I read new study shows extra pounds prevent early death risk

You don't want to be too over weight nor too skinny. Neither is healhy. A happy and healthy medium is the way to go. Afew extra pounds won't hurt anyone. And make your organs happy. No sluck or gluck.

I look at the pictures of me in my late teens and early twenties and it is like a different person. On the other hand, I way almost 100 pounds more now, and that is too much. I still do not look like it. I would like to way about fifty pounds less than I do now, and by the charts I would still be overweight. As you age you need some weight to fall back on in case you become ill. The question becomes whether or not your weight interferes with your health and your activities of daily living. I know we keep aiming for too thin a profile.

I don't believe that one standard setting for weight determines what is best for all. And in my 49 years of life I've not yet met a man whom actually likes a stick figure. I'm not referring to a healthy individual whom is thin, I'm talking about those whom are so thin it hurts to look at them. When I was 17 I weighed about 110 but I was certainly more active. A few years ago I was at 199lbs. Most people didn't believe that because I could hide it with how I dressed. And there was a time in my early 20's that I weighed about 100 lbs because I was doing things I should not have been. When I was under weight I would cry when I bathed. I looked terrible. At the other extreme I was diagnosed borderline diabetic. I mean .1% away from diabetes. I know weigh 171 and while still over weight by about 10 lbs in my opinion, I certainly feel better, my sugar is better also. What I am getting at is while one should be physically at a healthy weight, I also believe that it's how one feels about themselves that factors in for overall health. I'm more excited about life so I'm apt to be more active and eat better because I'm happier. I do look at other women's bodies. Not because I'm in to women but because seeing that my husband and I agree on whom looks great helps me see myself better because he is with me. Is that any more important than magazines and television showing models whom are excessively thin as what men want? No. It does boil down to what I think of myself, how I feel, and my health. Everyone is different and has different needs. I have an aunt that can barely take an aspirin without it knocking her out. I generally have the opposite reaction to medications. If it's supposed to knock you out it hypes me up. What is healthy for you may not be for me and that includes weight. Just my thoughts.

If I was 30 pounds overweight, I know that I would not like it at all. I'm right now trying to lose like 20 pounds before I become 30 pounds or even 40 pounds over weight. I'm happy at 110 being 140 or 150 is not healthy for me I know it for a fact and I couldn't deal with it. I'd be very depressed. I remember my husband told me when I was bigger, I was depressed, but when I lost the weight I had been more happier. I think too at 150 I had a lot of health issues going on and the doctors advised me to lose the weight and I was just overweight by 40 pounds. So I don't agree with that article at all. If I was under 110 I wouldn't be happy with it either, because I'd look like a skeleton. I've seen myself under 110 and it isn't pretty. 110 and maybe 115 are good enough for me.

I'm getting to the point where I hardly believe any of these studies, since they often contradict each other. I try to use common sense -- eating healthy foods with lots of fruits and vegetables and almost no sugar or white flour. I feel better that way, and it seems to keep me from getting fatter when I stick to it. I also try to spend some time in physical activity of some kind every day, some days more than others. My health measures aren't ideal, and neither is my weight. I'd still like to lose about 30 pounds to get back to my 30-year-old weight. It was easier when I was young because I could walk everywhere in town I needed to go and I did. In college I had to walk long distances to classes and back to the dorm each day, sometimes going back and forth three times a day. UCLA was a large campus, and I'm sure I walked at least a mile a day and probably more. Now I'm lucky if I can get a half hour walk in a day.

oh no, Im in trouble. Im a small thing and at 119 lbs. If I add 30 Id look so bad. A little tank or something. Take care dear. See ya here soon..

hi stary if one is already overweight and gain another thirty pounds would really screw up my controlling my blood sugar. So I go by what my primary care doctor says and do not get on the various new sudies kick. I have starting losing was 210 now 1sdays lose if slowly so it will stay off and make a life style change not a diet at all.

Who decided just what IS a healthy weight anyway? lol Hey, as a person who had to buy all new jeans cause I'd 'outgrown' the others, I would have to agree with the article!! lol Seriously, it is what you eat not how much. If you're eating healthy, EAT ALL YOU WANT and up the exercise a bit.

As we age gracefully, if we are happy, it is very likely we gain weight, more so after 40, i was keeping at 90 kg most of the time, but after retirement, i was less active, my weight became 110 kg, not good lol. With yoga i brought it down to 85, am happy lol.