New Here but Not to OH!

Lucy van Pelt
(formerly LetItBe)
on 10/28/10 11:37 pm

Hi Everyone!

I've been on OH for a long time (well, seems like a long time) ... but thought I'd post over here. Wow, it's hard to believe I was a lightweight ...

You can read about me, latest posts, etc., in the usual ways. Here's my big question: Are we lightweights less likely to have been heavy all our lives? I know that for me the weight crept on in adulthood "very slowly then all at once" so it feels really good to be getting my familiar self back!

I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all! Many many

s!!

Lucy van Pelt
Highest 255 Surgery 248 Current 170
Goal: 150

GD6
on 10/28/10 11:53 pm - Hamilton, Canada

RNY on 02/05/10

Hi Lucy,

Not sure about others but I've been seriously overweight since I was 5 and went on my first diet at 8. I was fat all through school but really blew up in my late teens, dieted my way to morbid obesity by the time I was in my late 20's.

Yasmeen

Yasmeen (aka thread killer!)

5'6.5" - HW 239.4 / SW 226.8 (Feb 5, 2010) / GW 120 (Jan 6, 2011) / LW 116.8

Stacey N.
on 10/29/10 12:24 am - Chesapeake, VA

RNY on 08/31/10

I too will speak for myself. I have NOT always been fat, in high school I was a "normal" BMI but when I got pregnant (age 17) I started to gain my weight. It was not until I was on to my 3rd pregnancy that I REALLY started gaining. So it was around 23-24 when I started to pack on the pounds. Until then I was at least a nice size 10. ( Im 4'11 so even this looked heavy) I was comfortable with that size though and did what I could to maintain that. Now, it had just sky rocketed out of control and I took control back on Aug 31, 2010.

HW-220 SW 205 4'11"

italianspice
on 10/29/10 12:58 am - Eastlake, OH

RNY on 07/29/10

I have struggled since childhood. Could lose and gain, but never maintain.

~Maria

punchynerd
on 10/29/10 12:59 am - New York, NY

RNY on 06/28/10

Welcome to the LWs board!

I had a beautiful shape as a younger person, but always struggled with my weight (from middle school onwards). I just was pretty effective at dieting my size down as a teenager. I gained in college, lost a lot of weight, gained after college, lost some weight, gained in grad school, lost some weight, gained after grad school, lost a lot of weight, gained with depression, and then had surgery. Typical yoyo.

Looking forward to getting to know you, too!

5'4 CW: 130, GW: 130
Springtime Challenge to reach goal of 130 in spring MET!!!