weight/self-image survey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" and 184. Down about 25 lbs from my heaviest post baby. Wear a size 10 dress, size 12-14 pants. Carry most of my weight in my butt/hips.

I work out every day and did a triathalon.

At my thinnest, I was 150 and wore a size 4-6 dress (8 pants). I thought I was fat then and I still think I am fat now. But I do think I am healthier now than I was when I was 150, working out 2-3 hrs a day and taking diet pills and living on 1000-1200 calories a day.

I have a very similar body type to this. Very curvy with a smallish (used to be very small) waist and a big butt.

Oops this http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/507-180.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I am the epitome of an apple shape. All of my extra weight is in my belly and breasts. I have no butt and no hips with skinny legs. It is a weird look and I'd love not to have a little bulge in my gut.

Are you me? even in my skinny-awkward preteens, when my arms and legs looked like rubber bands. I still had a pooch. I've reconciled myself to it, but not entirely. Also, I have no waist, so lower-rise pants are a godsend, because higher waists that fit mean I have flappy cloth where a normal-shaped woman's hips would go.

I'm 5'6", about 133, and happiest when I'm closer to 125.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7" and 142. Pretty strong, but would love to get down to 135, which is when I look thin. Need to starve myself to get there though, and that doesn't work well. I'm a consistent size 8 at this weight. Would like to drop a size.

[Anonymous]

5'7" 138. used to be 120 to 125, but would be happy with 130.

[Anonymous]

5'2 and 141. I sound like a fatty (and there's some hanging out for sure), but I have an athletic build and am in pretty good shape. Would ideally like to weigh about 126, but at this point, I'm shooting for around 134 as more realistic.

I really hate that I gain weight almost exclusively in my thighs, but it does mean that my top half looks pretty good.

[Anonymous]

5'8" and currently 144. I'm 38 years old and gave birth to my first child 4 months ago. My favorite weight is 135. I'm pretty big boned and muscular/athletic, but post-preg I'm kinda soft!

re: Body image... Since having my baby I feel more powerful and confident than ever, even with a lil' extra softness. I know I'll be back to my regular muscle tone by year's end, so learning to love my cushy tush for now

[Anonymous]

5'6" 155 and not happy about it. I would like to be 140, but I haven't been there since I was 15...still working on it!

[Anonymous]

5'8" and 200 lbs. I've struggled all my life and the lowest I've been as an adult was 160. That was a few years ago after doing WW and exercising a lot. Been trying to get back on the horse. I still watch what I eat on most days and walk or use an elliptical, but it's not enough. And turning 40 seems to have made it twice as hard. Getting dressed everyday sucks.

[Anonymous]

5'7", 132. Ideal weight for me is about 5 pounds lighter but can't get myself to work out enough to get there again. Happy in clothes, but my thighs and tummy definitely show those few extra pounds.

[Anonymous]

103 lbs
5'4"

13 months post-partum, still breastfeeding, not exercising apart from carrying and chasing after DD and eating like a horse.

Thankfully after this pregnancy I do not need to have my clothes taken in at the waist by a seamstress like before. The size 0 usually fits without further ado.
If the clothing industry continues to enlarge sizes I will have nothing to wear! And I hate going into the teenage section.

[Anonymous]

5'7", 168. Muscle-y and broad shouldered build. Overweight a bit, but very fit.

[Anonymous]

5'6" and currently 155. This is way to heavy for me. I have gained 25 lbs in the last 18 months and I feel horrible at this weight. My clothes don't fit and my boobs have gotten even bigger than they were before and that is not a good thing. I still carry the weight pretty well as I have football shoulders - along with a medium sized frame. My ideal weight is 125-130 and toned and hopefully I will soon get back there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'2" and 175#. Obviously VERY overweight - obese, actually, according to my BMI. I've gained 30+ lbs in the past year, for reasons that I won't go into. I feel horrible about myself. It is the first thing that I think of every morning when I wake up. Getting dressed for work is a nightmare. I think about it all day long. I would have to say that it is almost debilitating.

About 12 years ago, I went from 192# to 147#. Then I got down to 122# before I got married 9 years ago. Three kids since then and my weight has been all over the place, but I have never been this heavy (except when actually pregnant). So, I've lost weight before and am determined to do so again, but I have to admit that even at my lowest weight, I didn't feel as though I looked good (was a size 4/6 then). I actually can't imagine feeling good about my body, but really want to get into a healthy weight range, mostly so that I model good habits for my kids. I worry so much that they will have the same weight problems that I have.

This post is really a bummer, isn't it? But unfortunately it's the truth.

I really feel for you PP. And unfortunately I also really feel like you too. Ive had the same awful fluctuations and have never felt happy about my body. Have put an extra 20 lbs onto my already overweight body this year and sit in my office miserable about my weight and obsessing about how my coworkers are watching me grow every day and about what they're thinkign about me and my lack of control.

[Anonymous]

5 ft 2.6
123 lbs
Chubby

[Anonymous]

A hair under 5'9".
138 lbs.
36 years old

I feel good about myself and my body; I believe this is my ideal weight.