Confidence and Success > Fitness/Diet
Ideal Weight
Razor X:
--- Quote from: GASlick on August 28, 2008, 03:25:34 AM ---I have no input on this. I'm 5'11" and weigh 155lbs. This is the heaviest I have ever weighed in my life! I eat, and eat and eat. I'm told I take after my great grandfather. he was the same way. Ate everything he could get his hands on never weighed more than 160 and died at 96 yrs old.
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What are you trying to do, make everyone hate you? :x!
--- Quote from: GASlick on August 28, 2008, 03:25:34 AM ---
Oh, and he smoked a pack a day for 90 years! Good genes I guess.
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He was smoking a pack a day at age 6? :o
GASlick:
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.
Argyle:
I think this equation is a difficult one. Weight is only one part of a complicated equation which adds up to well being. I am not sure what the stance is in the US, but in the UK the people who write about these things generally believe it is better to be fat and active than thin and inactive.
So I suppose it rather depends of you are talking purely aesthetically or for your personal health. If it is the latter then you should take a balanced look at weight, activity levels, smoking and eating habits to name but a few. If you attribute a risk factor to each of these (I am not sure how it should be weighted) and then look at how you can improve in each of these areas. By doing that, one will naturally start to have an impact on the others.
I personally find BMI to be a misleading guide as it does not take into account significantly your build etc. I am 6ft 4 tall, and have weighed as much as 245lb. Even at that, I wouldnt say that I look ridiculously overweight, just that I could do with losing a bit. I am a big build though, have a big rib cage, generally develop muscle mass quite quickly when I exercise which is of course heavier than fat anyway. So weight in isolation is a misleading guide.
marty22:
6ft 205 here and I used to starve myself to stay say 172 15 years ago. Id rather eat.
PBurke:
i looked at one of those charts with my doctor. it said i should be around 165. my doctor laughed and said he would suggest about 195 because of my frame. i have a big frame and even 175 looks to thin for me. screw those charts. ha ha ha
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