Pics of an Overweight Child & My 100 lb Story - Page 2

mmorris · 08-01-2006, 10:05 AM

I can relate to your story. I don't what it was when I was growing up but I alway felt overweight and I wasn't. I was always compared with my sisters.. I always heard: Ruth is a size 0, Sue is a size 4, Oh Maria is a size 8~ I was 15... EEEK at 5'7 that is small.. So there I was yo-yo dieting at 15 and on~ Until I found lo-carbing.. no more yo-yo...

MZKENGI · 08-17-2006, 09:15 AM

girl your story really motivate me

CARLINI · 08-20-2006, 10:28 PM

Claritta you continue to be such an awesome inspiration for us all! You've always been supportive and loving to us thru the years.

I'm so happy for you! You're a different person and you've worked your butt off to get here! Thanks for continuing to post here and share your wisdom with us.

Wishing you continued success!

LowCarbingIt4Life · 08-30-2006, 06:12 AM

One of my uncles called me warthog!! It made me so mad!! I was always told I was chubby. Real self esteem buster. You look like a normal if not alittle on teh thin side child! I love the pic of you in your blue jeans in one leg! WOW!!!! ALSO I AM VVVVEEEEERRRYYYYYYYY jealous that YOU got to meet BOZO and have your picture made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is so cute! i loved BOZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ddmumm · 08-30-2006, 05:26 PM

Hi Claritta,

Thanks for sharing your photos, and congrats on the 100 lb. loss.

Donna,

Lowcarb-Lea · 09-03-2006, 09:23 AM

Wow Claritta....you are such an inspiration to these boards!! I am always watching your progress.....congratulations!!! You look wonderful!! Lea

chassiepooh · 09-04-2006, 02:46 PM

THanks for sharing your story, and giving me the courage to share my mine, along with some tears!

you look wonderful!!

mkslulu · 01-09-2007, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by going_down

I have posted my 100 pound story and a great part of it starts here. These are pictures of me growing up. Looking at them now, I can see I was a normal size child. Taller than most kids my age at the time, but I was not overweight. I grew up believing I was overweight and fat. My nickname was heavy duty. Around the 5th grade, I started to develop. My older sister was slim and about my height. We were a year and half apart in age and family always compared us. Besides heavy duty I was also called big little sis.

Itâ€™s important for us to have a good positive self image. Ignore those negative voices around us.

My 100 Pound Story

hi,going down!i read your 100 pound story and i can sure relate.did you get down to 199?that would be a dream come true!well i wish you nothing but good luck in the new year.i've been doing good for about 6 days now.i started my lc eating on 1/3/07.i've been looking around in the recipes for new ideas,there are alot that sound pretty good.keep at it we can do this!!!

going_down · 01-09-2007, 04:06 PM

Hi mkslulu! Yes, I reached Onederland in Jan 06. I spent all of 2006 floating between 185 (my lowest) and 203. Currently I am 210 (after slacking on my exercise in the last months of the year). I am get back to Onederland to hopefully stay there. I don't want to peddle around in the same numbers in 2007.

Thanks for your encouraging words. Congrats on getting started.

KUTGW! Yes, we can do this!

Surrounded · 01-09-2007, 04:09 PM

You know, recently my better half and I were going through old school photos from the early 70s. All the kids he said were piicked on for being *fat* were not fat at all compared to today. 5lb overweight and a kid was labeled fat. So many skinny minnies back then.

My poor son is larger than his older brother. They are 11 months apart and the youngest is built like his dad more like a football player and the older one is built like a stick. THIS ALONE makes him feel fat. It is horrible. He could maybe lose 5-10 lb if that and he thinks he is a whale. Meanwhile there are kids at his school that could easily lose 50 lb...very sad

mdrai · 01-10-2007, 07:44 AM

I have a similar childhood story... my nickname was "Boom Boom"... I look back on family photos and I was NOT fat or even heavy... just taller/bigger than the other kids & my sisters... I look at photos from college and I just *WISH* I was that "fat" now!

So much wasted time..........

going_down · 01-10-2007, 08:52 AM

Oh, yes! I had said that. If only I was that fat again. Any of those "fat" pics above.

Taller and bigger does not equal fat. That's why it's important for us not to compare.

My dd has the complete opposite problem. She is ultra little and people accuse her of having a eating disorder. She eats like a horse and doesn't gain a pound. To have a metabolism like that. I've never known what that is like.

rosey ragamuffin · 01-11-2007, 08:39 PM

Claritta,
I was in the same situation. I was constantly being compared to my older sister who was 5 inches shorter than I was. When I hit 13 I hit a chunky stage, but I was only about 10 lbs more than my friends. My mom whisked me to the Dr and he put me on amphetamines. I didn't lose weight but did start having anxety attacks. Funny thing was, my sister was chunky at the same age and mom did the same thing with her, yet they seemed to have forgotten she went thru that stage as well. I was 5'9 by the time I was 14 and I weighed 145 lbs. I know that isn't thin, but it's certainly not huge. My nickname was Mack, as in "Mack Truck". I was horribly shy, walked stooped over and carried my books against my well developed chest.

I wore clothes to hide myself.

Funny, today I see girls who are much chunkier than I was wearing clothes that show their belly, or skin tight jeans and wonder if they had parents that were different than mine, or growing up in the 70's was just a time that ultra thin was the ONLY acceptable body style.

While I know thin is the still the ultimate goal for women of all ages, I think a more robust woman is beginning to emerge as not only acceptable but pleasing to the eye.

Now if I can only get myself down from Jabba the Hut to robust....LOL

going_down · 01-12-2007, 08:58 AM

Rosey - Wow! I thought heavy duty was a name. Mack Truck?!

What is wrong with people and family at that. I hated the fact that they put that on my bicycle. I had to see it every time I rode that thing.

Now when I got my 10 speed I wouldn't let anyone write on it.

Oh yes! Robust, curvy is what I want. Not skinny t-bone for me. T-bone was my sister's nickname.

I'm not sure what I weighed here, but I was 5'8" or 9" and I was just fine.

LisaWV · 01-12-2007, 10:43 AM

WTG!

01-12-2007, 08:58 AM	#44
going_down Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,525 Gallery: going_down Stats: 363/on my way back to 199/190 ~ Height 5'9" WOE: Lean for Life Start Date: January 20, 2004	Rosey - Wow! I thought heavy duty was a name. Mack Truck?! What is wrong with people and family at that. I hated the fact that they put that on my bicycle. I had to see it every time I rode that thing. Now when I got my 10 speed I wouldn't let anyone write on it. Oh yes! Robust, curvy is what I want. Not skinny t-bone for me. T-bone was my sister's nickname. I'm not sure what I weighed here, but I was 5'8" or 9" and I was just fine. __________________ Claritta Praying, persisting, and persevering my way to goal My 100 Pound Story Two Years and Counting Eating is a deeply symbolic act of receiving God’s grace into my body. I do not want to dishonor this divine gift, so I never eat too much, or without thought, anymore. It works if you work it so work it cause you're worth it!

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08-01-2006, 10:05 AM	#31
mmorris Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Concord NH Posts: 4,346 Gallery: mmorris Stats: 266/161/150 -(105)- WOE: Atkins, now CAD Start Date: August 2002	I can relate to your story. I don't what it was when I was growing up but I alway felt overweight and I wasn't. I was always compared with my sisters.. I always heard: Ruth is a size 0, Sue is a size 4, Oh Maria is a size 8~ I was 15... EEEK at 5'7 that is small.. So there I was yo-yo dieting at 15 and on~ Until I found lo-carbing.. no more yo-yo...

08-17-2006, 09:15 AM	#32
MZKENGI Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MEMPHIS,TN Posts: 42 Gallery: MZKENGI Stats: 300 WOE: LOW CARB Start Date: AUGUST 2006	girl your story really motivate me

08-20-2006, 10:28 PM	#33
CARLINI Thick and Delicious Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,234 Gallery: CARLINI Stats: high 300 goal 145 WOE: Organic Atkins OWL < 25 Net Start Date: 02/14/04	Claritta you continue to be such an awesome inspiration for us all! You've always been supportive and loving to us thru the years. I'm so happy for you! You're a different person and you've worked your butt off to get here! Thanks for continuing to post here and share your wisdom with us. Wishing you continued success!

08-30-2006, 06:12 AM	#34
LowCarbingIt4Life Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 156 Gallery: LowCarbingIt4Life Stats: 315/294/150 WOE: Gastric Bypass Start Date: RNY June 12th	One of my uncles called me warthog!! It made me so mad!! I was always told I was chubby. Real self esteem buster. You look like a normal if not alittle on teh thin side child! I love the pic of you in your blue jeans in one leg! WOW!!!! ALSO I AM VVVVEEEEERRRYYYYYYYY jealous that YOU got to meet BOZO and have your picture made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is so cute! i loved BOZO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08-30-2006, 05:26 PM	#35
ddmumm Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Slatington,Pa. Posts: 113 Gallery: ddmumm Stats: 272/?/size 12/14 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 2003	Hi Claritta, Thanks for sharing your photos, and congrats on the 100 lb. loss. Donna,

09-03-2006, 09:23 AM	#36
Lowcarb-Lea Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Texas Posts: 134 Gallery: Lowcarb-Lea Stats: 205/137/120 (5'5.5" tall) WOE: Atkins Start Date: June 2001	Wow Claritta....you are such an inspiration to these boards!! I am always watching your progress.....congratulations!!! You look wonderful!! Lea

09-04-2006, 02:46 PM	#37
chassiepooh Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Louisiana Posts: 24,806 Gallery: chassiepooh Stats: 315/192/170 WOE: Low Calorie Start Date: 4/26/05	THanks for sharing your story, and giving me the courage to share my mine, along with some tears! you look wonderful!!

01-09-2007, 04:06 PM	#39
going_down Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,525 Gallery: going_down Stats: 363/on my way back to 199/190 ~ Height 5'9" WOE: Lean for Life Start Date: January 20, 2004	Hi mkslulu! Yes, I reached Onederland in Jan 06. I spent all of 2006 floating between 185 (my lowest) and 203. Currently I am 210 (after slacking on my exercise in the last months of the year). I am get back to Onederland to hopefully stay there. I don't want to peddle around in the same numbers in 2007. Thanks for your encouraging words. Congrats on getting started. KUTGW! Yes, we can do this!

01-09-2007, 04:09 PM	#40
Surrounded Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N CA Posts: 50 Gallery: Surrounded Start Date: Jan 2007	You know, recently my better half and I were going through old school photos from the early 70s. All the kids he said were piicked on for being fat were not fat at all compared to today. 5lb overweight and a kid was labeled fat. So many skinny minnies back then. My poor son is larger than his older brother. They are 11 months apart and the youngest is built like his dad more like a football player and the older one is built like a stick. THIS ALONE makes him feel fat. It is horrible. He could maybe lose 5-10 lb if that and he thinks he is a whale. Meanwhile there are kids at his school that could easily lose 50 lb...very sad

01-10-2007, 07:44 AM	#41
mdrai Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Merry-land Posts: 621 Gallery: mdrai	I have a similar childhood story... my nickname was "Boom Boom"... I look back on family photos and I was NOT fat or even heavy... just taller/bigger than the other kids & my sisters... I look at photos from college and I just WISH I was that "fat" now! So much wasted time..........

01-10-2007, 08:52 AM	#42
going_down Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 4,525 Gallery: going_down Stats: 363/on my way back to 199/190 ~ Height 5'9" WOE: Lean for Life Start Date: January 20, 2004	Oh, yes! I had said that. If only I was that fat again. Any of those "fat" pics above. Taller and bigger does not equal fat. That's why it's important for us not to compare. My dd has the complete opposite problem. She is ultra little and people accuse her of having a eating disorder. She eats like a horse and doesn't gain a pound. To have a metabolism like that. I've never known what that is like.

01-11-2007, 08:39 PM	#43
rosey ragamuffin Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 16 Gallery: rosey ragamuffin Stats: 302/284/175 WOE: Atkins '72 Start Date: 1/02/07	Claritta, I was in the same situation. I was constantly being compared to my older sister who was 5 inches shorter than I was. When I hit 13 I hit a chunky stage, but I was only about 10 lbs more than my friends. My mom whisked me to the Dr and he put me on amphetamines. I didn't lose weight but did start having anxety attacks. Funny thing was, my sister was chunky at the same age and mom did the same thing with her, yet they seemed to have forgotten she went thru that stage as well. I was 5'9 by the time I was 14 and I weighed 145 lbs. I know that isn't thin, but it's certainly not huge. My nickname was Mack, as in "Mack Truck". I was horribly shy, walked stooped over and carried my books against my well developed chest. I wore clothes to hide myself. Funny, today I see girls who are much chunkier than I was wearing clothes that show their belly, or skin tight jeans and wonder if they had parents that were different than mine, or growing up in the 70's was just a time that ultra thin was the ONLY acceptable body style. While I know thin is the still the ultimate goal for women of all ages, I think a more robust woman is beginning to emerge as not only acceptable but pleasing to the eye. Now if I can only get myself down from Jabba the Hut to robust....LOL

01-12-2007, 10:43 AM	#45
LisaWV Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: South of a Sane Mind Posts: 3,414 Gallery: LisaWV Stats: 352/296/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: December 2003	WTG!