Senior year of high school I weighed 98 pounds (at 5'4) and thought I was sooo heavy. Then I was introduced to alcohol and delivery in college and well I'm sure you can guess what happened... I know that there is no way I will ever get back to my high school weight, nor should I ever. It's just amazing to look back at pictures and literally I can almost remember taking them and thinking ugh I wish I could lose 5 pounds.

In high school, I was already my full height (5'7"). I weighed generally 120-122 if I recall, and I didn't exercise. I never felt fat or dieted that I recall, wasn't super skinny either. I wore mostly a size 8, sometimes 6, *occasionally* 4 in some brands/styles. Size 8 always felt normal. It was a non-issue.

The lowest I weighed was I think about 114 the summer after high school, because I was sick with no appetite for about a month. Made no effort to stay there. My weight went up and down a bit in college, but not like it is now.

I picked 130 as my goal weight because in my mid to late twenties, I was exercising, including weights, and I was about 128-130 and in a size 8, sometimes 6. So I think I was about the same body size at age 18 and 120ish pounds as I was at about age 27 and 130 pounds. I don't think I would get down to 120 again without losing muscle, but I guess we'll see how it goes

Honestly, before I came here, I was thinking I'd aim for about 140 pounds and a size 10 and be really happy with that. I'm not into "skinny." But I read all the goal stories and photos and got inspired I guess I won't really know until I get there. It just has to look good (and "skinny" isn't my ideal of looking good) and be healthy and maintainable with good eatin'.

I think I was about 125-130# in high school. I wore a 9/10 and was plumper than many of my friends. I had no idea how to lose weight other than starving myself or eating cottage cheese all the time. I was quite active, swam, ran and walked a lot. We wore a lot of hip hugger jeans in the 70's and I remember having a muffin top with them. I definitely thought my slimmer girlfriends had more male attentions than I did.

In college, we had a pop machine on the dorm floor and I was in heaven. That and beer, tenderloins, chicago-style pizza and all the food you could eat in the cafeteria, combined with no exercise contributed to a 25# weight gain that I have yo-yo'd with the last 30 years. I actually weigh less now than when I was in high school but only by a little. I am not in near the good athletic shape that I was in then.

I've lost weight on prescription amphetamines in the 70's, Nutrisystem in the 80's, Weight Watchers in the 90's, and Southbeach in the 2000's. I can wear a size 4-6 now (That tells you how much sizes have changed). I think I have finally found out how to eat to maintain this size (South Beach). I'm working on maintenance now. If only I could be as active as I was back then.

hmmm...that was a while ago!

freshman - 150
sophmore - 127
junior - 122
senior 125

I remember walking down the street with my mom and seeing a woman that weighed over 200 pounds and asking my mom if I was as heavy as she. Talk about body image being distorted.

During high school (the sixties) I developed different eating disorders and my family doctor gave me diet pills. It was a nutty time for me and food.

I remember when I was about 12 and pretty active with baseball and cheerleading and being @145 lbs. Maybe on the high side but I was active and pretty solid. 150-155 seemed to be my normal range for awhile. I'm looking forward to being 135ish and solid:-). I've peaked with my weight 3 times, twice in the 180-190 ranges and once at 200. 4th times the charm.

I graduated at about 90lbs. I'm just 4'9" so it wasn't too bad though I lost more after graduation.

It's been interesting reading what you all weighed back in H.S. - and where you went (numbers-wise & life-wise) from there.

I don't recall exactly every year, but in general remembering 140-150 lbs - and thinking I was HUGE! I was wearing a size 14 jean, and a medium blouse. Ahhh - to see those days again! {Only without the teenage angst (LOL).} In my senior year, I started dating the "man" (23 y.o.) who would become my 1st husband, who supplied me with the 'tools' to travel down a dark road - anger, pain, doubt, abuse, alcohol, diet pills (probably caffeine) -within three years, I got down to 124 pounds, and looked like the walking dead. Not a good time - I thought I looked so hot...yeah, right...hair like straw, skin lousy, crappy attitude, teeth rotting out of my head...

Got out of that trap, then onto therapy, 12-step, another bad (but not deadly) relationship, then found me. At 27 y.o. & 165 lbs, I met my present husband and finally became truly at peace. Had a couple kids, the highest #'s were 235+ ( I think - didn't dare step on a scale then)

I am still on this path, but seeing clearly, walking straighter (in body, mind, and most especially, spirit), and listening to the music the Lord shares with me.

When I started HS I was about 220 lbs. By my Senior Yr. I was down to 170 lbs, which I still thought was huge, now I wish I was that "huge" lol. I have always been heavy. Except probably when I was a baby. After that, I've always been heavy and as a kid, I was always outside and running about, so not like I was a couch potato. I just think I probably had PCOS at birth and that affects your Insulin and I just think that I had that against me to begin with. But I could be wrong. I remember as a kid I hardly ever ate out, my mom cooked or I ate at my grandparents house. So I just think its me. For me to lose weight takes like an act of God. When I lost the weight in HS, I hardly ate anything and worked out constantly just to lose 50 lbs! So now with all this extra weight I feel like I am ice skating up a steep hill.........But I know I will get there...............

i weigh less and look WAY better now than i ever had, even after having 2 kids! thanks to healthy diet and excercise. having a partner (my husband) helps out a lot for support.

In 4th grade I weighed 130, and my doctor told me to go on a diet. Then the parents split up, so that was dashed!
In 6th grade, I moved to 3 schools in the matter of 4 months. (yuck) and from that moment until 10th grade, I weighed 160-165.
All through middle school, I was the UNCOOLEST kid in class-- the band kids would chase me down the street with their instruments and beat me behind the dumpsters--kind of uncool...
In Highschool (granted, I was homeschooled, but I still went to a resource center for homeschoolers ), I thought I was fat and awkward, and I hated how I looked and felt... Apparently the boys thought differently, as I have been hearing lately I was quite the heartthrob!

Anyhoo- In 10th grade, I got my first serious boyfriend and lost 40lbs... just kinda happened. None of my clothes fit 9 months later we broke up, 2 months after that I was back at 165. (I can't help it that grilled cheese and onion rings are my comfort food!)

Then by the end of 12th grade, I weighed 185 (my highest) and that's when I made the choice to do WW. (I still hate looking at my graduation photos..)

So 3 years later, I managed to get back up to 185, and I'm working my way back down! (aiee!)

I have a feeling that I may have a perpetual unhappiness with whatever weight I may be... Just because both times I got up to 185 I was SO uncomfortable and angry all the time...
Then the first time I was skinny, I was in a google-eyed relationship, and still awkward, so I couldn't enjoy it...
And the second time I was skinny, I was mad that I didn't make my real goal (I was 9 pounds away, or something stupid like that).
But now CRAZY want to be down to the 140's where I was!! That would be so great...

Bringing up another thing-- when you get down to a weight, does it ever feel anti-climactic when you get there? Hmm..
I think, for me at least, I don't like looking at pictures from when I was thin, either, because I was still unhappy. I still felt fat and uncomfortable, so that's all I see in my face, even though I see a fairly thin body!
Being a dancer with chunky thighs sucks...


OH! And I have a question for all of you who have said your sizes:
I have been 5'5" since 5th grade, and I weighed 140-160 during that time... I also wore a size 16 pant through middle and most of high school... but now I'm wearing a 10 (at 170ish) ...what's up with that...??????????

how funny my oldest girl was just looking at pics of me ..." mom wow you were so little" ugggg i so wish i would have had someone too slap me silly then. i was 120 size 5 i thought i was soooo fat. but i got real bad with it after i joined the army right after high school i went to boot camp came home and weighed 20 lb more 140 ...i know i know not like i gained fat but i really thought i did the scale should not go up. well diet after diet and three babies later...this time it was not muscle i gained!!! it seems so crazy too look back now i would do anything too be at 140 again...even go threw boot camp again!!!

I had several eating disorders through out high school. This is the main reason I have trouble picking a goal weight.

Freshman- 142 pounds
Sophomore- 97 pounds
Junior- 140-165 pounds
Senior- 144-159 pounds

I weighed about 125lbs... and thought I was so so so fat when I compared myself to the other girls. Today, 125lbs is my goal. And I know for sure that this time around I'll be happy with this weight and I'm done comparing myself to other girls anyway!!!

i was quite slim