I'm SICK of my Fat!

[sr71blackbird]

<p>5 years ago I was in the best shape of my life.&nbsp; Some say I was sickly looking because they have known me all my life and my stuggle with being overweight.&nbsp; Its bas because my last name has the word &quot;fat&quot; in it too!<br />The heaviest I was was close to 240 lbs maybe 7 years ago, and a size 42 pants.&nbsp; I became friends with a coworker waswas also a bit of a nutritionist who had told me about the Zone diet and he kind of coached me on it and told me about all the things I was eating that was bad.&nbsp; I had to basically cut out all bread, pasta, rice and sugar and then eat a certian ratio of protiens and carbs and fats.&nbsp;Meat, veggies and fruit was my desert.&nbsp;It was simple and it worked and the weight melted off me.&nbsp; I went down significantly and it kepts coming off.&nbsp; Then I left the job and didnt see him any more but kept at the diet.<br />I took a different job that was alot more physically demanding while still on the diet and I lost even more. I eventually went down from 240 lbs to 160 lbs, and a size 34 pants.&nbsp; Thats when I felt no pains in my body and I moved an entire apartment of crap by myself (a 3rd floor walk up).<br />Then, I went from the physical job to an office job and only gained slightly.<br />I always gave blood, and they have the blood center come to my job and one time I went to give blood and they asked me if I wanted to give platelets, and I agreed.<br />After I gave the platelets and went back to work, I felt very weird and almost passed out.&nbsp; My boss took me back to the blood people and they looked at me and told me I need sugar, and they gave me cookies and stuff. I hadnt eaten&nbsp;sweets in 3 years and I felt instantly better.&nbsp; The problem is, it started me eating sweets again.&nbsp; Next I started eating bread and drinking soda, then rice and pasta again. The weight started creeping back up.<br />Now, 5 years later, I am up to 220 lbs and my body is killing me.&nbsp; I dont have the energy to go physical work or excercise.&nbsp; I hate how I look.&nbsp; I'm now wearing a size 40 pants and even they are getting tight.&nbsp; People tell me I am not &quot;excessively overwight&quot;, but I hate how I look and feel.<br />I want to got back on the Zone diet and get back down in weight.&nbsp; But I cant seem to get myself motivated.&nbsp; I think I might have made this thread to motivate myself...&nbsp; I had to originally really start hating myself and become frustrated and resolved to make the necessary changes.&nbsp; But at the same time, I cant &quot;commit&quot; to my goal..</p><p>How do you try and motivate youself?&nbsp; Sorry for the long post!&nbsp; Its really bothering me..</p><p align="center"><img src="http://www.seasite.niu.edu/thaidict/thailex1/picture/fat-thin.jpg" border="0" width="123" height="96" /></p>

[BoondockSaint]

<p>I know how you feel.&nbsp; A few months ago I had a physical and my doctor told me I was pre-diabetic.&nbsp; I couldn't beleive it.&nbsp; I was an athlete in high school but I had become a 315 pound fatass.&nbsp; So since then I've cut out sugar and bread and all that shit and I've been working out every day.&nbsp; I've dropped about 25 pounds and feel so much better.&nbsp; It's tough at times (Thanksgiving was bad) but I just have to remind myself of my long term goals.&nbsp; </p>

[Gvac]

<p>I've battled weight gain my entire life too.&nbsp; I chub up and slim down like a yo-yo.&nbsp; Spending the majority of the day sitting on my ass driving doesn't help either.&nbsp; At 40 years of age it's extremely hard to find the motivation to join a gym or start working out after putting in 10 hours at work Monday thru Friday.</p><p>The low carb diets always work best for me and I feel great when I'm on them.&nbsp; I have more energy and I don't &quot;crash&quot; at night.&nbsp; It's tough to stick to, though, especially when you eat on the road every day like I do. &nbsp;</p><p>Also, five years ago I was on medication that caused me to gain 45 lbs.&nbsp; I took off about 25 of it but I've had an extremely hard time dropping the last 20. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>I think diet is a large part of it, but staying active is what I'm really concentrating on.&nbsp; I've made an early New Year's resolution to get back into the martial arts after the holidays.&nbsp; It's something that I love, and I could never stay motivated exercising for exercise's sake at a gym.&nbsp; It all seems so pointless. &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>in 86' i was 170 at age 24 - now i'm 44 and 220&nbsp; / i heard in a movie somewhere the avg person gains 2 to 3 pounds a year.&nbsp; i guess i'm one of those although i've leveled off for the past 5 years or so just swaying one or two pounds either way.</p><p>when i hit age 39 it was like hitting a wall with working out. i worked out consistently from early teens til that time and participated in all kind of sports leagues throughout.&nbsp;&nbsp; i pretty much just watch my diet now and get my yearly physicals. i believe there is no excuses for not putting in at least a half hour 3x's a week so i'm not gonna make any up. </p><p>ALTHOUGH <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" width="18" height="18" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Working, maintaining a home, being active&nbsp;with two kids and their active lives, making love 3 x's a day and 3x's at night every day/every night /getting to 30k posts, telling hilarious jokes constantly, can take up alot of your time</p><p>i know i can still hang with the boys but i don't believe for much longer unless i get something to increase my energy level</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[lintpit]

<em><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">My fellow fat asses I feel your pain. Stared at myself in mirror just to try and see my penis.I couldn't. I have been a truck driver for 12 yrs and have gained an average of 15 lbs/yr. I am totally addicted to food and too fat now to begin any real exercise plan.The back hurts too much.</font></em>

[lleeder]

<p>You should try Fat Smash I did it and it works. I weighed 225 and now I'm down to 185. Not a ridiculous change but I'm definately happier. I don't get tired putting on my sneakers in the morning anymore. I also don't have such a big gut that looks like a fat inner tube when I'm sitting naked on the bed.</p><p><img src="http://www.wowfans.com/images/nathanscranbury%20156.jpg" border="0" width="512" height="384" /></p><p><font size="5"><em><strong>And its celebrity endorsed!!!</strong></em></font></p>

[DarkHippie]

<p>I'm a fat ass too and I'm sick of it.&nbsp; I'm sick of chaising retards down the street and running out of breath.&nbsp; I'm sick of always having to pull up my pants.&nbsp; I'm sick of looking down and not seeing my penis.</p><p>I say we use this thread to stop whining and to motivate each other with our progress.&nbsp; Who's with me!!!!</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p>Not being in an intestinal parasite paradise anymore I'm starting to put on some of the 40 pounds I lost. I've got my love handles back but no one to hang on to them. I have started working out again now that I found some big water jugs at the store here and I tie them together&nbsp;with&nbsp;my Yasser Arafat head scarf/horn cover, (kafiya). I always had a decent weight set back in the States, but I hadn't used it more than once or twice a year the last 15 years or so. I dragged it to all the places I moved to across the country only to use it to hang my dirty laundry on and make my neighbors think I worked out when I moved in or out of a place. Meanwhile I'm going from 180 to 220 pounds of goo. Then came the Hershey squirts diet of Yemen and all of a sudden I'm 175 after six months. Once I had that full-blown aids body that chicks dig so much I figured why not try putting a little muscle on it, after a neighbor moved out and left me a single adjustable dumbell. I figured I'd throw it around for a week or so and burn out and just trip over the thing until I move out and leave it to the next chump. But after a few months I was having to force myself to take a day off. Now I'm in the best shape of my life at 38 and I don't entirely know why that is. </p><p>There's a real personal element to motivation. What motivates one person discourages another. When I was surrounded by people who worked out alot I ate Ben&amp;Jerry's and chicken wings. When I'm surrounded by Euro-nerds studying Arabic in Bartertown I can't stop myself working out. How much sense does that make?</p><p>I can say this, though: when I left Yemen a couple months ago I stopped thinking about working out. I started eating fatty foods and taking solid dumps and was chubbing up again. I thought about it a bit and decided I wasn't ready to back to Old Jello Tits again and I started looking for a way to work out again. I started push-ups and sit-ups again before I found the big water jugs. I'm pretty regular about it and if I skip the workouts for a couple days I think to myself, &quot;I've got this body that feels better than it used to... why not hang onto it?&quot; Then I finish my batch and do my workout. Then I&nbsp;clean the crust&nbsp;out of&nbsp;my belly hair because I forgot to wipe off. </p><p>Half of your motivation might come from the fact that you did it before. You can't tell yourself that you can't do it. I'd say dig up a photo of yourself back when you'd bang yourself and keep it out to remind you that it's possible. If you don't have any pictures of your sexy self I'm sure reeshy's got a couple lying around his nightstand.</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/tani_photos/ATT6.jpg" border="0" width="474" height="357" /></p><p>Compliments of furie.</p>

[lleeder]

<strong>DarkHippie</strong> wrote: Who's with me!!!! <p><font size="5">&quot;YEAH!!!&quot;</font></p><p><img src="http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/posterimages/h/heavyweights.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="520" /></p>

[Fez4PrezN2008]

I am doing South Beach and its pretty good. First phase sucks and is hard to stick too, but it works. I went off for Thanksgiving and hard to get back on board. If your spouse/girlfriend/significant other does the same diet with you it makes it so much easier than going it alone. Good luck budday !

[Fez4PrezN2008]

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<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Fez4PrezN2008 on 11-25-06 @ 9:10 PM</span>

[GwEnYpOo]

<p><strong><em><u><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="7">GET YOUR LIPO SUCKED</font></u></em></strong></p>

[lintpit]

<strong>DarkHippie</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm a fat ass too and I'm sick of it.&nbsp; I'm sick of chaising retards down the street and running out of breath.&nbsp; I'm sick of always having to pull up my pants.&nbsp; I'm sick of looking down and not seeing my penis.</p><p>I say we use this thread to stop whining and to motivate each other with our progress.&nbsp; Who's with me!!!!</p><p>I'd be up to the task, but motivation is what has always escaped me.I'd probably lie and get mad at myself,and then get depressed that I let you down and then HELLO CHUNKY MONKEY!</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Not being in an intestinal parasite paradise anymore I'm starting to put on some of the 40 pounds I lost. I've got my love handles back but no one to hang on to them. I have started working out again now that I found some big water jugs at the store here and I tie them together&nbsp;with&nbsp;my Yasser Arafat head scarf/horn cover, (kafiya). I always had a decent weight set back in the States, but I hadn't used it more than once or twice a year the last 15 years or so. I dragged it to all the places I moved to across the country only to use it to hang my dirty laundry on and make my neighbors think I worked out when I moved in or out of a place. Meanwhile I'm going from 180 to 220 pounds of goo. Then came the Hershey squirts diet of Yemen and all of a sudden I'm 175 after six months. Once I had that full-blown aids body that chicks dig so much I figured why not try putting a little muscle on it, after a neighbor moved out and left me a single adjustable dumbell. I figured I'd throw it around for a week or so and burn out and just trip over the thing until I move out and leave it to the next chump. But after a few months I was having to force myself to take a day off. Now I'm in the best shape of my life at 38 and I don't entirely know why that is. </p><p>And you can really fill out a man-skirt.</p>

[Skellington]

<p>the diet of cutting out carbs, hard sugars, bread and pasta basically kills your pancreas.&nbsp; you put yourself into hypoglycemia and probably ketosis.&nbsp; giving the platlets made it more abundant it sounds.&nbsp; the problem with atkin's and diets of the like (cut out every carb/bread/pasta) is once you start eating those items again, even in moderation, you'll gain like a banshee because you shut off temporarily your ability to process such items.&nbsp; It's like vegatarians trying to eat meat again.&nbsp; most of the time, they'll puke the first few time they try to eat because their bodies stopped manufacturing the acids to digest it.&nbsp; </p><p>exercise and eating moderately (meat, veggie, carb) helps anyone loose weight at a NORMAL rate.&nbsp; You can have a piece of chocolate or a scoop of ice cream every day and still loose weight.&nbsp; it's just in portions and NOT cutting out meals.&nbsp; You eat to MAKE your metabolism work and burn.&nbsp; If you don't eat, your metabolism STOPS working because there is nothing for it to do.&nbsp; The best 'diet' is to eat consistantly, but in small portions,&nbsp; or the reverse diet (dinner for breakfast, breakfast for lunch, light fare for dinner---heaviest meal first so you have the whole day to burn it off instead of eating at night and going to bed shortly after your biggest meal)</p><p>Even if you are not that active, it's a good idea to build up muscle.&nbsp; Muscle burns off fat much faster.&nbsp; Walking for just a half hour a day makes seriously improvment as well.</p><p>&nbsp;I hope this gives you some new ideas or helps a little.&nbsp; </p>

[jax]

<p>I think fad diets or any food restriction routines&nbsp;are unsustainable.&nbsp; Cliche or not, it is absolutely true,&nbsp;increased exercise combined with healthy food choices is the only solution in the long term.&nbsp;&nbsp; The best kind of exercise is something that is easily built into your day, i.e.,&nbsp;taking your dog for a long hike/walk or if your petless take yourself.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's all about individual preferences, I&nbsp;myself could never workout at a gym or even with gym equipment in the basement.&nbsp;&nbsp; Find what works for you and then stick with it.&nbsp; </p>

[lindak]

I feel everyones pain.&nbsp; I cant stay motivated for more than a week myself.&nbsp; Have struggled with my weight my whole life and after 40 its a mother to lose.&nbsp; I am always tired and always find an excuse not to exercise.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have NEVER felt&nbsp;that exercise high that people swear I should&nbsp;feel but I know when I lose a few pounds I feel better physically but then I go right back to where I started.&nbsp; I hate it and know that I am the only one with&nbsp;the power to change it but&nbsp;I just cant seem to muster up that power for very long.&nbsp; Blah.

[Krieger]

<p>I hate to hear about stuff like how people were once so fit now they feel like shit. Im kinda in the middle, i got a gut at the most and im not even 20. You just need to work out and dont eat fast food or drink soda basically , just MAKE TIME for it. Ive decided after i can drive (the day after christmas is my road test :D) im gonna go to the gym and im gonna cut alot of things out of my diet. I wanna feel comfortable without a shirt on and be able to look good rather&nbsp;watch my looks decay.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Angry Kevin on 12-16-06 @ 3:44 PM</span>

[Snacks]

<strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/tani_photos/ATT6.jpg" border="0" width="474" height="357" /></p><p>Compliments of furie.</p><p>she got the answer wrong I bet?</p>

[Krieger]

lol<p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Angry Kevin on 12-16-06 @ 3:43 PM</span>

[GonzoStyle]

<p>To the original poster, I completely feel where you are coming from. I was much worse off than you at the start of this year I was at my heaviest ever. I had been battling with my weight ever since I finished college back in 99 and stopped being physical, then had a car accident where my back was fucked up and I was just generally a depressed bastard. I was always in pretty decent shape as well, around 215 which is good for me cause I am 6' 3&quot; and big framed. Well at the start of this year, I was approx 440 pounds and thats not a type 440, thats two of me. I fiddled around by myself and got down to about 406 when I finally went to a nutritionist who laid out a plan for me. Once I lost a few pounds I joined the gym which I hadnt been to in many years. since about feb, I am down to about 260 now, so I lost over 140 pounds on the diet and in reality about 180 all together. </p><p>&nbsp;I didnt take any pills, no surgery, just plain desire to do it for myself cause I hated everything about me. I tried to find motivation for a long time and in the end it's just one day asking yourself is this what you wanna be? Plus the best advice is to just take it one day at a time and dont look for any quick fixes, you didnt gain the weight overnight.</p><p>Plus don't cut out whole food groups either, that is not good, you need carbs but just good carbs like whole grain bread, brown rice, etc. Nothing white, unlike in the real world, white is not right... loff loff. Just use the basic food groups, carbs, proteins, veggies, fruits, dairy and fats. the main thing is obviously portion control, read what an actual serving is. A cup of cereal is a cup, not a bowl. A serving of meat is 3-4 ounces, not a 16 ounce t-bone. </p><p>Plus you gotta hit the gym or do some physical activity at least 3 times a week, dont worry about lifting weights, concentrate on cardio because you wanna burn off the fat first. With weights do low weights and high reps. but not too low. You'll lose weight obviously if you cut down your caloric intake. Its a simple process, less calories in than out.</p><p>But in the end the only way to find motivation is in yourself, cause you want to do it, thats it.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by GonzoStyle on 12-17-06 @ 5:55 PM</span>

[kellermcgee21]

That is impressive gonzo....you should be proud of yourself.

[GonzoStyle]

<p>apparently I lost my senses of humor along with all that lard, so everyone says.</p><p>It's the price of bringing sexy back.</p>

[Mike Teacher]

<strong>GonzoStyle</strong> wrote:<br /><p>apparently I lost my senses of humor along with all that lard, so everyone says.</p><p>It's the price of bringing sexy back.</p><p>I became such an asshole while losing weight/quitting booze that my Wife left for a while. YOu do pay a price for changing your life, but as you can see, I was preparing myself nicely for a massive MI:</p><p>Before = 2001; weight 370, Jacket size: 64 Pants: 48. On all sorts of meds for depresion, hypertension, etc.</p><p>After = 2004 [to now] weight 230, Jacket size: 48 Pants: 38. Bye bye meds.</p><p>Diet: Ate all the same shit, but less. Zero alcohol. Zero. Hunger is your friend. Fall in love with hunger, make it a pointed stick to remind you that change, real change, often feels like a nervous breakdown, as you are literally re-wriring your brain as your body changes.</p><p>Activity: I defy someone to loathe exercise more then me. I hate it, but fired my lawn service, and if I dont walk 30 mins a day, I'll do it at 3am. That's the discipline, and discipline is the only only diet that works: eat less then you expend and you lose. </p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/abcd.jpg" border="0" width="450" height="323" /></p><p>Fatty and not-as-Fatty: 2001 and 2004</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/01Dec04.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="335" /></p><p>2001 and 2006. Looks like I deflated my face.</p><p>Being hungry sucks. Losing weight sucks. </p><p>Being a fat fuck sucks worse. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[GonzoStyle]

<p>Being able to remove your penis from the back of a milk carton, even better!</p>

[GonzoStyle]

PS: I meant you dont have to have intercourse with milk cartons anymore.

[BoondockSaint]

I'm down to about 285 now and have become addicted to going to the gym.&nbsp; My weight loss has slowed but I'm still losing inches on my waist and belly.&nbsp; On Sundays my gym doesn't open until 1pm and I find myself itching while I wait around for it.&nbsp; I'll get there at 6am during the week and do 40 mins on the treadmill and then go play basketball for an hour and I lift weights about twice a week.&nbsp; At the very least I do the treadmill.&nbsp; And like what Gonzo said, the diet is important.&nbsp; I've cut out sugar, whitebread, shit like that, and I feel so good.&nbsp; And I also have started to eat like a human portion wise.&nbsp; And now if I do overeat, or eat something high in sugar I feel like such shit that it just motivates me to keep doing what I'm doing.

[DarkHippie]

Ok, so far I've switched to diet soda and tea to drink, and i've begun a weight training routine.&nbsp; Lets see what happens after a month.&nbsp; I'm 310 right now.&nbsp;

[GonzoStyle]

<p>I highly reccomend this site fitday.com</p><p>it really helped me properly plan out my meals and track my progress, its a really awesome site. It takes some time to set everything up and enter some specific foods you eat that arent on the list but its worth it.</p><p>I try to stick to a ratio of 45% protein, 40% carbs and 15% fat. The majority of my fat comes from fish oil or flaxseed oil, which is high in omega-3.</p><p>I keep away from any type of soda, even diet soda. If you really have to drink soda, try diet ginger ale and keep it to a can a day max.</p><p>The most important thing is to drink a lot of water, at least 8 glasses a day and add a glass for every 20 pounds you are overweight, water is so important I can not say it enough.</p><p>Also breakfast, very very very important to get something in your system as soon as you get up, gets you metabolism working and also try to go some sort of physical activity in the morning. Working out in the morning is the best time but most people are too tired and need to get to work but just something as small as some stretching, a few push ups and some jumping jacks, just get the blood flowing.</p><p>Also keep away from any of these magic pills like staker, hydroxycut, its all bullshit in my opinion. There are no quick fixes.</p><p>Also dont starve yourself, I am completely against that, it is unhealthy and one of the main reasons people eventually gain the weight back. Dont think of it as a diet, its a lifestyle change, it has to become not just &quot;im on a diet&quot; but &quot;this is how I have to eat for the rest of my life&quot;. Naturally eventually you can increase your caloric intake cause you wont have to lose weight anymore but for the majority you have to change your whole lifestyle.</p><p>In the end it is so worth it, just the compliments you get alone make it worth it but it changes your whole outlook on yourself and your life. Its given me the push to change various aspects of my life, my career and my future.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><span class="post_edited"></span>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by GonzoStyle on 12-17-06 @ 11:08 PM</span>

[trig]

<p>Like many have already said, it's all about motivation and wanting to do something good for yourself.&nbsp; I was 250lbs January 1st of this year.&nbsp; &nbsp;I&nbsp;finally got sick of myself and started a diet/excersise routine.&nbsp; I'm down to 190 now, &nbsp;and I've never felt better in my life.&nbsp;I can actually see a decent physique under all this mess I got rid of now.&nbsp;It's a great feeling, and confidence booster.</p><p>Motivation, diet, and excersise are the keys, and&nbsp;in that order too.&nbsp; You really do&nbsp;have to bust your ass,&nbsp;getting into shape&nbsp;seems impossible at first, especially if you are&nbsp;very overweight,&nbsp;but if you&nbsp;truly do stick to a routine, and in a way, step outside yourself and crack the whip, you will see results faster than you can imagine.&nbsp;&nbsp;You have to&nbsp;push yourself to set new limits though, keep setting the bar higher. &nbsp;When you're on the treadmill and want to stop at 10 min, push to 15.&nbsp;The body is a machine,&nbsp;and when you start treating it right it starts treating you right.&nbsp; Nothing comes easy though.&nbsp; </p>