Obesity: five facts

[The Grand Nudger]

Thanks for the advice and concern Aract. I already smoke, it helps (lol). My diet is already centered around those things (grew up in Central and Coastal Florida) but the corn...oh the wonderful corn! I doubt I'll ever nix that (but I've done better on that count in the last few years - it's really hard to give something like that up, a food so integral that it forms part of your identity). It's in my blood -and- on my plate. Shit, you can probably tell that I'm not -too- worried in the present, but I realize that even if I gain a minor amount of weight - fractions of a pound a year- over time it adds up. I'll be content to lose 10lbs and hold at 210 until I'm at least 55, no small feat when you think about it. Bariatric is off the table (and I think I'd be better served by the full knee replacement I've been putting off).

It's a fight against time, I know the objective - I have reasonable goals and I know my limitations...but, as you said, the control that a person has to exert is daunting. I just wanted to add my two cents in so that anybody else who's having trouble with weight loss could at least see that a long distance runner and human pack mule, a lifelong manual laborer who eats the right things (though, admittedly....not always in the right amounts)..... who's aware of the issue, has will aplenty, and has formerly grasped the grail of being underweight.....empathizes, and shares in their experience.

I'm not going to be the guy who says "Hey, fatass, just exercise and stop stuffing your face" - I know it's not that simple. Figured I'd back up your science with a little experience.