Jay's Fruit Diet - Update

That's actually a much better way to do it. I'm 5'10" and realized, once
I'd gotten down to that weight, that I was a 98 lb weakling just dying to
get out! Started doing some exercise after that and it's amazing how I saw
results when in the past I'd never seen any (covered by a thick layer of
fat, you see!!)

Shawn
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Started at about 200 lbs and got down to a low of 157. I've put some of
it back on because I've come off some of my discipline, but I'm back on
it and losing it again. This was all without a lick of exercise, by the
way.

How tall are you? If I got down to 157, I'd be in the hospital!

(I'm 6' tall...)

I'm trying to maintain a good balance with exercise, too. Working out
every day with a 14-year old keeps you in pretty good shape! (I equalize
his excess energy by making him work out right after he gets up. Heh,
heh, heh... :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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How tall are you? If I got down to 157, I'd be in the hospital!

(I'm 6' tall...)

At 6', 157# would give you a BMI of 21.3, which is right in the middle of
what the CDC designates as the normal range. To be underweight, you'd need
to weigh less than 137#.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

I'm trying to maintain a good balance with exercise, too.

Yup, that's important.

--Gary

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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At 6', 157# would give you a BMI of 21.3, which is right in the middle of
what the CDC designates as the normal range. To be underweight, you'd need
to weigh less than 137#.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

IMHO, all that shows is how silly the whole BMI thing is.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, of course, but I simply cannot see
being 138 pounds and six feet tall as healthy. IMHO, that's heading into
anorexic territory.

IMHO, one of the problems with the BMI is that it relates weight with the
square of your height, not the cube. But of course, volume increases as the
cube, not the square (and weight is closely related to volume). So, the
taller you are, the skinnier you have to be, proportionally speaking, in
order to stay within the approved BMI range.

Few people would describe me as overly skinny anymore, but most would
(foolishly ) still call me slender, in spite of a few extra pounds around
the middle I've been carrying. Yet, according to the BMI calculation, I'm
well into "Overweight" territory at 26.2. For me to be smack in the middle
of the "Normal" range, I'd have to get my weight *below* my late teenage
weight, when I *was* downright skin and bones.

Pete

Jay Honeck wrote:

How tall are you? If I got down to 157, I'd be in the hospital!

(I'm 6' tall...)


Nah, you'd just be as skinny as me Jay (6', currently anywhere between
150 and 155 lbs). Dad's height, Mom's metabolism = a winning
combination (and more carrying capacity in the Arrow) :-) I'll bet I
come back from OSH a few pounds heavier though...you know, the brat a
day routine.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

("Jack Allison" wrote)
I'll bet I come back from OSH a few pounds heavier though...you know, the
brat a
day routine.


And a "tailwind" all the way home to California. Poor Steve. g


Montblack

Nah, you'd just be as skinny as me Jay (6', currently anywhere between 150
and 155 lbs).

Wow. The last time I weighed 150 was in junior high school!

Well, since you don't generally see any overweight centenarians, you should
be blessed with a long lifespan!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"