At what point did you know? (Rock bottom)

 I saw a picture of myself a couple of weeks ago at my Mom's house (and was posted to FB) and then I knew. I had known for a bit that my weight had spiraled out of control, could no longer "reach certain parts" to wash easily, was easily winded, difficulty sleeping at night because I know my neck is too fat....

At what point did you know you had hit rock bottom?

**Also--how do you copy and paste pictures into posts? I wanted to post my "rock bottom" current photo, but don't see an option for that.

I knew my body was at Rock Bottom for awhile, I think the Mental Rock Bottom was my one last ditch effort at being at Weigh****chers for a year and not really losing more than 10 lbs yet I kept going back... realizing I wasn't getting any younger and I just couldn't do it on my own. I had faithfully tried many times.  I think having a new grandson pushed the card too, realizing I want to be there to meet all my grandchildren. My Mother never met any of her 13 grandchildren, not because of Obesity but because of smoking.

This, yes!

We were camping, and decided to take the kids for a hike that had an amazing waterfall at the end.....well let's just say we never got to see tha****erfall!!  We didnt even make it half way and I was huffing and puffing and my husband though I was going to die.  So we turned around.  The kids were SO MAD because Hubby had been talking up that damn waterfall.  I cried the whole way back to the car.

It still took me a few years (two pregnancies and 1 living baby later) to realize I needed to CHANGE everything!

Just thinking about this moment, I feel like crying   I told my husband that we WILL be hiking that damn mountain next Summer!!  I am going to show that friggin mountain who is the BOSS!!

Conquer that %^&$ mountain!!!

For what it's worth, I actually didn't feel "rock bottom" when I made the decision.  In fact, it kind of came out of the blue.  My mother and aunt both had the surgery so I was quite aware of it and I had given it serious thought before; however, I was not in the throes of depression, self pity, or really any of those negative feelings.

I was driving home from work one day and it simply hit me, like a lightning bolt, "I'm doing this.  Now is the time."  I felt empowered.

So maybe it's like falling in love -- you just know.  :)

I hate to ask this question. But were you obese as a child? I know I was. I am not being rude. Just curious. 

Yes, I was always overweight but my weight really exploded in my late teens and early 20s.

I hope I didn't offend you asking. I wonder that about a lot of us. I look back when I was young I was chunky. Then teen years of starvation and losing to just getting heavier as I got older.

I guess seeing your mother and aunt really helped you decide to have the RNY I guess. I have cousins who have had it but I never see them. So I had no idea on how well they did till my grandfather passed away this year. They all looked great were glad that I did it also. 

They claim pictures says a 1000 words...each and every word my pics 'spoke' to me were lies. I truly never saw what was in the picture. 

The turning point for me is when I found myself on Amazon browsing for some sort of belt/girdle that would hold the weight of my stomach so there wouldn't be so much pressure on my back while washing dishes. Also, when I was laying on my stomach in bed, my back would bother me then too. I figured it was madness to try and find fixes rather then dealing with the issue. 

Mostly though, it me accepting that my hubby would never jump on board to have us to work together on our weight as a common goal. While I wish he would have come around; I'm happier that I didn't wait another minute for him!