Posted on 08/22/2016 8:27:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Quick summary:
I need a grant.
HFLCMP
What about fat golfers? Just askin’ ... like Time Herron, for example. Been around for a while and still very competitive. 5’ 10” 250, as I see here. How does he do it?
I’d say that about sums it up.
Seems like everywhere you go there are so many overweight people today ... it’s definitely a modern phenomenon.
I’m sure in some people there are definite metabolic issues but (not being mean or snarky or anything) I think mostly it’s just a case of a wealthy nation with plentiful delicious food to eat and drink ... hard to say no.
No.
All I know is vegetarians look ill and those bike riders in their spandex suits look funny.
IF they are basing “fat” on the awful and inaccurate BMI index, then they could indeed be incorrect.
The general grudgingly acknowledged fact by the med community is that people who exercise, overweight or not, are generally healthier than people that do not exercise but are not overweight.
Maybe they should look at other DNA clues like haplotype.
The Koisan, who used to be the most populous group on earth, carry the steatopygia gene (big butts/big thighs) and they are healthy.
all I know is we call some of these football players “athletes” when they have their fat guts falling out of their shirts/pants...
“The general grudgingly acknowledged fact by the med community is that people who exercise, overweight or not, are generally healthier than people that do not exercise but are not overweight.”
I think they call that ‘skinny fat’
What did the study say about Hillary Clinton’s status?
Fat with Fits?
Refrigerator Perry?
My ex was very active and athletic. Ate right too. Smoked.
She weighed about 200 at 5’6”. Healthy as a horse.
Fat doesn’t always mean unhealthy. Most of the time, sure. But some people are just built that way.
She played 3 different sports, had something going on all throughout the year. Never lost a pound.
I’ve had a rough year with that.
I _was_ 5’7” and 135 pounds from 16 to 38 years old. Last November I lost my income and tapped into the MREs and stuff.
After a month of it, I started getting a gut. I cut back and got back on a regular diet.
I ballooned to 180 in 2 months and now I’m hypo glycemic. I’m trying to work the gut away but I’m not really getting anywhere. I think a gym membership is next. The sudden hypoglycemia was the kicker for me though. I can’t go for more than a few hours without taking in something and it’s not my ideal “fighting weight” so to say.
I think health is an individual variable that does not depend on weight. But then, I’m fat.
“IF they are basing “fat” on the awful and inaccurate BMI index, then they could indeed be incorrect.”
The BMI is a total joke.
About nine years ago I changed employers
As a CDL holder I had to have a new DOT physical just because I was changing company’s.
There was one young young fella who was the same height as me, about 5’6”.
But he was big as a house.
His biceps were dang near as big as my thighs.
But it was all muscle, he was a very serious weight lifter. He brought his weights with him and worked out every morning and evening.
The docs came to the company facility to give the physicals.
He Failed!
His huge muscles made him “overweight” for his height.
He eventually got his physical card but he had to jump through some extra hoops to get it.
My dad was 5’5” and weighed about 200 lbs in his prime.
That was 200 lbs of muscle from a lifetime of hard farm work.
He was considered overweight by any young doctor.
The BMI index is a joke foisted on us by silly axxed bureaucrats.
Try Roy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho6xcRVaK5Y
He is doing alright and the Gray in his beard makes me feel a little better too.
Aww sorry to hear that and I hope you have since found employment?
I think it’s the carbs and age - harder to take off weight over 50 IMO. It really is what we put in our mouths (unless you have a legit medical condition or are genetically disposed to being stout) and I would suggest looking at your carb intake ... I had great luck with a loose Atkins type lifestyle (limit sugar, starches like pasta, bread, rice, beans and potatoes - kinda anything white). I like the rower and walking for keeping it all a bit tighter but you don’t need exercise to lose weight and in fact exercise doesn’t really aid in weight loss to much unless you do a ton of it :) but we all have to do what works for us.
Again! Best of luck !
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