Originally posted by ragesRemorse
Im not sure whom ever thought it was unhealthy to a be twenty or thirty pounds overwieght. Obviously its healthier to be at fighting weight, but depending on your daily energy exersion. being slightly over wieght is in no way deadly. Wonder why people need to be told these things.
maybe not 20 but 30 is pushing it. Humans have never lived this long in all of our evolutionary history...we usually died around age 20 around 10,000 BC (Or how people doing it now...bce)
Since we are living longer and working less, humans are having to do all sorts of stuff that didn't matter for our ancient ancestors such as exercising and making a real effort to eat right.
20 to 30 lbs overweight of muscle? That is healthy as long as you got that way and stay that way through resistance training and didn't get that way through Anabolic Steroids. (Even then, testosterone has been shown to IMPROVE blood lipid levels in elderly men.)
If you carry 30 lbs of extra fat for 40 years...it will negatively impact your health.