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Have you put on weight since you started collecting coins?

dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
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Coin collecting involves a lot of sitting around... surfing the Internet, examining coins, reading, etc.

Do any of you find it difficult to not gain weight?

Dan
Dan McInnes

mcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu">dmcinnes@mailclerk.ecok.edu

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  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,898 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The potential is there . . . but I counter it by a bit of running . . . and I keep my head busy planning new Registry sets, doing a mental inventory of coins, planning purchases . . .

    Coins keeps my head occupied while on the road . . .

    Of course the stuffing/taters/gravy later are going to hammer me.

    Drunner
  • rsdoug81rsdoug81 Posts: 682 ✭✭
    I'm a teacher and I'm on my feet all day, my wife is an excellent dietitian, and exercising like a freak is my other hobby. I do ok image
  • questor54questor54 Posts: 1,351 ✭
    Considering I started collkecting when I was six years old and I am now 51, I'd say yes!

    Seriously, the temptation is definitely there. Middle-aged metabolism, sedentary hobby, rich diet, etc., etc. It's good I keep my collection organized to make it easy on my heirs!
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I'm pretty stable.
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, my weight has trippled since I started collecting.











    Of course, I only weighed about 50 pounds when I started!image
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    No, I actually lost weight. But thats due to my other obsession...... exercise.
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    No, because there's less money for food. image
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭
    I am a Line Cook, and am on my feet at ALL times.....Coin Collecting has not made me fat over the years, just my eating habits! image

    TorinoCobra71

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  • ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,371 ✭✭✭
    Yep......must be carrying around too many pocket pieces. image
    Craig
    If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    Yep, I gained about 170# since I started collecting.image

    Seriously, I don't doubt in the least that coin collecting requires me to sit so much that it leads to weight gain. I am ONLY 45 pounds overweight.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • 100proof1957100proof1957 Posts: 6,231 ✭
    Actually,no

    did the atkins thing for a while till it made me frickin crazy but it must have jump started the ole metabolism.

    dropped 32 lbs over the last 2.5 years and its staying off !

    im 6'1 "

    was 216,now 184
    image
  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    No
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    Yes I've put on weight over the last 48 years.
    I started collecting in 1957.

    Ray
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Well considering I was 7 when I started collecting and I'm now 39, you might say I've gained a pound or two. Still, I'm a trim 145 and haven't really gained any weight in 15 years.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No. I actually lost weight from skipping meals so I can buy more coins.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    Hmmmmmm.... so most folks seem to be in shape and not becoming obese..... and then I go to a coin show, and see fat slobs everywhere.... so, I sense a disconnect..... image
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ....only on my way to the safe deposit box, then I shed it just as quickly.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • ecosecos Posts: 391 ✭
    Actually, at one point, YES.

    I started working in a coin shop that was located in a farmers market with a large number of incredibly tastey, but incredibly fattening food vendors. My lunches were nothing but heart clogging goodness followed by the deep fried treats that the Pennsylvania Ducth ladies liked to bring around. Fresh dognuts in the morning were no help. I gained a bunch of weight at that job.

    But that was a number of years ago. Now-en-days, my obsession for cycling and running keep me in line.
    image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, I actually lost weight. But thats due to my other obsession...... exercise.

    image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Absolutely! But then again I started when I was 14 so it was inevitable.
    Blog and Pics
  • atarianatarian Posts: 3,116 ✭
    I wieghed 190 before i started to collect. now im at 184. no real loss or gain. but i was as low as 179. at work i sit and look in tills when i do pick ups. i look at tills when i count draws. i dont do too much at work. and when im home im on here talkin to you all i live the good life
    Founder of the NDCCA. *WAM Count : 025. *NDCCA Database Count : 2,610. *You suck 6/24/10. <3 In memory of Tiggar 5/21/1994 - 5/28/2010 <3
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I weigh less now that I did when I graduated from highschool over 30 years ago.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • riprip Posts: 191
    gaining weight related to coin collecting...i love this place!
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I weigh less now that I did when I graduated from highschool over 30 years ago.

    yep, me too



    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    No, actually I lost 120 ugly pounds since I started collecting. My ex-wife said I had to choose - it was either her or the coins. I still miss her sometimes. image
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Only in the fact that my cajones got much bigger!
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    I gain when I collect/buy and I lose when I sell. However, there's a motive behind it.image



    Tom
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • 66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    Lost 170 do to health issues. Prolonged the hobby for me.
    Need something designed and 3D printed?
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,888 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I weighed maybe fifty pounds when I started collecting coins. image

    Explore collections of lordmarcovan on CollecOnline, management, safe-keeping, sharing and valuation solution for art piece and collectibles.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Sitting at a computer surfing Ebay, I often have a bag of cheetos to
    munch on and maybe a coke to drink. Coin collecting tends to
    lend itself to being pretty laid back.

    I have read a coin book while on an exercise bike however. image
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭


    << <i>Hmmmmmm.... so most folks seem to be in shape and not becoming obese..... and then I go to a coin show, and see fat slobs everywhere.... so, I sense a disconnect..... image >>




    Or quite a few people just fudging the truth a bit...

    Who wants to admit they are getting fat. image

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