what did you weigh in high school?
 

hey there
i was wondering what everyone weighed in high school and what did you think of yourself and how does that compare to your current goals.

i weighed 165 forever. i was always the fat kid. :ink:
then i went to college and got married and gained 45 lbs! :yikes:
i got divorced and lost to 180
i wasn't paying attention and gained back up to 190 :kickcan:
so now, to make me feel totally awesome, i want to weigh less than in high school, and to be healthier too of course :yes:

so what about the rest of you?

I really don't know. I know that I thought I was fat and everyone told me how fat I was at school, regularly.

I know that I was taller and bigger than everyone. I know that when I look back at my pictures and remember the clothes I wore, I was a very healthy size even though I was gigantic compared to the short, thin girls who ate Doritos, Twix and Pepsi all day, every day.

I weighed about 225. Gosh it'll be exciting to weigh less than what I weighed in high school ;)

I weighed between 130 and 135 in HS, which is now my goal weight.

I remember thinking I was fat (and for my height, 135 is at the high end of what I should weigh) and wishing I could lose 10-15 lbs. I desperately wanted to weigh 110.

Now, I weigh 168/170 (depending on the day) and I desperately want to get back to 135.

How things have changed.

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I weighed 185 through most of high school--I was up to 210 my Freshman year, but I was being home schooled at the time because of medical issues. I had been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and Prednisone caused my 185 to jump to 210 (in record time, too--just a month!). I lost back down to 185 once I was off of it, but stuck there through the rest of HS.

I weighed around 140, probably a little shorter than my current 5'7". So many of my female classmates were tiny tiny tiny slender beanpoles. Since I never had that body shape, I thought I was hugely fat. Looking back at pictures, I looked just fine. Wish I had just made some minor healthier changes at age 15/140 lbs instead embarking on a series of restrictive diets, I managed to diet my way to 200 lbs by age 35.

I currently weigh less than I did in highschool, around 130 lbs but my body is definitely different - more hips, thighs, etc.

Depends- winter, I would "let myself go" and "balloon" up to 125 pounds. Then, I would use horrible techniques (tomato sandwiches once a day, anyone?) to get down to a "reasonable" 100-105 for the summer and bathingsuit weather. Mom always agreed that you can't be too thin. Where was the "Hairspray" musical when I needed it?

103-106

I could only weigh myself at my grandparents because my mom thought scales were evil ( and she still does). We're were constantly over there, and I had a routine where I'd go weigh myself first thing when we got there. I remember that once my Grandpa set the scale to weigh higher than accurate. I freaked out because the scale said I weighed 112. I'd freak out if I weighted that now too, but only because I'd feel skeletal.

I remember buying a skirt the fall I started college in the little girls department, it was a 12 Slim. I remember looking at myself in the mirror in a swimsuit and thinking I just wanted to gain a little padding on my hips, so my hipbones didn't stick out so much. Classic case of be careful what you wish for.

I thought I was huge in HS! I would say I weighed between 180-190, lower during softball season. Looking back I was slightly overweight but not as large as I saw myself then. In college I hit 205 and freaked out about being over 200, lost 60 lbs, which lead to gallstones and my gallbladder being taken out. Went back up to the 170s for the rest of college, graduated in 2002. Slowly gained weight until my job moved me away from friends and family. Then I really started gaining fast, after 3 years away ended up at 269. I don't know how I went from thinking 180 was obese to being 269, but I do want to get down to a healthy weight now. Right now I'm thinking 140-145.

I weighed about 150-160 for grade 9 and 10 and grade 11 and up I was 170-175. Before I got pregnant I was 191. so I am almost at the weight I was when I met my hubby (I was 17) I weighed about 172-175. :)

I'm not sure and now I wish I knew. All I know is that I was always fat. We never had a scale at home, but I remember one time I was at the mall with my mom and got on one of those "coin" scales. I remember being 105 lb, I was a kid! Probably 11 or so and I was devastated to know I was over 100 lbs. I was always taller than everybody else. It didn't feel good to be not only huge vertically but also horizontally. :(

When I moved to the US (almost 16 yrs ago) my weight was around 185 lbs, then gained more and went up to 205 lbs. Lost some, then gained to 222 lbs, lost again, went up again. Then I went thru a really tough time emotionally and went down to 155 lbs, that's the smallest I remember being as an adult. I was wearing clothes size 8 or 6. I had never seen single digits on my clothes before. But that's also when I started developing some very scary eating disorder (anorexia). I was able to pull myself out of that, but along came the weight with a vengance. My highest is 256 lbs. I go up and down, up and down, and I haven't been under 200 lbs in over 5 years.

I'm so glad I found 3FC, I've found so much information and support here! I wished I had found it sooner.

Originally Posted by Switzie6:
I don't know how I went from thinking 180 was obese to being 269, but I do want to get down to a healthy weight now. Right now I'm thinking 140-145.

I know exactly how you feel, I remember feeling huge when I was 185 lbs. And now that I've been all the way up to 256 lbs I wish I were 185 now.

High school was when my polycistic ovarian syndrome really reared it's ugly head and I gained 10-15lbs a year WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING. I course, I thought I was totally fat at a size 8/10!
Freshman: 135
Sophomore: 150
Junior: 165
Senior: 180
I wish I knew then what was wrong with me! See, my mom is naturally 110lbs, so when I hit 135 as a freshman I felt like cow!! Now my goal is a muscluar 125lbs.

I weighed about 127 until I got pregnant...in H.S., but that's another story....I was 185 the day my son was born, and back down to 130ish within 6 weeks. I gained about 20 pounds right out of H.S. and stayed there until I got a desk job and I gained another 35 over the course of a couple years. I was 155-ish when I met my husband...I'd LOVE to be 145 or so. We'll see :)

I weighed 160 in high school - and was the fat girl. There weren't as many fat people in high school in the 80s, so everyone knew who those people were. :(

I felt really fat because I was constantly teased. Funny how thrilled I am now to be in the 160s!!! How perceptions can change.

I weighed 105 lbs. and believe it or not I was picked on for how thin I was more than the heavier kids were picked on for being heavy. I was called a skeleton, stick, twig. Thing was I wasn't trying to be that thin, just didn't put on weight (I lived off of junk food), until of course after I had my daughter at 18, 3 months after graduating high school. Weight slowly crept up over the last 20 something years. Now, trying to get to a comfortable size, not weight.

I was bit of a late bloomer -- I started high school at 4'11" and 95 lbs, and ended it at 5'6" and 170. I was a gymnast until I got too tall, and a swimmer after that, so I was strong, I just ATE all the time. So strong but squishy. Which is pretty much still true. The next year I went on exchange to Denmark and gained more -- I definitely hit 180, maybe higher.

I was about the same weight I am now in HS. In college is where I really bloomed. In my early 20's I got down to 175ish. I worked out 6 days a week and I was in amazing shape. I looked like I weighed a lot less b/c of the muslce I had. That's the lowest I can ever remember being since probably jr. high or so. I would probably be happy to settle in at that weight again. I have been obsessed with reaching a normal BMI, but I have decided that being a healthy person is my number one goal. The rest will fall into place!!

I'm not sure what I weighed in high school. I remember renewing a passport just after college and lying by putting I think 280 on the application. So I was probably well over 300 at that time.

I weighed between 145-165 in HS, but mostly 155. I thought I was huge! I actually got lower then that right out of HS. I was down to 125 which looking back at pictures is WAY to thin for my bone structure. My weight crept up a bit when I started working to around 170-ish I think. Then I had a bought of depression and before I knew it I was 230. Once I started feeling better my weight went down to 190-ish and stayed there till I got married and I gained about 25lbs. That's when I found 3fcs and I'm so glad I did!

I weighed 148-152 during high school. I thought i was so fat...my brothers teased me about my big butt.What they didnt tell me is that was the only part of me that was big. I wore a size 13 bottom and small tops. I thougt i was so heavy because my mom who is 6inches shorter than me weighed 135. I got married right out of high school and started TOPS and starve to loose weight. I bet I didnt eat 300 calories some days...my body has been screwed up ever since!!!!

I was somewhere around 128.

I felt huge - all I remember is that I could not buy clothes at the 5-7-9 shop. Basically because I had curves but back then to wear anything bigger than a 9 was considered big. I don't think kids would even consider misses clothes (even sizes which allows for curves).

I was totally size driven back in those days - now it is just about what fits and looks good.

Lori

I was slightly heavier in hs, about 135-140lbs. I had horrible eating habits in hs: I would not eat breakfast or lunch, and then come home at 3pm and binge on frozen pizza. I thought I was heavy then, and I still feel heavy now :( But at least I eat much healthier and frequently now :)

I was my current height, 5 6 1/2. I weighed 119 pounds through HS and until I was about 28. I didn't think about what I ate - mostly healthy, balanced meals. When I was full, I couldn't eat another bite. Whether I was halfway through something or only had one more bite on my plate, I just left it there. If I had a packed lunch in HS, I'd eat two sandwiches, but lunch side dishes were limited - don't remember getting things like chips or cookies, just the two sandwiches and maybe an apple. And I'm sure the sandwiches were on white bread! We didn't eat between meals either, except plain white bread or vegetables (carrots, celery) - basically the kind of stuff you'd only eat if you really truly were hungry.

I knew I was thin and was happy to be thin. I seem to remember wearing a size 9 (how could that be?:dizzy:), while my little sister apparantly wore an impossible to find 3 at the time. I do remember the summer after HS when skorts were in having a 9, a 7 and a 5 that all fit. When the Twiggy look was in, I looked like Twiggy, flat chest & all. I look back at pictures now and I feel I looked emaciated.

i was 115 pounds, which is my goal weight now. my best friend at the time was 5'9 and 115 pounds as well and had a bangin' body so i felt fat! i didn't work out except for riding horses and i ate mcdonald's probably too much but my mom was always pretty good about keeping healthy stuff in the house. i'm hoping to go less than 115 when i hit it so i can be toned and fit!

I was between 120 and 125. And I lied on my passport too ... 118. I'm not sure why I thought those few pounds were so important.

I was 130-135 until I started weight lifting, then I was 140-145. I felt huge. I was a size 11, 9 on a good day, and most of my friends were fives. But, I had soccer thighs (SOLID,but big) and hips. I started my first ever real diet (Atkisn anyone?) my senior year and have never flet right since. Looking back, I wasn't big, I was fit! My arms were totally toned, and while I never had a six pack or super toned abs, I was in better shape than any of my friends and nothing jiggled! I would kill for 145 now... though I don't think I'd want to go down to 135 again.

I think I was in the 150s or low 160s in High School. I remember I wore a size 13 in Jordache and Gloria Vanderbilt jeans which were all the rage back then. A size 13 was considered huge. I was the fat girl. It was horrible and I was always so ashamed of myself. Dating was a nightmare and I do remember one boy breaking up with me because of my weight. Even 28 years later I can clearly remember him saying "Maybe if you took care of yourself and lost weight, we could get back together." :rolleyes: That hurt. And, believe it or not, he was overweight as well. Boy oh boy did he have a gut on him. I was always going on crazy diets and doing stupid things like wrapping my thighs in Saran wrap to spot reduce.

After high school I dieted myself down to the acceptable weight of 130-140. I stayed there through a lot of diet diligence and exercise until I had my kids (one at 36 and one at 41). After my last I weighed in at 192 six weeks post-partum. I am still working on losing that weight (2 years and counting) and every ounce has been a struggle.

At my highest weight in high school I was 152. I decided I was huge at that weight because my stomach wasn't flat, so I cut out doritos and french fries from my diet and did a lot of sit-ups in the evenings (I think I was up to 200 towards the end there). From those few changes, I got down to 135 pounds in a few months, which was about a size 7, and I looked pretty good, even thought that back then. I wish all I needed to do was stop eating a few things and do a few situps now to lose weight, sheesh! Even then I was eating papa johns pizza for lunch most days and eating a whole box of kraft mac n cheese for dinner...my metabolism was apparently pretty amazing back then I guess! Anyway, I would like to get back to what I was back then, I was still curvy but able to look good in a bikini too. We'll see if I look the same ten years later at that weight!

I was around 110 and thought I was fat! I've always had a slim waist and larger hips and thighs, and my mother thought I had fat legs. My mean aunts called me "Buckets," which was really nasty because they themselves were overweight. When I look at pictures of myself back then, I am amazed that I was so slim and pretty. I thought I was ugly and a blob.

I was around 205 for most of 10th and 11th grade. I lost about 25 to 30 lbs and got down to 175ish my senior year. I wasn't dieting - I had joined color guard and with all the practice (1 class hour during the school day, and then 2 to 3 hours every night?? its hard to remember, it'll be 10 years next year!) and the fact that I didn't have a real lunch period the first semester, I was more active and just eating less. I still was a size 14/16 (down from an 18/20) but looked good :) I of course at the time thought I looked better, but still felt like I was so fat.

I was around 230-240 thru high school in the 80s. I stayed about the same weight until recent years.

I was around 150 when I graduated, but for most of my sophomore year I weighed 125.

I graduated high school at 105 pounds. I gained a bunch of weight since then, but in 2003 followed south beach and got down to 110 pounds. It was obtainable, but not maintainable and I was starving to stay there. I got frustrated and gave up dieting and shot up to 155. I'm slowly losing it again and am down to 135. My goal is 120, which is 10 pounds over what I was when I graduated. I'm 41 years old and 5'4"

I was between 110-120 all through high school...ah, those were the days! I remember one day I wore a tank top about a year after high school and my neighbor told me that my upper arms were getting thick!! I was devastated but instead of being mad at him, I guess I should have listened! *lol*

I weighed about 155 in high school. I am 6 feet tall! Can you imagine how bony I looked? I was actually called "malnourished" by some kids. sigh.

I'm in high school now and I'm at 160. A little bit over 165 was my highest ever.

I started high school at over 211 (what I weighed in 7th or 8th grade). The summer after my Freshman year, I starved and compulsively exercised and got down to 160 when school started up again. I managed to keep most if it off (I started eating junk food again but I started purging to keep the weight off) until the second semester of my Junior year when I got really depressed and became sick of throwing up. I started gaining slowly, but then got really out of control my senior year with binge eating, that I graduated at 280.

I graduated high school at about 125/130, if memory serves. I felt FAT, thanks to Mom. That was spring of '76.

I started battling depression at puberty, and once I left HS, I became less active, so my weight just started going up and up. The rest is history. I would never try to get back to that weight...it's not realistic for me at this stage in my life. I want to be a weight that's healthy for me, not dictated by some chart. For the forseeable future, that is 160.