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I just got back from my six (yes, six) mile walk, and will address intervening posts momentarily.
I walked six miles today in about two hours. Part of it was because I haven't been well all week and therefore haven't gotten any exercise. Most of it was because I was honestly enjoying myself. I love going out for walks, and I honestly lost track of time. Before I knew it I'd walked myself right out of town and the sun was setting, so I turned around and started back.
This is honestly how easy it is. You don't have to go to the gym and pump iron and run on a treadmill like a hyperactive hamster. Go for a walk each evening, eat more home cooked meals and skip the snacks while you're sitting in front of the television or computer. Honestly, half an hour of exercise per day plus a healthy diet will do wonders for anyone regardless of genetics or metabolism or any of that crap. You'll look better, you'll feel better. There are no drawbacks.
Of course, I understand not everybody wants to make that commitment and that's just dandy. So long as you understand that your choices have consequences you can go right ahead and snort confectioner's sugar off a hooker's ass while drinking pure cream and eating a lard sandwich if it makes you happy.
Now, addressing guy44:
You've done this handy point system and I'm going to take advantage of that. Rather than quoting, I shall simply use corresponding numbers. I'm skipping number one because I don't feel there's anything else to be said there at the moment.
2. People are dicks to other people for all sorts of reasons. Such is life. Anything that makes you different is a potential target for harassment, and given that no two people are identical it's safe to say that everyone has something about them that makes them a target. Some people are just dicks.
3. I don't really see anybody being an asshole. I don't recall making fun of people because they're fat; the consensus seems to be as stated. Be fat if you want to be, but recognize that it's not a healthy way to live and that you're personally responsible for it.
Personally, I know that I can be a prick sometimes and am perfectly comfortable with that. Being nice is often overrated.
4. If you're happy with your weight, I say more power to you. I personally don't see how your meals could taste like cardboard (there are plenty of rich, satisfying dishes available with relatively low calorie content) but it's up to you to live your life as you see fit. So long as you're not blaming other people or telling the rest of the world that they have to go out of their way to accommodate your lifestyle choice I have no problem with it.
5. I refer you back to number 3. If anything I've said here makes me a dick, well I'm okay with that.
From an evolutionary standpoint, people who put on weight easily have the better functioning body, since they're the ones who are more efficiently processing their food and getting more out of it. Small comfort, I realize.
6. Definition of a machine: a device or system that uses input in the form of energy or fuel to do useful work.
That's exactly what the human body is. It's an incredible self-maintaining enormously complex and widely adaptable machine. We use our fuel in the form of food to do all the work involved with our lives and output the waste, as... well, output.
Your metabolism isn't a fixed thing, it adapts to current conditions. This is why starvation isn't an effective way of losing weight. The more active you are, the higher your metabolism will be as your body turns more of your food into direct energy to fuel your body, rather than storing it as fat. Combine that with a proper diet tailored to your own body's personal needs and you can do whatever the fuck you want.
It really is that easy. There's no magic formula, there's no pills or methods or anything else other than just that.
Yes, it's fucking hard. I know it's fucking hard, but even though I've never had to struggle with my weight, let me tell you brother I've faced my fair share of adversity and I know all about hard. The bottom line is either you want it or you don't. If you want it, you do it anyway. There are no shortcuts, so you just have to pound it out. If you don't, well that's fine too. As I've said all along, I could care less. Just don't go trying to change everyone else because you can't work up the necessary resolve to change yourself, and we'll get along just jim dandy.
Shauk:
It's important to keep in mind that height plays a big role here too. You're never going to weigh 165 and you shouldn't even want to. I'd say even getting below 200 lbs is probably getting too low for a guy your size. Guys in the 6'6" height range can often cap 300 lbs on muscle alone, if they're built up. Shooting for a target weight in the 250 range isn't the least bit unreasonable.
Also, never listen to what the magazines or tee vee say. When I was at peak physical condition I weighed about 165 lbs. I wasn't much thicker than I am now, but had a lot more muscle and a little less fat. Despite that, according to my BMI I was slightly overweight and that, frankly, is just fucked up.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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