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Beer is good for your soul and as one of my favorites, Ben Franklin, said it's proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.
I agree . Some people have different resting metabolisms. Two people could each sleep for 8 hours- no calories consumed and no exercise- and have vastly different calories burned. The NIH is having their budget slashed this year.There are a lot of factors that go into weight loss, and it is harder for some people based on genetics.
For example, currently I am 185lb at 5' 9". I track every single thing I eat and I am a competitive cyclist (meaning that I spend anywhere from 8-15 hours on a bike every week, and I race 20-30 times a year). I would consider myself healthy (as would my doctors and my vital signs), I don't drink or smoke and my resting heart rate is in the low to mid 40s.
I was able to get down to 155lbs 4 years ago, and maintain that for 2 straight years, but I was only eating 1000-1200 net calories per day, just to maintain that weight. A few days eating 1500-1800 would see me gain weight like crazy. Which is odd, considering that the NIH recommends that men eat no less than 1,800 per day.
I ended up slowly eating more and more (1,200 a day is difficult mentally), and slowly gained weight back. I am trying to work myself back down to 150-155 but even with denying myself food I am having trouble losing weight. It is a delicate balance, I have to keep my intake low enough to lose weight, but I also have to eat enough so that I don't lose much power from it or else my racing will suffer.
And of course, I fully support socialized medicine and have for my entire life, nobody should have to choose between being in debt or suffering from an illness/injury/anything else.
That means your body is efficient; which is NOT a bad thing. Realistically, it means you don't cost as much to run as a machine. But you said yourself, you know EXACTLY what it takes to keep you at a stable weight (regardless of what that weight is). The self control is another issue entirely.There are a lot of factors that go into weight loss, and it is harder for some people based on genetics.
For example, currently I am 185lb at 5' 9". I track every single thing I eat and I am a competitive cyclist (meaning that I spend anywhere from 8-15 hours on a bike every week, and I race 20-30 times a year). I would consider myself healthy (as would my doctors and my vital signs), I don't drink or smoke and my resting heart rate is in the low to mid 40s.
I was able to get down to 155lbs 4 years ago, and maintain that for 2 straight years, but I was only eating 1000-1200 net calories per day, just to maintain that weight. A few days eating 1500-1800 would see me gain weight like crazy. Which is odd, considering that the NIH recommends that men eat no less than 1,800 per day.
I ended up slowly eating more and more (1,200 a day is difficult mentally), and slowly gained weight back. I am trying to work myself back down to 150-155 but even with denying myself food I am having trouble losing weight. It is a delicate balance, I have to keep my intake low enough to lose weight, but I also have to eat enough so that I don't lose much power from it or else my racing will suffer.
And of course, I fully support socialized medicine and have for my entire life, nobody should have to choose between being in debt or suffering from an illness/injury/anything else.
That means your body is efficient; which is NOT a bad thing. Realistically, it means you don't cost as much to run as a machine. But you said yourself, you know EXACTLY what it takes to keep you at a stable weight (regardless of what that weight is). The self control is another issue entirely.
I'm unfortunately on the opposite side of the fence. I'm 152 lbs and hopefully on the way up. This is the most I've ever weighed in my entire life and I'm 5'10. I too am a cyclist (mountain bike only) and a cross country runner. I require at least 3,000 calories to even MAINTAIN my weight. When I'm actually training hard, it's closer to 4,000. I have to eat to the point of uncomfortable fullness multiple times a day to even remotely see my weight go up. A recent discovery of lactose free milk has certainly helped me sneak extra calories into the diet and I'm enjoying that.
"Your pension is pretty generous. I'm still under the old federal civil service plan, and I receive 76.25% for 40 years. It's not 2% for every year; you get stiffed in the first few years. That's before the 10% reduction survivor benefits for your wife, if you so choose. And we use high 3. So we're pretty close"
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Yeah, almost 80% of your working income in retirement, what a tragedy.