one good thing, I guess

[jay]

All of the stress and missed meals over the past 5 weeks has led to some modest weight loss... 10 lbs since mid-May, and that with an irregular workout schedule. I'm back down to 15 lbs over my actuarial-table "ideal" weight of 167. One belt notch. Some more exercise would be good, both for toning the abs to fit and for stress reduction...

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Probably at least 5-7 lbs, I'd guess... I'm not targeting that figure, I'd be happy with just staying a bit lower than the present. Or in reality, whatever weight and muscle tone would cause attractive women to fancy me... (chuckle).

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're not being doctrinaire in following some claimed average. But maybe, if your aim is to cause attractive women to fancy you, you should ask the attractive women what they fancy? Of course you could already have done that...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(smile) that was firmly tongue-in-cheek. I have no expectations that attractive women would fancy me for *any* reason! Hence no reason to ask... ;-)

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

You might be surprised, especially among those who are self-described geeks.

And if your attempts at being attractive are doomed to failure, why bother slimming down?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I might be surprised someday, but it hasn't happened yet. In any case, slimming-down is just a beneficial side-effect of being too stressed to eat regularly... it wasn't planned.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Brian, historically, attractive women have fancied you. One married you, and you're involved with at least two. I have no idea where you get some of these ideas. Were you being serious?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Yes -- those were exceptions to the broader rule?

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

As far as you're willing to believe, perhaps.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm really full of c$%^ on this one... sigh. I am handsome, intelligent, and even sometimes charming. If people aren't closer to me it is because I keep them at a distance, or they're wary of my emotional baggage. Those three were/are exceptions... in that they persevered past the smokescreens and emotional traps I set.

A little secret

[trinker.livejournal.com]

(I didn't see this post, earlier, so I'm coming to it now.)

"Attractive women" are in the eye of the beholder, and "attractive men", likewise. Meanwhile, what I find attractive is self-confidence and competence, and kindness. Weight and muscle tone may help contribute to eyecandy, but I've turned down many offers from eyecandy because they were unkind, or thoughtless, or unclueful, or arrogant, or obnoxious, or physically hamhanded.