Oh, we`re talking weight problems, overweight, dieting and stuff like that. I bet I`m probably the heaviest person on the board. The story goes like this: In my family, we are a lot of big people, especially on my fathers side. Both me and my brother look like, and are build like our dad.He weighed around 120 kilos, and so do we. I used to lift a lot of weights when I was younger, and from time to time, I still do it. I am 189 cm (that`s around 6"4 for americans). In my mid-twenties I started taking anti-depressives, seroxat, and I used them for many years. I immediately (although I didn`t know it then) start gaining weight. I was around 105 kilos when I started, a couple of years later I peaked at 140 kilos (over 300 lbs). I`m not going to say it was all because of the Seroxat, as I was lazy and drank a lot too back then. Anyway, I went on a diet (loosing the girlfriend I had at the time was a big motivation, if I ever wanted to get laid again, I just had to loose the weight, ha ha), and I worked out a lot, both with weights and with cardio-vascular workout (mainly cycling). I got down to 105. I`m now up to 120 again. Anyway, it`s really hard for me to hold the weight down. I almost never drink beer anymore (as of the last two years), occasionally I`ll have a glass or two of wine, but very rarely. I don`t eat sweets, sodas with sugar, etc. I`ll allow myself some chocolate or chips, but only once every week (usually saturdays). I am very sure that the anti-depressives is a very contributing factor in my weight problems, because a coupld of months ago, I switched to another brand (Cipralex), because they were supposed to be better, and have less side-effects. And during the three weeks I was off the anti-depressives, I dropped around 7 kilos, without doing anything, or changing my diet! Then, I started on the other brand of pills, and I gained them right back on. So my doctor saw with his own eyes that the medications is at least a contributing factor, or maybe even partly a direct factor to my weight problems. I see my weight problem as being partly genetical, partly due to the meds, partly due to the fact that I sometimes overeat (I don`t eat unhealthy, but I sometimes eat to much. It`s hard to just leave the dinner table after one plate). Anyway: My blood pressure and cholesterol is perfectly fine (another proof that I am not eating greasy foods, the cholesterol at least), but I would still love to get some weight off of me. I don`t look fat, I just look...big. But to big, in my opinion. Anyone got any tips (other than exercising more...I know about that one...)?
