• dailyachesandpains said on Sep 05, 2007....

  "It was then brought up that I'm not in high school anymore and I shouldn't care about my weight.  It's not like I have to keep my social status up any longer."
   
  I want to know...Did your mother say that to you?  My Mother said that to me (something like it) with regard to being too skinny.   
   
  It's that after school is done, there are other priorities in life.  For some, keeping up appearances takes a back seat to relationships, friends, jobs, family, kids...
   
  Daily

• SeanRenaud said on Sep 05, 2007....

  It wasn't my mother.  Considering the health that comes with being in shape I'm not sure it should EVER take a back seat particularly not with all of the data we have and are gathering about how pretty people get paid more have more friends better self esteem and a lot of other things that make you say duh but atleast I can understand having other priorities.

• silverwhisper said on Sep 05, 2007....

  i'm a bit older than you sean, and you know, i don't really do much to stay fit. i just bought some running shoes the other day though and am considering fixing that.
  
  ed

• Eilan said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I kinda fell off the wagon with my running/lifting during the summer, but I need to get back into it.  I'm busy with kids and school and everything, but I also take a certain amount of pride in hearing people say I don't look like I've had four children.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I did pretty good until I moved closer to the bay area.  When I lived in the country it was easier to stay in shape since it was safe (and sometimes neccesary) to walk a lot.  I think as we get older, we also cut ourselves a little slack, which may be healthy up to a point.

• LadyGamer said on Sep 05, 2007....

  No. I don't think that getting older means you have to stop caring about your body.

• uniquely-ironic said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I didn't say that when you get older you stop caring about your body.  I said you cut yourself some slack.  There is a difference. 
   
  Recovery from a workout takes longer, the muscles don't respond as quickly as they used to, etc.  You learn to take more time, not push it so much, etc.

• husbandhater said on Sep 05, 2007....

  You should care about your weight if it factors into any health problems such as diabeties,high blood pressure,etc.,. other than that if we are discussing a few vanity pounds then fuck it.
   
  I am 138lbs. I was 125originally but after the birth of my 3rd I balloned to200lbs. After his birth 177 then 160. After my circulation became an issue I went for gusto and knock down to 128lbs. I am 138 now and happy as the exercising is alot to keep up with. I actually like food and am O.K. with my weight. The point is that your body changes as you get older, this we can't control. The point is not to let it get out of control to the poin tthat it is a problem.
   
  Good Luck Sean

• truthsayer said on Sep 05, 2007....

  Well, I am feeling a bit snarky...watch out ; )  I was hotter than I thought back then, and apparently, hotter than I think right now...and also guilty of slacking off during several stressful and/or sad times of my life.  I have put on weight from the meds, and I hate that sooo much.   
   
  I guess my family really notices my looks and my health more than I do.  They do tell me, but not out of meanness (sp) or anything.  They say I have little 'pain lines' that show up when I hurt, so I have had to learn to do more to take care of myself.  Especially since the accident. 
   
  I used to run 3 miles a day, for fun.  I can't do that anymore.  I don't like always having to "be careful".  So, I am looking forward to a complete recovery.  I really like exercise.  I have been informed I cannot play volley ball or ride horses anymore...and they say I shouldn't run anymore...but, if I get a full recovery, which I fully plan on : )  I will be able to do whatever I used to do!  In the meantime, I guess I should start swimming!!!
   
  So no Sean...in my opinion, living health is a way of life.  Not obsessing about your looks or body (like vanity), but take care of the temple/tabernacle; you know?
   
  Oh yeah...btw?  I am AB+!  But, you probably already knew that, right? ; )  See?  I was lurking around here : )
   
  Truth 

• SeanRenaud said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I don't believe I was talking about you uniquely but thank you for commenting.
   
  As for Truth wow you want to know something ironic.  Your AB+ your blood, your life is only good for a very select group of people.
   
  I'm O+ my blood is good for nearly everybody on this planet.
   
  Wanna come over for dinner?  I'm pretty sure by the time you get here Bloc will have denied me three times, probably cus I asked for gas money :-)

• Mamie said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I am more fit now in my forties than I was in my thirties. And it was not out of desire but out of the health issues that I faced. Now I just feel kinda cruddy if I don't work out on a day...but I only do that Mon thru Fri...Saturday is hit or miss and I have off on Sundays. It is fun and I love it!! I weigh the same as I did in college...

• rupert7 said on Sep 05, 2007....

  I have done some hard yakka (work) in my time. Aluminium smelter,(pot lines) and 8 years on the railway tracks. I was trim taught and terrific! Flat stomach,six pack,bulging biceps etc. I didn't know I have M.S. in those days but later in life it started to wreak havoc and resulted in early retirement and a pension. Thats life!! Thing is that while I am still able to walk, after a couple of hundred yards I move like "Chester" in "Gunsmoke" if anyone can remember that far back!!! Here is the thing! I can't excerise to a beneficial degree and I now view my expanding waisteline with alarm! In high school I loved running! Everything from the hundred yard dash to the 8 mile cross country (though the section through loose dry sand on the beach was tough being near the end of the run) Now I would be struggling to limp out of sight on a dark night!!  Last time I dared step on the scales I was about 30 pound over weight and i aint lost any!!

• mom said on Sep 06, 2007....

  I used to be real skinny.  That is all I have to say.

• LilCuteKitten said on Sep 10, 2007....

  I wonder if it was my fault. Who's weight (from your immediate group of friends) hasn't went up since high school? Look at Brad and Thomson, and especially me. It happens because jobs and families (respectively) come before our own health. At high school, how many of you walked home from school? How many walked from class to class? I think all of your friends did, including you (I remember because I walked with you home most Fridays to get to Wes's) On top of the fact we didn't have as much stress and we didn't have cars. Only Dave did. So yes, most people gain weight because we just forget.
  
  
  and it's all about love and kisses from me that make you gain weight too.
  
  
  Kitten

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