Lose weight to be healthy??? F no, I want to be HAWT!

Kcham817

A statement I have on my profile, I want the best body MY genetics can give me, I want to be healthy but I want to look sexy more :glasses:

hutchy90

For me its definitely about looks. I was plenty healthy at 150 - 160. It wasn't much overweight for my height and I don't carry fat around my stomach which is the most harmful type. I didn't get winded walking up stairs, I could jog, my blood pressure was great. But I want to be thin! I'm down to 132 and would like to drop 10ish more. Any health benefits that come with it are good. But honestly its not my motivation.

This^^ but different #s.

xxthoroughbred

I took it as countering my point that 4% was verging on death and that you stating 2% is doable and livable. I'm doubting 2% since I haven't read any medical journals that studied people at that body fat % (especially sports people who need high calories and correct metabolic function to compete) but I'll research it.

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There are definitely jockeys who have maintained 2% body fat over the years, such as Laffit Pincay. But yes, I agree, body fat that low, which jockeys have to maintain to ride every day, is not at all good. More jockeys die trying to make weight than I'd care to think about.

Again I'm skeptical about the actual body fat %. Pincay (from an article I read just now) stated that he ate very little and tried hard to stay away from protein. He was diagnose with anorexia. Physiologically, the body likes to store fat (obviously we can see that today). When fat gets down to single digits, it will catabolize lean tissue in compromise for fat tissue. This would RAISE the body fat % even if weight stayed the same. I can believe single digits above 5% (which is TOTALLY RIPPED and you can see practically every muscle separation just below the skin), but 2%................nah.

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I used Pincay as an example because he's the one I've most famously heard about, but I know from personal experience those who are at/around 3%.

Just out of curiosity, what would you think he's at?: http://www.kentuckyderby.com/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/media/jockey2012calendar.jpg
(I'm not trying to argue with you - just want to know so I can associate a BF% to a visual)

DrMAvDPhD

I'm just going to take a moment to point out that obesity is considered a risk factor for many diseases. But not a cause for any. Not even diabetes. Not heart attacks. You can be obese and live to be 90. Just like you can smoke and never get lung cancer. Just like you can eat clean and be in wonderful shape and get cancer or have a heart attack.

BaDaSsBrUnEtTe

yup me too, i want to be a hotty

SuperSexyDork

I'm just going to take a moment to point out that obesity is considered a risk factor for many diseases. But not a cause for any. Not even diabetes. Not heart attacks. You can be obese and live to be 90. Just like you can smoke and never get lung cancer. Just like you can eat clean and be in wonderful shape and get cancer or have a heart attack.

Truth.

The human body is a fickle thing.

ninerbuff

Mostly because he used to have 4.5% bodyfat...

Actually that's verging on death.

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Really? Bruce Lee at 3% body fat. There's a bodybuilder that was measured at 2.4% body fat.

ETA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Bass

Love Bruce Lee...........but he died at 32. And Clarence Bass, like all competitive bodybuilders, will hold that conditioning for about a day. It's not a sustainable body fat %.

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korsicash

I want to be hot, but also my likely to turn to diabetes will stay just ****ty blood sugar levels for longer and my liver may not need replacing as soon if I am thinner....so I really mean for health and vanity....yeah vanity has a lot to do with it.....

ninerbuff

I took it as countering my point that 4% was verging on death and that you stating 2% is doable and livable. I'm doubting 2% since I haven't read any medical journals that studied people at that body fat % (especially sports people who need high calories and correct metabolic function to compete) but I'll research it.

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There are definitely jockeys who have maintained 2% body fat over the years, such as Laffit Pincay. But yes, I agree, body fat that low, which jockeys have to maintain to ride every day, is not at all good. More jockeys die trying to make weight than I'd care to think about.

Again I'm skeptical about the actual body fat %. Pincay (from an article I read just now) stated that he ate very little and tried hard to stay away from protein. He was diagnose with anorexia. Physiologically, the body likes to store fat (obviously we can see that today). When fat gets down to single digits, it will catabolize lean tissue in compromise for fat tissue. This would RAISE the body fat % even if weight stayed the same. I can believe single digits above 5% (which is TOTALLY RIPPED and you can see practically every muscle separation just below the skin), but 2%................nah.

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I used Pincay as an example because he's the one I've most famously heard about, but I know from personal experience those who are at/around 3%.

Just out of curiosity, what would you think he's at?: http://www.kentuckyderby.com/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/media/jockey2012calendar.jpg
(I'm not trying to argue with you - just want to know so I can associate a BF% to a visual)

I'd say between 9%-11%.

For reference here's Andreas Munzer at 3.5% body fat. You can actually see separation between the fibers of muscle.


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sassafrasy

hell yeah!...I want to be hot!...and I want to say to all those girls that said I couldn't have a flat stomach (b/c I had twins or c-section)...sit down take a back seat...b/c this girl is going to teach you a thang or 2.....this partay is just beginning...

korsicash

I took it as countering my point that 4% was verging on death and that you stating 2% is doable and livable. I'm doubting 2% since I haven't read any medical journals that studied people at that body fat % (especially sports people who need high calories and correct metabolic function to compete) but I'll research it.

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There are definitely jockeys who have maintained 2% body fat over the years, such as Laffit Pincay. But yes, I agree, body fat that low, which jockeys have to maintain to ride every day, is not at all good. More jockeys die trying to make weight than I'd care to think about.

Again I'm skeptical about the actual body fat %. Pincay (from an article I read just now) stated that he ate very little and tried hard to stay away from protein. He was diagnose with anorexia. Physiologically, the body likes to store fat (obviously we can see that today). When fat gets down to single digits, it will catabolize lean tissue in compromise for fat tissue. This would RAISE the body fat % even if weight stayed the same. I can believe single digits above 5% (which is TOTALLY RIPPED and you can see practically every muscle separation just below the skin), but 2%................nah.

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I used Pincay as an example because he's the one I've most famously heard about, but I know from personal experience those who are at/around 3%.

Just out of curiosity, what would you think he's at?: http://www.kentuckyderby.com/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/media/jockey2012calendar.jpg
(I'm not trying to argue with you - just want to know so I can associate a BF% to a visual)

I'd say between 9%-11%.

For reference here's Andreas Munzer at 3.5% body fat. You can actually see separation between the fibers of muscle.


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That looks painful to be that built, I am sure he worked hard but that looks painful none the less. Completely off topic I know

Erisad

Same. I don't really have any health issues at the moment, I just want to look good. Whether I'll make it there, I don't know but it's better than letting myself get worse.

small_ninja

Yep, I'm definitely here to look good - I didn't have any health issues that could be fixed with weight loss before I came on here.

PhotogNerd

While yes I would like to be considered attractive, I still rate being alive, active, and healthy when I'm older above being hawt.

Pimpmonkey

How much do you buy into the, "lose weight to be healthy," bull spit? I don't.

If you do, that's perfect for you. You've found great motivation, so keep going, you might want to pass this thread up though. It isn't for you.

For me it doesn't work that way. The conditions that I have can't be fixed by losing weight but if I mention them people are wont to think that they'll get better with weight loss. Let me tell you something, a heart rhythm disorder just doesn't fix itself. Neither does asthma or hypoglycemia. I'm stuck with it.

Otherwise, I'm healthy. Seriously. Low resting heart rate, low BP, perfect numbers blood work-wise and I can jog 5-6 miles non-stop even with my asthma.

Plain and simple, I'm losing weight because I'm tired of looking like a fatass. I want the muscle that you can feel under the flab to show. I'm ready to prove to myself and everyone else that I can be smokin hot curvy girl... Who's with me?

How many others out there get aggravated with the "lose weight and you'll be healthier" crap?

Edit: I'm not saying that it bothers me that other people are doing this to be healthier. I'm saying it bothers me when other people point out the health implications to me...

LOL, I'm doing it to get healthy and I already know I'm hot, it's just the rest of the world that doesn't get it!

itgeekwoman

At first it was about health. I needed to lose weight and lower my blood pressure. I was pre diabetic and was trending badly. I started working out so that I wouldn't continue to deteriorate with regards to my general health. BUT NOW.. now that I have found the woman inside.. Well damn! I want to look HOT.

My butt is smaller now than when I had my first kid!! I LOVE looking great. I love having men check me out.. and I'm hoping it happens more often so my husband will get off his duff and start "protecting his territory".

I want to be the one in the photo that doesn't try and go to the back to hide how big she is.

UGH. I want to look great in a bikini!!

basschick

When I lost weight, my asthma improved so much that I no longer need an inhaler. My allergist said my lung function had also improved and I don't wake up with rattling in my chest every morning. I lost weight to look "hawt" too, but this was a pretty nice unexpected bonus!

OvOv

I have to admit that I initially started working out and eating cleanly to be more attractive, but I think it has gone beyond that now.

After starting to eat properly I've noticed a whole range of stuff like my joints becoming stronger (used to have weak ankles), skin clearer, less tired/sleepy...etc...I just generally feel better!

Darkskinned88

Health Smealth im still in my prime im here for the abs lol

Dauntlessness

This is all I have to say:

Skinny-Meh

Strong-Healthy

teacupowl

It's both for me! My family has some health problems that I'd like to avoid in the future, though as of right now, I'm physically healthier than my incredibly fit boyfriend, lol!

Mostly, it's because I miss how I looked 5 years ago. I want to feel that good again. But since I've been doing this seriously for over a month now, I just feel better. I have more energy and I'm more motivated.

(I would also like to feel like I match my lovely bf a little more when we're out. He's a hottie, and I don't want to look like his pet hippo. XDDD)

InnerFatGirl

I want to be healthy. And I have become healthier.

But my reason for losing weight was because I was sick of being a fat c**t.

And I like being slim. Not skinny. Slim.