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.

A couple of weeks ago I looked in the mirror while I was getting changed, and couldn't believe the size of my belly. The rest of me was OK-ish but my belly was just ridiculous.

Then a few days after, an acquaintance (who is genuinely lovely and wouldn't do it in a bitchy way) excitedly asked how long I had been pregnant. We were both mortified when I said I wasn't. I have never even been pregnant so can't even write it off as post-baby residue!

So this is the first time (since being an insecure teenager over 10 years ago) that I have had a 'killer' moment and felt motivated to do something about my body. Have started a healthier regime as of this weekend...I hope it sticks!

I had mine last night after reading this thread!

I saw someone last week who I haven't seen for a couple of years and I'm sure she pointed at my tummy with a look of 'aw, I didn't know you were pg!'.

Maybe I'm paranoid but I'm sure the same thing happened not all that long ago. DS is 10, btw and I am most definitely not pg.

Last year, I lost a stone following a low-GI diet. I was very focused, it was the first time I'd ever lost weight and I found it very manageable until I fell off the wagon at Easter-time and never got back on.

As of today, I am back on the wagon. I brushed my teeth at 9pm to stop myself snacking on crap .

I have a wedding to go to in 7 weeks and I want to be at least one dress size smaller possibly 2 if that's not too unrealistic.

Last January I realised the baby weight excuse wasn't cutting it anymore and I was becoming unhealthy and miserable, sliding into a rut. I did the BIWI boot camp and lost over a stone. Then I fell ill with what turned out to be severely nasty gastroenteritis. Very sick for many many days and I found that low carbing was prolonging the symptoms. So I slipped off the wagon.

Then in October last year I fell pg with dc2, horrendous sickness, exhausted all the time, by that point I just ate what I could keep down.

Before i fell pg with dc1 i was 11.5stone and 5'8, but by the time I had my light bulb moment first time I was pushing 13stone. Before I fell pg this time I was down again to 11.6stone but could have really done with another stone off.

I'm due in four weeks, I'll give it 6-8 weeks post birth and start thinking about some form of gentle exercise and healthy eating plan. The lighbulb happened early this time, a beautiful photo on holiday taken this week spoiled by my MASSIVE arms and triple chin with dc1 looking tiny nwxt to me..... I haven't weighed myself.

I'd like to be 11.6 by Christmas, and 10.6 by dc2's first birthday.

Can this thread be lightbulb moment please? I am 24 and hate my body, I have just weighed myself at 18.11. How can I change me? :(

BoraBora if you read the bootcamp threads you will see that there are several different approaches to 'what to feed everyone else' - but I tend to think that everyone is better off eating less carbs. Of course if kids are running around and very active then a few more carbs wont hurt them, but equally they don't do them any good, so they aren't missing out on anything if they don't have them. As for DH's - well... you either take the approach that you are cooking that is GOOD for everyone and they can eat what you are cooking or make their own or you make what you are having and add a few carbs to theirs - carbs are easy to add. But frankly, if you don't make a big deal about the meal being low carb, they probably wont even notice! Your DH wont lose weight unless he needs to.

pinkstinks - you can't make a lightbulb moment happen, but you can choose to be healthier. Why not join us on the low carbing threads - it really does work. I was the same weight you are today 13 weeks ago, I am now 16.11 - the food is lovely, I haven't been hungry and it's easy to do... what more could you ask for? You are 24, you have your whole life ahead of you, take a few months to deal with the unwanted weight then you can get on with living it!! This is a WOE (way of eating) that isn't very forgiving for weight loss, but it's quite forgiving for maintaining so something you can do on an 80/20 basis when you are at your goal weight :)

My brother died suddenly at the end of January. He was only 41.

After waiting months for results, the coroner finally concluded that he had died from a type of heart disease which can have strong genetic elements. My other brother ( a year younger than him) has been diagnosed as having high cholesterol, high BP etc and is having more tests.

I'm terrified.

We are different - they are (were) both healthy weights but both have smoked and drunk fairly heavily for their entire lives. But I'm overweight and it needs to chance.

My metabolism is goosed since I had DD - hyperemesis seems to have destroyed it although doc says my thyroid is ok. So I'm trying 5:2 / 4:3 after typical calorie counting failed miserably.

Thanks my head, where can I find these low carbing threads? I'm currently not satisfied in my job and it is all out of my control so maybe this can be something I can control in a positive way and stop the comfort eating when sad...

Getting an infected gallbladder and being told not to eat fat.

My lightbulb moment was 1. being tagged in a picture of a 4th July party - I looked really awfully fat and

1. checking my BMI and being told I was obese.

I vowed there and then that I will release this thin person inside of me, that had been hidden under layers of fat almost all my life. Whoever that was in the mirror, it wasn't me.

I lost 5 stone in 9 months, went from 15 to 10 stone, I'm 5'7.
(Exercise and a healthy low carb diet - still eating this way)

My transformation was very extreme, people have walked past me and didn't recognise me. One of my friends told me, I looked as if I had some sort of bone surgery. Meaning she could not see what a "light" frame I had underneath all the weight.

It's been a year since I reached my ideal weight and it's been so easy to keep it. I put 6 lbs on and got rid of them again.
I love to wear whatever I want and feel good in it, gone is the agony over my wardrobe. I wear dresses and skirts (never did before) and I love tight jeans now.

I've still got that picture of my in my fb account, a reminder.

pinksticks not being happy in my work is a major factor which is impacting my weight ... I comfort eat and the whole cycle has destroyed my confidence. So I kind of feel where you're at. But we're awesome and can do this!

For those of you who are interested in low carbing, here is the latest Bootcamp chat thread

We've just started week 2 (of 10), and you are more than welcome to join in!

Sorry Pinksticks, I had linked earlier in the day, but I should link each time to make life easier for everyone... but the ever efficient BIWI has beat me to it :) Do come and join in!!

I went to the hairdressers for a colour and cut and blow dry, so I was in front of a mirror for about 30 minutes whilst the colour was applied and left to work. All the time I was looking at myself and thinking "When I come next time, I am not going to be looking at that double chin". And I had lost a stone by the time I went again.

I had been intending to lose the weight before that time, but nothing actually spurred me into action like being in front of a mirror for that length of time!

I have since put it back on (a combination of DS2, Christmas cake and Easter eggs) and I need to lose it again. Today is Day One of my plan to lose it.

I haven't had my lightbulb moment yet.
Hope it comes soon.

Wow. This thread has raced on from my first post.

I've been reading the bootcamp threads avidly this weekend and I started low carbing yesterday. Perhaps starting this thread has been my killer moment and I'm determined to lose this weight once and for all.

Just had mine yesterday after reading this thread. I got on the scales for the first time in weeks - 204 lbs.

2 years ago I was 170lbs, still too much but was fit and feeling great.

So it all starts today..So far have only eaten porridge, and been for a long walk with the dogs.

Can't decide whether low-carb or 5:2 is the way forward, need to research both more I think.

Thanks for starting this thread, OP.

Peppapig, You have made me cry.

Maybe we should be creating some sort of 'lightbulb' diet

Good luck to everyone on the bandwagon this week. I have decided to work on these last few pounds (5lbs to go to reasonable, 7lbs to ideal) with more low-carbing for the next couple of months. Though I did find a spot in my bathroom that tells me I'm 3lbs lighter than I really am - that's my kind of weight-loss

Ive been waiting for a killer moment for about 6 years now... its not going to happen.
So I have decided that the anxiety, stress, depression, self-loathing, embarrassment, joint pain etc can go whistle.
Enough. Seven stone to lose - it is what it is and years of navel-gazing and self-kicking have gotten me nowhere - they sure don't help with weight loss.

Best wishes to everyone trying to lose weight... hold your heads high (something I never used to do) - we will get there...

I got fat over the course of a year due to being a miserable pie-eater.

I separated from DH after he had an affair when DS was 4mo. By last Christmas a year had gone by and I was starting to slowly pull myself around. I had a horrible realisation that my eating really was out of control. I didn't eat proper meals, just constantly snacked on crap.

I realised that I hated how I looked. That I'd confounded my problems by letting myself get fat. I wore baggy clothes, hid in the corner on the rare occasions I went out, and dreaded the thought of bumping into people I knew in the street, avoided photos at all costs. I decided I was sick of feeling ashamed of how I looked.

I have two really important weddings this year and I was dreading tying to buy outfits for them. The last wedding I'd been to DS was 3mo, I looked slim and felt fantastic. That realisation hit me square in the face.

I bought some scales in the january sales and the next day, whilst building up the courage to actually stand on them, I saw a thread on here. The OP had stood on the scales and felt like shit. The timing just fell into place and The Chiefs were formed!

Since jan I've lost 3 1/2 stone, I'm slimmer than I've been in years and feel great. I've got another stone and a half to go and I'll reach my target. Then I'll be the same size I was 14 years ago!

Our, admittedly cheesey, motto is "Losing weight is hard. Being fat is hard. Chose your hard."

My personal motivation, sent by a friend, is "Reach for the stars. You won't even get close but you need the exercise fat ass."

What a really motivating thread - hoping this will be my killer moment

I put on weight after meeting DH, as we went out for fancy meals all the time and I stopped exercising. It was a bunch of light bulb moments - having TWO people ask me if I was pregnant (I wasn't) and doing a shoulder stand in a yoga class and my belly rested on my chin.

I then lost a buttload of weight through Dukan while moving house (I lose weight when stressed) and then managed to get another lot off in the months before our wedding, again through stress, lots of exercise, eating carefully and then a hideous stomach bug. I then promptly put on a few kilos while on honeymoon. My aim is to get back to my wedding weight (ish) by our anniversary (four weeks today!)

PepperFuck why cant I see your pictures.

I just got called a 'fat cunt' in a tesco car park. That was a bit of a killer moment.... I am fat but I think I'm a nice person... working on the belly!