I was 9 lbs when I was born so I came into the world big! I was always the bigger and taller kid growing up. I started getting "fat" though in kindergarten. I dreaded getting weighed in PE all througout school...I was always the biggest girl!! So yeah, at my heaviest during school was senior year I was 174 lbs and I'm 5'7", so looking back I wasn't that overweight, but enough to be considered "fat" by high school terms. I also yo-yo dieted since I was probably 10 years old to 18 years old. Basically the whole "lose some weight over the summer and gain it back right away" thing. I got tired of that and went on a diet plan with exercise shortly before graduation in May and by the time I started college that following January, I had lost 40 pounds and weighed 129. Man was I a beanpole at 129! People were telling me I was too thin, which was frustrating since before I was told I was fat! Dang you can't win sometimes. But after seeing some pictures I realized I needed to put on some lbs. because 129 for me looks too small b/c I got the lollipop syndrome (big head on a little body). So I went back up to 150 lbs after I graduated college, and I hovered between 150 and 160 until I got married at age 25. THEN the "fun" part came where I thought since I didn't have to fit in a wedding dress anymore I could go buckwild with food. Of course I gained about 60 pounds, most of it during the first two years after my marriage. And we haven't even had kids yet!! SOOOO, now that I'm 30, I want to feel healthier and realize it's time to think about starting a family, so here I am! **A year and a half later, I've lost 70 pounds and now weigh 148. I would like to flucuate between 138 & 142, so a little bit more to lose! I'm happy with my size now, but you know us women and those "last 10 pounds". ;)