Worth the upgrade? Haha skipping all the really good conversation to go straight for important things.
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All I use my Switch for is to play video games from 1997 and earlier than have been ported onto it, so in that regard Iâm content and there really isnât anything the Switch2 offers for me. However, I dig that itâs fully reverse compatible, to include with OG switch controllers. I honestly donât know what new game could come out that Iâd care enough about to want to buy/play.
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Because I have achieved what is considered âleanâ bodyfat percentage, I assumed I was fine with candy bars and ribeyes - and for a long time I was. However, now that I am collecting Social Security, that leanness isnât protective anymore. At approximately 15% bodyfat, I have high BP, hyperlipidemia, and am prediabetic.
I attribute it to genetics and being overweight - my BMI is 26.3. I think weight plays an increasingly larger role as we age.
But, I am sure my lifestyle choices also contributed. Post diagnosis is not the time to try to implement changes. I figure most folks would be better off eating healthy regardless of their bloodwork.
Always appreciate when you ârantâ about important things.
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Your praise holds a lot of weight: thank you for it.
You bring up a really fascinating point regarding leanness. Weâre hearing more and more about this notion of a âpersonal fatness thresholdâ, and what used to be sold as a feature is really a bug.
We used to admire folks that could âeat whatever they want and not get fatâ, and weâd look at people on âMy 600lb lifeâ with pity and horror, but weâre finding out that itâs actually pretty hard (genetically) to GET to be 600lbs. You actually need to have the right amount of fat cells to GET that fat. Those who donât have the right amount/amount with that high of capacity can only get SO fat before the body flat out canât store any more subcutaneous fat.
Oh, but donât you worry: the body hasnât exhausted itâs fat storage yet! Itâs just going to start storing VISCERAL fat instead.
Yeah, thatâs REALLY not good. And it ALSO comes with a whopping dose of insulin resistance too, because the body is SPAMMING insulin trying to get these damn fat cells to hold more fat and they keep saying âWeâre all full up here: go somewhere elseâ. Itâs how we get those âSOFIâ (skinny outside/fat inside) folks, who visually LOOK fine, and under the hood are a wreck. Probably also explains the opposite folks weâd run into, that were clearly morbidly obese but had good blood markers.
Itâs as you said: you gotta take care of the stuff BEFORE itâs a problem.
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I love plan (full fat) Greek yogurt and plan (full fat) kefir. I will take âshotsâ of the latter, while the former is like a decadent treat. That said, most people I know that like âyogurtâ will only eat the type with lots of sugar and added flavors.
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This is a favorite of mine too.
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I find myself (as someone who doesnât have the cleanest of diets) that I just crave REAL food. Case in point I had opportunity to eat KFC the other day - and I couldnât finish it. I just didnât want it.
I find myself more and more drawn to an altered philosophy of Michael Pollan - Eat real food, mostly animals (instead of plants), not too much.
I am not demonizing plants, they just arenât the backbone.
My favourite meals are when my wife does plain roast veges with full fat yoghurt sauce and slow cooked lamb or beef. Bliss
(you do have to be careful with cheese though - it seems ok but so easy to overeat).
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Thatâs me. I switched from Dannon Light & Fit for plain greek and boy was it bitter! I havenât tried it since. I also donât eat the other stuff anymore. It served a great purpose once upon a time when I lived off smoothies for breakfast.
BMI doesnât really work for those of us who have intentionally added muscle. Itâs an outdated scale unless youâre one of the obese to morbidly obese people. The rest of us can focus more on body fat and that internal/visceral body fat @T3hPwnisher referenced.
I know the documentary âFed Upâ has an angle and bias, but it still has tons of great information in it, so Iâll be showing it to my class soon. They show a family getting DEXA scans to check their true fat levels and locations, and the kids in it are already fat on the inside. Itâs crazy what our food can do to us.
This is the only draw for me. I almost bought one for Christmas last year with the Mario Kart bundle but waffled. Did the same thing this year and saw itâs gone up in price because of the 2.0 version, so I didnât buy it again. Maybe somedayâŠ
We still have the OG Nintendo but Iâm missing some of the best games like Contra and Paper Boy.
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You have to move to this in phases. I would recommend trying it with peanut butter and honey. (Assuming you like peanut butter and honey).Slowly decrease the amounts of each. Eventually you will be to plain yogurt without the overwhelming change in flavor slapping you in the face.
I love this documentary.
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Itâs just a ratio of height to weight, without regard to what is making you weigh that much. As you say, for us that have intentionally added muscle or for high level athletes, it is not useful and even misleading. But when applied across an entire population, the people that are overly muscled are a small enough fraction that they donât effect the overall trends and analyses. I wouldnât call it âoutdatedâ because it just uses height and weight, which are also long time measurements but wouldnât be called outdated. I would just call it limited and perhaps not always applicable at the individual level.
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Hey, appreciate you addressing my post. I think I did not articulate my point well, or I misread your point - probably a combination of both.
Here is my thought in a nutshell. For me, at 15% body fat, I would be healthier at 175, ânormalâ according to BMI, than at 205, âoverweightâ according to BMI.
At 205, there is more mass to maintain - weight to carry, tissue to supply with blood, etc . . . organs have to work harder.
My genetics may be different, so everyoneâs mileage may vary.
At 205, my health markers were not good, despite being âlean.â When I lose weight, my health markers improve.
I respect your opinion as a Health/PE Teacher, as well as your commitment to education. Most of the PE teachers I knew would have the kids walk on the track for 30 minutes or less, throw a football or a frisbee - no lesson planning, no assessment, just an A for showing up and dressing or a B for not walking. I also saw many that had lesson plans, had tests, made kids write essays - mad respect for you for being of service. It is, for many, a calling.
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Definitely wanna circle back to this, but for now
Nutrition Recap
Breakfast was 14.5oz of grassfed airfried lamb alongside some beef liver, 3 whole eggs and 5 whites.
Met a friend for dinner at my favorite BBQ spot, and they do âjumbo wingsâ on WednesdaysâŠso thatâs what I got. 5 of those. Jumbo wings are REAL chicken wings, as opposed to what most wings places do where they break a wing into a flat and a drum and try to sell them as 2 wingsâŠso this was like 10 âwingsâ in a normal place.
Also included some photos of last nightâs Metabolic Drive pudding. I donât know if Iâve ever had full fat greek yogurt beforeâŠitâs SO much better than fat free.
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Why yes it it.
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Alright, so BMI discussion: @OyAmPipMayo brings up the point that a lot of meatheads donât like to hear. BMI is simply an all cause mortality evaluator. There is a correlation between BMI reaching a certain threshold and risks factors increasing. Yes: often thatâs because of someone being overFAT, but even in the case of being overmuscled, the heart and organs are really pretty agnostic of the whole situation. They STILL gotta work harder to support the system. Ever wonder why Great Danes die at 7 years old whereas you can have a 21 year old Chihuahua?
But hereâs the OTHER thing we meatheads donât like to acknowledge: itâs REALLY hard to achieve an obese BMI while being lean. At least, as a natural trainee. Most likely: weâre actually STILL carrying a bit more fluff than necessary with our âmassive gainsâ, and if we spent a little bit of time streamlining, weâd probably improve our health quite a bit.
I know for a fact from my own observations that my RHR increases to match a rise in bodyweight. When Iâm in the high 170s, I hang around 36-38. When I get into the mid 180s, itâs 44. Even though Iâm stronger and fitter at this weight, itâs a strain on the system.
Now, I WILL agree that itâs a poor idea to use BMI as an indication of FATNESS. This is where the system is flawed. But itâs also because our culture is really messed up as far as language goes. We say âlose weightâ when we really mean âlose FATâ, and this gets people wrapped around the axle because theyâre just hyper-focused on the scale number instead of bodycomp. It leads to running in sauna suits and grifters selling water loss products to trick people into thinking theyâre achieving their fitness goals. And so, if a doctor calculates your BMI and says âYou gotta lose some weightâ, we interpret that to mean theyâre saying âYou gotta lose some fatâ, and we flip out if weâre Mr. America. And yes, for gen pop, it makes FAR more sense to fat vs lean tissue, if given the choice, because one is far more advantageous to have than the other. But, for all of us, think about this: how many 240lb 80 year olds do you see? The truth is, if longevity is the goal, at one point, when the doc says âYou gotta lose some weightâ, it really IS a matter of just plain numbers.
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Iâve always struggled with this. Iâm getting better with it.
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Women in particular really seem to struggle with this, and I feel like part of this is that women seem especially vicious to other women in regards to the number on the scale compared to the actual bodycomp.
If you ask a man âIf you could look exactly how you want to look OR weigh exactly as much as you want to weigh, which would you choose?â Very few pick the latter. You ask most women âYou can look exactly how you want to look OR weigh exactly how much you want to weightâ, Iâve found many struggle. Or, more specifically, when addressing how lean tissue transforms physiques, ask them âAre you ok weighing 15lbs more if it means looking your best?â, itâs a struggle.
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I had a similar conversation with my sonâs cross country coach about diet. My son was not showing progress in his racing and it took me a while to figure out that he wasnât fuling properly. When I brought this up to the coach he said that diet is something very hard to discuss with teenagers because of how they view eating. Specifically in female athletes. He said that he asked one of his female runners why she thought she was doing so much better during summer running than she was in season. She told him that she ate more in the summer because her friends werenât there to comment on how much she was eating. Itâs really hard to deal with as a female because we are so hard on each other and we have such unrealistic expectations for our bodies. Iâm just now at the age of (almost) 47 figuring out that I need to eat in order to fuel proper function. I just need to eat the right things and the rest kind of takes care of itself.
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Christ, I canât even imagine trying to navigate being a high school athlete these days. I was so fortunate to grow up when I did. I know even among boys theyâre running into issues where Instagram and TikTok are telling them that they need to be shredded year round and live off chicken and rice. These kids are in the prime of their lives athletically and weâre stunting their growth by not allowing them to fuel for performance. And thatâs primarily because they ARE being broadcasted 24 hours a day, so the imperative to always be âphotoshoot readyâ is real.
All we can do is model good behavior and try to call out BS when we see it.
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How tall are you? According to the chart, youâre somewhere between 5â10" and 6â3" if 205 puts you in the overweight category. Also, I may have missed it but how old are you?
This ties into my question about your age because I agree. Iâm 41 and weighing about 240 at 6â5" (maybe a smidge under). I want to get down to 225, but I think it would benefit me to go even lower as I go through my 50s and 60s. Mass can be deadly as we age whether itâs fat or muscle. Itâs safe to say Arnold is living that example for us.
Thatâs the other half of their curriculum! Our classes are split into Health and PE. I only teach the Health classes twice a day so I can spend the other four classes in the weight room. I could phone it in, but I donât want to be terrible at my job so I try to get some of the content to stick. I even make the kids fill out guided notes or answer a few short questions when we watch videos like the âFed Upâ documentary.
When I taught the PE side in the gym, I still had plans and progressions for the units - like volleyball started with passing, setting, underhand serves and then weâd progress to games.
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I had my daughter in wrestling for a month and realize itâs best she just does mat club and train jiu jitsu. Itâs waaaaay too much for girls to have to actually make a targeted weight at that age.
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