Which of course raises the question: What's normal...for whom? Those ancient life insurance tables, not to mention old medical school curricula, leave out a great many members of the human race when pegging "normal."

I believe "healthy weight" is a better description. And determining what that weight is for each person is a collaboration among self, soul, scale, and scientific evidence (such as personal test results).

We furnish plenty of anecdotal support and inspiration around here, and I'm for that.