I was about 180 when I went in the Navy. Dad claimed his food bill went down $200 a month when I left! LOL!
In roughly 5 years, I put on 100lbs of muscle mass. I didn't think I looked
that big at all. Various deployments and assignments didn't let me run my program all the time, at least to it's max. At times, I was eating 6 meals a day with snacks. LOL!
My max weight hovered around 290.at 11-13% body fat. The docs said my size and level of fitness is what saved me with the explosion.
I'm skinny as fuck now at 178 and 6'2"
I wish I could get the VA to buy me a recumbent bike so I could get some less painful cardio.
I sure miss the strength! I used to have. Some of my guys used to call me Bull, instead of Bill. It was usually when I was showing off or just getting stuff done.