more support for fatties..

[kjacko]

As well as smoking acting as an appetite suppressant, when people do stop, they tend to substitute it with something else.
Often its sweets and choccies, so the weight piles on!

Regarding the BMI, anyone who pays any kind of attention to that ought to have their a$$ removed!!
Its ridiculous. My BMI is 27.9, obese! I'm an ex-marine and have always trained at the gym to increae my muscular density.
All pro rugby players are 'clinically obese' according to the BMI. Its the most worthless scale referred to in medicine today, and i anytime a doctor starts babbling on about it.
Yes, muscle does weigh more than fat, hence the worthless BMI scale.

 

[vsynth]

There are some useful posts in this thread, buying a rowing machine so that you can watch tv and exercise at the same time is a great one and works for me.

Eating only 1000 calories a day however is totally a bad idea.

The average human body needs 1200 calories a day just to keep warm and keep the vital organs functioning.

You should never go below this or you can expect to start losing muscle, not only from your limbs but also heart muscle, and for a heart that is already under strain this is not a good idea.

The more a person weighs the more they can eat and still lose weight, this is because they are using up energy carrying all that fat around.

A large guy, say 18 stone plus who needs to lose 6-7 stone can eat 2000 calories a day and still lose.

I wouldn't advocate eating less than 1500 calories a day personally and as you lose weight step up the exercise, low impact stuff like the rowing machine or walking is best.

Food is an addiction for some, a lifestyle for others and it is very hard not to slip back into bad habits. keep a track of all the calories you eat as you eat them so you don't go over your calorie limit.

As a child I grew up seeing my mother use food as a way of coping with depression, people use cigarettes for this reason too, how many times have you seen someone needing a smoke because they are under stress? Some people use food for the emotional boost it gives them to cope with stress.

I could go on about this for ages and oh look I already have

I will just end by saying that fat people in general are very unhappy people, first they ate to cope with stress, then they ate because they were unhappy about their appearance and got into the circle of depression which is hard to get out of.