Me, too. When I was a kid, we'd be out the door at the crack of dawn and didn't come home until dinnertime. We rode our bikes all over town, built forts and camps out in the woods, and generally occupied ourselves with outdoor activities of all kinds.

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Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
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Yeah, well, I grew up in New Orleans' French Quarter. Walking down Bourbon and peering at the posters for the girlie shows was my exercise. . . .

Seriously, my brother and I played in the patio all summer, and on weekends and holidays during the school year, unless it was raining or really cold. We walked to the grocery for Mom, about 1.5 blocks, and rode the bus to Canal Street, the big shopping district, or hiked the six blocks. We'd visit friends after school, most of whom lived within the Quarter or just outside.

If we'd lived in the suburbs, I guess we'd have done a lot of the things you mention, but the Quarter wasn't really a kid-friendly place. It was better than it is now for sure, but even then we had only two parks or playgrounds (one being Jackson Square). Anything else required our father to load us in the car for a drive to the lakefront or to Chalmette Battlefield.
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Sex with others burns off calories. In your case, sex with yourself also burns calories but you might have to do it more often.

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I've heard it said that the invention of writing caused people's ability to remember things to weaken. The fact that I can now call most people by either speed dialing, or picking their name off a list, or in some cases just saying the person's name, has had a very detrimental effect upon my ability to remember things like phone numbers.

I sometimes have to think pretty hard just to remember my own number.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
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The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Is the ability to remember things significant? I think not. We have libraries, internet and all sorts of data storage devices. Knowledge without being able to use it is worthless. I would think that reasoning and the ability to use the information is more worthwhile. Do I care if the doctor cannot remember all the drugs available at this time? No. He can read it up or use his PDA to get the dosing info, etc, etc. Now, does he know how to use it properly? That is important. I think too much emphasis is placed on memory.

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Having a good memory doesn't preclude reasoning skills. When the power goes off, I'd like to think my doctor could remember enough from medical school to muddle through until the lights came back on.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
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The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I think that remembering the name of the color of the child's hair is not as important as remembering the relationship between adult and child. The color of the hair becomes useful if one needs to identify a specific child.

B

I did the "Jared" diet last year lol. My eating & exercise habits went to **** for a while. February 2007 I was 225lbs - 6'2". I hadn't worked out and been as good as I was eating-wise for 18+ months. I immediately went back to the gym, ate 4-5 times a day. Lunch was usually a Subway Club on Wheat bread,etc. By June 2007 I was at 205lbs and by the time I arrived in Texas in October, I was 195lbs and floated between there and 200 lbs since. I don't feel so bad considering I left high school 23 years ago at a solid 180lbs having played tennis, basketball and martial arts....

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Get the book "Eat Right For Your Type" by Dr. D'Adamo. Worked wonders for me.

I made drastic changes to my diet and I have never felt better. I will never go back to eating certain types of food that many believe are good for you but actually inhibit your body from functioning correctly.

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He has another book out 'Genome type diet'. It goes into further genetic indicators for what to eat and not to eat. In this diet some types are able to eat pork products. I have read about half the book, but haven't done the measurements. I have seen some people lose a lot of weight on the Adkins diet. I did read the his book. I think there is something to it, but I prefer D'Adamo. D'Adamo directly anwers what type of grains you should eat. It varies as to blood type. A few other books I think are valuable are Dr. Mark Hymen's "Ultrametabolism" and Brenda Watson's "Detox" (not the full title).
I think there are a few other factors that kids today face that we didn't. Try picking up some off the self drink that doesn't have high frutose corn syrup in it. Also, look at packages for trans fats. These were being added in the mid '70s. I think that is when the obsesity problem started to emerge. Also, they slow you down so you get fatter, wich slows you down more. Some of this info is just making to main stream medical practice. Its been around the natural/homepathic realm for a while.
Tom

For my blood type "O" high frutose corn syrup is poison. I avoid it like the plauge. Try that and see just how much crap you will eliminate from your diet.

I decided to lose weight and get back in shape about 2 years ago. I started out without the book "Eat Right For Your Type". I was following traditional diet tips. I was starving myself with little results.

I did some research and found the book "Eat Right For Your Type" and started following the book. I went to the extreme and did not cheat at all. I was pretty rough for the first few months. I was always very hungry. I ate lots of proper foods but was always hungry, this subsided dramatically. I lost 50 lbs. Went from a size 38 pants to 32's. My energy level went thru the roof and my sleep requirements decreased. Everyone was asking me if I was sick, friends did not recognize me. Ran into an old girlfirend at the dog park, we talked for about 5 minutes until she realized who I was. I know sit at a comfortable 165 lbs. and feel great.

My new way of eating has become second nature and you could not pay me enough money to go back to eating some of those so called healthy foods.

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According to the almighty BMI calculator, I'm part of the problem (26.6). The thing is, I'm actually a hair under what I consider my ideal weight. I'm one of the faster runners in my reserve unit, and I have no problem throwing truck tires around for an hour or two at a time. When I was unemployed and doing PT nearly every day (alternating weight and cardio days), I actually weighed about 8 lbs more than I do now.

BMI (weight for height) isn't a true measure of fitness. That much being said, there are a lot of very out of shape people around, and it's relatively easy to fix. Just get some exercise.

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99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

I would agree that the BMI index is just a rule of thumb. It doesn't work for everybody. I think a % of fat is a better indicator, but more involved to meassure. I also think it depends on how you carry the fat.
Tom

I've always thought the BMI is a load of crap.

I'm 6'1" and weigh 199 lbs., which gives me a BMI of about 26, IIRC.

That makes me overweight as the BMI "normal" limit is 25.

I have a 36 inch waist, and can run five miles at a 9 minute mile pace, which ain't too shabby for a 40 year old male.

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BMI is not a perfect scale. It is a rough indicator.

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