Health Obsession

[Shadowed Heart]

Haha, ok, I just... totally changed the subject.... Sorry Matt. >_<

 

But I'm wondering what the deal is w/ people OBSESSED wth losing weight and being like the healthest person alive. Geeze.... :s

[misery]

This thread is only like 2 weeks old..

http://www.linkinparkforums.com/showthread.php?t=11789

And you even posted in it too :S

[LPGotLinkinPark]

Haha, ok, I just... totally changed the subject.... Sorry Matt. >_<

 

But I'm wondering what the deal is w/ people OBSESSED wth losing weight and being like the healthest person alive. Geeze.... :s

That's kinda ironic because I've seen more than once you talk about wanting to lose weight. lol

 

For me, it would just be feeling better about myself I suppose. Look good, feel good.

[Shadowed Heart]

>_< I have. it annoys me about other people AND myself. -.-

[burning monk]

I actually need to put on weight. ASAP. I'm like 25 kgs underwieght..

[Phranka]

yeah I wanna put on weight too o.o..

[Shadowed Heart]

>.< lucky ass. it's easier to gain weight, than loose weight....

[LP186]

^not necessarily

alot of people have high matabalizim, especially teenagers

it wont be till you get older, like 20s or 30s, when gaining weight is easier then loosing it

[Ravynlee]

^ That's true

 

Actually I have to say I'm one of those people y'all must despise. I watch what I eat, read almost every packet/box/bottle/label for content and nutritional info and live by a specialised diet that excludes all wheat, dairy and gluten. I went from being a self-confessed chocoholic to total abstinence. I minimize my fat intake, barely touch sugar, and up until recently was a daily gym junkie - for two hours a day 5 days a week aside from work.

Meh.

The point of ALL that is I grew up the fat kid. I was the one everyone used to make fun of me. I've never had many friends or boyfriends and my self esteem is virtually non-existant. I decided one day that I was sick of living that way; it was literally killing me. I was 110kgs at my heaviest (and I'm 5'3") and that's around 242.5 pounds. Something drastic needed to be done.

I changed everything from what I ate to my way of thinking. I know people say that that's going from one extreme to the other but the reality of it is when you have been that big all your life you know how easy it is to slip back to what you used to be. And it is very easy. I'm older now and wiser but my metabolism is slow so I can't burn off things as easily as people half my age. I have to be vigilant - but I also know my lifestyle change has upset a few people closest to me. They don't understand either.

I guess it's a control thing. In life there's so much I have no control over - but this I do, and at times I do have a tendancy to let it get the better of me.

But yeah... it just annoys me sometimes that people judge me for being a freak or something when I've sacrificed so much to better myself. That gets to me. And it's weird because I'm now the person I used to look at and think I despised for those very reasons. Weird how life turns out, right?

 

-Rav

[Hybrid Soldier]

Me, I've never really been considered overweight, yet compared to most my lifestyle is like someone who is trying to lose weight. I do read nutrition labels, I eat absolutely no trans fat, I run anywhere from 20-50 miles a week, no less, I eat no dairy, no citric acid, no tomotatoes, no chocolate, no mints, nothing high in acid. Is that because I'm obsessed with being healthy? No, I just believe in the whole "treat others as youd want to be treated" deal, which does apply to this situation. How you ask? Well, if you treat your body like shit, what do you expect to feel like? Shit. If you treat your body great, then chances are you will feel the same.

 

And thats why people are "obsessed" about health, they care about themselves.

[Black_Angel]

Just be happy with who you are. I think I'm average, my weight goes up and down slightly but thats about it, I can eat pretty much what I like and not get overweight.

[allieking]

i see it like this...if your happy with the way you are fuck everyone else. i spent all my life trying to fit in with what everyone else looked like, now i've decided that i like me the way i am and so does andy, so thats all that matters.

[diana]

Well, for me it's like that...I'm not overweight...but I'm considering that I'm fat...cuz I want to be slim (but not too much!)...but I'm trying to reconcile with my body...

I was very mad cuz I've gained weight during this winter...but now I'll just try to lose it...

And just for the record...I'm about 174 cm tall and I weight 64 kilograms...I want to get to at least 60 kg...

[Sygy]

im so overweight its disguiting! but i know all i have to do is go one a jog every evening. but the question is....can i be bothered?

[allieking]

sygy i've seen your pic on a thread and your not so overweight, i'm 5ft 6 and 13 st 7.....thts overweight. your actually slim.

[Stenners]

im so overweight its disguiting! but i know all i have to do is go one a jog every evening. but the question is....can i be bothered?

 

 

Sygy I told u before ur actually classed as underweight, you shouldnt continue obsessing over it before it becomes a problem.

 

Im currently over weight I used to be obesse but I lost like 4 stone (60pounds) since xmas and am approaching healthy weight , I decided to loose weight cause I werent happy with the way I was, it werent down to peer preassure.

[Sygy]

wow 60lb is alot of weight! thats like the wieght of a child. thats amazing! well done

 

ive only lost 20lbs since xmas...meh...

[Shadowed Heart]

I think I'm overweight, I'm like 124lbs, and I feel fat. I've have, what must be the most unhealthy diet plan ever. I don't eat much, bu when i do, I eat a little bit, and just like a salad or toast or something. and when I feel like I'm gonna throw up, I don't fight it. I let it happen. I think my ass is huge and m waist it round, and my thighs oh. my.god. when I sit in school I keep my feet on my toes so my thighs don't sit directly on the chair and I feel fatter. >_< and geeze, my feet are HUGE. I wear 9-9 1/2 in shoes. Gawd. I wear a 16 in girls in pants, and IDR what in juniors.

[SpikeMinoda14]

People are obsessed with being slim because thats what we are told

we should look like through things like the media.

All shapes and sizes are beautiful but unfortunatlly that doesn't mean we all believe that.

:/

[stupidsoul1]

I have been told i have lost weight, but i know i have gained and lost alot of weight from my job i lost about 3 dress sizes and put it back on only to lose it again 0_o..

 

It scares me because my weight yo-yos considerably, and i can't help what i eat due to working such long hours after school so mcdonalds is just the easiest,cheapest and most convienient option since i work there.

 

But i agree with hy. The way you treat your body honestly is how it treats you back...

so eating the occassional chocolate and stuff is all well and good, but when it goes out of control it will show.

[acdcrules04]

Sygy I told u before ur actually classed as underweight, you shouldnt continue obsessing over it before it becomes a problem.

 

Im currently over weight I used to be obesse but I lost like 4 stone (60pounds) since xmas and am approaching healthy weight , I decided to loose weight cause I werent happy with the way I was, it werent down to peer preassure.

 

How have you lost 60lbs that fast? That's intense.

 

I really don't know what I look like, I was anorexic when I was little (7-8 years old) and never completly recovered mentally so I still see a fat person in the mirror. I've felt gross lately because I put on about 5 lbs when I moved in with my mom, it feels like 20 lbs though . I try to eat very health though, one reason for being a vegetarian.

[Clogz]

Here is my daily regiment...

 

Excersice: Walking in school...a few miles.

Food Intake: Tons...and its all mainly junk food, soda, and lots of fats, carbs, trans fats, and other such 'unhealthy' things.

Sleep: 6-5 hours a night.

My height is 6'2''. My weight is 180 pounds, which actually puts me below my healthy 'weight' on the BMI, which is 190 pounds.

I eat what I want, when I want, until I am full and then I stop. I excerice a bit but not much. I don't run, I barely lift wieghts, and I've never been in a gym. My point is that I do whatever I want, eat what I want, and while I do watch what I eat (no fast food mainly), I really dont worry that much.

And look at me! Aside from not being very fit (do to the lack of real excerise), I am just fine and actually weigh less then I should. My point is that you should listen to your own body, not the BMI, not Hollywood, not the Food Pyrimid. According to them, I should have early heart disease and Type 2 diabetes...ha! This could be called my 'diet'.

And the ironic thing? The "Eat whatever you want don't care, just stop when you are full" thing actually works, it has been proven in a recent study...but it wasn't really advocated or anything because people in America aren't fans of common sense! I mean really, just eat food and stop when you are full...

[chez_19]

Hmmm... I agree w/ Fiona... I also take care of myself,and I also admit that I was overweight when i was in 1st year highschool, so I decided to lose some weight..now I haven't checked my weight yet, so I don't know if I went back to being normal...

 

And wait, can I ask a question?

Clogz said that eating whatever you want and stopping only when you're full actually works..how can that be??

[stupidsoul1]

Because if you ate a little bit when you felt a little hungry would be better then waiting until you are ravenous and binge eating on something like an entire mcdonalds menu and then feeling like you are going to pop.

[allieking]

Here is my daily regiment...

 

Excersice: Walking in school...a few miles.

Food Intake: Tons...and its all mainly junk food, soda, and lots of fats, carbs, trans fats, and other such 'unhealthy' things.

Sleep: 6-5 hours a night.

My height is 6'2''. My weight is 180 pounds, which actually puts me below my healthy 'weight' on the BMI, which is 190 pounds.

I eat what I want, when I want, until I am full and then I stop. I excerice a bit but not much. I don't run, I barely lift wieghts, and I've never been in a gym. My point is that I do whatever I want, eat what I want, and while I do watch what I eat (no fast food mainly), I really dont worry that much.

And look at me! Aside from not being very fit (do to the lack of real excerise), I am just fine and actually weigh less then I should. My point is that you should listen to your own body, not the BMI, not Hollywood, not the Food Pyrimid. According to them, I should have early heart disease and Type 2 diabetes...ha! This could be called my 'diet'.

And the ironic thing? The "Eat whatever you want don't care, just stop when you are full" thing actually works, it has been proven in a recent study...but it wasn't really advocated or anything because people in America aren't fans of common sense! I mean really, just eat food and stop when you are full...

 

i's stop all that as soon as you can, you have a high motabolism wich means you burn it off quick, however the fat stays in your body and clogs up your arterys. my ex husband was the smae, all he ate was junk all day everyday, hes stick thin but has the cholestrol and blood pressure of someone whos obese.