Re: New Book of Rules

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:53:59 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On 15 Aug 2006 16:09:53 -0700, bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:
John Larkin wrote:
On 14 Aug 2006 17:56:13 -0700, bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

A couple of years ago, when I was more active, I did get down to 74 kgm
-163 lbs - pretty much what I weighed in my early twenties - which put
my BMI around 23 - the same as yours - which is low for a resident of
the U.S.A.

Two europeans in this ng have recently generalized that Americans are
overweight. And both of them admit to being overweight.

Check out the facts - about 60% of Americans are overweight (BMI over
25) and half of them are obese (BMI over 30)

http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/Obesity_Minority_Pop.shtml

Europe isn't as bad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bmi30chart.png

I don't think that my BMI of 25.3 - back to 25.12 today - is a
significant counter-example.

So your being overweight is somehow mitigated by other europeans being
thinner than the average American? This somehow makes you not a
"lardass"? My apologies, but I don't follow that logic; this carries
nationalism (or is it europeanism?) to lengths I just don't
understand. Are you less likely to have a stroke or a heart attack
because you live near thin people?

I control my weight because it's healthy and it makes me feel and
think better. I don't do it out of nationalism, and I don't judge my
ideal weight relative the the residents of any continent.


I had a part-time job as a "bartender" once - mainly slapping down
brewskis and making burgers (I can make a really awesome burger).
Some fat broad at the bar (customer) asked, "How do you stay so skinny?" I
said, "I don't eat." She was, of all things, relieved. She said something
along the lines of "Oh, well, I'm glad to hear that - most people say they
eat everything and just never gain any weight!"

And, in fact, I don't eat very much at a sitting - like I can have
two slices of pizza, and I'm full. So I stick it in the fridge and
have pizza for three days. ;-)

But I do pop vitamin pills, and use half-KCl for salt, not as a
weight or heart thing, but to maintain my electrolyte balance,
which seems to be an important health thing.

Cheers!
Rich


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