re: Eat Better, Workout, but gain weight?

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I’d focus on lowering your calories and losing weight. Mid 40s, haven’t been working out, at that weight you would need to be I dunno 6’6” or higher to be healthy. As we get older should focus on getting the scale down.

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Everything I’ve read/heard says that negative health outcomes are associated with waist sizes greater than 38 and especially 40 inches.

I’m 43, 6’, 205 with a measured 36” waist at navel, and I definitely feel healthier now than when I weighed 175 with basically the same waist.
My point is I don’t think you can go around flatly saying that we need to be lighter as we get older. Do we need to avoid a huge belly and fat covering everything? Sure. But we don’t need to be skinny.