Are you slowly but surely becoming fat / obese

Dartagnan64

G.O.A.T.
I think I’m just short for my weight. If I was 6’7” I would be right on target.

I definitely am in the "I'm not overweight, just undertall" camp.

My weight varies from 190-210 and it's been that way for the last 20 years. I get lots of exercise but my job is too couch potato-like and my food intake is too large for my needs. Always been a big eater and that needs to stop.

I think I'd feel great at 185 but I always seem to stall out in the 190's. I think that will be my retirement goal.
 

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
I definitely am in the "I'm not overweight, just undertall" camp.

My weight varies from 190-210 and it's been that way for the last 20 years. I get lots of exercise but my job is too couch potato-like and my food intake is too large for my needs. Always been a big eater and that needs to stop.

I think I'd feel great at 185 but I always seem to stall out in the 190's. I think that will be my retirement goal.

Clever.
 

ChaelAZ

G.O.A.T.
Well, everyone gets all healthy when they turn 50 to try and turn back the clock on all the years they were eating and dirnking to excess and not exercising, but I actually was the opposite having exercised and been in good shape for quite some time. So I let myself go this last year. I would consider myself overweight by about 30 pounds and I am actively working to get down again with a goal of 180 by the end of April.
 

EddieBrock

Hall of Fame
I don’t know about the UK, but in the US adults play 90 minutes of doubles, barely break a sweat, then call it their exercise for the day. Then they go consume 1,500 calories of dinner and alcohol because they “earned it” playing tennis.

That's definitely true! Although that's not what I'm doing on the court. I've been monitoring my heart rate and calories burned and according to my fitness tracker tennis (if you can believe it) is the most efficient. In a 2 hour clinic I burned over 1,200 calories. You make a good point though. After playing hard I sometimes feel I've "earned it" and eat junk food as a reward. I've been really trying hard to stop doing that. Since my original post here I've lost 2 lbs. Not exactly life changing, but at least I'm moving in the right direction.
 

Mac33

Professional
I live in a second floor unit.

downstairs and to the side of me there is a mid 40;s couple.

When I am doing my exercises on the balcony I can see the woman sit around her outside table. Theres a saucer on the table with about 40 cigarette ends on it.

She washes the cigs down with coke and beer. Each day is the same - coke, cigs and beer.

Honestly never seen her eat a bit of fruit in the five years ive lived here.

She is a pretty woman allbeit a fat pretty woman. Sad
 

movdqa

Talk Tennis Guru
That's definitely true! Although that's not what I'm doing on the court. I've been monitoring my heart rate and calories burned and according to my fitness tracker tennis (if you can believe it) is the most efficient. In a 2 hour clinic I burned over 1,200 calories. You make a good point though. After playing hard I sometimes feel I've "earned it" and eat junk food as a reward. I've been really trying hard to stop doing that. Since my original post here I've lost 2 lbs. Not exactly life changing, but at least I'm moving in the right direction.

Tennis done right burns a lot of calories during and after you play as it raises you metabolism for many hours after the actual playing.
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
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I live in a second floor unit.

downstairs and to the side of me there is a mid 40;s couple.

When I am doing my exercises on the balcony I can see the woman sit around her outside table. Theres a saucer on the table with about 40 cigarette ends on it.

She washes the cigs down with coke and beer. Each day is the same - coke, cigs and beer.

Honestly never seen her eat a bit of fruit in the five years ive lived here.

She is a pretty woman allbeit a fat pretty woman. Sad
Does her secondhand smoke entering your balcony suppress your appetite?
 

Rosstour

G.O.A.T.
It's not that complicated: diet, exercise, and lifestyle are the factors within one's control. Genetics play a big role also but there's not much [yet] that can be done about that.

Genetics are (nearly) everything.

I'm about to turn 39 and I still look like a college player. I don't watch what I eat, I smoke, and I spend most of my time sitting or sleeping. "His friends hate him"
 
watched ao on tv for 2 wks n didn't hit a single ball as too hot n air quality's not very good due to fires even 00s km away. dropped 1.5kg n feel extremely uncomfortable. hope the rain can clear the air bit so i can crush the ball again:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D.......................
 
lololololol m8, got dat 1.5kg back very quick n feel gr8. rains coming back n smokes gone. it only took me a few sessions of >1000 hits then regain that 1.5kg back to 71kg:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D....................
 
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MisterP

Hall of Fame
Last year was rough. I put on about 25 pounds of cheeseburgers, pizza and IPA. I’m down about 7 pounds this month. And, I’ve found that I’m feeling a lot better without the booze. Even though I miss having a glass or five of red wine in the evening. I was going to do a dry January but I’m thinking of extending that into February. It’s not the wine/beer, per se. But my appetite for junk food seems proportional to the sauce.
 
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Yes, I had no idea I had become 217 lbs at 5'10 and a half. I plugged my info into a TDEE calculator and reduced my caloric intake to 2300 calories a day since mid November. Now I'm 197 lbs. I estimate my body fat percentage is about 20% so likely another 20 to 25 lbs before I go let to 10-15%.

I have kept my protein intake at approximately. 75g per pound of body weight. I just eat 500-700 calories less daily from the original 3000 calories I was eating to maintain 217 lbs. I wish I had known managing weight was this easy long ago.

All I do is input my calories into my phone's calculator, and I stop eating once I get to 2100 to 2300. That's it. I readjust my calories every 10 lbs I lose.
 

MisterP

Hall of Fame
Yes, I had no idea I had become 217 lbs at 5'10 and a half. I plugged my info into a TDEE calculator and reduced my caloric intake to 2300 calories a day since mid November. Now I'm 197 lbs. I estimate my body fat percentage is about 20% so likely another 20 to 25 lbs before I go let to 10-15%.

I have kept my protein intake at approximately. 75g per pound of body weight. I just eat 500-700 calories less daily from the original 3000 calories I was eating to maintain 217 lbs. I wish I had known managing weight was this easy long ago.

All I do is input my calories into my phone's calculator, and I stop eating once I get to 2100 to 2300. That's it. I readjust my calories every 10 lbs I lose.
That’s a lot of protein
 
That’s a lot of protein
It's actually on the lower end for trained individuals. I'm 35, been dabbling in the gym since I was 18. I had more muscle mass than the average Joe, just a lot of fat covering up my muscles. An average rec tennis player that lifts at the gym 2 to 3 times a week and plays tennis the same, 0. 5g to. 75g is more than enough. An actual body builder 1g to 1.6g per lb of body weight.

But the macro nutrients pale in comparison the criticality of ensuring a 500-700 caloric deficit every day. This is why most people fail because they have no idea how much food they're putting in their mouth.

Once you know a large banana is always 120 calories, 1 cup of rice is 200 calories, 1 cup cooked 80/20 ground beef is 340 calories, or even one tasty Popeyes chicken sandwich is 700 calories, it gets much easier to manage. Literally I just a 1 cup measuring cup. After a while, you can just eyeball it.

Best part is, once you reach your goal weight and body fat percentage, you increase your caloric intake to a maintenance level. My goal is 180 right now, so at maintenance I would eat about 2800. When I was 217lbs, I was eating an average of 3000 a day, for who knows how long, but that is all it took to get this fat over 2 two 3 years.
 

pointbreak

Rookie
stress/lifeload is huge here, sleep is also underrated, ghelin and leptin the hormones you need on your side for weightloss starts working against you when sleepdeprived, once Lifestyle is adjusted you get the diet on Point, wholefoods, water, organic espresso, some supplements at time.

Once this is on Point you find proper activities, then spend the next years finetuning the diet with macros and Foods that suit you as well as building a balanced Life. Living Life against the tide can end no other way then obese=) Ive tried
 

MisterP

Hall of Fame
It's actually on the lower end for trained individuals. I'm 35, been dabbling in the gym since I was 18. I had more muscle mass than the average Joe, just a lot of fat covering up my muscles. An average rec tennis player that lifts at the gym 2 to 3 times a week and plays tennis the same, 0. 5g to. 75g is more than enough. An actual body builder 1g to 1.6g per lb of body weight.

But the macro nutrients pale in comparison the criticality of ensuring a 500-700 caloric deficit every day. This is why most people fail because they have no idea how much food they're putting in their mouth.

Once you know a large banana is always 120 calories, 1 cup of rice is 200 calories, 1 cup cooked 80/20 ground beef is 340 calories, or even one tasty Popeyes chicken sandwich is 700 calories, it gets much easier to manage. Literally I just a 1 cup measuring cup. After a while, you can just eyeball it.

Best part is, once you reach your goal weight and body fat percentage, you increase your caloric intake to a maintenance level. My goal is 180 right now, so at maintenance I would eat about 2800. When I was 217lbs, I was eating an average of 3000 a day, for who knows how long, but that is all it took to get this fat over 2 two 3 years.
I missed the the “. 75g”
 

nyta2

Hall of Fame
yup i'm fat... doing omad atm, down 8lbs so far... looking to lose 40lbs more
having done this once before 205->153lbs, i know how i got here, and what i need to do to get back...
but like tennis, knowing how to do something is not the same as executing on it :p
 

tennisbike

Professional
.., i know how i got here, and what i need to do to get back...
but like tennis, knowing how to do something is not the same as executing on it :p
Like tennis, or like in life, need to focus on the ball currently coming at you. All you need to do is to work on that shot, one shot at a time. The result is the eventual thing not what one focuses on.
 

nyta2

Hall of Fame
Like tennis, or like in life, need to focus on the ball currently coming at you. All you need to do is to work on that shot, one shot at a time. The result is the eventual thing not what one focuses on.
exactly... 'cept for too long i focused on the fork...
 

Mac33

Professional
The food industry has been commercialized so its almost impossible NOT to develop a decent sized gut.

Watch the documentary Food Inc to see the evidence for yourselves.

When i shop at supermarkets around 95 percent of the food and drinks are off limits to me no matter if they are discounted heavily.

Every morsel you consume impacts your health whether you want to believe it or not.

I know a woman close to 50 years old and i overheard her husband say she has just come out of hospital after major surgery getting various parts of her organs cut off!

Whenever i have see her she always seems to be eating and drinking junk food.

Coincidence, i doubt it.
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
The food industry has been commercialized so its almost impossible NOT to develop a decent sized gut.

Watch the documentary Food Inc to see the evidence for yourselves.

When i shop at supermarkets around 95 percent of the food and drinks are off limits to me no matter if they are discounted heavily.
95% ? That seems like a bit of an exaggeration. What are you eating each day that makes you have a big gut?
Just focus on cooking and eating plenty of vegetables and a balanced diet.

For most of my life my food has come from supermarkets, but the meals are usually cooked. Not pre-made or processed/canned foods. Never had big belly my whole life. I don't starve myself or diet. Eat until I'm full.
 

socallefty

G.O.A.T.
I travel a lot and it seems like the countries where people seem obsessed with counting calories and talking about food as if it is an evil are the ones with the most obesity - they seem to think of food only as a fuel except for high-sugar desserts and soft drinks that they think of as a guilty indulgence. The countries where people never talk about calories and cooking/eating food is a big part of the culture of enjoying life with family and friends seem to have less problems with obesity. Coincidence?

Definitely countries where people eat more processed foods, fast food, genetically modified food, animals fed antibiotics etc. as opposed to home-made food from more natural ingredients seem to have more obesity. Here, I think there is causation and not just correlation. The interesting thing is that the countries that treat food as only fuel/calories are the ones who seem to belong to the category of eating the most processed/modified/pre-prepared/convenient foods. The countries where food culture is one of the main ways how people enjoy life generally tend to eat more home-made meals from natural ingredients. Maybe we need to think of food differently in the US and eat better and “slower” to enjoy life.
 

Mac33

Professional
Just look at videos from a hundred years back to see the difference in the size of people.

Hard to spot a single person fat.

In the U.S its getting to the point where its difficult to spot a person who is not at least a bit porky.

You reap what you sow i guess.

My mate has a 45 year old female neighbour weighing in somewhere between 250 and 300 pounds living on welfare and all she does is stay in her apartment and eat.

She was getting a lot of her food delivered by Uber after the recent increase to welfare payments. Comfort eating herself to an early grave.

It is really sad actually.

I doubt she will live to 60.
 

Mac33

Professional
Always an exception to the rule but i rarely see old people who are obese.

Obesity and longevity are rare from my experience.
 

Mac33

Professional
On top of insulin-inducing sugars and starches, whole grains contain all the "good" anti-nutrients the plants developed to protect their offspring (seed = children) from predators - like phytates (pseudo-estrogen, hormone balance offsetting, good for man boobs) and oxalates (good for kidney stones). Both bind all the minerals in the grain, plus addition minerals in your body if you're so stupid to eat them.


High intake of refined grains linked to higher risk of heart disease and death -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net
 

onehandbh

G.O.A.T.
On top of insulin-inducing sugars and starches, whole grains contain all the "good" anti-nutrients the plants developed to protect their offspring (seed = children) from predators - like phytates (pseudo-estrogen, hormone balance offsetting, good for man boobs) and oxalates (good for kidney stones). Both bind all the minerals in the grain, plus addition minerals in your body if you're so stupid to eat them.


High intake of refined grains linked to higher risk of heart disease and death -- Health & Wellness -- Sott.net
What does your current diet consist of?
 

Mac33

Professional
An average day.......

Do not eat till around 6pm. Stop eating around 1 to 2 am. Bedtime for me is around 3am.


One fig and four prunes.

3 glasses diluted with 50 percent water of grapefuit,pomegranite,lime and lemon.

4 cups of tea with quality honey and maple syrup. Pureau water only.

One sour dough rye roll with one avocado at around 6pm if the shops have any left.

At around 10 pm i will have a bowl of homemade veggie soup. Around 15 veggies i add.

So two meals a day max and sometimes only one.

I keep a packet of dried raisins with me in the car.

I also drink a few 750 bottles of lemon and ginger Kambucha a week.

When i have no homemade soup left in the fridge i might boil up some dried beans and mix with various spices including some curry paste.

Or i boil up some wholemeal pasta and mix in with fried onion,mushroom and garlic. For a sauce i use pesto,perri perri sauce and various oils like avocado or walnut oil.

Far from perfect i know but not exactly a pleb diet.
 
If you have enough physical activity (swimming is the best), you can practically eat and drink whatever you want. But when you sit on your ass whole day, 2 beers and some snacks in the evening on top of any regular daily diet will show up as fat.
 
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