Gladius

You're not married, are you?

Campag4life

It was a joke.

Campag4life

You don't eat? How do you survive?

RJM

Oh GMAFB.

skinny cyclists are so put upon.

Gladius

So was my reply.

Dan333SP

Unfortunately, I have a really hard time with sarcasm and/or internetting, so I took his reply seriously and texted my wife.

"Hey babe you know what would make me love you more? If you lost 10 pounds by next Friday! (kissy smiley)"

So far she hasn't responded, but I can see the little typing bubble so I can only assume she's writing out a workout and meal plan for me to sign off on.

Lazyass

That was a bigoted reply.

upthywazzoo 

Wow, the UV protection on modern Lycra is REALLY good o_o

Campag4life

You are very brave.

Doug28450

fify

Tycho Brahe 

Speaking of shirt sizing, I wished they made Hawaiian shirts for tall slim builds. Love them, but they are just too big.

Hiro11

I'm 5'10", 157 (today) which puts me squarely in the middle of the "Normal" range on any BMI chart. I went to Disney World last month. Compared to people there, I looked like I had just survived an Andes plane crash... Wall-E style scooters everywhere. Food being gulped down at all times. Americans: it's getting embarrassing. Please, stop.

Dan333SP

She is an attorney. Am I screwed?

Doug28450

More than you can imagine.

topslop1

Wear it as a belly shirt, to show off the mid drift.

bmthom.gis

I'm 5'11. In high school I ran cross country and distance track events (county champion in xc and 3200 m). My weight then was in the 160s. I know I was probably in the 150s when I was at the Coast Guard Academy, and I looked awful. After I left, went back as an enlisted reservist, and by the time I went to A School I was in the upper 170s/lower 180s after packing a bit of muscle on. I think that's where I would like to get back to. Gotta get 12 off to get under 200 first. I wasn't kind to myself in college and the first few years after - lots of beer and eating out with a more sedentary life.

wphamilton

Because 2/3 of the country are overweight or obese » Mississippi is the fattest state for 10th straight year, Colorado still leanest, Arkansas getting fatter, D.C. slimmer

bmthom.gis

#dontbesucharoadie

wxmcpo

Back in 2008 my family went tot he beach with another family and a picture was snapped of me and my buddy in our swim shorts. Well I got to looking over the picture and asked "hey, who's the fat guy?" and then realized it was me. I am 6'0" and weighed 204lbs then. I decide then I was going to take up running and eventually purchased my first road bike. I went nuts with it and quickly got down to 161lbs (my wife called me manorexic). My boss actually pulled me into his office and asked if I was losing weight on purpose or was I sick and just not telling anyone. Since 2010 I have been on several overseas military deployments and fell out of my running/cycling ritual and last Nov when I weighed myself I had gotten back up to 209lbs. I got back on a stationary bike religiously (unfortunately a stationary bike was my only option at the time) and as of this morning I am back down to 175lbs. I feel good at this weight, but would like ot get down to about 170lbs and stick there, but my wife wants me to stay 175 or above (she says I look too skinny at any less). At almost 48 though my metabolism has abandoned me years ago (used to be I could eat, eat, eat and couldn't get above 145lbs) so I have have to run or cycle constantly combined with a good diet to ensure I don't balloon up again.

caloso

This summer flying back into O'Hare from 2 weeks in Spain was eye-opening.

Drew Eckhardt 

Frame of reference from living in a country where 75% of adult males are over-weight.

Doge

I quoted someone commenting on plus size models related to cause of death. I commented that if they are truly obese that is bad, but if plus - maybe not. I said it was hard. Half my family is on/off the lower end of the recommended BF scales and it is clearly genes.
I expect Froome is about 7% and Wiggo about 6% (when he won) and 10% at the hour record and about 10% when he won the Worlds ITT. I think Sagan is around 9%.
Lower reduces immune resistance. I buy half gallons of half and half and PB and stuff to try to fatten my kid up.
My son was 3% in low teens, which they basically said - was a guess as he was well under 7%. My wife was under 11% and 13% pregnant. After birth she was her pre-pregnant weight. Both got faster gaining BF. My son did will racing at 5'10 140#. He does better a wee bit fatter - 7% range.

Drew Eckhardt 

A lot of that is genetics producing a small frame and not hauling around superfluous muscle mass.

I'm 5'9.5" and 135-137 pounds in good shape, but still 8-10% body fat. Small to medium bones, 26" waist, 33" chest. Essentially the same size as Alberto Contador, but I didn't get the package deal with genes for high power output.

With a steady diet of intervals I make as much power as I did riding at 180.

I don't remember the last time I missed a day of work being sick. I lost one day riding in the last year, and another day in 2014 when I got too dehydrated from food poisoning.

Below 7% is very lean, as in ab vascularity shows. Even Rasmussen doesn't look like he's carrying around less. From Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women - BuiltLean:

Owlex

In college, I bulked up quite a bit in order to keep playing lacrosse. I'm now 30-40 lbs lighter, and continuing to drop weight as I get more serious about cycling. At neither weight have I been fatty at all, according to bmi and body fat % calculations.

I feel much happier here at 155 than i did at 190+.

5'9.5" is my height, for reference.

StanSeven

I worked with a guy who was a marathon runner. His wife always liked doing things in evenings and take weekend trips so he couldn't do long training runs at home. He decided to do his ten mile workouts as well as 20 miles distance run at work. He told everyone he had doctors appointments. One day his boss asked a close coworker friend if he was sick. The boss said something is wrong because he's so thin and always at the doctors.