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13AreYouReadyforPhaseTwo?

Bynowyou'veprobablyseeydramatigesinyourbodyandarelikelyfeelingeuphoricasitbeginstodawnonyouthatit'swithinyourpowertoachievethealkedaboutinChapter1。Youareprobablynowgglimpsesofthathehorizon—ifnotinyourownmirror。Thatnewyouisthinner，happier，healthierandmoret。

Nowit'stimeforyoutotakeaseriouslookatyourbodyayouwanttodowithitandhowyouwantittolook。Berealistiallprobability，youdoobeanOlympicathleteorafashioheotherhand，youmaybesellibysettinggoalsthataretoomodest。Areyouwilli，pleasinglyplump"?Manyofmypatiehinkingthatsuchgoalswouldbequiteallfight-oreveheydarehopefor。

Frankly，Ithinkyoushouldsetyhtshigher'thanthat。Howaboutaweighttargetbasedht，ageaure?Howaboutexthealthrandvigorthat&#forsomee?Trustme，that'snotbeiious。That'sbeingtrulyrealistic。

WhatIsYoalWeight?

Askyourselfwheninyourlifedidyoulookandfeelyourverybest?Howmuchdidyouweighthen?fortablyweighthatagain?Whatsizedidyouwearthen?Don'tskipoverthesequestions。AsIalwayssay，yreatestexpertonyourbody。Whateverthatwht—-andsize-was，youalmostlyreachitagain。Wasit120714071707

Mostpeoplehaveaprettygoodseheyheldthatweightfoodpartoftheirfivesandfoundthattheygaionlyafterspets，suchasgettingmarried，havingkids，quittiartingmedionalges。Whynotgoforit?

Oherhand，isthat"perfect"weightuiowthatyou'recoupleofdeenopausalwomenparticularlyofteimestayingasslimastheyoncewere。Soperhapsamorerealisticapproachistoaskwhatistheweightyouwouldbefortablewithtoday。Thetrieupwithafigurethatisattaisettingyourselfupfordisappoi。

TedAshersethimselfagoalweightof170poundswhekins。Atfivefeeteightihis34-yearoldhadreachedamious227pounds。Coulditbehisbachelor'sbreakfastoftwoPop-Tartsithaofsoda?Ahatnutritionalapproachwasghisoalboutsofgastroiinaidistress?OedreadaionofthisbookandstarteddoingAtkins。

&ayedonInduforaonths，andthengraduallymhthestagestowardLifetimeMaioppiof100gramsofcarbs。Hehadlost47poundsbythattime，takenupgolfingandsharedhisdoctor'spleasureathischolesterlycerideiraprovements。Alongtheway，hedecidedhefeltprettygoodat180pounds。Hesayshe'dliketolose10morepoundsbutthinksthey'lleoffwithabitmome。xercise。Ihopehegetsthatexercise，buthe'sfightnottoobsessoverthelast10pounds;helooksandfeelsfine，andhisbloodworkshowstheinsideofhimishyastheoutside。

Ifyoudon'trecalleverbeiyouywith，theBodyMassIndex（BM1）theoppositepageshouldgiveyouaballparkfiguretoaimfor。BeawarethattheBMIisjustaguideline:Ifyouareverymusple，yourBMIwillofteoohigh。

You'llseethattheBMIchartgivesyouhetop。BygyhtabelyeruptheheBMIfiguresare，youwillfindyourBMInumber。Basedonthesefigures，thefederalgoverhasannouhatewdefinitiohyweight—-aBMIofupto24。9。ABMIof25oraboveissideredhtIfyourBMIis26or27，youareapproximatelytweht。IndividualswhofallwithintheBMIrao34。9asizeofoverfortyiney-fiveinenaresideredtobeatespeciallyhighhealthrisk。Formostpeople，thischartishelpfulasageneralguide*liaresideredthenorm—butI*phasizethistly:Thebestweightforyouistheowhichyoufeelfortableandattradjoyyourlife。Italsoobeaweightyoutain。Sayyourbestfriendahesameheightahesamebuild，butshewahin，whileyouarefortable。with10poundsmoreonyourframe—ifitfeelsgoodtoyou，that'swhatember，too，thatifyouarephysicallyadhavealowBMI，youweighmorethanyoursister，whothinksliftingapencilisexercise。This。isn'tgMou;youreachyoalweight。Iknowthatifyou'remetabolicallysimilartothelensofthousandsofmm'weightpatientsI'vetreatedoverthelastfortyyears，youhaveaceofsig。

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