Were you physically fit as a teenager?

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I participated in team sports in junior high, but I was so happy when I realized I could do some other sports as an individual and not have to participate with a team. Bowling was one, and although I was on a team, it's still technically an individual sport. I didn't have to coordinate my efforts with others; just be able to get along with them when it's not my turn to go, which I can do that well enough.

I had so much physical energy but virtually no focus so I spent hours dancing around.

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When I was a teenager, I was about average when it came to fitness as I participated in the marching band, but in college, I took up rowing which really put me in the best shape of my life. I'm doing things now to improve my health such as eating healthier and getting regular exercise. One reason I'm doing what I can to get in better physical shape is that both sides of my family have high cholesterol, and both of my parents were always skinny. I'm sure that given my genetics, I'll probably be in the same situation as them, but right now, diet and exercise are keeping my cholesterol levels in the normal ranges.

I was fit when I was a teen I could run for 3 miles/4.8 km jog for 10 miles/16 km Even though I smoked. Ran cross country in school and boxed till the program was cut due to high insurance costs. I weighed 135lbs/61kg at 14 and 160lbs/72.5kg at 15 with all most identical outward measurements. Now I weigh 155lbs/70kg and am a lot softer than then. I can still can carry a 50lbs/22.6kg back pack for 25 miles/ 40km with no problem but cant run for more than .5 miles/.80 km with out being winded.

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At my heaviest I was 280lbs (20st) as a teenager, so no.

Now I'm at 198lbs, nearly at my 190lbs target