Confidence and Success > Fitness/Diet
Ideal Weight
time2shine:
--- Quote from: GASlick on August 28, 2008, 04:10:12 AM ---I don't want everyone to hate me. LOL I was 125 lbs when I got married at age 21. You could count my ribs up until about 25 or so. I was painfully thin. I have a very high metabolism. Everybody that knows me will tell you that I am very high strung. Please don't hate me! ???
And yes, my grandmother said he started smoking at 6 yrs old. BUT, I must say he grew up on a farm and didn't have a sedentary lifestyle.
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GA, I've been skinny all my life because of a high metabolism as well. I've always been trying to gain weight, and it's not been until recently that I have been filling out because of weight training and a high protein diet. I'm currently 6'3 and 180, which according to the weight calculator on the web, is right on point (179). This is reason for celebration, because I've always been a lanky fool (let's be honest, still am).
The road to 40 inch biceps in long and barren. :)
Brkeatr:
--- Quote from: time2shine on August 28, 2008, 09:09:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: GASlick on August 28, 2008, 04:10:12 AM ---I don't want everyone to hate me. LOL I was 125 lbs when I got married at age 21. You could count my ribs up until about 25 or so. I was painfully thin. I have a very high metabolism. Everybody that knows me will tell you that I am very high strung. Please don't hate me! ???
And yes, my grandmother said he started smoking at 6 yrs old. BUT, I must say he grew up on a farm and didn't have a sedentary lifestyle.
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GA, I've been skinny all my life because of a high metabolism as well. I've always been trying to gain weight, and it's not been until recently that I have been filling out because of weight training and a high protein diet. I'm currently 6'3 and 180, which according to the weight calculator on the web, is right on point (179). This is reason for celebration, because I've always been a lanky fool (let's be honest, still am).
The road to 40 inch biceps in long and barren. :)
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6'3 and 180? There ought to be a law against that....lol....
time2shine:
--- Quote from: Brkeatr on August 28, 2008, 09:34:00 AM ---
--- Quote from: time2shine on August 28, 2008, 09:09:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: GASlick on August 28, 2008, 04:10:12 AM ---I don't want everyone to hate me. LOL I was 125 lbs when I got married at age 21. You could count my ribs up until about 25 or so. I was painfully thin. I have a very high metabolism. Everybody that knows me will tell you that I am very high strung. Please don't hate me! ???
And yes, my grandmother said he started smoking at 6 yrs old. BUT, I must say he grew up on a farm and didn't have a sedentary lifestyle.
--- End quote ---
GA, I've been skinny all my life because of a high metabolism as well. I've always been trying to gain weight, and it's not been until recently that I have been filling out because of weight training and a high protein diet. I'm currently 6'3 and 180, which according to the weight calculator on the web, is right on point (179). This is reason for celebration, because I've always been a lanky fool (let's be honest, still am).
The road to 40 inch biceps in long and barren. :)
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6'3 and 180? There ought to be a law against that....lol....
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There is. Which is why I am posting from a raft, outside of Cuba.
But seriously, I have always been trying to gain weight. It may be hard for some of you to believe, but it's a challenge for me.
Northernlion:
Weight is so variable it's not important. A 6'0 guy could weigh 250lbs and be ripped or a 6'0 guy could weigh 175lbs and still be fat and unhealthy. The most important thing is body fat percentage and I'd say the 'ideal' for a man is between 8-12% (really depends on the kind of lifestyle you want to maintain).
In the last 4 years (at 5'10) I've been 150lbs and chubby, 135lbs and bruce lee-ish, and am now sitting at 185-190lbs looking beefed up and manly. In that entire length of time I haven't changed shirt size (small). Focus more on adding muscle and taking off fat than trying to hit that magic number.
Oh also I had a ton of trouble gaining weight like a lot of you guys. What I did was FORCE myself to eat a ton of food. 6-8 whole, big meals of healthy food a day + heavy lifting. I gained about 20-30lbs in 10 weeks (or so) doing that.
marty22:
wow-u dont look 190 lbs from your pix there Mr Lion!
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