Anyone else have weight problems?

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When i was 19, i weighed 180lbs. at 5'6" tall. It was because of zyprexia. My cholestoral went up which is not uncommon in my family i guess. iam glad to be off that awful drug. Then they put me on ritalin which suppressed my appetite and i dropped 50lbs. in 3 months. Iam at either 5'7" or 5'8" and 130lbs.
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I'm probably 6'0, 210 pounds. I'm top-heavey and flat-footed, so my back always aches at my stand-all-day job. I think weight is a bad way to measure your health. Just look at yourself in the mirror, that makes more sense to me. I lost weight over spring break, but gained fat. Confused?

Anyways, I'm borderline obese if you believe what doctors tell you, and I just want to lose some of my fat.

Good luck losing fat everybody!

BTW, soda is terrible, can't stand it. Water, lemonade, gatorade, grape juice, and sweet tea (only on Fridays) is all I drink.

yeah i have weight problems too mostly because of my meds and im depressed all the time

my bmi is 35 but if you look at my pics you can see that I am not particullary fat-looking. I lift weights constantly and am extremely musclar. I think body fat percentage is a better judge of obesity, and by that standard I am actually slightly over weight at 30% body fat. I am 6'2 and 270.

weight used to be a major problem in HS until I simply had to quit cafinated pop b/c it was screwing up my heart rate. I still drink some pop every now and then but mostly diet and never in the same quanitys as I used too.

*diet pop can kill brain cells!?!

I may as well weigh in on this. 5-10, 250. Do the math. It sucks. been at this level for about half a year. I am trying a new strategy: No eating after 5PM and changing my workouts from lifting to more aerobic stuff. Bench Pressing my weight isn't as important as being able to run and have good endurance. Right now, I am too fat to run but the elliptical trainers are great. Lots of work for the legs and lungs with no impact.

Let's see if this helps.

The Whale

I just recently started a low fat diet due to liver problems and so far its been working.
I went from 205 to about 194 (I am 6'1 inches tall) because of my new diet and ive only been on it for a month. Be aware this doesn't work for everyone due to different metabolisms.

To start off with stop going to the burger chains if you have to. Going to those places caused problems with my liver and put the pounds on me. Please see the movie Super Size Me to understand what I am talking about.


Heres what I did:

-Ride my bike 3 times a week.

-Stopped drinking regular soda. I drink Diet Coke now only because I need the caffeine. If it wasnt for that I would dump cola all together because it ruins your teeth also.

-Ditched the French Fries and other potatoes.

-Stopped eating all the friend crap like KFC. I now only eat chicken at places like El Pollo Loco (Not sure if the chain is national).

-I only eat burgers now once a month. To substitute I eat at Togos (A place similar to Subway) and order six inch subs only whole wheat bread. I would suggest that when you eat a sandwich it should only be on whole wheat.

-No longer eat candy bars, I eat fruit instead for snacks.

-For breakfast I eat Honey Nut Cherrios with 1 percent low fat milk. Dont go to doughnut places like Krispy Kream they are the killer.

-I also like to eat Low Fat Yogart with fruit.

I have trouble putting on weight. Last time I tried one of those weighing machines in a shopping centre it told me I was underweight for a small female (I'm Male btw) of my size, whatever that means. o_O

I have been eating terribly lately, missing regular meals, eating excessive amounts of junkfood, drinking lots of Red Bull type caffeine drinks and doing no real exercise. Oh and keeping really messed up hours.

On the other hand, I don't drink alcohol or smoke, and I don't drink Tea or Coffee. (except the occasional Chinese tea when I go to a Chinese restaurant )

I haven't checked my weight recently and I'm not too sure on my height (roughly 5'11 I think, perhaps a little taller), but everytime I've checked for well as long as I can remember really I've always been around 58-60kgs, usually falling just under the 60kg mark.

Always been a skinny guy.

I'd like to do something about my health and fitness, and I have tried on several occasions, but I am terribly unmotivated in pretty much everything in life, especially things that require effort.

I can't stand doing weights and exercise in the gym, and I don't really have anyone who can train or even go for a walk with me (except the dog I suppose... EVIL dog).

To be honest, nothing I do- good or bad, seems to affect my weight. Really nothing I do makes any difference either way.
I think I just have a very fast metabolism, although it will probably slow down someday and I'll become morbidly obese because I've never learned to eat healthily.

I have the same problem. I'm thinking of getting some of those "crash weight gain" milkshakes they sell in health shops.

Yeah I've thought about them, but they usually taste pretty terrible! Blech!
Plus I think you are supposed to take it with a combination of exercise and stuff... sounds like a lot of effort.

I'm 5'10" and recently weighed in at 204 lbs. at the doctor's office. I'd like to try to get down to 170, but would settle for 190 now. I keep cutting back portions and snack on breads (I used to snack on cookies and other sweets) alot, but my weight stays about the same. It's like going on a little bit of a diet is neccessary just to maintain my weight. I thought this wasn't supposed to hapen until the mid 30's, not right before turning 22.

Soda can also be used as a substitute for the chemicals used to create a rough surface when doing concrete finishing work. It will literally eat away part of the surface on partially dried cenemt.



That's interesting, those white spots are called Brain Lesions and are found in Multiple Sclerosis as well. They cause a loss of control of the nervous system and are usually progressive.

More soda facts... Concentrated soda syrup (the stuff they use in soda fountains) is classified as a hazardous material. One of my failed attempts to get a job was to be a delivery driver driving a coca-cola truck to store and restaraunts making deliveries.

One of the requierments of the job would have been me taking hazardous materials training courses through the DOT as part of CDL training. Apparently, soda syrup has a lot of phosporhic acid in it, and it will eat through certain metals and can cause chemical burns.

A few days ago, my friend was actually talking about the ph test he did with soda. So now I remember all the details. According to the ph, it was illegal for him to pour it down the drain in the lab!

I really was thin when I was a little kid, I got overweight as I went into school. I think it might've been from the stress of school, and being unaware that I had depressive problems. I'd eat alot of chocolate, chocolate = serotonin. I also play video games alot.

I'm really glad they're inventing more active participation video games. Like Eyetoy, where you have to involve your whole body. As well as DDR, which Nintendo is releasing as Mario DDR. Should be really funny/cute! I think I'm more motivated to exercise, if it's like exercise disguised as a video game.

Also does anyone remember the Power Pad, from the original 80's NES?

I'm overweight. I'm 5'9" and I am around 180 pounds. I am trying to exercise more and eat less sweets.

That's strange, I'm 5'10" and I'd be in pretty good shape at 180 (currently204).