I was re-watching the movie
2001 (made in 1968) the other day, and I noticed how slim everyone seemed, compared to people in movies today. I was curious, so I looked up what bodyfat and BMI changes had occurred over the last 50 years.
I found this website which has a graph showing female celebrities' BMI over the decades:
https://www.rehabs.com/explore/womens-body-image-and-bmi/
The article also explains how the average woman's BMI has increased greatly, however, the female celebrities' BMIs have stayed pretty much the same if not gotten even a little lower.
This website below details how bodyfat and weight has increased greatly for both males and females (including children) over the past 50 years:
https://www.webmd.com/g00/men/news/20041027/average-weight-for-americans-growing-heavier#1
"'On average, both men and women gained more than
24 pounds between the early 1960s and 2002,' says the CDC."
That's a lot of extra weight to be carrying around every day!
For me, with my calorie restriction, I try to find my "sweet spot," so to speak. Where I feel comfortably slim and my gut is perfectly flat, but I have enough calorie intake to maintain great mental acuity and good energy levels. It is a very delicate balance, it seems. I like being 14% bodyfat, that seems to work well for me, and around 17 BMI. Any less and I start to feel foggy and weak, but any more than that and I feel logey and heavy, exactly like I am carrying around extra pounds unnecessarily!
In other news, I am looking forward to moving closer to town, so I will be able to walk everywhere again! Hopefully within the next six weeks or so! I will be able to walk to work, and walk to meet the local ranchers from which I buy my meat, and to a health food market to buy fish, and to the library and museum too!
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