Apparently, my older sisters affectionately referred to me as "beach ball."

Honestly, the lowest I ever remember is 215 when I was maybe... 10.

Now I'm about 240 (Just guessing, refuse to get on scale currently) and 18.

Time to stop screwing around. I really don't want to be "the nice fat girl" in the dorm come September.

We can do it together... I'm going to prove that an "always fat" girl can be a svelte, healthy young woman.

[BridgetJFan]

I was thin once but it has been 34 years and I've really kind of forgotten what it was like. At the time I was such a self-absorbed, clueless teen, I guess I never really knew how good I had it. Now I'm trying to get to a place where I'm healthy and not in so much pain. As far as Medifast, they have a lot of onsite monthly specials and it really only runs about $300 per month, plus you can get some of their food on ebay occasionally. Remember, it replaces most of your food and it doesn't take very many pizzas, etc to get to $300/month. It is effective but you have to be very determined.

[SupersizedChicky]

I've never been thin. Well maybe when I was 2, by 4 I was a fat kid and as a highschool sophmore weighed in at around 225-30. That summer I lost some weight and went down to around 198 and about a size 16. But after that, the weight came back on until I was 270 after college. So right now I dream about getting back to a regular size 16. I actually have a pair of jeans from the gap that is part of my mini goal. I just wish I knew if I was a regular 16 at 200 or a 16W, because the W is about one size bigger than the regular. I so wish to be "regular." I've never had big friends so my thin friends just don't understand why I strive to be normal/average/regular...like them.

[synger]

I suppose I was a slender toddler and child, but when puberty hit it hit with a vengeance. By sixth grade I was chubby, and it's only gotten worse. I seem to remember being size 16-18 in high school, because I had to wear Bendover pants and I vaguely remember those numbers. I went from size 20-22 in college. I stayed there a while, but slowly crept up to 24-26 over the years. My wedding dress was a 28 (but it was sized small, so in retrospect I think it was about a 24-26). Size 28 was always my WOAH number. That and foot/knee pain made me stop and take stock and try this weight-loss thing again.

[Hotcupojava]

Fat newborn, fat toddler and so on and so on and so... well, you get the picture. Turtle raises her hand, nope, never been thin. Never even been near thin. But despite my many attempts and falters, I've never entirely given up. And you shouldn't give up either. It's not the number of attempts, it's the number of times you keep getting up and trying again. C'mon. You can do this. Look at all these people behind you.