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.
Last weight I remember during that age bracket was 165. Its burned into my memory because it was back in the day, that you lined up at the nurses office, and they weighed and measured you.... and say the weight out loud.... traumatizing.... I used to step in back of everybody in line trying to be last.
Last edited by Sweetcaroline; 03-26-2008 at 06:44 PM.
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 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.
High school was a double whammy for me. Started at 125ish... stayed there until I got preggers summer before senior year and gave birth to my son 3 days before graduation. Went to the hospital at a whopping 155. I have tried desperately to continue to blame him for additional the 45 to 50 lbs I've gained over the 19 years since his birth. He's my only child, so its gotta be his fault, right?
About 145-155 I think. I didn't obsess about it. I suppose that's because I was a good size. But, later, in college, I got down to 124 which for my height is getting close to underweight. When I got back up to 135 I thought I was fat! *sigh*
How sad is it that I don't even know? I was definitely the thinnest I've ever been, but always felt fat because I was still bigger than most of the other girls (of course, I now know that's because I was taller, have curves, and just generally started developing very early), and just avoided the scale.
Looking back, it's a shame, because while I wouldn't have wanted to become obsessive about weighing myself, it would likely have helped to keep me on track when my weight started to really climb (the vicious cycle of thinking I was so fat, so I'd eat to feel better, gain weight....repeat and repeat and repeat!). Instead I was able to sort of block it out until it reached a point that there was no denying it.
If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere around 180, given the size I was wearing and comparing pictures from then to now (when I know what I weigh).
Last weight I remember during that age bracket was 165. Its burned into my memory because it was back in the day, that you lined up at the nurses office, and they weighed and measured you.... and say the weight out loud.... traumatizing.... I used to step in back of everybody in line trying to be last.
OMG!!!! Me too! Wasn't that just the most awful thing? I simply dreaded it. So very, very embarassing and oh, especially at the tender age of puberty. What were they thinking?
Specfically remember that 6th grade weigh in/measure thing being 11 yrs old and weighing 126 lbs. When I look at pictures I can tell you exactly how much I weighed at any given time in my life. That's how I felt and that's how I remember events - - - by how much I weighed at the time. Boy, I am so over that.
I of course at the time thought I looked better, but still felt like I was so fat.
