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...

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I'm right there with you...

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I lost about a stone nursing our poor departed Orange cat, and missing meals and not exercising. This was very much a Mixed Blessing... I've kept the weight off for 5 months by exercising and eating healthily aka by putting my own health near the top of my list of priorities. I'll go back up if I slip up...

What I'm saying is, it's better to be healthy and fit than to reach your so-called 'ideal' weight. And that takes ring-fenced time, energy and commitment... best shared with sweeties, to leverage the Copious Free Time factor, I think: G & I are going to the gym together, D&I are going to aikido together, and we all cook together, whenever we can.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

The media and, in this case, the insurance indusrty, always gives us the means of distrubutions. I wonder what the standard deviation is on that actuarial ideal. I suspect its a lot broader than many expect, so that neurotic focus on hitting the figure on the nose does more harm than good.