Comments on: Newlywed “15″

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:05:52 +0000

I have been always heavy. When I was 6 years old, the doctor told my mother I must make some kind of diet. In all my life, I have been eating veggies, and exercising a lot. But, when I stop counting all I eat, or I stop exercising… pounds come.

5 years ago I was 150. All was good. But I have some troubles at work and I was very sad. So I left exercising. I know, it was a bad thing. I end up on 165 or so. Then I started exercising again, but unfortunatelly I had a lesion on my feet. One year without running, and I was 180…

One year ago I changed my life style again. I found a nice boyfriend, who is always drinking cola and eating sweets. I left my health diet, and in less than 6 months I was about 210 pounds! Now, in two months and a half, I’m 196 pounds, and I’m happy with exercising and eating healty again. My objective are again the 150 pounds. And I know I can do it!

By: John W. Zimmer

John W. Zimmer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:51:22 +0000

Hi Diane!

College is tough… I was working full time, throwing two newspaper routes and going to Jr. College at the same time (early 90′s) and I lost all of my gains of the past few years I had achieved through the Fit or Fat plan.

You see eating right and exercise soon was edged out by coffee and doughnuts and cramming for tests.

Anyway your story is an inspiration… my wife and I are trying to finally (in sync) get into shape at the same time… probably better for longevity
.-= John W. Zimmer´s last blog ..Exercise & Meds are a Good Combo! =-.

By: MackAttack

MackAttack — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:56:41 +0000

Oh those college years! So dangerous! My weight gain started when I was 7. I've been active my entire life but still no dice. It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized that a lot of my issues had to do with a medical condition. I used to feel so bad about myself, but now I know what is wrong and how to work with it. .-= MackAttack´s last blog ..New Feed! =-.

By: Ida

Ida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:30:59 +0000

I was such a ‘skinny-minny’ as a kid. Really. I never learned good eating habits because I could eat as much of whatever I wanted and not gain. I weighed 120 when I got married at 19. I never worried about weight, but at 40 it started climbing….up and up until I hit 220! I still have problems with my eating, even after losing 60 lbs. I know quite a few people who say they see themselves as fat, no matter how much they lose. Me? I still see myself as that way too skinny little girl I was growing up; it is part of my problem, too. If you don’t see yourself as you really are, you won’t eat healthy, whether it is eating too much or not enough. Nobody said it would be easy!
.-= Ida´s last blog ..Some days you just gotta wear a whore hat…… =-.

By: Learning to be less

Learning to be less — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:07:16 +0000

My weight came on like that. About 1 pound a month until I was morbidly obese.

Then I was all, where did that some from?

Queso and liquor, queso and liquor. Still working it off today.

You are such a beacon of hope for so many. Thanks for sharing your story!

By: erin

erin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:43:33 +0000

I have dealt with being overweight my whole life. Even when I was kindergarten I was pudgy. But I went from "pudgy" to obese by middle school and camped out there until I decided I'd had it in January of 2008. I had a brief fling with thinness my senior year of high school when I lost about 60 pounds, but I slowly gained it back in college and then gained even more when I went to grad school and then got married. .-= erin´s last blog ..Running Just As Fast As I Can =-.

By: MamaBearJune

MamaBearJune — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:48:03 +0000

I was born CHUNKY – 10lb 11oz, but was pretty normal as a kid. I always thought I was fat in high school, but I look at the photos and realize I was totally hot! I was just several inches taller than most of the other girls. LOL

In basic training they put me on the chunky chicken program and I looked positively ANOREXIC, so I still can’t figure that one out. I guess their standards of “healthy weight” were just really out of whack, plus they robbed me of an inch on my height!

I was a little heavy after having my kids, but then got thin again when I went vegetarian when we lived in Korea. I gained the most weight after my son was diagnosed with CF. We were dealing with a lot over a couple of years and I was stress eating. My “binge food” is salty chips. But I’ve never had a huge issue with major amounts of food or been morbidly obese. A size 22 at 5’11″ looks a lot different than on a shorter person. I much prefer being a size 10, though.
.-= MamaBearJune´s last blog ..Wednesday – down again =-.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:29:08 +0000

I was a chubby child leading to a chubby teen leading to a chubby adult and I really always thought of myself as hugely fat regardless of whether I actually was. But in looking back I can see that there definitely some spike times (the years after college when I sat all day and then sat all evening and snacked continuously, and after the births of each of my children). I guess that it averaged out to less than ten pounds a year that I gained, but it sure felt like more.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..C25K – Week 3, Day…Yes. =-.

By: Diane

Diane — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:12:20 +0000

Vickie – I do think this would make a great topic. Just so you, and anyone else who is reading this knows, I’ve maintained my same weight throughout my blogging time! I think since I’ve maintained for so long, through so many life experiences (including 4 pregnancies) that throwing blogging into my day hasn’t affected my weight. Now time management issues – that’s another conversation entirely!!

I’ll add this to my list. And by the way – you are right. I have seen a lot of people who write a book, or get on tv regain their weight back.

By: Lori (Finding Radiance)

Lori (Finding Radiance) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:06:51 +0000

I was overweight from childhood on. I had one period in college where I got down to about 160 from 200 pounds, but I really didn’t learn anything during that loss about what I would need to do to keep it off. So I gained that weight back plus another 50 pounds! I had no idea of what I would like look or even what size I would wear when I got smaller.

I think the most difficult thing for me is learning what it is like to be a normal size person. I find it a bizarre feeling at times.