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My doctor told me to do something about my weight. Well, since I can't seem to lose it, I thought I'd double it... Fat is where it's at. slim jim

Not me. 5 ft. 10 in. 155 lbs. Jody

Hey Jim, I'll take you up on the cheeseburger. Maybe we'll get to pick before to long.

Tony

I'm 197 pounds. But not fat

I lost about 55 pounds five years ago (210 to 155). The weight is still off, but with the weight I also appear to have lost my sense of humor. Life is very curious.
Duncan

Congratulations to all the guys who have lost weight because they needed to. I'm down 15 pounds from my highest of 230, and have 15 more to go to reach my goal of 200. I know how tough it is.

Those of you who want to gaim weight; I've got some excellent suggestions. One of them starts with "B" and ends with "Q".

About 12 lbs of spare tire here.

I have lost 100 pounds over the last year. 315 to 210. If I knew then what I do now, I would have done it years ago. Just started the steel about 15 months ago and now I practice instead of eating.

Steven Finley wrote:Cheer up fellows fat is not all that bad,I heard
that lots of women find fat men attractive,so why
bother to loose the fat when it works like a
women magnet?

A woman magnet, true. But reverse polarity.

Jamie Lennon wrote:I'm 197 pounds. But not fat

Neither was I at your age...

When I retired in 2006, I weighed 250. My blood pressure was a little high, so I decided to lose weight. This morning I weighed 185.5. The blood pressure is good and I feel much better. All I did was change my eating habits, less meat, few deserts, lots more fruits and vegetables. I have also tried to be a little more active. I want to lose about 5 more lbs. It can be done if you look at it as a long term project.

After ballooning to 270lbs I just grew a beard bought a red suit and made a website. I am much in demand in December!
http://hiretherealsanta.com/
I now ride a Harley everyday and have lost 10lbs in two weeks. I would like to be lean again and give up the Santa gig. The ladies do dig the beard though.

I've been thinking about a stick on sign for the front of my steel with the name "GARFIELD".

A friend of mine just told me he lost 165 lbs of ugly fat,,,,I asked how he did it? He said,,,,,divorced my wife!!!!

I started out about 4 months ago at 235 lbs. and I now weigh in at 202 lbs.
Although I've lost 33 lbs. I still have another 22 lbs. to loose to reach my goal of 180 lbs. And I will make it by, well, Thanksgiving I'm shooting for.
So far I've cut my cholesterol meds out altogether, cut out my blood pressure meds altogether, cut my diabetes meds in half.

Fred that is great. How are you doing it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e-oOQJ7Q1I

We could all learn a lesson from Winnie the Pooh's Stoutness Exercises.

Yeah Fred,,,,com'on,,,how'd you do it??????

Chuck Thompson wrote:I aint fat! I wear a XXXL petite!

When I went clothes shopping several months ago, I saw (and bought) an Arrow brand white striped shirt that was marked XXL "Slim Fit".

Gary Thayer wrote:I have lost 100 pounds over the last year.

The only way I ever got rid of 100 pounds was to divorce her.

i got a cute lil' belly but i ain't fat !
1.8m x 88kg

I'm just too short for my weight...my doctor told me I need to get in shape...so I'm trying to get in the shape of a pear.....(Thanks Randle!)

I go back and forth from relatively normal weight to tens pound over. This all depends on my willpower food-wise. Being overweight is a lifestyle choice. Sometimes I just wanna enjoy indulgent food and lay around; other times I enjoy salads and being active. It's hard to be vigilant all the time. A balance is best. But if you don't even try, you're doomed.

Chris LeDrew wrote: Being overweight is a lifestyle choice.

That's a misconception. I gained about 90 pounds after my 2002 bicycle accident, as a result of being unable to move around for 18 months. (For those who don't know, among other things, I fractured my spine. Fortunately the spinal cord itself was not injured so I'm not paralyzed.) I've recovered from the injuries themselves, but have been unable to lose the excess weight, despite repeatedly trying.

Apologies, Mike...I should have said "in normal circumstances." What I was trying to say was that too many otherwise healthy people blame metabolism and hormones on weight. And this is not coming from a skinny person. I'm not judging, just speaking on experience. The better I eat, the less i weigh. Not the less I eat, because we all know that it's quality not quantity when it comes to food and weight.