Question of the Week
Mar 13, 2010
Today we want to introduce a new weekly feature on the XWeighted.com blog - Question of the Week. Every Sunday, we'll be asking you a question about one aspect of your journey. We hope that when answering this question (by replying to the blog post) not only will it get you thinking, but your answers may provide inspiration for other challenge participants.
Today we'd like to ask....
What was your "aha" moment (as Oprah would say), when you realized you couldn't take being unhealthy and overweight any longer?
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When I couldn't get my short
When I couldn't get my short legs into the truck easily,and to climb up the stairs, I got short of breath.
and I could barely pour myself into my pants, that is when I realized something had to change.
My "aha" moment...
When I realized that there are some things that I want in life..and I have to lose some weight to achieve them. I have always been athletic, despite my size. However, I am always the biggest girl on the team, or the last girl to finish the race....enough!! I am running a half marathon in May and I wanna do well..I don't want people thinking "wow..she's fat, what is she doing here" (because that has happened before). I wanna be athletic and LOOK ATHLETIC!! It's my time!! I have to do this for myself. I have been at this weight for about 2 years...I can't seem to break the 210 Ib. mark...and I still haven't..but I am determined to be below 200 Ib. soon....
Who is that fat chick?
I looked in the mirror and realized I didn't know who I was anymore. That, coupled with the fact that I was looking at going to plus size clothing if I kept it up.
My Aha! Moment
I was making fun of an Aunt of mine who is quite large, my husband said "well what are you going to be like when you retire!" He said he worries about my health. A few other comments, (I don't care to share), and that was my wake up call! Also turning fifty, and just tired of being FAT,
Running and near death were the same thing!
I was 21 and wanted to help out with a kids camp, but didn't because I couldn't even run the length of a field without turning deep shades of purple and nearly throwing up. It was that moment when I realized my 'love handles' needed to be handled. I started by running 1 minute and walking for 10 minutes....and now 9 years later and 70 pounds lighter I am in the best shape of my life. Determination and celebrating the small victories lead to huge gains in both your physical appearance and self worth.
My Aha moment
It was right close to x-mas, and I was at work, and I saw myself in a mirror that we have where I work, and I saw my legs and said to myself, Oh my lord what Have I done to myself. My mom had keept on telling that I needed to loose weight, but I did not realize untill then.
My moment came when I was
My moment came when I was standing in my room getting dressed and I noticed a shadow on the wall that stood out from everything else. I looked around the room for several minutes and couldn;t figure out what it was...and then I moved...the extra large shadow was my butt! The image reminded me of an e-mail I got where a womans very large butt was being used to hold a beer...mine was big enough to hold a 3 coarse meal!
aha moment
I have had several aha moments but the one that will make a lasting impression on me was when I went to the challenge in Vancouver in January and looked around me in the mirrors and then got weighed, measured and had to take that fitness test. It almost killed me. I knew then that this couldn't be anything but a serious situation that had to be taken care of or I would be in trouble. Thanks X-Weighted!
Aha moment
My "aha" moment came in the summer of 2008 when I was sitting in my house in a bathing suit with my size 2 cousin and I commented on how I really need to lose weight. Her comment back to me was, "if you haven't lost weight by now you are never going to". This comment made me reevaluate my past weight loss efforts and set me on a determined path to lose the excess weight once and for all. I changed my entire mindset when it came to food and exercise and went from a size 18 to a size 12 and am just trying to lose that final 10 - 15 lbs so that I can get into a size 10.
You've already done so well
Congratulations!
My aha moment came when I
My aha moment came when I could not longer fit in the regular size 14 clothes and went to a plus size store. The 14 in there was just a little too big so it was either gain more weight or loose some....well I decided I was inhappy in my own skin and lost nearly 35 pounds. Now I am just trying to get the last 10 or so pounds off and it has been a struggle....although I am in better shape now than ever so that is a huge accomplishment!
Health & Vanity
My aha moment - not recognizing myself in a changeroom mirror from behind! Ugh! I decided then and there that I was done paying for clothes that don't look good on me anyways. I want to shop in stores that have regular sizes. Vanity aside, I am really worried about my health more so than my appearance right now. I do not want to become diabetic and end up with blood pressurhe and cholesterol problems. I've been lucky so far, but I have to turn things around.
aha moment
My aha moment came when I was buying clothes and a size 18 was starting to feel snug. I refused to buy a size that started with a 2 and was more than one digit, lol. It wasn't until I started losing weight that I realized how much energy it took to lug the extra weight around--when I could get to the top of a flight of stairs and not have to stop to catch my breath.
My 'aha' moment
Came when I saw a picture of myself, and it didn't match the one I had in my head! I thought "who is that fat person?!" and slowly realized that was ME! Now the outside picture is starting to match the inside picture, as well as all the other frindge benefits, such as me controlling my asthma, not the other way around.
My "aha" moment!
I have known that I was extremely over weight for some time now! 2 years ago my partner and I both lost weight - I lost 30 lbs and I was feeling quite good inspite of needing to loose about 50lbs more! ..well 20 of them crept back on and I didn't realize what I really looked like until my partner and I stood up for some friends at their wedding in October - the bride is a pettit gal and dresses very nice I felt I looked good but.... when I saw the wedding pictures and I looked like a moose beside her - I reached my "aha" moment. I watched X-weighted any chance I had - when I saw the challenge I told my partner about it and both of us are following better eating patterns and exercise. His encouragement makes me believe that inspite of him never commenting about my overweight, that he is happy that I am finally making the effort to become more healthy.
Aha Moment
My first aha moment was when I hit 367 lbs. I was scared that I would break plastic chairs, and my husband saw people making fun of me in the mall.
I still have quite a battle ahead and now I have a daughter, so even more motivation to get healthy and set a good example for her.
My aha moments were when I
My aha moments were when I saw pictures of myself taken at a co-workers retirement party and really saw how big I was (5'2" and 176 lbs). Also, when I bent over to tie my sneakers, I felt like everything in my chest was falling to the floor and most important, I found out my daily headaches were the result of high blood pressure, thus, I now take a daily pill.
Aha moment
My aha moment was when my size 22 clothes were getting too tight. The stores I shopped in only went to a size 24. I realized that things were really out of control. Looking back, I had gained the weight 5 or 10 pounds at a time over several years. You don't notice 5 pounds too much. But it had added up to 100! I made a decision to take back control of my life. I started eating better and lost about 20 pounds. Then, I signed up for a gym membership, and got a personal trainer to ensure that I would use that membership and lose the other 80. Today, I'm a size 12-14, and I'm working on being a size 10.
Ah ha moments
This time it was the fact that I no longer fit into my medieval armour, and having worked on it so hard, I wanted to fit in it again. (Being tired of being a pear shaped man also featured stongly.)
My first "ah ha" was after a rapid year of depressive weight gain to 176 lbs, and a new pair of 38" waist pants... I'm 5'2" so that was really bad. (An injury years later knocked me out of exercise for a year, by which point the habit was gone, and I couldn't manage to get back on board long term.)
My "aha" moment
Mine was a combination of moments:
- Doctor treatening to put me on Insulin
- Realizing that I was tired of using fat to insulate me from life
- Coming to the realization that I was digging my grave with my knife and fork
it came when i was diagnosed
it came when i was diagnosed with type two diabetes. i was tired of living to die. it was my rock bottom and there was no way to go but up from that point on. so now that i am up i no longer have the diabetes and i am living to live now! :0)
Question of the Week
My aha moment was when I stopped feeling "sexy". I have never been a "skinny" girl but I always exuded sex appeal and I just wasn't feeling it more. I was very out of shape and I have 3 kids that want me to play with them. I want to be happy, healthy and feel good about how I look. 40 is fast approaching and I don't like feeling as though I'm caught in that trap of not taking the time for me to look and feel good.
aha moment
When I finally left a miserable job finished university and had time to really look at myself and how I was feeling. Stress had been so high for so many years it took a tole on my body and my aha moment is when I realized I was now in the fortunate postion to make major postive changes!
Uncomfortable
My aha moment was when I started to be uncomfortable in my body. When I got to a specific weight I felt as if my body was going to bust at the seam. I felt unhealthy. I had a hard time to do specific things.