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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
BMI is one -tool- in the toolbox of measuring body weight. A scale is another tool. A calipers is another tool. I know I'm overweight. Unfortunately at our age, most of us who are overweight are also pretty stretched out. If we lose weight, our skin won't snap back. It'll just - flop around a bit more than it did before we filled it up with all that fat.
According to BMI charts and "weight charts" I should weigh around 120. I once was this tall and weighed 125, and felt horrible. I hated being slender. I would love to get back to 145 though. It's doable, but I enjoy food way too much to give up on things I like to eat, all of which are fat-magnets (starches and sugars - BREAD, ice cream).
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Agree, I feel weak after weight lost, probably due to loss of some muscle mass? It’s really hard to resist things I like and I figure it bounce around (most likely go up some) really hard to stick to diet. My first week I ate nothing but scrambled eggs and oatmeal and drank only water and little 2% milk with oatmeal, hardly no sugar, Blaaa. O, I had little jello between meals if I had cravings.