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Oh yes, although I think I've mellowed a bit with time.

I was just at the dr. yesterday and was being weighed out in the waiting area (horrible setup) and I could tell this nosey little old lady was trying to see my weight! I let it go though.

It reminds me of a friend I have who, whenever someone asks her age, she says, "Can't I just tell you how much I weigh instead?" To me they're both taboo questions!!

my husband doesn't even know how much i weigh! =D and we're gonna keep it that way, it's better for everyone

I keep it quiet, I used to be very thin but in recent years have put on quite a bit of weight. So I try to keep the number to myself since it is so much higher than it used to be...and I am one to lie on my driver's license about my weight! ha

@mrs. bird: Same here. It's been creeping up the last few years and I don't need him to know when it's getting closer to what he weighs! I am not looking forward to when I'm pregnant and it surpasses his weight!

weird, but I'll happily admit my weight to strangers - I'm 180. But, never to anyone I'm close with.. my mom, my husband... there's no way I'd tell them.

@blushink: we're nearly the same! And WOOHOO for you losing so much extra weight -that's AWESOME!

I used to be self-conscious about it, but lately I've been accepting it. I still weigh more than I did before baby. But I know I am eating right and exercising as much as I should - so I just have to tell myself that even though the numbers don't show it, I'm HEALTHY. And THAT is what matters

Right now I'm about 175 - I just lost 5 lbs by cutting out all grains/carbs/sugar this week! woohoo!!

I was 160-163 pre-pregnancy. At my wedding I was 140 and that's the weight I would *like* to be. We'll see if I can get back down there Oh, and I'm 5'8, so some people tend to be surprised because my height tends to hide it well!

I'm 5'7" and weight 159 right now. I was 163 pre-pregnancy and I'm 17 weeks right now. I'm hoping after baby to get to 145-150... that's what looks best on me. My husband always knows what I weigh, I'm not shy about it with him. But it would bother me if someone else in real life asked me what I weigh. That's a very personal question with a lot of emotion wrapped into it for many people. And I just don't understand why anyone other than my doctor would need to know that information.

I don't like talking about my weight because whoever asks usually remarks about how small I am. Calling me small is the nice way of saying I'm unhealthy looking. I started high shool at 85 pounds, graduates at 90, and was around 98 pounds at my wedding. I weigh 105 now and think I look better than I did before. I exercise a few days a week, and one day I do weight lifting. I'd like to gain another 5 pounds or so of muscle.

I used to be super super self-conscious--first because I was heavy, and was embarrassed, and then, when I was in the throes of my ED, because I knew my weight would get comments. Now I really really try not to think about it, and I'm proud of the way I've been able to let go of my old attachment to/obsession with numbers. i'm hoping that pregnancy weight gain doesn't bring it back!

@blushink: Yep that's where I'm at right now, I'm in size 16 and they are getting pretty snug. I also refuse to go into plus sizes. Like you said nothing is wrong with it, but I just mentally can't.

In high school I lost like 30 lbs in 1 summer, I don't know if it was an ED, but I was like 170-180 lbs and that summer I barely ate anything. My parents would always comment about me not eating and the weight just fell off. It wasn't healthy one bit, and no that I am looking back I really think it was an ED. I guess I haven't recognized it until today. But I am certain I am going to lose weight the healthy way this time!

PS that's awesome to lose 15 lbs before baby! I think the first 10ish lbs are the hardest!

I've never been asked my weight. It's not something that comes up in the course of my regular conversations.

Having said that, once, my Mom, who is very petite, was walking out of the gym minding her own business and overheard some ladies (complete strangers) complaining about their weight. She was still minding her own business and they turned to her and called her a B-tch. (We presume because she was thin?) Not very nice. Anyway, I hope that kind of attitude is rare, but it sure makes me see why people don't share their weight.

I have no problem telling people what I weigh. For the record, pre baby I was 146. At my 40 week visit, I was 188. I'm below 180 now but I can't be sure of an exact weight because we have an analog scale at home. I never weigh myself. I prefer to go by how my clothes fit. Not much fits right now. Tanks and yoga pants will get me through the summer until I go back to work.

I'm an open book, too when it comes to weight. It's funny because my department at work is all women and I throw around my weight numbers like nothing and none of them ever share. The only time they share is when we do some kind of weight loss challenge occasionally.

People are always surprised by my weight, they say I look "thinner" than what the scale says. I'm 5'7" and currently 180 lbs. and 2 months post-partum. Pre-pregnancy I was 165. I went up to 210 while pregnant.

I weigh myself almost every day. Slightly obsessed.

I'm in the camp of not wanting to share. I've always felt that I've been heavier probably because I'm so much taller than all my friends. I'm 5'7.5 and before this pregnancy was 130. Now that I'm pregnant I only tell my husband. I don't mind him knowing. I've decided to not let the weight gain bother me (took me 38 weeks to get to that point, I'm now 40 weeks and happy they forgot to weigh me at my last appointment lol). I just hope I can get back to my pre-pregnancy weight again!

I tend to be a bit shy about it only because people tend to make a big deal about the number being low. Like @Modern Daisy I'm short (5'0") with a small frame and spent most of high school/college around 95-105lbs, but being short makes the number deceiving. People often told me that they wouldn't think I weighed so little. In high school that made me self conscious about my weight thinking that I looked bigger than I actually was. I learned to embrace it, though, and would often play those weight/age guessing games at faires/amusement parks because I always won the weight ones. They would guess like 120-125 and be 20lbs off.

Nope! I don't even know what my weight is right now. I got mad at the scale and we are not on speaking terms right now.