Tue, Nov-05-19, 21:31
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,056
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Plan: My own
Stats: 186/155/150
BF:
Progress: 86%
Location: SW PNW
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Originally Posted by Bonnie OFS
I can relate to the nightgown stories. Years ago, when I weighed somewhere north of 225, I bought a winter-weight nightgown that has worn like iron. When new the hem was just below my knees, now it's down to my ankles. The sleeves are no longer tight. And it does tend to slide off the shoulder on one side - husband (bless his heart) thinks it's sexy.
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The weird thing is that almost all of the ideal weight calculators say I should be at 120 for my height. I only weighed that little once in my life in my early 20s - & I looked skeletal. My best weight was 130-135. Also, I'm much older now - doesn't that make a difference? At 66 I'm not going to look like I did at 25.
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Bonnie, your DH sounds like a keeper :-)
You are my height, and my age (well, 67 here), and I think also that 120 is overkill. 145 is a "normal" BMI for us, so anything lower than that is in the "healthy" range. When I was in my twenties I didn't pay much attention to my weight (that is, I was concerned that I was "fat", but wasn't too centered on the actual poundage), however I think I was about 135# for much of that time. Meaning, I was a perfectly adequate weight, but "curvy", so thought myself fat (in the age of Twiggy). Would love to be back at 135# again, but fancy anything lower than 145# is unrealistic.
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