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 know I need to lose weight. I put on 5 stone with dd! Even then I was still overweight to start so I need to lose more than that to get healthy.

My confidence is low, I am always in black clothes that hide as much as possible, I never let people take photos of me, I have nightmares about my weight, I feel insecure, I worry people feel repulsed by me, worried dcs will get bullied over my weight, I worry about health issues, I get hot to easily... yet I still cant quite get into the mode.

I guess I have SO much to lose it feels like a pointless battle. Even dropping 3- 4 stones I will still be regarded as fat.

I really need that moment to happen asap.

I have lost weight on a couple of different occasions.

In 2000 I went from 13st 4lb (I'm 5'8") to 11st 3lb in 3 months on WW. I maintained for a few years, but it crept up with pregnancies etc.

During 2010 I went from 14st 12lb (soon after the birth of DC3) to 12st 6lb on WW. I maintained for 2 years but I have been putting on weight since last December - I blame the long cold winter!

Currently back on WW. I've lost 9lb in the last 3 weeks and I'm now 12st 8lb. Size 14 jeans, 18 on top (big boobs!).

I'm aiming for 11st - that would be amazing!

For me there wasn't a specific lightbulb moment. I do agree you have to be in the right place mentally though. Sometimes I start diets and fall off the waggon immediately, other times I have successfully stayed focused for several months at a time. I don't really understand why!

I started a juice fast today, at 3pm I ate a packet of crumpets. With butter and jam. Self loathing is immense right now! Hoping this thread will inspire me in the morning!

Peppy, can I see your pix?!

My sixty year old friend and colleague dying of a heart attack. He was about three stone overweight. His death deeply shocked me, and I decided to lose weight as a sort of memorial to him. I've lost the two stone I needed to, and am back in 32in waist trousers. It is hard to believe how much better I feel from it, too.

couple of things recently:

• I wore a ballgown the other week - the photos were horrific. I looked like widow twanky.
• Greeted my good (slim) friend at my front door. Admired her and said how fabulous she looked. Immediately turned and saw myself in the hall mirror. The immediate visual image of her then me pulled the wool from my eyes.
• Got on my mum's scales tonight. Half a stone heavier than I thought. Speaking scales, too, because my mum can't see.

It's time!

I looked like widow twanky

Well if nothing else, this thread has inspired me to keep my eating in check for the last couple of days.

I should have added that the single "shit" moment was after getting on the scales and seeing my weight. I knew I was fat but seeing the numbers was a big shocker.

What was more shocking though was putting the numbers into the NHS BMI calculator and seeing the word Obese. Fuck, that was a horrible moment. I cannot put into words how that felt.

I've still got a way to go to reach my target but last week I hit 'healthy'. I know BMI isn't an exact science but hitting that healthy number felt amazing.

Obese to healthy in exactly 16 wks. If I can do it anyone can!

I lost 30 kilos. My killer moment? My ex left me for OW telling me I was ugly , had no self esteem and that no one would want me. Bastard. We had been married for 24 years.

I used to be slim then got married and the weight piled on and I used to lose weight, gain it back ad naseum.

I used different methods. Didn't really work.

After that KILLER moment, I took stock of myself. I could see myself getting bigger and bigger and perhaps dying... didn't want that and my DC wouldn't appreciate another parent fucking off. So I joined a gym, changed my eating habits and just took control of my life. I did it by myself. That process helped me to survive a rather unpleasant divorce too. I also took up Latin and Cuban dancing which was great as I met a whole lot of new people. I am now concentrating on Tango.

I have posted pix of me on my profile. I look quite different now I think...

And not bad for an old girl of 51 either! I am lucky in that my skin more or less pinged back. I have very good skin thanks to my ethnicity (Indian) and also genetics. All in the women in my family look very young.

A good killer moment I reckon. Don't you?

That is so inspiring drfayray, and you look fab .

and for you Jenda, what a horrible person to say something so vile to you.

A post birthday weigh in put my BMI over the magic 30....10 months later and my BMI is 21.

Angelfootprints - the weight didn't go on quickly, so would take a while to come off, but you could do it. I'd check with your GP and see if you could be referred to a weight management programme which might help you get going. A few changes to your diet and being a bit more active is all it takes. I've lost a stone this year and it's not been too tough - bit of willpower and making time to go for a swim/walk/gym 3 or 4 times a week.
The weight management (GP referred) course I went on aimed to help people with an initial weight loss of 5% of their current body weight and even losing that has proven health benefits if you are overweight.

The summer that I did my A Levels many years ago. I had a summer job in the local chippy and I didn't want to be the 'fat girl' who worked in the chippy. (I was touching 11 stone and a shortie too!) I lost over a stone that year and although it's gone up and down since I've never been that weight again and never will be. I wouldn't recommend working in a chippy to lose weight but it worked for me! I also gave up baking that summer and cut the bread right back which helped too. If a greedy girl like me (cos really I still am at heart), can do it there is hope for everyone. xx

All the before and after pictures on here are amazing. Drfayray I bet your ex is kicking himself now!

My killer moment came when I saw a heavily pregnant friend and realised I was bigger than her despite not being pg. I've lost 4st since then without any serious dieting, I just stopped eating loads of crap and walk everywhere. Ideally I would like to lose another stone but my bmi is in the healthy range atm so its not a real issue for me.

For me it was mainly the prospect of going on the annual holiday, digging on an archaeological site, with a bunch of skinny students. The last few years had started to piss me off as I was earning the tag of 'DD1's mum' instead of my own name, which is really rather depressing.

And I turned 30 last November.

I took up running this time last year and lost 2.5st, am much fitter and look much better than when I was 27/28/29. Finally, I am KitCat again.

I love this thread.

Mine was after having DD- I stepped on the scales 3 months after birth her and weighed in at 13.7lbs (at 5ft 9") I fit into size 14/16 clothes and felt very uncomfortable with it.
I did WW for about 6 months and got down to 10.12lbs and a size 10/12

I'm currently 11.3lbs (s12) so it's crept on again- this is my new lightbulb moment.

I'm hoping to get to 10.7lbs by July and a steady size 10.

Your stories are so thinspiring

Saw my photo in a magazine and looked horrendous. I started on Jan 1st - just eating 3 meals a day rather than constant snacking. Have lost 20 pounds so far (from 13.8 to 12.2). I now need to build up my fitness levels.

drfayray, you look fab but you were gorgeous and glamorous even in the pic where you said you were very unhappy. your ex must be a complete twunt.

Being congratulated on my pregnancy helped (not pregnant) ... that tipped me into trying 5:2 and my second tipping point was when I found to my surprise that it was do-able and is working!

butkin are you famous?

I stepped on my mums scales and was a ridiculous 14 and half stone!!

Gosh, aren't bad eating habits hard to break .

I'm on my third day of trying to eat better and (it feels like) I'm constantly craving junk.

So far today, I have managed to distract myself each time I've had a craving and also, at lunchtime, I was about to make myself a melted cheese and tomato wrap then remembered I was supposed to be eating healthily so changed it to a hard-boiled egg and salad wrap...was pretty tasty too

Just got in from my last school run of the day and this is the time that I'd usually have a milky coffee and 10 a couple of biscuits. I'm making dinner for the children a bit earlier than normal to try and distract myself but everywhere I look there are little reminders...the cups...the pot of coffee...the sugar bowl...the biscuits - dramatic, or what ?!!!!!

Dd1 asking me to take her back to Lightwater Valley again this summer in the hope that she is now big enough to go on a big ride she was desperate to ride last year.

I could barely close the safety bars on the rides last year and I know I got bigger this year when I stopped walking with the dogs as much while my arm was healing.

I can't bear to tell her that she can't go because I am worried I won't fit on the rides I've lost a stone and a half up to now, we won't be going until the end of July.

When DH suggested joining a fitness/weightloss challenge I knew it was what I needed to make a change for life.