"I won't let myself get over *blank* lbs"

NeuroticVirgo

Did anyone ever think this? I remember in high school (where I was overweight too...I've always been overweight). I used to say things like "Well, I'm not over 200 yet so I'm fine". .... Then when I started stressing about my weight because it got close to 200....it was more like "OMG if I go over 200lbs I'm going to stop eating" (remember high school...drama...oiy...haha) ...

Then for years I just stopped looking at the scale, and when I finally did, I was at 272lbs! WTF?

My friend just got me thinking about this. Her husband started working out with her because he stepped on the scale and was at 215...and he always thought like that "I'm not over 200, so I'm fine".

Did anyone have that "safe" number that let you feel like you were fine living the way you lived?

urmyeffinstar

I didn't before but I certainley do now. I will NEVER be 170 pounds again.

Cindy311

Before I got back on the bandwagon, I said no to going over 200 and then I weighed in and it said 201 so I got my rear in gear and started getting it back off!

Jellyphant

I always told myself I'd never ever let myself go over 170 lbs.

Haha...

mckshowie

i actually STILL have that. 140. as soon as i get there, i know i have to face it. 139.8 and im fine... but 140 and it starts all over again.

my new goal is to just maintain a healthy lifestyle so that number never creeps back into my life. i'm 136 now and on the right track.

savethecat

I always said "If I ever hit a size 20 I swear I'll just stop eating."

I think at my max I could fit in a 22-24. I always was able to convince myself everything just ran small. lol

ChantalGG

150lbs was mine and i got back up to 159lb before i found this site. most i have ever weighed was 215lb when i was 9 months pregnant. I never want to be that size again. I hope to get down 10 more and when i have another baby i hope to stay active and only gain no more than 25lbs. :S

snaught

130. At a nice 122 now..which was easy to deny until everything quit fitting haha. I just told myself everything shrunk...dryer's fault!!! not mine!!

EmilyAnn89

yeah, mine was 125. i got to 148

hroush

I remember being in, I believe, 4th grade and saying something along those lines at the 100lb mark.

I now say that I will never be 280 again (highest ever). I've actually amended this to 240 as this is where I had let myself slip up to due to returning to my old ways and I decided to take action.

RattieLove

My number was 150.. as long as I never got over 150 I was "safe". Of course, that changed lol :P

lilRicki

No but my fiance gave me until I was 400lbs before he'd stop touching me lol he said he's still love me, but no touching

ChubbieTubbie

Mine was 200....then 250....then 275. I now consider every pound lost as one I don't want to see again.

thedreamhazer

I was like that. I used to tell myself, "as long as I'm not over 180, it's okay." I would get close, freak out, and hit the gym for a streak.
Then I got busy, missed the scale, stepped on at 184 and cried.
Truth is, I'm sure I'll still be like that once I get to my goal weight.

Ruchell

I did have that number and I still do, but in a different way...it used to be "I'd die if i were heavier than..." but now when I get to my goal weight I will use that number more of a way to measure my maintenance. I will know that if i I don't stay +\-5 lbs to that weight then I know I need to re-evaluate whatever new eating habits I'm forming. I've been at my goal weight before and somehow let myself slosh but surely gain and I will never again let myself be in a position of having to lose 60lbs! I will catch it before it gets that far!

MissMichellemybelle

Haha yep, definitely had that moment. I said I wouldn't get over 150 lbs. Well, I went to military bootcamp, worked and sweat my butt off, did more physical exercise than I've ever done in my whole life, and came home weighing more than when I went! (And also came home with a side of muscular man shoulders. Push ups...oy!) So then I thought "well that 150 mark is crap then, cuz I am SO super fit". Didn't weigh myself for nearly a year, and then I was 160!! 160 for sure was my breaking point. I lost all that bootcamp muscle and replaced it with chub. Currently 161 with highest at 164. Never again will I let myself weigh this much, and when I get under 150 that again will be the limit (unless I go to bootcamp again

Melbel85

Totally! When I was 180 I was just happy that I wasn't over 200. When I realized that I was over 200 I set up limits that I would never get to 220 then it was 230 so on and so forth. My husband was actually the one who bought the awesome scale that I use today, when I got on it for the first time I could not believe that I was almost 260! Even though I had seen that dreadful number it still didn't kick my butt into gear! It wasn't until I decided that I was going to take my hubby to Six Flags for his birthday that I thought, I wonder if I'm too big to fit on any of the rides. That day, April 13 of this year I had finally decided that enough was enough! I can not wait to get into the 100's again!

hmm33502

Not in the past....obviously....that is why I got up to 327 lbs....on a 5'4" frame. Now, I'm NOT going back. I have changed my eating and exercise habits PERMANENTLY. I have brought my friends and my family along with me. They hate to eat around me because I will tell them he amount of cals and fat in everything. I made them listen to the fat and cals in quite a few entrees and desserts at some of our favorite restaurants just last night. My journey has been very public with friends and family because I would hate to have to explain why I "Let myself go" again!

Lunachic77

I remember telling myself I will never go over 130...then it became 140....then finally 150 came around and that was the final straw. It's funny how we procrastinate and negotiate with ourselves but when it comes to other people we are so strict.

Elizabeth_C34

I was 5'9" and 135 in high school. My number back then was 160. My big "oh ****" number was in reality 210, the weight that made me realize I had a serious problem that had to be addressed.

NeuroticVirgo

I always said "If I ever hit a size 20 I swear I'll just stop eating."

I think at my max I could fit in a 22-24. I always was able to convince myself everything just ran small. lol

At one point I switched over to all loose fitting clothes (like the stretchy dress pants etc)....and then I went to buy some jeans and it was like Holy Crap...26??

loosecannonzs

It was 200 lbs for me. Then 6 years ago I stepped on a scale after seeing some of the pictures from my 30th birthday. It said 203 lbs and soon after I quit drinking soda. I lost 10 lbs from that then started to diet, jog, work-out. I got down to 172 and felt great.

Then slowly over the years I slacked off and gained it all back and then some. Two kids (sympathy weight?) later plus quitting cigarettes I was 227 lbs.....

So I started eating better and drinking more water and less Sweet Tea (store bought). I never started back up with the sodas (maybe 1 a day). Then 2 weeks ago my friend told me about Myfitnesspal. I signed up, bought a bike and started riding 6 days a week. I maintain a 12-14 mph pace and go for 8-10 miles a day.

I'm happy to say I weighed in at 199 lbs this morning. I hope to be under 175 lbs in 2 months, but I'd still be fine anywhere under 180 lbs.

Daisy_May

The first time I lost some serious weight I started at 193, droped 50lbs to 143 and went to the doctor later that year and was 203, I litteraly started yelling at her that her scale was wrong. I swore I'd never go over 200lbs again, I prceeded to lose 60lbs the next time...
Then went up to 213...
I think you see the pattern here! When I started this time I was 251lbs, this is the time I break the cycle!! Once I'm outtat the 200's I planon never seeing them again!

Jdismybug1

150lbs was mine and i got back up to 159lb before i found this site. most i have ever weighed was 215lb when i was 9 months pregnant. I never want to be that size again. I hope to get down 10 more and when i have another baby i hope to stay active and only gain no more than 25lbs. :S

I said nothing over 150 for years after I had been my highest of 165 in high school, and I had kept it off a long time(around 130lbs), then in my early 20's I started drinking, when my mom died I started binge drinking, and gained almost 30lbs until I was 158lbs. Then I lost down to 128, then back up to 150 again, now nothing more than 140lbs, and I'm keeping an eye on that scale.

husker_gal

I was disgusted with myself when I hit 190 but always swore to never hit 200. My breaking point was when I stepped on the scale and it said 202! I sat down and cried. That was three months ago. Been working on changing my life ever since and I don't plan on hitting that number again.

amelia_atlantic

I won't ever, ever let myself be so complacent about my health again... Scale be damned.


Everyone, remember how you feel typing those sentences right now. Remember your goals! Remember you are more than a number!

Elizabeth_C34

I won't ever, ever let myself be so complacent about my health again... Scale be damned.


Everyone, remember how you feel typing those sentences right now. Remember your goals! Remember you are more than a number!

Definitely!

KLo924

Ummmm yes lol I think it's even on my profile page

I remember being a teenager and 180 was it (I was usually around 165 then). Then by college that was smashed and I was 206. I fluctuated between 190 and 210 FOREVER. Then three years ago (and I swear I was JUST thinking about this earlier today) I stepped on the scale and was 222.2. I thought I would never go above that and got down to 207. Then a year later I was 230. Then a year later (last summer) I was 252.6. I was freeeaked out (but didn't do much about it). Fast forward to two months ago, I found MFP, and now here I am (226.4 this morning)

I think I'll stop saying "I'll never get above THAT," b/c it doesn't seem to work well for me lol Time to refocus on being healthy, I s'pose

fitniknik

Mine was, I would never let myself get over 200 lbs. They day I saw 200 lbs on the scale I joined MFP... I would never ever go back to that day. And now... I never want to let myself get out of controll like that again!

a_stronger_steph

Ohhh big time. For years I convinced myself I was 150 lbs and that was okay... then I came to grips with the fact that I was 160, but that was okay too, as long as it wasn't over 170! I avoided scales like the plague because "what I didn't know couldn't hurt me", though occasionally when I stepped on one to see it said 175, I thought, nah, the scale is off, I'm still around 165!

...nope. I was definitely around 175-178 lbs, which was my tipping point!

crazymama2two

i never had a "safe" number in my head but when i stepped on the scale in january and it said 201 i *kitten* my pants, found MFP a few weeks later and here i am 20 pounds less and im keeping on keepin' on!!