On the topic of Being Fat - Morbidly Obese
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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why is drug addiction anf alchohol addiction accepted but the people that have a food addiction are made fun of. so sad.
+GeorgiaBabylon we dont accept that...but obviously a food addiction is more visibly apparent to a complete stranger...
Lol alcohol addiction is accepted not the other 2 tho
I make fun of alchohol :)
Because fat is seeing but alchoolism at first stage is’t seen
I weighed 890 pounds at 22. through hard work I managed to get it hovering at around the 480 mark, its gone up slightly in the last 4 years but it takes a lot of dedication to keep thin.
Excuse the comment but are you trying to equate sub 500 lbs as being THIN I'm sorry that's delusional and denial to the highest level.
@@zeddiamond3128 The only delusional one is you
Uh
Update?
how in the hell?
''Someone who has sex... And wins'' :')
+Aaronmn7 It's a competition, yo!
AzureSymbiote now I understand
Aaronmn7 i always win
My uncle always beats me😠😠😠😠
The human reward system is one of the most sadistic designs in the history of biology.
It is not only humans who is rewarded like that, but biology didn't account for super beings capable of reaching for a cookie that is just in the kitchen, the point of the reward system is to make you go and find the thing you were rewarded for, and in todays society if you have nothing in your house a quick trip to your local supermarket sorts that out nice and fast.
Dopamine Oh yeah Dopamine fucks us with porn addiction ...
Oh wait ....
Keeps us alive bro
+boogie2988 , As a obese teen, You sir, Are my insparation to try harder and harder each day and strive towards my goal.
Thank you, Man.
You've got this!
Thanks Karl.
Peter Grillett any updates bro?
Someone has sex, and wins.
cute girl -> two girls -> Japanese twins -> contortionist and a midget -> etc
Lee Patekar Japanese contortionist and two midget twins, that are cute.
Lee Patekar Mmmmm Japanese girls ^_^
SuffuFFaffiss yea wtf was that
THEY CUMMMM
You are a realist and an optimist. Good luck! You can do it!
Btw i lasted 3 months no smoking no chew tobacco cold turkey. i only lasted 3 weeks trying to eat healthy its epic hard
Peer pressure tends to get me the most,so many unhealthy eaters around me.Even skinny ones can be like that.I have to go from not caring much,to really not giving a shit what they think or want.I'll be much healthier is my main motivation,I'll probably get thinner too.
I have food pushers in my family, I have to just plain out say I have no room for that in my diet. Times i eat food I make before going out just to say I already ate.
Boogie is 100% correct in this video, and I'm ecstatic to hear that he realizes this. I've been on a weight loss journey for the last 2 years and I've lost 110 pounds, started at 363 pounds. I knew that controlling my eating would be tough, but what I didn't expect was the difficulty of fixing the mental aspect. Learning to love yourself and learning to let go of all of the problems that had a grip on you and drove you to eat. Boogie, I would love to see to keep up with your progress.
Good video takes a strong person to be so honest about something so sensitive
The best defense is a good offense. Do not keep shitty foods within reach. It helps if you live in the country and fast food is 10+ miles away. Keep that processed bs out of your house.
Ive been overweight since i was 12(25 now). Im no where Near your size (i need to lose maybe 30kg) but its inspirational to hear you talk. Thanks boogie
As a heroin addict I can relate to how easy it is to go back. The statistics for heroin relapse are similar: upwards of 80%. Its very easy to be discouraged by the numbers. In fact it makes you feel downright hopeless, but its always YOUR decision which side of the statistics you'll be on. You're spot on, you have to target the underlying cause of our addiction rather than battling the substances themselves. Never lose hope man, and keep up the good work. Much love.
intermittent fasting. best solution ever for eating I promise
Pat L best solution is DNP
Best solution is what works for an individual. For me, high protein and high fat, low carbs works for me. It's about what you eat and how much you eat. Plain and simple.
Wow. That's how my therapist described my cutting addiction. The pain causes the brain to send out happy neurotransmitters. And it keeps getting more and more immune to it, and your brain cries out for more... so I cut again and again and again... each time a little deeper or longer or more cuts... and it really is an addiction that most people don't understand. So I know how you feel, just a different addiction. Good luck to you and David on your journeys! You can do it!!! :)
You don't have to starve. You don't have to never indulge or never partake. You just can't be indulging every meal, every day.
And if only eating as much food as our body needs is considered 'starving', then when need to reevaluate ourselves.
I was morbidly obese in 2009 (5' 9'', 377lb), and now I'm about 183lb as I type this. I'm closing in on my 200lb weight loss mark. My trick has been to reverse the effects that depression/anger had on me for so long and utilize it as fuel/focus to maintaining my new lifestyle. I believe everyone who needs to lose significant weight has to discover their own process, and this is what works for me. Boogie is right though - that switch in your brain never really resets. It's very hard some days.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Dude, this is so deep. Very bravely done of you to talk about this topic.
Man you need to get out of this mindset that says you have to starve yourself. You don't! You really don't.
When you are really hungry, you need to eat a big protein filled meal- of vegetables. My favourite veggie is broccoli, and I probably eat 150grams of it, plus carrots and peas and an apple and potato and be stuffed. But that 100g of broccoli is 34 calories. So eat a kilo of it, if that's what it takes to be full. You've only eaten 340 calories. Whatever veggies you like, eat a shit ton. If you want butter on thrm, that's cool- but measure out how much butter you're going to allow yourself, and don't put anymore on.
Every time you get hungry, eat a carrot or an apple or an orange first, then drink a big glass of water - then eat a meal. If you are dying for ice cream or a cheeseburger or whatever, that's cool, have it. Eat your cheeseburger for lunch, knowing that means you'll be eating just veggies and fruit for dinner.
I had a large chips and a mcflurry today, but stayed under my kj/calorie intake cause I decided some salt+ sugar was worth having to fill up later on veggies.
You can't think of it like a diet- it has to be a 'this is how I want to eat now. Everyday I am at or under my kj intake is a day I won.
It helped me give up juice and milk because I went.. Well would I rather have this milkshake, or have gravy on my plate of veggies, and baked potato instead of boiled?
And at the end of the day, if youve reached your limit but you are still hungry, then eat more veggies.
Great comment!
if you're not used to eating that many veggies and do that all at once, you're gonna have gastrointestinal discomfort. Best to ease on into it.
man, you are a puzzle. You always tell us different tales of your life, and we (your viewers) try to discover who you are, yet every time you tell another story it leads us on a new tale. You sir are awesome.
I have struggled with my weight since I was 10, and I have gained and lost significant amounts of weight 3 times. As an adult, I've weighed as much as 380 lbs and as little as 215 lbs which isn't bad at 6' tall. I just turned 30, and I am now struggling with my 4th attempt at losing weight and keeping it off. I've always felt that my issues were more of an addiction than as they never seem to go away. And somehow, I always felt like a fat dude in a normal mans body. Thank you for your videos!
Dude your awesome I think you helped a lot of people. 👍
I shed 120 lbs and have been able to keep it off. But part of my journey has not just been doing the hard physical work to get the weight off, but changing my relationship to food. I no longer eat when I'm sad or stressed. Slowly, over time, I shifted my usage of food as an item of comfort, to having physical activity as a replacement comfort. Today if something bothers me, I take a 30 minute bike ride and I feel GREAT after. Mental change is key for permanent results.
One thing I find that helps is to find a diet routine and changes in your diet that you're capable of maintaining long term, cutting out soda with sugar for example and replacing with low cal alternatives. If you can find changes you can make that aren't just temporary for a diet to lose weight, but you can live with forever, then you're better equipped for maintaining your goal weight when you reach it.
I saw that show, and it is still in my memory to this day. I'm not morbidly obese, just about 35lbs overweight... yet I can relate to so many of your points. I can't imagine the struggle of a morbidly obese person to lose the weight. I'm really happy you're putting these vids out there!
I've struggled with weight myself, and it wasn't until two years ago that I realized that for me, it wasn't about losing weight. Wanting to be not fat was not the same as wanting to be fit. And I just hit a point where I really wanted to be fit more than I wanted to be obese. I know that's simple - and simple is not necessarily easy - but for me, that's what it is. I hope you can get to that place where your desire to be fit overrides your desire to seek solace in food. You can do it!
I agree with your observations. I've also noticed if it's not one thing, one obsession, like gambling, obesity, drugs, etc., then we often swap things for other problems. A person may lose weight and become healthy and then start drinking too much, or pulling their hair out, etc. etc. etc.
I've been battling my weight for a very long time. I was in the 280's at age 17, and at 19 I had a back injury that was treated heavy doses of morphine for three months until my surgery. I couldn't eat. I dropped 80 LBS, and a year after my back surgery I ballooned to 325LBS. I've been fighting it ever since. I've slowly moved myself to a ketogenic diet which I quite enjoy, and I'm slowly dropping to a weight where I'll be able to exercise without pain or injury. It takes time to reprogram.
This was the first of your videos I have ever seen. You are so articulate and you nailed it so perfectly. I just love your heart. Keep up with the struggle, you are amazing.
Basically it comes down to a lack of will power - we all live in the same world. If you do not have the willpower to stay slim then you will regain the weight. I dont feel "always unsatisfied" like you said, if you stick to decent foods then on the contrary you feel satisfied with LESS food and feel fuller. I am bored of Americans who come up with EVERY reason for obesity other than "I am a greedy person with very low motivation and will power, wo is me"
I remember from growing up starting at an early age we are taught to clean our plates . So for some people with being over weight can go back to our youth . So after years of forming bad eating habbits . It has to change with filling your plate with smaller and healthier serving sizes . And eat slower and listen to your stomach when it is full enough to know its okay to leave a little food on the plate . Along with this fast paced fast food world slow down and cook from scratch recipes .
You really captured that common frustration we all have with whatever we struggle with. It is anguish, and it is relentless. Thank you for making it less lonely.
It was made easy for me. I prayed about it and during the same month I contracted celiac's disease. I cannot eat my favorite foods or I become VERY sick. So now I must eat healthy. Interesting way to have my prayers answered but it made me have to make a life change. Something I was unable to do on my own.
I was pretty fat and now I'm studying biotech. I agree with you about the dependency that food creates. It's proven that food addiction is comparable to drug addiction or gamble addiction etc. It's true that is VERY hard to revert that cycle in your brain , in your synapses, but IT'S POSSIBLE.The more you create those links in your head the more is difficult to remove them, but you can do it. The best is to lose weigth not too fast, or else more likely you'll regain it. Let's die fighting.
appreciate you making this for david man he so deserves the support if it wasn't for his friendship i probally wouldnt be here today... i am done with reality shows...
Hey man, I just came across your page and wanted to let you know that I have much respect for you. I'm also on this fat journey (450lbs) I love the fact that your not justifying nor making excesses for being fat, you're telling it like it is. Real talk. Keep up the good work.
The more I see of you, the more you inspire me. You are pillar, man. Thank you for taking the time to do these. Hey! Go watch the Francis singing "Party in the USA" video! It's genius!
You are awesome. My ex-boyfriend weighed 308 lbs before becoming anorexic. At his lowest weight he was 114 lbs, and the "good" weight for him would have been around 150-152 lbs. He's well now and at the right weight. I myself weigh 218 and I need to weigh around 120 to be at a good weight for my height.. I'm afraid I won't make it. But this week I'm signing up for a gym membership. 120 lbs, here I come!
Don't give up man. Just keep pushing. Like boogie said you got one life. Don't spend your life upset about your size. Just enjoy life, try to lose the weight, but if you can't oh well. That doesn't make you any less of a person. I'm here to say your life matters, 110 lbs or 500 lbs it doesn't matter. Our society is obsessed with looks and personally im disgusted by it. I have a friend who is in your boat, 250 and only 5' 4" and he just enjoys life as it is. It gets hard, but it'll will always
Hello boogie2988. I am a 55 year old male. I have struggled with obesity and depression all of my life. I have lost 100 pounds 4 times in my life only to regain the weight. I weigh 330 pounds now and have just started another diet and excercise regimen. I just wanted to tell you that this is one of the most intelligent things I have ever heard or seen. You have hit the nail on the head you are very smart. Thank you.
Can I just say that as an obese teenage girl, which is just about the worst predicament one can be in, I really find this true. I exercise and lose 10 pounds, but then find myself gaining back 5 or so because I get depressed and think that I can never be a skinny girl. And to those saying to "go exercise" it's really hard to. It's just so embarrassing to go to the gym or go running and see all these fit people working out and you can't keep up or just feel inadequate. I've definitely been tryin
Hey Boogie and anyone reading this. I used to be very much like you. I was morbidly obese. I weighed 290 pounds at 19 years old. I hated my life because of it and it was very debilitating. I got tired of it. On January 1st, 2013, I vowed to start losing weight. Since then, I've lost over 70 pounds, and I'm still losing weight. If you want any advice or anything please let me know, because I can tell you how!
One of the main reasons weight loss intervention surgery is optimal is because your body can NEVER get rid of fat cells as an adult. You can only make new ones. The process is usually:
Fat cells bulge -> cant hold anymore make new fat cells -> those ones bulge etc
When you lose weight all cells just shrink. Because that you keep the cells, it's a LOT easier for a previously obese person to regain lost weight. Surgery will remove these extra cells giving at least a fighting chance.
And this is a huge step for me, as I've never told anyone my weight, only my mirror. I'm 16 too. I have depression too, and more, so I over eat to feel better but it kills me really. I'm big, but I'm "lazy" from my mental state. But I never used to be doing nothing, I used to work 12 hour days with horses and rescue animals & I'm not lazy because of my weight, I'm big because I mentally "don't feel well."
hes right about us being surrounded by an excess of food. I was in Guatemala for two years and lost about 30 pounds. but once I got back to the states, ive pretty much put that weight back on right away. you have to REALLY work and try in order to keep fit.
I have never been morbidly obese, but I have been obese as lately as this past January and maxing out size 38 jeans. I have lost weight three times in my life and stayed fairly average for a period of years. Ultimately circumstances would occur and I would stop exercising or monitoring my calorie intake. Getting fat does take time to occur. I never considered my getting fat as the result of some compulsive behavior. I considered getting fit and healthy more compulsive.
Great video! In my experience with trainers they don't realize that weightloss has to first begin with fixing your mentality. I'll be interested in seeing your journey, good luck!
Dieting is all mental and you just need to keep track of what you eat every day from a calorie stand point, and don't give in when you're at your calorie limits. Having lost 60 pounds, the one thing ive learned is any time i feel hungry, i ignore it and i find something to do to keep my mind of it, whether its browse the net, play xbox or w/e and eventually you forget about being hungry.
what a great person, your emotionally strong. Be the idol you always wanted to be, push your way up there and don't stop, that's how people achieve such feats and you can do it.
came to your youtube page for the comedy but stayed for the inspiration thank you man
your francis character is literally one of the funniest things i have ever seen. you should turn him into a stand up comedy act. you wold rake in the millions
i was obese, my bmi was 36.65 and now is 23.70 and i'm scared to death of the possibility to get the weight back again. but luckily for me i'm satisfied, i don't feel hungry, i don't crave sugar and stuff
Didn't even think to look at the dislike bar because I expected better of humanity, but curiosity had me and I shrunk down to my little hole. You're an inspiration, and I believe you can do it! Go Francis!!!!!!!
You sure answered some of my questions why I EAT SOO MUCH, I was deprived of food as a child and when I finally got to eat some good food at grandma's house I gorged so much that I threw up and went to eat more afterwards. I have major depression and axiety problems as a result of childhood and that alone causes me to eat also because I love food, but it is even worse considering that I was deprived of food as a child because my mother spent all my dad's child support checks on drugs and men
I hear alot about the emotional side of eating. People beat themselves up thinking it that its their lack of will power, while the food industry has been putting additives into food that makes you eat more. The food industry has chemically stopped peoples natural "full feeling" to stop working. This is what needs to be fixed, understand what foods have these dangerous additives in them, AND NEVER eat those foods. Even if it tastes good, learn to hate these foods because they will make you sick.
Discipline is choosing between what you want MOST and what you want NOW.
Boogie, you are a hero. I am 100% confident that you have the will and potential to finally be a part of the 20%. You can do it Steve! Oh yeah, It took a while for you to hit 100,000 subscribers, and you are already about to hit 200,000 just like that! Haha looks like you are going to have to make another documentary! Love ya bro, keep up the motivating and keep pushing. Im praying. God Bless
Francis, you're a very charming and wonderful person. I'm not personally heavy but I admire you're fight and would love to see you go through the challenge you set for yourself.
I over eat all the time as a comfort thing, the more depressed i am the more i eat,I also have a highly addictive personality and addiction problems, thankfully I have a high metabolism and am never dangerously over weight but it must be really hard for people who just pile weight on easily and cant shift it, i commend you and your videos, keep up the good work!
You are my inspiration i have watched your videos for over three hours straight now and i was touched by all of them thankyou!
I wish you luck with your weight loss boogie! I hope you can succeed, because I want you to be around for a long time making your videos!
I really think you hit the nail on the head. I used to weigh 360lbs then I dropped down to 220lbs. Then gain it all back plus more. Was 460lbs then dropped down to 320lbs now I'm back to around 380lbs. Its like a damn rollercoaster ride, but this ride sucks and I cannot get off.
I figured out that my biggest problem was sugar. When I ate small sugary things all day, I would also eat large amounts of other food to sort of "balance out" the sweetness. I figured out that if I get a sweet-tasting meal like a sub from Subway with sweet onion sauce, I wouldn't really eat sugary, high-calorie foods.
I don't know, it's just what works for me.
Set your monthly goals. At the beginning of each month, take some time to brainstorm some monthly goals that will improve your life. Each month, set one more goal than the number of goals you were able to achieve the previous month.
New sub here! Very moving video, especially towards the end. Your point about how "You gotta want this more than anything else" - "this" being good health, confidence and the happiness that comes with knowing you've succeeded. I hope you do.
P.s. Easy weight loss tip: Come to England, 90% of English food is terrible ;)
having an eating disorder is much like a drug addiction. people use food to combat sadness/anger/etc. Its the same thing with drugs.
There are people who wont even diet an blame society. That 650lb guy was able to drop over 400lbs. We know that he deserves real help since he has the discipline to lose the weight, but his emotional issues stop him from keeping it off.
I never feel sorry for fat people who say they cant lose weight, but i always feel sorry for people who gain the weight back
Nearly all forms of addiction in my experience can only be conquered through a higher power. That keeps a relapse at bay.
Food addiction takes great empathy to understand. Let me give you an idea of why the struggle outweighs other addictions. Keep in mind that I am in great shape and have never been overweight, this is merely an observation I have from the other addictions I have been able to beat in my life. When you quit other things, drugs alcohol, gambling etc. You can just quit, stay away from them and move on. You can't do that with food, you HAVE to eat food everyday for the rest of your life.
I know what it is like, a little over a year ago I weighted 430 pounds. Now I have lost 145 pounds and I know how hard it is not to keep it off and continue loosing. What helps me is having a cheat day after I loose 3 to 4 pounds (not counting what I gained from the cheat day).
I've been looking stuff on weight loss... if you have a problem with your weight you must continually starve yourself (feel huingry) to maintain your weight or exercise intensely. I think it is a better and healthier proposition in the long run to get a hobby that allows/expects you to exercise at a high level of intensity.
I could listen to your opinion all day, man... It's a constant pleasure to hear your well considered views, boogie :)
We see morbidly obese people gain weight, lose it all in a miraculous feat, then gain it back again. It seems to parallel many other struggles humans may have, perhaps a man who becomes a raging alcoholic, then finds sobriety for several years, only to return to it again. The same can be said with drugs, or any other activity that provides the brain with a sense of pleasure.
I absolutely love your channel, and you help me get thru every single day. I'm 15 and
5 10" at 250 pounds and you help me so much with the anxiety, the abuse, and my everyday trouble getting up those few flights of stairs in my school. I believe in you, and thanks.
"Who can starve themselves in the land of plenty? Not someone with a mental problem, not someone with an emotional problem, not someone who is not steadfast, to be that 20% that NEVER puts the weight back on you're gonna need to start in your heart and your head." This just proves that you are very much smarter than people think. :)
Hey man. I just loved your video. It's funny (not really, but you get the point) how people can be so supportive when dealing with a drug addict, but the very same people tend to be extremely rude and sarcastic when dealing with someone obese, Perhaps they don't realize that an addiction can have many forms, or they are just hypocrite, who knows.
Well, that said, I would like your permission to subtitle your video to Brazilian Portuguese. Is that ok?
Life is a war through which we fight through. This war only ends in death, which we can't enjoy. The only point in living is to take every small victory you get, enjoy it while it last, and start to fight again whenever the need arise. Whether it be through a new knowledge or weight lost or anything else, we can only find peace through these victories, look back at the sacrifices made and wonder "Why would I go back that desolate way".
Good luck pal I watch your videos everyday and you honestly have me in stitches I really hope you get it together dude. From the U.K
Excuse me but i've been working with fitness and bodybuilding for 3 years and i can safely say that unless you have a serious injury you can ALWAYS do cardio, and you don't need to lift weights to stay at a low weight. The diet is 80%, and even if you honestly can't go to the gym, you can swim. Swimming is an amazing cardio excercise and very good for building muscles too. What did he say about the gym? What would the reason be that you can't spend an hour a day on the stepping machine.
This video and your response are pretty appropriate. What people don't understand is the behavioral component to all this. Any addiction whether its drugs, alcohol or food, all have 2 sides. There's the addiction part, that's a biological issue. But then there's the habit issue, that built up reward mechanism that creates super automated neural connections (ie, habits). If you don't treat both, and they require different treatments, then you won't be successful. Treat both and chances go way up.
I wish I would've found your channel sooner. Really enjoy all of your videos I've watch so for since finding your channel tonight. Your awesome. I hope you read this and know you have another supporter & fan.
Successful weight loss, as I've lived it, is honestly a lifestyle. I find joy in certain activities and do them daily. Chocolate isn't my guilty pleasure...BIKING is haha. The way you look at it has SO much to do with how it pans out. You CAN escape being part of another statistic, you just have to find a way to look at it that suits your mind, your personality and your idea of fun. Anyone on a weight loss journey, I wish you the best and know that I'll be there, just message me :)
"Who can starve themselves in the land of plenty."
It's hard but not impossible
I'm at about 350lbs and I'm 6'5
I eat a ton of food but its not fast food or processed food. Its sandwiches, salads, fruit, smoothies, eggs and a lot of other things
You can over eat and just keep eating until you feel full, but its all about the types of food you eat.
I understand all that. I really do. I have never been overweight, in fact I'm relatively fit, but I understand completely the dieting part and the want to have your fav food. I had to give up gluten, grain, dairy, and sugar. And it was hard! I'm not doubting that for a second, but when your options are diet or surgery/being unhealthy, its just something that must be done even if its difficult to do. So one thing I will never understand about this is how a piece of food is worth suffering over.
I know exactly how it feels being in that up and down yo-yo position and it sucks, you really get depressed and angry and this video definitely helped me realize that I should be happy and try my hardest to be that 20%. This video really hits home. Thank you!
part of the problem is the society we live in. due to food now being so accessible people haven't been able to cope and so the rise in obesity was naturally going to occur but once we adapt to these changes hopefully problems such as obesity will sharply decline.
Honestly Boog, I sincerely feel you may have missed your calling in life. You'd make one hell of a motivational speaker; and its 99% of the reason I watch your channel.
Keep going strong.
Great transformation boogie, many people still laugh and call you fat but really you have lost so much, looking back at your old videos you are so much slimmer and i also believe that your personality from then has also changed. :) good luck boogie keep going :D
Do you think that the yoyoing is caused by complete self-denial? I've never been a fan of that because it will most certainly drive you crazy/lead to failure. It seems that being a little indulgent once a week keeps people grounded; however, I don't know if it's practical to expect those who are morbidly obese (or used to be) to be able to keep the indulgence within a reasonable range.
Food addiction aside, once your body creates new places to store fat they can never be removed; this means it is easier to gain weight a second (or third, fourth, etc.) time. Maintaining weight loss is no easy task, good luck to everyone.
the right thing to do, the inspirational thing to do francis is to challenge those mental health factors. Be open minded to psychiatry, counseling etc, people do things for reasons. I find it interesting what you discuss at the start pointing to more scientific reasons around obesity, im glad though that you do point out large parts of it is mental to.
There is nothing wrong with you, your human. Life doesnt have to be a struggle, day to day, minute to minute can be quite fulfilling.
I have the opposite problem. I'm skinny without a shade of masculinity, and the effort required for me to make any gains in muscle is immense, which discourages me even more from eating enough protein and working out. I realize that I'll never get where I want to be unless I do make it a top priority. Stick with it guys!
I use to be 310 lbs or more and lost 80 of it in 6 months that was back in 07-08 and its been 4 to 5 years since then and I'm still between 230-250 lbs i only gain it back when i go on a binge but it is very easy for me to lose it now. Im glad i am the 20% to not gain it back my family is so proud of me b/c they thought i was going to die before i reached 30 it is a great feeling if anyone wants to talk or need advice hit me
Chris Powell knows about the emotional component. I've watched many episodes of his show and he's very aware that people have emotional difficulties, and he's helped them work through those as best as he can given the format.
I do think that his approach, demanding absurdly high numbers, is problematic. That's part of the show, and that's unfortunate. There was a woman on the show who made a Facebook page about her horrible experience, and how she was kicked off, and one thing she claimed was that Chris was not the problem - he was trying to help her. She said that it was the producers.
Man I know what you mean, I tend to go through this cycle every year I've noticed. One year I just don't care and eat whatever, then next year I kill myself trying to work the 50+ pounds off, and it just seems the problem gets worse. Last time I did this I was 180 and got down to about 150, but now I'm 210, it sucks.
Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Brilliant book about neurology. If you read it and apply it, you can change ANY habit you have and/or establish new ones. I am a fat guy,but I have been changing eating habits and all.
I can be perfect in my eating habits and then there's some sort of cue. My big weakness is a good movie (or show). I feel like food/drink is half or more the enjoyment of watching something. It's so hard for me not to sit down with a big pop, meal, and snack. Sadly, once I break - and I may be near my goal weight - something snaps and that cheat turns into a few month train back to my high weight. I know your struggle. I'm not super big yet, at my high weight, but I am getting there.
I lost 45kg's 5 years ago and have regained 30kgs... Its soul destroying and getting the energy to do it again is hard!
9.27 you said you'll 'try'. Not to be picky but that shows me that you may not have fully committed yourself to it. It happens to me too. You should be naturally saying I 'will' do. Though it's a life changing thing for you, small yet concrete steps to grow with the new body you will get is a stronger foundation than trying to go 'all out' I think and making the task tougher for yourself. This is why people put that weight on again. Enjoy every step of it so you never look back. Good luck!! :)