At what point do you personally consider someone/yourself fit?

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  • cuckoo_jenibeth
    cuckoo_jenibeth Posts: 1,434 Member
    For myself it will be when nothing moves on my body without it being my intent for it to move...no jiggle in my wiggle!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Someone recently said I was 'really fit', which surprised me as I don't particularly think I am. I suppose compared to the average person I am, but then in MFP world, compared to a lot of my pals here, I'm not at all.
  • _Tink_
    _Tink_ Posts: 3,845 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Someone recently said I was 'really fit', which surprised me as I don't particularly think I am. I suppose compared to the average person I am, but then in MFP world, compared to a lot of my pals here, I'm not at all.

    I think this is true for me, too. People think I'm super fit, but I see jiggly spots and areas where I need to improve lean muscle mass. I don't think I'm fit yet, but I'm working on it.

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    _Tink_ wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Someone recently said I was 'really fit', which surprised me as I don't particularly think I am. I suppose compared to the average person I am, but then in MFP world, compared to a lot of my pals here, I'm not at all.

    I think this is true for me, too. People think I'm super fit, but I see jiggly spots and areas where I need to improve lean muscle mass. I don't think I'm fit yet, but I'm working on it.

    I don't think jiggly spots has anything to do with 'fit' in this context, I mean more like being able to run 8 minute miles or deadlift a certain weight.
  • WednesdayJanuary07th2015
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 Posts: 163
    I have no interest in being fit, as in athletic; I just desire to be a healthy thin & within the lowest spectrum, of the normal weight range; for my height.
  • areallycoolstory
    areallycoolstory Posts: 1,680 Member


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    I don't think jiggly spots has anything to do with 'fit' in this context, I mean more like being able to run 8 minute miles or deadlift a certain weight. [/quote]

    I can dead lift 190 and I am far from fit. But for me being fit does, to a certain degree, have to do with having a body that can do what I ask of it. Right now I ask it to do simple things like, "sit on the floor" or "run upstairs" and it says, "no", and starts swearing under its breath. Until recently, I have been rewarding this disgraceful behavior with food. But no more. You have to draw the line somewhere:-)

  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    I considered myself "fit" when I could legit run a mile. I considered myself more fit when I did my first legit chin-up. I guess it all really depends on your personal goals and perception of what "fit" means.
  • mzbek24
    mzbek24 Posts: 436 Member
    edited February 2015
    I'm training for my first Marathon, but have never stopped and thought that the word 'fit' ever belonged to me. I think its a word I always use to describe someone else, someone doing something I can't at that present moment, or perceive as challenging/a new goal lol. And others are the same to me, if they consider me to be doing something more than they/most people they know are doing, they'll say I am fit. Or crazy lol :p
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 wrote: »
    I have no interest in being fit, as in athletic; I just desire to be a healthy thin & within the lowest spectrum, of the normal weight range; for my height.

    I feel almost the opposite. While people think I "appear" fit...I don't think I am particularly strong, or fast...I can't lift heavy weights or run long distances. While I am probably fitter than the average 45-year-old woman, I don't think of myself as athletic...and I'd like to.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.
  • RebelDiamond
    RebelDiamond Posts: 188 Member
    It's all relative I think. I know I'm much fitter than I used to be, if people call me "really fit" or "fit" I tend to think about all the people I know who are fitter than me (trainers at my gym, friends etc) and think, hmmmm yeah I've come a long way but there's still so much I can achieve fitness wise. It really just depends who you compare yourself against.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    i think it changes with everyone during their journey. I would rather be slender or average sized and strong (able to run longer distances, lift weights, etc) than skinny and weak.

    Right now (and this is slightly veering off topic but not too much) I am working on losing weight and fat. once I get 30 pounds from my ultimate goal 'weight' I am going to start focusing more on strength training to tone and less on weight itself, if that makes sense. regardless, thats a ways away ;)
  • sweetdixie92
    sweetdixie92 Posts: 655 Member
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.

    Fitness is a very generic term. Fit in what?

  • sweetdixie92
    sweetdixie92 Posts: 655 Member
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.

    Fitness is a very generic term. Fit in what?

    You mentioned size, not fitness ;)

    And yes, what is fit for me, could be completely different for someone else.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.

    Fitness is a very generic term. Fit in what?

    You mentioned size, not fitness ;)

    And yes, what is fit for me, could be completely different for someone else.
    Size has a big influence of fitness. You can consider a big muscular guy unfit for a marathon. Put a scrappy little guy to lift weights, he is unfit. Now most people confuse looks with fitness.
  • sweetdixie92
    sweetdixie92 Posts: 655 Member
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.

    Fitness is a very generic term. Fit in what?

    You mentioned size, not fitness ;)

    And yes, what is fit for me, could be completely different for someone else.
    Size has a big influence of fitness. You can consider a big muscular guy unfit for a marathon. Put a scrappy little guy to lift weights, he is unfit. Now most people confuse looks with fitness.

    Very true. The bolded part is kinda what I was getting at, and normally comes from ignorance.
  • WednesdayJanuary07th2015
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 Posts: 163
    edited February 2015
    ilfaith wrote: »
    WednesdayJanuary07th2015 wrote: »
    I have no interest in being fit, as in athletic; I just desire to be a healthy thin & within the lowest spectrum, of the normal weight range; for my height.

    I feel almost the opposite. While people think I "appear" fit...I don't think I am particularly strong, or fast...I can't lift heavy weights or run long distances. While I am probably fitter than the average 45-year-old woman, I don't think of myself as athletic...and I'd like to.

    From your picture, you do appear fit; to me. I can't lift heavy weights and/or run long distances either but for me it's because I was born with liver disease, had multiple seizures because hypoglycemia & 2 heart attacks, the 1st when I was 4 & the 2nd when I was 5 because of the hypoglycemia. At 14 I developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, from a severe flu; that nearly killed me. I have angina nearly daily. Sometimes my breath becomes like dry ice, my cheeks become frozen & I can't breathe. So I have to place a hand over my mouth, to create external warmth; then blow hot air into my palm & have it spread to my cheeks, to become warm again. In public I look as though, I am about to puke; which grants me unwanted attention. Although the concern, is appreciated. Plus I have mild arthritis & my knees sometimes give out on me. My Sister can lift & carry 4 times the amount of grocery bags, than I can; it's intimating. So it's unlikely that I'll ever be athletic.
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    leonidas_and_spartacus wrote: »
    It changes with time, some would consider Marilyn Monroe Fat by the way girls want to look today.

    Size really doesn't have a whole lot to do with fitness. I know plenty of slender girls who I can run circles around all day long. Girls have gotten a warped sense of what being a good weight is, by seeing many models who are underweight and photoshopped.

    Fitness is a very generic term. Fit in what?

    You mentioned size, not fitness ;)

    And yes, what is fit for me, could be completely different for someone else.
    Size has a big influence of fitness. You can consider a big muscular guy unfit for a marathon. Put a scrappy little guy to lift weights, he is unfit. Now most people confuse looks with fitness.

    Very true. The bolded part is kinda what I was getting at, and normally comes from ignorance.
    Yep, which is what OP might be referring to in the thread. There is no easy way to say when its enough.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I considered myself fit when I started to do things like play kickball with my 8 year old son and all of his classmates at a birthday party instead of watching like the rest of the parents! All the kids were like "back up!!!!" when it was my turn to kick :)

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