I have related my Bypass to you severall times but on the radio the other night was a gentleman that has just retired at 65. weight- 150lbs- height 5'8" been riding a bike for many years. Eats a good healthy diet- never smoked- drinks moderately and does other exercise to keep fit like the gym and His cycling involves fairly long trips like John O Groats to Lands end, and plans North to South of France next year. Went to the doctors to have a full medical when he retired for no other reason that the wife was having one too. He went along to keep her company and had a Bypass a month later.

If we "Slim fit" ones can have a problem- then why do we bother. Heart problems and Cancer can hit the fittest of us but we are all doing the best we can to ward off those illnesses.

Difference is that those of us that realise we carry a bit of excess will be doing our best to work it off- By exercise and diet. I have many friends- that look slim- look fit but do nothing to ward off the illnesses that are going to hit them. I would class them as MaddMaxx's thin and indolent but they do enjoy their lifestyle and the drinking- and the smoking and the Burgers when they go shopping. Just a pity they will not have an Extended life to enjoy it in.