Do you watch/worry about your weight?

[insanitylives]

bmi is only a small peice of the puzzle a better indicator is immersian or calipers. please remember females are genetically predispositioned to carry around 10-12 percent body fat.

As much as I hate this... it's 10-12% more than men. Genetic women need at least 18% body fat to get periods/pregnant.

[notyouraverageguy]

Do you watch/worry about your weight?

I worry about it, because according to the papers im obese. Although I don't look it at all, well most of the time. I need to watch it because of health risks and family history, but haven't been able to get the ambition to start exercising and change my lifestyle... guess when something goes wrong,(if it hasn't already) then maybe it'll kick push my behind to start taking care of myself. Funny thing though, in the past few years my weight has been fluctuating within 10 and 15 lbs and I haven't rly gained much, eating bad food and without any exercise. I do however want to lose weight, mainly body fat and get to 20% for now. Got to start some cardio program to burn all the calories I take in. I am self conscious about the excess, and often wish I was tall skinny with a small frame. But hey you gotta work with what you have. So im just focused on is losing the bat wings, the muffin top, the thick hips and thighs, the double chin, the back sag, and just the overall chubbyness. Haha.

[Silver]

@ccc

What double chin?

[notyouraverageguy]

@ccc

What double chin?

Lol the one that shows up whenever I angle my head down... :/

[Silver]

I just don't understand, you look skinny to me.

[notyouraverageguy]

I just don't understand, you look skinny to me.

Well... thank you. :1

[AmySmiles]

I watch my weight, but I don't worry about it.  I take note and adjust some things if it begins to creep up.  I am 6ft 1in or so and have weighed around 170lbs for the last year and a half with a desk job.

I exercise for 1-2 hours about 3 days a week and do my best not to consume certain things: soft drinks for one.

[childofwinter]

I'm always weighing myself, and as I'm about 30/40 pounds overweight, I have a bit of a belly, which I would really like to get rid of.

[EveMarie]

Since my cancer surgeries (and others, 6 in 5 years) I went up to 218 (I'm 5'9") since by by-pass, I've lost 30 pounds and counting, I'm only 5 # from my high school weight of 175. I can finally fit into my size 12's I've bought, and looking to gain access to a 10 

It's all in the carbs...

Evie

[Lachlann]

Lol the one that shows up whenever I angle my head down... :/

I'm pretty sure everyone get's a 'double chin' when they angle their head down. It's natural.

Also, if you're going by BMI it's not always accurate. Still, I don't know you enough to judge.

But do I worry about my weight? Of course, I'm underweight.

[Chamillion]

I said no because I don't keep track of how much I weigh or worry about it or anything, but at the same time I take pretty good care of my body and if I started noticing myself gaining/losing weight I would bring myself to a healthy weight again

[Byren]

Sometimes.
Normally I don't have to pay attention at all, but when I get stressed I tend to put on weight, and have to watch myself.

[MuddyFrog]

I worry about my weight my highest weight was 220 I had gone up from being only 104 5"3 to 135 when I first started working as an adult. This meant that instead of spending hours skateboarding or playing soccer I went to only getting in two hours after work and a bit more on the weekend if OT wasn't needed. I know the problem there was because I ate cheaper foods because of budget issues at more bulk chips then the normal mini ones. Then it happened during vacation I went and broke my leg in several places where the ankle and leg are connected. I blew up to 179 still eating the same things as when I was highly active gall bladder issues around this time did not help. I had stopped exercising daily because of my ankle but I had slowed down on the snack cakes... portion sizes were high though and I did binge eat with the pay raise.

In a year I have dropped to 190 and still losing it hurts to walk because of my leg but I force myself and for extra mobility I am going and pushing around the streets on my skate board. I have finally broken the habit of binge eating and I have never been one to sit in front of a tv even being obese. Just that walking for me does nothing but either maintain or slow as a turtle lose weight.

[Crow]

I would have to eat a LOT of junk food for an extended period of time to push myself into the overweight range, much less the obese range. I'm kind of itty bitty. x3 So I don't really worry about that-- especially since I don't really care if I look "chubby" by society's (somewhat unrealistic) standards, as long as I'm healthy. The chances of me having weight-related health issues are virtually nonexistant, considering my genetics and eating habits.

However, I do try to watch what I eat. I may not worry about my weight, but I do like to make sure what I put into my body is actually good for it so I can feel energized and stay healthy in the long-run (and not end up in pain, in the short-run). That, and I have a hypersensitive stomach. I have a hard time eating anything too rich, greasy, or spicy without getting a stomach ache, so I tend to live on things like carbs (potatoes, whole grain bread, noodles, etc.), poultry, and fruit, which are inherently fairly healthy foods. They taste good, too-- added bonus of healthy things that weren't formulated to be "sugar free" or "fat free" or "diet" or whatever other weird-tasting nonsense-alternatives they have out there.

[no_id]

Yep I do worry about my weight although I have absolutely no reasonn to with a hardly fluxuation weight and a bmi around 20 (19.7 - 20.3). I figure it's a family thing (weight obsessed female assembly). Otherwise, I just love to be in shape and any indication I'm not I prefer to club till death.

[V M]

I never use to worry about my weight until recently

Since starting HRT I seem to have put on a few pounds 

[Hurtfulsplash]

Yeah I worry about my weight, I really need to get it down, but being depressed its hard to get out and exercise, the drinking doesn't help either. I also need to loose a few pounds before I can even consider surgery.

[Kay]

I probably should be more concerned with my weight.
Not sure why I'm not.
Probably because it never seems to change no matter what I do.
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When I was 20, I was cycling like a fiend for a whole year (300 miles per week) and restricting calories in an attempt to lose weight....lowest I could get was 190 lbs.   Darn testosterone was building too much muscle...which made me quit cycling shortly thereafter when my legs started to look like Miguel Indurain's (or for the non-cycling fans among us, think 'Wolverine').
Completely turned me off of exercising for many years.
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Unless I purposely gorge myself everyday until I feel sick, I stay around 205 +/- 5 lbs.  Dieting never works. 
I just can't seem to break the 200 lb barrier. 
Fit or fat...that's where I remain. 
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Oddly enough, I've lost weight since starting HRT without even trying.
(still within the +/- 5 lbs though)  I thought it was supposed to be the other way around?

[annyms]

I didn't use to watch it, but I do now. It's better to be healthy.

[justmeinoz]

Having chosen the wrong parents, I have to watch how much fat and cholesterol I consume. As far as I am concerned, fat is purely a health issue.

I am 190cm or 6'3", and have managed to keep my weight around 88-90 kg (200 lb roughly) for the last 5 years or so.   Luckily I walk a fair distance in my current job, so don't have to be as vigilant now.

I absolutely agree with the 'enegy in vs energy out' equation, you eat heaps and don't exercise, and your weight will go up.  Try and walk any distance in the Antarctic or similar place, and it is impossible to eat enough to not lose weight.  Sounds like yet another reason for Americans to move to Canada!!