Have you always been overweight?

<---- lol. I slimmed down twice, once around 16 when I stopped eating meat (which means pretty much I stopped eating all the fatty meat my mom cooked for us, so I lost like 16 lbs, but gained most of it back in the next 4 years), then again at 21 when I went down to 130 lbs but it lasted maybe a month before I started gaining it all back (I lost fast, then couldn't stick to my diet as I was eating out every day).

I had horrible eating habits though, snacking a lot on those delicious French pastries, croissants, puddings and cheese, pretty much (and salami and pates).

i was considered fat at school by classmates at secondary school, and have always considered myself an overweight person because my mum is overweight (like, it's not my fault it's GENETICS!)
my weight has fluctuated with an average of 175, but getting up to 208 and down to 162 (and going up and down a few times)
but saying that, 208 was when i started, and all the bounce back ups have never been as high as that (208 - 162 - 192 - 168 - 182 - 173 currently and losing)

my bounce back up issues are when people say i look good or i'm happy with how i look and i give up (i.e. binge). the main one was after the big weight loss, i had a normal christmas and put on 7lbs but my clothes still fit so i didn't bother going back to losing...
i'm planning on losing another 7lbs or so by mid december and then i'm going to practice maintainence over christmas as that's the bit i have a problem with.
feel free to add me for motivation or to be nosey at my diary!

I was practically underweight at 5'6 110 pounds until 18 months ago. Now I'm 165. I think it can be hard to lose for both lifelong strugglers and we shocked ex-skinnies!

This is a great thread. I would imagine that it could be a very different experience for someone who's always been heavy to lose weight and KEEP IT OFF than for someone who wasn't always overweight.

Great thread.

I have felt overweight since I was 7, but have technically been overweight/obese since I was about 13. I was such a huge kid (5'6" and 125-130 lb at age 10!) but height-weight proportional until puberty hit and I really started to pack on the lb. I have been over 200 lb since I started high school. Right now I'm 36 yrs old and at my lowest adult weight, 218, from 307 (all-time high) in 2008.

I was previously at 299 lb when I was in college, then I got down to 227 in 2000-2001 and then gained it all back over many years.

I was always heavy... Except for a brief time just out of high school when my friends and I were going dancing all the time, but that didn't last as soon as I got a "real" job at a desk in an office... haha And then the weight just PILED on.

Now I've lost almost 90 pounds and have maintained for a year. Some weeks/months are better than others, but if I am "bad" - I keep making sure to get it back in line before it gets out of control. Meaning - don't let a 5 pound gain become 15... It's kept me in my size 4's (which is SHOCKING after being in size 18 for far too long and NEVER having been that small before) and I feel great!

I have been overweight since I was 10yrs old and basically grew tall and wide from then on.

It is difficult to lose weight and think of what the outcome may be because I have never been truly happy with myself since the day I started really caring. The last time I was a size 8 was when I was 8. lol. Also it doesn't help with the fact that when I go to the doctor they always tell me that I'm healthy (LDL, Blood pressure, etc etc). Thus the second reason it is hard to get motivated.

But I now know that I have to do it for me and hope that one day I'll be happy with who I see in the mirror.

I haven't made it to my goal yet, but I have always been overweight. I don't remember very well what I was at certain ages, but I know that when I graduated high school I was 300 pounds. And I did NOT put that weight on all of a sudden. When I was little I'd always tell myself that I'd be skinnier if I could just stay the same weight as I grew taller. Yeah, didn't happen, though I am 5'9". I'm almost back to my high school weight though, 311.

I'll let you know when I make it and keep it, because I definitely intend to I'm already excited to see what it feels like to shop in a normal store without worrying if their sizes will be big enough. I don't remember the last time I could shop out of the plus size section.

I was 116 lbs at 15 years old, then by 23 I had ballooned to 210. So I went from underweight to overweight. Now, two years later I'm at a more reasonable weight of 134 (although I'd like to be around 125).

Mind you, I'm 5'0" (with shoes on...)

I was a size 12 since early high school - as in I could wear the same pants in high school, college, and the "real world". I went through eating disorders, addiction to cardio (worked out at least 4 hours a day, pure cardio - and yes I think you can be addicted to cardio) and never moved out of that darn 12. I am now 27 and just zipped a size 6. Working out a reasonable amount and using MFP to watch my food intake and macros is the ONLY thing that has given me progress.

I promise you can do it...no matter what you have been your "whole life". That is the past, make the future better.