Posted on 03/30/2009 12:50:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
when my mom hit middle age she got a really good full physical.. she had every test known to man and everything came back perfect. Then the doc says “ but i want you to lose some weight”.....”.um, did you ever stop to think it was all that good food that made me so healthy?” she says.
That’s not surprising. Personally, I’ve qualified as ‘dangerously underweight’ for most of my life, and despite eating most everything in sight and getting lots of exercise and doing weightlifting to try and build muscle mass, gaining weight was almost impossible. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to me that there would be people in the opposite situation, who have a high BMI and can diet and exercise and be healthy all they want, but can’t lose weight for whatever reason. Not to mention that muscle mass weighs more than fat, so almost all professional athletes, even ones who aren’t bodybuilders or football players, fall into the ‘overweight/obese’ category.
Grandpa fired the doctor. :-) Quote: "What did this guy think, that it was going to stunt my growth?"
Grandpa lived to the ripe old age of 89, and enjoyed his Scotch thoroughly right up to the end.
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