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Old 06-09-14, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by rdtompki
Go figure? I had gotten down to 200+ riding 75-80 miles/week pre-retirement. I retired last November. While my mileage isn't really up I'm at least not traveling. I'm not dieting at all. I weighed myself this am and the scale said 181 lbs (I'm 6'). Last time I was this light was in my late 30's, some 30 years ago, when I was running 50-60 miles/week. Anyone else experience this phenomenon? Reduced stress maybe? I'm not complaining.
Might want to have a physical, thyroid and testerone levels can affect weight gain and loss. At least they did on me I had to watch weight closely then found out thyroid levels were wrong after getting meds for that, weight levels dropped and leveled off.
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