# Weight gain since high school **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631 "2011-05-12T06:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/21 "2011-05-12T14:58:19Z")
Weighed 110 when I graduated high school in 1999. Gained 15 or so through college, gained another 25 the two years after college, putting me up to about 150 in 2005 when I got married. Since then I have hovered around 150, with a couple pounds here or there. I feel like I hit a weight equilibrium and I’m going to stay around 150. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/22 "2011-05-12T15:01:50Z")
[Quote=EinsteinsHund] Graduated in '87 weighing about 62 kg then. Now I’m at 68 kg, so gained 6 kg, about 12 pounds. According to your cardiologist’s formula I should weigh about 86 kg now, but I’m rather certain (knock on wood!) that I’ll never weigh that much in my lifetime if I keep my eating habits. [/Quote] Too late to edit: :smack: My math was totally screwed. I’ll try again: Weighed 62 kg (136.7 lbs) in '87, weigh 68 kg (149.9 lbs) now, should weigh (after cardiologist’s formula) 83.77 kg (184.7 lbs). ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/23 "2011-05-12T15:17:19Z")
I don’t remember for sure, but I’d guess I weighed about 160-165 when I graduated high school 23 years ago. In grad school I hit the gym hard and put on some muscle; in the 12 years since I graduated from grad school, I’ve replaced some of that muscle with fat (due to no longer hitting the gym, and replacing my bicycle with a motorcycle); I now weigh in at around 180 pounds. According to the OP’s formula, I should weigh 203-208 pounds right now. I guess I’m beating the average. ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/24 "2011-05-12T15:21:40Z")
I weighed 160 at graduation. 25 years later I weigh 170. I have, however, weighed as much as 225 and was in the 185-195 range for about half of those years. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/25 "2011-05-12T16:15:53Z")
I weigh approximately the same, after 25 years. That said, I have fluctuated—at one point, I weighed about 45 pounds less than I do now (anorexia; I am normal weight currently), and have weighed up to 22-23 pounds more than I do now (not including pregnancies). ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/26 "2011-05-12T16:25:14Z")
I graduated 11 years ago, and weigh about 10 pounds more now. I’m guessing that’s about +15 pounds fat, -5 pounds muscle. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/27 "2011-05-12T16:31:13Z")
I graduated at about 155-160 lbs. I graduated 18 years ago, so that should put me at 196. I am currently 165. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/28 "2011-05-12T16:59:26Z")
I’m 5’2" and I was 105 when I graduated in 1985. I weigh 116, now; however, when I got married (but am now divorced) seven years ago, I was down to 100, so my weight has definitely fluctuated over the years. 116 seems to be my normal weight at this point, but I would drop ten pounds in a heartbeat if I quit drinking. I would love to be 105 again, but it’s probably not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/29 "2011-05-12T17:08:09Z")
170 in 1981. 295 thirty years later. \*\*You \*\*do the math. I’m eating. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/30 "2011-05-12T17:09:07Z")
I weighed 130 when I graduated high school in 1966 and now weigh 145. My only weight control strategy has been to cut back to one meal a day whenever my pants start getting tight. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/31 "2011-05-12T17:13:39Z")
I’m down about 5 lbs from my high school weight, graduated 11 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/32 "2011-05-12T17:14:28Z")
If I go by that, I should have increased in weight by 60 lbs!:eek: That can’t be right, I’d be way overweight at 180 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/33 "2011-05-12T17:29:20Z")
I can’t remember what I weighed when I graduated. I think I was 120 or 130. I was 5’10" back then. I am now 5’11", 160. I am HS class of '97. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/34 "2011-05-12T17:35:04Z")
I graduated 20 years ago when I weighed 120lbs. I now weigh 140, which is after a conscious effort to gain weight. Last year I weighed something like 125. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/35 "2011-05-12T19:23:35Z")
I gained about a pound a year. 140 when I graduated, 165 now (28 years later). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/36 "2011-05-12T19:45:13Z")
I’ve gained around 4 lbs a year. In reality, I graduated high school and college at about 125 lbs on a 6’1" body. I could lose a few pounds now at ~200 lbs but I’m probably healthier looking than I was back in 1991. It was turning 30 that did it to me. I think I was around 130ish until then and then I suddenly started gaining weight just by brushing my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/37 "2011-05-12T20:51:11Z")
Obviously this applies less the older you get. Take your average 88 year old male who graduated HS 70 years ago at a standard weight of 150 lbs. Now he would weigh 290 lbs. I would say thats a bit high for your average 88 year old. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/38 "2011-05-12T21:23:51Z")
Hah! It works for me perfectly. I was class of '04 and I’m exactly 12 lbs heavier. But I gained it all in the past two years since I started working out and eating better. Definitely very healthy weight gain for me, need some more. I think some of you might be forgetting the ‘average’ person is overweight or obese, and the older you get the more likely that is to become true. Of course it’s not healthy for to steadily gain weight your entire adult weight. Too much of it is bound to be fat. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/39 "2011-05-12T21:41:42Z")
I graduated from high school 39 years ago, and I have gained weight, but nowhere near 78 pounds. More like 50 lbs. I was a gymnast in high school. I suspect that rule of thumb breaks down after a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631/40 "2011-05-12T21:53:03Z")
I graduated in 1995. I weigh the exact same now as I did then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-gain-since-high-school/581631.md?page=3)