_Sky I understand that all bodies are not created equal.

But my point is that a LOT of us have messed up metabolisms, for a variety of reasons.

My body is hardly perfect naturally, in fact right now I feel like I have a winter 'layer' and can't fit my skinny clothes. But I know a lot of the good tricks around food and exercise thanks to friends who are of the health profession variety - my best friend is a physio with a background in personal training, and another friend also has a PT qualification. I also used to flat with professional bodybuilders.

Another thing that motivates me is having done work for SPARC, a government agency - Sport and Recreation New Zealand. We did ad testing for their 'Push Play' campaign - totally cool, getting people to move just a little within the context of their busy day and targeting all age groups. "Walk an Email" ... "Play Kilikiti" (Pacific Island sport commonly played by families ... in PI and Maori obesity rates are rising so targeting them). So I guess seeing that sort of thing instils into you that ANYONE can build their exercise regime. I have a beautiful beach right next to work. That's all I have time to do at the moment for exercise but it's like meditation and walking all in one.

Right I'm gonna hop off my bandwagon right now. My point is really just to me, surgery seem drastic ... I understand comfort eating but I don't believe that emotional eating is something that can't be overcome with support ...

good luck everyone.