The fact that the article raised this question for you really highlights how hard it fails at its intended purpose. If you can tolerate a 13-pound seasonal swing you're fine. You're normal. You're human. I've been dealing with a 13-pound increase over two years and it makes me break out in a cold sweat thinking about it. And, I mean, I burn 2000 extra calories a day. I push a fuckin' 50lb bicycle about 160 miles a week. You've got all sorts of rationalizations that make things kind of okay and all I know is that I'm 50lbs from normal as defined by some fucking Belgian bean-counter 150 years dead and the thought fucks me up a dozen times a day. And I know he's not talking about me because I'm not an "athlete."I sort of wonder if the "cleaner" reference describes me.