[LibKill]

My theory is not complex.

Our remote ancestors ate whatever they could get and what they got was not a lot.

As mankind moved from hunter-gatherers to farmers and herdsmen our food supply became more reliable. But those folks had to work hard for their food and so they remained trim (for the most part).

Now we have harnessed technology and put it to work making more food than any civillisation on earth has ever had.

And we don't have to (physically) work so hard for that food.

For all the stress I endure on the job it is not all that demanding physically.

So, if I don't moderate my food intake or excercise in my spare time, I will balloon.

As it is I have hit a sort of happy medium, but I could still shed a few pounds and be better off for doing so.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I was an active cross country runner for years and years, and it was actually hard for me to put on weight. As a 'little guy', it would shock people to see the amount of food I would eat.

Now, as an engineer, I sit a lot more than I ever had before, and so it is a fight to keep from ballooning. My eating habits have changed to deal with that new reality...

A little exercise, a healthy diet, and now it's not a fight any more.