Where any of you obese as a teenager?
If so did you do anything to overcome it?

I pretty much waited till after highschool to get gain and lose weight, but I really don't remember more than a handful of highschool students who were obese back in my high school. not like now when I see the school yards.

I think the whole reason is two fold, one fast food is everywhere, and second TV and video games, I grew up wanting to be outside playing or involved in sports, I hated being in the house, nowadays kids sit in the house playing video games or watching MTV all the time .

I think the only way to keep weight off even for a teenager is to change their eating habits and excercise. ( even though I don't follow what I preach, I basically just cut food intake now, which slows the metabolism and causes the weight to come back easily)

I wasn't obese as a teenager. There's nothing much one can do as far as changing people's attitudes towards their predisposition to ridicule and reject overweight people, so I imagine it is very difficult to overcome such a problem without much support from others :-/

Well, I don't think I was obese in my teen years (but I probably am now).

Yup. And all throughout gradeschool, too. Not proud of it, though. And I only found out recently that alot of the reason why I am is because of a chemical imbalace. My cousin (who, by the way, is a royal rip) told me that no guy would be interested in me 'cause I'm overweight. :grrr: Oh, well...

My cousin (who, by the way, is a royal rip) told me that no guy would be interested in me 'cause I'm overweight. :grrr: Oh, well...

OMG! I can't believe your cousin would say such a thing! :mad: Don't believe him, Metalfan. Be proud of who you are. Beauty comes in all sizes. ;)


I was probably 10-15 lbs. overweight when I was in high school & it royally sucked! Because of the way I dressed & wore my hair, I totally drew attention to myself, which doesn't make sense, cuz I hated my body back then! :D

I was never made fun of (at least not to my face) & I had lots of friends, but most of my friends were stick thin & I always felt "fat" around them. :p

In my teens, I topped out at almost 250 pounds.

As a cart pusher at Wal-Mart, I've gotten thinner. I'm currently holding steady in the 200-210 pound range. It's a lot better off than where I was. More muscle, less protoplasm.

One more thing...If you're insulted about your weight, just remember what The Clash said..."Never Let The Bastards Get You Down".

Sincerely,

John "outofplacechild" Kilduff

I was never overweight as a teen. But i'm a little overweight now. I've tried all kinds of crash diets. Xenedrine worked for me but i realized the health problems that it could cause and quickly stopped taking it. (PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS, ANYONE!!!) I'm happy with who I am. The safest way to lose weight is with a healty diet and exercise. After the holidays it's back to the gym for me.

Metalfan, your cousin was VERY wrong to say that to you! a true man would see you for what is inside not anything else. I saw your picture, you are a very beautiful young lady! Never let anyone tell you diffrent!

Metalfan don't listen to your cousin and be happy about yourself.

My son is overweight and it hurts to see him like that. He doesn't get out much just stays in his room. I have been trying to help him by making his dinner healthier. I want to sign him up at the gym so he can feel better about himself.

Kids now adays are so mean.

Thanks, y'all. I'm trying my best, anyway!

Milani - By gym, do you mean the YMCA? I know they have youth groups now that help obese kids become more healthier. Wish they had something like that when I was a kid... Anywho, I'll be starting at the local Y myself. :D

Good luck at the Y, MetalFan. :) Trust me, there is someone out there for you..reguardless. The most important thing to do is be confident! ;) Sure it would be great if I could lose a few (maybe more..lol ) pounds but I hold my head up and am proud of who I am. :)

Funny thing is, as a teen I thought I was way overweight. I look back now at pics and realize I was not as bad as I thought. I had jealous friends who made me feel that way.

What a difference 15 years makes. :lol:

obesity as a teenager..im a teenager now and i dont think i am..just average...

not obese but not those real skinny supermodels

I wouldn't really say obese.. but I was a little on the heavy side.. I hated it..because my best friend was tiny .. wore a size zero or size 1 ... so sometimes it was hard to be around her.. I always hated how I looked.. but over the past few years I've lost it.. not really by choice.. it just kinda came off.. and then this past year.. I really started eating differently.. and now I'm down to like 120 and I'm proud ... regardless, as everyone else says .. don't let it get you down.. beauty always comes from within.. and be proud of who you are not how you look ..

In my teens, I topped out at almost 250 pounds.

As a teenager, I think I topped out at only 180 pounds.

They say that obesity has become a problem now with our children. It is sad but it is true.
There are so many things for them to do now right in front of the tv.

i wasn't obese as a teen...i was the opposite. i weighed 97lbs when i graduated from h.s. (i was 5'3" then...i grew an inch sometime). it's not like i didn't try to put on weight. i ate all the time. i was really really active, ballet and gymnastics and flags (marching band), and equestrian sports. i had friends (and enemies) who made fun of me because i was so thin. that hurts, too, just like when people make fun of larger kids. my daughter (who will be 4 in april) is turning out to be just like me. she's stick thin, and people make comments all the time! it's not like i'm starving her!! it think the girls in my family are just genetically predisposed to being thin...we're all small-boned and small-framed and have really high metabolisms. i had a bit of trouble losing my pregnancy weight the second time around, but now i think i'm a very healthy 125 lbs (5'4"...where that inch came from i don't know).

don't let the b*tards get you down!! what's important is how you feel about yourself!! :thumb:

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Funny thing is, as a teen I thought I was way overweight. I look back now at pics and realize I was not as bad as I thought. I had jealous friends who made me feel that way. [QUOTE]

When I was at teen, I thought I was overweight, too...5' 6", 115 lbs :no: I don't know WHY I thought I was fat!!!

Funny thing is, as a teen I thought I was way overweight. I look back now at pics and realize I was not as bad as I thought. I had jealous friends who made me feel that way.


Man, Trina really is evil isnt she?

Just kidding.


Anyhow, the thing is to be comfortable with yourself ladies. Guys will only make fun of you or prejudge you if they are ignorant. Some of the most beautiful women I have ever met were "plus size" and it didnt matter to me one bit. Thats another thing, STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO EVERY SKINNY MINNY YOU SEE! What size you wear doesnt matter, its how healthy you are, how active you are, and at the end of the day, how happy you are. I could probably stand to lose ten or fifteen pounds, just to LOOK good, but, I am totally happy with my body, and with myself, so I dont worry about it. Besides, skinny girls have no curves! Men like curves, even if they proclaim they dont!

I was overweight as a boy. I was also short, so copped it from everyone. Sadly, there is no easy solution. My mother helped me through it all though. We sat down and worked out what foods I could eat and those that I could not. We would get up early in the morning and go for a very brisk walk before I went to school. Our purpose was to maintain my weight and allow me to grow into it. As I got taller, my maintained weight began to suit me more and more.

As a student at university, where I studied physiology, biochemistry and dietetics amongst other things, I learned that what we had done years earlier was the best way to go about correcting my weight. If you would like to contact me for more details, I would be happy to help.

pk@pktrivia.com

My freshamn year of HighSchool I weighed a rocking 280ilbs. I have up to that point always been overweight. Like alot of heavy kids, it became a social stigma I had a hard time to beating. My junior year, I met a girl and we became close friends. One night as we gabbed on the phone she told me she was worried for my health...I was inspired. I went on a crash diet and did it totally wrong. I began by exercising before and after school on a rowing machine and cuttting down on my food intake. Before it was over, I was exercising two hours a night, and eating a weight watchers meal every other day. I was faint all the time and had all kinds of problems related to malnutrition. I had my father fooled for the most part, he didnt know what was wrong with me. So was unable to make me quit this obsession I had with losing weight. I was losing up to a pound a day at one point. Eventually over the course of about 4 months, I lost 95ilbs. I went back to a regular eating habit and amazed everybody that next year. What I did was stupid and eventhough I did get alot of weight off, I made myself sick in the process. Please, if you know some kid who is stressing over there weight. Tell them to do some research and find the proper diet and exercise regiment for them. Being fat and a teen is not easy, but certainly not worth your health. Those buttheads that picked on me at HighSchool were the ass-end of many a joke at my 10 yeat reunion, so dont swett them!


Lord Jay

Thank you both for your input. But my son doesn't think he has a problem.

Metalfan don't listen to your cousin and be happy about yourself.

My son is overweight and it hurts to see him like that. He doesn't get out much just stays in his room. I have been trying to help him by making his dinner healthier. I want to sign him up at the gym so he can feel better about himself.

Kids now adays are so mean.

Milani, I can tell you for a fact what it's like to a 'fat kid' ... I pretty much lived half my life that way ... in grade schoold and high school I was known as the Pillsbury Doughboy (about 250lbs at my peak ! with a waist size of 46!)) ... I can laugh at that now, but it really hurt back then. In my early 20's I tried Nutisystem (similar to Jenny Craig), I lost the weight, but it all came back again - DON'T DO FAD DIETS !... now at 40, I truely understand what I had to do ... eat in moderaion, eat throughout the day, stay away from sugar, reduce the carbs and excercise, even if it's just a walk around he block ... drink lots of water.

The first couple of weeks are hard, its almost like going through withdrawl for a smoker (I'm asuming since I dont smoke :no: ).

Lots of encouragement, everyone who has answered this post has said it ... be happy with who you are ... it's what's inside that counts ... kids can be cruel, help him not to take it to heart. :ghug:

Here's some positive vibes for your boy ! Love the person, not the shell.

MetalFan ... people with attitudes such as cousin are very shallow, they bring up their egos but belittling those that have very little self-confidence ... looks come second (maybe even third or fourth).

Sorry for the rant, it's stuff like this that ticks me off ....

Peace

Mike (aka Canadian80s)