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Cubit said:"Chris Smolinski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:How did you select 156?
My doctor suggested it, and it sounded like a good number. I can remember
being around that weight when I was about 20.
I can't even remember when I was around 177 ;-) I would have to guess
sometime in high school. I was extremely thin up until around 7th grade,
when we moved to Maryland from western New York, into a much more rural
area with fewer kids to play with. I imagine the decrease in activity
led to the weight gain. Plus an increase in eating. My mom says she can
remember when I wouldn't come home for lunch because I was too busy
playing outside. Surprisingly, I am actually finding that happening
today. Well, not the playing outside part, but too busy doing something,
and then not realizing until 2 or 3 in the afternoon that I'm hungry.
It's nice to let my stomach set mealtime, not the clock.
Quoted message said:I have read in CRON groups that the best life expectancy is with a weight at
a BMI of 18. However, in our obese society men who are too slim look like
they are ill.
Life expectancy was one of the major reasons I decided to lose weight,
and re-start loosing weight after I let my loss lapse. I just keep
reminding myself that there are extremely few fat old people. (Old
meaning > 90 years old) You don't seem to make it much past your 60s
being overweight, if that far. I think that genetics may set a maximum
age you can obtain, but what you do to your body can take years off that.
Quoted message said:I suspect that my lower belly bulge will be hard to remove. There might be
a case for dropping to around 137 to presumably remove the bulge, and then
regaining weight back up to around 156 to look healthy.
That's an interesting idea. You don't think maintaining around 156 would
*slowly* cause loss of the belly? I'm having a difficult time
visualizing myself at 156, let alone 137. I'm at the point now where I
am only thinking ahead around 10 more pounds of loss at a time. It's
entirely possible I'll have to end up around 156 as well. When I started
at 248, I figured 175 would have to be thin enough. Now I realize 2 more
pounds is not going to remove the belly, as well fat from the other
areas where too much remains.
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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
