# Would you wake up tomorrow weighing 150 pounds more than you do right now, and agree to stay... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788 "2011-11-13T13:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/61 "2011-11-14T23:15:13Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Makes me light headed just to think about it. Eat something. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/62 "2011-11-15T14:32:04Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Eat something. Ha! I used to be 5 foot 2. I weigh 120. An extra 150 pounds would be horrible to lug around. With the new hypothetical above, I would get to choose to be almost 300 pounds or maybe be forced to have sex with someone that weighs that much. Missionary style would not be in the picture, that’s for sure. Ugh, Neither sounds very attractive to me, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/63 "2011-11-15T15:33:37Z")
Hell no. I don’t care that much about money. 255 lbs at 5’5" wouldn’t be so overweight that it would be disabling (judging by women I know who are around the same size); but it would be crappy in a hundred other ways, even if I could maintain my current activity level. One perk would be that I could probably work up to lifting incredible amounts of weight compared to what I can manage now… but still, not tempting. My fiance wouldn’t be attracted to me if I gained 40 lbs, much less 150. He’d probably have to leave me. Before anyone gets all het up, I feel the same way about him - I’d have no sexual attraction to him if he was overweight. We have an understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/64 "2011-11-15T15:44:29Z")
500K wouldn’t be enough. If we were talking, “never have to worry about money again and can hire a fleet of trainers and dietitians once the 3 years is up” money, maybe we could talk. We aren’t living in poverty and I like my job, so I have no incentive. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/65 "2011-11-15T16:01:28Z")
I’d do it. I’m 6’5" and have a large frame. I weigh right around 200lbs now and that’s a healthy weight for me. I think I could weigh 350 and still be pretty mobile. I’d do it for a year - but not longer. I’ve got two little kids and will soon have three. I’m having too much fun chasing my 2 yo up the jungle gym and down the slides - I wouldn’t be doing much of that at 350. But, now that I think about it - if the 150 lbs of fat disappeared, but not the added muscle that I’d gain from carrying it around, I’d be a pretty buff guy. ---
**Author:** ![Gretel\_burps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Gretel\_burps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretel_burps)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/66 "2011-11-15T16:05:56Z")
I’d definitely consider it. I mean, how many opportunities do you get to earn 500,000 extra cash in one year? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/67 "2011-11-15T16:45:46Z")
No, I can’t afford all that food! How about 500 million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/68 "2011-11-15T22:43:00Z")
I’m at a hundred pounds down. Right now, I wouldn’t do it. It was pretty crappy being where I was before–seat belt extensions on planes, no clothes fitting, being somewhat uncomfortable all the time, getting tired while walking. I wouldn’t want to do that again. Ever. I certainly wouldn’t want to go fifty pounds _over_ that. Now, were I to go down below my ultimate goal weight, and get to the point where an extra 150 pounds would put me where I was, say, a few months ago? I’d be more tempted. I still probably wouldn’t, unless we got into some truly obscene amounts of money. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/69 "2011-11-16T01:59:52Z")
Oh hell no, I just lost almost that much! I like me too much to go back to that, ever, for any amount of money. Plus, it’d wreck my gym progress, and I’m tracking it. It would \*fuck up my graph \*and we cannot have that! _pant pant pant_ ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/70 "2011-11-16T18:21:37Z")
If you want to get a visual of what you’d look like, [check here](http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html). ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/71 "2011-11-16T20:57:41Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > If you want to get a visual of what you’d look like, [check here](http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html). You know, I love this website, and I think I first came across it here on the SDMB. When I was stupid(er) and tried online dating, I was always reluctant to reveal my weight, not because I’m fluffy, chubby, rubenesque, a BBW, or whatever your preferred euphemism for “fat” is, but because I was outvoted at the meeting at which we declared 125 lbs to be the maximum acceptable weight for a woman. Apparently this limit is regardless of her height, so my excuse that I was 5’8"ish was unacceptable. If I told someone on the interwebs that I was 155 lbs, they’d likely run off screaming “No fat chicks!” Like most votes that go poorly, the meeting’s outcome was due to rampant misinformation, and I was the tiny ignored voice in the back of the room trying to convince everyone that 170 lbs often looks good on a tall woman. I say that website be manditorily posted atop all dating websites. Sure, I circumvented misgivings about my size with full length photos, but still. When I tell people who are staring at me face to face how much I weigh, I receive comments like “Oh, you hold it well.” No, I don’t. Trust me, most women you meet who weigh what I do look just like me, excerpt they all lie subtract 25 lbs from what the scale reads. ---
**Author:** ![gerund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@gerund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gerund)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788/72 "2011-11-18T00:43:04Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > If you want to get a visual of what you’d look like, [check here](http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html). Fantastic website! I would look like a bear. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wake-up-tomorrow-weighing-150-pounds-more-than-you-do-right-now-and-agree-to-stay/602788.md?page=3)