Feeling fit but lookig ill ..

newtez2

In the summer I was cycling almost everyday for 3-4 hrs + now the winter has arrived iv switched to running 5xtimes a week as I train for marathons as just done two back to back and got a few coming up in the next few months so been keen on the running and love it,
But my weight has dropped and everyone is saying that I look very ill and asking if im ok!

I haven't noticed myself, anyone else expired comments like this ! Bit of putting!
Every one tells me I look ill, rough as a badger etc etc!!
But I feel so fit and healthy….

Ron Stuart

You must be talking about half the pro peloton then? :?

ride_whenever

tell them to STFU and get of their fat lard-arses... usually it's just jealousy, but if you want an honest balanced opinion then the internet is the place to show pics and get them.

newtez2

Mate this place is full of over weight middle aged grummpy men!
All they do after work is get pissed!!!
pint after pint after :shock:
Iv seen it first hand bloody nut cases!! they think im mad!!!

Only last week a poor chap died of a heart attack he was only 48!!

wheeler585

Funny you say that, i know when ppl say to me, "god you look well" i know ive put a couple of pounds on. And when they say you look like crap, far to skinny, then i know im race fit, and going well ;-)

newtez2

Kinda a like the Tudor times ! the rich and healthy where the fattiest ones the skinny ones are the peasents and worked the land like horses!!! 8)

Karl2010

If your realy worried go to your GP, tell them what you've been doing training wise.
Get a prossional opinion.

My family are always at it to me. As soon as i loose some weight they're like, "are you ok" "you've lost weight are eating properly" then they try and fatten me up with busicuits and cakes.

That pisses me off becuase its hard enough to avoid fatty snacks as it is, without having them rammed right under your nose.
My mum always says "i baked it for you" she uses emotional black mail to get me to eat it, fatten me up.! Does my ed' in!

They havnt said anything to me for a while becuase ive got fat and out of shape.
As soon as the weight drops off they'll be back on my case.

THEM: "do you want this food? do you want that food?"
ME: "No thanks"
...5 Mins later
THEM: "do you want something to eat? Do you want this/that?" "i baked a cake for you"
ME: "no thanks"
...10 mins later
THEM: "do you want a busicuit?"
ME: "for the last time NO, now f**k off!"

Percy Vera

wheeler585 wrote:

Funny you say that, i know when ppl say to me, "god you look well" i know ive put a couple of pounds on. And when they say you look like crap, far to skinny, then i know im race fit, and going well ;-)

Ditto...

I used to love it at work when people said I look like sh1t

Ah those were the days.....

manxshred

I move the the UK from South Africa just over 3 years ago. In SA my weight hit 105kgs (230 pounds).

Since I've been here I've taken up cycling, cut back on the food and lost a lot of weight. I went back to SA recently and it was crazy. I even had people asking me if I had HIV.

I think it shows why society has a weight problem when being overweight is regarded as "healthy" and being fit and skinny is un-healthy.

holker

Sounds to me that your weight is fine. To be fit for running you need to be skiny. Most sedentary people will think you're under weight, you're not. Fact is most people even those that consider themselves slim will be a stone over weight. If you're friends say your under weight you're probably ideal weight for running, health and fitness. Just make sure you eat properly and you'll be fine.

freehub

It would be easy to tell if someone was a stone over weight, they'd look on the chubby side for starters and not many people would think they're slim.

Although when I weight almost 14 stone my parents insisted I was not fat....