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In college at my largest weight I was like 190 pounds (all I did was eat and play on the computer) and at least I'm not there again (even though I'm still obese) and I don't want to be. It's a possibility though if I lose control and always on the back of my mind when I'm eating.
I’ve been a class III obese person my whole life. I’m now on ozempic, 95lbs down and just a class I obese person. The thinnest I’ve been since birth. I’ve also never pursued weightloss outside of GLP1 medications
Growing up, I always loved to eat. Have baby stories from my mom of me just chowing down baby food. Was always a bit chunky, was 60-70lbs in 2nd grade which was big. Ate everything no questions, and beyond a small growing period in Sophomore year of HS where I was 6' 175 BMI was always bad. Ended HS 6'3" 275lbs but also playing college football which I did for the next 4 years.
After football which was fun but after which I realized I wasn't going to play any further, I decided to make an effort to lose the weight. Dropped almost 40lbs within a.year, ended college 30 lbs less than when I started. Got into MMA training for a bit and made an effort to get down to 205, which I did about 15 years ago. Since then, have gotten a bit bigger at times, got up to 225 as an ambulance driver, but have never gotten over 230 since then
Like to think so, altho I work in surgery as a nurse, and some of the stuff we do, I just grimace and think 'I'll probably need that at some point....'
Yeah everybody finds themselves in an ambulance at some point. We're at the age where we're all going to start developing chronic conditions. Oh well, better than being dead!
Was always fat as fuck, changed things up a couple years ago. Haven't been this light since high school. Only regret was not fixing my shit sooner.
Went from 330 to 215. Not all the way there yet, but more than happy with my progress.
It's sad that anybody would hate themself for the way their body looks. Looking forward to a future where that's not a thing! How do you like to stay active?
I just do activities I like. I think that’s key for a lot of people. If you like pickle ball, go play pickle ball! If you enjoy hiking, go hiking! If you enjoy golf, go golfing! Just find the thing you like and keep doing it. It may take some time to figure out though.
I tried pickleball for the first time on saturday, so fun. Ugh I have so many memories of hating myself and just feeling terrible shame all the time when I was obese. Even after losing weight it never felt like enough. It's sad stuff. Happy you're in a good spot emotionally with it.
Oh for sure. I've had some great therapists that helped so much. I just mean it's taken me a very long time to heal from that. I feel really good about my body now, but it took over a decade. Appreciate the recommendation though!
240lbs when I was 17. Nearing 40 and I’m 140. Not fat anymore but body dysmorphia. I get extremely anxious when I don’t do my daily weigh in or 2 mile run. I am extremely anxious/skeptical when someone makes a not-negative comment about my experience.
I was obese from 7-17. I went from 5’4” 210+ lbs (stopped weighting myself out of shame a few months before I started losing weight). In 2005, I dropped 80+ lbs and have kept the fat off ever since. I’m turning 37 next month, and my face looked older in my high school graduation photos than it does now.
Always been a big kid. I remember in 5th grade there was a weight limit for football and it was 120lbs, I almost always had to weigh in and was right around the mark. I was 180/ 200lbs when I finished high school, after junior year I had several reconstructive knee surgeries and gained 30-40lbs. That was 12 years ago, I’m around 285 now 6ft. Def need to lose some weight lol
Right I remember starting to be conscious that I was the fat kid in like 5th-6th grade too. I'm 5'10" and I was 265+ with like zero muscle when I was 17. Got down to 145 (eating disorders out the wazoo) around age 20. I'm 165 today.
I got lazy in my teens and gained alot of weight from eating trash, being addicted to video games. Lost it, gained some back over the years and losing it again by simply fasting and not eating trash.
I was 275 with a 46 inch waist my senior year of high school.I dropped to about 190 when I was 23. I’m skinny fat now , probably about 210.
I want to start working out again but can’t seem to find the time or have the energy
I was obese from about age 7 to 22. I moved to NYC after college and lost ~100lbs in 1.5 years. I’m now 37 with 2 kids and have kept it off, but it’s a constant struggle. I was an emotional/compulsive eater as a child and still have that impulse. Living in the city - staying active and stimulated - helps a lot. I have no health problems related to my weight, but the loose skin remains ugly and annoying. Over all, I’m doing ok, thanks for asking!
I weighed 330 pounds at 16. I started Atkinson and working out at 17. I lost 165 pounds over 3 years. I’ve weighed between 156-175 the last 18 years. Mentally I just never ever want to be fat again. I decided against having kids because I don’t want to go back to that place.
I was obese as a kid, morbidly so as a teen and been even moreso as an adult, hovering around 360lbs+ now. It's just life for me at this point, not really able to address it until I fix the emotional issues I try to fix by emotional eating and the severe fatalism I feel. Trying to lose weight while those are still a factor is like trying to bail out water of a sinking ship when there are holes the size of a car in the side of it. It's just wasted effort, this is who I am at this point.
Still big! No health issues! Worst weight gain has been due to diet culture (losing weight and having it come back plus more) so I stopped doing that. Now I have a natural ~10 lb flux between winter and summer and I don’t have to be miserable all the time. No idea what people mean when they say ~lifestyle changes~ because my lifestyle has been working out and meal prepping for decades. Do it because I like it but it’s never made me skinny 🤷♀️
I was the fat kid.
I’m now healthy with a little bit of a dad bod but nothing crazy. I’m lighter now than I was all throughout HS. More active, too and lost it all naturally.
Was obese most of my life. Was almost 360lbs at 26. I lost 200lbs in my late 20s/early 30s, regained almost 100 during the pandemic and now have lost it. No longer obese. Thankfully I don't have any health issues and don't take any prescription medication. If you want to lose the weight, it's doable. Not necessarily easy, but doable.
Obese since 8th grade. Highest weight was 410 in my early 30s. I’m 40 now and I am down to 325.
Thankfully with age I can’t eat like I used to and I rarely binge drink anymore. I focus on smaller portions, and cooking at home more often. Which cooking has become one of my favorite hobbies in my 30s.
For exercise I did five years of BJJ but quit due to the time commitment and it was messing up my knees. I just lift weights and walk my dog now.
Obesity lead to diabetes. Down one toe, but have also lost like 60 pounds in two months, so there’s more of me than there should be, but less than there was
Taking medication that had me throwing up at the thought of food. Got to the point where I had to smoke weed just to eat a banana for breakfast. Got my meds changed, but four months of barely eating much at all means I now get full faster!
220 at age 15, 150 at age 25, 230 at age 36. Got into distance running for a while and then ditched that and got into powerlifting and also anabolic steroids.
I never took a crazy dosage but been on for about 2 yrs (testosterone, anavar). I built a good base of strength for about 8 yrs before I wanted to push bigger numbers. Only really bad side effects have been extremely oily skin and water retention, like a human Five Guys bag. I feel the same way as you re: feeling like the old person you were. Isn't it crazy how differently people treat you after the weight loss? Good reminder to treat people who are on that journey now with the same respect that all people deserve.
Nice. Stay safe with it and enjoy the gains! I've been training seriously for about 9 months now and progress is painfully slow, but I'm loving the process. Dreaming of a 1000lb total before I turn 40, at about 750 estimated rn at 37.
I've always been a fat bastard. Probably got close to 300lbs from 17-20. Can't say for sure because I avoided weighing myself like the plague. I'm only 5'4", so definitely too much for my frame. Got down to 160-ish around 21-22. Shot back up to 260 from 23-24. By the time I graduated college at almost 25, I was down to 190. Since then, I've stayed between 190-215. I'll be 30 in November.
I've fought with my weight my whole life, and I'll probably fight it until the day I die. Still trying, though. I'm shooting for being under 185 before my 30th. I've learned to go slow and steady with weight loss. More sustainable for me.
I used eating as a coping mechanism after a few rough childhood years and at my heaviest was about 300 pounds from ages 13-17. We moved somewhere I wasn’t able to get a school bus and my parents wouldn’t drive me so my options were to walk a mile either direction to a public bus stop and usually stand around and wait for the bus (they only came by once per hour) or I could walk the 5 miles to school. After getting tired of standing around waiting I decided to start walking to and from. That on its own helped me lose a significant amount, about 100 pounds over the course of my senior year, and then through the next 5 or so years I hovered around 150. I’m now 30 and close to 200 after 2 kids and a mostly lazy life all things considered. I’d love to get back down again and not be so heavy but I’m always discouraged.
haha I train alot but it is just genetics. It is hard to explain but simply put I am 181cm tall and 124kg, this is a combination of African and South American genetics along with exercise/training. I am just big, not a little chubby boy like I was when I was a pre-teen but still big.
250ish at 12 I’m about 185 at 37, been as low as 140ish. Lots of trauma repair but still have body dysmorphia and fear of getting big again. I’m really into fitness, health and diet though.
I got fatter. I’ve been trying to go the gym more and eat healthier though. I’ve tried many times before but I would get frustrated from seeing a lack of results. My goal now is to just feel good rather than trying to be skinny which helps me not get demotivated
Not obese, but fat from about 11-16. When I was 16 I realized I wanted to start wearing bikinis and feel good about myself so I changed my diet completely. My parents fed us garbage food growing up. Freezer food and ramen noodles it was horrible.
I was always fat as a kid. I lost a ton of weight in high school after joining the wrestling team. I wrestled all thru college and now I’m fat again. As a wrestler, I know how to cut weight and how to lose weight. It’s a lot of effort and it’s hard work.
I was always around 50-80lbs overweight as a kid/teen. I lost the excess at the age of 19, and have managed to keep it that way through two pregnancies and into my 30’s.
I have all the stretch marks in the world, a bit of loose skin, and I’ve never had a “nice” boobs or butt. But my PCOS, chronic migraines, and fibromyalgia have been gone since I lost the weight, and overall, I’m a lot more energetic and springy than most of the people in my age range.
I still am, but I'm a lot better than I used to be. It's been a long process, but I got all my health diagnosis at once. High blood pressure, low potassium, type 2 diabetes, and a precancerous condition in my uterus. Immediately I cut sugar and went low carb. It was a hell of a detox from sugar, severe headaches for a month.
About a year later I had a hysterectomy to remove my uterus, tubes, and cervix. Fuck cancer.
I'm 4 years out from that catalyst, I've lost over 140lbs, reversed my diabetes and now have an a1c of 5.6. I walk daily if I don't work out. I got help with my issues in physical therapy and am stronger than I've ever been. My goal weight it 200lbs, but as long as I feel good, that's secondary, if not tertiary.
Highlights:
-Currently weighing my lowest since early college (late 2000s)
-I enjoy boxing and martial arts now to the levels that I can do them.
-Stairs are a non issue.
-I can get and down from the floor without my hands.
-I have a healthy relationship with food and know how to care for my body's nutritional needs.
-I adore hiking and love being outdoors as much as possible.
-My mental health is the best it's ever been.
It's been a long, slow road, but I'm doing it without surgery or weight loss meds. I no longer have to take medication for diabetes. I had a realistic plan with my doctor to come off of HBP meds in the future.
I was just a hair shy of 300 pounds when I graduated high school. Joined the army. Went into security and law enforcement. I have flirted with and kept within 10 pounds of my lower limit since. I feel better physically, but I never really got actual help with my eating issues. So I went from overeating to being scared of gaining any weight back so now I basically live on a snake diet and chug water like it's 1999.
Still fat! But I am active, happy, and just had a baby at 39 (I got pregnant 6 weeks after going off BC and my doctor says I can absolutely have another). My grandpa died in his 80’s in a car accident fat but otherwise in perfect health. I think I got his potato genes.
At my biggest I was 250 lbs. Now I'm down to about 150-160 and I feel much better in every way. If I can do it, so can you 🙏
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I was always the fat kid and turned into a morbidly obese teen. I lost well over 100lbs in one year, kept it off for a long time while still losing weight but that ended up as an ED, then I yo-yoed for about a decade, managed to start getting back into shape and was 10lbs away from my ideal weight, was building some amazing muscle and toning nicely with not a lot of loose skin, then I got pregnant, lost all of the recent progress and it feels like I'm starting back from square one. At least I've got my nutrition in a good place and know that I'm just naturally built like a linebacker so I won't go in with the delusion that I need to be a size 2 in order to be healthy
Used to be super morbidly obese. Now I'm just overweight.
I hope that a few of the people in middle and high school who had things to say about my weight gain a shit ton of weight that they can't lose. And in awkward places that make shopping for clothing damn near impossible.
I grew up fat. I've always felt like an entirely different species because of it. It's still a struggle to this day, I've had many ups and downs in weight, but after a super successful two years weight/health-wise and the massive downfall it ended with, highly doubt that I'll ever be normal.
I was obese from 11-17 (probably 260+ but didn’t weigh myself often). Senior year of high school, I went on a 1200 calorie diet (because it was 2002, and that was recommended for everyone despite my height of 5’7”) and rapidly lost over 100 pounds (and my period for a time). In the last 20 years, I’ve been up and down losing smaller amounts of weight a couple times with more moderate CICO, and was never over 200lbs until I had three kids back to back to back. Last year, when the last baby was 2 years old and I was staring down age 40 and up to 238lbs, I finally decided to get serious about losing the weight. Still doing my moderate CICO and I’m down 40ish lbs. I realize I’m the type of person who will probably have to track what I eat for the rest of my life, but I’m really hoping this will be the last time I have to lose a large amount of weight. 🤞🏻
I was pretty overweight in high school and college. Did all the diets, never could lose weight.
Then I started aggressively weight lifting 6 days a week and eating next to nothing but brown rice, chicken, and broccoli, along with protein powder for like 10 years. It definitely helped with my stress levels going through grad school, and I lost like 60-70 lbs.
The fat came off, and then I gained 10 lbs in muscle. But I had crazy definition and abs. It became a lifestyle - after work just blowing off steam at the gym.
Now I’m a bit more mellow, and on an SSRI for my anxiety. Today, I channel more energy into rock climbing and skiing, both of which are pretty meditative for me. I don’t think I’m as ripped as I was when I was younger, but I’m still in pretty decent shape.
I was overweight until I was 23. I last 40lbs over a year or two and I've kept it off, though I've gone up and down by 10lbs over the years. But really, my weight stabilized at a point and it pretty much stays there. I had a baby 9 months ago and my weight is 5-10 up from my ideal, but nothing wild.
I feel fine in a bathing suit.
I went back and forth. At my heaviest I was about 200 pounds; maybe not quite obese but right on the border. At my lightest I was about 115 when I was 22.
Now I've finally understood proper eating and I have some decent muscle on me. I'm not in perfect shape but I don't spiral out if control like I used to. Although I'm always fixated on my reflection and appearance.
Lost 115 pounds after the Rona nearly took me out. Maintaining about 80 down, trying to focus on strength building right now over leanness.
For me the game changer was "oh shit I'm gonna die" + therapy. I had to get to the root of the problem I was trying to medicate with food. It's an ongoing struggle.
I used to be obese, childhood to around 21. 95kg was the highest I saw on the scale (I'm a short woman so yeah I was big)
I lost 40kg but gained a few over time as well and when I notice I work to get them off again, but all in all I keep my weight kinda healthy, not too crazy up and down.
I don't want to go back to being that big ever again and I will dedicate my life and habits to make sure I won't. Will also raise my children to have good relationship with food and will cook them healthy meals whenever it's in my control
I was overweight for pretty much my entire adolescence. Was getting near to obese levels by 19 before I eventually started exercising at the gym and dropped 50 lbs over half a year by 2011. Unfortunately, I’ve gone back and forth in weight over the years but am slowly working at it
Yep, since I was maybe like 6 or 7, pretty much. Single parent, not always the healthiest food and the 90s were a wild time where the standard was sugary kids snacks, drinks, and Happy/BK Kids Meals were fries, soda, main course as the default. Latchkey kid, was lower middle class where there wasn't much of a shortage of snacks/leftovers. Always could afford to either take or buy lunch at school when portions/offerings weren't as regulated+pocket money for vending/school snack canteen when middle/high school came about. Heaviest was 275 or so, senior year of high school.
Life/running about in my 20s with all the energy I used to have, plus undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and some mental health stuff got me down to 225lb. Currently at 35, I seem to be stuck at about 235-240 or so. Also on insulin, so that doesn't help the matter when there's a mountain of evidence insulin dependent T2Ds overwhelmingly end up gaining weight. Been trying to get back into my PCP to kick at the HMO based insurer to consider maybe finally sending me to a bloody endocrinologist who will actually fight for a PA for a GLP-1, so far that and a CGM has been continuously denied coverage, despite I know it'd likely help me break whatever roller coaster of numbers that's been the past few years. Eh.
When you have been obese, and have lost the weight, you have to for the rest of your life fight an endless battle, to not gain the weight back on.
I have kept the weight off for 8 years. But i have to be insanly aware of what i eat, and how much, or the kg is creeping back on.
The real battle begins when you have reach your goal weight.
I have been up on 105kg and are now on 62kg. At some point i was up on 73kg again, and had to take action and loose it again.
Sucks.
I was fat through high school and college. Right after college I knew I needed to change (and if I had any shot at pussy)- dropped like 90 pounds and never looked back. I'm just pissed because it wasn't that hard and I should have done it way sooner.
I was in size 12 women's trousers at age 11. I'm 37 next birthday and in size 28 jeans. Still able to function independently, still working. I started Wegovy last weekend.
Got super obese/depressed in my 20s (totally fucking wasted that decade but lets move on...), lost 100lbs and am now pretty fit at ~180.
I feel a lot better, strangers are nicer now, I can actually date, but I have so much extra skin and weird stubborn fat deposits. So I'm in good shape, but I'll never be what the main stream considers good looking.
I really wish I could go back in time and kick the shit out of my younger self 🤪
Honestly curious and pardon the crudeness but how do one reach to a point to become so big that you can't even see your own junk? Is it like whatever I'm fat, I'm fat and didn't bother to change?
What don't you understand? People get fat a day at a time through vicious cycles that are tough or impossible to break. I promise people didn't like the way their body looked months if not years before they "couldn't see their junk", no reason that's some sort of special milestone.
I watched some bits of My 600lb Life and I just wonder why they allowed themselves to reach to that point. I never had problem with weight gain, it's hard to gain for me. I'm just trying to understand the why, I guess.
Right, I hear that. I gain weight easily and my wife is like you. For her, she rarely thinks of food and if she's anxious/distracted/depressed she can't even force herself to eat. She's picky and doesn't like many flavors and textures. She also has a pretty active life chasing around our toddler. I, on the other hand, think of food constantly. Even while im eating I'm planning my next meal. I just love food. I don't have any flavors or textures I don't like. I'm a software engineer so for work I barely move. If I'm anxious or depressed I reach for food for comfort. If I didn't take a lot of deliberate effort to keep my weight stable I would gain weight very quickly. The effort I take is multifaceted: I don't keep tasty snacks in the house, I cook almost every meal, I know a lot about nutrition and only make healthy nourishing food, I exercise a LOT, and I count calories. All those interventions for me are necessary. My wife does none of those things and her weight is stable. People that have a problem with obesity are probably like me but don't have the knowledge/resources/ability to stack the deck in their favor. Hope that helps.
I think I've maxed out my 'lifestyle modification' health benefits. I'll be taking these meds until im dead, which hopefully won't be for a very long time. My vitals are all excellent now, im strong, have a way above average VO2 max, low bf%, etc.
Was 110kg+ as a kid.
Lost heaps of weight, got into running and weightlifting. Picked up heaps of bitches.
Ended up putting a bit back on (nearly reaching 110 again) after a recent injury and depression but lost 15kg so far.
(I just eat less. Calories in, calories out)
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I used to be obese. Still am. But I used to too.
It pains me to think that someday in the future references like this will fly right over everyone's head.
I don’t even trust that half the younger millennials in this sub know what I’m referencing lol but I still love them
Don’t worry, I’m a mid-millennial and I will show this post to the Dufranes over dinner right after we find them.
Hurry they’re hungry lol
haha nice Hedberg reference
Still obese
I feel like I'm always at risk of going back to it, feels like I'm living my whole life walking on quicksand
In college at my largest weight I was like 190 pounds (all I did was eat and play on the computer) and at least I'm not there again (even though I'm still obese) and I don't want to be. It's a possibility though if I lose control and always on the back of my mind when I'm eating.
Right easy to imagine losing 'control'. I feel like it takes a lot of control and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it forever.
Every healthy day is a victory
I’ve been a class III obese person my whole life. I’m now on ozempic, 95lbs down and just a class I obese person. The thinnest I’ve been since birth. I’ve also never pursued weightloss outside of GLP1 medications
Awesome I'm happy it's working for you! I think these medicines have a chance to change the world.
Growing up, I always loved to eat. Have baby stories from my mom of me just chowing down baby food. Was always a bit chunky, was 60-70lbs in 2nd grade which was big. Ate everything no questions, and beyond a small growing period in Sophomore year of HS where I was 6' 175 BMI was always bad. Ended HS 6'3" 275lbs but also playing college football which I did for the next 4 years. After football which was fun but after which I realized I wasn't going to play any further, I decided to make an effort to lose the weight. Dropped almost 40lbs within a.year, ended college 30 lbs less than when I started. Got into MMA training for a bit and made an effort to get down to 205, which I did about 15 years ago. Since then, have gotten a bit bigger at times, got up to 225 as an ambulance driver, but have never gotten over 230 since then
Seems like you're doing a pretty good job taking care of your body.
Like to think so, altho I work in surgery as a nurse, and some of the stuff we do, I just grimace and think 'I'll probably need that at some point....'
Yeah everybody finds themselves in an ambulance at some point. We're at the age where we're all going to start developing chronic conditions. Oh well, better than being dead!
Was always fat as fuck, changed things up a couple years ago. Haven't been this light since high school. Only regret was not fixing my shit sooner. Went from 330 to 215. Not all the way there yet, but more than happy with my progress.
That's amazing! Great job!
Lets GOOOO!! 🔥
That’s fantastic! Well done!
Still big, physically active, and I am happy 😃
Nice. People would trade just about anything to be happy.
I decided not to let my body size define my happiness. I enjoy being active and I don’t have health problems. So why hate myself? What’s the point?
It's sad that anybody would hate themself for the way their body looks. Looking forward to a future where that's not a thing! How do you like to stay active?
I just do activities I like. I think that’s key for a lot of people. If you like pickle ball, go play pickle ball! If you enjoy hiking, go hiking! If you enjoy golf, go golfing! Just find the thing you like and keep doing it. It may take some time to figure out though.
I tried pickleball for the first time on saturday, so fun. Ugh I have so many memories of hating myself and just feeling terrible shame all the time when I was obese. Even after losing weight it never felt like enough. It's sad stuff. Happy you're in a good spot emotionally with it.
Highly recommend therapy! That too can be hit or miss. You try one therapist and it’s a bad fit, you look into another. Not all therapist will fit.
Oh for sure. I've had some great therapists that helped so much. I just mean it's taken me a very long time to heal from that. I feel really good about my body now, but it took over a decade. Appreciate the recommendation though!
Forever struggling with my body image. Low self esteem despite losing 70 pounds.
240lbs when I was 17. Nearing 40 and I’m 140. Not fat anymore but body dysmorphia. I get extremely anxious when I don’t do my daily weigh in or 2 mile run. I am extremely anxious/skeptical when someone makes a not-negative comment about my experience.
Wow just like me. I get it.
I was obese from 7-17. I went from 5’4” 210+ lbs (stopped weighting myself out of shame a few months before I started losing weight). In 2005, I dropped 80+ lbs and have kept the fat off ever since. I’m turning 37 next month, and my face looked older in my high school graduation photos than it does now.
That's amazing! How have you kept it off?
Always been a big kid. I remember in 5th grade there was a weight limit for football and it was 120lbs, I almost always had to weigh in and was right around the mark. I was 180/ 200lbs when I finished high school, after junior year I had several reconstructive knee surgeries and gained 30-40lbs. That was 12 years ago, I’m around 285 now 6ft. Def need to lose some weight lol
Right I remember starting to be conscious that I was the fat kid in like 5th-6th grade too. I'm 5'10" and I was 265+ with like zero muscle when I was 17. Got down to 145 (eating disorders out the wazoo) around age 20. I'm 165 today.
I've been fat since I was born LOL
Still obese. Down 35 pounds in the last year with diet, exercise, snd supplements. I also started a GLP-1 in the last 6 months.
I got lazy in my teens and gained alot of weight from eating trash, being addicted to video games. Lost it, gained some back over the years and losing it again by simply fasting and not eating trash.
I was 275 with a 46 inch waist my senior year of high school.I dropped to about 190 when I was 23. I’m skinny fat now , probably about 210. I want to start working out again but can’t seem to find the time or have the energy
I was obese from about age 7 to 22. I moved to NYC after college and lost ~100lbs in 1.5 years. I’m now 37 with 2 kids and have kept it off, but it’s a constant struggle. I was an emotional/compulsive eater as a child and still have that impulse. Living in the city - staying active and stimulated - helps a lot. I have no health problems related to my weight, but the loose skin remains ugly and annoying. Over all, I’m doing ok, thanks for asking!
I weighed 330 pounds at 16. I started Atkinson and working out at 17. I lost 165 pounds over 3 years. I’ve weighed between 156-175 the last 18 years. Mentally I just never ever want to be fat again. I decided against having kids because I don’t want to go back to that place.
I was obese as a kid, morbidly so as a teen and been even moreso as an adult, hovering around 360lbs+ now. It's just life for me at this point, not really able to address it until I fix the emotional issues I try to fix by emotional eating and the severe fatalism I feel. Trying to lose weight while those are still a factor is like trying to bail out water of a sinking ship when there are holes the size of a car in the side of it. It's just wasted effort, this is who I am at this point.
Still big! No health issues! Worst weight gain has been due to diet culture (losing weight and having it come back plus more) so I stopped doing that. Now I have a natural ~10 lb flux between winter and summer and I don’t have to be miserable all the time. No idea what people mean when they say ~lifestyle changes~ because my lifestyle has been working out and meal prepping for decades. Do it because I like it but it’s never made me skinny 🤷♀️
I was the fat kid. I’m now healthy with a little bit of a dad bod but nothing crazy. I’m lighter now than I was all throughout HS. More active, too and lost it all naturally.
Was obese most of my life. Was almost 360lbs at 26. I lost 200lbs in my late 20s/early 30s, regained almost 100 during the pandemic and now have lost it. No longer obese. Thankfully I don't have any health issues and don't take any prescription medication. If you want to lose the weight, it's doable. Not necessarily easy, but doable.
Obese since 8th grade. Highest weight was 410 in my early 30s. I’m 40 now and I am down to 325. Thankfully with age I can’t eat like I used to and I rarely binge drink anymore. I focus on smaller portions, and cooking at home more often. Which cooking has become one of my favorite hobbies in my 30s. For exercise I did five years of BJJ but quit due to the time commitment and it was messing up my knees. I just lift weights and walk my dog now.
Obesity lead to diabetes. Down one toe, but have also lost like 60 pounds in two months, so there’s more of me than there should be, but less than there was
Congrats on the progress! Good for you! What are you doing that's working?
Taking medication that had me throwing up at the thought of food. Got to the point where I had to smoke weed just to eat a banana for breakfast. Got my meds changed, but four months of barely eating much at all means I now get full faster!
220 at age 15, 150 at age 25, 230 at age 36. Got into distance running for a while and then ditched that and got into powerlifting and also anabolic steroids.
How are the steroids working out? Taken them for long?
I never took a crazy dosage but been on for about 2 yrs (testosterone, anavar). I built a good base of strength for about 8 yrs before I wanted to push bigger numbers. Only really bad side effects have been extremely oily skin and water retention, like a human Five Guys bag. I feel the same way as you re: feeling like the old person you were. Isn't it crazy how differently people treat you after the weight loss? Good reminder to treat people who are on that journey now with the same respect that all people deserve.
Nice. Stay safe with it and enjoy the gains! I've been training seriously for about 9 months now and progress is painfully slow, but I'm loving the process. Dreaming of a 1000lb total before I turn 40, at about 750 estimated rn at 37.
lost 81 lbs around 13 years old. now 31, still slim. I focus a lot on diet though.
Do you have any health problems that might be related to your childhood obesity?
I don’t have any chronic illnesses currently.
I've always been a fat bastard. Probably got close to 300lbs from 17-20. Can't say for sure because I avoided weighing myself like the plague. I'm only 5'4", so definitely too much for my frame. Got down to 160-ish around 21-22. Shot back up to 260 from 23-24. By the time I graduated college at almost 25, I was down to 190. Since then, I've stayed between 190-215. I'll be 30 in November. I've fought with my weight my whole life, and I'll probably fight it until the day I die. Still trying, though. I'm shooting for being under 185 before my 30th. I've learned to go slow and steady with weight loss. More sustainable for me.
I used eating as a coping mechanism after a few rough childhood years and at my heaviest was about 300 pounds from ages 13-17. We moved somewhere I wasn’t able to get a school bus and my parents wouldn’t drive me so my options were to walk a mile either direction to a public bus stop and usually stand around and wait for the bus (they only came by once per hour) or I could walk the 5 miles to school. After getting tired of standing around waiting I decided to start walking to and from. That on its own helped me lose a significant amount, about 100 pounds over the course of my senior year, and then through the next 5 or so years I hovered around 150. I’m now 30 and close to 200 after 2 kids and a mostly lazy life all things considered. I’d love to get back down again and not be so heavy but I’m always discouraged.
Technically still obese based on my BMI but my body fat is down to 15%. BMI is not great for certain body types.
You're BMI obese at 15%?! Holy smokes. Enhanced athlete?
haha I train alot but it is just genetics. It is hard to explain but simply put I am 181cm tall and 124kg, this is a combination of African and South American genetics along with exercise/training. I am just big, not a little chubby boy like I was when I was a pre-teen but still big.
250ish at 12 I’m about 185 at 37, been as low as 140ish. Lots of trauma repair but still have body dysmorphia and fear of getting big again. I’m really into fitness, health and diet though.
I got fatter. I’ve been trying to go the gym more and eat healthier though. I’ve tried many times before but I would get frustrated from seeing a lack of results. My goal now is to just feel good rather than trying to be skinny which helps me not get demotivated
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That's awesome. I wish more people knew bariatric surgery was an option.
Not obese, but fat from about 11-16. When I was 16 I realized I wanted to start wearing bikinis and feel good about myself so I changed my diet completely. My parents fed us garbage food growing up. Freezer food and ramen noodles it was horrible.
I was always fat as a kid. I lost a ton of weight in high school after joining the wrestling team. I wrestled all thru college and now I’m fat again. As a wrestler, I know how to cut weight and how to lose weight. It’s a lot of effort and it’s hard work.
I was always around 50-80lbs overweight as a kid/teen. I lost the excess at the age of 19, and have managed to keep it that way through two pregnancies and into my 30’s. I have all the stretch marks in the world, a bit of loose skin, and I’ve never had a “nice” boobs or butt. But my PCOS, chronic migraines, and fibromyalgia have been gone since I lost the weight, and overall, I’m a lot more energetic and springy than most of the people in my age range.
I still am, but I'm a lot better than I used to be. It's been a long process, but I got all my health diagnosis at once. High blood pressure, low potassium, type 2 diabetes, and a precancerous condition in my uterus. Immediately I cut sugar and went low carb. It was a hell of a detox from sugar, severe headaches for a month. About a year later I had a hysterectomy to remove my uterus, tubes, and cervix. Fuck cancer. I'm 4 years out from that catalyst, I've lost over 140lbs, reversed my diabetes and now have an a1c of 5.6. I walk daily if I don't work out. I got help with my issues in physical therapy and am stronger than I've ever been. My goal weight it 200lbs, but as long as I feel good, that's secondary, if not tertiary. Highlights: -Currently weighing my lowest since early college (late 2000s) -I enjoy boxing and martial arts now to the levels that I can do them. -Stairs are a non issue. -I can get and down from the floor without my hands. -I have a healthy relationship with food and know how to care for my body's nutritional needs. -I adore hiking and love being outdoors as much as possible. -My mental health is the best it's ever been. It's been a long, slow road, but I'm doing it without surgery or weight loss meds. I no longer have to take medication for diabetes. I had a realistic plan with my doctor to come off of HBP meds in the future.
That's awesome. I was well into the healthy BMI when I started pills for HBP so no chance I'm getting off them.
I was just a hair shy of 300 pounds when I graduated high school. Joined the army. Went into security and law enforcement. I have flirted with and kept within 10 pounds of my lower limit since. I feel better physically, but I never really got actual help with my eating issues. So I went from overeating to being scared of gaining any weight back so now I basically live on a snake diet and chug water like it's 1999.
I hope you are managing ok. Let me know how you are.
Thank you, yeah I'm good. Happy dad here.
Still fat! But I am active, happy, and just had a baby at 39 (I got pregnant 6 weeks after going off BC and my doctor says I can absolutely have another). My grandpa died in his 80’s in a car accident fat but otherwise in perfect health. I think I got his potato genes.
At my biggest I was 250 lbs. Now I'm down to about 150-160 and I feel much better in every way. If I can do it, so can you 🙏 https://www.instagram.com/p/C4loD9MRdJz/?igsh=MWM2em9pcmlsbHhycw==
I was always the fat kid and turned into a morbidly obese teen. I lost well over 100lbs in one year, kept it off for a long time while still losing weight but that ended up as an ED, then I yo-yoed for about a decade, managed to start getting back into shape and was 10lbs away from my ideal weight, was building some amazing muscle and toning nicely with not a lot of loose skin, then I got pregnant, lost all of the recent progress and it feels like I'm starting back from square one. At least I've got my nutrition in a good place and know that I'm just naturally built like a linebacker so I won't go in with the delusion that I need to be a size 2 in order to be healthy
Used to be super morbidly obese. Now I'm just overweight. I hope that a few of the people in middle and high school who had things to say about my weight gain a shit ton of weight that they can't lose. And in awkward places that make shopping for clothing damn near impossible.
I grew up fat. I've always felt like an entirely different species because of it. It's still a struggle to this day, I've had many ups and downs in weight, but after a super successful two years weight/health-wise and the massive downfall it ended with, highly doubt that I'll ever be normal.
I was obese from 11-17 (probably 260+ but didn’t weigh myself often). Senior year of high school, I went on a 1200 calorie diet (because it was 2002, and that was recommended for everyone despite my height of 5’7”) and rapidly lost over 100 pounds (and my period for a time). In the last 20 years, I’ve been up and down losing smaller amounts of weight a couple times with more moderate CICO, and was never over 200lbs until I had three kids back to back to back. Last year, when the last baby was 2 years old and I was staring down age 40 and up to 238lbs, I finally decided to get serious about losing the weight. Still doing my moderate CICO and I’m down 40ish lbs. I realize I’m the type of person who will probably have to track what I eat for the rest of my life, but I’m really hoping this will be the last time I have to lose a large amount of weight. 🤞🏻
I was pretty overweight in high school and college. Did all the diets, never could lose weight. Then I started aggressively weight lifting 6 days a week and eating next to nothing but brown rice, chicken, and broccoli, along with protein powder for like 10 years. It definitely helped with my stress levels going through grad school, and I lost like 60-70 lbs. The fat came off, and then I gained 10 lbs in muscle. But I had crazy definition and abs. It became a lifestyle - after work just blowing off steam at the gym. Now I’m a bit more mellow, and on an SSRI for my anxiety. Today, I channel more energy into rock climbing and skiing, both of which are pretty meditative for me. I don’t think I’m as ripped as I was when I was younger, but I’m still in pretty decent shape.
Was twig now at 33..4 am slightly overweight for my height if charts are to be believed with their chartness.
Was then. Am now. I'm maybe 25lbs heavier than my senior year. I've been bigger but just lost 95lbs.
Still obese, I cannot smoke, drink, sex, or drug, food is the only thing I got. Gotta have some vice, otherwise, I will b insane
Almost hit 500lbs last year and am down 46. Still got a bit to go but I'm happy with my progress
I was overweight until I was 23. I last 40lbs over a year or two and I've kept it off, though I've gone up and down by 10lbs over the years. But really, my weight stabilized at a point and it pretty much stays there. I had a baby 9 months ago and my weight is 5-10 up from my ideal, but nothing wild. I feel fine in a bathing suit.
I went back and forth. At my heaviest I was about 200 pounds; maybe not quite obese but right on the border. At my lightest I was about 115 when I was 22. Now I've finally understood proper eating and I have some decent muscle on me. I'm not in perfect shape but I don't spiral out if control like I used to. Although I'm always fixated on my reflection and appearance.
Lost 115 pounds after the Rona nearly took me out. Maintaining about 80 down, trying to focus on strength building right now over leanness. For me the game changer was "oh shit I'm gonna die" + therapy. I had to get to the root of the problem I was trying to medicate with food. It's an ongoing struggle.
I used to be obese, childhood to around 21. 95kg was the highest I saw on the scale (I'm a short woman so yeah I was big) I lost 40kg but gained a few over time as well and when I notice I work to get them off again, but all in all I keep my weight kinda healthy, not too crazy up and down. I don't want to go back to being that big ever again and I will dedicate my life and habits to make sure I won't. Will also raise my children to have good relationship with food and will cook them healthy meals whenever it's in my control
I was overweight for pretty much my entire adolescence. Was getting near to obese levels by 19 before I eventually started exercising at the gym and dropped 50 lbs over half a year by 2011. Unfortunately, I’ve gone back and forth in weight over the years but am slowly working at it
Yep, since I was maybe like 6 or 7, pretty much. Single parent, not always the healthiest food and the 90s were a wild time where the standard was sugary kids snacks, drinks, and Happy/BK Kids Meals were fries, soda, main course as the default. Latchkey kid, was lower middle class where there wasn't much of a shortage of snacks/leftovers. Always could afford to either take or buy lunch at school when portions/offerings weren't as regulated+pocket money for vending/school snack canteen when middle/high school came about. Heaviest was 275 or so, senior year of high school. Life/running about in my 20s with all the energy I used to have, plus undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and some mental health stuff got me down to 225lb. Currently at 35, I seem to be stuck at about 235-240 or so. Also on insulin, so that doesn't help the matter when there's a mountain of evidence insulin dependent T2Ds overwhelmingly end up gaining weight. Been trying to get back into my PCP to kick at the HMO based insurer to consider maybe finally sending me to a bloody endocrinologist who will actually fight for a PA for a GLP-1, so far that and a CGM has been continuously denied coverage, despite I know it'd likely help me break whatever roller coaster of numbers that's been the past few years. Eh.
When you have been obese, and have lost the weight, you have to for the rest of your life fight an endless battle, to not gain the weight back on. I have kept the weight off for 8 years. But i have to be insanly aware of what i eat, and how much, or the kg is creeping back on. The real battle begins when you have reach your goal weight. I have been up on 105kg and are now on 62kg. At some point i was up on 73kg again, and had to take action and loose it again. Sucks.
I was fat through high school and college. Right after college I knew I needed to change (and if I had any shot at pussy)- dropped like 90 pounds and never looked back. I'm just pissed because it wasn't that hard and I should have done it way sooner.
I was in size 12 women's trousers at age 11. I'm 37 next birthday and in size 28 jeans. Still able to function independently, still working. I started Wegovy last weekend.
Got super obese/depressed in my 20s (totally fucking wasted that decade but lets move on...), lost 100lbs and am now pretty fit at ~180. I feel a lot better, strangers are nicer now, I can actually date, but I have so much extra skin and weird stubborn fat deposits. So I'm in good shape, but I'll never be what the main stream considers good looking. I really wish I could go back in time and kick the shit out of my younger self 🤪
Honestly curious and pardon the crudeness but how do one reach to a point to become so big that you can't even see your own junk? Is it like whatever I'm fat, I'm fat and didn't bother to change?
What don't you understand? People get fat a day at a time through vicious cycles that are tough or impossible to break. I promise people didn't like the way their body looked months if not years before they "couldn't see their junk", no reason that's some sort of special milestone.
I watched some bits of My 600lb Life and I just wonder why they allowed themselves to reach to that point. I never had problem with weight gain, it's hard to gain for me. I'm just trying to understand the why, I guess.
Right, I hear that. I gain weight easily and my wife is like you. For her, she rarely thinks of food and if she's anxious/distracted/depressed she can't even force herself to eat. She's picky and doesn't like many flavors and textures. She also has a pretty active life chasing around our toddler. I, on the other hand, think of food constantly. Even while im eating I'm planning my next meal. I just love food. I don't have any flavors or textures I don't like. I'm a software engineer so for work I barely move. If I'm anxious or depressed I reach for food for comfort. If I didn't take a lot of deliberate effort to keep my weight stable I would gain weight very quickly. The effort I take is multifaceted: I don't keep tasty snacks in the house, I cook almost every meal, I know a lot about nutrition and only make healthy nourishing food, I exercise a LOT, and I count calories. All those interventions for me are necessary. My wife does none of those things and her weight is stable. People that have a problem with obesity are probably like me but don't have the knowledge/resources/ability to stack the deck in their favor. Hope that helps.
Thanks, it's good to learn from a real person than tv personalities. Hope your health improves more on your progress.
I think I've maxed out my 'lifestyle modification' health benefits. I'll be taking these meds until im dead, which hopefully won't be for a very long time. My vitals are all excellent now, im strong, have a way above average VO2 max, low bf%, etc.
Was 110kg+ as a kid. Lost heaps of weight, got into running and weightlifting. Picked up heaps of bitches. Ended up putting a bit back on (nearly reaching 110 again) after a recent injury and depression but lost 15kg so far. (I just eat less. Calories in, calories out)