Haha JP - I guess that "tall people" is also a limitation.
I have a friend who is 6'4" - 6'5", and weighs about 220lb. While he isn't happy about it (mostly because he has always been a bean pole and the weight appeared over the last 3 years), he looks (and is) "normal".
I dunno - the implication of this table is that tall people are supposed to be bean poles!
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/bmi_dis.htm
I guess I started this topic out of interest, and because we see a relentless media discussion of a world becoming overweight. I've got no medical skills, so have no idea what is
healthy.
Jurgen - I looked into the Atkin's diet, purely out of interest (as is obvious from my BMI, I'm a skinny bugger). I suspect it works because, no matter how much steak, bacon, cream and eggs one eats, that the amount of calories taken in will be less than the amount required.
In fact, as you say I need extra food because of the cycling. I eat an extra meal usually. I will also need to start going to the gym to avoid losing upper body mass. I have always had trouble putting weight on, not taking it off.