Highest weight how you felt

Nataliaho

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whitehandlady

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Can I just say to the OP, I love how you started this post and now you are responding to everyone, you are a doll!!

agreed

Jeankyy

I didn't really felt that bad but I didn't like the way I looked since I was entering High School. I was as high as 230 lbs and was 5'11" at 14 years old. Now i'm 175 lbs and 6'1" tall at 15 year old and feeling better than ever! i'm in shape.

cravingcollarbone

Currently.
I want to punch myself.
In the face.
Often.

AllyCatXandi

150lbs was my heaviest weight, although I may have hit 154lbs at one point (not sure).
I'm 164cm/5"4.5, and have a smallish frame.

I felt lethargic, unattractive, and that it was high time I took a sip of concrete and toughened up.

Yep, that was the point where I decided, "Right. I'm overweight. What am I going to do about it?"

I noticed that you are not to far from your goal High five for you! you are doing great keep it up

Aw, thank you! :happy: Best of luck with your goals too!

kdeaux1959

blah... No energy... Hard to get around... Walking up stairs was a struggle. This was at 344. Now, at 271, I have more energy and it does not hurt to go up and down stairs any longer. Still a ways to go but I am happy with my progress to date.

SunburNDA

At 222 lbs. I felt like crap all the time. Just walking to class would make me sweat. In my arms and legs I would have a pulsing pain every once in a while due to very high blood pressure. I hated how I looked and it made me self conscious in public. Every time someone laughed I just knew that they were laughing at me. Overall, it sucked and I am never going back.

InnerFatGirl

Disgusting, fat, ugly, ashamed, tired ..

etc.

ETA;

Highest weight was 196lbs.

MisterDubs303

317
I felt like a bratwurst that was about to burst. I think I was sodium-bloated or something, but whatever the case, physically, I was very uncomfortable.

leomom72

my highest weight was 198..i am 5'1'' and i felt fat and insecure, but i just didnt realize HOW bad i was until i started getting healthy and saw old pictures of myself

PHATmommy68

235 at 5' 5"!

Then I proceeded to lose 70 pounds!

lizzys

i was 252 i felt bad real bad now starting to feel better and better as i lose

WhiteCoc0

Highest weight 180.

I dont even like saying that.

I thought I had issues when I was too "skinny" at my lowest weight during high school and some of university.

I loved taking pictures of myself and looking beautiful, dressing up and going out with friend when I was at a smaller weight....
When I gained all the weight, I didnt care about myself, I rarely took photos, and when I was in a photo I wanted to puke. I guess my brain still thought I was skinny, until I looked at a photo. I hardly went out and never dressed up. All my clothes are in boxes...I take one out and try it on hoping I can fit into again oneday.

antonio823

I reached 240lbs., I felt like crap and began having health issues.

HauteP1nk

170 at 5'5....
...I felt gross and unattractive.

However, seeing that number on the scale is what motivated me to kick my own butt and get the body I want (and the confidence I craved!).

placeboaddiction

I got up to 250. I didn't know I was that fat. I have always had the fat person insecurities. So it was normal for me to see me to be fat. When I was fat, I didn't know that I was that big. My wife loved me the same, my friends loved me the same, and my family loved me the same. I was only 26 when I was that big, and so no one was lecturing me about health. I don't even think i was teased for being fat by my friends. I knew i needed to lose weight. Girls still found me attractive (grant it, it was bigger girls), I was just as fun and charismatic.

Difference is now I'm more fun and more charismatic. <edit> and I'm 65 pounds lighter

ChristiH4000

240something...not sure exactly how high it got
I felt sweaty, ugly, robbed of femininity, and unworthy of love.

I still feel sweaty but I have to work for it. Other than that, I don't feel these things anymore. This girl got her groove back.

legnarevocrednu

At my highest (259) I was sad, depressed, and scared about the direction I was going in. Now I'm 176, and I feel like my life has done a complete turn around! I am more confident and happy. Also, I hate to say this, but it's totally true. I get soooooo much more attention from men now. I wasn't sure how to handle the extra attention, but I'm learning and enjoying it. Sometimes I still look in the mirror and it's like those 82 pounds are still there. I'm not sure my brain will ever catch up to my transformation. It's a learning experience!
Oh I want to add that I still have about 35 more pounds to lose! Some of you might think my current weight is high, and it is! But I think I look pretty darn fantastic. I get compliments from people who don't even know me or knew how I was before, so that has to mean something. I think I just hold my weight really well, and it's in the right spots. I just wanted it to be known that I still consider myself a work in progress and I"m not settling for being overweight. I'm just proud of my accomplishments and of how far I"ve come. 35 pounds doesn't seem like much when compared to 82. :-)

Erykah3584

This is a great question and I really needed to be asked this! At my highest weight (152, Im 5'2), I felt so self conscious and insecure. I felt embarrassed of my appearance and I never wanted to go out anywhere. My "fat" clothes werent fitting me anymore and I was left only able to wear loose t-shirts and one pair of jeans. I felt tired and had no energy. The thing that topped it off and made me want to lose weight was when me and my husband were being intimate, I felt so out of breath and tired that it wasnt even enjoyable for me. And my husband is in great shape and has a nice body, so I felt bad that he had to be with somebody like me. Ouch! Its kinda hard to remember those days! But what a great reminder of why I am trying to be healthier and in shape. :happy:

secretgirl4611

Im 5'2 so Im a shortie and ne weight gain on me u can see the lumps and bumps, thru my clothes.
My highest weight was last year at 150 Omg! I cant believe you know I let it get that high.
In high school I use to weigh 120 then I had a kid and it was 135 after that then Idk the #s kept creeping up
But usually I have done a good job at maintaining 140
My goal weight is 125 tho and right now I'm around 137

megsi474

My highest weight was during pregnancy but I count it because I gained an unhealthy 65 pounds by never meeting the left side of a menu I didn't like. I overate horribly and weighed 209 pounds at my last appointment. My stomach was so big I had to stand backwards on the scale. I didn't learn from it and gained 58 pounds with the second baby and it took a while to get down from 170 post partum. My standard "over" weight has been 150 pounds. I'm 20 less than that now and would like to tone up and lose the last 5.

Knowing I ate myself into a bad situation more than once was hard to accept. It made me realize that my willpower was nil and my food vs. fuel needs were out of whack.

drkuhl2017

My highest was 315 at 5'11, just 8 months ago. Thankfully because of my height I did not look that big. When my mom found out how much I weigh, she was amazed that I weighed that much.

I was "happy", at least that's what I let people believe. I wasn't ever antisocial or anything like that, I still went out with my friends and did things. But I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't a little depressed. One thing that I felt most days was unloved and unworthy of love. I always felt somewhat out of place and very fat. Mostly because I've been overweight my entire life, but like I said it wasn't as noticeable because of my height. My clothing size just kept getting larger and larger, my highest was a size 24 pants! I never want to see that number again. And I will never see 300 or higher on the scale again.

Now I've lost 21 pounds, I have a ton more to lose but I feel so much better than I did then! It's actually amazing how much my confidence and self-esteem level has gone up after losing some weight. And I've gained a love for exercise and I feel really weird if I don't get some sort of exercise in each day. Most importantly, I've realized that I am worthy of love but no one will love me romantically until I love myself. And I'm getting a little better at that every day.

ashnm88

My highest weight was 220lbs, and was in physical pain due to arthritis. Now at 137/139lbs I feel great

LovinLife68

My highest weight was 318 pounds. I could not believe that I allowed myself to get so heavy over the years, after being underweight during high school which was 123 pounds. Congrats on your weight loss success thus far. I would love to just lose 5 pounds right now. I start off well in the mornings, but by mid afternoon all my efforts seem to go out the window. I will continue to track and exercise regardless.

spaingirl2011

My highest weight was 168-- on my body, I looked terrible and I felt terrible and you know it's bad when you say "God, I feel fat." and your own mother no longer corrects you.

I'm getting there with my weight and I certainly feel like I look fitter. I will not do that to my body ever again, though!

KittieLea

My highest weight was 170 lbs...and I've been told "that's not that overweight" or "well you've never REALLY been fat" but to me, on my frame, that was when I felt like I was out of control. I am 5'3" and have a very small frame. When I saw that number on the scale I was horrified and I thought "How did I let it get this bad??" I gained a lot of weight while pregnant (went from about 125 to 190!) and then just never really did much to lose it afterward. I went down to about 150 for a while then slowly it crept back up to 170 this past winter and I just felt so embarrassed and ashamed of myself.

I'm SO thankful for MFP, because without this site I'd probably still be that person. ETA: Today, I'm so proud of my accomplishments and have actually learned to appreciate my own hard work. While I'm not at my goal yet, I can honestly say I've begun to love my body again.

My highest was 170 also and I'm only 5'2''! I was in disbelief when I saw this number on the scale, complete denial! I told my mom that her brand new scale was faulty!
At that weight people told me I "carried my weight well" or I was "never really that big". 5'2'' and 170 pounds is considered obese and I won't argue with that!

byrnet18

At my heaviest I was 232 lbs and I felt ugly and tired. I never really wanted to do anything and I can't believe all that I was missing out on. Now 80 pounds lighter I feel like a whole new woman!!

AmberCHM

My highest weight was 286 and I had no idea I was as large as I was. I knew I wasn't happy with my size at that weight, but I was kind of oblivious to just how big I was. I have a great deal of sadness now when I see pictures of myself from that time.

thesarahsundae

At my heaviest weight I was 287 pounds. In all honesty, I didn’t feel ashamed of myself. I wasn’t depressed or upset or any of those things. I had a boyfriend (who became my fiancé and who is now my husband) who loved me and told me I was beautiful. I wasn’t lazy. I worked a full time job and was on my feet for 40+ hours a week. I was just eating horrible things. I ate fast food for EVERY meal. And drank a lot of soda.

NOW I am happy, even if I am not at the goal weight I want to be. I am active, have more energy and enjoy life a lot more. I didn’t realize how tired I was, and how miserable I was until I took control of my life.

LovinLife68

This is a great question and I really needed to be asked this! At my highest weight (152, Im 5'2), I felt so self conscious and insecure. I felt embarrassed of my appearance and I never wanted to go out anywhere. My "fat" clothes werent fitting me anymore and I was left only able to wear loose t-shirts and one pair of jeans. I felt tired and had no energy. The thing that topped it off and made me want to lose weight was when me and my husband were being intimate, I felt so out of breath and tired that it wasnt even enjoyable for me. And my husband is in great shape and has a nice body, so I felt bad that he had to be with somebody like me. Ouch! Its kinda hard to remember those days! But what a great reminder of why I am trying to be healthier and in shape. :happy:

This is where I am right now, except I am 5'11 and I am married to a man who is in pretty good shape as well.. Thank you for sharing. :happy: