How many here have "never been thin"

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.

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.

I was thin once... When I was 4yrs old :grumble:

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!

Ever since puberty, I've always remembered my mom and dad on my case about going on diets.

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.

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.

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!!

I was quite underweight until I was about three, my parents and doc were concerned.

AND THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, OH DID IT EVER :grumble:

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!!

ME. I think i was thin at, like, age three, maybe? If you can be thin as a toddler.

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.

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!

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!

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.