How many here have "never been thin"

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  • mwownbey
    mwownbey Posts: 43
    Been fighting this battle all my life!!! Hopefully this year will be a good year!! I have started off right, just gotta stay on track. I am getting older and it is not going to get any easier. I don't want to be "skinny" just healthy.
  • aekimz23
    aekimz23 Posts: 112 Member
    I've been overweight since 3rd grade, and I'm short, so I've always felt like the fattest girl in everything, even when I wasn't.
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    From the age of ten I have always been over weight, I broke my hips and three weeks on traction with a crappy diet meant I piled on the weight. At the age of 13 I was 13 stone.
  • crazybookworm
    crazybookworm Posts: 779 Member
    I was never thin. I was always the "Chubby girl" and was told that I should just accept it and learn to live with being the big girl. When I was 23 and 252 pounds I decided to say "No, I won't accept it"

    I went from 252 to 126 pounds. You can be the person you want to be if you just work for it, and keep at it! Strive to be the best version of yourself that you can be. You don't have to accept it!

    You can do it! :)
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
    I was thin once... When I was 4yrs old :grumble:
  • betsz1
    betsz1 Posts: 81 Member
    I've been within 20 pounds of being thin twice in my life. Close but no cigar... :sad:
  • pinkbullets
    pinkbullets Posts: 15 Member
    I have no idea what it's like to be a healthy size. Ever since I was a little kid, I've been chubby and eventually got to a size 24.

    To be completely honest, I'm actually scared to find out what it's like to be not necessarily thin, but to be what would be considered a normal size. I can't wait, though!
  • kg2run
    kg2run Posts: 25
    I've always been the biggest one in my group of friends. In high school I used to think I was huge but now looking back on pictures, I would kill to be that size again! (And I was like a size 14/16)

    This is me.
  • mpachee
    mpachee Posts: 19 Member
    Ever since puberty, I've always remembered my mom and dad on my case about going on diets.
  • GymRatToo
    GymRatToo Posts: 12 Member
    Hi, I'm new to this group. :o) I am a Mom of 7 so I've been UP and DOWN so many times. Hahaha I'm at it again, trying to lose the junk in the trunk. I have been doing it alone so I thought that I'd have a few places to go for a bit of motivation. I am also on FB, I started a group called Getting Fit. One Pound At A TIME (not LB but spell out Pound). I am back on My Fitness Pal and it has changed a bit from 2008. LOL (for the better)! Anyhow, hello and GOOD LUCK to all of you here!!! :D
  • Ready2Serve
    Ready2Serve Posts: 113 Member
    That would be me!!! I have always been the big guy. Been a firefighter for 20 years, and while I am big I hide my weight very well. Guess it help being 6'5". No one ever believed that I was at 300 pounds. Those days are behind me can't wait to see what they say when I show up for an event when I get to my dream weight.
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
    I FEEL that way, does that count? I havent been thin since 2004. :(
  • fun_b
    fun_b Posts: 199 Member
    Me! :sad: I am getting closer to the weight I was as a teenager but need to lose at least 28 pounds to be considered thin.
  • fun_b
    fun_b Posts: 199 Member
    I have no idea what it's like to be a healthy size. Ever since I was a little kid, I've been chubby and eventually got to a size 24.

    To be completely honest, I'm actually scared to find out what it's like to be not necessarily thin, but to be what would be considered a normal size. I can't wait, though!

    Exactly the same for me.
  • FinallyFindingLisa
    FinallyFindingLisa Posts: 222 Member
    Never been thin :blushing: . I was a big baby (10lb plus), a chubby child, an overweight teenager and obese adult. I can't imagine how good it will feel when I'm finally slim :happy:

    This!!
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    I've never been skinny, always very overweight. Althought my goal is not to be skinny but to be fit....I'm 6' and 180 lbs now and still see the fat guy!
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    I was quite underweight until I was about three, my parents and doc were concerned.

    AND THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, OH DID IT EVER :grumble:
  • letobot
    letobot Posts: 205
    You are what you think of yourself


    Love it....words of wisdom my friends
  • hummingbird71
    hummingbird71 Posts: 298 Member
    Raises hand and jumps up and down! I have NEVER, EVER, EVER been THIN!! And even now with the loss of 50 pounds and still another 45-50 to go I KNOW I will NEVER be "thin" in my mind! Something I have to deal with. I weighed 110 in 5th grade! Very hard to deal with all the jokes/pokes/harsh words at that age. I see the change in the mirror but instead of patting my self on the back and saying "good job" I pick out those BAD things that still need A LOT of work!! Thin.... ha that is a pizza crust type right! Good luck on your journey!!
  • junip1977
    junip1977 Posts: 111 Member
    *Sigh* me too!! Definitely been thinner than now, but never thin. I would love to reach that point as well and be healthier!
  • LaurenVamp
    LaurenVamp Posts: 74 Member
    ME. I think i was thin at, like, age three, maybe? If you can be thin as a toddler.
  • ladynica
    ladynica Posts: 329 Member
    I've never been thin in my adult life. I was in my preteens the last time I was thin. I plan to change that though.
  • WDEvy
    WDEvy Posts: 814 Member
    Yup. I have never bought a pair of pants in a regular women store. I am seriously thinking about throwing a party when I can finally fit in some 12s and not have to go to a plus size store.
  • Lacey_Cakes
    Lacey_Cakes Posts: 223 Member
    As far back as I can remember I have been the "big guy" or have never been thin. I just want to experience it. I don't want to buy into that anymore or what your family says, things like "" you just have "our build" or genetics""

    It sux to alway believe that

    i know the feeling, its been like that since forever. im always the chubby friend. i got so close last year to being thin. then i got pregnant, now im trying again to be thin for the first time
  • grizzlywes24
    grizzlywes24 Posts: 13
    I've always been a big man, gotten several nicknames from it too. "biggin, hoss, Big Wes, etc." those are the non negative names anyways. I am now looking to discover the real me, the me I was meant to be. Nothing will keep me from achieving greatness!
  • KabbyGU
    KabbyGU Posts: 158 Member
    I've never been thin, but really got chunky in fifth grade. A couple times I got sick and lost weight due to that (#1-Appendicitis, #2 Mono) but I quickly gained it back and have no memories of being thin, even in those times. I just want to feel it. To go to a store and find that the cute styles I like fit and look good! To not have to remind myself "suck it in, you look pregnant" I'm halfway there, have been for a while, but I'm hoping to break through to the other side. I want to know what it feels like to love the reflection in the mirror. To say...wow, she looks great!!
  • eodell86
    eodell86 Posts: 4 Member
    It does suck, but genetics don't lie. Although usually when there's a family where everyone is large it's more the eating habits passed down in the family than genetics. Although there are genetic codes that relate to people's ability to store fat etc. You can fight these. There is no genetic code that says "You're Fat". Or if there is they certainly haven't found it. Your body, your choices, your power. Empower yourself to believe that you can do it. Which you can. But knowing your body is important, and knowing that your body is prone to fat storage is something you need to be aware of and work a little harder to control. Once your body makes fat cells you don't really lose them. You lose the lipids that they store, but you do not necessarily destroy the cells. This makes it easier to gain weight back. Just be aware, informed, and ready to work hard. You can do it! :)
  • cara523
    cara523 Posts: 116
    not even when I was born! I see baby pics of me and all i can say is "REALLY??!" sheesh! But never too late to start! On my way! almost a week down and a long way to go and since I will be here for a longggggggggggggggggg time, feel free to add me as a freind! Everyone and anyone can! LETS DO THIS!!
  • Qwiss
    Qwiss Posts: 13 Member
    I've always been tall (5'10") and on the heavier side of the scale. When I was a kid I got picked on all the time (looking back at photos I wasn't heavy at all). While in the military I weighed 185lbs but didn't look it because I worked out a lot. Now I'm at my heaviest at 240 and definitely look it. But I've never been what I consider 'thin' at all.
  • eodell86
    eodell86 Posts: 4 Member
    I also forgot to post, that I am also one of those "Always big" people. Even when I was my thinnest I was still considered plus size, so don't worry. You're not alone.

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