Wake up call

mamie329

Piggybacking off the post-wedding weight poll I posted weeks ago...

Now, and in the past, what has been your "OMG I've gained *this* much weight? Must. Stop. moment"?  

Is it the way your clothes fit? How you look in a mirror? Someone asking if you if you're pregnant? Finding an unflattering photo tagged of you on FB?

Count me in the last choice. I promptly detagged, but part of me is hoping it was a bad angle.

Discuss your wake up call moments.  

SBS0628

Mine was walking by a mirror at a store on Wednesday. I'd been thinking "oh, I put on a little weight, my clothes are a little tight, it happens to everyone..."

Then I had that moment of "Hey, that girl's wearing the same shirt as me! *pause. look.* Oh my God. Is THAT what I look like now??!?!?!"

No more denial. In fact, I'm trying to decide which "fun" book I'm going to start reading on the bicylce/treadmill today! 

hopscotch.

The scales.  I weigh at least several times a week...sometimes daily.  I think I'm going to start trying to eat clean and see how that works.  It's supposed to make you feel amazing too...and on top of that...exercise.

kaleyandjason

Mine was when I was getting dressed for work one morning and realized the pants would barely button and I had some muffin top going on.

Luckily, I am no longer working around all that food (that I just HAD to taste). The day I quit was the day I started eating better. So far, so good. I can actually tell I have lost a little. I think it was a lot of bloat, but I really can tell a difference in just a week.

angelfire0412

I've had 3 in the past month.?

1) Same thing as SBS, caught a glance of myself in the mirror at a store and saw that the pockets in my jeans were literally bursting out--so gross. I couldn't believe it was me.

2) a picture my daughter took of me. I looked like a 400 lb swamp creature. Granted, she's 2.5 feet shorter than I am and it was a weird angle, but still. It was horrifying.

3) I tried on this black wrap dress I've had for years. It actually fit better 5 WEEKS after I had my daughter than it did 2 weeks ago. Talk about depressing.?

mamie329

Aww, all your stories are tragically funny, and I mean that in the nicest way. 

I'm hoping that with a normal schedule I can get back on track with eating and maybe even gym time. Plus not having my azz glued to the couch for 18 hours a day will help.

 

mbd62709

I'm going with the way my clothes fit. When I put jeans/pants on and then I have muffin top going on or my shirt is a little too tight...ewwwwwww. I also weigh myself weekly (same time/day). That gives me a good idea as well as to how I'm doing.

hopeblue9

I was just asked yesterday if I was pregnant.  When I said NO, the lady said that I "glowing" all the time.

OK - Whatever!

Junebug060609

Mine tends to be reaching a certain number on the scale.  Both times now the same number has snapped me out of it.  Getting close to needing yet another size bigger jeans helped too.

LarkNow

For me, it's seeing myself in pictures.  I think you really get a good view of what others see of you, not like in a mirror where you can stand at the most flattering angle.

The sad thing is, when that happened and I really turned things around, I lost like 40 pounds and I really felt great about myself, thought I looked great at the wedding and everything.  And...people still ask me if I am pregnant.  I am a size 8!  (even sometimes a 6).  That is re-god-dam-diculous.

Savy _05

I would definitely say how my clothes fit started it... buying pants in a size bigger than i normally buy (same store) and those being tight! Then the whole mirror thing... i notice my arms look fatter, i seem to have baked in the oven because i have a muffin top with my pants (maybe because they dont fit on top of getting fatter) and my legs look flabby with dresses on and i look like I painted mt old jeans on. To make matters worse I went shopping with one of my newer friends for the first time last week... she bought size ZERO jeans! (in the store i had to buy a size bigger than normal in) That makes me feel GREAT! haha so I am working on my next few weeks of school then trying to get to graduation so i will actually have time to work out... and not sit in a classroom an munch all day.

Leigha12

It's definitely the clothes. Going back to a real job meant busting out the wardrobe I hired a trainer to get me back into back in February.  I sit at work everyday with my pants so tight on my tummy I'm in pain.  I'm working out twice a week but I can't do cardio because I can't run and I don't have a gym membership.  But the tummy won't tuck itself away until I burn some calories!