[mredskins]

Have said this before but, people want to point the finger at Fast Food as the cancer that is causing us to be fat. Really I think it is the Chilis and TGFI type restaurants that are the worst, some of their meals can equal up to three Big Macs. It is crazy!

This may not be so true but it has worked for me. In order for me to gain weight I have to have a number of belly busting meals, basically eat until my stomach hurts. When my stomach hurts like that it is stretching thus now I have to have larger size portions to feel full. It is a vicious cycle and hard to break.Now I listen to my body more carefully I have been able to reduce my portion sizes by big amounts. Right now for example I can eat a six inch Subway sub and a bag of chips with a water/diet soda and be full for lunch, in the past it may have taken a large sub, a bag of chips, a cookie and drink to be full for lunch.

One other thing to keep in mind is no matter what your body is today it requires effort to keep it like it is, even if you are a fat slob. Basically if you are three hundred pounds you have to keep eating X amount of calories everyday to maintain that three hundred pounds and it also helps if you physical don't do a damn thing all day as well. So with that said even small changes over time can make a difference in the way your body looks and feels.

I have a new rule for myself now that I am 35. My age always has to be higher then my waist size. Currently I am 35 with a 32 inch waist. A few years back I had let myself get up to 210 on a 5'10" frame by not exercising and not listening to my body, I felt awful like a big fat stick in the mud. Through exercise and diet I now have maintaned a weight of 175 to 180 with a good amount being muscle. Once you past 30 look out man your body slows down and weight can come fast ( I learned the hard way). You can't have the same lifestyle you had in your twenties that you have in your thirtys and expect to wear your jeans from college.