Have We the "Balls"?

I don't weigh myself ever.... but can tell if I'm gaining or losing by the feel of my clothes and the look of my body. I am far far from obese, but it wouldn't hurt if I lost a few pounds, then I can fit back into some of the nice things I wore several years ago.
 

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I'm 5' 11" and for the last 30 years my weight has hovered around (2 or 3 lbs.) 170.
I eat what I want and would never allow my weight to exceed more than 10 lbs. without
DOING SOMETHING about it!
 
I am just under 5ft 2..and I weigh 116 pounds.. I'm 60 years old...and this photo was taken just 2 weeks ago

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6' / 185lbs. Was 200 for many years (basically, gained 25lbs. when I got married), recently ballooned up to 260lbs. when I was retaining fluids, then brought it all back down to 185.

Technically I'm obese if you follow BMI standards, but I've never thought they were spot-on - they don't account for muscle, bone density, etc. I've got quadriceps and gastrocnemius like Schwarzenegger, so they throw off the calculations.
 
SifuPhil said:
6' / 185lbs. Was 200 for many years (basically, gained 25lbs. when I got married), recently ballooned up to 260lbs. when I was retaining fluids, then brought it all back down to 185.

Technically I'm obese if you follow BMI standards, but I've never thought they were spot-on - they don't account for muscle, bone density, etc. I've got quadriceps and gastrocnemius like Schwarzenegger, so they throw off the calculations.
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Are you saying you have "calves like cantaloupes"? Now where oh where did I hear that before.... :confused:
 
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Are you saying you have "calves like cantaloupes"? Now where oh where did I hear that before.... :confused:
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It's genetic, probably, but also from doing martial arts from age 12. You get big leg muscles using them all the time, which works out great for my specialty Taiji - you need a good "root" in that style.

Unfortunately my arms look like al dente spaghetti. :(
 
Actually I do have loads of hats but I tend to keep holiday packing to a minimum and take just one or 2.. :rolleyes: and just so you know as you seem very interested in my attire lol.. the hat in the picture above is white, the hat in my avi (taken the same week)...is cream
 
I got the balls (even though I'm a woman). :cool: My BMI is 26.3, 25-29.9 is considered overweight, 30 and over is obese. I'm getting my exercise in, and mindful of my nutrition, so although I don't really care much for BMI stats, I'm working on losing a few pounds to fit into some clothes that have been too tight to wear around the waist.
 
All right, then. For the most part, with a few exceptions, most every senior (are we ALL?) has indicated they are of satisfactory body weight, yes? Now, how many can honestly say you are within a reasonably close weight to that of your young adult years, say in the 20s? Hmmmm? :rolleyes: imp
 
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All right, then. For the most part, with a few exceptions, most every senior (are we ALL?) has indicated they are of satisfactory body weight, yes? Now, how many can honestly say you are within a reasonably close weight to that of your young adult years, say in the 20s? Hmmmm? :rolleyes: imp
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In my 20s I weighed about 120-125. I was 5'5". At age 40 I had gained and went on a diet and started working out. Was 122 and in great shape. If I weighed that now at 63 with the amount of muscle I have gained I would look like a skeleton with my face all caved in! My ideal weight changes as the muscle weight increases. At 60 I looked thin at 128. I've shrunk to just over 5'4". My ideal is higher than that now. I'm not a body builder but I am happy with the amount of muscle I have built.

BMI is useless as it doesn't take muscle weight into account.
 
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Josiah said:
I'm 6' and weigh 160 lbs.
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That's about the same as my husband Josiah. Did you also have a tough time putting on pounds when you were a young twig of a thing? My husband could never get above 125 lbs for years, no matter how much he ate. And at 64, on a good diet, it's meant that he doesn't struggle so much against creeping pound syndrome.

As for me, 5'4" and 118 lbs.
 
After four years of military service I was discharged at age 21 and was 6' 4" 195 & now at 80 6' 4" 195. The most that I ever weighed was at age 40 235lbs and that lasted until I started running 5 miles daily and playing Raquetball four times weekly.
 

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