Omg!!

**Nighthawk** · 12th July 08, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by The F-H.C.A.G.

I'm not sure my waist was that small, even at 15-16 yrs old!

Be well,

I haven't been that small since the mid 80's. I was a 46 when I graduated, but I was also a big time body builder... back then. I currently weigh almost 300 but look like 250 because I'm very muscled. My legs are "freakishly huge" in the words of one of my coworkers.

**Beertigger** · 12th July 08, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by robthehiker

Mine was. Unfortunately so was my chest.

Hah!

Can't say I was that thin, but I was pretty scrawny for being well over 6'.

The trouble doesn't come with an expanding p*ants size, but from the 'eave' that develops over time.

Gotta start doing something about mine, before I develop a Praire-Style overhang.

**Pleater** · 13th July 08, 12:39 AM

I still keep one of my hippy skirts and some really good suede minis that would make good handbags. I take them out and sigh once in a decade or so.

I had a 26 inch waist into my 20's - and then suddenly I didn't even have a waist, but an equator.

I supose I could blame my defunct thyroid which was not picked up for a long time, but now I know that I just can't eat carbohydrates without it getting turned into fat storage.

What the medics call healthy is not natural for Humans. We never evolved with aoo these strange carb dense foods - grain was not even around during our evolution, it had not happened yet.

Ah well - at least I am shrinking into old age, though the low carb diet seems to be keeping some of the signs at bay - the portrait in the attic still looks good.

Baroness Anne the Mirthful of Fritterton on the Heath

**Nervous Jock** · 13th July 08, 04:31 AM

A lot is down to personal discipline too. In my mid 20's I was a 32 inch waist, I went up to about 38, but have been on a diet and have got back down to a 32-33 (I'll be 42 in a week).

The real killers are beer, confectionery and fizzy drinks (Cola) combined with a sedintary lifestyle it doesn't take much to add the pounds on.

Also its not necessarily what you eat but when you eat it in the day. I'll east pasta, Rice and potatoes at lunch but will avoid in the evening as my system can't digest it before sleep. I'm not really missing out the things I like but just thinking about when i have them. I don't tend to drink in the house either, i'm a big beer drinker but rarely have any at home it gives the system a rest.

Your build will effect things too I'm 1.88m and was just under 94 kg, I got down to 79 but wave crept back up to about 83. I'm not going to let that work go to waste so i'm going to get back down to about 80.

Its a hell of a lot harder to get it off than keep it off though!!