Poll: Are you happy with your weight?

[mitchell271]

I'm a tall, lanky guy that can't put on weight even if my life depended on it. My thighs don't touch which is kind of cool!

I'm working on it.
I'm 6' and 198 ish (That's 180 and 91 in a sensible metric system), 2 stone/ 14 kilos(?) lighter than I was at one point, but I still wouldn't mind losing a bit more.
Fortunately, taking up rowing means I have mandatory exercise to do, so that's good.

You're in for a world of agony and blistered hands! Rowing is an amazing sport that works every part of your body, especially if you row competitively. When I was a novice, I did maybe 2 hours of practice with my team a day (1 hour steady state, 1 hour stretch/core), but when I was doing competitive, it was 3 hours practice starting at 5am, and then 2 hours technical at 4pm. Your hands will be more blister than regular skin, you're going to be sore and you're going to love it for the rest of your life.

Being tall helps with the sport too!

 

[omega 616]

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Ever tried working out to a soundtrack you've made yourself in the background? I find that helps pass the time faster when you've got that certain song blasting that just pumps you up. But yeah, agree with the aching and awful feeling. But, it's all for something great!

Ah right then, I'll see within time if it's something I wanna try out. Aside from it's apparent awful taste haha.

Yeah, I listen to music but it doesn't help ... I am still just counting in my head, so the music just kind of fades into back ground noise.

I even made a playlist on youtube that I could put on and it would just play the music in a loop.

Another thing is, since I don't do full blown workouts of like 15+ minutes, it is a bit worthless to even put 1 song on 'cos the average length of a song is like 3 minutes.

 

[BobblyDrink]

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Ah that's fair enough then. Well as long as you're happy with how you are then there's no need to think about it really, happiness is the most important.

Unless you're whale sized... Then might need to think about at least jogging haha.

 

[Drummodino]

My weight is fine, if anything I'm probably a little low. I'm a 6'2 male and I my weight is usually in the low 70s. If I'm not eating well it can sometimes drop into the 60s. The men in my family tend to be pretty skinny.

That said, I'm terribly out of shape and I really need to start exercising again. Trying to find something I'll enjoy that isn't too expensive is surprisingly hard.

 

[omega 616]

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Ah that's fair enough then. Well as long as you're happy with how you are then there's no need to think about it really, happiness is the most important.

Unless you're whale sized... Then might need to think about at least jogging haha.

I'll take my advice from fatman from metal gear solid 2 ... "laugh and grow fat!".

Nah, what I need to do is cardio but that isn't pleasent, running around getting all sweaty and out of breath. I will just do it the incorrect way, eat much less and thanks to my new job, be on my feet all day.

 

[BobblyDrink]

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Haha, that's a good quote to live by!

Ah well, if you wanna take Fat Man closer to heart. Just roller skate everywhere with some boozy drink close at hand. I'm sure it'll make up a little cardio.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

I'm satisfied with my weight since I have a BMI of 21,5 but my body still pretty much looks fat. My hips are bizarrely wide even though I'm a guy so I could be underweight and still look like I have a beer tummy.

I could try working out but I'd still have horrible skin, and tons of stretch marks from growing too fast so I wouldn't be satisfied anyway.

 

[fwlzdxil]

I'm perfect. Maybe not, by I'm really happy to be the way I am.
I'm 180 cm and 60 kgs. A lot of people say I'm skinny, but it's fine for me, because low body fat means all muscles became easily visible when I started training.

... Trying to find something I'll enjoy that isn't too expensive is surprisingly hard.

Excuses, son? I train for free in my, whaddaya call it, condo yard(?). Just doing pull ups and dips to failure point and sit ups right in my bedroom, each exercise once a week. Was almost offended by how easy it was to get my muscles into shape.
I tried going to the gym (again, for free with a gift card from my sister), but it was a terrible drag and one year membership is one and a half my monthly salary.
(Excuse my english)

 

[Childe]

Im just under my weight average for my height but i would like to gain a little weight in muscle XD

 

[Furbyz]

I'm 5'11, 299 pounds...and literally in the best shape of my life. You just don't feel fat when you've dropped 160 pounds and weigh less than when you were 13.

So yes, I could be loads thinner, but I couldn't be more happy with my weight than I am right now. I broke 300 lbs after 5 years of working my way slowly down in size.

 

[Dogstile]

Yeah, i'm pretty happy with my weight and i'm a fairly hefty guy. I've got enough muscle to move shit about and enough fat to stay warm. I'm not winning any bodybuilding contests, but who gives a shit.

 

[shrekfan246]

Five pages in a day?

That's a bit surprising.

So tell me Escapist members, are you happy with your weight? Any good tips for your fellow fatties, skinnies, or supermodels? I swear we won't judge

I've been losing weight for the last year and a half, and exercising for the past six months, which I'm sure helped speed along the process a bit. As of today I'm down to 190 lbs, otherwise known as 86 kg or 13.5 stone, while back in July of 2012 I was probably up around 275, and throughout high school I coasted around an average of 230-250.

I sorely need to update my wardrobe, as most of my clothes are far too large for me now, but otherwise I'm quite pleased with what I've managed. I'm not so concerned about gaining muscle, but by virtue of my eating habits I'll probably need to continue rigorous exercise even after hitting my goal weight of 170 just to counteract the amount of fat in my diet.

As for tips, what started the whole process was that I had been drinking far too much soda on a daily basis and then one day cut it out cold turkey. We're talking excessive amounts here, though, so much that just dropping it made my daily calorie intake go down enough for me to start idly losing weight without increasing the amount of exercise I was doing. Otherwise, now I've been trying to maintain an intake of 1500-1700 calories a day and then combined it with a daily workout of lifting dumbbells, planking (and soon to move on to including push-ups I imagine), and squats. I'd walk/run, but it's winter and I've got a paranoia of slipping on ice ever since I did just that on a patch of black ice during my Sophomore year of high school and dislocated my right knee.

 

[FPLOON]

Eh... I could have less sugar from all the Snickers I eat... But, I still weight under 150 pounds in my overall weight division, so it not like I'm not too skinny or too fat in that regard...

I even accidentally pissed off my Grandmother last week by telling her I was probably going to eat only half of the box of pizza at once instead of the typical full box of pizza, on account of my doctor telling me to cut my overall fatty food intake... (Granted, compared to her, I'm TOO skinny...)

So overall... It's still an "eh" as far as my weight is concerned...

 

[tippy2k2]

Five pages in a day?

That's a bit surprising.

I'm as shocked as you are

People are far more open to talk about this than I would have thought. A lot of great advice in here too which is very nice to hear.

My Calorie Counter App thingy says I get 1800 a day but that's to lose 1 pound per week (which I'm perfectly fine with). The problem I run into is not updating it since home-cooked meals are a pain in the ass to track

 

[Story]

I wouldn't call myself perfect but I'm pretty happy with my weight. Though it's been a while since I last weighed myself, I'm usually between 120lbs and 130lbs which is pretty good. I don't have "model" physique, but I'm curvy in the right places.
I'm only 5 ft though so I have to be careful, I can only get wider at this point in my life and every little thing shows.

I wish I was more athletic, I'm very "out of shape" in that way.

 

[shrekfan246]

The problem I run into is not updating it since home-cooked meals are a pain in the ass to track

True dat.

This month was pretty bad for me, because with Christmas time my father and I baked a bunch of pies as Christmas presents for the rest of the family, and made some for ourselves as well. I've been dropping an average of 9-10 pounds a month, but so far this month I've only done about 6.

I'm a bit leery, though. I've still got quite the gut and thighs on me, and I have a hard time believing another twenty pounds is going to change that all that much. ... but when I remember how much my twenty-pound dumbbells really feel like they weigh, I suppose it's possible.

Either way, I'm happy so long as I continue a downward trend. This is the lightest I've been in a decade or even longer, and it

Now I should stop procrastinating and get back to writing... which was this year's New Year's Resolution. >.>

 

[Saulkar]

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I have to ask, how often do you want to do that handshake from Predator with people?
Impressive arms man!

I cannot. I have bicep tendonitis in both of my arms. I can work my biceps just fine but anything that puts lateral pressure on my elbow while curling my arm such as arms wrestling causes excruciating pain. I had to relearn how to do shoulder presses, wide grip pullups, and pull downs behind my head. It also means I can no longer do the clean-and-press.

 

[tippy2k2]

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I don't know if you'll know so this is a general question to all the healthy people in here (I'm quoting you because I think you might know). I've looked online for this answer but strangely found nothing of use in my search. Namely just people yelling at me about how bad pop is...

Mountain Dew Kickstart; if I go by just what the label says, is BETTER for you than Mountain Dew? Would someone be able to tell me the freaking catch here? There's no possible way that Kickstart can be better for you but all the categories that I see (170 Calories V 80; 46 g of Sugar V 19 g) says otherwise...

 

[Slaanesh]

Mountain Dew Kickstart; if I go by just what the label says, is BETTER for you than Mountain Dew?

Yes, in the same way morphine is a better alternative to heroin.

Would someone be able to tell me the freaking catch here? There's no possible way that Kickstart can be better for you but all the categories that I see (170 Calories V 80; 46 g of Sugar V 19 g) says otherwise...

Spoiler: Here's the catch

It's still terrible for you.

You want a healthy way to get caffeine? Black coffee.

 

[tippy2k2]

Mountain Dew Kickstart; if I go by just what the label says, is BETTER for you than Mountain Dew?

Yes, in the same way morphine is a better alternative to heroin.

You want a healthy way to get caffeine? Black coffee.

Well I didn't think Kickstart was good for me but it seems like it could be a good stepping stone down from pop. Rather than 2 cans of Mountain Dew, I could drink 1 of these things instead and baby step my way down. If Pop is a 10 on the "bad for you scale" and water is a 1, I can at least drop it down to like...a 6 or 7 by going with Kickstart. Yeah it's not the healthiest but it's better than pop, right?

The biggest problem I find with these kind of drinks is finding something I like. Coffee is absolutely disgusting to me and a lot of the other drinks that would be healthier cost you big time.