Okay.
I started jiu jitsu 4 months ago. Since then I've lost 15 lbs - I'm 255 right now. My "goal" weight is 200 - I'm 5'10", broad shouldered, and have decent muscle mass and remember feeling really good at 200 (in high school :X). (Pet peeve: dudes who tell me that it's good to have a "starter goal" and that I'll change my mind when I get closer to that and decide to lose more). I can't really treat weightloss as any sort of goal because I already have issues eating when my brain goes bad, but it's undeniably an effect of working out for 10-15 hours a week and I'm okay with that (exercise is fun, calorie restriction is bad).
Exercise, BJJ, weightloss Afficher plus
Anyway, today I went to open mat (and then to the other gym) and there were only two other people there so I rolled with coach. He called me "strong" and "well proportioned" (mostly, he clarified that he could tell I never skipped leg day) and gave me tips about basically dropping my hips so that more of my weight is on my partner/opponent.
It is hard to really explain how fucking good it is for me to have people teaching me to treat my weight as an asset.