From 220lbs to...?
On any quest, you've got to have a beginning and an end. The beginning is easy - that's where I'm at already. I'm 220lbs of sexy, baby.
Okay...if you're going to puke turn your head to the side. Now where do I want to go? I'm on a quest for the "ideal body weight", the holy grail of dieters...
(trumpets sounding...crowds cheering...)
Well, apparently there are a mess of different ways to calculate this mystical figure mathematically. My personal feeling about "ideal weight" is that all of those formulas floating around out there should really only be used as a guide and not as a flat out rule. I went to a bunch of different websites out there trying to figure out what the heck is my "ideal" body weight.
After much searching and reading through all kinds of websites, and articles, I finally did what I think everybody should do who is searching for a way to lose weight and that's ask my doctor. Now, I'm not fond of doctors in general and the health care system in particular - but that's another blog. But if I'm going to have a goal for my fast and easy weight loss quest, I want it to be realistic. So I call up my PPO, find out who the hell I can go see, and set an appointment.
After several weeks and a four hour long wait, my Dr. sees me and goes through the regular questions:
"How old?"
Four hours older than I was before I came here.
"Do you do drugs?"
Only when I'm operating heavy machinery.
"Are you sexually active?"
Depends on who's on top.
"Is your job stressful?"
Yes. I deal with morons who keep asking me things they should already know.
"Based on your age, height, weight, and stress factors I highly recommend that you lose some weight."
Say it ain't so! So how much do I need to lose, Doc?
"Well, I'd say anywhere from 40 to 60 lbs."
Now at this point, I'm thinking to myself that in most scientific disciplines a margin that differs by more than 25 percent could hardly be called accurate. But apparently that kind of answer is the one everybody gets when asking this question.
After more research and remembering back to the glory days of my youth - I decide to target my fast and easy weight loss quest and shoot for a moderate 175lbs. I used to weigh that much back in the paleolithic era and seem to vaguely recall being pretty okay with my body image.
So I've got a beginning...and an end. Now I just need to figure out how to get there.
Okay...if you're going to puke turn your head to the side. Now where do I want to go? I'm on a quest for the "ideal body weight", the holy grail of dieters...
(trumpets sounding...crowds cheering...)
Well, apparently there are a mess of different ways to calculate this mystical figure mathematically. My personal feeling about "ideal weight" is that all of those formulas floating around out there should really only be used as a guide and not as a flat out rule. I went to a bunch of different websites out there trying to figure out what the heck is my "ideal" body weight.
After much searching and reading through all kinds of websites, and articles, I finally did what I think everybody should do who is searching for a way to lose weight and that's ask my doctor. Now, I'm not fond of doctors in general and the health care system in particular - but that's another blog. But if I'm going to have a goal for my fast and easy weight loss quest, I want it to be realistic. So I call up my PPO, find out who the hell I can go see, and set an appointment.
After several weeks and a four hour long wait, my Dr. sees me and goes through the regular questions:
"How old?"
Four hours older than I was before I came here.
"Do you do drugs?"
Only when I'm operating heavy machinery.
"Are you sexually active?"
Depends on who's on top.
"Is your job stressful?"
Yes. I deal with morons who keep asking me things they should already know.
"Based on your age, height, weight, and stress factors I highly recommend that you lose some weight."
Say it ain't so! So how much do I need to lose, Doc?
"Well, I'd say anywhere from 40 to 60 lbs."
Now at this point, I'm thinking to myself that in most scientific disciplines a margin that differs by more than 25 percent could hardly be called accurate. But apparently that kind of answer is the one everybody gets when asking this question.
After more research and remembering back to the glory days of my youth - I decide to target my fast and easy weight loss quest and shoot for a moderate 175lbs. I used to weigh that much back in the paleolithic era and seem to vaguely recall being pretty okay with my body image.
So I've got a beginning...and an end. Now I just need to figure out how to get there.
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