I'm about 20 lbs up from my high school & college weight.
I would like to lose 6 lbs, max. I love my strong, feminine figure, & have no desire to be "little girl" size like I was in my late teens/early twenties. I'm much happier with my body right now.
Post by stingsharkruns on Jun 7, 2012 16:06:29 GMT -5
1. I don't know what I weighed in high school. Shamefully I have 2 pairs of jeans from my senior year (2003) that I can still wear (and do wear regularly.)
Since high school, about 23 gained. Since the end of college/wedding, about 15. Most of it is left over from DD and seems to be stuck on. I would like to get within 10 lbs of my college weight. I look good at that weight, and got there after DS, so I know it is possible.
I am within 3 pounds of my high school and college weight. I graduated HS in 99'. I feel like things are distributed differently though. Since much hasn't changed, I'm good with my weight, but I'm currently trying to lower body fat and build more muscle.
I would like to lose 5 pounds or so, but I have no desire to go back to either weight. I had some body image/eating issues in high school (I was skinny fat), and was not really healthy in college. I am happy with my figure now
Post by mommymatriarch on Jun 7, 2012 16:11:15 GMT -5
1. On average, how many lbs. gained or lost since High School? I am currently 9 pounds more than my high school weight.
2. On average, how many pounds gained or lost since College? And 1 pound more than my college weight.
3. Do you wish to go back to either of these weights? I'm great with where I'm at now. I have no desire whatsoever to go back to my high school weight. Being called stick figure all the time was not much fun.
1. About the same as my high school weight 2. Lost the 10 lb I gained in college and beyond 3. I'm at a really happy weight. And the only thing that got me here was breatfeeding. I did not have any particular desire to work hard enough to lose it.
3. I would like to lose about 10 pounds, but I'm not in a hurry and am trying to slowly adjust my eating habits to get me there... which is a much different approach than I've used in the past.
I honestly have no clue what I weighed in high school and really only got on the scale during my sports physicals every August. I'm thinking I weigh about 15lbs more?
Even in college, I didn't pay much attention to the scale (didn't have one in my dorm room and the one at the college gym was in the middle of the room and the weight was displayed up top in big huge red numbers so I don't think I ever saw a female get on it). I really just noticed my pant size. I yo-yo'd quite a bit in college between a size 2, and at my largest, wore a size 8. I certainly don't miss those binge drinking frat party days one bit!
So, to answer the last question, would I like to go back to those weights? I'm not sure, but I'm comfortable as a 4/6 now and really care more about how my clothes fit and how I feel than what the weight on the scale says. I may be an outsider on this board for saying this, but if that means I hover about 5-10 lbs higher than ideal (what in my mind is ideal for me, knocking off those vanity lbs) but I can indulge in pizza and ice cream every once in a while, than that's fine with me!
ETA: my opinion of losing those last few vanity pounds may change next May when I'm done with grad school and *only* have to work full time
Lost ~10 pounds from High School Lost ~ 5 pounds from College I'm at a normal weight, but I'd still like to drop another 5. I was 5 pounds less this time last year and felt way better. I can't seem to lose it though! I had to give up running (except for the occasional fun run here and there) due to a bum knee, and it was the only thing that seemed to keep those last 5 off.
At 32, I'm about 15 pounds above h.s. weight (although I have a 3-month-old, so I expect it to go down some more).
I am about the same as when I graduated college. But I gained quite a bit during grad school, and then I lost 40 pounds and kept it off until I got pregnant the first time. I was back to h.s. weight after that loss and between pregnancies, and I'm working toward that goal again.
Not sure about since HS, since college I'm probably down about 10, but I'm proportioned differently now (bigger hips, smaller cheeks, etc). I actually feel better about myself now, though I wish I could lose about 5 more pounds.
1. On average, how many lbs. gained or lost since High School? By then end of college I had gained about 16 pounds since graduating high school.
2. On average, how many pounds gained or lost since College? I lost about 14 pounds after college to get back to my high school weight. I've since regained about 8 of those pounds.
3. Do you wish to go back to either of these weights? I'd like to get back to my high school weight or a little lower (like 3 pounds less).
1. On average, how many lbs. gained or lost since High School? about the same?
2. On average, how many pounds gained or lost since College? Lost 10lbs (15-20 if we went back to my pre pregnancy weight, which I will get back to eventually! )
3. Do you wish to go back to either of these weights? Nope, just want my pre baby #3 weight (which is less than my hs and college weight)
Post by dragonfly08 on Jun 7, 2012 18:11:57 GMT -5
I'm about 7 lbs. below my HS weight. Not sure how I compare to college...some time between undergrad and grad school I did put on a good bit (too many trips to the Publix bakery!) but I don't remember how much, and that weight increased even a bit more in the year before and the year after I got married. I do know that at my highest non-PG weight, which was right before I conceived DD #1, I was about 30 lbs. heavier than I am right now.
No, I don't want to go back to the college/grad school weight. I could probably stand to be at my HS weight, as long as I stayed more toned than I was back then.
Grad school is a different story. I weighed both the most and least of my entire life during those few years. LOL I'm about 10 lbs heavier than my low in grad school. I don't aim to be that small again but if I accidently hit it, I won't mind.
I weigh about 5 pounds less now than I did in high school or college. I graduated in 1991. In those 21 years, I've been up 40 pounds from that weight, back down again and everywhere in between. I love where I am right now in terms of weight.
Strangely, I wore a size 9/10 in hs and college and now wear a 4. Vanity sizing much?
1. On average, how many lbs. gained or lost since High School? 20 lbs gained, I think.
2. On average, how many pounds gained or lost since College? Lost 5-10 lbs. Not sure what I weighed at the end of college, but I know I was 35 lbs up from high school at the end of my freshman year (added muscle and fat).
3. Do you wish to go back to either of these weights? I'd like to lose 10 lbs. With the amount of muscle I have now, I can never be as light as in high school, but I could lose a few vanity pounds.
1. Since my high school graduation, I would say I've gained a solid 60lbs. I would also like to say at my high school graduation, I was an elite level gymnast with anorexia, and I've grown almost 4 inches since then. :-)
2. Currently since college, I'm about 12lbs heavier.
3. High school, no way in hell since I would be skeletal. I'm slowly working my way back to college. I'm not sure what my happy weight is going to end up being, but I'll figure it out.
I haven't changed much since HS. There are a few point where I may have been 10 lbs heavier and a few points where I may have been about 5-10lbs lighter. I don't fluctuate a lot in weight. I got the biggest in my first year of marriage and I was the smallest a few years into marriage when I had more time to exercise (run and strength training regularly) and I didn't have my two kids yet!