Re: Newbie Introduction/Questions (long)

[Guest guest]

BMI is supposed to be a calculated measure of body fat. Absolute

minimum body fat levels for women in B120YD are listed as 10-15%. A

weight 10% below your setpoint is recommended if you are

already 'slender' at your setpoint. With 125 as your setpoint (BMI =

21.5), 10% below would be 113 with a BMI of 19.4. Walford also

suggests a target weight of 50% of the body fat level at your set

point, but this would be at the very low end of the range for women.

BMI less than 18.5 triggers concerns about osteoporosis, anemia,

amenorhea (sp?), etc. Walford comments that high fashion models are

usually about 18 - but no one said they were actually the picture of

health.

At http://www.integrarx.com/bmi.asp there is a chart that shows an

increase of health issues when BMI starts to get below about 19.5 (if

you can believe this one).

You should probably target about 115, and see how that goes.

Iris

--- In , " annie_fox " <annie_fox@y...>

wrote:

> I know to some extent I just need to go by feel, but, in general,

what BMI is just

> considered too low? There must be some objective lower cutoff.

After all,

> there are some people who just naturally are walking sticks. While

changing

> their nutrient intake and lowering their metabolism by reducing

calories may

> well be desireable, I doubt much further weight loss would be good

for them.

>

> Any feedback would be appreciated. I do have some other questions

about

> supplements and mineral absorption, but perhaps those are best left

for

> separate posts.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group Annie. We'll try to answer your many questions. You

seem to be on the thin side and you're also young. So don't worry about

weight or BMI too much. Just control your diet. The rest will follow.

As to whether eating out will negate your CR benefits, it depends on how

often, how much, and how overboard you go. Even so, we don't really know.

So do the best you can. Some CRON is better than no CRON. When/if you

reach your 120 years, I guess we'll know if it worked for you.

I occasionally go off my diet for social/enjoyment reasons, but it's not

that often so I don't think overall it'll harm me much. I do try not to

stuff myself anymore (actually I can't; it's just too uncomfortable) and

there are some things I never eat anymore (white bread, white rice, chinese

fried noodles, fatty meats, and pastries and other desserts- very small

amounts only). But I usually " taste " almost everything at a social function

so I don't feel deprived or that I 'm missing anything (and the " taste "

usually proves to me I'm not). This works for me and keeps me happily on

CRON. It may not work for everybody. Some may need to completely stay away

from forbidden foods, or the dam may burst. You're young and have lots of

time to figure out what'll work in your case.

on 4/27/2003 8:54 PM, annie_fox at annie_fox@... wrote:

> Hi there,

>

> I just found this group, and I must say, you seem to have much more

> information than the other CRON resources I've found online.

There will probably continue to be days

when I go out to eat and have whatever I want, regardless of calorie count.

I

don't want to lose the benefits of CR by doing it this way. What do you

think?