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highthief · 05-09-2008, 05:22 AM

Lasereth while I respect what you had to go through to achieve your results, let's respond to a couple of the points you made:

1) Most people here have qualified their responses with the understanding that a certain percentage of people have a truly valid medical reason for being fat or having a hard time losing weight. To SOME extent, you fall into this category in that losing weight was very, very difficult - on the other hand, you also admit you did it to yourself by stuffing your face into adulthood.

2) Many people "against the fatties" as it were, have been overweight themselves and conquered it. When I started my current job I had gotten up to 185 pounds at 5'8" and about 27% bodyfat) - I got back to being disciplined with my exercise program and with my eating habits and dropped 25 pounds and sit at a lean 160 now at 15% body fat. So it's not like a lot, maybe even most, people haven't been there to some extent albeit not to the extreme situation you found yourself in.

Good luck with maintaining your condition.

05-09-2008, 05:22 AM	#67 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Lasereth while I respect what you had to go through to achieve your results, let's respond to a couple of the points you made: 1) Most people here have qualified their responses with the understanding that a certain percentage of people have a truly valid medical reason for being fat or having a hard time losing weight. To SOME extent, you fall into this category in that losing weight was very, very difficult - on the other hand, you also admit you did it to yourself by stuffing your face into adulthood. 2) Many people "against the fatties" as it were, have been overweight themselves and conquered it. When I started my current job I had gotten up to 185 pounds at 5'8" and about 27% bodyfat) - I got back to being disciplined with my exercise program and with my eating habits and dropped 25 pounds and sit at a lean 160 now at 15% body fat. So it's not like a lot, maybe even most, people haven't been there to some extent albeit not to the extreme situation you found yourself in. Good luck with maintaining your condition. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.