Re[2]:

March 18, 2008

THere is NO ONE RIGHT NUMBER, either in calories or in goal weight.

Almost all of us set unrealistic goals. 165 is probably a bit goofy

for him. Why isn't he on here himself? Don't take this wrong, but are

you trying to control him and his eating? If so, that's guaranteed to

be counterproductive. IF he wants to email to a guy who's been

successful, he can sure email me or call me. For me, at 5-10, a BMI of

25 is 173, so if he's six feet and 165, that's a bmi of 22, which is

towards the low end of normal. And way low if he has lots of muscle

and bone. But ... we're all different.

If you eat 1400 you'll lose faster than if you eat 1800. That's 400 a

day, or 3500 in nine days, so on average you'll lose about 3 pounds a

month faster than at 1800, all other things being equal. But either

way you'll lose, just depends on how fast.

Of course one of the things we need to try to learn is to NOT get hung

up on ANY numbers, either weight or calories, but to learn gradually

to " be normal " and just live by eating the right things.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 12:32:41 PM, you wrote:

> He says he'd like to be 165 again and I just think that would be

> too thin for him being 6'0 " and VERY muscular. I would think 180

> would be better, even 200. So basically add on a zero to the end?

> Part of that just doesn't make sense though since men require more

> calories than women. My goal is 180, but I don't think I should

> consume 1,800 calories. More like 1,400 for me. Hmmmm!

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Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA www.mylapband.tk

Banded 4/27/03, Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

Started at 355, at goal in the 210-220 range for almost 4 years

Ultimate goal of 195 Tummytuck in Boise and SmartLipo in Tijuana

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