Friday, April 30, 2010

Re: [fast5] How do you know...

 

I'd go by how you feel, and how fit you are. Your body has an inner meter for how big it wants to be. It can "tweak" your appetite and your metabolism to reach that weight. Eating many meals, it wanted to be bigger. Now it wants to be smaller.


If you eat more food, what will happen? My guess is one of the following:

1. The meter will go back to wanting to be your old weight, and you will be 204. OR
2. Or, you will be stuck counting calories to get to some arbitrary weight you decide you ought to be.

If you eat more than what you feel like eating, you will be uncomfortable. And the extra calories will likely just be fat.

So, if you really want to "weigh more", you can probably do that by working out. Guys can gain a fair bit of extra muscle. I'm not sure that the extra muscle does more than make one look bigger though. You can get really strong without the bloated muscles. Monkeys and chimps are way stronger than men, and they look skinny.

As for the pockets of adipose tissue: your body uses them. Getting rid of all of them isn't healthy at all. Doing hard workouts does get rid of many of them or at least hides them though: the people I know who joined competitive swimming clubs look real good in their suits! 

If you feel you "look small" though, I'd look into your clothing choices. Roosters and lions make themselves look big by adding a big ruff of feathers or fur: so do male humans in many cultures. My kids always "grow a year" when I buy them new clothes to  replace the ones they grew out of.

If you look at male fashions, you'll see that historically, a lot of the clothing is about making the guy look bigger. The typical American clothing that is popular right now, a tee shirt over jeans, shows off one's abs but also makes a person look smaller. 

But a nice sports jacket makes any guy look wider in the shoulders and also way more classy (even when it's worn over a tee shirt, and with jeans!). Hats do amazing things too. Hey, you got a nice bod now, show it off! You probably need a new wardrobe now anyway, with all that fat gone. So go to a nice store that has people to give you advice, and try on some good clothes. Get "a look" that is one class up from where you feel comfortable. Chances are people will stop saying "you are so skinny" and start saying "Wow. You look great!".




On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:09 AM, RickS <rstewart@iaff.org> wrote:
when you've reached your perfect weight?

I'm at a loss and never had to explore this before.  I'm down from 204lbs to 166lbs at 5'10".  My goal has been to get to about 160 and wear 30" pants.  But I'm afraid the mindset that got me to this weight won't want to stop at 160.  I guess I'll know once I get to 160.  It was so exciting to hit 189, then 179, then 169.  Why not 159??  I know plenty of guys who are my height and weigh between 155 and 160.  The other thought is to ignore the scale and just get down to a weight that looks and feels healthy.  But then there's always a pocket of adipose here or there that should go away and without a number I'm sort of at a loss to know when to stop.  Height/weight charts say I should be 151-163 so that's what I'll go by.

I guess the biggest issue is the amount of resistance I'm getting from other people!!  So many folks think I'm getting too small and so I just hear all day long, "You're not going to get any smaller are you?"  I'm not emaciated and I can't see my lower abs in the mirror yet so I'm going to keep going until I hit 159-160 or until I can see my lower abs.

Any words of advice ??

-Rick Stewart



------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fast5/

<*> Your email settings:
   Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fast5/join
   (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
   fast5-digest@yahoogroups.com
   fast5-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
   fast5-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
   http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/




--
Heather Twist

www.dunkers.us
Kraut: the easy way!

__._,_.___
Recent Activity:
MARKETPLACE

Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now.


Welcome to Mom Connection! Share stories, news and more with moms like you.


Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests.

.

__,_._,___

No comments:

Post a Comment