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Posted: 9/20/2009 4:00:03 PM | I have been actively dieting and exercising for 4 weeks now... I have had noticeable and significant weight losses in that time. I am still overweight. I plan on continuing my weight loss program till I get down to a place that I can feel comfortable at and continue with an exercise routing that will keep me there. At what point should I change my "body type" in my profile from "a few extra pounds" to "athletic"? I would prefer an answer from a female point of view because I think men and women have a different view of "athletic or a few extra pounds"
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Posted: 9/20/2009 5:15:06 PM |
I have been actively dieting and exercising for 4 weeks now... I have had noticeable and significant weight losses in that time. I am still overweight. I plan on continuing my weight loss program till I get down to a place that I can feel comfortable at and continue with an exercise routing that will keep me there. At what point should I change my "body type" in my profile from "a few extra pounds" to "athletic"? I would prefer an answer from a female point of view because I think men and women have a different view of "athletic or a few extra pounds"
Well 1st you would be Average and then Athletic.
For me it took me ~ 2 years to go from more than a few extra pounds to Athletic.
That said I wouldn't bother to change it because if you think you can diet down to a certain weight and then try and maintain it, you will just have to change it back in a month or so.
If you today adopt a diet that feeds your body what it needs to maintain a healthy weight then you will always be at that weight.
If you reduce the number of calories to a level below what you need to maintain a healthy weight your body will react by becoming less efficient and when you do that last adjustment to what you think you need to maintain that weight it is actually more than you need because you have slowed down your metabolism and the yo-yo begins. Each each swing getting progressively bigger.
Start with something today that you can stick with for the rest of your life.
Regardless what you do in the gym it can never make up for a poor diet.
Adopt a healthy lifestyle and eating habits because it is something that will improve your quality of life. Look at any changes in your bodies appearance as a good side effect of your efforts and not the reason for your efforts. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 6:10:10 PM | | I wish they had another category. I'm stuck on the same BBW crap. Even though I've lost 108lbs. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 6:35:34 PM | | I don't even know what catagories there can be.... Other that the most widely known i guess | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 7:17:08 PM | | I would think athletic would be a very visible 'body structure'. Seeing your definition and all the parts of your body rather than a bunch of goo sitting on top hiding it all. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 8:43:07 PM | As you know it's a body type. I would think althetic would be lean, starting to see a six pack. I have my self as average. I go to the gym 3 times a week, bike to work and ride 20km on my cardio days, and I eat healthy. While I am doing athletic things, and also enjoy things like hiking and snowboarding, I don't feel that my body type is athletic yet. We are pretty close in age, so I don't know.
What is average for a 40 year old male in North America. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 9:24:44 PM | Were dealing with body types, not fitness. I don't care if you can run a marathon, if you don't have at least the outline of a 6 pack, you don't have an "athletic" body type. You can be athletic in terms of fitness without the body to prove it. But again were talking body types as opposed to fitness.
Lots of people with a few extra pounds are in better shape than some of their skinny counterparts. Body type may be a predictor of fitness, but it is not definitive. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 10:20:37 PM |
What is average for a 40 year old male in North America.
Sedentary and overweight ? | |
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Posted: 9/20/2009 10:36:28 PM | I am a guy, so my viewpoint is a bit different, but to qualify as "athletic", you should be benching your body-weight for sets/reps of 10, squatting at LEAST 1.8X your body-weight for a 1ROM, and coming in at 13% body-fat or less.
Average would be 14-18% body-fat.
This is from MY standpoint. I use lifts as well as body-fat to qualify athletic, because just because someone is a twig does not mean they are athletic. Average is more about body-fat than lifts, imho. | |
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Posted: 9/21/2009 12:26:59 PM | | ^^^ But the question 'what body type' has NOTHING to do with personal fitness. It's not performance based at all, it's entirely visual/aesthetic. | |
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Posted: 9/21/2009 1:45:41 PM | Athletic=low body fat AND muscular.....either a runner's body that is toned or more of a body builder type....
Thin=low body fat but not very muscular....
Agree with James, you have to become "average" first.... | |
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Posted: 9/21/2009 2:35:07 PM |
^^^ But the question 'what body type' has NOTHING to do with personal fitness. It's not performance based at all, it's entirely visual/aesthetic
I agree entirely with you CGG .... it seems most of the guys think it is personal fitness!
There are guys who I know who never work out or visit the gym and they have a 6pk... generally because they are really lean and others who are very fit and participate in a lot of sport who don't have a 6pk.
I have seen some beautiful bodies that I would classify as 'Athletic' and only the very few actually had a 6 pk. One of the most gorgeous, in my eyes, was/is on a fella who does indoor rowing competitions. He is in great shape, everything wonderfully proportioned and toned and a total pleasure on the eye. He doesn't have a 6pk but he doesn't have any flab either.
'Average', to me, is a guy who has love handles and has excesses around his girth. Probably wouldn't have any toning on his arms or chest whether he exercises or not.
'A few extra pounds' would have me thinking that the fella possibly 'lives to eat' as opposed to 'eats to live'. Has a flabby unfit body with too big a girth for my liking.
I am never interested in the latter as it conjurs up thoughts that the guy prefers to watch sport instead of participate in it. | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 12:07:11 PM | I agree with GirlyGirl, it's about how your body looks! I have run a marathon and was very athletic but I have never had an athletic body. I'm very lean and fit, but have no real muscle definition so WHY LIE?
I just met a man who had listed his body type as athletic it was hard to tell from his pics, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. When he showed up (Dr. Chris) not only was he completely gray (profile said brown hair) but he had shrunk an inch or two and he had a big belly. He may be healthy and hike and bike daily but he does not look it!
Saying you have an athletic body and posting pictures to the contrary does not help your case! | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 12:17:06 PM | | Alice...OMG what an absolute disappointment .... hope his personality made up for the discrepancies on his profile? Did you slap his wrist? | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 12:30:05 PM |
At what point should I change my "body type" in my profile from "a few extra pounds" to "athletic"? I would prefer an answer from a female point of view because I think men and women have a different view of "athletic or a few extra pounds"
You change it when, in all honesty, you can say that's what your body type is. | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 3:42:54 PM | There are countless people on here who claim to have althletic body types. 90% of them barely average and nearly all of them don't really do anything athletic. In my opinion, running on a treadmill and lifting weights is not athletic; any bozo can do that. I think it is pretty self-explanatory. Look at an athlete's body and fairly compare your body to theirs. As a rule, I would say athletic means at least somewhat visible abs, moderately DEFINED muscles, and a body shape that has minimal "roundness" to it.
I currently have a nice body, but it's about 8 weeks of hard training away from athletic. | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 4:31:32 PM | | I can't wait til the day I can change my status, the problem is I'll never know when that is LOL | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 4:36:21 PM | | Keep it Average until you know for a fact you can say "athletic". Hell, I am athletic and I keep mine at average...simply because I am not where I want to be. I do not care how "fit" someone claims they are. Fat is fat, average is average and thin is thin. Just because some biggun can run 25 feet or has lost a lot of weight does not make them athletic (that is what I have encountered on here). Just be honest with yourself and others, and how you think they will view you when you meet them IN PERSON. I always tell guys up front..I am muscular. Built big and not to be shocked. I also tell my weight, my diet etc...I get told a lot of things yet when I meet people I really have to wonder. Everyone has a different idea on what is "athletic" "average" etc....but people ALSO need to stop bullshitting. The last guy I met was so called athletic...because he claimed to have lost 80 pounds. He was not athletic. What he did was change his lifestyle...it was a NO GO. | |
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Posted: 9/22/2009 6:23:14 PM | Who gives a damn really? If you can see a full body clothed photo of someone, what does it matter what they list?
If you want low bodyfat, stop pouring sugar down your throat and do more conditioning besides lifting weights. Real "athletes" do strength and conditioning, not just one. Aesthetics is a byproduct of good training and sensible eating!!! | |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 3:42:45 PM | ^^^ True
I'm still waiting for the option "plump chicken"
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Posted: 9/28/2009 5:38:08 PM | look at a football team: the QB is fit and trim, and the running backs are toned and tight, and line backers are gigantic and thick. athletic means you are an athlete. it means your work yourself and you can handle some endurence. i have seen thin men with six pacs that catagorize themselves as athletic. i have seen beer bellies and thick arms catagorized as athletic. i believe them both. when you work out so much that you don't care what others think about your body type, you know you are an athlete, then you can put athletic | |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 6:01:07 PM | | I can't wait to be average. Though I have no clue what average is lol. All this classification has me up in arms. | |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 6:23:10 PM | | I would go with "average" until you can see definition without flexing. | |
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Posted: 9/28/2009 8:05:37 PM |
Message: Keep it Average until you know for a fact you can say "athletic".
Yea ! what she said! ~ it's a no brainer ~ you are athletic when you preform at an athletic level. ~ power, strength, can be sustained and controlled by repetitive muscle memory and honed to a fine skill.
I wear 32'' x 34' pants a 17 x 33" shirt , 40 long jacket , 10% body fat at 73'' tall ~ and I'm just bearly average.
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Posted: 9/28/2009 9:23:57 PM | OP.. First of all way to go in getting yourself physically fit, I wish you the best!
As far as changing your body type, you don't look to be too overweight so I would say you average, which isn't a bad thing 
Athletic in my opinion is someone that is in pretty good shape, maybe not cut to the max but noticable for sure.
It's gonna take some time, and once you shed the lbs you won't notice much muscle change for a couple of years but people around you definatly will as you "transform"
Again good luck!  | |
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