[CRS_META] Fw: [CR] How much should one weigh?

[Al Pater]

Hi All,

I suppose that the regulations about 4 lines maximum at the end of messages 
being allowed no longer pertain?

Cheers, Al

-- Al Pater, alpater at SHAW.ca

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Sides" <RSides at srllpcpa.com>
To: <cr at lists.calorierestriction.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [CR] How much should one weigh?


> Some where I read - I don't remember where - I reasonable target weight
> is the weight
> you were are when you were 18 or so. This is only true if you were at a
> normal weight i.e.
> Not obesit or anorexic as a child.
>
> I am 48 years old, male 5'10 and currently weigh 173. I appear slender
> to others (people always
> comment that I am fit). My current goal weight is 165.
>
> At 18 I weighed 155; by the end of college, after 4 year of weight
> lifting, I weighted 168 and could bench
> press 275 lbs (Now I have trouble benching 100).
>
> I am going to try and get down to 160 eventually.
>
> Ray
>
>>I have just finished a yearly physical with my doctor and we had a
>> discussion about how much one should weigh. I am a 5'9" male with a
>> fairly large bone structure. My physician tells me that the 180 pound
>> area is where I should be but the BMI chart ranks that as overweight.
>> It states that to have a healthy BMI I should be no heavier than 164.
>> Any thoughts from you readers on this discrepancy?"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Sides, CPA / ABV
> Principal
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