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Where are you getting your info from? the chart is from the world health organization, which bases it these categories on a variety of HEALTH. factors Trainers use a different chart, which nodes not account for age. Think about it, it's how they sell there services. 1) They want to acheive more extreme results so they can…

If your 5' 7" and 147 you well within the healthy weight range. the chart below is from the world health organization (WHO) and it shows that 30% body fat is within the healthy range as well. I like this chart because it's based on HEALTH. (Trainers use a different chart, because they want more extreme results to show…

First car I drove was a 1970 Chevy Townsman Station Wagon with no power steering and no power brakes. The first car I owned was a hand me down from my Dad, a 14 year old 1990 Toyota Corolla. It still miss the rubber bumpers on that car. I coulld squeeze into a spot on the street with only 8" left over. Stupid body color…

Milk came in these: In the winter when we had to dry our hair:

I learned to "keyboard" on a manual typwriter On the very first FAX machine I used. You had to wrap the page you wanted to send around a tube, then dial the phone and attach the receiver to the FAX It took 3 minutes a page and we thought it was magic. I put this skill on my resume. music came on these ...was played on…

One thing I have found helpful in combating misperceptions (both others and my own) has been the good old BMI scale. (While it's not perfect it's a good place to start. And really the only a problem I see is if you're VERY MUSCULAR and your BMI will read higher than healthy... for most of us that's not the issue. If you're…

I never really thought of pizza as "bad" bread, sauce, cheese (okay so the pepperoni may not be ideal) but mostly all foods with nutritional value. We're here to lead a better, happier, healthier life... not a life of utter deprivation. It's really hard to MAINTAIN utter deprivation. Part of life is dealing with social…

When I was 22 someone told me "you'll just know" ...Still waiting to "just know"

When I was 19 I dated a 28 yr old. Once I hit 30 I figured I could go +/-10 yrs. The largest difference was -9 1/2 yrs, but that was more of a fling than a "relationship" The largest difference in a real relationship was -6 1/2 yrs. and the reason that ended had nothing to do with age. I had a friend whose husband was +12…

Developing muscle, muscles are denser than fat so you can weigh the same, but be more compact (losing inches) or You've restricted your calories so much that your body is resistant to let any stored energy go. (starvation mode) or you are a perfectly healthy weight to begin with and your body just likes being there. I…

^^ This

Vaughn

what matters is if you are doing better now, than you were before. (I'm a big fan of small sustainable changes... rather than changing everything at once pick a few things to improve after a while they become habit. Then change a few more things and so on and so on.) I may not be meeting MFP standards, but... 1) I'm eating…

I have 3 sisters who are naturally rail-thin... I ate the same as them, but was always chunky. It was to the point that Mom kept an eye out to make sure I wasn't sneaking food. (I wasn't) In many ways I was blessed to have a fat Mommy. She understood the weight struggle, but she also said "food is fuel, you can't keep the…

So Agreeing! ROCK BOTTOM: 1200 cal TARGET: MFP Calories for lose 1 lb a week (when that hit 1200 I changed to lose 1/2 lb per week) TOP OF RANGE: Maintain Calories for my GOAL Weight.(SAFETY VALVE: Maintain Calories for CURRENT Weight - remember to keep updating this number as you lose) --As long as I stayed under the top…

A hunk-a-hunk! great job you look awesome.... (How old are you again? I really I doubt it would bother me much to be called a cougar.)

w00t, w00t great NSV!

Non-Scale Victory

We don't fart or burp either, by the way. (It's always the cat)

In 1979 I weighed 125 lbs and wore a size 14 In 2010 I weighed 180 lbs and wore a size 14 Ahh! the magic of vanity sizing... Currently bouncing around between 140-145 an wearing a size 6. Last time I was a size 6 (6X actually) I was 6 years old.

Knowledge is power. Easier to see cause and effect when you're absolutely honest with yourself as to what you're eating. Some people are all about "accountablity" and leave their food diaries open so others can comment on it. Personally, I like to keep my diary private. People here have so many different eating strategies…

Now I want eggs. :-/

In my pre-fat days. I walked into a coffee shop with a co-worker once and she said we looked like Warren Beatty and Annette Bening I think it was the sunglasses that we were wearing.

Congrats on the 73 lbs. May not be as close to your goal as you'd like, but you're doing a heck of a lot better than you were. I was stressing at first, but then I realized I didn't have to be perfect I just have to be better. I've focused on a series of small sustainable changes. Improve one or two things until they are…

Gosh! You're my new best friend (i'm 50)

true... I actually eat fewer salads now because I go for the satisfaction to calorie ratio.

Heaviest 5'7" (48yo) 175 Lightest 5'5" (18yo) 125 (it was torture to maintain this even with an 18 yo metabolism.) Now 5'7" (50yo) 141-144 Goal: 140-150

As long as you track everything, it doesn't matter what day you track it under. It all comes out in the wash. I've taken to doing 10-day totals so that I check that my overs and unders balance out.

Ha, just saw your response to the person who snuck in before me.... frustrating now when people think you are younger, but it'll come in handy later...

@frogz21 I was going to guess 19 from your pict, but since your user name is frogz21 maybe I'll say 21?