OK I apologize in advance if I come off rude, but this is a touchy subject for me. My weight has been a bitter battle the last 6 years & its so closely connected to lung function etc that its a matter of life/death at times. I do realize there are some CFers that are considered "overweight", but I personally dont think you fall into that catergory. I dont know how sick you get or how quickly the weight comes off when you are sick, but IMHO you should appreciate that you have the little extra on & that you look GOOD with it. Dont take for granted what you have!
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i want to lose weight but everyone says im stupid
- Thread starter xxpammiexx
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I am 5'3 and weigh 120lbs like you i think. i totally understand and would like to lose 5 pounds in the next month. i used to weigh 107 and everyone said how disgusting i looked. i thought i looked good but i am trusting everyone and going to just lose 5. i would start small if i were you and see how you feel. it can affect your health if you are too small because then when you get sick and lose even more weight you are in trouble
I am 5'3 and weigh 120lbs like you i think. i totally understand and would like to lose 5 pounds in the next month. i used to weigh 107 and everyone said how disgusting i looked. i thought i looked good but i am trusting everyone and going to just lose 5. i would start small if i were you and see how you feel. it can affect your health if you are too small because then when you get sick and lose even more weight you are in trouble
I am 5'3 and weigh 120lbs like you i think. i totally understand and would like to lose 5 pounds in the next month. i used to weigh 107 and everyone said how disgusting i looked. i thought i looked good but i am trusting everyone and going to just lose 5. i would start small if i were you and see how you feel. it can affect your health if you are too small because then when you get sick and lose even more weight you are in trouble
wanderlost
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I am 5'2 and 120 also. As I was once a 104 lb young sprite (lol) I do understand the desire to lose weight. In fact, up until recently I was rather concerned with my own weight. However, I have come to accept it and value the fact that as lung function and weigth gain are often correlated, my "heaviness" is a sign of my good health and I don't want to mess with that. I would say if your overall health is good and you're unhappy with your body, start exercising. That way you might lose some weight but you can keeo your lungs in good shape. But if your health is not so good, that extra 10 lbs might come in quite handy at some point.
wanderlost
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I am 5'2 and 120 also. As I was once a 104 lb young sprite (lol) I do understand the desire to lose weight. In fact, up until recently I was rather concerned with my own weight. However, I have come to accept it and value the fact that as lung function and weigth gain are often correlated, my "heaviness" is a sign of my good health and I don't want to mess with that. I would say if your overall health is good and you're unhappy with your body, start exercising. That way you might lose some weight but you can keeo your lungs in good shape. But if your health is not so good, that extra 10 lbs might come in quite handy at some point.
wanderlost
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I am 5'2 and 120 also. As I was once a 104 lb young sprite (lol) I do understand the desire to lose weight. In fact, up until recently I was rather concerned with my own weight. However, I have come to accept it and value the fact that as lung function and weigth gain are often correlated, my "heaviness" is a sign of my good health and I don't want to mess with that. I would say if your overall health is good and you're unhappy with your body, start exercising. That way you might lose some weight but you can keeo your lungs in good shape. But if your health is not so good, that extra 10 lbs might come in quite handy at some point.
xxpammiexx
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Hi I do understand how other cfers cant keep the wight on and how hard it must be, but still i cant help feeling how i feel about myself. Its really my tummy i feel is like pot belly lol, I just want to lose a bit of weight i used to be about 7 and a half stone and evn though the docs said it was too skinny and i agree with that i want to get down to about maybe just under 8 stone that would be my ideal weight in my opinion. I think i may have a word with our sociol worker on the ward and dietician and see what can work out etcc
xxpammiexx
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Hi I do understand how other cfers cant keep the wight on and how hard it must be, but still i cant help feeling how i feel about myself. Its really my tummy i feel is like pot belly lol, I just want to lose a bit of weight i used to be about 7 and a half stone and evn though the docs said it was too skinny and i agree with that i want to get down to about maybe just under 8 stone that would be my ideal weight in my opinion. I think i may have a word with our sociol worker on the ward and dietician and see what can work out etcc
xxpammiexx
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Hi I do understand how other cfers cant keep the wight on and how hard it must be, but still i cant help feeling how i feel about myself. Its really my tummy i feel is like pot belly lol, I just want to lose a bit of weight i used to be about 7 and a half stone and evn though the docs said it was too skinny and i agree with that i want to get down to about maybe just under 8 stone that would be my ideal weight in my opinion. I think i may have a word with our sociol worker on the ward and dietician and see what can work out etcc
Hiya Pammie<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
Hiya Pammie<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
Hiya Pammie<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
<br>
I am horribly underweight (BMI 18, so not as bad as it could be)
and i'm trying to put on weight, but i think one of the main
problems i have it a part of me just doesn't want to because i like
being thin cos then my stomach is flat etc. Surely if you
stay in the normal range for your hieght it would be okay, or just
have a healthier diet but calorie laden anyway so you don't feel
bad about all the "fat".<br>
Oh by the way, are we doing a Brit invasion here? I'm on the
UK boards and myspace and go to the same clinic as you (but
currently in the USA)....can you guess who i am hehe<br>
xxxx<br>
I kind of know how you feel. I do not have CF but I was always on the thing tom-boyey size growing up. At 19 when I married I weighed 98 lbs and was 5'2". I stayed that weight for 9 years until I got pregnant. After the baby I was always around 118-120. It took me YEARS to get used to that new weight. It did not matter that everyone including my husband said that I looked much sexier and not a bit overweight. I was not used to the "curves" - especially in the tummy area (I had worn boys jeans before that). But I did get used to it (my inability to loose the weight helped with that). Looking at phots now I can see that at 98lbs I really had a prepubescent figure and that at the heavier weight I looked like a woman - that the heavier weight was more becoming.
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
I kind of know how you feel. I do not have CF but I was always on the thing tom-boyey size growing up. At 19 when I married I weighed 98 lbs and was 5'2". I stayed that weight for 9 years until I got pregnant. After the baby I was always around 118-120. It took me YEARS to get used to that new weight. It did not matter that everyone including my husband said that I looked much sexier and not a bit overweight. I was not used to the "curves" - especially in the tummy area (I had worn boys jeans before that). But I did get used to it (my inability to loose the weight helped with that). Looking at phots now I can see that at 98lbs I really had a prepubescent figure and that at the heavier weight I looked like a woman - that the heavier weight was more becoming.
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
I kind of know how you feel. I do not have CF but I was always on the thing tom-boyey size growing up. At 19 when I married I weighed 98 lbs and was 5'2". I stayed that weight for 9 years until I got pregnant. After the baby I was always around 118-120. It took me YEARS to get used to that new weight. It did not matter that everyone including my husband said that I looked much sexier and not a bit overweight. I was not used to the "curves" - especially in the tummy area (I had worn boys jeans before that). But I did get used to it (my inability to loose the weight helped with that). Looking at phots now I can see that at 98lbs I really had a prepubescent figure and that at the heavier weight I looked like a woman - that the heavier weight was more becoming.
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
I think it is hard to adjust to a change in weight after a long time at another weight. I actually have a friend who was obese who still has trouble believing she is her thinner self (still buys clothes that don't fit). I'd suggest that if yor doc thinks your present weight is OK that you really try to learn to live with it and love it for 3-4 years before you decide that you have to loose weight to love your body. (Easier said than done, I know.)(
xxpammiexx
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Bumble bee are you lizzie lol? xx
xxpammiexx
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Bumble bee are you lizzie lol? xx
xxpammiexx
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Bumble bee are you lizzie lol? xx
Catuvellanii
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I'm actually really glad you brought this us, because sometimes it seems as if you're the only one with CF who feels fat in some way. I know it's far better not to have to fight for weight gain! but knowing that doesn't always help when some people get to eat thousands of calories a day...
The problem I have is that whenever I lose any weight (even if I'd just gained it), my CF clinic people are like, oh no! Work on that! I should say I'm 120 pounds and 5'2"--about the same as those others who have posted, actually-- so perfectly normal (as are those others, I personally think...) but I can understand the feeling. People with CF are supposed to be skinny! (and again, I mean this in the irrational way a young mind works, not as any offence to those of you who are even more dissastifed with low weight).
I haven't really said anything useful, I guess... but thank you for helping ME know I'm not alone...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
The problem I have is that whenever I lose any weight (even if I'd just gained it), my CF clinic people are like, oh no! Work on that! I should say I'm 120 pounds and 5'2"--about the same as those others who have posted, actually-- so perfectly normal (as are those others, I personally think...) but I can understand the feeling. People with CF are supposed to be skinny! (and again, I mean this in the irrational way a young mind works, not as any offence to those of you who are even more dissastifed with low weight).
I haven't really said anything useful, I guess... but thank you for helping ME know I'm not alone...<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">