Nice writeup. What's your waist-to-hip ratio ? That's a big indicator of health and yours appears to be healthy, I'm just curious about the number. For a female, anything below about a 0.8 is a good thing, if I recall correctly.

I dislike citing wiki in general, but this appears mostly accurate. Curious minds can probably find better material on the topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist-hip_ratio


It would have been cool to measure the change in your whr over time after beginning iodine. sigh....

that was a brilliant post... however, it is more than just Iodine as you are well aware - though I will concede Iodine being a "key" player.

>>"Muscle weighs more than fat!"<<

A pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle... one does not weigh more than the other. The difference is in the density of the mass, muscle being more dense.

We need to communicate it that way.

...it is not just women that are lied too; it is both genders.

These types of personal observations and sharing are what breaks us away (free) from the misunderstandings/lies of our age.

The weight-loss business, along with the fitness industry are huge and very lucrative ones.

Now what would happen to our way of life if the word got out?

grz-

I think that you look great, sweetie:) And your HAIR is beautiful!

My experience with Iodine and weight is... no experience at all. Well, that's not quite true. When I first started supping, weight just kind of fell off for a short time- I believe that I went hyper for a bit. That normalized. In my "normal" life, weight is something that I have to monitor very closely. If I even LOOK at the wrong foods, I will put on weight. I cannot eat large amounts of grains, potatoes, rice, sugar, etc. carbs. "bad" carbs. I'm grateful for that- it keeps me eating right(for ME, most of the time:). BTW, since you want everyone to "tell", I'll tell. I'm 50, 5' 3 1/2" I weigh about 137-140?? I need to drop about 15 pounds(yah, winter). And I need to drop that weight because I feel too heavy right now, period. I'm very muscular, but right now I have a winter layer. We're pretty active in the winter so I feel as though I can pig out...kinda got the balance messed up a bit. My body shape has not changed though. I am a pear, always and forever.

And I find it interesting that there is a hypothesis out there that increased Iodine has been necessitated by an increase in dietary carbohydrate(MUCH higher now than pre-agriculture). And...we've seen people normalize their carbohydrate metabolism with Iodine supplementation(puppetmaster84 and phoebe_adq come to mind). So perhaps that's what's going on with you, partially?

So your weight has redistributed, I'm gathering? You used to carry more in your middle, top? Well, you're certainly carrying it in a healthy manner now:)

I do notice that as people age they seem to carry more weight in the middle, men and women. I think that that has a lot to do with generally "congested" organs.

As far as women being the "weaker" sex? No. Both sexes have their strengths. In physical terms, men generally have more upper-body strength. They're good to have around:) When people are fit, though, there's really no difference in endurance, lower body strength...

And the deal with women and the anorexic ideal which is the latest fashion? Yah, definitely LATEST fashion. Historically, a healthy woman had some fat(all the better to nurture the babe), and a big a$$(breeder hips). If you study Weston A Price's "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration'. you will see that with non-optimal nutrition(read: white flour, White Sugar , canned goods....WESTERNIZED, fabricated foods) throughout generations, one of the physical characteristics that changes is the women's hips get narrower(reduced breeding capacity).

And yes, I agree that the idea that a woman should be pin-thin is oppressive on a few different levels. *you can never be too rich or too thin* lol...
Firstly, because women DO normally have a higher fat percentage than men do, we SHOULD be rounded. Secondly, because we NEED that in order to propagate the species.

So keeping women striving towards an unhealthy, unnatural, "ideal" body is oppressive.

HOWEVER. And there IS a big however. The "thin", boyish, body type came into vogue with the advent of the flapper era. That was the wild time in the 20's when women(well, young women) rejected the bustles and corsets of the women before them. Flappers also bound their breasts, so that they could dance.....and be FREE!!!!!

So, IMO, there is historical precedent for the idea that a thin, unencumbered body(read: no boobs and NO big a$$ knocking everyone off the dance floor)- represents FREEDOM.

That's not the body though, that can nurse a child. And that child wants a generous lap:)