I'm a 25 yr old female weighing 195 lbs, 5'5". I know I'm overweight and out of shape. I was a college athlete (softball) and a catcher, so I'm quite muscular, but a bit limpy from being out of shape.
I was just wondering if anyone else would be willing to give their height/weight/age so I can get an idea of what we all are like?
45 years old
165 lbs but started at 220 lbs 3 years ago
5'9"
Swim 7x/ week some 4 doubles
min 3000 yards, max 6600 meters in one session.
Eat what I want, just love having a candy bar around 2:30pm in front of all my coworkers who are watching me lose the weight while not starving.
Swimming to lose weight is great!
well here goes,
i'm 37, 5'4 and 165- i have been swimming now for close to 2 years and i'm up to 5 X 2000-3000y/week and no change in weight-i have resigned myself to the fact that swimming will not reduce my weight by much if at all
well here goes,
i'm 37, 5'4 and 165- i have been swimming now for close to 2 years and i'm up to 5 X 2000-3000y/week and no change in weight-i have resigned myself to the fact that swimming will not reduce my weight by much if at all
Oh what I would give to be 30 lbs lighter!! Let's keep our fingers crossed!!
Jamie, I think you are more likely to get responses from people who are more or less proud of and/or at peace with their body types. The nice thing about swimming is that weight is less of an issue than many other sports, and the health and psychological benefits don't depend on competitive glory but just from going to practice until it becomes habitual.
I think the jury is out in terms of swimming and other sports, in fact, in terms of weight loss. Some people appear to be exercise responders, some people are diet responders, some have a tough time no matter what they do. There was a great NOVA on PBS recently about marathon training for an assortment of people with different health conditions, and it did touch a little bit on the whole business of weight control. Sorry, I don't mean to get off on too much of a tangent here.
I guess all I am trying to say is that no matter what your current condition, you should definitely consider swimming. If you were a competitive softball player at one point, I suspect you will quickly get hooked on competing at meets, and have a great time doing so. One thing that is amazing is that some of the fastest swimmers at nationals, etc. have body types you would never imagine would be particularly fast. And the converse is true as well: Olympic God-like replicants can often be surprisingly slow.
To answer your question, I am 55, down 1/16h on an inch in height from college, and not pregnant though I am often thought to be in such a condition when wearing a body suit and people are standing too far away to see that I am bald and covered with a carpet of chestal hairs fast turning white.
If you ever come to a meet where I am also participating, and you are feeling at all self conscious about any bodily matters, feel free to stand in my potbellied shadow and I will gladly distract attention.
Do swim!!!
