Do you remember 1982?
 

Do these images look familiar?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...1982for3FC.jpg

And do you remember when...

...President Reagan was nibbling jelly beans in the Oval Office; acid-wash Guess jeans were really hot; Saddam Hussein was our FRIEND because we wanted him to win the Iran-Iraq War; Dustin Hoffman was on the cover of Time Magazine wearing a red sequined evening gown; Eastern Airlines still existed; Tab was a popular drink; no one had ANY IDEA that Darth Vader was Luke's father -- much LESS that Luke & Leia were (GASP!!) siblings; Underoos were fun to wear; the Space Shuttle was a phenomenal new technology; we cooked Shrinky Dinks in the oven; 9-11 was just a phone number; we were all pretty darn sure we'd die in a Soviet nuclear attack; "The Brat Pack" was the newest thing in Hollywood; Benetton was in every mall; Friday Night Videos were cool; postage stamps were only twenty cents; Argentina & the UK were at war with each other in the Falklands; and the words "internet," "SUV," "e-mail," and "iPod" didn't exist...?

I remember :D .

And I also remember being told by my pediatrician that -- at 5'4" tall and 140 lbs -- I needed to lose 20 lbs. So in addition to everything listed above, 1982 was also the year that I learned (from a graduate of Harvard Medical School, no less) that 140 lbs was fat. Being only 10 years old at the time, and having no idea whatsoever how to lose 20 lbs, it is ALSO the year that I said to myself "I guess I'll just be fat forever."

It has taken me 23 YEARS to get back to 140 lbs. And -- being the kind of person who can hold a grudge for a while -- I would like to say the following to my Harvard-Medical-School-educated (and also deceased) pediatrician:

GUESS WHO'S 140 LBS. & LOOKIN' HOT, BUDDY???
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Sorry :dizzy: I just had to get that outta my system.

Sorry the doc was such an insensitive jerk! But thanks for a blast from the past. And KUDOS :cp: to you for making it to 140!!!!

Congrats on making it to 140. Let me find that doctor for you and hang him by the toenails.:devil: :p

Man, what a trip down memory lane (including being 140 pounds and thinking I was fat...only that was highschool and the late 80's / early 90's for me!)...BIG CONGRATS on going to 140!!! You're an inspiration, seriously! :)

Congrats on 140!! What a wonderful accomplishment! :cp: :cp: :cp: Too bad that doc isn't around any more so you can show him how terrific you look... :carrot:

WTG lovebassetts they say success is the sweetest revenge why not go visit the doctors office? LOL

Good for you! Losing weight is hard enough but developing a positive body image is much, much harder. It would seem that you've done it! Congratulations!

Kate-- Congrats! And you always have the most inspired way to introduce topics!

I was only one, but I remember HEARING about all of that!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great post!

Kate!

Wow, girl. You rock! :carrot:

I was also 10 in 1982. Also a "fat" kid at around 5'2 and 130 pounds. And, can't wait to join you a little farther down the scale. My pediatrician's not around any longer, either. Bummer, man. Ah well. I guess it's enough just to do this for ourselves...and looking hot :devil: in little black coctail dresses doesn't hurt either, right? ;)

Keep up the awesome work - and thanks for all your inspiration!!

cheers! :hat:
paula

Congratulations! What fabulous news. I wasn't even born yet in 1982:o .

Muchos gracias on the quotations for that one. That is just wrong.

I was a bump in 1982, but I was 9 when I weighed 140lbs! I do remember most of those things though!

Respect to you kate, for getting to the magic 140! :cheer:

hehehehe You start the best threads, Kate :)

I went on my first "diet" in 1982 (I was 12 or 13) and lost those 20 lbs that the doctor was traumatizing you with. When I look at the photos for that year, I can see that I was painfully thin afterwards.

In retrospect I can see that I was setting myself up for 20 years of yo-yoing my way up to massive weight gain. My original goal weight this last time around was the very weight that I had been prior to all the dieting.

Congrats!!! Awesome job!!

Congrats!!


I can't honestly say that I *remember* 1982... I was born that year.

But I'm hoping to get down to 140, too, so I'll try and think of this as I go!

Thanks for the responses chickies :) . I was afraid I sounded a bit obsessive/vengeful/obnoxious!

Isn't it amazing how we THOUGHT we were fat when we weren't and *somehow* thinking we were fat actually LEAD us to being fat?? Bizarre.

1982....hmmmm
I was a junior in high school, weighed 119, wore size 7 jeans but was still convinced that since I couldn't fit into the Gloria Vanderbilt's that were made for girls with boy hips (due to my curvaceous build), I was a fat, fat, fat freak!!! Shame on you Gloria!!

heh. Similarly, in 1982 I was a sophomore/junior in high school and weighed 150-160. I KNEW I was so fat compared to others, cause I couldn't fit INTO any Gloria Vanderbilts! (Or maybe I just never tried)...

Saw this thread and I just HAD to jump in! I must be the grandmother of the group... as I was a Senior during the fall of 82 and the spring of 83! I remember ALL of the things mentioned in Kate's original post! ....and more! It was in 81 that I first visited a friend who had something called "cable tv" to watch some sort of Music on television! (I truly remember the first time I watched MTV! Where I was...and who I was with!) I will spare you the remainder of my early 80s memories.....
.....with the exception of also living my teenage life thinking ....no KNOWING.... that I was HUGE! I can't exactly remember my true size but I do remember that I hovered around 125........ sigh.......... I look at those photos and can't believe how "messed up" my self image was!

All through school my best friend was bullimic. She was an expert at keeping THAT secret until we were at least 30.... We would binge....she would go home to purge and I would go home with the guilt and fat rolls! We are both working on fixing our food issues at the old age of 40! I don't dream of weighing 125 again..... I'm sure that my bones weigh THAT much! LOL But I do look forward to 150! I'm going to get there too!

Kate, congratulations for hitting 140! AND for reminding us that we have a long way to go when it comes to "fixing" things with body image and being female! I am trying very hard to see the real me when I look into a mirror! The chick in the mirror actually smiled at me the other day!

Everyone keep up the great work! :)
take care

LOL :)! My Dad was a teacher at a school that had all these high-tech gizmos in the early '80s. I remember VIVIDLY the day he came home with this huge black box-like thing and said "Wait until you see THIS!" He then hooked it up to the TV and introduced me and my Mom to something called a "VCR." :) . He borrowed it from school every weekend for the whole school year -- my friends were SO impressed.

I also remember the day in college (1991, I think) when my cartography professor announced that from now on we all had to "log on" and check our "e-mail" to get our homework assignments. We were all like "WHAT THE HECK IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?" LOL. And there was only one computer we could use to check this mysterious "e-mail" -- the computer in her office :) . It was SUCH a pain in the neck!!

Was the black box a BetaMax? You could only sit so far from the television as the remote had a cord! But mannnn, what an invention.... you could sit on the couch and control your movie!

When I first started using the internet with my students... there were no graphics or photos! The monitor was amber and black! What a riot...the professor using email to assign homework that you had to retrieve from her office! WhoooHooo for technology!

I was 11 yo in 1982 and I think I was around 120# at 5'2", but was regarded as fat because most of the girls my age were around 100#.

I never had a doc tell me to lose weight, but I did have an experience that was just as traumatic. When I was in Army Reserves I was "counseled" about my weight. At the time I was 140# and told that I was signficantly overweight. WTH? I can't even tell you how may monthly drills I missed because I dreaded the forced weigh-ins by the wormy little lietenant who would monitor my "condition". What really makes me mad is there were several people at my unit, men and women who were in a LOT worse shape than me. Needless to say, when my reserve commitment was over I did not re-up.