Thread: How much do you weigh, and are you ok with it?

some years ago my weight was steady around 63kg (139lbs) for a height of 1m84 (6ft)
but then I got to know my girl and the "good life" started, dinners, restaurants... and so now I'm hanging in at 73 kg (161lbs)

i do run a lot of miles every week though, so it's not likely to get any higher...

Originally Posted by pilothaz

Weight is a terrible way to judge anything. I personally think i am over weight but I have learned to not care about the actual # part but more on my body fat percentage.

BMI is a bad numbering system as well as it is only your height and weight that are calculated into it. With a good assessment you get those and your regular calorie burn (at a resting rate, meaning for myself if I sat and did nothing for a whole day I would burn about 2300 calories [as of last week's assessment])

My numbers:
6 foot 4 inches = 1.9304 meters
220 pounds = 99.7903214 kilograms
Body fat % = 18.4%
Resting Calorie Burn = 2284 calories
water percentage = 64% (which was low really)

Weight is a HUGE fluxuation especially if you are drinking the correct amount of water. Also remember that muscle weighs more than fat, and this is why I am not concerned I weigh 99.8 kg's because I am slimming up from going to the gym 4 times a week and having beach volleyball every Wednesday's.

The optimal range for men is to have a body fat percentage of between 8 - 20 %. Last year I was at 22% when I started my gym membership, and now i have gone down 4% which makes me happy.

I am still not comfortable with how I look without a shirt, as my chest is not totally fat still but whatever.

So, Gentlemen be proud of how you look and do not worry about the damn scale, as that needle jumps around too much. Get an assessment done where you can find out body fat percentage, calorie burn, and water intake these will be better factors. You can also subtract your water percentage from your total weight given to figure your bone, muscle, fat weight.

Yeah, I know BMI is a bad system. But that's all I have available at the time. I plan on getting a special scale. Unfortunately I don't know what it's called. It effectively measures how much fat you have by sending electrical pulses through you. With fat, the electricity flows slower. However if you have more muscles, there's a good percent of water (~70%), so it should flow faster. From this it just uses the time it takes for the electrical pulses or whatever to flow through you. It then can calculate how much fat you have.

I should have a pretty low percentage of body fat. I'm among the skinniest person of all of my friends. One of my friends and I actually got into an argument of who was skinnier. I said he was, and he said I was. My waist size is 29 or 30 (29 fits better with casualwear, 30 fits better with formal wear). I've fallen off my bed before, and there's only a 4 inch gap between the bed and the wall where I fell.

I don't really care about weight much, and eat whatever I feel like

Weight fluctuates too much, it's body fat % which is worrying me now...

So, at 5'10 I weighed:

• ~144 (w/ hydration variations, of course) when I was boxing
• Less than 140 when I was serious about running (waist size was 28)
• 166 when I did some tri training + weights: had a good six-pack and some decent muscle mass, with body fat about 9-11% with a 29-30 waist

Now I am 166 again, but have swapped a good 20 lbs of muscle for fat. No 6 pack to speak of, just barely visible lines and 32 waist. Getting back into active mode - gradually. I want to keep the weight, just get my muscle back. If I get a tad heavier in the process - it's ok. If I lose weight - not that bad either. As I said, it's not the weight I care about

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by Berticus

Yeah, I know BMI is a bad system. But that's all I have available at the time. I plan on getting a special scale. Unfortunately I don't know what it's called. It effectively measures how much fat you have by sending electrical pulses through you. With fat, the electricity flows slower. However if you have more muscles, there's a good percent of water (~70%), so it should flow faster. From this it just uses the time it takes for the electrical pulses or whatever to flow through you. It then can calculate how much fat you have.

I should have a pretty low percentage of body fat. I'm among the skinniest person of all of my friends. One of my friends and I actually got into an argument of who was skinnier. I said he was, and he said I was. My waist size is 29 or 30 (29 fits better with casualwear, 30 fits better with formal wear). I've fallen off my bed before, and there's only a 4 inch gap between the bed and the wall where I fell.

Yes those are the scales you can get that are what I was kind of using at the gym. It does with the resistance of electricity through the muscle and fat

Right now I am 170 and too fat. I need to drop about 10# of fat. I'll probably manage it in the fall whenI stop doing all the outdoors stuff of the summer and get back to my winter workout (1hr a day, three times a week). What I really need is sit-ups, all the fat is around my waist. With regular whole body workouts though I'll drop the love handles and five pounds overall getting back to a slim 165.

Originally Posted by pilothaz

Yes those are the scales you can get that are what I was kind of using at the gym. It does with the resistance of electricity through the muscle and fat

These scales are crap. The results are affected by the circumstances too much - if you drank, if you just worked out, some people just have different resistances... Long story short - don't trust them too much. Best to measure bf w/ special calipers, but it's a pain...

It doesn't matter what the bf is, really - just look at yourself in the mirror. If you like what you see - you're fine. If not - you gots work to do

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

These scales are crap. The results are affected by the circumstances too much - if you drank, if you just worked out, some people just have different resistances... Long story short - don't trust them too much. Best to measure bf w/ special calipers, but it's a pain...

It doesn't matter what the bf is, really - just look at yourself in the mirror. If you like what you see - you're fine. If not - you gots work to do

Cheers
Ivo

Yes this is true, but I like having the amount.. But the even more true way for checking that and actual fat weight is being weighed in water, as the fat floats... I know a couple people that have done this in university.

I'm at 5'7 and 188, a little on the plus size. When I graduated High School I weighed in at 115, but that was due to not wanting to ride the school bus, so I either walked or rode a bicycle. Now, I walk with a cane due to a bicycle accident (cursed bikes anyway ), so there's not much I can do other than watch my diet. The Dr did suggest water arobics, but it costs 4 bucks a session and that would take my razor money (I have my priorities straight ).

Originally Posted by freebird

I'm at 5'7 and 188, a little on the plus size. When I graduated High School I weighed in at 115, but that was due to not wanting to ride the school bus, so I either walked or rode a bicycle. Now, I walk with a cane due to a bicycle accident (cursed bikes anyway ), so there's not much I can do other than watch my diet. The Dr did suggest water arobics, but it costs 4 bucks a session and that would take my razor money (I have my priorities straight ).

hahaha, yes money should goto razors. You could maybe do a couple if you wanted in a month. That money can come out of the coffee fund

Originally Posted by izlat

I don't really care about weight much, and eat whatever I feel like

Weight fluctuates too much, it's body fat % which is worrying me now...

So, at 5'10 I weighed:

• ~144 (w/ hydration variations, of course) when I was boxing
• Less than 140 when I was serious about running (waist size was 28)
• 166 when I did some tri training + weights: had a good six-pack and some decent muscle mass, with body fat about 9-11% with a 29-30 waist

Now I am 166 again, but have swapped a good 20 lbs of muscle for fat. No 6 pack to speak of, just barely visible lines and 32 waist. Getting back into active mode - gradually. I want to keep the weight, just get my muscle back. If I get a tad heavier in the process - it's ok. If I lose weight - not that bad either. As I said, it's not the weight I care about

Cheers
Ivo

That's scary Ivo, you could have been writing about me (right down to the upgrade from 20 lbs of muscle to fat)! At least I don't have to now.