Fri, Mar-19-04, 08:30
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Senior Member
Posts: 461
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Plan: Atkins Maintenance
Stats: 178/147/140
BF:Haven't/a/Clue
Progress: 82%
Location: Canada
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I think some very valid points have been made.
Body image is a terrible thing, because quite often a person perceives "fat" where none exists (of course, if you've seen some of those daytime 'talk' shows - you'll see people at the other end of the extreme - those who think they look absolutely sexy, and are hanging out of clothing at least three sizes too small).
That being said, I agree that almost anyone can benefit from not eating processed foods, white flour, sugar, and trans fats. These are all unnatural substances that do our bodies no perceptable good.
However, if health is the primary issue, and not weight loss, then the LC menu should be adjusted accordingly - so that weight is maintained (increased if necessary), rather than getting down to an unhealthy existence.
I started this WOL strictly for health reasons. Of course, my body realized that health also meant losing some excess baggage - but I didn't even think along those lines at the start. I never had a scale, nor a place to regularly weigh myself. So, whatever I weighed and measured in September is lost in history, as I didn't get weighed by my doctor until December (my request, not his), and I didn't measure myself until February.
Of course, now that I've purchased a scale, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad - I don't want the obsessive behaviour to start, and perhaps that is why I avoided scales for so long - I remember going to the gym and weighing myself on every scale in the place - two or three times during the workout - a totally unhealthy obsession, I'm believing.
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