your weight in HIGHSCHOOL

okay so basically, it was suggested that i start a topic to see how some of you felt about yourself and your body image when you were in highschool. appearantly, most people are unhappy with their body-image, especially in highschool. so im curious. how tall were you and how much did you weigh in highschool? and what did you think about it?

Juicebox,
      I want to let you in on a little secret NOT ALL GUYS LIKE REALLY SKINNY GIRLS! Your outer looks (which you are very nice looking) are only PART of the equation. Where the majority of your BEAUTY comes from is within. If all the people around you look at is the outside then you don't need them. Find some friends that will accept you for who you are. You were correct when you said the MEDIA has brainwashed young girls with the way they present weight now. I hate the MEDIA for the way they portray "the perfect woman" because it is ssssooooo not what a lot of guys look for (me included). The girls you are describing I never even looked at when I was in school. If I could wrap my hands around their waist and be able to touch my thumbs and fingers together there was no way I was asking them out. I would try to get them to think about their health instead. I saw that you said that you think you are maybe getting about 1000 calories a day, that is unhealthy, you are doing more damage than good. If you would eat between 1300 - 1500 calories a day (6 small "snacks" a day) you would probably see the last little bit of weight you want to lose (even though I don't think you need to) go away. If you work out the way you say you do, then you really do need more than 1000 calories a day.

Please do me one favor though, truely sit down a do some soul searchin'. ARE YOU WANTING TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR YOU OR ARE YOU LOSING WEIGHT FOR THOSE AROUND YOU????? You are a very beautiful young lady and you do not need to drive yourself crazy trying to lose weight you don't need to lose. Take care of yourself and do what's right for you. I will support you with whichever decision you make, but please figure out the true reason why losing weight is the only option?

Later,
Papa

In high school i was everything from 140 in grade 9 to 115 in grade 12 to 110 the summer after high school :)

Papa,

the media has not only brainwashed girls into what a beautiful woman is, but also the guys. the media tells society what is beatiful and most of the time, they will listen. guys like skinny girls. what guy would want someone fat? (not speaking for everyone, just the impression i get from the average boy..lol). if you look like the models you see on tv, they will think your perfect.

to be honest, im not sure how many calories i get each day. i may even be getting less than 1000. maybe even 800. maybe more then 1000. but im pretty sure im getting less. i used to eat about 200-300 each day and thats it. it sounds abd, but it worked.

no one would want to lose weight just for themsleves. picture it this way, if everyone on the entire planet was gone, and you were the only person left on earth...would you still diet? would you still eat healthy, restrict your calories, and exercise your butt off? or would you eat whatever wanted whenever you wanted it and not waste time running? the point is, you wouldnt lose weight to look good for a mirror. it because when people think you look better, you think you look better. or at least thats how i see it. :]

4'11" and 53 lbs.

I was anorexic in high school.

ilisa,

i read your profile and i could relate to it, in a way. i almost fell into the cycle you had lived with, just not as extreme. im also trying to lose the weight (the second time around) in a HEALTHY way.

well im a 14 year old male,

i will be a freshman this year and i dont like my body image im 5,4 and about 137 my family says im not to big but i think im pretty fat. [opinons?]

the way doctor explained it to me, was that the AVERAGE healthy weight for your height is judged by: 100lbs for every 5 ft. and 5lbs for every inch after that. so lets say you were 5'3" and 115lbs, you would be at the average healthy weight. but you could also weigh anywhere from 100-125...im not sure exactly. i just go by that. so yes, technically, you arent overweight. it all depends on your body type and how you want to look.

i was closer to becoming anorexic than close gets. i even lied to my doctor and my family and friends. i wouldnt let anyone know i had any problem what so ever. that was my mentallity. i wanted to lose weight so much that i was eating anywhere from between 200-300 calories per day. i was starving myself thin and everyone i knew was worried about me. i suffered from it. and i still am.

my point is, maybe your not happy with how you look...but maybe you could try toning up at the gym and lifting weights instead of dieting. just try and get in good shape.  :] you dont sound like a whale.. haha

I am in high school, 5'5" at 119 lbs (lowest) hoping to get down to 110.

I was tiny, and thought I was overweight.  I was about 108 lbs at 5' tall and someone made fun of my weight.  I was bulemic for my senior year because my mind couldn't handle that remark.  Prior to high school I was very overweight. 

I look back at pictures now and wonder how I got so tiny.  But...when I weighed 125, I was much more fit and in shape, and that took until I was 31 to learn. 

I was 4'11" and I weighed between 97 lbs and 103 lbs. I hit 97 lbs after a summer spent in europe as an exchange student. I wasn't purposely dieting or anything - just eating a far healthier diet and walking everywhere. In college I grew another inch and graduated around 107 lbs.

I don't ever remember feeling fat, but I sure didn't like my body. I used to have awful posture and slouched a lot. I think a lot of my issues were due to the fact that we didn't have petite sizing back then, so clothes never fit me right. Looking back at the photos however it's clear I had way more muscle back then than I do today, at 42, because even though I'm close to 107 again, I certainly don't look as slim as I did back then.

My oldest daughter starts high school next week. I look at her, and I can see my old self... except she's taller than I was and more pear shaped. Still, there are enough similiarities.  And I realize how I never fully appreciated my youthful body back then!!!

So I tell her and her sister often that they should really enjoy this stage of their life. It doesn't get any better!

When I graduated high school I was 5'6 and 153.  I was into sports and had 19% body fat.  I absolutely hated the way I looked.  I didn't even own a two piece bathing suit until I was out of high school.  Not even a year later when I went to college I weighted the same but felt so much better about myself.  I had no problem wearing clothes that were a little bit more revealing or wearing a two piece bathing suit.  Honestly it is all your mentality.  You have to realize that puberty plays a huge role in high school. Like others have said your body changes.  You can't compare the previous you to the new you.  Another thing to remember is just because you are so tall doesn't mean you have to fit into a certain mold.  According to all the perfect measures of things I should weight 139lbs.  No way am I ever going to weight that and even look remotely healthy!  When I was at 153lbs my husband has seen pictures and is like omg wow you were skinny but of course at the time that would have never entered my mind.  Years down the road now I am at 200 lbs and my husband still calls me beautiful and says he loves the way I look.  Yes I am over weight at the moment but being so doesn't mean I am not loved and people don't think I am attractive or beautiful.  I know it is one of the hardest things to do but be happy with yourself.  When you are happy with you and you are a confident person and can say oh so what I deserved a little treat that piece of cake for  my birthday won't hurt a thing you will be happy.  You will feel like you can live life and not have life ruling you.

Juicebox,

I wasn't saying that your body doesn't matter in "attractiveness" at all - of course it does - but that 10 lbs one way or the other won't make a difference, and I stand by that statement. Once you have a nice body (i.e. not overweight, reasonably proportioned, well-groomed), the main thing that matters from then on is what's inside you. A "nice body" with a great personality will take you further than a "perfect body" with an obsessed, self-centered personality. There's also the matter of the face - just as important as the body, to lots of guys - which you have much less control over, and is just a question of luck (and you got lucky, so don't complain).

There are a few guys (not most of them, mind you) who won't take anything less than a perfect body. They are the guys who view women as objects, as accessories, and as trophies - as only bodies (shocking, huh?). They are the guys who are emotionally cold and/or borderline abusive to their girlfriends, don't respect sexual limits, and are always on the lookout for an "upgrade". Honestly, you're better off without them.

Studies of American college guys show that they consider BMIs of 19-21 to be the most attractive (by a slight margin), whereas men in their 20s and 30s prefer 21-23. But remember, those are studies in which they just show pictures - there is no other aspect that they can judge by - and the differences in perceived attractiveness were not very significant as long as the women were not underweight or overweight. As long as you are in a healthy weight range and take good care of yourself, your body is NOT what is limiting your romantic success.

And let's please dump this notion that you have to be chased by dozens of boys in high school in order to be a valid female human being, shall we? Those girls who are chased by all the boys usually wind up as dropout, single teen mothers. By 30, they're all used up and you wouldn't look twice at them in the Wal-Mart.

Oh, and in answer to your question: yes, I would still eat healthy and count calories even if there were no one around to notice the difference. I am not at a healthy weight and I am doing this to improve my medical profile and prolong my life, not just from vanity.

How do I know that I would keep it up? Well, I went back to school this monday, 33 lbs lighter than I was last spring, and nobody noticed. My closest friend, who I hadn't seen all summer, said that she noticed - it's in her contract I guess - and on tuesday, another mutual friend said that she had noticed yesterday and "meant to mention it before". (My first friend told her to say that, I'm quite sure.)

And I'm still keeping up my habits. Sure, I'm disappointed that it doesn't show (I went down two dress sizes for chrissakes!), but I really am doing this for me. If I weren't, I'd never be able to keep it up over the long term. My satisfaction, and my rewards, are internal.

(OK, OK, I also get a kick out of people on CC congratulating me. But really, my motivation is health.) ;)

I was 5'7ish, and about 125? 36-25-32 to be exact...I absolutely loved/love my body --- and when I got to the point of "hm, I'm looking a little thick" about two years after high school, I started watching what I ate and started working out.

Now I'm 5'7 and around 130ish? (More muscle than before) I have a small layer over my lower abs and arms that I'd like to get rid of, but other than that I'm very happy with and very proud of my body.

PS - Yes, if I was the "only person left on earth" I would still be healthy and try to stay fit. I don't work out to look good for other people, I work out so I continue to look great for myself and be healthy...call it vain if you want, but I think everyone should be happy with themselves.

I was 5'7" about 140 and thought I was huge.  Looking back, I was probably at a good weight, but I lost 15# after that.  The sad thing is, I still thought I was fat.  I can't remember a time in my adult life that I didn't think I was fat.  Now I'm at 175 down from 230 and feeling better about my body.

Juicebox,
Don't worry I am off my soapbox. I would continue to eat the way I do and continue to work out why? Overall health! I feel better now than I have in a long time. I started trying to lose weight as soon as I was given clearence from the doctor's after sitting on my duff for three years from a softball injury. The doctors did not want me doing anything, no weight lifting and no cardio, all I could do was walk at work and nothing else. I started back in Mar 06 at 348 lbs (I felt miserable, I could not bend over touch my toes, I got winded climbing a flight of stairs, I came down with sleep apnea....) I tried for almost a year to lose weight by restricting my calories so much that every time I ate it all went straight to fat. In a year I lost a total of 20 pound eating about 1200 calories a day. Then I got smart and went back to eating the way I did before my injury, 6 snacks a day and hitting the gym as hard as I could. That started in Mar 07 and in the past 6 months I have dropped another 50 pounds. My total is now at 70 and I will not be happy until I see 250. When I hit that goal I will never go back to the way I was before. It will help me live a longer and more energetic life.

P.S. If you do not know what sleep apnea is, it is a condition where you quit breathing while you are asleep. I went in for a sleep study and found that in one 8 hour period of sleep I quit breathing 273 times. I now have to sleep with a machine that blows fresh air into my nose every night to keep me breathing. This condition came on because of my weight. I have been lucky since that is the only condition that I have due to my weight.

Like I told you yesterday, I will give you all the encouragement in the world if the weight loss is what you decide to do. So good luck with your goals, just please do it with your health in mind and don't try to starve yourself.

Papa

I was 5'5 at 115. I had absolutely no muscle whatsoever.  I thought my thighs were huge!!

I am 5'5", was at 125! Measurements were 36-28-36. My hair was short & sassy. I thought that I was fat and ugly. I was constantly tormented by other students except for those that were my close friends. Tried to blend into the background. Didn't say much in class unless I was called on. When I was home and checking myself over in comparison to other girls my age I couldn't see why I was always made fun of for my weight and looks. I saw a normal girl, pretty with short hair, developing nicely; comparable to everyone else around. Never had a steady boyfriend until I was in 11th grade. My self esteem was not high but was much better than it had been earlier in school. If I felt that I was putting on weight I would just cut my portions back for a week or two to lose it, although my weight was steady 125 throughout high school.

What I wouldn't give to be that weight now!! ;)

what really annoys me is the people who can eat whatever they want and sit around all day and STILL have perfect bodies. And then there i am working my butt off and not getting anywhere. Its SO unfair. :/ ahahah

Flashback to 1971!!!  I was 5'6 and 140.  Wasn't even close to be considered overweight at the time compared to today's standards of the waif thin girls.

I can remember my senior year we had some sort of assembly and it was a trampoline demonstration.  Cheerleaders were to participate but we had to be 135 or under so I could not....Grrrr...

LOL.  Come to think of it, I was always the "base" in the pyramids.