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Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> > > The truth is, if losing weight were easy, everybody would do it. It's
> > > damned
> > > hard, and it's difficult to see why it's desirable. You can preach
> > > cardiovascular
> > > health all day long, but it doesn't really mean anything. It's too
> > > abstract.
> >
> > > Sorry, I'm a little grumpy today.
> >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > It's ok... I've been fighting my weight now for 33 years.
> >
> > It is easier said than done, especially with a bum thyroid like I have.
> >
> > No matter what meds I take, my T4 is borderline low normal.
> >
> > It sux, and it's expensive.
> >
> > I just need to quit eating altogether for a few months!
>
> That's the thing. Smokers can give up cold turkey, but dieters can't.
>
> I don't have a bum thyroid, but I hate exercise and love food.
> Luckily,
> I'm pretty picky, and would rather have a salad than a Big Mac. But
> I'm sure you're aware how small transgressions can add up. Thirty
> calories here, forty there; pretty soon you're talking real weight.

Kinda like budgeting random spending of cash actually.
A lesson I'm finally taking to heart.

Maybe once I can get tight control of my finances, the rest will fall
into place!

>
> My aging memory coughs up a statistic: 23 excess calories a day
> (every
> day) results in 50 extra pounds by age 40. Don't hold me to those
> numbers,
> but it's amazing how little it takes to produce a big effect over
> time.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Yep.

That is why it's called "middle age spread". ;-)
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