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KScarlettB
The first time I really remember realizing I was overweight was in 5th grade. My sister and I had gone to the doctor to get shots and she found out how much I weighed. It was a lot more than what she weighed, and being 11 years old, thought it would be cool to tell everyone how much I weighed. I was 11 years old and weight 111 pounds. I grew up on fast food, as it was just me and my mom most o...
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Tinnie D.
I like many have struggled with my weight my whole life, I have tried every new diet that comes out with no success. I have stood in the back of the room to not be noticed, I have missed important events because I didnt have any thing to wear. And I have had people say mean things to me. I think if I had to name one thing that hurts the most is when someone ask me when the baby is due. I am the ba...
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jhaskell48
I always felt like I was heavier than anyone else my age all through elementary and high school. I was heavier, but I was not fat. So I went on every diet, I tried everything - you name it, I tried it and each time, I lost weight - 10-15 lbs, then when I couldn't starve myself anymore, I gained that 10-15 lbs back and the regained an additional 10 lbs. Once I dieted my way to 215 lbs I realized ...
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Liz C.
I've been overweight since college, but usually by only about 20 lbs. My mom was a die-hard about my weight starting in high school, but our metabolisms are VERY different. Hers is FAST, she's always been very slender and is tiny boned. I'm medium boned and even when I've been at an "ideal" weight for me (120 lbs, I'm 5'3.5") I just couldn't stay there.. I have felt most comfortable at 130 though....
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tsim
I had no self control for what I ate. Portions were sometimes a problem
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andee87
First and foremost, I am an emotional eater. I have an overwhelming need to eat and eat a lot. I get sad and I eat a box of cereal (no kidding). I am happy and I eat a cake (yes, a whole cake). I have a hole inside me most of the time that feels better when it is full. The problem is that the hole is never full. I go through cycles of throwing out all of the bad food, set up a routine, log my...
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HilaryH8103
Growing up I was always the biggest girl in all of my classes. I don't mean big as in weighing the most but big as in being proportional all over and a tall sort of way. I believe that in 4th grade I was already 5 feet, 8 inches tall. I wasn't petite by any means and I was not thin. I had meat on my bones and I carried it well. I was active all throughout my time in middle school and high school. ...
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lovingme2013
FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS I WATCHED MY BODY TURN INTO THIS BLOSSOM OF PRETTY AND FAT FLESH MY FACE I HAVE BEEN TOLD SO MANY TIMES YOU SHOULD BE A MODEL OR IN FACT I HAVE EVEN WALKED IN SEVERAL FASHION SHOWS, HAIR SHOWS AND PAGENTS HOWEVER I LOOK AT MY BODY AND THIS FAT THAT CONSUMES LEGS,ANKELS AND BACK JUST MAKE ME SICK I DONT MINE MY BUTT AND LEGS I JUST THINK THAT THE KIDS AGES 15,12 AND 9 DESERVE ...
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Darlene K.
I have been overweight all of my life. I have learned to make fun of myself before others had the chance. After many different diet attempts I just gave up! I felt like a failure and that I would be overweight for the rest of my life.
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SusieD48
I have been struggling with my weight since my junior year of high school. I was probably 10 pounds overweight, then after high school I was about 20 pounds overweight. Once I got married and pregnant for the first time, I took that as permission to eat anything and everything I wanted and not feel guilty. Unfortunately I have never looked back and hit my highest weight of 277 pounds in 2012.
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danie828
Hi...I've battled with my weight most of my late teens and into adulthood. When I first became a letter carrier, my weight came off extremely fast, as I was only 22 years old! I was able to keep it off until I had multiple pregnancies that ended in miscarriages and injuries on my job. Just as soon as I got the weight off, it would come back with a vengeance! Some times gaining more weight then I t...
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Tammy Davis
I have had a problem with my weight all of my life. I was always the fat girl in school, was never asked out in high school. I didn't socialize with others in high school. I have tried every fad diet that came along, as well as several my physician recomended. I would lose weight only to gain it back plus more. I feel like such a failure, and always feel like I'm hungry, even one hour after a meal...
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MICHELLE BROWN
when i wasa child i was very thin. when i became a teenager i had avery traumatic experiance.. i was abused. i was taking from my parents at 11... food became my bestfriend.. i ate when i was mad and sad, i eventually ate all the time, i got pregnant at 16 and my weight just went out of control.. by the time i was 26 and pregnant with my 4th child i weighed 305. as i was pushing my son out the inc...
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deecanta
I always say I was born weighing 135lbs. It's a joke. I don't remember ever being thin, but I was never self-conscious about it either. I always embraced my Cuban voluptuous body and loved who I was. It wan't until I got married and had children that I considered my weight was a problem. My new husband is a wonderful cook and we have truly bonded over food. Gifts aren't roses and diamonds...the...
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Sirene
I was always a bit heavy, even when I was a kid. I had a round face and kids would tease me and call me names. So even though, looking back and seeing that I was definitely overweight but nowhere near what I *thought* I looked like, I always felt ashamed and embarrassed of being me. As I got older, the weight kept piling on and I tried everything. Every diet and every program and every method. My ...
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velma001
The most dreaded thing about the bloated looks is that you got to have tussle with your thoughts and the looks that people give you in your locality. One has to be strong enough to overcome such issues. The bariatric surgey was the only way left out with me for better responses. It not only gave me the better looks but also the confidence that was my inherent lacking thing in me. Thanks to the sur...
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Cynamon13
I have always been if the more to love variety. I don't remember a time where my weight hasn't been an issue for me.
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Cherylann0718
Since a puberty, I have been the biggest______. The biggest child, the biggest in my class, the biggest on the bus, the biggest in the pool, the biggest girl at the dance, etc. Little did I know it would be after the births of my children that I would reach my "biggest". I have always been an outgoing person, easily hiding my lack of self confidence. My first diet was age 12. I am 42 now and ...
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alycat75
I actually had a really active and healthy sort of youth. I was never overweight, I ran,I played sports. However, I did eat a lot while doing all of those activities. When I got to college, I wasn't playing organized sports anymore, I went to frat parties, I didn't exercise regularly, and basically just had a really good time. I never paid attention to the fact that I was still eating the same am...
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mskarma36
I am an African American Female and weight gain loss and everything in between in not talked about in my culture. I come from the clean your plate club. Don't you know there are Kids starving in Africa Club! I wonder now that I am grown did my Grandparents ever know a real African. Anyway. I was a skinny child until puberty. My childhood nickname was skinny Minnie. Then puberty hit and I was at a ...
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Myoldself
I was a person use to getting up everyday going to work in 2008 I lost my job, I was already having problems with my knees but as soon as I completely stop working and could go to the doctor and have myself check out thoroughly and not knowing how much damage I had done to my knees I was in trouble because I was not paying attention to what I was doing to myself I was gaining weight thinking I was...
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biancamauri
My name is Bianca I am 23 years old. I've been struggling with my weight for my whole life since I was a baby; I was a really hefty child. My parents thought it was just "baby fat" and that I would grow out of it. I was picked on as a child and given the nickname "fatso" in elementary school among other names up until about the 7th grade. I had tried various diets that my nutritionist would tell m...
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jmjm55077
I've been fat all my life...from being an overweight baby to having 'baby fat' as a teen and then as an adult adding 5# a year...At 59 years old I became a widow and realized that health was important and I've been remiss in not trying to take care of myself better. So I started on the path of being active and healthly with an RNY surgery. I turn sixty in March and hope to be at my goal weight of ...
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donnarunions69
I am a yoyo dieter. I can lose 20-25 pounds and then next thing I know it's back.
I am 43 and work in a retirement home. I need to do something drastic because I don't want 2 people having to fit me in my later years. I wanna get this weight off so I can live life to the fullest. Tired of feeling big, bloated, uncomfortable it's over for me. Looking forward to getting this process done and be on ...
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Jerwelch
I would always joke about my weight to make people think I was ok with my weight, but all the while very insecure and very worried what people thought.
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