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My dad's went at lightning speed until he hit 45. Then it began to slow a bit, but he can still eat three times as much as most men his age without feeling it.
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There always might be something wrong with your thyroid. Is that looking on the bright side or not?
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At 32, I still have the metabolism of a jack rabbit on meth.
It's not a good thing. I really need to adjust my diet, but it's hard to find an incentive when all the damage I'm doing with it is internal (which isn't to say that I have a horrible diet, but I could do with more fruits and veggies and less sugar and fat -- I do okay in the not eating much red meat and getting enough fiber categories).
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quote:(Shhh. Don't tell Ralphie that beer is like instant poundage after 35.)
Not a problem for me. I try to limit myself to fewer than 30 beers. If I were still thirsty, I'd probably drink gin.
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I can't speak for all, but as a spry 23 yr old guy, I still need to watch what I eat to maintain my hotness.
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It's a real issue. I have a lovely pair of pants that I can't fit into because I lost back a few pounds that I had gained.
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quote: Not a problem for me. I try to limit myself to fewer than 30 beers. If I were still thirsty, I'd probably drink gin.
Or tequila, but you might get sick mixing alcohols, so...
This whole thing is very distressing to me. I mean, I've never been rail-thin. It's taken me most of my life to become okay with this, and accept my body the way it is. But just as I start accepting it the way it is, it starts changing on me again. Apparently, in order to lose the body fat gained from my mildly cavalier eating habits over the winter I'm going to have to work out twice as much and consume half the normal amount of calories it would normally take me.
I don't understand - I treat you right, Body! What do you want from me?!
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I don't have to mix tequila with anything for it to make me sick. Though I'll grant I still haven't tried the Del Dueño you told me about but never provided. Besides, you know I'm a Sapphire man....
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No... that would be taunting other people. What we SHOULD do is hang out together, and invite someone else to go out to dinner with us. That way, we shame them AND taunt them. Posts: 9754 | Registered: Jul 2002
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Ha, ha! Each of us could eat enough for 3 people, while they gazed malevolently at their salads.
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quote:Wow...you guys sure have a mean streak going there.
They're just bitter that they were never invited to any of the Think Tank meetings. We would have taunted and shamed them, but it got frustrating explaining all the barbs.
Poor Nathan. Still hugging every stranger he encounters.
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<--Is enjoying a double burger with a large order of french fries. Plus a Pepsi.
And I will STILL be hungry after this. What's that? You want to share your salad with me? How thoughtful.
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It's all good, KQ. It's just that weight is a verrry sensitive issue for those of us that shop in the Women's department (or the Big and Tall, for the guys).
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Indeed. Especially if we've recently been reminded that we are dismissed as dating material by a large percentage of the opposite sex for that reason alone.
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Okay, Ralphie, here's how it works. You don't have to 'work out' twice as much per se. Working out implies, well, work. You just have to find fun, new, active hobbies to take up like dancing or sports or babysitting hyperactive children or, ummm...going to the park and chasing squirrels or... Anyway, you find something like that and do it and thus sneakily combat the slowing metabolism effects by "having extra fun" instead of "working out" more, and that'll trick your mind into thinking your metabolism's the same as before, and *that* in turn should trick your *body* into thinking its metabolism is the same as before, and then when it believes you it should change back so it's faster again, and everything will be back to normal. See, not so hard, eh? *nudges Ralphie and gives her that I-know-what-I'm-talking-about look*
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Growing up where I did, I always thought I was fat. It wasn't until I moved to Texas that I realized that just having a big frame means nothing if you have a fast metabolism.
I've always found heavier women comforting, actually; they seem more motherly to me, I guess. Plus, they often enjoy good food as much as I do, instead of picking at a fruit salad and then going to throw it up. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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KQ, motherly and matronly, sure, but how many women set out with that as goal for their appearance?
That said, I love food. I just have to ...not eat so much of it. Hence my presence in the weight loss encouragement thread. I'm afraid WenchCon was not a good weekend in terms of eating right for me. Posts: 4077 | Registered: Jun 2003
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quote:Okay, Ralphie, here's how it works. You don't have to 'work out' twice as much per se. Working out implies, well, work. You just have to find fun, new, active hobbies to take up like dancing or sports or babysitting hyperactive children or, ummm...going to the park and chasing squirrels or... Anyway, you find something like that and do it and thus sneakily combat the slowing metabolism effects by "having extra fun" instead of "working out" more, and that'll trick your mind into thinking your metabolism's the same as before, and *that* in turn should trick your *body* into thinking its metabolism is the same as before, and then when it believes you it should change back so it's faster again, and everything will be back to normal. See, not so hard, eh? *nudges Ralphie and gives her that I-know-what-I'm-talking-about look*
Psychosymatically trick my metabolism. Hrm... I'm dubious. Of course, since I'm already pretty active, I guess it's going to have to be my method.
Or I could just start freebasing Trim Spa X32 pills.
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Well, see, on the bright side, by the time you realize the tricking isn't going to be happening, you'll be so used to your new super-supremely-active lifestyle (which does the same job in the end) that you can just keep using that, and voila, problem solved! But you're not supposed to realize that part until later...
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