Re: How much weight to lose?

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Actually Brad your weight is secondary. What counts are lowering your calories from what you would eat ad lib. If you normally eat 2500 cal a day for example, consider lowering to 2200 to begin. Then see how fast or how slow you're losing. if you're losing too fast, then up the cals. If too slow then reduce cal by 100-150 a day or so. Weight loss is not the goal of CRON. Reducing calories, while improving your diet is the goal! See the file " CR Made Easy " to start you off. Go from there.

on 11/4/2003 12:28 PM, Brad Bolz at bradbolz@... wrote:

> So, how much of a person's body weight is typically skeletal? Based on the

> information I provided, how low should I consider going. I do realize many

> other factors come into play with how much past our set point we proceed.

> I'd guess my set point is 189 pounds or so. Does carrying excess lean

> tissue shorten lifespan? What quantifies as excess lean mass? Do you have

> to be extra careful losing lean tissue? Wouldn't losing lean tissue also

> reduce the size of the various organs? Aren't oversized organs the

> equivalent of having a larger engine in your vehicle? Wouldn't having a

> larger engine that worked less, produce a longer lifespan?