CNN: College professor goes from fat to 'Mr. Low Body Fat'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet....muata.kamdibe/
index.html

Story Highlights

* Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat

* At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and lacked
confidence

* Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work out

* He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four years

By Jackie Adams
CNN

WHITTIER, California (CNN) -- To most of his friends and colleagues, Muata
Kamdibe was the fun-loving, dreadlocked English professor with a great
sense of humor. He was outgoing and loved to laugh and have a good time.

Chubby throughout his childhood, Kamdibe, 37, says he started gaining
weight in college. Instead of gaining a little, he packed on 20, 30, even
50 pounds in a year. The stresses of life, family and career caught up with
him over the years and by the time he approached his mid-30s he weighed
nearly 300 pounds.

"I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I was very disappointed in
myself," says Kamdibe. "I felt like a small guy trapped in a large guy's
body."

But a family trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2002 would change his
life.

"[i] stepped on the scale and I was over 300 pounds," Kamdibe says. "As a
big guy, you always say 'As long as I'm not 300 pounds' you're OK ... it
was a weight and size I told myself I would never get to."

Realizing he weighed 310 pounds, Kamdibe, who is 6 feet tall, says he was
disgusted with himself and the moment brought him to tears. He knew he had
to do something.

Just one month later in January 2003, he changed his diet and started
walking at least an hour a day. Even though he was leery of diets, he
decided to try the Atkins diet and quickly lost 60 pounds in the first six
months.

In 2004, he hit a plateau and only lost five pounds the entire year. He
knew something was wrong and began doing what he knew best -- research. He
began reading everything he could about weight loss, how the body processes
food and exercise regimens for Olympic athletes.

Kamdibe discovered he had to take a different approach to his diet and
exercise regimen. Instead of lifting weights he used his own body weight
for resistance. He also modified his extremely low-carbohydrate or no-carb
diet -- and focused on how much food he was eating.

"You have to control how many calories you take in," says Kamdibe.
"[Before] I didn't care about calories, I constantly ate throughout the day
.. I didn't realize how many calories I was actually consuming."

Kamdibe chronicled his progress online on a blog he called "Mr. Low Body
Fat." It started out as a way to hold himself accountable and update
friends, but it also allowed him to inspire others who were trying to lose
weight.

"I wanted to create a blog for the average person to understand that they
can lose weight. They don't have to pay a lot of money to a trainer, they
don't have to follow all of these different programs," Kamdibe says. "I
decided to call it Mr. Low Body Fat to challenge myself."

By July 2007, Kamdibe had lost 133 pounds and weighed 177 pounds. He had
also reached his goal to get his body fat under 10 percent -- from a high
of 44 percent to 6.5 percent. Even though he's still working to achieve his
goal of six-pack abs -- he feels and looks like a completely different
person.

"It's given me this crazy notion that I can do anything I put my mind to,"
Kamdibe says. "Now I'm getting to know me. The face I look at every morning
is new to me."


Kamdibe admits the weight loss hasn't been easy and says he's still trying
to catch up mentally with his more muscular physique. The transformation
has boosted his self-confidence and helped him become a well-rounded
person.

"Losing weight was one of the last obstacles I had to overcome to finally
figure out who I was as a person," says Kamdibe. "To be able to inspire
someone else in turn, that makes me feel really good."

Muata Kamdibe's Tips
Calories count! If anyone tells you differently, keep your hand on your
wallet and back away slowly.

Feed your brain to lose the weight. Educate yourself about the weight-loss
process to create your own way of eating.


Establish a realistic plan to accomplish your goals. Having an epiphany
that you need to lose weight is not enough.


Lie to everyone else about your weight if you'd like, but there is no room
for lying to yourself anymore.


Read both sides of the debate about saturated fat and cholesterol. There's
more than enough information available to make an informed decision about a
diet that is good for you.


If you can't do 20 strict form push-ups and chin-ups, then you shouldn't
think about touching one dumbbell. Bodyweight exercises are enough to build
the body that 90 percent of the fat guys and their women really want!

On May 31, 10:15*am, sar...@nothingmuch.com (Sarrah) wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet....tloss.muata.ka...
> index.html
>
> Story Highlights
>
> * Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat
>
> * At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and lacked
> confidence
>
> * Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work out
>
> * He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four years
>
> By Jackie Adams
> CNN
>
> WHITTIER, California (CNN) -- To most of his friends and colleagues, Muata
> Kamdibe was the fun-loving, dreadlocked English professor with a great
> sense of humor. He was outgoing and loved to laugh and have a good time.
>
> Chubby throughout his childhood, Kamdibe, 37, says he started gaining
> weight in college. Instead of gaining a little, he packed on 20, 30, even
> 50 pounds in a year. The stresses of life, family and career caught up with
> him over the years and by the time he approached his mid-30s he weighed
> nearly 300 pounds.
>
> "I never felt comfortable in my own skin. I was very disappointed in
> myself," says Kamdibe. "I felt like a small guy trapped in a large guy's
> body."
>
> But a family trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2002 would change his
> life.
>
> "[i] stepped on the scale and I was over 300 pounds," Kamdibe says. "As a
> big guy, you always say 'As long as I'm not 300 pounds' you're OK ... it
> was a weight and size I told myself I would never get to."
>
> Realizing he weighed 310 pounds, Kamdibe, who is 6 feet tall, says he was
> disgusted with himself and the moment brought him to tears. He knew he had
> to do something.
>
> Just one month later in January 2003, he changed his diet and started
> walking at least an hour a day. Even though he was leery of diets, he
> decided to try the Atkins diet and quickly lost 60 pounds in the first six
> months.
>
> In 2004, he hit a plateau and only lost five pounds the entire year. He
> knew something was wrong and began doing what he knew best -- research. He
> began reading everything he could about weight loss, how the body processes
> food and exercise regimens for Olympic athletes.
>
> Kamdibe discovered he had to take a different approach to his diet and
> exercise regimen. Instead of lifting weights he used his own body weight
> for resistance. He also modified his extremely low-carbohydrate or no-carb
> diet -- and focused on how much food he was eating.
>
> "You have to control how many calories you take in," says Kamdibe.
> "[Before] I didn't care about calories, I constantly ate throughout the day
> . I didn't realize how many calories I was actually consuming."
>
> Kamdibe chronicled his progress online on a blog he called "Mr. Low Body
> Fat." It started out as a way to hold himself accountable and update
> friends, but it also allowed him to inspire others who were trying to lose
> weight.
>
> "I wanted to create a blog for the average person to understand that they
> can lose weight. They don't have to pay a lot of money to a trainer, they
> don't have to follow all of these different programs," Kamdibe says. "I
> decided to call it Mr. Low Body Fat to challenge myself."
>
> By July 2007, Kamdibe had lost 133 pounds and weighed 177 pounds. He had
> also reached his goal to get his body fat under 10 percent -- from a high
> of 44 percent to 6.5 percent. Even though he's still working to achieve his
> goal of six-pack abs -- he feels and looks like a completely different
> person.
>
> "It's given me this crazy notion that I can do anything I put my mind to,"
> Kamdibe says. "Now I'm getting to know me. The face I look at every morning
> is new to me."
>
> Kamdibe admits the weight loss hasn't been easy and says he's still trying
> to catch up mentally with his more muscular physique. The transformation
> has boosted his self-confidence and helped him become a well-rounded
> person.
>
> "Losing weight was one of the last obstacles I had to overcome to finally
> figure out who I was as a person," says Kamdibe. "To be able to inspire
> someone else in turn, that makes me feel really good."
>
> Muata Kamdibe's Tips
> Calories count! If anyone tells you differently, keep your hand on your
> wallet and back away slowly.
>
> Feed your brain to lose the weight. Educate yourself about the weight-loss
> process to create your own way of eating.
>
> Establish a realistic plan to accomplish your goals. Having an epiphany
> that you need to lose weight is not enough.
>
> Lie to everyone else about your weight if you'd like, but there is no room
> for lying to yourself anymore.
>
> Read both sides of the debate about saturated fat and cholesterol. There's
> more than enough information available to make an informed decision about a
> diet that is good for you.
>
> If you can't do 20 strict form push-ups and chin-ups, then you shouldn't
> think about touching one dumbbell. Bodyweight exercises are enough to build
> the body that 90 percent of the fat guys and their women really want!

I think it is really great that you used a source of your pain to
inspire others. So often people feel there is something that they
would like to change, but it is truely stories like yours that inspire
others. I am someone that could benifit from losing weight as well and
I like the approach of using your own body fat as resistance. Often
for me I need to continue to stay motivated so a good Mp3 Player helps
(along with a great play list) . Thank you for sharing your story!

Sarrah wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet....muata.kamdibe/
> index.html
>
> Story Highlights
>
> * Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat
>
> * At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and lacked
> confidence
>
> * Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work out
>
> * He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four years
>

So he went from a LBW of 205 lbs to a lbw of 165 lbs.

On 31 May 2008 15:15:50 -0000, sarrah@nothingmuch.com (Sarrah) wrote
this stuff here :

>Story Highlights
>
>* Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat
>
>* At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and lacked
>confidence
>
>* Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work out
>
>* He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four years


I bet he gains all of it back plus some more once he decides to
actually eat normal foods again.

It's also not normal to lose that much weight in 4 years, maybe in 10
years would be appropriate.

I've seen many news stories about people gaining back all their weight
and it all came down to the person feeling like a prisoners; not
allowed to enjoy foods that even slender people enjoy from time to
time.

He started at 310 pounds and he'll likely be back to more, say 400
pounds in under 6 months from now.

NOTE: Notice how these 'miracle weight loss' stories never do a
follow-up years later?

Then there is those celebrities who promote some 'diet plan' showing
there new bodies..Then you see some tabloid magazine photo of them 6-9
months later weighing MORE than before the diet started.

The only way to lose weight AND KEEP IT OFF FOR GOOD is to eat a
satisfying amount of food under a certain calorie limit AND to do
something, like waling, for 30-60 minutes per day.

All those other diet fads don't work because people do not LEARN how
to eat and exercise.

Most low-carbers lose a lot of weight, even without exercise or
feeling hungry. Problem is they truly never learned how to eat or
exercise. Low carbers are notorious for gaining all the weight back
once they decide to not eat cardboard everyday.

A life without carbohydrates is truly a boring life. Your body was
DESIGNED to eat a variety of types of foods including carbs. I have
known people of normal weight who eat lots and lots of carbs
throughout their day and have done this for decades never once
becoming fatasses.

You could go on a 2,000 calories per day diet of ANY FOOD..You could
even go on an ice cream diet as long as you never exceeded 2,000
calories...Or an all rice diet or any item as long as you count
calories.

I've also seen people in the low-carb complain of 'stalls' mainly from
eating too many calories. Proves the point that calories ALWAYS count
even on the cardboard low-carb diets.

And remember, you can't spell DIET without the word DIE

:-D

On Sat, 31 May 2008 10:54:10 -0700 (PDT), oneglobalmind
<oneglobalmind@gmail.com> wrote this stuff here :

>Often
>for me I need to continue to stay motivated so a good Mp3 Player helps
>(along with a great play list) .

How many calories are in an MP3 player?

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On Sat, 31 May 2008, Always Learning wrote:

> NOTE: Notice how these 'miracle weight loss' stories never do a
> follow-up years later?

Ofcourse not. It's been shown that only 11% of dieters, who lose only 5%
of their body weight, are able to keep it off for 5 years. Imagine the
success rate for people who lose 40%!

On May 31, 8:15*am, sar...@nothingmuch.com (Sarrah) wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet....tloss.muata.ka...
> index.html
>
> Story Highlights
>
> * Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat

Unlikely body fat figure. This corresponds to 174 pounds of pure lean
mass! On a 6 foot male, this implies a fat-free mass index (FFMI) of
23.5, which is is an amount of lean mass that is squarely in the
territory of serious body building. The average male has a FFMI of
somewhere around 18-19.

As a non-exercising fat man, Kandibe probably had some extra muscle
mass in the legs, that's about it. In reality, his body fat precentage
at 310 was probably in excess of fifty.

> He had
> also reached his goal to get his body fat under 10 percent -- from a high
> of 44 percent to 6.5 percent. Even though he's still working to achieve his
> goal of six-pack abs -- he feels and looks like a completely different
> person.

Reality check: if you don't have six-pack abs, you're probably nowhere
near 6.5 percent. Unless, perhaps, your body fat is conspiring against
your goal by concentrating over your abs, leaving the rest of your
body ripped to shreds.

By his picture, by a very generous estimate, I would place him at
around 12 percent, subjectively based on the definition of the chest,
arms, shoulders, face and abdomen.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 14:44:49 -0400, Always Learning wrote:

> On 31 May 2008 15:15:50 -0000, sarrah@nothingmuch.com (Sarrah) wrote
> this stuff here :
>
>>Story Highlights
>>
>>* Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat
>>
>>* At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and
>>lacked confidence
>>
>>* Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work
>>out
>>
>>* He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four
>>years
>
>
> I bet he gains all of it back plus some more once he decides to actually
> eat normal foods again.
>
> It's also not normal to lose that much weight in 4 years, maybe in 10
> years would be appropriate.
>


There is nothing abnormal about loosing 133 pounds over the coarse of 4
years. A person can safely, healthfully, and consistently loose 2 pound
of body fat per week. Weight loose beyond 2 pound in one will almost
always be lean tissue or water. At 2 pound per week, with 52 weeks in a
year, a person can loose 104 pounds in year, or up to 416 pound in 4
years, if they have that much body fat to loose. There is nothing
miraculous or unmaintainable about Mr. Kamdibe's weight loose. That it
has taken 4 years is an indicator that He made permanent habits out of
the diet and exercise routines that helped Him to loose the weight. If a
person can stick with something for 4 years, they can likely go as long
as they want.

Most miracle diets offer weight loss in months, not years. This not some
celebrity weight loss scam. Mr. Kamdibe lost the weight by changing His
diet (learning how to eat as You put it), making those changes permanent,
and consistently exercising. People *SHOULD* pay attention to, and
follow what this person did. By Your own words, He did it right.

If You want a follow up, go to His blog:
http://mrlowbodyfat.blogspot.com/

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Shava_X wrote:

> That it
> has taken 4 years is an indicator that He made permanent habits out of
> the diet and exercise routines that helped Him to loose the weight.

That he must continue now for the rest of his life. He must continue the
exercise routine, he must continue the diet, every day, to keep the weight
off. The moment he stops counting the calories, it will start to come
back. The moment he stops the exercise, it will start to come back.

I am sorry, but that is NOT a higher quality of life, that's torture.

> Most miracle diets offer weight loss in months, not years. This not some
> celebrity weight loss scam. Mr. Kamdibe lost the weight by changing His
> diet (learning how to eat as You put it), making those changes permanent,
> and consistently exercising.

EXACTLY! And he now needs to maintain that same diet, and that same
exercise program. Stop, and the weight floods back.

> People *SHOULD* pay attention to, and
> follow what this person did.

Honestly, I'd rather be fat...

The Master wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Shava_X wrote:
>
>> That it
>> has taken 4 years is an indicator that He made permanent habits out of
>> the diet and exercise routines that helped Him to loose the weight.
>
> That he must continue now for the rest of his life. He must continue
> the exercise routine, he must continue the diet, every day, to keep the
> weight off. The moment he stops counting the calories, it will start to
> come back. The moment he stops the exercise, it will start to come back.
>
> I am sorry, but that is NOT a higher quality of life, that's torture.

No, it's fun! Swimming roughly 3500m per week and walking everywhere I
can, weight-lifting sewing machines, 45lb boxes of fabric, and running
up and down the stairs 20-30 times a day while eating low fat, low
gluten home cooked food, masses of salads and vegetables, and piles of
fresh fruit is occasionally expensive, frequently painful (as I have
fibromyalgoa), and sometimes inconvenient, but it far outweighs being
fat, flabby, out of breath after climbing the stairs slowly once, and
being in a wheelchair 2 years from now...
>
>> Most miracle diets offer weight loss in months, not years. This not some
>> celebrity weight loss scam. Mr. Kamdibe lost the weight by changing His
>> diet (learning how to eat as You put it), making those changes permanent,
>> and consistently exercising.
>
> EXACTLY! And he now needs to maintain that same diet, and that same
> exercise program. Stop, and the weight floods back.

Not floods. Creeps.
>
>> People *SHOULD* pay attention to, and
>> follow what this person did.
>
> Honestly, I'd rather be fat...

Poor you. Hope you can GET health and mortgage insurance: you're gonna
need them...


--
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Kate XXXXXX wrote:

>> I am sorry, but that is NOT a higher quality of life, that's torture.
>
> No, it's fun!

Remove the "it's"...

> Swimming roughly 3500m per week and walking everywhere I can,

Sounds like NO FUN...

> weight-lifting sewing machines, 45lb boxes of fabric, and running up and down
> the stairs 20-30 times a day

Sounds like hard work, and NO FUN...

> while eating low fat, low gluten home cooked
> food, masses of salads and vegetables

with no or bad taste... ICK!

>> Honestly, I'd rather be fat...
>
> Poor you.

No, poor YOU. You have no idea what fun is, you have no idea what good
tasting food is. I live a rich and full life, you live a shell of one.

A man walks into the doctors office, and asks if he will live to be 100.
"Do you smoke?" asks the doctor.
"No"
"Do you drink?"
"No"
"Do you take drugs?"
"No"
"Do you chase women?"
"No"
"Do you over eat?"
"No"
"Then why in the hell do you want to live to be 100?"

The Master wrote:

> No, poor YOU. You have no idea what fun is, you have no idea what good
> tasting food is. I live a rich and full life, you live a shell of one.

90% of my life is fun. 10% is paun. I do a LOT of pain-ignoring things.

I'm self employed, working at home, so I work to my own schedule, within
the paramaters of dates clients need things, and I cherry-pick the
clients. Only fun people with interesting projects that amuse,
challenge and interest me.

I love cooking and experimenting with foods: fresh local veg and fruit
in season, or delicious imported ideas from all over the world. I can
throw together a meal made from international ideas and foodstuffs one
day and slowly prepare and cook something seriously traditional the
next. I like to experiment within the restrictions of what I can eat (I
can't process fats properly and have a wheat intollerance: both cause
severe pain), seeing what works and what doesn't. I draw the line at
eating cats, rats, dogs and rotting seal blubber, but not at much else
so long as it's low fat. I've only met two vegetables I really don't
like (okra and quinoa). Some days we eat traditional Scots food
(Arbroath smokies and 'mealie potatoes'), some days Morroccan (lamb
tagine - yum!), some days Indian, some days Chinese, some days
Mexican... And I get to play with sharp knives and pots and pans and
food! AND cook it all myself! LOVE doing that. There is no such thing
as too much garlic, and the world does not contain enough olives or goat
chese... or fish!

For outside fun, I've shot rapids in a kayak, sailed in the Med, flown a
light aircraft, played with ice axes and crampons in Snowdonia, abseiled
off cliffs, and dived in 500 feet of crystal clear water...

The fibro has curtailed some of the more high-impact things I used to
do: no more hockey or running! Wah! And an 8 mile stroll along the
North Downs Way is more sensible than a 15 mile trek in the Cuillins
(but how I WISH I cou;d still do that and go with my son and husband),
but there is still plenty to do. I'm only 51, so I'm aiming to have 50
more years to try hot air ballooning, sky-diving, and horse riding, just
to start with.

I also have several more sewing machines on my To Collect list, and a
lot more teaching and learning to do in that area. I want some work
experience in a Saville Row tailors and with the Royal Opera House
costume department, and have oodles of lovely reasearch to do in The
Museum of Costume and the V&A... I want to go to Thailand and see
traditional batik being done, and to China to see silk being woven in
traditional brocades...

For quiet moments there are still thousands of books for me to read, and
more are written every day. I'll never keep up, even at my usual
consumption rate.

My drug of choice is adrenalin, self made by an exciting life. CBA with
smoking: rots your breath, ruins the lungs, makes your clothes stink. I
prefer an occasional glass of good wine, or pint of real ale, or a sup
of Laphroaig or Talisker to cheap booze by the yard. Don't like being
drunk: it spoils the fun.

I have every intention of skidding into my grave sideway at the tender
age of 102, with a glass in one hand, saying, 'Hell - that was fun! Can
I have another go?' And when I do, I'll be fit to do whatever I please.
>
> A man walks into the doctors office, and asks if he will live to be 100.
> "Do you smoke?" asks the doctor.

See above

> "Do you drink?"

See above

> "Do you take drugs?"

Yes: pain killers and anti-inflamarories by the bucket full. I rattle
at every painful step. Without them and the exercise, it'd be the
wheelchair. Have you any idea how hard it it to use a treadle sewing
machine in a wheelchair? It's a right bugger.

> "Do you chase women?"

I *AM* a woman. Men chase me...

> "Do you over eat?"

I eat properly, 3 times a day. Usually fresh home cooked foods.
Frequently prepared by me.

> "Then why in the hell do you want to live to be 100?"

It's a hell of a lot more fun than the alternative. You do NOT want a
bored workahlic ghost after you...
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:24:19 +0100, Kate XXXXXX
<kate@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:

>The Master wrote:
>
>> No, poor YOU. You have no idea what fun is, you have no idea what good
>> tasting food is. I live a rich and full life, you live a shell of one.
>
>90% of my life is fun. 10% is paun. I do a LOT of pain-ignoring things.
>
>I'm self employed, working at home, so I work to my own schedule, within
>the paramaters of dates clients need things, and I cherry-pick the
>clients. Only fun people with interesting projects that amuse,
>challenge and interest me.
>
>I love cooking and experimenting with foods: fresh local veg and fruit
>in season, or delicious imported ideas from all over the world. I can
>throw together a meal made from international ideas and foodstuffs one
>day and slowly prepare and cook something seriously traditional the
>next. I like to experiment within the restrictions of what I can eat (I
>can't process fats properly and have a wheat intollerance: both cause
>severe pain), seeing what works and what doesn't. I draw the line at
>eating cats, rats, dogs and rotting seal blubber, but not at much else
>so long as it's low fat. I've only met two vegetables I really don't
>like (okra and quinoa). Some days we eat traditional Scots food
>(Arbroath smokies and 'mealie potatoes'), some days Morroccan (lamb
>tagine - yum!), some days Indian, some days Chinese, some days
>Mexican... And I get to play with sharp knives and pots and pans and
>food! AND cook it all myself! LOVE doing that. There is no such thing
>as too much garlic, and the world does not contain enough olives or goat
>chese... or fish!
>
>For outside fun, I've shot rapids in a kayak, sailed in the Med, flown a
>light aircraft, played with ice axes and crampons in Snowdonia, abseiled
>off cliffs, and dived in 500 feet of crystal clear water...
>
>The fibro has curtailed some of the more high-impact things I used to
>do: no more hockey or running! Wah! And an 8 mile stroll along the
>North Downs Way is more sensible than a 15 mile trek in the Cuillins
>(but how I WISH I cou;d still do that and go with my son and husband),
>but there is still plenty to do. I'm only 51, so I'm aiming to have 50
>more years to try hot air ballooning, sky-diving, and horse riding, just
>to start with.
>
>I also have several more sewing machines on my To Collect list, and a
>lot more teaching and learning to do in that area. I want some work
>experience in a Saville Row tailors and with the Royal Opera House
>costume department, and have oodles of lovely reasearch to do in The
>Museum of Costume and the V&A... I want to go to Thailand and see
>traditional batik being done, and to China to see silk being woven in
>traditional brocades...
>
>For quiet moments there are still thousands of books for me to read, and
>more are written every day. I'll never keep up, even at my usual
>consumption rate.
>
>My drug of choice is adrenalin, self made by an exciting life. CBA with
>smoking: rots your breath, ruins the lungs, makes your clothes stink. I
>prefer an occasional glass of good wine, or pint of real ale, or a sup
>of Laphroaig or Talisker to cheap booze by the yard. Don't like being
>drunk: it spoils the fun.
>
>I have every intention of skidding into my grave sideway at the tender
>age of 102, with a glass in one hand, saying, 'Hell - that was fun! Can
>I have another go?' And when I do, I'll be fit to do whatever I please.
>>
>> A man walks into the doctors office, and asks if he will live to be 100.
>> "Do you smoke?" asks the doctor.
>
>See above
>
>> "Do you drink?"
>
>See above
>
>> "Do you take drugs?"
>
>Yes: pain killers and anti-inflamarories by the bucket full. I rattle
>at every painful step. Without them and the exercise, it'd be the
>wheelchair. Have you any idea how hard it it to use a treadle sewing
>machine in a wheelchair? It's a right bugger.
>
>> "Do you chase women?"
>
>I *AM* a woman. Men chase me...
>
>> "Do you over eat?"
>
>I eat properly, 3 times a day. Usually fresh home cooked foods.
>Frequently prepared by me.
>
>> "Then why in the hell do you want to live to be 100?"
>
>It's a hell of a lot more fun than the alternative. You do NOT want a
>bored workahlic ghost after you...

News article about logevity

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/s...s.27c5580.html

Old_Timer

Kate, once again I'm impressed!

You rock!!

Will`

"Kate XXXXXX" <kate@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ksOdnZLMHqVi1NDVRVnyuAA@posted.plusnet...
> The Master wrote:
>
>> No, poor YOU. You have no idea what fun is, you have no idea what good
>> tasting food is. I live a rich and full life, you live a shell of one.
>
> 90% of my life is fun. 10% is paun. I do a LOT of pain-ignoring things.
>
> I'm self employed, working at home, so I work to my own schedule, within
> the paramaters of dates clients need things, and I cherry-pick the
> clients. Only fun people with interesting projects that amuse, challenge
> and interest me.
>
> I love cooking and experimenting with foods: fresh local veg and fruit in
> season, or delicious imported ideas from all over the world. I can throw
> together a meal made from international ideas and foodstuffs one day and
> slowly prepare and cook something seriously traditional the next. I like
> to experiment within the restrictions of what I can eat (I can't process
> fats properly and have a wheat intollerance: both cause severe pain),
> seeing what works and what doesn't. I draw the line at eating cats, rats,
> dogs and rotting seal blubber, but not at much else so long as it's low
> fat. I've only met two vegetables I really don't like (okra and quinoa).
> Some days we eat traditional Scots food (Arbroath smokies and 'mealie
> potatoes'), some days Morroccan (lamb tagine - yum!), some days Indian,
> some days Chinese, some days Mexican... And I get to play with sharp
> knives and pots and pans and food! AND cook it all myself! LOVE doing
> that. There is no such thing as too much garlic, and the world does not
> contain enough olives or goat chese... or fish!
>
> For outside fun, I've shot rapids in a kayak, sailed in the Med, flown a
> light aircraft, played with ice axes and crampons in Snowdonia, abseiled
> off cliffs, and dived in 500 feet of crystal clear water...
>
> The fibro has curtailed some of the more high-impact things I used to do:
> no more hockey or running! Wah! And an 8 mile stroll along the North
> Downs Way is more sensible than a 15 mile trek in the Cuillins (but how I
> WISH I cou;d still do that and go with my son and husband), but there is
> still plenty to do. I'm only 51, so I'm aiming to have 50 more years to
> try hot air ballooning, sky-diving, and horse riding, just to start with.
>
> I also have several more sewing machines on my To Collect list, and a lot
> more teaching and learning to do in that area. I want some work
> experience in a Saville Row tailors and with the Royal Opera House costume
> department, and have oodles of lovely reasearch to do in The Museum of
> Costume and the V&A... I want to go to Thailand and see traditional batik
> being done, and to China to see silk being woven in traditional
> brocades...
>
> For quiet moments there are still thousands of books for me to read, and
> more are written every day. I'll never keep up, even at my usual
> consumption rate.
>
> My drug of choice is adrenalin, self made by an exciting life. CBA with
> smoking: rots your breath, ruins the lungs, makes your clothes stink. I
> prefer an occasional glass of good wine, or pint of real ale, or a sup of
> Laphroaig or Talisker to cheap booze by the yard. Don't like being drunk:
> it spoils the fun.
>
> I have every intention of skidding into my grave sideway at the tender age
> of 102, with a glass in one hand, saying, 'Hell - that was fun! Can I
> have another go?' And when I do, I'll be fit to do whatever I please.
>>
>> A man walks into the doctors office, and asks if he will live to be 100.
>> "Do you smoke?" asks the doctor.
>
> See above
>
>> "Do you drink?"
>
> See above
>
>> "Do you take drugs?"
>
> Yes: pain killers and anti-inflamarories by the bucket full. I rattle at
> every painful step. Without them and the exercise, it'd be the
> wheelchair. Have you any idea how hard it it to use a treadle sewing
> machine in a wheelchair? It's a right bugger.
>
>> "Do you chase women?"
>
> I *AM* a woman. Men chase me...
>
>> "Do you over eat?"
>
> I eat properly, 3 times a day. Usually fresh home cooked foods.
> Frequently prepared by me.
>
>> "Then why in the hell do you want to live to be 100?"
>
> It's a hell of a lot more fun than the alternative. You do NOT want a
> bored workahlic ghost after you...
> --
> Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
> Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
> http://www.katedicey.co.uk
> Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Willow Herself wrote:
> Kate, once again I'm impressed!

<Curtseys>
>
> You rock!!

Yup - today to the sound of The Red Hot Chilli Pipers:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xGgV...ipipers.co.uk/

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

On 31 May 2008 15:15:50 -0000, sarrah@nothingmuch.com (Sarrah) wrote:

>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet....muata.kamdibe/
>index.html
>
>Story Highlights
>
>* Professor Muata Kamdibe weighed 310 pounds with 44 percent body fat
>
>* At his heaviest, he felt miserable and disguted with himself and lacked
>confidence
>
>* Kamdibe began counting calories and using his own body weight to work out
>
>* He lost 133 pounds and reduced his body fat to 6.5 percent in four years

So, he lost 125 lbs of fat (leaving only 11.5 lbs!) and only lost 8 lbs. of LBM?

Yeah, right.

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