I'm on the chubby side of this debate, I definately could lose some weight, but that's not what matters most to me.
What annoys me most about my weight and health is the loss of cardio-vascular uh power? I don't mind a small belly, as long as I know I can function physically without being winded, stuff like taking the stairs and being winded at the 7th floor, I used to run up those stairs!!
Bah, needs to get on the exercise bike some more, get back to doing daily Calisthenics.

Also, if you're someone who consumes a lot of high fructose corn syrup, knock it off. That's like 10 bonus pounds really quickly really easily.

I stopped drinking sodas and everything else but water (and sugarless/creamless tea and coffee) and that helped a pretty big chunk. Not to mention just made me feel way better. I felt a lot less bloated.

How did you go with your energy levels on such a rapidly reduced calorie intake?

Actually, it was surprising how good I felt amost instantly. Only spent 3 days in hospital...was on a "through a straw" liquid diet for 2 weeks after, and I was encouraged at every turn to get up and about and be as active as I could.
2 weeks was just enough; as pureed soups began to lose their lustre by then.
But I felt OK, could breathe more deeply and oddly enough...I felt taller.
(musta been my spine re-straightening after having so much "ballast" dragging it forward)

Back to the randomness:

[JuZ]

Now THAT, sir, is proper random!

[Octillus]

Happy Jew Year everyone.

oh noez

on a hot beautiful day like this today, i sat in class, looking out the window, trying my hardest to concentrate on the anatomy and endocrine system, when it seems the world outside was enjoying the sun.. and with my lack of attention, i started thinking if attention deficit disorder was more common on nicer days..

and then i saw this..



and it seems that not only nice days distract, but also small furry creatures.

It was really interesting reading everyone's weight stories here. Thanks all for sharing them.

I had the opposite problem: I weighed FAR less than I should of. I'm not that all to be fair, (5ft 3 - 162cm) but at my lowest point I was a UK Size 4-6, and weighed a staggering 44kg. (About 6st 7?)
I'm now about 60kg, (9st 8.) and as mad as it sounds, its been really hard for me to get to grips with the fact I'm now at a healthy weight! I always saw what I had before at a healthy weight, despite the fact I was actually remarkably sick for a long time because of my weight.

I went on lowcarb for a month, now I'm at 70kg which is lol. I'm 185cm tall, or somewhere between 6'0 and 6'1. I must have no muscle mass! Even if I worked out four days a week for a year! Go unhealthy diet, go! I have to +1 to the working out. It doesn't just help you lose weight but it completely changes your mentality. You become happier and you've got tons of energy. DO EET.

wow!

i love the positivity on here with regards to the 21st century taboo of weight and what is healthy.. im really pleased to see as well that you both are happy, as this is all important at the end of the day... you can push yourself and hurt yourself at the gym, until youre raw.... but will you be any happier post workout? chances are no, youll remind yourself that youll need to work harder the next day, or up your own goals on time or distance.. it will only spiral into impossible challenges, which will see yourself punish yourself harder for.. perhaps by restricting diet further... and this is how problems start.

im really pleased to see honesty as well, i mean ive got my own story and my on weight hatred... perhaps that should be weightred.. was a big guy, lost close to 6 stone(!!).. and yet i still push myself if i happen to have a treat. but i guess its how we deal with things eh? ive managed to see that perhaps i have also gone to far with my own demons. im around 77kg now for a 6ft 3 man. which i percieve has healthy.. i feel good and im still slim... but still worry about what society thinks of me.. hmm..

Finally got my starting weight, just as I suspected, 280. My goal right now is at least 80 pounds. So...here I go!

For Random thought's sake:
Do you have a map? cause I'm lost in your boobs.

[Octillus]

wow!

i love the positivity on here with regards to the 21st century taboo of weight and what is healthy.. im really pleased to see as well that you both are happy, as this is all important at the end of the day... you can push yourself and hurt yourself at the gym, until youre raw.... but will you be any happier post workout? chances are no, youll remind yourself that youll need to work harder the next day, or up your own goals on time or distance.. it will only spiral into impossible challenges, which will see yourself punish yourself harder for.. perhaps by restricting diet further... and this is how problems start.

im really pleased to see honesty as well, i mean ive got my own story and my on weight hatred... perhaps that should be weightred.. was a big guy, lost close to 6 stone(!!).. and yet i still push myself if i happen to have a treat. but i guess its how we deal with things eh? ive managed to see that perhaps i have also gone to far with my own demons. im around 77kg now for a 6ft 3 man. which i percieve has healthy.. i feel good and im still slim... but still worry about what society thinks of me.. hmm..

When active, your brain chemistry changes. That's going to affect your mood more than say, GEE LOOK HOW I LOOK.

I have a stocky build and my father's side of the family is mostly obese, so anything to curtail that is good.

Ah, BBC interviews...
Where would we be without them?
That idiot in Brussels

i love the positivity on here with regards to the 21st century taboo of weight and what is healthy.. im really pleased to see as well that you both are happy, as this is all important at the end of the day... you can push yourself and hurt yourself at the gym, until youre raw.... but will you be any happier post workout? chances are no, youll remind yourself that youll need to work harder the next day, or up your own goals on time or distance.. it will only spiral into impossible challenges, which will see yourself punish yourself harder for.. perhaps by restricting diet further... and this is how problems start.

I'm no expert on the matter but I fucking hate the image of exercise/weight loss that is presented in for example "the biggest loser" and it seems these ideas have spread too far. You don't have to climb mountains and fight a pack of wolves bare handed to be healthy. Get a bicycle and leave the car home when you go to work and do it everyday. Boom an hour of cardio 5 times a week. Sleep more and eat smaller meals but more often. Don't drink alcohol so much. Problem solved. No diets or insane workouts. Small changes to lifestyle.