Young people who have always been overweight?

Hello! I'm 21, and it's actually getting into nursing school that kind of kick started me wanting to lose weight. When I hit 300 lbs, I decided enough was enough and started a regiment of low carb + exercise, and as a result... I'm 70 lbs down so far! With a year of college left until I'm a registered nurse, my goal is to reach my goal by the time I graduate, which I think is feasible the way I'm going.

November 2011: 306lbs
As of my last weigh-in today: 236

Anyway, I feel like a lot of people on here gained weight for whatever reason, but I've never had the experience of being skinny. I went from a chubby kid to a fat teenager. I'm hopin' I finally get to experience that feeling soon!

Anyone else young and/or been overweight since childhood need support buddies? I'd love some. Sometimes it's hard to resist binge eating an entire cheesecake. lol

Congrats
I have always been fat. My lowest weight as an adult was 190 and I went up to 257. I'm down to 233.6 since March.

<---- never been skinny......... YET! I'm not young though, I'm an old hag. lol

I've been overweight my entire life. Add me if you wish. Just a warning, sometimes my posts are depressing. So you may not wanna add me if that will upset you.

Hey, that's me! At my highest weight I was close to 290. I started this at around 268 and right now I'm 202.5, and the smallest I have ever been in my adult life. So far I've been able to say that at pretty much every weigh in. So, if you (or anyone) is looking for some more buddies I'm always looking for more!

I don't remember being skinny ever. I hit 120 when I was about 11 and lied that I was still that weight for a few years when I clearly was not. I was the fat one out of my family though, my younger sister has never been bigger than a size 4, and my cousins are all stick thin, so I always felt like the fat one out of us all. They never made fun of me, but they didn't have to, I beat it into myself.
It got so bad that I would wear sweaters and pants in the summer heat just to hide myself, no matter the temperature. By about grade 11 I was comfortable enough to wear t-shirts that didn't drape over me like a blanket, and now that I'm 21, and at my biggest, 190 (which is obese for someone 5'2"), I've decided it's time to find out what thin feels like. I have 80 pounds to lose, and so far I've lost 3, which is a big deal since nothing ever worked for me. I've also been active, and am a blue-with-black-stripe in karate, which helps alot. Also, I have wonderful support from my boyfriend, who doesn't let a day go by without telling me that I'm beautiful. My cousins and sister also support me in my quest.
As you'll notice, my DP isn't me. Maybe one day I'll work up the courage to put a picture of myself for everyone to see.

I've always been chunky, and I decided about the same time as you ( reaching 300) to make a change. I am 24. My goal is to eventually be able to wear a bikini...since I've never been able to. I'm graduating college this upcoming school year and then will be starting doctorate school for audiology. Feel free to add me if you'd like! Great job on your success so far!

i havent always been obese but ive never been skinny...im happy to have new friends. the more the merrier

I was "skinny"/healthy once...until I hit age five. Unfortunately, I'm an emotional eater. And unfortunately, my parents weren't the best example food-wise growing up. Food was a reward, a comfort, something that brought family, friends, and holidays together. That's great--except, I didn't have any way of comprehending portion control. So, here I am now, a couple BMI percents away from a "normal" weight and I couldn't be more excited to make the transformation into a healthy, happy, energetic body. I still have about 20-30 to lose, but cheers to every body here, and feel free to add me! :flowerforyou:

I've never been considered obese, but I have been overweight my whole life. Just this year I'm taking weight loss seriously and its such a slow and prolonged process for only 20 pounds I think it's because my body isn't use to having a lower body fat percentage than what it's been its whole life.. but anyways, new friends on this site are always welcome Feel free to add me!

I have always been overweight too... My highest weight was in high school at 233 lbs... I didn't own a scale, stepped on my cousins and cried when I saw the number... Somehow I lost 15 lbs over the next year. I'm an LPN, and weighed about 215 lbs when I started school. I managed to get down to 190 lbs by changing my diet throughout my year long course, and slowly put it back on again within a year. Last August my sister-in-law and I started working together to get HEALTHY! Eating well and exercising/working out on a regular basis. I weigh 171 lbs at the moment, and my goal is 155 lbs.

I still think of myself as the "fat girl" as I have aaaallllways been big, even as a kid. It's a hard thing to wrap your mind around. When I was younger, I always wished to be skinny like the popular girls in high school, but now I'm striving to be muscular and athletic. I can run, which I could never do before, and I actually enjoy working out, which I NEVER thought I would. Good luck to you, feel free to add me as a friend if you'd like :flowerforyou: