Obesity: five facts

[Manowar]

Maybe you did not understand what I meant. I am a bodybuilder
my world is all about dieting, not a day goes by that I don't count my cals or my macros. Simply put, when calories in (what you eat) are greater than calories out (what you burn/exercise off), you gain scale weight. The same is true for scale weight loss: Calories in are less than calories out. Maintenance occurs when the two are equivalent.
I got down to 6.2 % Body fat then I did a bulk, now I am cutting again.
It's not hard to do, people just need to do it.

You're overweight. You're 5'10'' and you decide to climb on a scale one day. Or, perhaps your favorite pair of pants no longer fits. It's kind of scary either way. You say, no way, I just need to do it and lose weight.

You try to exercise. You don't want to take it easy because you have a lot of weight to lose, and what the hell, just do it. Say, you get on a stationary bike and go at it for a half hour. You even do it at a fairly good pace, because you feel like you can. And you do it! You make that half hour! And then, you feel miserable afterwards. You feel tired and you feel sore, perhaps so much that you don't want to do it again.

You decide, instead, to get a gym membership. Maybe the bike just isn't for you, and maybe other machines would be better. And you stop going after three or four sessions, because you see all those toned, fit people all around you and you understand that you're an outsider in their world. You don't belong here. You know it and they know it (or so you think). You see every set of eyes on your soft, jiggling flesh as you use the stairmaster. You see everybody else around you going faster on the treadmill, lifting more weight on the machines. You don't see jiggles or rolls on the other people. And you still feel sore and disgusting. You don't belong here.

You decide, okay, maybe it's not really the exercise. I'm going to start eating less. And, you do. You decide, even, to eat something healthy, some lean, baked chicken and some vegetables. Only, your body is used to a high calorie intake, and those empty calories just don't do it for you. You eat this food, which you might not eat often and perhaps don't even enjoy, and you feel just as hungry an hour later. And you eat something bad. And then you feel bad about eating something bad. You feel like nothing you're doing is helping.

You feel alone, too embarrassed to seek out the help of someone else, and unable to do it without the help. You feel hopeless. You've been trying to be good about dieting and exercise, but after a month, you've lost nothing. Or worse, you lost five pounds and now they're back, and you haven't done anything wrong. And, you feel that everybody else would just make fun of you for failing, because after all, isn't it your fault you're like this?

No, it's not just as simple as 'just do it', unless your world is already all about dieting.

Sorry Ryan, it is as easy as "Just do it" That's what did. I decided on my diet and went to the gym, not to mention I e-mailed with some doctors, who are body builders to get any help I could. I did not look good when I started, you bleed too much.

Also i was speaking of myself and others that are not that fat. When I started out I was about 18% BF ( nearest i can figure) not even close to what Aractus was saying in his post.

People love excuses not to get in shape but an average out of shape person can do it if they really decide to do it. I love sweets but avoid now, so what. What about fat people eating better foods lots of veggies instead of apple pie. Be consistent on diet and exercise and in no time wonderful things can happen.