[lovefew-fearnone]

a few months ago i was tired of being obese. i could no longer take any of the jokes or people giving me h***. i have lost a total of 85 pounds and i do not want to stop.... i am down to 205 pounds and my mind tells me that i should keep up with this no eating to see how much i can lose. as a guy this is a comfortable weight for me but part of me says keep it up.. but i want to stop. the gym is also my home... basically i spend more time there... running has become a lifestyle for me as well and today im planning on working with my trainer and then running 4-5 miles... im not sure what keeps me going but maybe its good mybe its bad im not sure.

Congratulations on what you have accomplished. Do you also have a nutritionist to help you maintain a healthy weight?

Question: You have worked hard to remedy one problem. Why are you thinking of possibly creating another?

[amante]

enditnow92,
wow that is a fantastic acheivement losing all that weight. you deserve a big round of applause. Sounds like you are in the full swing of the determination to get healthy and I say Go for it, to lose that sort of weight you do have to be in the gym alot and dedicated. I think you will know when is a healthy weight for you, but be careful that it doesn't become obsessive to a point. Congrats on your weight loss.

[lovefew-fearnone]

it has become obsessive... and addicting.... my friends say i look great and people who havent seen me in a while are like wow but i do not see any change when i look in the mirror

Originally Posted by amante

enditnow92,
wow that is a fantastic acheivement losing all that weight. you deserve a big round of applause. Sounds like you are in the full swing of the determination to get healthy and I say Go for it, to lose that sort of weight you do have to be in the gym alot and dedicated. I think you will know when is a healthy weight for you, but be careful that it doesn't become obsessive to a point. Congrats on your weight loss.

[Grithnir]

I bet 85 pounds is a big difference. You are lucky to not be on the medications I have to take because they steal all the energy from me and I slowly but gradually increase my waste size and have no way to counter act it, because I hate gyms. You should be proud of yourself and go out and get a date, be told by new people how you look, then you might have a different perspective than people that have already known you. I say keep with the gym. I envy people with a muscular body, male or female. Being healthy is incredibly important and if you go back to the other spectrum or be in a position I am in, than you have to worry about diabetes and all that crap. Hopefully I can do something to stop the gradual increase in my waste size but so far we are about even in weight. I weigh 207, and have a belly, and my jeans have been ripping on me. Do you have any hints on how to run if you are a heavy smoker, schizophrenic and on over four medications? Probably not, I am quitting the cigarettes though, "it's my time to quit". LOL.

[lovefew-fearnone]

i am a light smoker so my advice really is slow your smoking and use running to help you quit... when you feel the urge to smoke just run until it goes away and award yourself when you reach your distance goal with one.... it will take time to build up your endurance but it will be worth it.

Originally Posted by Grithnir

. Do you have any hints on how to run if you are a heavy smoker, schizophrenic and on over four medications? Probably not, I am quitting the cigarettes though, "it's my time to quit". LOL.

[Grithnir]

That is it, I am done with the smoking. I just got an 8 week supply of patches and after that I am using the extra money to join the gym, from all those expensive cigarettes. I got a new goal. I am going to swim and look like I did before I was medicated.

[amante]

Grithnir, good luck with quitting smoking.

Enditnow,
I hope that you can begin to like what you see in the mirror. Take the compliments from others, and know that it's much healthier for you to be less 85Ibs in the long run than obese. look at all the positive sides to that.