LOL, different body type I guess, but I haven't seen 185 since I was in high school 20 years ago. I'm 6'0 and I did go from 240 to 210 last year. I'm hovering around 205 now and I can't see myself wanting to get below 200. Pretty much right where I want to stay right now.
Generally I try not to pick on people for their appearance and agree that BMI is a poor measure of health but that said there is almost overwhelming evidence that being obese has many associated health problems. I wasn't posting this to make fun of fatties for not getting laid but to point out a study is showing that obese people are having other sexual related problems at a higher rate than non-obese. I apologize if you think this is judgmental on my part but I think it is worth bringing this up just as it is important to know that any other behaviors may cause problems that are not widely known.
You don't give genetic dispositions nearly enough credit. It seems to me that people take their own experience -- when I eat well and exercise or eat poorly and sit on my ass, I can see the direct impact on my weight and health -- and universalize it to think that it works the same way for everyone. But the truth is, it's more complicated than that. Since we're all referencing personal histories, mine is this: I'm 35, about 5'8" and about 150 lbs. I'm thin and fairly healthy-looking. My weight never fluctuates. But, my diet is pretty terrible (not Whataburger-terrible, but pretty indulgent) and my exercise regimen usually non-existent. I am not thin because of my lifestyle, but despite it. It's pretty much all genetics there. And, I can already see my oldest daughter has the same body-type and will likely be thin well into adulthood too. My own experience says diet and exercise don't matter. I just know that's not universally true from what I see going on all around me. Some bodies respond quickly to diet and exercise while others stubbornly cling to certain plateaus without some severe pressures being applied.
Especially so when you factor in how women respond to diet and exercise versus men. When I got out of the hospital, I was at 255...as part of my cardiac rehab I had to start up with doing 3 miles a day on the treadmill and being more cautious about what I ate. In the first week, I dropped ten pounds while my wife, who was also working out with a trainer, saw only single digits losses(2-4 a week). Our caloric intakes were in the proper range for our sizes and out workout regime was very close to the same....yet she had a helluva time dropping weight. This has happened often over the years, when Atkins was popular I easily dropped 30 lbs in the space of a month while she was lucky to drop 15 in the same time period. Thats just the way it goes around here tho....you cant tell some of these kids nuthing about things....they will continue to judge others on what limited things they know to be true for them...not ever considering that things arent always so easy for everyone. OMGDAMNFATTIESYCANTUBTHINLIKEMELULZOMFGFATASSESSSSS!!!1111
Better to look at the percentages than actual weight loss. Don't know your wife's weight but I'm guessing she probably wasn't too far behind in % loss. Losing 10 lbs at 255 = ~3.9% loss Or, even better, don't worry about weight loss that soon and just focus on seeing improvement in your body. If your wife was working out with a trainer and weight training she was probably putting on lean muscle, which would be better over the long term for keeping weight down, but might not show the immediate results of doing cardio and losing water weight and a little fat.
I inherited my mother's weight issues and have gone up and down my whole life. After years of dieting, I can safely say that dieting is complete bull****. oh, sure, I've lost 20 pounds in the span of a couple of months before, but when you "diet" there's always an implication that there's an end in sight. I would gladly make myself miserable for a few weeks when I was REALLY focused on exercise and REALLY focused on counting how many calories I was eating. Boy oh boy have I learned a thing or two from those years. Going to a therapist has done wonders for me. I've always been so neurotic and entrenched in various cognitive distortions that would have me convinced that if I'm not perfect, why should I make the effort? I have stopped dwelling on scale numbers and now just focus on taking care of myself. Which involves eating mindfully and choosing what I eat based on how it will make me feel throughout the day. I currently weigh less than I did in high school, and I never obsess over calories or the scale anymore. It's very freeing. You really do have to change your mindset and tell yourself that the new habits you're cultivating are FOREVER and not just over the course of your next month-long diet.
Haha... Nobody said Muhammad Ali is obese. Where did you get that from?? So you're unhappy I used a picture of Mayweather. Should I find other pictures of healthy, athletic-looking individuals at 5-8, 150lbs? Not professional athletes, just regular people. I'm sure it won't be that hard to find.
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Nah. Just making light of a chart that says 5'8" 150lbs is "ideal" also suggests that Ali in his prime was obese. I chose an athlete simply because you chose one. IMHO any adult male that weighs a buck fiddy or less probably shouldn't be afraid to mix in a Snickers or two.
Except nobody said those measurements were ideal. Just saying the weight is within the range that is proportional to his height.
