fatness

Originally posted by dorothyrde Geek, I have been wondering, how much weight have you lost, or have you been overweight before. You mentioned stopping smoking which is very hard. Did that cause weight gain, or are you a naturally thin person? I hit 199 and my mother in law called me fat or, in her parlance, "you gotta be worried about a guy your size who hits 200 before age 30." I was 27 at the time. I lost about 35 pounds, maybe 45, mostly through starvation and excessive smoking. The swimming came a few years later. Everyone I know who is fat talks incessantly about two things, their weight and their plans to lose it. I commend you for taking the necessary steps to skip the Doritos aisle and hit the lap lanes. BTW - gull80 is skinnier than me so he can indulge in the occasional donut. I had to give those up unfortunately.

Originally posted by dorothyrde Geek, I have been wondering, how much weight have you lost, or have you been overweight before. You mentioned stopping smoking which is very hard. Did that cause weight gain, or are you a naturally thin person? I hit 199 and my mother in law called me fat or, in her parlance, "you gotta be worried about a guy your size who hits 200 before age 30." I was 27 at the time. I lost about 35 pounds, maybe 45, mostly through starvation and excessive smoking. The swimming came a few years later. Everyone I know who is fat talks incessantly about two things, their weight and their plans to lose it. I commend you for taking the necessary steps to skip the Doritos aisle and hit the lap lanes. BTW - gull80 is skinnier than me so he can indulge in the occasional donut. I had to give those up unfortunately.