[Sweetcaroline]

I just heard a quick report about a new Patriot football player who

"will be a big force to deal with next season at 240 pounds"

I've been heavier than that a lot of my life .... does this freak anyone else out ???

[Lovely]

I began this journey at 331... I remember having to go through Muscle & Fitness (for work purposes) and being quite a bit shocked to know I weighed a good deal more than some bodybuilders. And they were trying to weigh more!

[Hannah25]

Haha, that was my starting weight. And I must admit if I got my momentum going I would have probably been quite the force to reckon with, as well.

[rockinrobin]

Oh gosh how this used to upset me. I was heavier then NBA players. And I'm only 5 feet tall!! They're - what - close to 7 FEET & are MEN! Yes, this used to bother me terribly.

I used to watch Oprah and she would often say how she used to weigh more then the heavy weight champion of the world and that's when she realized she had to do something. That was like two hundred forty something pounds if I recall. I was way more then that. Yup, it freaked me out.

And then of course it always bothered me (okay freaked me out) that I weighed more then my overweight husband.

[denialisnthappiness]

I weighed more than my ex bf! And my dad! A 20 something girl shouldn't weigh more than her dad!

Freak me out? **** yes!

[Mrs Snark]

I've often FELT like I was built like a football player. If only I had a football player's salary it might have been worth it!

[sh3l5]

many a times i felt as though i was the size of a football player....

[friendlykat4u]

Another one here, I'm not a sport fan at all, but the few times I've heard how much a football player weighs I cringe, I'm bigger and shorter than them.

I also weigh more than my husband and he's a few inches taller than me. It doesn't bother me but I'm not thrilled about it either.

[trooworld]

What bothers me is that I weigh the equilavent of TWO of the size -0- girls that I see running around the college campus that I go to!

[Smiling_Sara]

Originally Posted by Sweetcaroline

I just heard a quick report about a new Patriot football player who I've been heavier than that a lot of my life .... does this freak anyone else out ???

very much so!

[Heather]

goodness yes. I used to weigh more than almost any professional athlete!

[KD4154]

I know exactly how you feel. When they say this heavy weight boxer weighs 230 lbs and I would think to myself "that's only a few pounds more than me, and I'm no athlete!"

That's a scary thought. I'm looking forward to being much MUCH lighter than a heavy weight champion!

[Lunula]

Oh yea, been there - done that! I totally know how you feel. It pains me to hear that pro football players weight less than me! Or knowing I can never do the see-saw with my husband because he weighs less than me!

We'll get there, though! We WILL get there!

[JasonsLea]

Oh god yes! It freaks me out that I weigh more than most men. I weigh more than ALL the guys at my job (my workplace is 99.9% male)! Oh and I have the broad shoulders and am as heavy footed as a linebacker.

[FB]

Ha! I had my freak-out moment yesterday while my son was watching cartoons of all things. Did you know (I didn't) that Fred Flintstone weighs 225 pounds? It was such a dumb episode involving him being on a diet. My ego took a blow at a cartoon- I'm silly! For some reason Fred Flintstone bothers me more than athletes.