There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
Parents
Former Member
Okay here goes
F
47
5'7
136
130-135 my opinion
130-145 much beyond 138 and I think it gets puggy.
132 lbs is the goal this season - but with lots of muscle and tone, need to do core work more consistently, more flexibility focus and add more wieght work esp with re to my back. But below 135 lbs and friends and family say I look too gaunt. It is the chocolate that does me in, can easily skip the fatty foods, fries chips etc, the carbos and the alcohol - but I am a dark chocolate addict...need to skip late night snacking.
I have seen many women in my age group heavier than me beat me soundly - so who knows. I feel like swimming esp kick sets, has added an inch to my thighs and butt or maybe it really was that 80% cocoa bar...
Okay here goes
F
47
5'7
136
130-135 my opinion
130-145 much beyond 138 and I think it gets puggy.
132 lbs is the goal this season - but with lots of muscle and tone, need to do core work more consistently, more flexibility focus and add more wieght work esp with re to my back. But below 135 lbs and friends and family say I look too gaunt. It is the chocolate that does me in, can easily skip the fatty foods, fries chips etc, the carbos and the alcohol - but I am a dark chocolate addict...need to skip late night snacking.
I have seen many women in my age group heavier than me beat me soundly - so who knows. I feel like swimming esp kick sets, has added an inch to my thighs and butt or maybe it really was that 80% cocoa bar...
