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At age 36, I am here to tell you: I have hit my FAT WALL! What is a “Fat Wall†you ask? Well, for me anyway, it is the age at which it is no longer easy to lose weight. As a guy, I am here to attest that it is easier for men to lose weight than it is for women to lose weight. Why? I can’t say exactly, I am not a doctor. I would imagine it is because men are generally more physically active than women, but as I said, I am not a doctor. All I can say is, the days of me dropping ten pounds in a week or two ARE OVER!
Now mind you, I am not terribly overweight. I would say I need to lose between 20-40 lbs, depending on one’s taste. My wife says she hates “thin as a rail†men, and says I need to lose 20-25 lbs, tops. Personally, I would like to lose the 40 lbs, and work from there. The point is, I will be damned to hell if I can lose this weight! It FRUSTRATES THE HELL OUT OF ME! Never in my life have I had a hard time losing weight. Up until this point, if I wanted to lose weight, I cut my caloric intake, simple as that. That just isn’t cutting it anymore! At 36, I am just not as physically active as I used to be, and although I have seriously cut back the calories, the weight is just not going away! I was making progress a few months ago when I was running daily on my treadmill. Then I hurt my knee, and that went the wayside. I have since had surgery on the knee, and I have not run again since. Without that daily run, the few pounds I had managed to lose have crept back, and to make matters worse, they have brought friends!
Reading about how hard it is for Irish and Spunkey to quit smoking, I decided to start this thread. While I don’t smoke, I figure we can be siblings in solidarity; you two with your struggle to quit smoking, and me and mine with our struggle with weight. As of today, Monday, November 07, 2005, I pledge to go on a serious diet, and lose, at the very least, 20 lbs. I know what I need to do; I need cut out, entirely, my daily ice cream cone, as well as all the other sweets I indulge in. Also, I need to stop eating after dinner: midnight snacks really pack on the paunch!
My official weigh in weight is 220.7 lbs. Let the games begin!
Now mind you, I am not terribly overweight. I would say I need to lose between 20-40 lbs, depending on one’s taste. My wife says she hates “thin as a rail†men, and says I need to lose 20-25 lbs, tops. Personally, I would like to lose the 40 lbs, and work from there. The point is, I will be damned to hell if I can lose this weight! It FRUSTRATES THE HELL OUT OF ME! Never in my life have I had a hard time losing weight. Up until this point, if I wanted to lose weight, I cut my caloric intake, simple as that. That just isn’t cutting it anymore! At 36, I am just not as physically active as I used to be, and although I have seriously cut back the calories, the weight is just not going away! I was making progress a few months ago when I was running daily on my treadmill. Then I hurt my knee, and that went the wayside. I have since had surgery on the knee, and I have not run again since. Without that daily run, the few pounds I had managed to lose have crept back, and to make matters worse, they have brought friends!
Reading about how hard it is for Irish and Spunkey to quit smoking, I decided to start this thread. While I don’t smoke, I figure we can be siblings in solidarity; you two with your struggle to quit smoking, and me and mine with our struggle with weight. As of today, Monday, November 07, 2005, I pledge to go on a serious diet, and lose, at the very least, 20 lbs. I know what I need to do; I need cut out, entirely, my daily ice cream cone, as well as all the other sweets I indulge in. Also, I need to stop eating after dinner: midnight snacks really pack on the paunch!
My official weigh in weight is 220.7 lbs. Let the games begin!