Ghost of Igloi wrote:
You can’t out run a fork...
For sure.
My two cents' worth: I'm female, 5'5" and 116 pounds. I have a very narrow frame so 116 is heavier than it sounds at my height. I did my best running 3 decades ago weighing about 105, but I sure look a lot better at 116.
My last blood work 1 year ago showed total cholesterol 173 mg/DL but my HDL/LDL ratio is lousy, 42/110. I've always assumed I have basically zero risk for diabetes and no health professional has ever suggested otherwise; my blood glucose was 79 mg/DL which is said to be squarely in the normal range. My hematocrit was 45% which is considered high-ish. The only thing I worry about is my blood pressure, which used to always be very low (like 100/60) but recently has often crept up to roughly 130/85. No health professional has ever suggested that this is a problem, but it's making me nervous. Perhaps I should try harder to lower sodium in my diet. I never add salt to anything but I eat lots of things that have a lot of "hidden " sodium.
DIet-wise, I basically do not eat domesticated mammal meat (beef, pork, lamb) because of the saturated fats, discomfort about killing mammals for food, and the very high impact on the earth's resources of raising mammals for food. I'm not an absolutist about it, though, and when I have to eat at a function away from home, sometimes a roast beef sandwich looks like the best choice. I eat lots of seafood and poultry, dairy (mostly nonfat), rice and pasta, lots of cereal, some fruits and veggies but not as much as I should. I have zero interest in salty fatty stuff like chips and fries, but I have a great weakness for anything sweet. So I eat too much of "not too unhealthy" sweet stuff like dried fruit and granola, as well as decidedly unhealthy stuff like cookies and pastries.
Having averaged 90 minutes of aerobic exercise every day for the past 35 years or so, I can eat a lot without gaining weight. However, I can't eat anything I want, and if I lose all discipline I do gain weight. Indeed, you can't outrun a fork.