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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slowing down and pausing during weight loss gives skin chance to tighten (and also helps promote weight maintenance).  So lose 10 lbs, pause and maintain for a month, lose 10 more.  Or lose for 6 months, pause and maintain for 3 months, go back to losing.

Also setting a target weight that is slightly overweight or at the upper end of BMI rather than the weight you looked best at when you were in your 20s/30s.  Older people are often more attractive/look younger at a higher BMI than younger people. Post 50 being slightly overweight (e.g. BMI of 26) is also associated with the lowest all-cause mortality.[/quote]
My grandma used to say that fat people get sick, and skinny people die.  There really is something to having a little extra reserves as you get older, which can help carry you through an illness.  [/quote]

Sorry, grandma, what you want to have is [b]muscle[/b], not fat. Muscle provides the reserve that enables you to get out of bed after you've been sick or had an operation. If you're fat but weak (which is a lot of old people) you'll just lie there. Muscle also means better insulin sensitivity (which means lower likelihood of a whole host of age-related diseases) whereas fat means worse insulin sensitivity (which means more age-related diseases).

More muscle = longer healthier life. Get thee to the gym for resistance training.[/quote]

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