[daisy07]

I have always battled with my weight.

I actually see the thinner person in the mirror. It's not till I see a picture of myself that I really see my size. I think it's strange when I have to squeeze through a tight place. I think it's one reason I have trouble losing weight. I can't see myself as fat.

I thought I was the only one that is like that!

[blondebritbrat17]

Yep when I hit 130 pounds I freaked for a little while. But I was a very small 130 pounds and pure muscle. I had abs, guns and the only fat I had was on my "chest" and rear end and a little on my inner thighs. Often people did not believe me when I told them I was 130 pounds.

[lilybelle]

Yes, the basketball thing really did happen. It wasn't the regular basketball team, I was on it. It was a special tournament that I was too heavy to play in. It was in the early 1970's. I don't know if they still do it or not. It didn't even occur to me at the time , how outrageous this was. But, it sure set me up with the idea in my mind that I was too FAT.

I'm sure the school reasoning behind it was they wanted to have a tournament for the smaller girls that didn't hardly ever get to play.

My senior yr. of high school, I was 5'7 and 135 lbs. I got to play all the time, cause I was the "big girl".

[FrouFrou]

I was thin/normal, whatever normal is...up until I got pregnant. I never felt fat but others made me think I was, sort of. Being 130-135 I was bigger than my friends and they would always remark on how big I was...WHAT? So it made me self-conscious a little.

[Blueyedblond]

I have always had body issues - always. I am about 25 pounds heavier than I would like to be - and when I was thinner(the pic in my signature) - I still thought I was fat. Im sure I will still have issues even when I do get down to a normal weight. I can't seem to see myself as thin even when I was.

[maalisse]

Originally Posted by lilybelle

Yes, the basketball thing really did happen. It wasn't the regular basketball team, I was on it. It was a special tournament that I was too heavy to play in. It was in the early 1970's. I don't know if they still do it or not.

They did something like that for the rowing team at my university, at least back in 1999-2000. I wanted to join, but the minimum height was 5'6" and the absolute maximum weight was 125 lb. So, I was too short and too "fat". Those requirements seem pretty steep to me now, though. (A max BMI of 20.2! Eep!)

I'm just glad it happened when I was at an age where I had the self esteem to realize that the requirements were not going to match my body type. I can't imagine something like that happening to an impressionable teen (not all teens are impressionable, but I sure was!)

[lilybelle]

maalise, I'm glad your experience with it was after you were older and had more self-esteem. I was 12 yrs. old and it left a lasting impression of being "too fat" even when I wasn't yet fat.