I was born at exactly 7 lbs but by the time I was a toddler, I was a Weeble (remember, "weebles wobble but they don't fall down"?). I was a fat kid, a fat teen, and a fat bride at 21. I was fat at 40 when my husband died. 2 yrs later is when I decided to take it into my own hands and quit blaming my genes, my mom, my job, my lack of job, my family....I could go on all day with the blame.

Just curious as to who was a fat kid that turned into a fat adult or a twig kid who turned into a fat adult (either by pregnancy, hormones, life, marriage,....)

The last picture of me at a normal weight was when I was 5. It's been an unsuccessful struggle for the last almost 45 years. I try to not think about the life lost during those years and just look joyfully to the future.

I was always the skinny kid! My mom took me to the doctor and complained that I was too skinny. He told her I was healthy not to worry. As a teen I was very active, I ran track, I ran every day. Once I was out of high school I wasn't as active. At 20 I got married in a size 5 gown. At 23 I got pregnant and so it began. I gained 60 lbs with that pregnancy, 60 pounds with my second pregnancy. I remember my OBGYN telling me that if I didn't quit gaining weight my husband would leave me for a skinny woman! He was so mean! Even tho I have tried almost every diet out there I didn't maintain the losses . So here I am at 267 lbs ready to take control again!

I was normal size until I was about 6, but then I got sick and was hospitalized. After that I blew up. I couldn't run around outside and play much and never picked up the habit after that hospitialization. I've never not been fat as an adult. I'm not thin yet, but every day is a step (or an elliptical session) in the right direction.

I was a normal size Baby at 7lbs.

When I was 31/2 I suffered my first seizure, After that I was put on medication that cause me to be hungry all the time therefore gaining a good amount of weight. By the time I was 7 I grew out my seizures but not the weight, They took me off the medication by my 8th Birthday. By the time I was 11 I was 166lbs with high cholesterol, I dieted throughout my childhood and on into my teen years where I continued to gain despite my efforts.

I have been big all my life, in my baby book mom wrote "Oh you are getting so big, you are wearing sissy's clothes, and we had to return the size 2T. (This was when I was six months old.) I have been on different diets since I was seven years old. I just got my surgery date and am looking forward to this new me.

My Dad used to sing " rolly poley Daddy's little fattie" to me as a kid... My smallest size was an 8-10 when I was 16-17. Largest is a 22, which I am now. 5'6, 261.

I have always been "the chunky girl." As a child I wasn't obese, but I was plump. My uncle nick named me "2 tons of fun" and I was called that for years, and internally, it shamed me. I gained progressively until high school, and then I started playing sports so I plateaued at around 215. In college I was always the "fat friend" and my weight settled around the 240's. On my wedding day 5 years ago I weight 260... In 2012, after my son's 2nd birthday party I saw the pictures of myself and was horrified. I went to the scale to find that I had made it all the way to 312 lbs. I knew that I had to do something, and from that point on I was determined to lose this weight! Today I am 202 (almost 4 months post op and 96lbs down)and I am anxiously awaiting ONEDERLAND because I honestly don't remember a time in my life since I was conscience of my weight that I weight under 200 lbs! Praying these next 3 lbs melt away so that I can feel what it's like to not weigh 200 plus pounds

Wow! Almost 100 lbs. in 4 months!!! You are smokin'!!! Congratulations.

I was always a normal size child and teenager. I am big boned so in highschool and college I felt bigger than I actually was. When I graduated from college I was 120 pounds at 5'4". When I started dating my husband at 21 I slowly started gaining weight due to new unhealthy eating habits that my husband had engaged in for years. I didn't really start getting fat until after my babies were born. and then a hysterectomy that brought on early menopause packed on the pounds. I got up to about 265 and couldn't take it any more because my knees and hips were always hurting. Nothing ever fit and I always felt like the fattest woman in the room. I come from a very thin family and none of them understood how or why I had gained so much weight. They have always been kind but expressed concern about what I was doing to my health, Now that I've lost 50 pounds they are noticing and they are saying positive things as well as how proud they are of me. I have not told any of them that I have had surgery but they are very aware of my dieting. I like it this way and I'm so thankful for my sleeve and this opportunity to get healthy again.

Started packing on the pounds when I let an Ob/Gyn talk me into levonorgestrel implants (Norplant) in my early 20's and it's been an uphill battle to shed the weight ever since. Was an average sized kid and slender and very fit teen. Now? Just sort of a blob.