I'm not over weight its just that my 6 pack is like a pokemon its evolved the fact that its evolved into a beer keg is neither here nor there. Seriously though I used to be a stable 36 waist damaged my back was put on pain killers and various other things. after 18 month's I decided that I'd had enough of feeling like a walking pharmacy so stopped taking them all (not something I recommend to anyone. The side effects of stopping them cold was...not pleasant would be the nicest way of putting it). within 3 months of stopping them I started to increase in weight I'm now a size 44 waist and nothing seems to shift it. I have to be careful what I try because my back is still bad but even so I hate being this weight.
Yes I'm a fat boy, have been working on it based on doctors advice this year, not so much on a diet but have changed how I eat and when I eat, I still eat a lot, will work on that too but managed to drop 15kgs this year and get my blood levels where they need be from small changes, quite surprising, need to focus on the exercise portion now and start looking at reducing intake when the impact of that bottoms out. Like others here work at a desk all day and at home, sometimes don't leave the house..... which is a bit weird I suppose. TV is not the problem, I think the ease of getting more than you need is my problem, all the 2 for ones and large portions much better value than small portions I always upsize everything and then eat everything, so I try now to by less of the bumper packs of things and restrict myself. But give me a pack of choccy biscuits and a cup of tea, I can't guarantee the pack will last, damn will power.
I am overweight but it's all on my stomach and chest. The issue I have is that I cannot do allot of exercise, because of injuries some of which are a chronic right wrist pain from a smashed wrist, spinal disk injury and dodgy knees. So I cannot lift weights or use my right wrist to much so push ups and pull ups are out of the question, sit ups and running are also out of the question. The back and wrist happened at the same time when I was 18 and was on a skate park, when I went down a ramp on some blades and smashed my wrist, then when I tried to get up so I could get to my mate to call my parents I ended up falling over and landed on a ramp back first and damaged the disk's in the base of my back, there is nothing that can be done about it. My knees are shot because of a accident I had on a push bike where I was knocked off it and my knees got quite badly injured, and now after walking more than half a mile they give and I collapse, on a push bike I can ride for about 30 minutes and then I have to stop for 10 minutes to let the swelling go down in my knees, and then I can carry on again for another 30 minutes. I have learned to deal with the pain in my wrist and back but some days it's really bad that I cannot walk or move my right arm. Been to physio, multiple doctors and had 2 operations on my right wrist but nothing helps apart from something which is not legal, and that I don't want to use as it would cause me to loose my job. I have been tempted by having surgery to remove some of the weight etc but I just don't think it's worth it at the moment, as I am still young enough to try and loose as much as possible even if it takes me a 5 to 10 years to do it. I currently have a £400 rowing machine sat in a spare bedroom, that I try to use but after 10 minutes of use my back starts to really hurt and my wrist swells up, I have managed in the past to push past the pain and swelling and do 1 hour on it with 10 minute breaks every 30 minutes. I wish I could loose the weight quickly but it just is not going to happen, plus I also like my food a lot particularly Steak, Pork, Beef, Pasta, Chicken and Veg, but I also like Chocolate, Custard and Cakes.
I'm overweight but not to the point where I have issues (well, more so than my permanent medical conditions present). Bread is my real weakness that stops me from losing weight at any discernible rate, I used to work next door to a bakery and picked up a major addiction to freshly baked rice bread & focaccia. I've managed to get myself to a point where my weight hasn't changed for the past 2 years but I'd like to drop down a little sometime in the not so distant future. Unfortunately I have a bone disorder which makes me have a hard time using exercise to reduce my weight as it poses a major risk to my legs & hip, so I'm mostly reliant on diet and general relaxed activities to improve my health. Hoping to get a scan on my legs sometime next month to check recovery from previous fractures and hopefully if all is well, permission from the doctor to do some light running once or twice a week.
In part you're right although I have a fast metabolism so putting on weight is very hard for me in fact training is the only way obviously food intake would go up and down according to how much training I did even when I was traveling I was snorkelling/ sub aqua in the sea or long country hikes so never been inactive really, Not done much for about 15 years now and still not put any weight on though lost some if anything
I know that I'm a bit overweight im 5ft 10" and 13.5 stone. Ideally i need to shift about a stone to be comfortable. That said im far fitter than my biking buddy who weighs less than me and goes to the gym. Id imagine he is making use of the bar and sauna.
Some interesting posts. I think if I had not had suffered the medical condition who's treatment of caused a drastic weight loss I would still be very overweight. I loved my beer, fried foods ETC and bloody miss them. I could still drink beer except that my taste buds are also knackered and beer tastes absolutely foul. I would die a happy man if I could eat a plate full of chippie bought fish and chips wash down with a pint of John Smiths just once more. I must admit I do like the slimmer me though buying new clothes has been expensive and I am at an age where I don't like going into shops but have to as I won't buy clothes online.
I used to be incredibly overweight, pushing 22 stone. I woke up one day, walked to the shops and realised how out of shape I was. I got out of breath sitting up and down and I got some nasty chest pains sometimes, it was embarrassing and shameful how lazy and fat I was. That isn't when it dawned on me. It was when people made fun of me in a town full of fat people, unemployed and Chavs. I'm nowhere near my goal, but I've lost 7 stone; I don't eat gluten or anything with 'added sugars'. I only eat fish and chicken instead of any red meats and I don't eat any meals that reach over 600 calories. I don't have milk in my tea and I don't drink coffee anymore. I don't eat ANY processed foods, no mc donalds, KFC, Chinese Food or Indian food. I make all of my and the family's food absolutely fresh. No fried foods either, closest is using a wok. I work out and do mostly cardio work instead of trying to build muscle like everyone else I seem to know. I don't want big muscles because I don't think that's attractive. I just want to be thin. I didn't have diabetes, but I was on a watchlist, meaning I had to be retested to make sure. That's gone away, I went for some tests and I'm in perfect working order. While i'm still not 'thin', i'm at least healthy.
I know what I need to do to lose weight: I don't need to diet, I need to change my diet. As in, stop eating sugary crap and processed food, and eat more fresh veg. Saying that and doing that are two different things, but it's either lose weight or face all sorts of potentially serious health problems.
Just weighed myself - 67.1kg and I'm 182cm. I find it extremely difficult to put weight on and haven't exercised in over a decade. I do intend to start exercising and concentrate on quitting smoking in the next month or so hopefully this may change.
Metabolism is very important that's why I'll spend 30min to an hour on a cross trainer. I joke with the Mrs sometimes as being 10 kaks behind but it makes such a difference.
I have Crohn's disease, so my weight yo yos. If I'm in the middle of a flare, I'll barley touch any food. Last year I lost around 20Kg in weight, because I stopped eating. This year, I haven't stopped eating. My weight hasn't really increased, but my belly has got a little michelin man due to all the fizzy I'm drinking. I shouldn't eat like this as it's doing my disease no favours....
Now I feel bad, 'cos there are people in this thread who can't exercise because of injury or illness. I just can't be bothered. I'd say "time to turn over a new leaf and start exercising," but I've turned over a tree's-worth of new leaves over the years and it never seems to stick. Even got a rowing machine and a pair of dumbbells upstairs.
You could try baby steps, adding in a 30mins walk everyday before breakfast/at lunch/at some other arbitrary time. Then as that becomes part of your routine add other things, or increase the intensity or whatever. Of course diet is a massive part of it, you can massively increase the amount of exercise you're doing but if you're still eating badly then you'll have limited success.
Couple of stone over what I should be at 15st 6'2" Been a lot bigger at over 17st and also been 13st odd. Its entirely down to diet really, and the fact I love a pint but I do try to keep control of it, 17st was a bit meh.
Have nudes? Edit: on topic, yes I'm a little overweight but I hide it well because I'm tall (and I tend not to wear spandex). I've done my fair share of heavy weight training in the past and I've retained quite a bit of the bulk but I know that my current weight distribution is not ideal. But I have a hot wife so it really doesn't matter. Right?
