Recent content by slysam

I have kind of sturdy claves for my size but I don't have "kankles" and mine look muscular. When I was smaller they were actually bigger than now and I wasn't doing any maor strength work at the time--just lots of walking, lots of climbing up and down stairs, a few dance classes a week...

I thought they picked that number as it is kind of an "average" and is easy to calculate fractions of. You can actually get a personalized version of this on the USDA website: http://www.mypyramid.gov/. It is adjusted by gender, age, height, and activity level. I think people will vary in that...