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15 years 1 month ago - 15 years 1 month ago #196225 by Eric_N
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The average American walks 1.4 miles per week  (~350 yards per day)?

Just back from Japan where we consumed twice the volume of food as at home yet lost weight  (Mostly raw seafood, raw vegetables, rice, malt & barley plus no car needed so we walked 5 or 6 miles/day like most everyone else).  Avg observed BMI's were about 20 (nice).  Lots of 70, 80 yr olds actively out & ‘bout. 

Weight control suggestion:   Ski Hakuba Valley after hand shear testing per attached group photo (not Cookie Monster).

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15 years 1 month ago #196226 by haggis
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SNOW MONKEYS!!

I know you travelled all the way over to Japan for the snow monkey so big thumbs up finding them! :) How was their BMI (to stay on thread...)

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15 years 1 month ago #196215 by peteyboy
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Somewhat on-point tangent: during an expert discussion of where should a person's LDL cholesterol be, the point was made that by studying the few remaining hunter-gatherer societies remaining, their LDL's are now known to be 50 to 70 mg/dL. Just like all non-domesticated mammals, be they badger or blue whale, have an LDL level of 50-70 mg/dL. Skin far, skin fast, skin often, we'll all be fine.

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15 years 1 month ago - 15 years 1 month ago #196229 by Eric_N
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Haggis, saru BMI ~12, I’m 25.1 so they are twice the primate.   Which is why I allow you to break trail … with snow well survival/BMI ratios and all.

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15 years 1 month ago #196272 by Scotsman
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Precisely Marcus!
You are a well-muscled person, so you SHOULD be at the top of that range, maybe even a little over. But CULTURALLY you are almost "thin" (I bet you get called that in the non-athlete community all the time).
In your grandfather's day you would have been a rather hulking guy.


And this year's award of the Order of the Brown Nose goes to............

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