Did anyone NOT have a weight problem as a child?

Laurieann137

When I was a child I was always very thin. Even when I was born I was very small. I never had issues with food or weight as a child/teenager. When I met my husband in college in 1996 I was a size 3!! Over the years I slowly gained weight as I was no longer active in sports and concentrated on my studies. To make a long story short after marriage, different jobs, and three kids I gained more weight (a lot of stress eating!). I am 5'1" and my heighest weight was 178.8 in 2008. I am currently 146.2. I hear a lot of people talk about their struggle with weight most of their lives. I was wondering if anyone else is in a situation like mine where the weight came later in life? And if so...did people close to you treat you different when you gained the weight?

EmCarroll1990

Nope, never had a weight problem as a kid, and even when I started here, I wouldn't say it was a "problem." More of, I needed to start caring again.

Cindym82

I was skinny until about 19, than I packed on 70lbs. And ever since than its a battle, found out I have hypothyroid

roviear99

I, too, was very thin when I was younger, not truly gaining weight until I became pregnant with my daughter. I did put on the "freshman 15" in college, but then, I needed it! By the time I graduated, I was a healthy weight for my height and body type. It's been downhill ever since I didn't try to lose the weight after she was born. I have a relatively high metabolism, so I didn't actually 'gain' weight until after my 2nd child was born. Then, I decided enough was enough and focused on healthy eating and exercise, losing about 30 pounds. Then along came our 3rd (and final?) blessing and all that focus went right out the window. So, now, 5 years later, I'm back in the saddle again! Enuff is enuff!

roviear99

Good point about caring again, Emcarroll! That's my main problem, not really seeing the point. I used to be passionate and, I think with my lack of pregnancy weight loss, I just decided, ah, forget it!

michelle850

I was never heavy as a kid, I didn't really pack on the pounds until my mid twenties when I went through a depression. Since then it's been kind of up and down. I don't know that people really treated me differently, but I did feel sort of invisible when I was heavier, it's like people don't really see you when you are bigger. Not so much family and friends, but just in general. Maybe it was all in my head, because I didn't feel cute or comfortable, I projected that...I don't know.

amymarie8709

I wouldn't consider mine a "problem". My doctor told my mom I was "moose" when I was toddler. They were afraid my legs would bow under all my weight. LOL....but, as I grew I lost the weight. I was smaller in high school and had a 25" waist. But soon after high school I decided to try the Deppo Shot. BIG MISTAKE!!! I gained 30lbs in 6 months.... Then got married, had a child....you know the rest....now that my metabolism has slowed down, it's harder to take off the weight and keep it off.

ZugTheMegasaurus

I never had a weight problem growing up; my parents have always been big on nutrition and fitness, so I was very healthy and well-versed on this stuff. Then, after some horrible bullying and a sexual assault in high school, I fell into a very severe depression that lasted until this year. Over the course of those eight years in between, I packed on 90 pounds from drinking very heavily and basically punishing myself with food (the vast majority in the first 18 months or so). I pretty much put on the weight deliberately (even if I couldn't articulate why at the time); I knew exactly what it was doing to me, but I thought I deserved it. It was only after being forced to quit drinking that I realized that none of it was my fault; I changed my diet and attitude overnight and the weight's been flying off ever since.

skylark94

My weight was never an issue until I moved in with my now husband when I was 25. Our room mate was an *kitten*, so we pretty much kept to our room. This meant the kitchen didn't get used, so we ate out pretty much every meal. I was about 20 pounds overweight then, but I got really heavy after having kids.

Summersadiva

No. Never had a weight problem. I still don't. I'm just being proactive about my weight and my health.

almc170

No, I didn't have a weight problem as a child at all. I was extremely thin throughout my 20s (VERY bad eating habits), but struggled with weight gain in my early 30s, largely due to lifestyle changes. For most of my life, though, I've not been significantly overweight.

ZebraHead

< No weight problem as a child, until I hit about 30 or so...

minime2b

I was thin and athletic until around age 40!!! then it was just a gradual loss of control.

MaryDreamer

I never had a weight problem until I had my first child then BOOM! Gained 60 with her and gained 50 with my son!

greeneyesplus2

Weight was never an issue for me until I had my daughter when I was 29. Now I just cant lose weight no matter how hard I try.

LottieLou13

I only gradually gained weight from the age of 18 to 30 years old because I didn't care about what I ate. And when I did care I thought that barely eating was being healthy and doing the right thing. Whereas doing that gained me 60+lbs.

flyingwrite

No childhood weight problem. Played outside way too much for that. Inherited a high metabolism. But I was never FIT, NEVER. And that's what I want more than anything. I don't care about the number anymore. I just want to be fit.

mmstgr

Never had a weight problem until I had kids. Then I just let it all slip away.

jesilva80

Never had issues as a child or teen. Everyone called me skin and bones. I was very active. After age 20 started putting on weight, got up to 165 lbs fast. Gradually climbed up and down, till i reached 183lbs, last year. Cry-ed after that dr's visit, went home joined mfp and Im down 33 lbs now. My problem lack of motivation, and exercise.

JanSmelly

I have never had a weight problem. After I had my twins I was considered overweight until they were a year, but the weight came off easily after that.

I have never loved to excercise because all my friends run. I loathe running and thought that was all there was. Now I know better.

staceyseeger

Always was the "fat kid" or "tubby tubby 2 X 4, can't get through the kitchen door". :mad: :mad: :mad: Kids are so cruel!

Beezil

Not really. I was always a little bigger than most of the girls my age, but I always attributed that to my frame / height. I did get rather chubby when I was in 4th grade, due to too much junk food and sodas. My mom cut down my sodas to 1 a day and stopped buying as much junk food. That resulted in me slimming down quite a bit, and as I became a teenager I leveled out even more. I didn't start gaining weight in excess until after I had my son. I lost most of the pregnancy weight within the first year after giving birth and got back down to 140lbs from 176lbs (when I was 9 months pregnant). But yeah, I gradually continued to put weight on after about 4 years of maintaining 140lbs. Just became less active, more depressed, and didn't care anymore. I wouldn't say it was genetics at all for me, just activity and eating habits.

kamazza

Nope, never ever had a problem. Was three months pregnant with my first and still weighed only 111lbs However, I ended up off sick with my first for the last 4 months and the weight piled on. Three kids all together, and 7 years of marriage, have seen my weight creep up higher and higher. I'm 33 and it's not easy to lose the weight anymore. I hope by jump-starting the metabolism and the regular proper eating will help bring my weight down to a more sustainable level. I know I'll never see 110 lbs again (that wasn't a super healthy weight anyhow for me) but I have hopes that I can see 130lbs

scotslass

Never ever had any problems up until 20/21 when I had my son. Never worked out and ate everything I wanted when I wanted.

So the weight I'm fighting is my pregnancy weight, its been off, on and now its nearly off again

Ge0rgiana

I was skinny until about 19, than I packed on 70lbs. And ever since than its a battle, found out I have hypothyroid

23. 40lbs. Same story.

vim_n_vigor

I didn't have a weight problem until I got married. My husband loves to cook and he cooks heavy food. I am not eating it now, but it did take it's toll. I was always in great shape and the right size for my frame. My family doesn't treat me any differently that I have noticed.

bcattoes

No, I never had a weight problem as a child, teen or young adult. I grew up in the 60's and 70's when it was rare for children to be overweight. It was only when I got older and stopped being active that I gained weight. I didn't notice anyone treating my differently when I gained, but I was not obese and by that time overweight was pretty much the norm in America.

Donnacoach

All throughout school and right up until I had my first child I was thin. Then, BAM, Prego weight that didn't want to come off.

UpEarly

I never had a weight problem until I graduated from college and took an 8-5 desk job with a 90-minute commute on both ends of the day! I stopped exercising, I started eating quick/easy junk and my lifestyle became completely sedentary. I got fat pretty fast!

jenlarz

Not at all. I was on the skinny side. When I turned 18 and started college and birth control I gained some but was still active and walked all over. I started gaining after college up until I had my first son, then dropped a bunch, gained slowly until I had # 2, dropped a bunch, went back up, back down, and way back up-to my highest weight (194 or so) and now am on the way back down.

AmberJslimsAWAY

I never did. I remember at 13 my brother told me I was going to be a "thick" girl. And I am. And not "I'm fat but I'm going to call it thick" lol I'm just thick. But before puberty, I was a stick!