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I'm six feet tall, average build:
Thinnest -- 172 lbs at 23 (oh those six pack days...abs and beer)
Heaviest -- 273 at 57, a triple-chin wake up call
Today -- 203 at 62, on my way to 190
Heaviest: 214 lbs on several occasions, including as recent as around nine months ago.
Thinnest: 172 lbs, currently, would like to bring it down to 165 lbs.
Exercise: at first rigorous running, now brisk walking, yoga.
Diet:
- reduced portions by 1/2 to 2/3;
- plant-based;
- whole grains;
- plenty of fruits and vegetables mostly raw;
- legumes;
- nuts (preferably raw almonds, limit roasted with salt - almonds, cashews, pistachios);
- occasional fish (mostly salmon);
- no dairy;
- eggs rarely;
- no processed sugar;
- minimize vegetable oils, use olive oil and avocado;
- almost never eat out at restaurants whether fast-food or sit-down, it's all junk to me.
My lowest was 95 pounds when I was in my early 20's. I worked long hours at a physically demanding job, and most days I'd only have coffee and a large Ms.Field's walnut brownie to eat. My highest was 142, a few days before giving birth. My normal range is 102-105; any lower and I look skeletal, any higher and I look fluffy.
I'm female, 48, 5'6". My heaviest (non-pregnant) weight was 130, in my early 20s. I was extremely athletic, active and muscular at that time.
During pregnancy, I got as high as 165, but that doesn't count, right? Since my early 30s, I've been between 120 and 125. I'm still active (walking and mountain biking), but I know I've lost muscle mass, especially in the upper body. I do feel fortunate in that I just don't tend to put on weight; it seems to be genetic/a family trait.
Thinnest was around 158 in college when I was cycling. Didn't work and I went back up to around 165.
Heaviest was 230. I hover around the 195-205 range now, although 180-185 would be more ideal.
If we go back to childhood, I was really sick as kid. I started growing in sixth grade finally but I remember being excited when a new kid came into class who was smaller than me... turns out he was a refugee from Laos. It was kind of interesting going from maybe 4'6 (if that) and 60 pounds at the start of sixth grade to 5'9" and 155 my freshman year of high school.
Lightest: 130 lbs. (mid 20s). Did excess cardio, no weight training, and ate less than 1000 calories per day
Heaviest: 200 last year (early 40s). No exercise and ate mostly processed carbs.
I'm a 6'2, 21 year old (turning 22 on the 29th) male.
Heaviest weight: In January 2016, I weighed in at 300.4 pounds. From my freshman year of college up until my junior year, my weight had fluctuated within a range of 272-295. When I started my freshman year of high school, I was 239 pounds; by the time I graduated in 2013, I weighed 272 pounds. As you can tell, I had always been a big kid; however, I realized that I would die an early death (and live a miserable life) if I continued past the 300 pound mark. I knew that I would have to lose at least 100 pounds to get to a healthy weight, and I was willing to attempt what seemed impossible at the time.
Lightest weight: As of yesterday afternoon, I weighed in at 196.2 pounds! This means that I only have 6.2 pounds left until I reach my goal of 190. Once I get to 190, I will re-evaluate whether or not I need to lose any more weight. I'm "skinny-fat" at the moment; nevertheless, that can be resolved with strength training and a strict diet.
I'm a 6'2, 21 year old (turning 22 on the 29th) male.
Heaviest weight: In January 2016, I weighed in at 300.4 pounds. From my freshman year of college up until my junior year, my weight had fluctuated within a range of 272-295. When I started my freshman year of high school, I was 239 pounds; by the time I graduated in 2013, I weighed 272 pounds. As you can tell, I had always been a big kid; however, I realized that I would die an early death (and live a miserable life) if I continued past the 300 pound mark. I knew that I would have to lose at least 100 pounds to get to a healthy weight, and I was willing to attempt what seemed impossible at the time.
Lightest weight: As of yesterday afternoon, I weighed in at 196.2 pounds! This means that I only have 6.2 pounds left until I reach my goal of 190. Once I get to 190, I will re-evaluate whether or not I need to lose any more weight. I'm "skinny-fat" at the moment; nevertheless, that can be resolved with strength training and a strict diet.
Impressive !
And tip of the cap to you sir on a job well done !!!
I dropped down to around 200 lbs the same year I turned 20 but eventually leveled off at 220 lbs where I stayed mostly until I became a father. My weight over the next 20 years fluctuated between 235-265 despite mostly keeping myself fit. Earlier this year I had an epiphany (and a coworker/earwig who is a huge fitness nut) that led me down the path of enlightenment to my current lowest weight ever as an adult of 191 lbs.
I'll use this opportunity to share some interesting insights behind my overall journey.
1. I had long since accepted that I had a large frame which would always result in my weighing more than the guidelines suggested (my ideal weight according to the Federal government is 188 lbs). After dropping down near 200 lbs over thirty years ago I had concluded that number was definitely not one that fit my frame; I was wrong. As I'm now almost at that weight I realize they knew more than I did.
2. I had accepted the popular myths about a slowing metabolism as we age and that hypothyroidism would make meaningful weight loss impossible; I even hid behind "my prescription medications slowed down my metabolism" excuse as a means to justify why I would never be as thin as I'd hoped. I was wrong. It turns out that no matter what your personal circumstances, if you consume fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight (your body doesn't have smart fat cells, just fat cells).
3. Weight loss requires a commitment and an adjustable, flexible plan. Overly prescriptive diets, diets that require you eat purchased foods or which require a Ph.D. to track may work, but usually, they don't, at least not over the long run. Learning how each food choice impacts your body and weight and figuring out how to introduce and maintain physical activity into your life is the key and maybe the only key that works.
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