weight/self-image survey

[Anonymous]

5'6" and 140 lbs and feel really, really fat. I used to be 110lbs before my two kids and would love to get back to that. I have a small frame and any bit of weight really shows.

[Anonymous]

5'5", about 150. I'm at peace with my weight though I certainly wouldn't mind being 10-15 pounds thinner. My highest weight was 165, with a stressful job and too much drinking, and I felt terrible. My lowest weight was 130, but required constant dieting. I am just not wired to be thin. I work out and normally wear around a 6-8, so I think I look thinner than I am, but maybe I'm just deluding myself.

[Anonymous]

5'8", 150. I need to get my muscle back and lose about 20 pounds of fat. I look okay but I am definitely overweight and undertoned.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'8", muscular and 140-145. (i was closer to 140 before baby, closer to 145 3 years post-partum.) I think of myself primarily as athletic or muscular in build, but I also recognize that I'm reasonably thin in the grand scheme of things. I work out daily and eat pretty well, but I don't diet. I think "eek" if the scale inches up, but I don't beat myself up over it. (though I will start keeping an eye on my snacking.)

I think I have a decent self-image, though I do wish my boobs were bigger. I was a B cup for a long time, and then moved to an A cup after the baby. I wish I was a C-cup, but not so much that I'd want surgery. Other than that, I'm basically ok with my body.

[Anonymous]

well, before this pregnancy, 5'2", 115-117, generally size 4 or occasionally 6 petite.

I would consider myself "normal" but not average, since the average woman is heavier--eg, I am neither thin, nor overweight, neither curvy nor skinny/straight, neither athletic nor flabby. Just kind of...normal.

as for how I feel about my body--I am a lot happier with myself than I was when I was 100 lbs and a size 0. Because I was obsessed with weight and exercise and diet then and now I feel like I manage to maintain a decent shape/weight, look good in clothes, exercise enough to be healthy, and eat well-healthily but not obsessively and don't worry to much about it anymore. Sure, I would love to drop 5 lbs and add some muscle and be a bit more toned, but right now it is not a top priority.

[Anonymous]

5'4", weight varies, currently between 116 and 118 pounds.

I've been as low as 109 within the last 5 years, and as high as 129. At 109 I looked like I had been on a long hunder strike, and at 129 I felt like I belonged on The Biggest Loser.

Where I am now is ok. I need to tone up my stomach and my arms. I look fairly skinny, especially because, at 45, I have no collagen left in my face. Time to go see the derm to start filling in the holes. But I feel like my upper arms belong on somebody who weighs 150.

I try to eat as little as possible. I really do not want to weigh more than 120 ever again. I am hoping I can shift my thinking to functional fitness, such as being able to keep enough strength to do what I need to do as I age.

There are very few times I have ever felt good about my body. The fiance in college - the one who pointed out everything that was wrong with me all the time, especially my lack of boobs - piled on so much samage I am not even sure it will ever go away. Honestly, when I was pregnant was one of the few times I felt good about my body, because I didn't care if people thought I looked fat because I knew I was growing a baby, which is a very cool thing to do (although I refused to let anyone take my picture). Even now, when I am thin enough, I am not toned enough, and my face looks sunken, and I ghate what I see. I wish, just for one day, I would look in the mirror and like what I saw.

[Anonymous]

5' 3" and 107 lbs. Honestly I feel average and gross a lot of the time. I have a 16 mth old and I developed diastasis recti while pregnant so my stomach is gross. No matter what my weight is I feel bad. My weight before pregnancy was 106. I am 36 yrs old.

[Anonymous]

5'6" @ 122 lbs. Feel pretty good, but could use more muscle, less fat.

[Anonymous]

5'5" 135# I would love to be 128 again. 125 is better but too hard to maintain for me. I gained this extra weight during the past 4 years and think everyday about losing it. When I was younger 122 was better for my height but more weight looks better now. Maybe because I am more toned-muscle weighs more than fat!

[Anonymous]

I am 5'7, 162 lbs, still overweight. Had a baby 4 months. Working out and counting calories since 2 months ago, resulting in a loss of 15 lbs. Goal is 130 lbs, which is where I feel best.

[Anonymous]

5'6" and 148. Trying to lose the 5 pounds I've gained since weaning my son. I think that even at this weight I look "normal". I don't think a stranger on the street would think I was fat, but I'm certainly not skinny either!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'9” somewhere between 115-120. Feel fantastic

medically underweight.

[Anonymous]

5'9" and 154 and badonkadonk!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'6" and 140 lbs and feel really, really fat. I used to be 110lbs before my two kids and would love to get back to that. I have a small frame and any bit of weight really shows.

5'6" and 157. Need to lose 10 or 15 pounds. Very large frame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'9" and 154 and badonkadonk!!!

I love you.