Cecil Chapman wrote:

Pardon me for asking (but I have noticed this pattern with some docs) is
your doctor overweight?; I ask this because (in my experience anyways)
overweight doctors seem a lot less likely to propose weight loss than a
doctor that otherwise is trim and fit.

Jay has mentioned a few times that he's been keeping his son company in the
weight-training room. Now, my doc tells me that weight training won't do
anything for blood pressure or cholesterol, but it *does* build muscle mass. And
muscle weighs more than fat.

I think it likely that Jay's doctor didn't recommend that he go on a diet
because he knows that Jay isn't actually overweight. The papers in this neck of
the woods frequently carry a story about someone built like Arnold who fails the
weight/height requirements of his job.

George Patterson
Drink up, Socrates -- it's all-natural.