Real bodies and Real people

[Karmic]

I for one must join the majority in disliking my body, especialy my naked body, I wont lie, I'm 210 pounds, down from 245 earlier this year and still lossing, and I go to the gym daily and I'm getting nice muscle, hell I'm 6'3 and broad across the shoulders so I'm bound to be big and heavy.... as a kid I was fat, now I'm paying for it, and its hard every day, I seemed to have reached a tempory empass, what can I do to shift a few more pounds?

I've tried buhlimia and anorexia as methods, they work, but of course I promised to stop and so have, what pills or the like does anybody on this board take, or what helped them?

Thanx

 

[lilminx]

Weight Watchers is a viable option. The points system isn't bad, and the weekly meeting helps you b/c you realize you're not the only one struggling...

 

[Karmic]

Naa, not really mate, I'm already on 600 cals a day, cant cut it any finner.... Its not a matter of poor diet, I;m getting everything I need cept cals, Vits and mins, fibre and protien, low carbs...

 

[Shy Tall Guy]

I for one must join the majority in disliking my body, especialy my naked body, I wont lie, I'm 210 pounds, down from 245 earlier this year and still lossing, and I go to the gym daily and I'm getting nice muscle, hell I'm 6'3 and broad across the shoulders so I'm bound to be big and heavy.... as a kid I was fat, now I'm paying for it, and its hard every day, I seemed to have reached a tempory empass, what can I do to shift a few more pounds?

I've tried buhlimia and anorexia as methods, they work, but of course I promised to stop and so have, what pills or the like does anybody on this board take, or what helped them?

Thanx

At 6'3" you should be fine with 210 pounds. I have only three inches on you, and I weigh a good 30 pounds more, and people still consider me a "slim" guy. You might want to consider just leeping your weight in muscle - 210 pounds is well within you proper weight range as long as it is muscle and not flab. I know people who weigh a good 50-60 pounds more than you at a similar height and they are considered very buff. Just keep working out.

 

[sigh]

personally, i think that at 6'3", 210 pounds isn't bad

you worry me with this talk of anorexia, bolemia and pills...keep that up and you'll look really svelt in your coffin

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Karmic]

I was thinking of maybe fat binders or Anabols, I know they mess with you some, Im a nursing student.... but still, I hate my body and I cant find a better way...

 

[lilminx]

Naa, not really mate, I'm already on 600 cals a day, cant cut it any finner.... Its not a matter of poor diet, I;m getting everything I need cept cals, Vits and mins, fibre and protien, low carbs...

If you're trying to lose weight (which, by your stats, it doesn't really seem like you need to), only consuming 600 calories a day can slow down your metabolism, thus making it HARDER for you to lose weight. You need to consme a lot more calories than that in order to lose weight. Sound weird? Maybe, but it's true- do some research on it!

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Karmic]

My G/f, I know the score, but still I want to look better for her, her history is full of tall, muscled and skinny guys, I know shes with me, but I dont feel I measure up

 

[Willing and Unsure]

here's my thought.. i wouldnt be that concerned with your weight.. is you're healthy is all that matters, and if you think you are overweight, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR!!! they have that title for a reason.. my doctor suggested that i try weight watchers to lose weight.. it is a great program, and i would still be on it if i had the time and the ability to get there and so on... but i cant cuz of school..

as for being healthy, you sound like you are.. i have a friend that's been trying to gain weight like you wouldnt believe.. he's 6'4 and barely 170.. whenever he loses weight, he's considered anorexic because of that..

i have another friend that's 6'4 and around 330 pounds.. he's considered obese.. but most of his mass is muscle so nothing much gets thought of by it.

 

[Thumper]

Behold

but still, I hate my body and I cant find a better way...

This statement is the very root of your problem...There is no program, diet, pill , or injection in the world that will get you to accept your body. Right now you would "hate" your body no matter what the weight.

At 6'3" and 210 600calories a day is doing more harm than good. A pound of muscle needs 50 calories a day at total rest. Any less and it begins to degenerate. The body cannibalizes lean mass before it does the fatty tissue.

Get some outside help with the body image thing.

Good luck.

 

[Karmic]

The way you guys put it, I sound like I'm kinda nerotic about my wieght, and if indeed I was thin then I would be but I'm not, I have flab and I dont like it

 

[*bratcat*]

speaking as a former Bulemic...

 

[Thumper]

"I'm on the..

top of the world...."

Karen Carpenter saw Mama Cass when she looked in the miror..til the day she died.

Just a thought..image is subjective.

 

[Karmic]

I wouldnt mind putting on wieght if its mucsle. 12 months ago I had to shop and big and tall just to get fitting clothes, 6 months ago I finaly got in sizes that most people wear, now I'm an XL, and thats fine, I just feel that I'm so close to my goal, I've come so far, that I need to finish what I began

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[lavender]

 

[Thumper]

Then eat!

You cannot build muscle without calories. You could lift til you were blue in the face and nothing will grow if there is no nourishment.

To gain muscle mass you must take in more calories than you expend. They must be the right ones though...protein!

Dorito's + TV = Flab

Tuna/egg whites + exercise = lean muscle mass

 

[Karmic]

I know man , I take extra protien supliments and most of my cals come from that too...

 

[Mischka]

Re: Behold

At 6'3" and 210 600calories a day is doing more harm than good. A pound of muscle needs 50 calories a day at total rest. Any less and it begins to degenerate. The body cannibalizes lean mass before it does the fatty tissue.

Thumper's advice needs to be repeated - you are destroying your muscle mass and will never be healthy and lean on your current exercise and diet program. Karmic, you need to see a doctor and professional dietician. No wonder pill will help - you need to address your past eating disorders and develop a healthy lifestyle.

 

[Silverlily]

Listen to Thumper. That butt in the av is pushing 40 and would still put any man on the board to shame. (Ok, maybe not, but I'd love to see them all lined up for comparison)

Sweetheart, at 6'3", you SHOULD be shopping at Big n' Tall shops. No matter what you weigh, you are tall. And really 210 at 6'3' is not overweight. Remember, anything that comes off overnight, does not stay off.

 

[Karmic]

I know, partialy I'm afraid of whats gonna happen if I start eating more, I never want to be as heavy as I was...

 

[rahfirst]

NO DOPE

Karmic,

I don't know if you are simple minded or just stubborn. I doubt that you are simple minded, as most of the nurses I know are real smart cookies. So, stop being stubborn and listen to the board members.

1. You need professional help with your physical fitness program. No personal trainer in her right mind would put you on 600 calories a day. The most severe legit diet I ever been on was 800 and that was in the Army under daily medical attention.

2. You need professional help with your image. The board is right in that 210 at 6'3" is a good weight. I have to tell you, Sweetie, if your girl is giving you a bad time about your looks, then to hell with her. You need to find someone who loves you for you and not for you body.

One last thing, how about posting a picture and let us see what you are talking about. Or two, front and back, all hard body. O.K.?


Before I leave this soapbox, just let me say....

 

[Karmic]

Errrr.... I'd be more than willing, I just need to find somebody to take the photo, and I would like a month to put on more muscle first but that I feel you would say is cheating.... Oh!, I got a Webcam, I'll try and set it up...mmm