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otter
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response 56 of 61:
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May 7 14:32 UTC 2000 |
***otter shakes this item until it wakes up***
My own basis for knowing if someone is the wrong weight, either fat or
thin, is whether their weight is the very first thing I notice about
them.
I am probably one of the fittest fat people (or the fattest fit people!)
you could know. Based on my experience, I'm carrying about 40 extra
pounds right now, but the nurse who weighed me last week stopped
everything and had someone re-calibrate the scale before she was
satisfied that it was accurate.
I weigh a lot for the space I take up, because under my soft exterior is
a lovely pile of well-developed muscle, especially legs and gluteals.
(that's "major butt" for you layfolk <grin>) I am never still for long,
and seldom eat anything that comes from a box. If you lined us all up and
said, "walk 'til you can't," I'd be the one of the last to fall, because
I've worked and worked on my endurance.
Which brings me, I think, to Misti's original point. You can't tell if
someone is fit by simply looking at how fat they are, and that as long as
you are physically fit, you will be healthier than most regardless of
your weight.
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remmers
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response 57 of 61:
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May 8 17:21 UTC 2000 |
Any idea what your body fat percentage is?
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otter
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response 58 of 61:
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May 9 11:08 UTC 2000 |
Nope, no idea of the percentage of fat to everything else.
I firmly believe in the immersion method over calipers, because I would
know which places on me to pinch for the most (and least) favorable
readings.
I do know that my blood pressure is 95/60, resting pulse 80, and "bad"
cholesterol was under 150 last year. My DO often kids me that with those
numbers, I will live forever unless hit by a bus.
Because of thumb reconstruction later today, I will have to nix weight
training (a regular part of my life) until autumn, so I imagine I will
drop some more body fat due to a planned increase in kinetic activities
like power walking and wind sprints from three times weekly to four or
five.
Wonder if WMU has an immersion scale...you have piqued my curiousity.
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eeyore
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response 59 of 61:
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Aug 13 14:53 UTC 2000 |
Well, I'm deffinately not fit....I keep swearing that I'm going to work on
it....(sigh)
You'd think that since I just moved to a place that has a couple of swimming
pools, a weight room, golf course, and jogging track, plus my living room now
has enough room to work out in and my roomie just bought the Tae-Bo DVD, that
I'd have done something. *sigh*
Well, I'm going to make the big push. Deffinately 5, hopefully 10 lbs. by
my brothers wedding at the end of Sept.
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scott
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response 60 of 61:
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Aug 13 15:09 UTC 2000 |
I've found that making a goal of "x pounds" is usually pretty frustrating for
people to maintain. What looks like a better option is to make a goal of
"every day 30 minutes" or something like that. Even walking around the
neighborhood could count. Just doing something, anything, tends to get you
into the habit of doing it.
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eeyore
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response 61 of 61:
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Aug 14 10:57 UTC 2000 |
If I don't set something, and then work twords it, then I don't work twords
anything. And there fore, don't work.
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