Men who were skinny your whole life but finally gained a healthy/ideal weight, what changed in your life that the old skinny you wouldn’t experience?
Men who were skinny your whole life but finally gained a healthy/ideal weight, what changed in your life that the old skinny you wouldn’t experience?
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I turned 35
Got married, happy weight is a thing haha. But now I’m healthier, maybe 10 pounds above ideal weight. 210 at 6’4, I think 200 would be more ideal, but I was like 170 before my wife so 😂
Not broke anymore
I joined f3 nation. It’s a free men’s workout group. Find a local group in their website and start showing up. It’s like getting a free personal trainer everyday
Well I met my girlfriend
I stopped smoking six years ago.
I wouldn’t say I was skinny, but could see my abs, stayed pretty trim, worked out. Then I had kids… the work load and stress took away any desire to stay in shape… I stayed about 275-280 (6’6”) from 21-30 years old, could easily grab an 800 lb steer and dog it (flip it over). Loaded oil barrels and tractor tires by hand, two hay bales at a time, stuff pickup transmissions in without a jack…. Manly stuff (/s). Slowly started losing muscle mass and gaining belly. Really hit me 2.5 years ago with a knee injury. Got up to a few lbs shy of 300lbs winter before last. Couldn’t breathe when I bend over. Had a realization last spring when I started working cows again how weak my legs had gotten. Need to start training again, but now I don’t have the energy… or maybe it’s the GAF? Kids are teens, now.
Nothing really. I got older, my metabolism slowed down. I had to be a little more careful about unhealthy indulgences. But the changes in my life had nothing to do with my weight.
I moved out of an abusive home into a non-abusive home at 17.
Went from 140 to 180 in 6 months (at 6’1).
As to what changed, everything – I moved better, felt better, had way more energy, got sick less – some of that will have been the removal of stress but not all – been a healthy weight is important.
Other men assuming they could push me around.
Got older, I think I’m still skinny, I was always 130, then 150 for a while, now 5’7″ 162, bmi says I’m overweight.
No more random pain in my joints, back, neck and shoulders. I didn’t realise my body was so rickety due to malnutrition.
I had to buy new pants because the waist got too small…
I am 33 years old and this is the first time that has ever been the cause of me buying new pants. It was height until I stopped growing around age 18, and my waist has been stable since… And recently I stopped fitting in the old pants and new pants of the same size.
People started finding me attractive, confidence increased,health issues lessened
I turned 40
P 90X and creatine.
Age and exercise.
Looking healthy. I weighed 120 for most of my life. Turned out I was underweight.
Counting calories.
In terms of what I experienced? Not much honestly. I’ll occasionally get compliments from girls I’m dating, but skinny me didn’t date lol
Put together a meal plan and lifted weights. 135 to 165 in about 2 years. Hard, dedicated, disciplined years.
Took eating and lifting a lot more seriously.
Metabolism changed.
Nothing much. People still think I’m too thin, despite being a healthy weight (23 BMI) I maybe don’t get as cold as I used to.
A lot of attention from men and big girls, after going from 150 lbs to 225 lbs at 6’1”, 12% body fat. Attractive women too, but the big girls were more aggressive.
Quit smoking, stopped walking everywhere, got old
I found a gf that has cooking as her main hobby and recently bought a Thermomix.
It was so immature, so don’t be like this, but I did it because I saw the correlation between respect and size. Not like ‘yeh bro’ respect but that human thing people are supposed to always give. Unfortunately, it was immature. Just as unfortunately, it worked.