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Poll: Have you always been overweight?
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I wasn't obese as a child, but I have been overweight since the age of 5. I don't remember an age that I wasn't teased or made fun of because of my weight. I was 230 when I graduated high school. Now I'm 37 and have ballooned quite a bit since then. I AM down 15lbs from my highest weight and don't plan on ever seeing that again!0
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No, I was athletic as a kid and in high school. In fact, back then I was embarrassed of my muscular thighs...I thought they made me look fat compared to my friends with skinny legs. Boy, what I would give to have those thighs back now!!! haha!! I started having to fight to lose weight after I had each of my kids (I have 4 kids, 18-27 years old), but I did lose the weight each time. But about 5-6 years after my youngest was born, the weight started creeping up...and up...and up. I wasn't that happy with certain aspects of my life, and I used food for comfort and for "fun" (going out and eating with friends). So I went from a wedding-day weight of about 130 to my current weight of 237 over just the last 12-13 years....with lots of pounds lost and gained (repeatedly) during that time, of course!0
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Nope only after I retired ,,several back surgeries and a divorce. Honestly probably only 12 yrs.I always watched what I ate and exercised0
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I started getting over weight when I had my last child 7 years ago. I never had any problem with weight untill the fourth child so it was a shock did not no what to do and how it got so bad.0
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I was 13 when my parents separated. I was never skinny before that, but the weight started going on then. It leveled out when I was a senior in high school. I had another personally traumatic issue and the weight went back on again and I have yo-yo'ed ever since with a higher swing on the top of the yo-yo every time.0
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Always, I can't remember a time when I looked and felt like everyone else.0
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As a child I was always "chubby". When I got into my teens I wanted to be a cheerleader. I tried out and made it and lost weight and was around 135 or 140. Had a breakup with my boyfriend in my senior year and gained 15 lbs. Whent to Bible School and gained probably about 20 more lbs. Lots of starchy high carb food! Although I was about 180 no one thought I was that heavy. I carried my weight well. I got married at 21 and in my first year of marriage put on 20 more pounds. My husband had a job that didn't allow him to be home early so we were eating late into the evening every day. I gradually put on weight from there. I was at about 225 when I finally got pregnant with my son. I only gained about 18 lbs when I was pregnant with him. After I had him though I kept gaining until I got where I am today 19 years later at 280 lbs. But here I am and I've got to get healthy. I notice so many things that are so much harder to do. Plus after I hit 40 I don't carry my weight as well!
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1. I was fat baby. I almost went to a normal weight in grade school but then I hit puberty at 9 and just ballooned! I was always at least twice as big as my other friends when looking back at pics.0
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From pubertyish area.0
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When did you become overweight?
1. Always (from childhood)
2. Puberty/teens
3 20's
4. 30's
5. 40's or later
I have always been big. I remember being the biggest person in kindergarten, I was never small.0 -
Puberty / junior high
I was pretty athletic in junior high and high school but I had poor eating habits that were likely a result of trying to use food as comfort. Since I graduated from college 16 years ago, I've put on even more weight because I wasn't active anymore with desk jobs. The sad thing is that I was overweight in college and unhappy with how I looked. Now I look at pictures from then and I wish I weighed that now!0
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