Your weight at the time of your first diet vs your highest weight after
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My highest non pregnancy weight was 235. CW 1650
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CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »I was in 2nd grade. My mom put me on a diet. Looking at pictures I wasn't fat. She was obsessed with losing weight so she transferred her obsession to me.
This is so sad, I'm sorry that was your experience
. One of my biggest worries is my girls becoming hyper aware of issues surrounding weight because I have to be vigilant about mine. I try to never talk about it around them, I can't imagine trying to force them to diet because of my own problems 
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240 after baby 1 then down to 141 in a yr. WW really did work for me and teach me a lot. Only they did nothing for the mental part of the biggest change I made. I could accept being a mom, but I couldn't see myself as anything but morbidly obese. Yay dismorphia!
230 after baby 2 then, literally, sat around at 175 - 190 for 2 years.
190 after baby 3, this past year.
I'm at 149 now, and like someone above said, it'll never be a magic day or number to be done looking after myself, inside and out!
Have a wonderful night, all - tomorrow will be great!!2 -
5th or 6th grade, obese but no idea of pounds, probably didn't lose anything, but I remember counting calories for the first time.
8th grade, slimfast and calories, lost maybe 20-30 pounds, started perhaps in the lower 200's? at 5'10" and as a girl. gained it back.
little bits here and there throughout highschool, probably during the summer, nothing that amounted to much. higher 200's by graduation.
18, went from 275ish to 200ish using calorie counting and unhealthy habits. Gained it back plus over 100 more pounds by 22 or 23.
Lost 20-30 pounds midway through the massive regain by not eating for like a month. Gained it back.
23, Lost 125 pounds with WeightWatchers. Healthy methods, but all-or-nothing thinking. Gained it back, but not more.
Lost 50 pounds or so at 26? Weightwatchers. Gained it back, but not more.
Fast forward to 29, started losing again, obv. with calorie counting, now 30 and 186 pounds as of this morning, and as far as I am aware, the lowest weight of my teenage or adult life. Let's hope the trend of the past doesn't continue.3 -
About seven years ago, I hit 180 pounds and decided I needed to lose weight. I tried a food journal at first then migrated to calorie counting. Got down to 140 and looked as good as I'd ever looked. (I think I'd typically been around 160 before a really nasty spell at work had me eating way too much fast food.)
Met my (now) husband, went on birth control that did not agree with me, gained 20 pounds. Got married. Got pregnant. Up to 225. Down to 170. Pregnant again. Back to 225. Am currently 176 and dropping. I've kept a spreadsheet the whole time (a habit I picked up the first time calorie counting) and you can tell when I started calorie counting again because the graph drops dramatically.
Liking food too much saved me from trying fad diets, but I agree that there is definitely a correlation between yoyo dieting and being overweight. Constantly losing fat+muscle then gaining back fat does nothing good for your health or metabolism.0 -
CrazyMermaid1 wrote: »I was in 2nd grade. My mom put me on a diet. Looking at pictures I wasn't fat. She was obsessed with losing weight so she transferred her obsession to me.
Ive had a smilar experience with my mom
Also my dad cant say anything weight related to my mom, so he transfers mean comments to me.
Since I was in elementary school hes been calling me fat and making fun of me to lose weight.
And last year when i relapsed into anorexia and weighed 98 pounds, he said i was too skinny amd i needed to eat.
Little does he know his biggot ways are the reason for my eds.
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First time I started I was 15.1
I lost 24lbs
This time I was 17st
I'm currently 15.3
Keeping it up this time X0 -
Russellb97 wrote: »My first real diet was a no-carb plan at 19 years-old and I weighed 235lbs.
I lost 30lbs in 3 months but within a year I was around 245lbs.
8 years later and after another 7-14 times of dieting I weighed 330lbs
Anyone else have a similar experience?
I was skinny growing up.
I went onto CI<CO for a little while when I was 17. I was 135 lbs, following a surgery, and wanted to lighten up for running. I dropped to 118 lbs.
I did CI<CO again when I was 23. I hit 170 lbs after a surgery and a move, which had eaten into my exercise time over a period of 6-8 months. Within a couple months I was down to about 140 lbs. And a few years later, I upped my exercise and was back down to 118 lbs.
I hovered between 118 and about 125 for years.
I did CI<CO again when I was 44. I had reached about 170 again after a couple moves (including one from Canada to Australia) and developing DVT which took me out of the exercise game for about a year. Within a few weeks I was down to about 155 lbs which I figured was OK for then because my focus changed ... another move and preparation to travel the world!
I did CI<CO again when I was 48. I had reached about 180 lbs after travelling the world for a year (lots of great food out there!), plus several moves, plus some health issues. Again, less exercise than I would have liked. Not to mention all the good food around the world! 8 months later (16 weeks, 1 month diet break, and another 16 weeks) I had dropped 25 kg/55 lbs. I wouldn't mind dropping to 118 lbs again, but I'm training for long distance events and that does not work well with weight loss.
I've been maintaining for almost a year.
I did CI<CO all those times because it makes sense, and it works.
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Russellb97 wrote: »Anyone think that dieting is one of the factors that can lead to obesity?
Nope.
I gained weight when I moved and/or had a health issue ... when I did something that got in the way of my exercise. And although I've dieted for a few weeks here and there throughout my life, I've never been obese. 1 -
This makes me a little sad - why did no one in my life intervene?
I was 20 when I went on my first diet. At 5'8" I weighed 132 lbs, and I wanted to get back down to my 18 year old weight of 119 lbs. I went on Susan Powter's Stop The Insanity (yes, I'm aware of the irony!) low fat diet. I basically lived on white bread, lettuce, and fat free packaged food, and did lots of step aerobics. I lost the weight in about 8 weeks.
I do wonder what damage that first, unnecessary diet did me.0 -
This is my first real diet. I did do a few random week or less fad diets as a teen just because my friends did, or that one time I wanted to try my aunt's diet which lasted 6 hours. I was obese all through my teens and a good portion of my childhood but wasn't interested in weight loss.
Started my first diet (this diet) about 3.5 years ago or at the age of 31, I did spend a few month before that just observing my eating habits reluctant to make any changes, so let's say 4 years ago. Not sure what my starting weight was because my scale didn't go that high, but I entered my last known weight (139 kg - 306 pounds) as a starting point. I'm pretty sure I had gained some more after that last recorded weight.
Now after? Not sure where I will let my weight settle at goal, probably somewhere between 68-72 kg, but my current weight is around 96 kg (211 pounds) up and down a couple of pounds as I'm taking a maintenance break. After I managed to regulate my blood sugar and hypertension I have gotten very lax and slow at dieting with extended maintenance breaks, so I expect it to take another 3-5 years to reach goal weight.
Edit: I did regain about 30 pounds last year after quitting smoking and letting go of food intake control to focus on quitting, so I guess this makes this diet number 2? I was about the same weight I am now when I quit, so I basically re-lost the gained weight so far and any further progress will be a new low.0 -
When i first started dieting:
139
highest weight after dieting:
133
I have never gotten above my initial starting weight.1 -
Russellb97 wrote: »Anyone think that dieting is one of the factors that can lead to obesity?
I think most diets do not talk about calories at all or have a solid maintenance plan. Most are unsustainable long term. So a lot of people gain when they stop the diet. I think diets exhaust and frustrate some people so they go through periods of not paying attention. It is very easy to eat just a bit too much, stop weighing yourself, not acknowledge the changes.
I think for me my weight gain was lifestyle change, aging, not knowing how many calories I needed and eating slightly more than I should regularly. I didn't gain 20-30lbs overnight or even in one year ever. I got to my highest weight gradually over many years.1 -
First time I started dieting in my twenties I was about 56 kg/124 pounds, now working my way down from 72 kg/158 pounds. The highest weight I ever had was 75kg/165 pounds, but that was my highest pregnant weight. If I had not stopped myself two months ago, I would be at that weight again, but no baby this time. Apparently I am not the only one who cannot keep the weight down effortlessly. What happens? Is it mentally that we do not feel when enough is enough, or is it physically that our CO has actually lowered?
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I did my first diet, Atkins, when I was 17. I lost about 100 pounds in a year. Of course I gained it back plus more. My second diet was Weight Watchers. I went from 306 to 189 in about 1.5 years. Gained it back. My last diet I used MFP. I went from 340 to 179 in 9 months. I like being able to eat what I want and still lose weight. I always tend to lose much quicker than I should, I'm not sure why though. I might have an over active thyroid, but I haven't had it checked yet. I did gain some weight this year due to my binge eating disorder, but I am on Vyvanse for it now and I have lost 7.4 pounds in the first week. Mostly water weight, but I am happy with it. My goal is to lose another 52.4 pounds, which I am hoping to hit my March of next year. I am struggling with what to do when I hit that weight. I don't want to look muscular, as I like the skinny lanky look, but I might try to add maybe 10 pounds of muscle to look a little better. I'm just not sure yet until I hit that weight and see how I look.0
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or is it physically that our CO has actually lowered?
For me ... very clearly this.
Just about every time I've moved and/or been hospitalised with something, I've gained weight. Chalk it up to lack of exercise.
For a couple months leading up to a move, exercise is put on a back burner. Instead of cycling 100+ km/week and walking 15-20 km/week, we're down to doing next to nothing. And food intake becomes a matter of convenience. This is when we order take away because it's just easier that way. Or we finish up the last of the cereal for dinner. Or I go on a little cake-making spree to get rid of all those cake mixes.
Similar sort of thing when I'm out of action because of a health issue. No exercise, and eating becomes something of a convenience rather than paying attention like usual.
But the minute I get back into a stable situation again, I lose the weight.
And if I stay in the same place for a while, and am reasonably healthy, I quite comfortably maintain my weight.
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Russellb97 wrote: »Russellb97 wrote: »Anyone think that dieting is one of the factors that can lead to obesity?
Well, now that I've checked your profile... what does the co-author of The Spike Diet think causes obesity? And why doesn't he just use the existing term, "adaptive thermogenesis", to describe it?
I definitely believe that is part of it of course but I'm also blaming the emotional and mental impact of dieting.
We begin a bit overweight but want to be thinner. So we diet and lose weight, then we stop and we regain weight, plus maybe some more. So we blame ourselves for the failure and start another diet hoping it "works" again. Then we just repeat the same cycle again and again and again. Pretty soon we are no longer overweight but obese.
Dude. That's like explaining paint by numbers to a 6 year old. If users here were still in the "diet" state of mind they'd be off doing a juice clense not counting calories. I emplore you for blatantly ignoring the sarcasm though. ..2 -
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I was a little girl, not sure of the age, but younger than 10. I was a chunky kid, but I think that if my family had eaten healthy food and left me alone, I would have outgrown it and had a much healthier attitude about my body. I was told that I was overweight and told that I shouldn't eat so much. The house was full of junk food snacks, which I would eat and then be shamed for eating them. Mealtimes were also contentious. Everything was fried and had gravy on it, including the vegetables sometimes. I would be told to "clean my plate". As a teen, I tried every crash diet I ever heard of, including the banana diet, the popcorn diet, and the cabbage soup diet. I hovered around the 120's until college when I got really sick. I hit about 112, which was really too small for my frame. Then, my family started talking to me about anorexia! Years later, I would be diagnosed with crohn's disease and put on steroids, which helped me to balloon up to 217. Now I'm struggling to reach a healthy weight. I'm at 205 right now.0
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Started 2 years ago at 59 kg and I've been maintaining at 50kg for the past year1
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Grade 11 I was 165...so for graduation I decided not to be "fat". I wasn't...a very small 130lbs...I did calorie counting but had no idea about "eating too little"...I think my goal was 1000 or something stupid like that...
I kept it off mostly until I got pregnant in the military at 20...no physical training allowed back in the early 90's..smh...
I hit 165 a couple years ago and I was like..wow you were not fat in grade 11....
Oh note tho...my prom dress is a size 10...it fits me now...perfectly like it did back in grade 12....at 130 (yes I lift etc) but all my other clothing is a size 6....what does that say about our sizing now.1 -
hereforthelolz wrote: »Russellb97 wrote: »Russellb97 wrote: »Anyone think that dieting is one of the factors that can lead to obesity?
Well, now that I've checked your profile... what does the co-author of The Spike Diet think causes obesity? And why doesn't he just use the existing term, "adaptive thermogenesis", to describe it?
I definitely believe that is part of it of course but I'm also blaming the emotional and mental impact of dieting.
We begin a bit overweight but want to be thinner. So we diet and lose weight, then we stop and we regain weight, plus maybe some more. So we blame ourselves for the failure and start another diet hoping it "works" again. Then we just repeat the same cycle again and again and again. Pretty soon we are no longer overweight but obese.
Except with women we are mostly in a healthy weight range at the time of our first diet. If I could go back I never would have started.
It's not just "going back to your old habits" either. Dieting changes your chemistry. It changes you on a metabolic level, and the changes persist long past the point where you've regained the weight.
I was 150 at 5"10 in high school. Perfect. Literally, perfect. I was healthy and strong, I swam and ran and hiked.
But I wore a size 13/14, which was "plus size." There were no prom dresses above a 12 back then.
The world told me I was *huge.* And I believed them all.
The world told me I was fat and gross and stores made even finding bathing suits and exercise clothes hard (this was the 80s).
I look at pictures of myself in high school and college, especially when I was swimming every day, and I think "Why did I listen?" But you can't help but listen, especially when you're young.5 -
Eh...I gained like 25 pounds in university, bartending and eating poorly and sleeping odd hours and never exercising. I hit a BMI of 25 for the first time in my life and then I went on my first "diet" (calorie counting), lost 30 pounds, and have kept it off for about 4 years. No yo-yoing or broken metabolism here.1
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I was always on the thin side until college. That weight just came off naturally after college when I got a job. Got married and had two children lost the weight after them naturally. Quit smoking in mymearly 30's and put on 10, 15 pounds, it came off gradually over 5 years. Got to menopause and ????? idk, but basically shot up to 175 pounds? Wasn't even using hormone replacement. I still can't figure that out knowing what I know about CICO.
I started calorie counting and lost it over two years. Maintained around 125 pounds for 5 years plus. Litlerally got tired of not eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and gained it all back in three years.
Last December began Calorie counting again and I'm at around 130 pounds the past month. Still losing slowly now.
IDK if dieting causes obesity or not.0 -
When I was 20 I weighed 208. The doctor put me on Meridia and that combines with a very physical job dropped my weight to 140.
I kept the bulk of it off until I got pregnant. I was 252 the day I delivered my daughter. I ate all the foods.
I bounced around in the 210's 220's for three years and then joined weight watchers. I got to 200 and found out I was pregnant.
I was 250 the day I delivered him.
When my son was 9 months old I went to a weight loss clinic,weighing in at 224. The doctor put me on adipex.
Sure I lost weight. I didn't eat or sleep ( I was working nights, so it served a double purpose) I was down to 130 the thinnest I've ever been in my adult life.
I went off the medication to have another baby. I got put on complete bed rest for that pregnancy... I was 242 the day I delivered my 3rd child.
I clearly have issues with food,but this time I'm not looking for a fast fix. I can see how much damage that kind of yoyo dieting did to my body.
No time like the present to learn, eh?
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When I was 21 I was 165 lbs. and joined Weight Watchers to lose some weight before my wedding. I wanted to be as thin as I was when I graduated from high school (I think I was around 145 lbs). At 5'11" 165 lbs wasn't overweight but I remember being very frustrated that I was only losing about a half a pound a week so I quit when I got down to about 160.
In April of 2015, when I joined MFP, I weighed 237. I'm slowly working back towards the weight that I thought was fat 14 years ago.1 -
Whenever I've been on a diet, I've been about 50-100lbs overweight. When I changed my lifestyle to a long term one I could sustain, I lost it all.1
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My first diet was in high school and I weighed 110 lbs.
My top weight was 178, about 35 years later and about 2 years ago.0 -
fattothinmum wrote: »Whenever I've been on a diet, I've been about 50-100lbs overweight. When I changed my lifestyle to a long term one I could sustain, I lost it all.
Exactly, I wasted so much time and many tears dieting. Switching from dieting to an enjoyable lifestyle is what cured me.1 -
I've been dieting for almost my whole teen/adult life, but I remember weighing 145 about 30 years ago.
My highest weight was 6 years ago at 329
I'm now the smallest I've ever been, and its sometimes unreal that I'm in the 120's when I step on the scale!2
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