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05-29-2013, 05:09 PM
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#166
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Faith of a mustard seed
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 129
S/C/G: 196/150/150
Height: 5'6
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196lbs. That's what broke it. I couldn't even look at my thighs anymore without feeling suicidal.
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06-01-2013, 11:47 AM
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#167
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 137
S/C/G: 200/167/150
Height: 5'10
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Honestly? Dyeing my hair!!
I was a blonde my whole life. I finally decided to go dark, and I LOVED it!!
I like to contrast when I dress. With my blonde hair, I tended to go for dark tops. When I had dark hair, I started to try on lots of colored tops, only to find that not a single one looked good
For me...somehow, that was it. The realization that I couldn't feel comfortable in a single top except a black one motivated me. I just started to watch what I ate, worked out 5 days a week, and stopped drinking alcohol. That led me to loose 30 lbs in 6 months
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06-27-2013, 01:56 AM
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#168
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 34
S/C/G: 165/149/125
Height: 5'6"
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For me, it was my best friend mentioning that he thought a waitress at a restaurant was pretty, because she was skinny. I've struggled with my weight, and depression, for a long time. He and I are so close because we have a lot of similar issues. He's 6ft tall, and weighs 130lbs but can't gain weight. I'm 5'6", 158 (down from 165), and, until I started my Slim Fast diet, couldn't stop gaining weight.
As the only girl in my group of friends, I tend to have quite a bit of pride about my appearance. And before that, no one had said anything about skinny girls being more attractive. Everyone had always said I looked great.
His opinion matters to me a lot. He's the person I trust most, besides my boyfriend (who has always thought I looked great regardless of my weight).
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06-27-2013, 03:42 PM
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#169
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 734
S/C/G: 186/ticker/135
Height: 5' 5.5
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I broke a wooden chair, yes the boards had been rotten, but still I sat in it and broke it. Everyone was kidding and joking around about it, and I joked back, but man it hurt inside. That was Memorial Day (May 27th) and I joined WW May 30th, and have since lost 8 lbs.
Last edited by Turtle11; 06-27-2013 at 03:45 PM.
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06-27-2013, 04:38 PM
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#170
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: southern california
Posts: 7
S/C/G: 252/252/150
Height: 5'5"
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I always wear skirts and dresses...it's my thing, and my husband loves this about me. After a long winter of cool weather and leggings to keep my bare legs warm, I'm faced with the heat of southern california summers. Over the last few months I've felt my bras getting tighter...I know the elastic on my underwear is more taut than usual...but I was not prepared for the bare thigh rub of summer 2013. It's painful. And I've got to do something about this. Some of my girlfriends refer to the chaffing as "crotch rot." It's the pits :/ I also feel myself walking differently, like my gait is compromised by the size of my thighs to afford more room so they don't rub together. I can't change my natural walk to make room for fatter thighs!!!
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06-30-2013, 08:10 PM
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#171
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Home of the Pirates, Steelers and Penguins
Posts: 11,099
S/C/G: 217/186/142
Height: 5'2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pumpkinheads
I always wear skirts and dresses...it's my thing, and my husband loves this about me. After a long winter of cool weather and leggings to keep my bare legs warm, I'm faced with the heat of southern california summers. Over the last few months I've felt my bras getting tighter...I know the elastic on my underwear is more taut than usual...but I was not prepared for the bare thigh rub of summer 2013. It's painful. And I've got to do something about this. Some of my girlfriends refer to the chaffing as "crotch rot." It's the pits :/ I also feel myself walking differently, like my gait is compromised by the size of my thighs to afford more room so they don't rub together. I can't change my natural walk to make room for fatter thighs!!!
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I'm thinking you could wear pettipants under your dresses and skirts. They would keep your thighs from rubbing together.
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08-02-2013, 11:44 PM
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#172
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 187
S/C/G: 279.8/see ticker/155
Height: 5'6''
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I had been feeling "ready" to have a baby and was waiting for my husband to join me in that perspective, and he finally got there only for me to realize that I was so heavy that I'd be putting myself and the baby at risk. I can't believe I let it get to this point...however, I'm not "dieting," because I fail at that repeatedly. I'm doing Weight Watchers and eating whole foods, trying to stay away from processed stuff, and amping up the exercise...
Last edited by LSJ100; 08-02-2013 at 11:44 PM.
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08-08-2013, 09:55 AM
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#173
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: England
Posts: 24
S/C/G: 168/168/120
Height: 5 ft 4
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When I was in Fiji for medical reasons I couldn't go into the water, I needed a piggy back ride from this massively muscled Fijian chap who huffed and puffed his was to the shore. I was so humiliated (and worrying about his back the whole time!)
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08-15-2013, 09:48 PM
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#174
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Posts: 85
S/C/G: 218/171/150
Height: 5'6"
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Mine was that my daughter was recently given a Nintendo DSi as a gift. She discovered the camera and loves taking pictures of mommy. I started seeing pictures of me. Like real pictures, the way other people see me. Not the flattering selfies that we all take of ourselves. And WOW. Talk about an eye opener.
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08-20-2013, 09:37 PM
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#175
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 6
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Last edited by blackaurora9; 06-12-2016 at 03:51 AM.
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08-22-2013, 09:23 PM
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#176
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Iowa
Posts: 101
S/C/G: 196/ticker/146
Height: 5'7''
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When I graduated I got a photo album of all these pictures of me through the years, and I remember seeing a picture of my middle school self and being amazed at how skinny I was! In middle school I was so convinced I was fat that I think it became a self fulfilling prophecy, and it made me SO ANGRY to realize that I WASN'T fat then, but I'd let that ruin my self confidence all through high school!
At that point I pretty much decided that I'd missed my chance in high school but there was NO WAY IN **** I was going to make those mistakes in college.
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08-24-2013, 11:22 PM
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#177
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i lost my head awhile ago
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Chicago
Posts: 78
S/C/G: 286/see ticker/150
Height: 5'2
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Not being able to wear what I want because of my weight. It's hard enough finding decent plus size clothing as it is, but being in a goth/punk aesthetic is nearly impossible. Plus, any choices there is breaks my bank. I just want to be able to walk in a store, find something that is in my price range, buy it, and wear it without thinking "Oh crap, you can see my stomach rolls" or "this doesn't fit over my chest".
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08-25-2013, 12:42 PM
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#178
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 39
S/C/G: 238/203/140
Height: 5'4
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Probably a few things altogether, but the thing that finally pushed me to say that's it, I am so done with this, was I realized I was sick of hiding in crummy, baggy clothes. I seriously lived in hoodies. Cold weather, okay weather, blisteringly hot 100+ degree weather, I was in a hoodie. I'd just suffered through another summer, and a very warm October, where I had another Halloween I didn't feel comfortable enough to dress up for, and that was it.
And then the thing that 10000% cemented it immediately after I said enough, was I stepped on a scale, first time in years, and it said 222 lbs. If my conviction before hadn't been enough, then that definitely made up for it.
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09-04-2013, 07:28 PM
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#179
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 10
S/C/G: 204/ticker/135
Height: 5'3"
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Well for me most of my tries were the last straw. I was sick and tired of not being able to wear the clothes I wanted because of my touching thighs or my abdomen. This time around has been actually the longest I've been serious about it. It took seeing some Christmas pictures from a trip I had made with my girlfriend... it saddened me to see the picture and not even recognizing myself and thinking, this doesn't even look like a 25 year old... So after the guilt and shame.. I decided to go to a nutritionist and exercise. Before that, I thought I didn't need the help of an expert in the area. It's been slow but definitely worth it.
Last edited by Jessicarabbit; 09-04-2013 at 07:30 PM.
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09-11-2013, 06:24 PM
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#180
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Scotland
Posts: 14
S/C/G: 230/230/130
Height: 5ft 6
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There was a slow build for me. Firstly I broke up with my boyfriend and suddenly realised that I didn't actually like my body, I had based any body confidence on him.
Secondly after spending the summer at home with my mothers cooking I jumped on the scales for the first time in years and found out I'm about 3 stone heavier than I believed.
No more denial from here...
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