Lazy Motabalism

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If anyone knows GOOD ways of boosting metabolism, I would really and greatly aprecieate it.

From what I hear, smoking crack will shed those unwanted pounds in a "flash"...

You beat me to it!

Around 2001 or so I weighed in at about 235 lbs, which was a bit much for my 5'11" posture. I never "looked" obese but I certainly wasn't healthy. Having a very busy lifestyle and never having been great at planning and sticking with complex plans, I took 2 simple steps:

1)I stopped drinking soft drinks. COMPLETELY. No more. This includes gimmick juices, gimmick teas, gimmick flavoured waters, and all those other drinks that have 40+ grams of sugar(more than a can of pop).

2)I severely limited my fast food intake. I'm on the road a lot so this was tough to do..I bought into the Subway fad and for a year or two it was the ONLY place I ate if I HAD to eat out.

Another thing to be aware of is serving size. You don't NEED giant servings. I now occassionally patronize fast food establishments, and when I do I'm happy and satisfied with a kids meal or less.

Anyways, with #s 1 and 2 up there it took about 6 months for my weight to drop below 200lbs. This was with absolutely NO effort.. no excercise, no meal planning.. just omission of soft/junk drinks and 99% of fast food. ymmv etc, but that's what worked for me. Good luck to you!

[Chuck(G)]

The problem with any sort of weight-training or gym-type exercise as I see it, is that it's viewed as something that will be done until a certain result is achieved (say, being able to bench-press 175 pounds), and then stopped, mission accomplished.

Life doesn't work that way. You've got to get some sort of activity that you can and will do every day for the rest of your life, regardless of circumstances. Barring ill health of course, you need to do it rain or shine, snow or heat.

Walking is great for this reason. Even better, get a dog and make a committment to give it a nice long walk every single day no matter what. Both you and the dog will benefit.

Health has to be a second-nature habit, not something we do to "fix" a problem.

Weight training, swimming, running or bicycling are great activities, but can you commit to doing it for the rest of your life, no matter what?

The same goes for diet. That's "small d" diet--what you eat every day of your life. No sense in trying the "big D" diets (Atkins, South Beach, Pritikin, whatever) unless you'll commit to eating like that for the rest of your life.

Weight Watchers has helped a lot of people lose weight, but it's not for everyone. You have to put up with a sort of program that reminds me more of an AA meeting than changing your lifestyle. They do what they do through peer pressure and support groups. It works for some, but what happens when you quit attending their meetings? WIll you have the strength to maintain the lifestyle?

[Chuck(G)]

Even better, get a dog and make a committment to give it a nice long walk every single day no matter what. Both you and the dog will benefit.

Whatcher address, Chuck? When I git me a dawg, I can **** 'im in yer yard.

Why not? It takes a lot of that stuff to cover 30 acres...and it'll do the trees good.