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I am fat.
i am around 16st. 8~lbs/225-230~lbs.
Well built/bulky.
5'8.
I read a lot of posts on these forums where people are saying how hard they have to work to burn fat. They are usually 30's-60's and nature has naturally made their metabolic rates slower. They struggle and really work at weight loss.... Here is where i feel really guilty.
I am a 18yo male, well built, and quite bulky around the shoulders. I have never really struggled to loose the weight. I have been on atkins before and the weight has fallen off literally overnight. I guess i am one of the lucky ones with more natural muscle mass and a higher metabolic rate.
But last night i was thinking to myself... I really take this for granted, and who knows how long this trend will last. How long will i be able to baloon and pig out for a month or 2 at parties and have take-outs. Then i get serious and loose about 1-2stone of it. I never really get to a healthy weight, but my normal weight is bordering obese/morbid obesity depending on what general mood that month has had. I feel like because i have this ability to literally melt 2-5 inches in a matter of weeks, that is why i am still overweight. I do not really have the appreciation of how hard it gets in later life to keep to a healthy weight.
The strange thing about me is that i am not so much a drinker (only 1-2 times a week tops) and i don't buy take-outs that much. I don't pig out on ice cream 24-7 and i am not really addicted to sugary stuff like you get in the cinemas and stuff... My problem is that i just enjoy food... WAY TOO MUCH! I eat stuff that isn't really bad for you, but i just eat 3x more than i should do. Perhaps that is why i find it easy to rid myself of the baggage collected from the previous binge.
So now i have decided to test myself. I want to push my body to its limits. I want to know whether a 24-48 hour fast really does improve general health and energy levels. I will find out which food groups sustain me the best. I will find out what really should be consumed every day by a healthy human being and how much. These next few weeks are probably gonna be some of the most testing and rewarding of my life.
I guess this isn't directly related to Atkins. But i feel this web site is the best place to look for others experiences and tips. I have tried Atkins twice, and both times it has been a great success. The only problem i have with it is that my gall bladder gets tremendous pains after 2 weeks of the induction phase, so my doctor has told me to call it quits. But i do still believe, despite the pains i have felt, that the Atkins philosophy is the way to go. The reason we have canines is to eat meat and consume protein. Our bodies are designed to use this for energy through the various processes and bodily functions made famous by the Atkins haters as "dangerous" and "unhealthy".
So in the following weeks/months i am going to try a variety of diets, fasts, a heap load of green tea, supplements, perhaps even Atkins OWL (might not irritate my gall bladder as bad).
I am taking a leaf out of the more mature posters on these forums who work 3x harder to loose the weight than i ever had to. And i have them to thank for the inspiration.
Ta Ra.
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