Finding your ideal weight

[GLC1968]

I found my ideal weight in 2004. Unfortunately I've misplaced it somewhere.

Hey, me too!

Really great article here about body types for women athletes:

http://www.stumptuous.com/why-dont-y...-fitness-model


Check out the photos about halfway down of olympic athletes' bodies. The photos are a little dated, but still cool.

[shootingstar]

Ok. I looked at 1-2 photos. I thought I knew my ideal weight before I saw these photos.

Now I am a tad confused. Some of these women must be awfully lean and muscular.

For instance, 2 gymnasts:

4'8" -85 lbs. (or is it 95 lbs.)
5'7"- 100 lbs. ?????? Really?

I am 5'1'- 97-98 lbs. (I haven't weighed myself. Not tonight-- I had borscht soup, 6 perogies, 2 inch Ukranian sausage, sauerkraut. A church fundraising dinner.) Based on the above comparative stats. for the athletes, I'm "perfect" weight weakling. Does that make sense?

Oh well. These chicks are much younger than I. Age must be considered too in the whole equation. For instance, 5'7" woman at 100 lbs. and if she was 55 yrs. old (instead of 26 yrs. old or so), it might look abit different/gaunt on an older woman.

[lph]

Hey, me too!

Really great article here about body types for women athletes:

http://www.stumptuous.com/why-dont-y...-fitness-model

Hey, that was a really good article! Funny too. I bet men don't have to deal with the "if you work out this hard why don't you look like a model"-kind of crap. I loved the visualization of how weight really has very little to do with height until you factor in body type and desired achievement in sport.

[OakLeaf]

That's a great set of pictures.

I haven't spent a lot of time poking around Stumptuous, but I love her attitude.

[redrhodie]

I bookmarked that site. Great article.

My idea of an ideal weight has changed as I've gotten more into cycling (and as I've aged). Now, I look gaunt at the weight I used to consider my "ideal". I think I look better with a little bit of meat on my bones, and I feel stronger, too.