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Tony wrote [[Thanks for the comment about my web site. I have an

interest in trying to quantify CR to avoid some of the problems that

the extreme practitioners suffer, such as osteoporosis.]]

** The compliment is well deserved. Your website is extensive, and,

the overall impression is that you are very 'human'; meaning, it is

more than a website but in in-site (if I may) into who you are. Very

personal. I like it. Oh .. and you do a beautiful Mayurasana.

[[i have put your numbers in the Calorie Restriction Calculator:

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/health/cron1.html

Using your height of 5'6 " , weight 130 lb, age 49, very active level of

activity, and 1300 Calories per day gives your Percentage of Calorie

Restriction as 40%. At 1200 Calories it is around 45%CR.]]

** This is yet another aspect of your site that I enjoyed, and which

prompted me to come back frequently: the database and calculators.

That they are coupled with informative data, explaining them, is a

win-win combination. As an aside, I also added my measurements to

the database on this list (thanks for the suggstion Rodney!).

[[i think that with your level of activity you are already practicing

around 40% CR.]]

** Ok. Part of being new to this approach is learning the language,

so I appreciate the observation and estimate.

[[Don't become obsessed about your waist size or body shape; that

opens the door toward anorexia.]]

** An eating disorder is not even part of my life paradigm. If

anything, eating too much is! I do love preparing good food, and

eating good food, and hot sourdough bread with real butter and

roasted garlic, and red wine, and dark chocolates .. and ..

[[Your emphasis should be to assure that you have optimum nutrition

by getting the RDA of all vitamins and minerals.]]

** Yes. In fact, optimum nutrition and searching for 'super-foods'

(for example) is what brought me here (to this subject and list).

[[CRON-o-Meter is a good tool for this purpose.]]

** I was just looking at this and considering downloading it. I may

switch over from fitday to this. My challenge, however, with fitday,

is, though an extensive listing of many foods, I end up customizing

most of what I eat. Which, I suppose, is not a 'bad' thing, just, I

think they should update their database. An example is kimchi, which

I love and eat almost daily, but I had to customize it on fitday.

Because the kimchi I eat is literally handmade, I do not have

specific nutrional information on it so know that fitday is only a

ballpark estimate of my daily intake.

Om Peace!

Valarie Devi

http://hamsa-yogashala.com/