Have you always been overweight?

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  • Dougf90
    Dougf90 Posts: 95 Member
    That'd be me! I was always the fat kid in every social setting, and naturally I carried those bad habits into adulthood. A month before my 21st birthday in 2011 I decided I finally needed to take care of this problem. I hit my goal in December of 2012, losing 200lbs going from 370->170. I'm at 186 now since then after intentionally adding weight and now I'm cutting back down. That's my goal from here on, add muscle then cut fat.

    It can be done, however it really does require a complete mindset and lifestyle change to accomplish.
  • SarahWrittenThin
    SarahWrittenThin Posts: 595 Member
    I have been overweight since about the age of three. The only time I was "thin" I was bulimic.
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
    yes, always overweight. it's very hard, but you can do it though. it's a mindset thing, always the biggest hurdle to get over
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    i went from 120-140 when I was 12.. and then just kept going. I hit 232 and started my trip back down.
  • rightoncommander
    rightoncommander Posts: 114 Member
    No matter why you are overweight, losing weight involves a change of lifestyle.

    I've been in the overweight category (BMI25-29) since my late teens (nearly 20 years bouncing around in a 20-pound range), but very sporty until my mid-twenties. I recently started a lot of physical activity and MFP, and like magic the weight is dropping. I've lost a snacking habit and gained an exercising habit.

    Sure, it was probably easier for me to start exercising than for someone who was never into sport, but I still had to find that hour a day, and find the mindset of figuring out which foods are good and bad, which treats are just not worth it and which ones I'll do an extra workout for. I love MFP because I have an analytical mind, and my compulsive logging and analysis of the logs and results has given me a very good idea of how my diet should be in the future.

    Most important, though, is to stick to those good habits. I haven't started exercising to lose weight, I did it as the start of my new healthier lifestyle. THAT's what will keep the weight off. You can do it, too!
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    Nope! I was relatively thin (was captain of my HS dance team and super active but never a twig, always had curves) up until about 19 when i moved out. It was cheaper to buy fast food, and i was busy with work and college and me and my (now) husband rented a room from this weird couple so it was easier going out to eat. Plus you tend to get comfortable when your in love and not be as concerned about weight as you might when your single...its called LOVE handles right?lol! I was about 115 when I met my husband and then about 138 by the time we got married a few years later and a few years after that I was 162. Now I am almost back to the weight I was when I met my husband 7 years ago. Life happens, you grow up, become less active. My goal is to be about 110 and comfortable, but once I get back to about 115 I wont care about the scale as much how I feel.
  • wannab3skinny
    wannab3skinny Posts: 16
    I had always been overweight, but ended up becoming obese. Not at my goal weight yet, though I am now at a healthy weight with a BMI of 22.1 :)
  • MickeyBoo
    MickeyBoo Posts: 196 Member
    I was a healthy weight right through to when I was 15, then the weight piled on very suddenly, then the yo-yo dieting started. I lost a large amount of weight over 12 months and maintained that for about 2 years, then I met my now husband and the weight crept on. Since then I have always battled with my weight. I did lose all of it over 2 years but couldn't maintain it due to injury/pregnancy/emotional issues. I've ended up back where I started and on the way down again, BUT I have done a lot of work to make sure that the reasons I re-gained last time won't be reasons again.

    I'm trying to set things up now so that it isn't so full on, and I'm not getting so absorbed in every little thing I am putting in my mouth. I just want to eat a completely different way and make changes that are manageable for life, even though I know that ultimately I will NEVER be someone who can just let go of all control and my weight will be something I have to focus on every day for the rest of my life, but I'm cool with that :)
  • Jolynnwinnie
    Jolynnwinnie Posts: 2
    Boy!!! do I relate to u I am the same and I have been over weight by the time I was five. But I am going to lose this weight.
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    No. I was always very skinny and athletic. In junior high/high school, I was a cheerleader and a dancer. I danced (jazz and modern, mostly) and practiced yoga through my late 20s, then I moved to the middle of nowhere, stopped dancing/playing sports and took up a sedentary desk job. Almost ten years and 60 lbs later, I no longer recognized myself in photos and started to change my lifestyle and eating habits.

    I will readily admit I lose weight and put on muscle more easily than most women seem to. It's still not easy, though.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    No. I was always very skinny and athletic. In junior high/high school, I was a cheerleader and a dancer. I danced (jazz and modern, mostly) and practiced yoga through my late 20s, then I moved to the middle of nowhere, stopped dancing/playing sports and took up a sedentary desk job. Almost ten years and 60 lbs later, I no longer recognized myself in photos and started to change my lifestyle and eating habits.

    I will readily admit I lose weight and put on muscle more easily than most women seem to. It's still not easy, though.
    Welcome back!
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    No, I was average/skinny (about a size 6-8 US) going into to high school. I ballooned up to a size 20 US by junior year, and I have flucturated between a 16-20 for the past 12 years, but I'm now down to a size 10. So yay!
  • aimforhealthy
    aimforhealthy Posts: 449 Member
    No. I was always very skinny and athletic. In junior high/high school, I was a cheerleader and a dancer. I danced (jazz and modern, mostly) and practiced yoga through my late 20s, then I moved to the middle of nowhere, stopped dancing/playing sports and took up a sedentary desk job. Almost ten years and 60 lbs later, I no longer recognized myself in photos and started to change my lifestyle and eating habits.

    I will readily admit I lose weight and put on muscle more easily than most women seem to. It's still not easy, though.
    Welcome back!

    Thank you :) It's even better this time around. My aim is to be in the best shape of my life before age 40 :)

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