Have you had "the moment??"

Have you?? Have you had that moment where you suddenly realize you've let things spiral out of control? It hurts, but once you finally snap out of denial-ville, your life can change for the better!

For me, my "moment" was seeing a picture of myself while I was in college. All of the sudden, I wanted to crawl into a hole. I was humiliated, scared and wanted to cry. I stared at this picture in horror realizing that I wasn't just Kate that was "pleasantly plump", I was Kate, the size 16/XL, morbidly obese girl who needed to take some action STAT. It's funny (well not really!) that it didn't even hit me when I had to buy those size 16 pants or that XL coat I was wearing in the picture. I remember going to Old Navy (the only place I could find big enough "juniors" style pants), trying on the size 12 and realizing that they were way too small. I upped it to a 14 and they were still too tight. I grabbed a 16, the biggest size I'd ever had on my body and squeezed into them. I was so deep in denial that I just chalked it up to the fact that pants fit different at all places, not that I'd gained a little weight. And by a little, I mean like 50#! Denial is crazy. 

I've been conscious of my weight basically my whole teenage/adult life but it took the moment of seeing that picture to kick my butt into gear. As I mentioned in my first entry, I've tried everything to lose weight...the good, bad and the ugly.

And the battle all started by seeing that one picture. That was my "moment."

If you are in the camp of trying to lose some weight, as is the majority of the world, what was your "moment?"