Were you physically fit as a teenager?

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There are and always will be exceptions, I just wish people wouldn't latch onto them. Maybe I've been mistakenly labouring under the impression that we are supposed to strive to achieve our genetic potential, or maybe some people just didn't get that memo.

Very impressive, Charles. I think it's safe to say you represent the gold standard in fitness among WP members.

I'm feeling better than I have in quite awhile in terms of overall fitness. I look no where near as good as you but after training fairly hard for the last three months for an upcoming western mountain climbing trip in July, I'm as solid as I've been in years. I'm pretty focused on cardiovascular training and building my wind. Right now, I swim a mile about three times a week and run four to five miles twice a week. My diet is pretty normal and I don't snack at all ... probably could stand to lay off the PM alcohol but I dig my "medication." We don't have a scale at my house, but just by looking I'd put myself somewhere around 190-195 (at 6'00) ... I'm not cut at all but I have very good tone at the moment.

It just bothers some people when the exceptions are ignored or are thought to be fake. Same could be said on what some people think about autism, or other mental conditions that are similar. "ADHD is not even real"

No-one's ignoring the exceptions, but they are just that - exceptions.

To get back to te original topic, I was very unfit as a teen. I was quite fit as a child, but quit moving and started eating more aroudn age 12. Still, I was never overweight until about a year ago. Now I've lost some pounds again and my dietician says I'm not overweight, but I'd still like to lose some weight. My endurance is pretty much non-existent. I feel like suffocating when I run a short distance.

you are wrong, actually. i outperform thin dancers all the time in hip hop competitions, and i do not sweat like them either. you seriously need to let go of the idea that overweight and obese people are somehow unhealthy by default.

25 to 30% of obese people being perfectly healthy is not an exception. it is a large proportion.

Last edited by hyperlexian on 21 May 2012, 12:23 am, edited 1 time in total.

i do not understand your question.

on the original question, no - as a teenager i was extremely thin but not fit. i failed physical education class and could not climb one flight of stairs without getting winded.

general reminder to thread contributors - be cautious about how you talk about obese and overweight people on WrongPlanet. try replacing "obese people" with "white people" or "men" or something to get an idea if your post crosses a line.

for example, would it be ok to say that, "asian people are slothful gluttons"? NO. so don't say it about fat people either.

Wow, just wow.

Last edited by ZX_SpectrumDisorder on 21 May 2012, 2:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

you seriously need to find some new friends.

You need to let go of your corpulent complex.

it is not me with any sort of complex, because i don't have a problem with obese people. it is YOU that has a problem with large people.

You're delusional. There are some unwritten rules in life you just don't see.

hahaha clearly i am not, because i am surrounded by people who don't hate on fat people, and i have never once suffered socially for being overweight, even when i was obese. if you choose to hang out with people who are mean and judgemental, then.... you will experience that from them.

I don't choose to hang out with those I don't choose to hang out with. I don't know why you're latching onto that.
You're being a bit mental. Carry on.