Were you surprised that you publicly posted your weight?

i don't get the whole thing about being secretive. people can see i am over weight, i am what i am, just like size. its obvious i am not a size 8, so its not like its a big surprise kiwm?

No, i've never had a problem with sharing my weight.

I've never been extremly ashamed of my body...maybe a little bit at times but as a kid i was very overweight and loved myself. LOL i know its weird but i had such a loud personality and i enjoyed my time that i spent with friends laughing and eating away. it wasnt until i started dating that insecurities started to arise but i got over it quickly. my family is mexican...and minorities view weight alot differently i feel. my cousin and my aunt were big influences on building insecurities about weight because they were so overly concerned with it but i always felt like i could always turn everything into a joke.

now that im older im still not shy but i understand some of the denial ive had in the past about and decided to change myself but still love myself.

im deffinatly not trying to say you dont love yourself but i feel like thats the reason why saying i was 185 (im short too) wasnt that big of a deal for me.

I'm still surprised i told anyone how big i got. I'm still pretty ashamed of that number. BUT since i don't know anyone here, it's a little easier. If its the same way for you, it's easy telling someone if you don't know them. AND we're all on the same boat here, so you can rest assured you wont be ridiculed.

i can defiantly see that, ive been so much more open here about my feelings then with my real friends and family.

i figure i am embarrassed about the weight so if i tell everyone if i lose it i wont feel so bad it would b more embarrassing if i kept it on!

I think I was surprised at first but there it feels safe to tell MFP because everyone is here with the same goal. I happily will post my weight why because I am never going to be that weight agian!!

For me, I think it was easier to share on here because I have the (perhaps false) sense of anonymity, and I know that everyone on this site has the same goals as me (healthier lifestyle, etc.) I still won't actually tell my best friends what I weigh, but I keep them updated with how much I've lost. Maybe when I hit my goal weight I'll tell them how much I really weighed.

I guess that me admitting where I am to myself and to you demonstrates how serious I am about changing my situation.

I think that's it exactly. Hiding it doesn't get you anywhere. Stating the issue and asking for support are two major steps toward behavior change and success.

i don't get the whole thing about being secretive. people can see i am over weight, i am what i am, just like size. its obvious i am not a size 8, so its not like its a big surprise kiwm?

I agree. But I think the problem is when we say how much we weigh, we can no longer "pretend" to ourselves that we don't know. And they know we know. I guess it is like "if you say your birthday wish out loud, it won't come true" type thinking. It is very shameful to admit to people that we are as heavy as we are.

But....the flip side? "How much have you lost?" "What was your highest weight?" No problem! I was so happy to have lost 5 pounds because that meant I was really getting somewhere. I wasn't just "trying", I was doing. Then when 10 pounds, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35......63 pounds were lost, I just jump up and down! "Hey, I used to weigh 205 pounds! I decided that was enough and I lost the weight." I am very proud of that fact. Every time I tell someone that, it reminds me of the work that I must continue to do in order to be able to say that in the future. The most depressing thing for me was to say, "well, I lost 53 pounds but 15 came back." That was so much harder to say. I have no problem showing people my old fat pictures. Look on my profile for me in the purple shirt with my husband. That was before I made it all the way up to 205. Possibly 195. I was miserable. I never believe anyone who says about their weight, "Well, I'm healthy and happy." I sincerely doubt if they are happy and I am pretty sure they will not be healthy for long.

You see quite a few here who have lost their weight, gotten into the best shape of their lives, and are now personal trainers. I understand that completely. It would be the most rewarding thing to help others to accomplish their goals, too.

Yes, usually I'm very private about such things but I decided that if I was going to do this properly I needed to be honest with myself about my weight and that as a previous poster said, everyrone can see I am (was!) overweight, so I may as well put it on here.

personally it doesnt bother me, i put the weight on so its my own problem being the size that i am. People seeing my weight is just another motivator to burn those calories

I have no problem sharing my weight I mean come in now, it doesn't take an Einstein to see that I'm fat. It doesn't make a difference if they see a number or not.