full term (hyperemesis for 22 weeks). But I put over 2 stone on after I had him.

My weight crept up, and then down for a few years. 7 years to be precise. I am not 100% sure of my biggest weight as I refused to weigh myself, but it must have been somewhere between 15-16 stone and a size 18-20. When DS1 was 7, I split up with his father. Then began the misery diet. I quickly (over 8 months) dropped a lot of weight, probably around 4 stone, and went back to 11st 7. I was a 14, and finally happy with my weight. I had curves, and felt great. I would have liked to lose more, but didn't really put any effort in.

When I say the misery diet, what I mean is that I was so fucking lonely, and down, I couldn't eat. I'm not a comfort eater. I'm a comfort starver . What was the point in cooking meals for myself anyway? My DS1 had to stay at my mothers a lot due to my shift work, so many days I didn't eat a proper meal. I would still eat shite, take aways and mcdonalds. But the weight dropped regardless.

Then I met DP. I swear to god he is a feeder. He really is. He was 10st when we met, and soooooooooo skinny it was unreal. He did need to gain weight. But he has just tipped the scales at 15 stone!!

When he moved in with me (April 2010) he put 4 stone on in 6 months. Not good at all. He was doing a lot of the cooking. And he had the my! money to go food shopping, so he was buying us all kinds of treats.

For a while I managed to keep the weight off, but then it slowly increased again. By the time I was pregnant this time last year I was 14st 4lb. I didn't gain a single pound during my pregnancy. 2 weeks after I had him in November, I weighed myself. Still 14st 4lb. At my 6 week check I was still 14st 4. So then at around 15 weeks PN, I was back in clinic (on going issues with episiotomoy) and was weighed. I was 16 fucking stone. In 9 weeks I'd put over 1 1/2 stone on.

That was a kick in the arse. I ummed and ahhed over what to do, how to lose it. I realised I actually felt unfit for the first time in my life. Despite being fat, I've always been able to run about and keep up with everyone. But I don't feel that way any more.

Anyway, I joined slimming world 11 days ago. I've lost 10.5lb already. And I'm finding it easy! For what it is worth I've never done any proper diet, never done SW or WW or anything. So fingers crossed, this will continue!

DP is doing it with me and I think he has lost 7lb in the same time. He has also stopped snoring, and sweating at night! Bonus! Oh and both of our skin has cleared up from spots!

Very similar to Cocolepew!

Work pic wearing a striped top... I was holding in my stomach and on the pic I looked about 6 mo preg! Everyone else in the office is slim pretty etc and I hate being the fat unattractive one!

That was nov 12... I am now size 16 down from 20-22 and 2st 6lb lighter!! I still have a way to go but I joined a gym a few weeks ago and I feel better than I have in 6 years! I reached the weight I was when I married DH this weekend too I'm aiming for the 3st mark now! Small milestones have kept me motivated... And I have used WW and haven't used the lift in work since the diet started!

When my phone went on to face time, and I was horrified by the face looking back at me! Also, when you weigh more now than you did at 9 months pregnant. :(

When I told my cleaner I was going to the gym and she said "Yes, good idea, because you are fatter than before." No real room for interpretation with that one.

However, not as bad as for a friend who went to the Maccy D drive in in Dubai, and when she said she wanted a large meal, the operator said "Madam, you sure you want large because you are fat already"

snowny 6lbs isn't much, your MH is more important. I put over a stone on, in a couple of months, when I went onto Citalopram.
It will come off in time .

I honestly, genuinely, did not recognise myself in the reflection on the door of the car park attendant as I was leaving the car park. I saw somebody old and fat then realised it was me.

I always thought when people say they didn't recognise themselves, I thought they were exagerating or lying. I now know that it is completely possible

Anyway, I have been going to the gym 6 days a week and trying to eat healthy. I haven't lost a single pound, but that is because I need to address my diet.

Great thread, by the way.

God that sounded a bit condesending, sorry .

Haha that mcD's one is ace, in a terrible way