* If you were underweight when you were 21 you probably shouldn't strive to be underweight again.
* If you were overweight when you were 21 you probably shouldn't strive to be overweight again.
But if you're in that HUUUGE in-between where you have that pair of jeans you wore in college and really liked but now don't fit into anymore and rationalized it as "well I'm not young anymore" you are the target of this messaging. Because if you want stay healthy as you age and "slow down" putting on weight is the worst thing you could do.
There are ways to use and abuse this rule, but it holds pretty true.
A person who doesn't provide any kind of stimulus to maintain their muscle mass can have low BMI too much body fat at the same time.
This is US Political Correctness gone wild. Cant say "People who got FAT risk developing diabetes", it could hurt someones feelings! Just google "all shapes and sizes" and be bombarded with stuff like https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2020/01/24/health-at-e...
Accept your size.
Trust yourself.
Embrace size diversity.I was ridiculously athletic at 21, I can't maintain that index forever
Probably more to do with my activities of choice though, mostly 'cardio' from skateboarding/swimming/running I'd wager.
This has completely fallen on its face though, admittedly way too sedentary for my own good anymore...
My weight at 21 was below the "Normal" range for my height. Today (at 59) it is at the upper-end of "Normal".
Getting the body to lose the fat inside the organs is the goal. Starving ourselves, for example, would cause muscle to burn first.
Incorrect. Fasting is very muscle sparing.
The idea that I am at risk because I cannot fit into jeans I wore at 21 is a joke. I weigh 32% more now than I did at 21, but my BMI is healthy. I was VERY skinny at 21, almost to the point of being unhealthy.