Male, 6'3", 275 lbs. 42" waist. But, when I got married 10 years ago, I was 140 lbs. with a 28" waist.


I've got coats that weigh more than that.

6'5 180.. lean like a jaguar! *rowr! w/ raking hand motion*

I'm 5'8 about 150... floating between 150 and 155 which is fine. A while back it was floating between 155 and 160 and moving up and I was getting to need new pants... so I had to put a stop to that, because I thought it was too much, and because I'm too damn cheap to buy all new clothes.

But the thing is I was about 125 up until 1998--the original pencil-necked geek!--and then by 2000 I was pushing 160. It's probably a natural age-related progression and I was so skinny to start that even at 160 I can't possibly be considered pudgy--but it was still scary to put on that much that quickly.

Just can't you use metric system ;)
I'm 176 cm and 70 kg 98-76-96

a little late to get in on the conversation, but I was on vacation for a couple weeks...

Pre-baby = 5'2" ~130lbs, comfortable in a size 6 jean. I was doinglots of running (4-5mi 4-5 days a week) and some swimming & biking, even completed a sprint triathlon. 20 months post baby = 5'2'' ~132lbs, comfortable in a size 10 jean :rolleyes: I now only have time to run 2-3mi 3-4 days a week. No one's told my ass i'm not breastfeeding anymore so it can lose the extra fat stores. And yes, i quit eating for two a LONG time ago. No amount of pilates has been able to get rid of my new "baby-belly" either (as my hubby affectionately calls it).

Anyone else care to share how procreating has changed their bodies? Please? I'd feel a whole lot better... And does #2 (or more)do even more damage??? :eyebrow: oh, and my husband is still gaining his 'sympathy' weight' as i type this!

Dearest LAbRat--
Girl, I hate to be the one to tell ya, but yes. It does seem to take a greater toll after you have #2. I've had two kids--I came back after the first one OK (don't get me wrong--I went to a DietWorkshop to shed the last 20) but after #2---all SORTS of things happened...it's too ugly for general viewing. I'll PM you as to not gross anyone out. You have my sympathy (BUT! The good news is that those little babies are WORTH it! :)

Pete still has a cute little buddha from number two. I think its pretty sexy when everything else is tightened up. :) Breast feeding really helps if anyone is still in that timeframe. I put up some serious sympathy numbers but the bike didn't approve.

Each of my little "blessings" has added an intractable 7 lbs. to my pre-baby weight. Good thing we stopped at 3 kids, or I'd be big as a barn! Whenever my kids refer to my derriere or thighs in less than flattering terms, I remind them of the root cause.

Hmm. Well, 6'4" and 350 lbs. I've changed my diet due to type 2 diabetes and just need to get motivated to excercise. I've been losing weight due to the diet change, no carbs except for oatmeal in the morning, but it's not enough. I look like a mexican wrestler at this point.

Y tu perro pequeno tambien!!! Grrr!!!

Male, 5'-10" and 155lbs. I actually used to weigh less before I started working out, which I do around 4 times a week now. Sparring helps, it's the hardest workout I've ever had and I've done endurance running before.

female, 5'8", 104 lbs---I have little bones, ok?

And let's see...I can hold a two-and-a-half year old in one arm, her portable bag of toys, my purse, a couple of bags of groceries, and my keys on the other...I believe the technical term for that is "mommy bench press."


Sidhe

:eek6: Is that 'little' as in TINKERTOYS??!!! I have two friends who are 5' 1" and 5'2" and 100-105 lbs, and they are both SKINNY.

I'd need to see a photo to believe it. 5'8" and 104 sounds inconsistent with life, let alone childbirth.

When I posted my own weight earlier in the thread I posted 5'8" and 100 pounds as her ht/wt.

Yeah, she's that skinny. All bony, pointy corners and stuff.

Yeah, but I disregarded it because most men, hubbies included, have no idea that a typical weight for a medium build (read: sexy) woman over 5' 6" is going to be over 130 lbs. If she's got muscles, it'll be even more. I usually don't believe anyone over that height weighs less than 120 unless they're painfully thin or have some wasting disease. This is based upon many years of experience as a personal trainer working with a wide cross section of the adult population (and my own experience as a weight-lifter).

Healthy 12 and 13 year-old, pre-pubescent girls 4' 10" - 5' 2" generally weigh between 95 and 110 lbs. Before hormones. Did you and Lady Sidhe adopt?

For some women it's not. My cousin was anorexic for years--also about 5'8", but probably even less than 100 lbs. She had four kids during that time. No, it's not healthy to be that thin, but it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to die or that you can't have kids. It depends on the person.

Nope, complication free pregnancy and birth. 6 pounds, 6 ounces, 19 and maybe a half inch.

She can go into more detail if she likes.

Wow -- that's so far out of my range of experience that it isn't even on my radar. I wonder what % of the population your cousin and Lady Sidhe represent? (I mean the weight/health/childbearing, not the anorexia -- and I realize Lady S. isn't saying she's anorexic.) Thanks for opening my eyes to this!

I weighed 92lbs at my first OB appointment, 150 the day I delivered (8lb 11oz baby, the smaller of my 2), and 125 2 days later.
Just another data point...

I am 5'6" 140 lbs. I feel pretty good about my weight, actually. I am down about 40 lbs from where I was a year ago, so I always remind myself that I could have not lost the weight. Then I think about those out there in the 100-110 range and wonder where I could actually lose another 40 lbs. I suppose I could stand to lose another 20 or so. I am not worried, though. I just need to tone up a bit. The funny thing is, I haven't been this weight in about 5 years...and I only had my son 3 years ago.

I wonder if it's a matter of cognitive dissonance (overlooking or subtly 'reinterpreting' info that doesn't match one's own world view) -- but at 5' 6" I begin to look positively gaunt at less than 135 lbs. I am pretty muscular, but I mean total strangers will ask if I have always been 'so thin' or even if I am ill at 130.

In my years as a personal trainer, I had contact with well over 200 women of all ages, ethnicity, shapes, sizes and condition, and can only remember two who were in the 5'6"-5'8" range at under 110 lbs, and I suspected both of them had eating disorders. Maybe I just don't encounter the healthy skinny ones, or maybe I just don't notice them?

PS. Good going, Case, and all the others on this board who have attacked a weight/health problem! My favorite technique, as I mentioned before, is weightlifting (I DETEST aerobics, but love hefting big chunks of metal around) and I really need to get back into it after nearly 4 years off. Now I'm in a whole new age class, if I decide to compete again. All of your success stories, and even the 'just trying' stories are very motivational!

I weighed 96 lbs when I got pregnant--ended up weighing 140 lbs by the time I gave birth. I hated being pregnant. I wasn't used to that much weight, and I hurt all the time.

Here's us:

http://exit3.i-55.com/~suit/us/pictures/menjohnsml.jpg

That was when I was about five months pregnant. I didn't start even showing until the seventh month.....


Sidhe

so, i'm watching gymnastics the other night, and svetlana k. from russia comes up in the rotation. OMG!!!!!!!!!!! this woman is a skeleton in a leotard. so, with this thread in mind, i looked up her stats, and americanizing them she is about 5'5'' and prob 100-105lbs. so anyone who is 5'6''+ and the same weight in my eyes is disgustingly thin. i could barely watch svetlana do her routine, i kept waiting for her arms to snap in half as she was doing the vault, :vomitblu:

Another question might be ... how'd she end up with a fat chick's name?

Where's the smiley for soda out the nose?