Is it normal my weight has varied this much during my lifetime?

When I was a little kid... well, probably up until I was early 14, I wasn't just chubby. I was flat out FAT. To the point where I hide pictures of myself because they make me cringe. I think.... I was around 5'4 (my current height, by the way) and 165 or so, at my heaviest.

I started suffering from severe depression at the age of 14. I stopped eating almost entirely during Summer 2007 (when I was that age) I got down to 129, I think. I stayed at this weight not for long. I was put on a crapload of psychiatric meds that made me eat, and eat, and eat. I went from 129 to 156 in a matter of weeks.

I stayed that weight for like... about a year, but my doctor told me I needed to lose weight. I was mortified by the comment. That was in July 2009. I stopped eating, again.... I got down to 117 by November, the thinnest I had been in my life. (I hadn't been under 120 since I was in 5th grade) I was pure skin and bones. I loved it. I had a 22 inch waist, and you could count my ribs through my shirt.

Now I am at.... 127, and not that happy. I'm healthy but... I want to be 117 again. But my boyfriend says I would be too skinny and that I am perfect right now. I feel... okay, but not 100% content with myself.

But my main question is, is it normal for my weight to have changed this much during my lifetime? I am 17, and I don't think there was a single time in my life where I had healthy eating habits. Only stuffing my face or starvation.

Is It Normal?
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  • Yoyo dieting.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo_dieting

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  • That doesn't sound normal at all. Your metabolism slows down around 1% every year after your early 20s. 17 is a bit young and all that weight gain and lose isn't good on your heart.

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  • So frickin normal. I'm your height, weight and age, and I've been yoyo-ing like that since 6th grade. I feel the exact same way as you . . . I can't just maintain my weight - I'm always either starving myself or eating way way too much. For the last few years my highest was nearly 150, and my low 119. But even at 119, I was happy with myself, yet still unsatisfied. It's a horrible mindset and a nasty way to live. I'm hoping I can get myself out of this when I move away next fall for college.

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  • i understand but dont be to unhealthy

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  • Haji people have different body types. So you may see your ribs but she did. To the poster you may have an emotional eating disorder and need to learn to have a healthy relationship with food. All is common (not normal but common) and can be changed, even after a lifetime of bad habits.

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  • I'm 5"6' and 110. I can't count my ribs, let alone through my shirt lol

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  • Try to eat less and never eat to get full and don't eat a lot of fast food also workout your abes to gain musale and burn fat

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  • some people just have faster metabolism, you're one of them I suppose

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