How has your weight changed over your adulthood?

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  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    I've always been overweight and never had a normal relationship with food. As a child, my pictures show an unhappy fat kid. :( As a teen I felt so out of place and judged. I remember a girl in high school that was my height(5'10" at that time)and I overheard her say she weighed 140. That became my ultimate goal because she was so pretty. :/ At that time I was probably in the 170-180 range. I think I got down to 160 during high school. Then I headed out on my own, drank like a fish, and ate whatever I wanted to. I remember being around 200 in my early 20's. Got married, had kids, opened a daycare in my home and yikes I became the stress eater, so handy having a kitchen accessible all day long. I didn't weigh myself all the time but my highest was around 235. I lost/gained 50+ lbs. throughout my life, several times. Lowest I got was 129 in my early 50's. It's never been sustainable for me. :( I ballooned back up to 170ish. I'm now 66 and have been trying much harder the past year to get down and stay down into the 130's. I actually made it to 130 before the holidays(then the dastardly Covid) hit and I felt fantastic, frikkin fantastic. Now I'm back to struggling, currently weigh 145ish but am trying to hang tough again. :) Maybe not 130, I think it's too low for me. I'm aiming for 135-138 and hope I an settle into a more active maintenance routine.

    So that's my up and down story, without all the mathematics involved. :)
  • amart4224
    amart4224 Posts: 345 Member
    At 18 I was around 130, went to college and maintained for the first two years but then I moved off campus and started eating more and exercising less. At 21 I was about 165 and went on the slimfast diet which took me back to 135. From 22 to 26, I gained back some weight and stayed around 150-160 for a lot of that time. At 26, I lost my job and went through some depressing times and over the 2 years between then and now, I've gained 60 pounds to 220, which is where I am currently. I would say I've well exceeded the 1-2 pounds a year average gain 😣

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