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lia_1992
lia_1992 Posts: 47 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
Can you ever get down to the size you were when you were about 19/20?! Obviously hard work but is it doable?!
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  • SuseAndo26
    SuseAndo26 Posts: 54 Member
    How old are you?

    But, yes definitely! Sux to say it but it's all up to you. :confounded:
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Age has no bearing on it, your metabolism only slows a little due to moving less and losing muscle tone.

    So yes, have that as your goal and you can get there :)
  • lia_1992
    lia_1992 Posts: 47 Member
    I'm 24 now!
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    I weighed 160kg at the age of 19/20.........
    I'm now half that :P
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    Yes definitely can be done i weigh about 2kg less now than i did then (I'm 33) and aiming at the moment for the weight i was when i was 14 (9kg to go and i know i can get there) as a mini goal with the plan of aiming for another 6kg less after that to get to a normal weight for my height.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    honkytonks85 wrote: »
    I weighed 160kg at the age of 19/20.........
    I'm now half that :P

    Awesome! :smile:
  • pineapple_peach10
    pineapple_peach10 Posts: 239 Member
    I'm about 50-60lbs lighter than I was at that age. I'm 26 now.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I am slimmer now than I was at 19-20, and I'm almost 37. Sooo...yeah, I guess you can.
  • lia_1992
    lia_1992 Posts: 47 Member
    Thanks guys! Used to be size 8-10 now I'm 10-12 so would like to slim back down!
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    That isn't too far. I was on the upper end of 12 just a few months ago, and now I'm down towards 8. Just remember, keep up the good work! You can totally do it!
  • lia_1992
    lia_1992 Posts: 47 Member
    Oh wow @PixelPuff sounds like you've done amazingly well! How have you done that? :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,687 Member
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    Can you ever get down to the size you were when you were about 19/20?! Obviously hard work but is it doable?!

    Yes, why not?

    I was at the low end of my "normal" BMI range when I was 19/20. I dropped to that again about 12 years later, and stayed there for several years. I'd like to get close to that again, and I'm not far off.

  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    It depends, if you had a healthy weight or higher, yes. If you were underweight, no - or you shouldn't aim for it.

    I guess I have the same weight as when I was 13 - 15. I know I weigh 4-5 pounds less than I did at age 16-19. After that, I stopped weighing.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    You're only 24! The very small dip in metabolism and loss of LBM with happens with age and menopause is really not a concern for you at this point, and even that doesn't stop you losing weight, so it's totally doable.
    I'm a year older and both lighter and fitter than I was at 19.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I am at my healthy 19 year old weight (157) and I am a 46 year old mom of four who weighed 225 as recently as three years ago.
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    Oh wow @PixelPuff sounds like you've done amazingly well! How have you done that? :)

    Diet & light exercise! I eat at a high deficit [1200, the minimum recommended] MOST of the time... I'm at a point where I take breaks on weekends. For instance, I about pigged out at a BBQ festival on Friday night. I woke up at my lowest weight for a while, which confused me, but whoo. Exercise is arm exercises with weights, and cardio! I'm trying to be a cardio bunny.
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    Yes. I'm 39 years old and the same weight I was when I was 15. So it's definitely possible.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,985 Member
    I weighed about 56kg when I was 19/20. I'm currently 57kg for the first time since then. Though I didn't plan to go so low. I thought I'd found my maintenance calories but just had a surprise whoosh.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    If you really put the time in, it's possible. I'm 29 and in the same size/body comp I was at 18 after gaining college weight and being a lazy bum for a while.
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    Yes, it is doable.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    For some people, sure. For me, probably not because pregnancy REALLY widened my hips.
  • Rimfakse
    Rimfakse Posts: 25 Member
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    Can you ever get down to the size you were when you were about 19/20?! Obviously hard work but is it doable?!

    I am the size I was when I was 16 :)
  • Ldbg289
    Ldbg289 Posts: 236 Member
    I actually weigh less than I did when I was 19(I'm 31 now)
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Yes for sure. I didn't have visible abs at 19 but have them now at double that age
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    edited July 2015
    yep,I was a size 9/10 when I was 19/20(almost 41 years old now). went to a size 18 over the last 10 years and am now in a 10 even though I weigh 25lbs more than I did when I was 19/20. now the 10s are getting too big. so I will be even smaller size wise than I was back then.And I had 2 kids
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    edited July 2015
    When I was 19/20 I was living in a developing country, in a household with a very bad cook and no food around. I was also walking at least 15 miles most days and doing a ton of dancing.

    So...maybe. :)

    I am still a ways from my goal, but I am certainly thinner now at 40 than I was from 25-35.

    ETA: Oh, CLOTHING size. I think that I am wearing smaller jeans now than I did at that age. My body certainly is not smaller, so I think that size inflation is at play...but that's 20+ years in my case.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Yep. Since it's only 4-5 years since you were a size 8, I don't think vanity sizing will affect you. I'm in a size 14 which didn't exist when I would've worn it 35 years ago.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    I'm 24 now!


    Oh-em-gee! You're 24 and want to get back to where you were, like, FOUR WHOLE YEARS AGO? Wow...that's like, totes impossible.

    Are you for real?

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    I'm 24 now!


    Oh-em-gee! You're 24 and want to get back to where you were, like, FOUR WHOLE YEARS AGO? Wow...that's like, totes impossible.

    Are you for real?

    Totes ridic
  • Charliegottheruns
    Charliegottheruns Posts: 286 Member
    lia_1992 wrote: »
    Can you ever get down to the size you were when you were about 19/20?! Obviously hard work but is it doable?!

    Yes
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