Being very overweight.

[Jokey_Carrot]

Unhealthy crap like maccies and junk food is cheaper than healthier things.

 

[Flame]

@Flame , I just got done with another exercise regime. we did deadlifts this time. my back was getting sore, because we did many back and shoulder exercises.

Gyms are all closed here, so doing deadlifts is hard at the moment for me. but use resistance bands and dumbbells to do what ever i can.

but Great work buddy, keep going.

 

[Deleted User]

Gyms are all closed here, so doing deadlifts is hard at the moment for me. but use resistance bands and dumbbells to do what ever i can.

but Great work buddy, keep going.

I've been considering building my own home gym and like a bench set is not as expensive as I would have thought. About $200 on amazon and of course that's all you need to do deadlifts or squats although you won't have the safety of a squat rack which is more expensive. Squat racks about $400 on amazon. I know not everybody has the extra $200 or $400 right now but just a suggestion if you do.

Edit: meh I didn't do my research enough that doesn't include any weights I guess.

 

[Flame]

I've been considering building my own home gym and like a bench set is not as expensive as I would have thought. About $200 on amazon and of course that's all you need to do deadlifts or squats although you won't have the safety of a squat rack which is more expensive. Squat racks about $400 on amazon. I know not everybody has the extra $200 or $400 right now but just a suggestion if you do.

Edit: meh I didn't do my research enough that doesn't include any weights I guess.

Resistance bands.

for me its the space the problem. so i use resistance bands and my old dumbbells.

do be afaird to do walks too and use parks.

walking is so underrated.

 

[Deleted User]

Resistance bands.

for me its the space the problem. so i use resistance bands and my old dumbbells.

do be afaird to do walks too and use parks.

walking is so underrated.

Yeah I walk 12,000 steps a day, have a pedometer watch to count my steps. Only like $12 at Walmart.

 

[godreborn]

@Flame , we did deadlifts again today. we did some floor exercises like butterflies and normal bench press movements. I feel great three hours later. I've also stopped (most of the time) eating before going to sleep. I usually go to sleep around 10 or 11 at night, while I used to stay up 'til like 4 or 5 in the morning.

 

[Flame]

@Flame , we did deadlifts again today. we did some floor exercises like butterflies and normal bench press movements. I feel great three hours later. I've also stopped (most of the time) eating before going to sleep. I usually go to sleep around 10 or 11 at night, while I used to stay up 'til like 4 or 5 in the morning.

sleeping patterns are very important to a healthy life style imo. good on you buddy.

 

[BootyGainzSpecialist]

I think culture definetly has an impact on weight, where I live people are skinny, because everyone keeps eating healthy stuff and then when you see the USA, there is a ton of overweight people there..... Maybe because there's a lot of fast food there? Also, I don't exactly know what they eat but I've dated an american in the past and she used to put french fries in milk shakes, wtf? I wonder if it's a common thing.....

 

[Jayro]

Much of the time, people don't factor in portion control when they eat a meal. Especially in America, where the helpings are just HUGE, and we eat until we're "stuffed". And on the reverse side of that coin, we don't exercise like we should. Or drink enough water throughout the day. Sitting a lot also keeps you fat. So does eating complex carbs without burning off that energy. Lots of things contribute to getting fat. I know, because now that I'm unemployed, I've gained 10 pounds in the last 6 months. I'm at 180, the heaviest I've ever been in my life. I'm 37, almost 38, and really need to get my body back into shape. (And I also need to start taking my own advice, listed here.)

 

[godreborn]

another great exercise routine today. I feel pretty good atm. my back was hurting a bit during the exercising. the Indian clinic was closed on Monday (obviously), then Tuesday and Wednesday as well. it was open today, so I was able to exercise with a trainer. it should be open tomorrow as well. I'll be weighed again when I go to see the doctor, so I'm wondering if I've lost any weight. I've been exercising for 8 weeks or so, since December 22nd, I think. I feel more energetic, but I don't really look much smaller.

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Much of the time, people don't factor in portion control when they eat a meal. Especially in America, where the helpings are just HUGE, and we eat until we're "stuffed". And on the reverse side of that coin, we don't exercise like we should. Or drink enough water throughout the day. Sitting a lot also keeps you fat. So does eating complex carbs without burning off that energy. Lots of things contribute to getting fat. I know, because now that I'm unemployed, I've gained 10 pounds in the last 6 months. I'm at 180, the heaviest I've ever been in my life. I'm 37, almost 38, and really need to get my body back into shape. (And I also need to start taking my own advice, listed here.)

I'd kill to be 180lbs. that's my goal. I'm currently 248lbs last time I was weighed. I don't look that big either.

 

[Jayro]

another great exercise routine today. I feel pretty good atm. my back was hurting a bit during the exercising. the Indian clinic was closed on Monday (obviously), then Tuesday and Wednesday as well. it was open today, so I was able to exercise with a trainer. it should be open tomorrow as well. I'll be weighed again when I go to see the doctor, so I'm wondering if I've lost any weight. I've been exercising for 8 weeks or so, since December 22nd, I think. I feel more energetic, but I don't really look much smaller.

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I'd kill to be 180lbs. that's my goal. I'm currently 248lbs last time I was weighed. I don't look that big either.

I'm normally 165, and I'm tall and skinny, but my gut is pushing out like I've got a bowling ball under my shirt. :/

 

[godreborn]

I'm normally 165, and I'm tall and skinny, but my gut is pushing out like I've got a bowling ball under my shirt. :/

I was most fit in high school. weighed 150lbs and could bench 225. I had a six pack as well. now, I have a gut.

 

[AncientBoi]

I know nothing about being overweight. Period. [secretly hides my candies, donuts, soda, chips [bbq]]. mmm Pasta sounds good for dinner time.

 

[Jayro]

I was most fit in high school. weighed 150lbs and could bench 225. I had a six pack as well. now, I have a gut.

What's your age, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[godreborn]

I will be 40 in June.

 

[Jayro]

I will be 40 in June.

Ah. I noticed most of my weight gain started in my mid-30's, around 34 or so, when my metabolism started slowing down quickly... I've always had a fast metabolism until then... GOD how I miss it.

 

[godreborn]

most of my weight gain came from not exercising and when I'd drink. I lost 50lbs after I quit drinking and stopped eating, but then I regained that.

 

[HelpTheWretched]

I don't have any insight or "causes" that haven't already been said, but it bears repeating, sometimes weight-gain is just a combination of many small factors.

From 20 to 25 I went from being reasonably in-shape to being Very Fit, and with the hindsight that it had no effect on my social life, I can say confidently that all that daily exercise was because I enjoyed it and felt good about the results. It hardly felt like "work" and had become so routine that I couldn't imagine going a day without exercising.

How quickly that turned around, kind of shocks me when I stop to think about it. Can't believe I ever used to be that person; now overcome with doubt that I'll ever make it back to that level. And it's quite simple: a whole bunch of physical and mental health problems hit me at once, continued to plague me ever since, and all work to worsen each other.

I haven't gotten all that overweight, and thankfully I've still got the ability to pass on the unhealthy snacks and take a short walk or bike-ride once in a while. My point is, that kind of effort went from being easy and natural to being extremely difficult, and it was not at all due to laziness or poor lifestyle choices. I don't feel like explaining my story in any more detail right now, especially not without being asked, but I appreciate that OP wanted to discuss these things without judgement. I'll be okay, and maybe this thread will help some people come to terms with things that have kept them struggling.

 

[godreborn]

@Flame , got weighed last Friday, and I'm up to 253lbs, so I gained weight somehow despite exercising. maybe it's muscle mass as @JuanMena suggested, but I dunno. exercising has gotten much easier, just exercised about forty minutes ago, with my trainer. however, this weight gain is obviously your fault.

 

[JuanMena]

Boicot Flame!