Did you have weight problems as a child?

kathystrick · April 16, 2008

I thank puberty for my extra pounds. Until then (around age 12) I had been pretty average in size, although tall. Then came hips and boobs and all those other wonderful curves that make us female. From there, the only way to go was up, up, up.

tapshoes · April 16, 2008

Big baby (over 10lbs at birth), but was never fat as a child. I was however positively HUGE compared to my skeletal sister and brother. So although I wasn't fat, I thought I was; an earlier poster stated it - a self-fulfilling prophecy. By the twenties, after university the weight gain started. Slowly at first but then more and more. I would diet, lose some, gain more - most of us know the result. It took my 50th birthday for me to grow up or something and say 'enough is enough'.

My skeletal brother and sister still are, and not by intent or diet. They just are. But most times I forgive them this sin.

isabelle290 · April 20, 2008

Thanks for all of the replies. I started gaining weight in first grade when my parents got divorced. I remember being so large that I couldn't fit in the little desks. One time I got stuck and when I tried to get out, the enitre desk flipped over. The entire class laughed and I was mortified. I am trying to do EVERYTHING I can to keep my daughters from going through what I went through. It helps to hear others stories.

Enchanted · April 22, 2008

I was a chubby baby and kid.

In my baby book, it asks the question....

Mom's First Words: She's so cute!

Dad's First Words: She's so big!

I was eight pounds at birth. Always teased for being fat, but when I look back at pictures of myself in elementary school, I was just a little overweight. In high school, I started gaining. Then, I got married (for the first time) at just 18. cRaZy! Gained a bit more, had a baby, gained a bit more.

I realllllly gained during my second marriage. I swear, we ate like teenagers whose parents were away for the weekend.

I think I started gaining weight for one reason...and kept eating because it was familiar and I didn't know what else to do to get that filled up feeling.

I am so ready for my surgery next week! :tongue_smilie: