How consistent is your body form?

[Tobus]

My weight fluctuates from my ideal 130 pounds to a heavy 160 pounds. My pants size fluctuates from 32 inches up to 35 inches. Usually staying around 33-34 inches.

It's maddening. I could probably keep it more regulated, but that requires constant monitoring and discipline that I simply don't have. So I have two sets of clothes. One for the thinner Tobus and one for the fatter Tobus.

The kilt I bought less than a year ago is already too large for me since I've lost some weight since last fall. And the kilt I have on the way may already be a little loose on me by the time it gets here. The good news is that surely they'll fit me again some day when I gain the weight back.

[Geoff Withnell]

When I got out of Recruit Training (aka bootcamp) I was at 250 pounds, with out trace of fat anywhere. I'm 6'1" tall, and the insurance tables say I should be at 189 max. However, I'm built more like the barrell they used to ship a Marine, than the classic broad shoulders slim hip configuration. Over the years, as my work when from the manufacturing floor to the engineering and now management offices, my activity level dropped and my weight crept up to just over 400 pounds. About the same time I joined this forum, my doctor told me I had 2 choices- exercise and lose weight, or die. I have chosen to exercise and lose weight. I'm now down to abot 320, with the goal of reaching my boot weight of 250. I won't have quite as much lean muscle mass as I had then (41 years ago) but the doc and I will be satisfied there. I'm losing around a pound a week, so I have a little over a year to go. Fortunately, as Barb T. has noted in another thread, it is much easier to make a kilt fit a amaller size than a larger.

Geoff Withnell