feeling grateful to be at a weight you once cried about?

elisa123gal

the stories show a few things; to want to be as skinny as one was in high school or college is funny to me.. i don't think people are really done growing..especially men until late 20's. yet we all pressure ourselves to get back to that.

also..shows how fat just creeps up over the years and we settle for being heavier and heavier.

MyJourney1960

oh yes.

I remember passing the 150 mark and being very unhappy about it. i WISH i were there now, or close to there.

I mean - i am going to be happy when i get to the other side of 200! how pathetic does that sound? and yet, it will mean a 30 lb loss!

soldiergrl_101

I know how you feel, I always hated being 160 now I would be happy just to see the 170s again lol

kimbtaylor1

I know how you feel. When I was 15 and first got my drivers license I said I was 130lbs (total lie I was around 145) but I refused to change the weight ever since. I'm 33 now and it still says 130. I'm not at 129 and the last time I was really this size was in 5th grade many many many moons ago! I use to cry all the time because I was the biggest girl in my class but now if I could only reach the 115 mark (what I weighed in 4th grade) I would be happy. And before anyone says it...I'm not trying to be as small as an elementary student....I was just a VERY overweight kid!

yamsteroo

Yep - when I hit 30 I thought I was letting myself go because I tipped the scale at 120 (I'd always been about 110) but now my goal weight isn't even as low as 120!

I have to agree with elisa123gal in that my body is completely different to what it was 15yrs ago so my weight goals *should* be different. When I started out in February I said something about not wanting to be a fat old lady, but I'd accept the old part. Equally, I don't want to be a scrawny old lady - I'm going to settle for fit old lady and if that means I'll weigh 10 or 15lb more than my 'nightmare' weight, then so be it

alisonlynn1976

I remember being embarrassed when my driver's license said 175. Now I'm almost back down to that again and really happy about it.

...and also I thought I was fat in high school when I weighed around 120. That seems to have been a common experience for women.

silkcat

There's a photograph of me, aged about 20, that makes me feel very sad. Now I look at it and see a slim, healthy looking young woman - then I felt fat and ugly just because I wasn't skinny and had boobs. I'm now 4 stone heavier!

cityjaneLondon

Yes, I went to Weight Watchers when I was 157 lbs when I was in my early 30s. I thought I was huge! I am 5 ft 5 ins. I lost 28lbs, but later put it all back and much more. Another session at WW starting at 168. Getting down to 140. I felt ok then, but really had the 112 that I was married at when I was 20 in my head. That was my 'ought to be' weight for years until I realised that would be too light for me as I got older. More diets, more temporary success, settling around 153. Then a huge weight gain up to 197. Oh dear. - seriously bad health and mobility at that weight. Awful. Now, at 63, I know I should not be my 20 yr old weight. I have lost 45 lbs and have been working on my fitness. I feel so much better and look slimmer than I weigh. I am currently 152 lbs and want to lose a few more, but not too much. To think I once thought I was really fat at this weight!

PinkEarthMama

I was furious when I hit 140. Now 140 is my GOAL.

HappyElizabeth

Yes!!! This weight loss journey has definitely made me think a lot about the meaning of the word "gratitude."

GrendlStig

Yes, I feel that way, too!

araviel

Yup .... remember vividly being 17-18 and 114lbs (52kg) and never wanting to wear a bikini, rarely even a tank top, as I felt so fat. It's annoying, so many years wasted on hiding up when I should have been soaking up sun, enjoying myself. Heck, I enjoy myself a lot more now, even with the extra weight, hell bent on not having the rest of my 20s spent picking at myself and covering up.

Puffingmuffin

I watch the biggest loser for the crying stories.

dbratton87

Thinking you're fat at 130? You must be a lot shorter than me because I'm at my goal weight of 130 and it's on the low end of the healthy BMI for my height. Most people characterize me as skinny or slim. Weight is so relative - it just shocked me to think of my weight as being fat, but I guess it could be for some people. :flowerforyou:

Exactly! That was shocking to me! I am 5'3 3/4 and I can't even imagine weighing 130. I'm currently 150, which was my original goal but I have now lowered that to 135/140. Anyway, my BF% is like 27 right now which is right in the middle of average. If I got to 130 I think it would be closer to the low end!

newsharonkay

Omg i thought I was the only one who felt that way. I remember that I cried when i had to buy my first size 14 and now I would give up a pinky toe to be there again..

Vailara

The title of the thread made me laugh but I can relate! I didn't cry, but I was very taken aback when I weighed 123 lb (IIRC) for the first time in my early 30s, having always been lighter than that previously. I got pregnant shortly after (or maybe I was pregnant when I weighed myself - that would explain it!), and ended up at about 112 lb, until my weight crept up again a few years later. I lost some weight and was delighted to be 135lb! I eventually put on loads and loads of weight, and now I think I'd feel great at 150. I find it hard to imagine being 123, never mind 112.

jodsap

YES! I was about 125-130lbs thru most of my teen years and ALWAYS thought I was chubby ( and sadly had a boyfriend or two that let me know that ). Now I am 32lbs away from getting back to that weight and I will cry when I get there. Hell, I get all wishy washy now when I think of all the stuff I have been missing physically/emotionally/mentally from getting heavier and heavier over the years....

jumblejups

:O This could be me. My goal weight is 130. I was 130 about 6 years ago. 6 years ago I thought I was fat. I have compiled a little folder of pics of me - about one for each of the last 8 years - showing how my figure has changed. At 130, I now see, I was SLIM. I was also fit through exercise. People used to tell me I looked slim/good and I never believed them.

When I get to 130, this time I will be appreciating it. Good luck to the rest of you!

BluejayNY

I am not sure why but I am the opposite. I remember feeling really womanly and sexy at 135 when I was 19-20. I was loving my curves. I actually felt great into the 140s then too. It wasn't until I hit 172 that I freaked out. I set my goal as 135 but found myself unsatisfied when I hit it. I have weighed between 116 and 127 for 5 years now (usually around 123/124). Now I do not feel attractive unless I am closer to 120 which is 15 lbs under my original goal weight. I think it is because I feel as I have gotten older the fat distributes differently on my body than it did when I was younger.

yanniejannie

When I was a teenager, I cried because I was so skinny.......like 90lbs.................years later, when I saw 119 on the scale, I dieted down to 105; now, 119 sounds pretty d@mn good!!!!!

keegalie

I always say "I wish I was as fat as I was when I thought I was fat".

Meeee too!! haha

ToBeCountry

I always say "I wish I was as fat as I was when I thought I was fat".

Agree!

kimbyfly

I remember being 9st and thinking I was fat when I was about 17. I would do almost anything to be 9st now, considering I'm 12st 8lbs atm. I wish I had more confidence in myself when I was younger, when I was actually slim, instead of getting fat and now slowly building my confidence through losing weight.

operation_cute

Same here! Before I had kids I was in sports, lifted weights, ect and stayed around 120-125 lbs and thought I was "fat" now I just wish I was that fat! Can't wait till I hit that mark again lol I look back on my pictures and think "what the heck was I thinking???"

oskybosky4

The first time I joined weightwatchers I was about 25 and weighed 10st [140lbs] and was considered overweight for my height 5'4" this was nearly 40 years ago. If only I hadn't started dieting as its been on an off dieting ever since, and gaining more after every diet.

Finally I go so fed up with 'dieting' I got referred to a support group and re-learned what healthy eating really is and how exercise can be good for you. This at the age of 63 and a weight of 18st 2lb.

Well in the last 20 weeks or so I have lost 22lb plus - I don't even think of myself as on a 'diet' and I now enjoy at least one form of exercise and am learning to find others I may also enjoy. Its a slow progress but I am happy with it.

I could cry now to think anyone would think that 10 stone was overweight - its ridiculous - and if I hadn't started 'dieting' then I may not have gained so much weight over the years

So any of you youngsters out there don't 'diet' eat healthly, don't deprive yourself either just don't go mad. And please don't use skin and bone fashion models as your role models.

TheFitHooker

I know I was ecstatic to see my pre-pregnancy weight from ever having kids, that was my smallest I had ever been, and I still thought I was fat, I was over weight then but not obese. I'm currently at my smallest of my entire adult hood, that makes me cry. I hit my goal weight and see all the work I've done and I couldn't be happier.

appygirl84

YES!

I hated 145, so I got down to 128 and was very happy. Then I went back up to 145 and felt pretty crappy about it, now I am about 163ish and I would LOVE to be 145 again. I hope that if I ever get back there that I will never complain again!

sweetpea129

Nope, unfortunately i cant say that i can relate. I've always been heavy. I'm in my 150s right now and i feel awesome. I cant believe you thought you were fat at 130!

BarbellBlondieRuns

I hear ya. What were we thinkin? lol

mrslynch

I've felt that way about clothing... a pair of jeans I was mad at myself about having to buy now fit again and I'm excited. When I bought them I felt fat in them and self conscious all the time, now I put them on and I feel skinny and confident. It's funny how our perspective changes. Of course I'll be even happier when I get rid of them because they are too big (they're loose now!)...