Anyone out there with a goal of maintaining their high school weight?

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  • Colorfan
    Colorfan Posts: 230 Member
    I was like 280 back in high school. Id rather not be anywhere near there again.

    I really dont know how low I can go, but Im at 195 right now. Aiming for 170.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    bross57 wrote: »
    44 years of good metabolism, but not healthful eating. Now that I’m retired and have the time to set nutrition and exercise goals, I find this site very useful in monitoring what I’m eating and making sure I provide my body with enough good calories to offset what I’m burning.

    But why start? If you never had a problem?
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    I weighed 125-135 in HS and still weigh that. It’s been a battle for 45 years (gasp!) and I’ve gone up to 150 (why I came on this site) and as low as 110 in graduate school. While I managed to keep at that range it was getting harder and harder. It’s disappointing that as we become seniors it isn’t any easier to be at an appropriate weight. For me at any rate.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    edited April 2019
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    bross57 wrote: »
    44 years of good metabolism, but not healthful eating. Now that I’m retired and have the time to set nutrition and exercise goals, I find this site very useful in monitoring what I’m eating and making sure I provide my body with enough good calories to offset what I’m burning.

    But why start? If you never had a problem?

    So she can maintain her weight? Why shouldn’t she? Just because she’s never had “a problem” doesn’t mean she doesn’t need or want to be mindful of calorie intake like everyone else.

  • laurenhugs23
    laurenhugs23 Posts: 153 Member
    whmscll wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    bross57 wrote: »
    44 years of good metabolism, but not healthful eating. Now that I’m retired and have the time to set nutrition and exercise goals, I find this site very useful in monitoring what I’m eating and making sure I provide my body with enough good calories to offset what I’m burning.

    But why start? If you never had a problem?

    So she can maintain her weight? Why shouldn’t she? Just because she’s never had “a problem” doesn’t mean she doesn’t need or want to be mindful of calorie intake like everyone else.

    Exactly!
    It's just recomp, without the weightloss part. Increasing skeletal muscle will ease the process of aging. I think it's a super smart decision. And I hope you find the support you need OP!
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,330 Member
    No...was underweight back then.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    edited April 2019
    whmscll wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    bross57 wrote: »
    44 years of good metabolism, but not healthful eating. Now that I’m retired and have the time to set nutrition and exercise goals, I find this site very useful in monitoring what I’m eating and making sure I provide my body with enough good calories to offset what I’m burning.

    But why start? If you never had a problem?

    So she can maintain her weight? Why shouldn’t she? Just because she’s never had “a problem” doesn’t mean she doesn’t need or want to be mindful of calorie intake like everyone else.

    Not critical, OP seems to have been maintaining her whole life, is all.
  • fiddletime
    fiddletime Posts: 1,868 Member
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    whmscll wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    bross57 wrote: »
    44 years of good metabolism, but not healthful eating. Now that I’m retired and have the time to set nutrition and exercise goals, I find this site very useful in monitoring what I’m eating and making sure I provide my body with enough good calories to offset what I’m burning.

    But why start? If you never had a problem?

    So she can maintain her weight? Why shouldn’t she? Just because she’s never had “a problem” doesn’t mean she doesn’t need or want to be mindful of calorie intake like everyone else.

    Not critical, OP seems to have been maintaining her whole life, is all.

    It’s an interesting point actually. For some of us who have “maintained” for decades, it may have been a constant battle of being overweight, then normal BMI, then overweight again. My goal is to make my 20-25 pound weight swings never more than 6 pounds (I’m 5’2”).

    People who have had to lose larger amounts of weight may think that a 25# swing over a lifetime is great, and is indeed maintaining. I consider the high side weight for me a failure, unhealthy, and fear that one year I might slip up past my high end and become obese.

    I don’t consider it, for me, maintaining. I consider it dieting and then regaining over and over. It’s tiring, not great for my body, and that may be where the OP is coming from. (But that’s just my take on it).

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