jujube
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- Joined
- Oct 2, 2011
But in that same class, you likely have a kid or two working hard just to hang on to Cs. And just like some kids have less than stellar academic ability, some people do have a "C" metabolism.
When I was in high school I was swimming competitively nearly year round and putting in 15-18 hours a week in the pool. Back then I was about 10lbs overweight, and I'm not talking about "muscle is more dense" sort of weight - I had a little pudge around my middle even when I was a size 7 and working out hard for hours every day. That was my starting point, and as we all know metabolism and weight only get to be a harder battle to fight with age. I'm active and I eat well, but I've made peace with the fact that I'll probably never fit into the "healthy" BMI range. Even now, running 5ks with my kids, biking 50 miles or so in an average week, and training for my first longer race, I have 50lbs or so to lose to get down to the upper end of normal for my height. And my weight is stable right now; actively losing takes stepping it up beyond the 45min or so of focused exercise I get each day and I don't have the time or energy for that at this point in time.
The students story was an analogy. Just tried to show that some have an easy time, some have to work a little harder, and others have to work a lot harder.
To get around high prices for good food, my husband built a square foot garden in our backyard. We had fresh vegetables all spring and summer.