Flying a 172 with Autopilot?

"Montblack" wrote in message
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Saw a show a while back ...found it.

http://www.pbs.org/safarchive/3_ask/...3_walford.html
Roy Walford as seen on Never Say Die: Eat Less - Live Longer

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...3/220758.shtml
He died. Drats.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004May3.html
Seeking the Low-Calorie Fountain of Youth
(Severely Restricted Diets May Slow Aging Process)

I'm a sucker for this stuff - it sounds good to me!

I mean ...The science is "fascinating."


Montblack
I'm 193 in 'caloric intake years.'

I don't see anything more than common sense at work here.

My wife has gone the Weight Watchers route.

WW does extensive research into caloric content of almost every food
available (even fast food chains) they then convert calories into "points."

Their plan allows you to eat anything you like, but you work under a cap on
total points for the day. You can blow all your points on a Mrs. Fields
binge or a Big Mac if you want, but if you want a good meal, you learn
portion control accross all food groups.

She lost 40lbs in about a year. WW works and works well.

But as in any kind of life change, discipline and the will to stick with it
prevail.

YMMV,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ
(Starting to make friends with fruit myself...)

But as in any kind of life change, discipline and the will to stick with
it prevail.

Bingo. When you really want to lose weight, it will happen.

Until then, it's just too easy to stick another Twinkie in your mouth!

;-)

(Although I still think it helps to have a diet like mine, where you can
stuff yourself all day long with tasty foods -- and lose weight. I'm
actually eating MORE than I ate before, but it's all fruit until supper
time.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Peter Duniho wrote:

So I suppose if your only goal is to maximize the length of your life,
starving yourself makes a lot of sense.

Nah ... you won't live any longer; it just *seems* longer.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

("Peter Duniho" wrote)
[trimmed down]
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


That's right about where Dad was when he went into the service in the mid
1940's. I bet that described half of the enlisted men (18 year olds) at boot
camp that year - 1946.


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
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That's right about where Dad was when he went into the service in the mid
1940's. I bet that described half of the enlisted men (18 year olds) at
boot camp that year - 1946.

Half? I doubt that. Even by the BMI standards (which I feel set
inappropriately low standards for taller people), that would be a surprising
number of people.

In any case, 18 year-olds are not fully grown men (or women). Many still
have a fair amount of "filling out" to do, with respect to adding muscle
mass (and a little fat, or a lot if they aren't eating right and
exercising). I was 40 pounds lighter when I was 18 than I am now. Only
about half of that is weight I consider "extra".

Pete

That's right about where Dad was when he went into the service in the mid
1940's. I bet that described half of the enlisted men (18 year olds) at
boot camp that year - 1946.

Half? I doubt that. Even by the BMI standards (which I feel set
inappropriately low standards for taller people), that would be a
surprising number of people.

I don't know about after World War II, but when my dad enlisted in 1942, the
country was still suffering from the effects of the Great Depression. Many
people didn't have enough to eat, including my father. He was my height,
and in the 140 pound range. His pictures -- and the pictures of his high
school class -- look like a bunch of concentration camp victims by today's
standards.

And his service photos are even more gaunt. They really worked those 90
day wonders, and he actually LOST weight his first year in.

It's interesting (and probably not a coincidence) that women who were
considered sexy in the 40s and 50s (Rosalind Russell; Marilyn Monroe, etc.)
were "fat" by today's standards -- yet the majority of the population was
painfully thin when compared to their counterparts today.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

WOW!,
I am 5'10" , and my scrawny butt weighed 131 lbs. when I went off to
Parris Island,....after having to eat all the fat bodies food for 13 weeks I
graduated at 156. I have never eaten so much in my life!
Now with my diet I have been on I have gone from 201 to 172. The
goal is 165, which is really a good weight for me. I feel so much better and
have twice the energy level!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Montblack" wrote in message That's
right about where Dad was when he went into the service in the mid
1940's. I bet that described half of the enlisted men (18 year olds) at
boot camp that year - 1946.


Montblack

I am 5'10" , and my scrawny butt weighed 131 lbs. when I went off to Parris Island

Wow. How much did the rest of you weigh? flee!

Jose
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