Hello Rob Mccart!

** On Wednesday 01.03.23 - 01:15, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

 RM> [...] The problem with that is often the amount of food
 RM> required to feel full gets higher and higher as your
 RM> stomach stretches to accomodate what you eat.

That could very well be how it works.


 RM> My family grew up with a given amount of food served to
 RM> you with no expectation of second helpings, with the
 RM> exception of special meals like Thanksgiving or Christmas
 RM> meals.

Always seemed to have plenty growing up.  2nds and 3rds were  
accepted.


 RM> Another problem is the 'comfort food' issue where people
 RM> eat to feel better or because they are bored.

Those people are probably not concerned about their health.  
There are better things to do than eat when one cites boredom.


 RM> I also am convinced that there is a genetic component,
 RM> that two people eating the same amount and living the same
 RM> way, one may end up weighing quite a bit more than the
 RM> other.

Have not heard that. People in prisons/concentration camps  
seemed to have the same results among them.


 RM> Losing weight is hard since you are going against
 RM> 'something' normal for you to accomplish it, so I have a
 RM> lot of respect for people who can make the changes
 RM> necessary. I am a much bigger fan of self control than
 RM> getting one's stomach stapled though.

I concur.  Eating is habitual. It's easy to get into an  
unhealthy pattern.


 RM> Exercise is important to health under any circumstances if
 RM> your normal life is not filled with situations that
 RM> naturally gives you lots of exercise.

I concur.  Actvity is an important element in overall health  
too.  Sadly, some people reach a stage where is becomes too  
hard to lug all that extra weight around. It becomes a  
descending spiral of health.


 RM> ..I'm 68 and have no issues with blood pressure or
 RM> cholesterol or diabetes.  [...] In recent weeks, in my
 RM> exercise routine, I've moved up from doing 100 to doing
 RM> 110 push-ups in under 3 minutes. I get lots of exercise
 RM> mowing lawns or shovelling snow and looking after the
 RM> wooded lakefront lot where I live.

That's amazing. I'm just a handful of years younger. I've tried
sticking to a pushup routine (and increasing the numbers
gradually) ..but some days preclude the activity and the
routine gets out of wack.


 RM> I figured early on that staying as healthy as possible
 RM> would make things a lot easier as I got older. Once you
 RM> can finally retire, who wants to be in such lousy shape
 RM> that you can't do active things and enjoy life?..

I concur.  Perhaps some people simply don't look at that way.  
And when they reach "retirement" age, they are too weak to do  
anything worthwhile for enjoyment.


 RM> BTW.. as for the 'genetics' idea, I am in far better
 RM> health than either of my siblings, both overweight and the
 RM> younger one severely diabetic, so you can take that for
 RM> whatever it's worth..

Then it can't be genetics. Your better health proves it.

I have an older brother (by one year) who is quite large.  But  
I've seen his high caloric intake.  He can barely walk now.

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