So who else is in better shape than they were in high school

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I'm not there yet, but I certainly eat much better than I did back then!

I am in the best shape of my life. I am a similar weight and size - a few pounds lighter and a size or two smaller now - but am infinitely more fit and healthy.

No...I'm still a bit larger than I wa in high school, not much I can wear the same clothes, but my tummy isn't as flat and I weigh a lot more. In highschool I weighed 126lb at 5'10 I now weigh 157.8lb at the same height. That being said, in highschool I needed my fitness levels. School was a mile away and I always walked home, and sometimes walked to school. The hills were a 1 in 4 gradient which are VERY steep and I lived at the bottom of one, to get anywhere from my house you had to go UP. My sister and I always wandered off with the dogs and would have picnics in the moors...a mile hike up that hill then we'd get lost on the top of it and chase the dog, each other and rock climb without any harnesses! And that's just the good stuff...we had to be strong and quick and fit because we were heavily bullied. You never knew when a group of 15 would jump you and you'd either have to run for it or fight for it. So I was very strong and very fast. Plus I also had a habbit of helping the teachers carry their heavy boxs because it helped strengthen me, and put me under a teachers eye so I wa safe. No, I will NEVER be that fit again, that was pure survival instinct then and I needed it. Now...I'm fitter than most of the kids at my school were, but I never want to have to be that fit again. It was far too dangerous and 126 is VERY light for my height, it's bordering on underweight! Even though I ate everything in sight, I burned far more off running and fighting than I could have ever eaten.

I was a very active, but not athletic, twig in high school. I could skate for hours and hours, but I expended more energy coming up with excuses to SKIP gym class than the effort I would have used taking gym class.

More than 20 years later, and 20 pounds heavier, I can fit into a lot of the same clothes, but I'm a lot more fit now.

I am about the same weight as when I graduated high school BUT I was a farm girl then (did all the farm work that the boys did), and not a marathoner or training in TaeKwonDo, as I do now. I also ate anything my little heart desired back then. I could eat as much or more than most guys, I bet!! So I would say that Im more rounded athlete now. And not by choice but by necessity (slower metabolism), my diet is much better nowadays.

That's really hard to answer; I had two choices in HS - work or play sports...duh! I played sports; was your typical HS male, still 5'4'' but 140lbs. Played FB, Wrestling and Polevault (T&F) every year from 7th to 12th Grade. No real plan to weight loss or gain. Dad had Triple by-pass surgery and ran to get back into shape; he would wake me up on a Saturday morning and say 'Let's go for a race", 'Sure Dad', until it turned out to be a 15K and I did not consider myself a long-distance runner. I barely made it ahead of him.
Fast forward to years later (13years) in the Army (your immediate incentive is to stay in shape; by running, calisthenics, etc..) even though I had gained likely 15 lbs from HS, I was definitely stronger, faster and could knock out a 10-miler in 80mins. Prime of life, roughly 33yrs old.
Now fast forward again (11years) my current age, 43yrs and an additoinal 10-15lbs while my mileage is not as long, I can still click out 10min/miles for 7 miles. Have incorporated biking into this my fitness routine and watching my portion control. Time will see if I am in any better shape than I was in HS, but I trust that I have 'matured' gracely before God and he will sustain me...Hebrews 11:1 (as the crowd roars!!!!)

I am the healthiest I've ever been in my adult life. Ever. It feels wonderful!

Absolutely!! I look back at photos from my final year in high school as motivation to stay away from that weight! Love being fit and healthy now! :-)

After losing a bunch of weight, I am now 13 pounds away from my high school weight. I'm actually wearing jeans from high school right now. I'm in way better shape than I was then. In P.E. my sophomore year, I remember we had to run a mile. If we did it in 10 minutes, we got a 100, 11 minutes, 90 and so on. I told my coach there was no way in hell I could run a mile. He knew it, so he told me to run as much as a could (about half a lap) and walk the rest. He gave me the same time as the slowest runner. How embarassing. Now, I can run about two miles if I'm pushing hard (still pretty new to running), and feel way healthier in general.