I've gained 10 pounds over the summer which presents me with a dilemma. I've always promised myself that 175 lbs. was my cutoff weight, since somewhere around 165-170 is the top end of most BMI charts for my height of 5'10". I've always vowed that if I ever reached 175, I would begin taking steps to maintain and/or reduce it. Yesterday when I
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That said, it is true that if I lost the excess fat in my belly that I would fall back into an acceptable range on the chart, however, I feel that at this time in my life it's appropriate for me to have and the amount of work and lifestyle changes required to reduce/eliminate it greatly outpaces the minor benefits I would gain from it. I'm far from obese and I'm not a terribly vain man, so it's hard for me to justify the effort to do something about it.
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When I got up to 192 and felt like a fat fuck, i started riding my bike like crazy and reduced my caloric intake to get it down, but i couldn't get below 188, although I noticed the fat left my chin/neck and belly areas. My legs were like tree-stumps because of the 50 mile bike rides I went on. My BMI went down alot, but the actual weight didn't change.
As long as you've got the muscles let it slide man! 180 is technically my cut off but i'm doing a 9-5 job again, so i'll prob blow past that soon.
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