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tacey21

I've been yoyo-ing for years...
And I was just flipping through some facebook pictures from about two years ago... After I lost weight in high school ...and then dropped out of college and gained weight... then started to get back into shape... but still felt fat... and realized that I was a size 10. My perfect size. And I still felt like a cow.

And now looking at those pictures...
I wish I could've SEEN that I wasnt fat.
I used to be cute

Cytherea

So true. When I see pictures of myself from junior high school/the beginning of high school, it is CRAZY how skinny I was! You could see my collar bone! Even back then, I thought I was fat. Wish I could have seen it then. =\

bbdzee

I remeber when I had collar bones! I want to have them again! they were nice! Used to have a cute belly button too---wonder where they ran off to?

tiffanygil

I'm a firm believer in no matter what size you are you have "fat days" =( but I have them a whole lot less now then I did then not because my body is smaller but because I feel better on the inside. If there is one thing I wish everyone on MFP would do is work on the inside as well as the outside during your journey. You have to learn to love yourself at any size to feel worthy enough to spend so much time and energy on yourself.

amymeenieminymo

Yep, I remember. I always thought I was fat as a kid and teenager, but looking back I was just more muscular than most of the stick girls in my class, I was not fat at all.

It's funny, I've lost 50 pounds, and over the last year gained 20 back....I know I am still better off than before, but now that I've gotten a taste of being skinnier, I feel SO FAT at my current weight.

skeetpea

This SOOOO how I was. I was fat all through high school up until senior year when my best friend and i went on diets. I lost 60 lbs and i got myself down to a 10/11 (from an 18). From my persepective now I only WISH I could have felt skinny then because I was! I look at my pictures from my skinniest and I am shocked to think that I still thought I was fat!!! I don't even want to be that weight (about 15 lbs more) but I think I'll have a much better perspective at that weight in the future than I did back in high school.

janemartin02

I know I have days when I feel fat,but I look at what I`ve accomplished on this journey.One day at a time.I have learned to love me no matter if I`m size 20 or size 16.I know I`m a better person then I use to be,or at least I hope so.I`ve got more confidence.I can go to the y and do wt lifting and who cares if I`m the only woman there,i`m there to get healthy.
96 lbs ago I would never have been seen near a y let alone in the wt dept.
I know i`m doing this for me,number 1 .I want to be healthy no matter what size I am.I`ll never be a size 10,but i`m happy being ME!!!

turbojanem

it's hard to see yourself as others see you. i am thankful for my camera to keep my mind where the scales are. be kind to yourself....just like you would a child or a friend who was going through a rough time in life. kindness matters!

kmard81

I've been yoyo-ing for years...
And I was just flipping through some facebook pictures from about two years ago... After I lost weight in high school ...and then dropped out of college and gained weight... then started to get back into shape... but still felt fat... and realized that I was a size 10. My perfect size. And I still felt like a cow.

And now looking at those pictures...
I wish I could've SEEN that I wasnt fat.
I used to be cute

ditto! I was also an 8/10 and always felt on the heavy side...but I think that is in part to having big boobs, LOL! All of my shirts hang from there so I think it makes me look even heavier!

tacey21

I was at a friend christmas party and my gay boy friend comes up to me and puts a hand on my shoulder...
"Remember in high school when we were all so cute??? ....Not to say that we arent cute now, darling...*squintface*...but we were so much CUTER."

Serenity79

Oh I know this only too well. I was overweight as a kid and then struggled with my weight as a teenager but even when I was down to like 120 pounds I still thought I was huge. Recently I found an old diet journal from 8 years ago and it had 'progress pictures' in it and I couldn't even recognise the tiny little thing in the photo. If only I'd realised back then how good I looked and made the most of it and didn't constantly think I was massive! And now I'm 161 pounds and I wish I was that pretty little thing again.