Interesting TOD!
I'm not afraid to admit it, when I graduated from High School oh, so many, many years ago, I weighed in at a startling 329 pounds! There are photos in the yearbook in which I am the first THREE people in the front row!
When I started college the following September, I had already taken off thirty pounds; but it wasn't until the winter break that I really took the weight loss seriously and went down to an even more startling 135 lbs. . .gosh, it was nice to have a 29 inch waist, but, being six-foot-two, and having shaggy hair, I looked more like a heroin addict than a weight conscious individual.
I pretty much stayed in the 135/145 lb area for quite a while - my waist line never went above 34 inches in those days. . . .
Now, I still stand six-foot-two, I weigh in at 185/195 lbs; and my waist has settled in (in my 40's) to 38 inches.