I am not skinny but I am un-fat. When I graduated from HS (yes indeed, I did) I weighed in at 119 pounds... and NO, I did not play contact sports. I was in the chamber chorus however. I don't eat a lot but I have explained that. I am too lazy to cook, almost too lazy to eat. I did have a bag of those small powdered donuts that happened to be within reach earlier so I ate most of them.

I only said I had a diet, I never said I had a good diet.. but it works for me. I, like Jerry Garcia, seem to gravitate (am pulled toward) a life of benign neglect. However, I do not combine it with abuse of illegal drugs.

I now weigh around 178. The pain doc tried me on Lyrica, it really helped with back pain but at a low dose of 50mg x2 a day I was up to 183 pounds and that caused muscle pain just below my rib cage when standing for any ammount to time. I stopped it and dropped back to the 178 range.
If I were to go to Ckoe Zero or water I would lose down to about 173 or so in a week.. but REAL Coca~Cola works for me. It quenches my taste.

Everything seems to be a tradeoff as you get older. Moderation... what use to be an excuse is now a reason. I once excused a youthful life of hedonism by saying, "everything in moderation"... it sounded smart, it was just an excuse but like I said, it is now a reason... though I now have to leave out the "everything" part.
 
J