How many here have "never been thin"

Yep.

My whole family believes that feeding children is a sign of love. I was very loved, and am now paying for it.

Totally relate to this ^^^

I never have, I think I started packing it on in grade 6, so before that never even though of my weight, I WILL find out what its like to be thinner

Same here never been ideal weight. But in hindsight, back in the late 1960 and early 1970's when I was 8-12 yr old if you were tall, and your weight was not what was considered 'idea' for a female then you were overweight. In looking back at photos of myself at 12-16 I was a bit overweight but never really too bad. At 13 I recall being appro 5'8" and around 145-150 lbs, and this was considered back in the day to be quite overweight. So glad things have moved forward in that regard!! I recall at 16-17yrs being around 175 approx, but with very large bust at the time, and around 5'9" by then. I think I looked fine, but was considered quite large. Let's just say from then I must have been out to prove them right as my weight only went up from then on. At my top I was 380 but it took 47 yrs to get there, and I would say that I was over 300 for about 8 yrs prior to that I was under 300, altho I guess that is not saying much. Today I am 180 ish.. keep moving up and down a few lbs 180, 183 and back, and I am trying for 168-170 approx. Just being under 200 lbs awesome, and to buy a size 12!! in a regular store has been great. At this point however I think I look normal weight, I have a large frame, size 11.5 foot, etc.. but I know that once I am in maintenance I will likely gain some weight has my body begins to find a set point, so I wanted to try for 168 and then hopefully set around 172-175 on average. So time will tell. I am down 12% BF, but still right at 31% so I am still hoping to get that down closer to 25%.

Good luck to everyone on their journey.

Ive never been thin. I remember going to the school nurse for check ups on height and weight in primary school and being overweight, by a lot. I remember the exact number was 56 kilos, at the age of around 10 - It was insane. I was sent to fat camp and lost some, but not much and only gained it all again. Now where Im the right age to take control of my own live and what I put in my body I will become thin and healthy and prove to people that I have the willpower, I was not meant to just be that fat, ugly child forever, I can become strong and beautiful.

I really can relate to the school weight part & weighing in :sad: Our family Doctor had my whole family on amphetamines When I was in 2nd grade. :mad:

Nope, never been thin. I reached 5'7" and 168lbs by the time I was 11 years old, and was 6'1" and in the 180's when I was 15. That was probably my thinnest at my adult height and looking back I did look slim for my height but as all my female friends were under 5 foot 4 and about 100 pounds at that age I felt ENORMOUS next to them!!! Been called 'sturdy', 'big boned', 'large framed', 'cuddly', 'curvy', 'amazonian', or just plain big & fat.

I have yo-yoed up and down in weight during my teens and 20's but nowhere close to what is considered 'thin'- I did get within 10 pounds of a healthy BMI at the age of 26- briefly......

Yes I hit 200 pounds in the 8th grade. Never have been under 200 since. I'm knocking on the door now though, 211 right now.

The only time I was thin was when I was a child. Three years ago I got down to 149lbs at 5'1.

I have been bigger than I wanted since I was in high school. I have been on some kind of diet all my life, and I am now 54. I like myfitnesspal because it puts all of it together, except it would be nice to have a journal area to log how we feel. However, I need to get motivated, because now I have been put on a dairy free and gluten free diet, in addition to being about 40 pounds overweight for my 5ft 1" frame and being older. Every time I got thin from either WW or Adkins, I'd put the weight back on. Hope it is different this time. :happy:

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I've always been a chunky monkey - even in daycare I remember being chubbier than everyone else

Even now I still feel the same as I did at my heaviest, which I know a lot of people struggle with on here. I just hope once I am at a healthy weight, I feel it.