1 cent, about weight gain

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I am also completely unable to say that i might be watching my diet for a week or two because everybody thinks it is absolutely crazy worrying about 5 extra pounds.But they way i see it. If i gain 2 then i put them back down. I don't want to wait until they become 20 or more

Good morning

I am working on a similar post but it's taking me awhile to put it together. I dare not mention that I am watching my weight. Because I get the same comments. If people have always seen you at a healthy weight they will not believe the efforts you go through to stay that way.

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It is always easier to stay slim than to get slim. Bad habits have to be overcome and those are harder than physical changes.

Oh but to stay slim. One must guard against bad habits every minute of every day.

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A little late into the discussion but here goes my little one cent cause i think

it might not

make it to 2...

Something caught my attention of what Pete wrote. The part about the gradual

weight

gain.

I see it all the time among my friends from school. Every time we meet they have

gain a

little more, not much, maybe 5 pounds or maybe 10...

The thing is, nobody seems to care.

First, i must say upfront that i am not overweight under any standards (i am

also not

underweight, 5'6'' size 6) but contrary to what all people believe i am capable

of gaining.

The most i ever gained was 10 pounds on a 3 month period where i was working

against

the clock and had to stay in the office about 15 hours a day and order all my

meals. I

wasn't pigging out incredibly but just ate what they delivered. The problem is

one tends to

finish the portion that u have because you just paid for your meal and seems

weird to trow

out half. (or at least it felt weird at the time)

When people gain 5 pounds in a year they think it is really nothing but if you

just do the

math... keep it going for 10 years, 20... and then it is really clear where the

50 pounds

come from.

After my gaining i graduated and went right into loosing the weight. It took

about 3

months too.

I never gained again so much.

But i often get a comment when i refuse a second slice of cake or when i say i

have to go

the the gym:

" Common! but you can eat all you want! you are so slim! " or " you don't need to

go to the

gym... "

mhhh no... i can't eat alll i want and actually i don't want to eat all that

much.

I am also completely unable to say that i might be watching my diet for a week

or two

because everybody thinks it is absolutely crazy worrying about 5 extra pounds.

But they way i see it. If i gain 2 then i put them back down. I don't want to

wait until they

become 20 or more.

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Folks,

Sometimes it makes no difference. I am 150 lbs OVERweight, and openly, publicly working on weight loss. While many people help and encourage my efforts, many others make the same types of comments you have been discussing: "One piece of cake isn't going to kill you!" It was especially bad over "the holidays."

Karl in Florida Re: 1 cent, about weight gain

I am also completely unable to say that i might be watching my diet for a week or two because everybody thinks it is absolutely crazy worrying about 5 extra pounds.But they way i see it. If i gain 2 then i put them back down. I don't want to wait until they become 20 or more

Good morning

I am working on a similar post but it's taking me awhile to put it together. I dare not mention that I am watching my weight. Because I get the same comments. If people have always seen you at a healthy weight they will not believe the efforts you go through to stay that way.

http://www.thefatmanwalking.com/Keep walking Steve!!!

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I completely understand! People assume that because you are slim that 1 you have always been slim and 2 that you don't have to work at it. I look at my parents and both were slim when they were younger and now both have weight problems for various reasons. That being said, I don't want to end up that way so I watch what I eat and try to exercise regularly. But people always make comments about you don't have to worry and I get the crazy looks too. It seems that no matter were you fall on the scale people always have something to say. Re: 1 cent, about weight gain

I am also completely unable to say that i might be watching my diet for a week or two because everybody thinks it is absolutely crazy worrying about 5 extra pounds.But they way i see it. If i gain 2 then i put them back down. I don't want to wait until they become 20 or more

Good morning

I am working on a similar post but it's taking me awhile to put it together. I dare not mention that I am watching my weight. Because I get the same comments. If people have always seen you at a healthy weight they will not believe the efforts you go through to stay that way.