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.
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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.