After I came out of the navy as a 22-year old, I steadily put on weight (probably 5 kilos a year) until last year I weighed around 106 kilos as a 26 year old. It was easy for me to ignore since I am a tall person (188 cm in height) but I any confidence I had in my fitness was long gone by the last year. I remember taking a body composition test and finding out I was 25% fat back then.
From that point until today I have managed to lose 25 kilos. Mainly through harsh calorie deficit regimes. I dont feel overweight at all when I look myself in the mirror now, in fact I am pretty sure I am normal at 80 kilos. My big conundrum now is what sort of path I want to take now. Should I try to put on some muscle or just stay thin? Both venues are reasonably healthy but I certainly wouldn't mind having more muscles as long they are visible and not hidden behind layers of fat like 1 year ago or like most dwarves in DF have.
I'm going to take a new body composition test this thursday. While this calculation may seem silly, I belive my self to be around 18% body fat now. I just multiplied my previous fat percent at 106 kilo with my current weight, assuming a balanced loss of tissue (which means losing muscle as well).
I HOPE I will be lower. I dont see how fat serves much function once it's stored in your body other than making you...fat.
What I'd like to ask my fellow DF'ers is how you feel about being a a thin or a strong person. Everyone has his or her's ideals but what makes it ideal to you or why would you change. I'll kick it off by saying that when it comes to being really fabulous in clothes, thin usually beats musular to me. I just prefer the model type of look both on men and women. On the other hand muscular is the king on the beach and I will say that I experience back pains when I do a lot of "office" type of work over a computer, so having strong muscles in my back and stomach will probably alleviate this a lot.
