As a Southern boy, I need my NaCl, lol. In my case, I think I'm just too doggone sedentary.

>Plain ramen wouldn't be so bad. It's the spice packet that's nasty. (And the part that gives it its flavor, of course). Just reading the sodium content on the nutrition label is enough to give you a heart attack.
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>>Sometimes it's genetic.
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>>I weigh about 210 lbs, 6'1" tall. All of that weight is in my gut. The rest of me is all skinny. My Dad was the same way and my grandfather was the same way.
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>>I eat next to nothing. I rarely eat breakfast or lunch. Maybe, at best, 1800 calories a day. My wife is 5'1" and 94 lbs (size 4 soaking wet) and she routinely out-eats me.
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>>Some years ago, as an experiment, I went to an all Ramen noodle diet for a few weeks and dropped to 185 lbs but it wasn't sustainable; wasn't healthy. I gained all of my weight back in a week after leaving that less-than-healthy diet.
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>>>>Any suggestions from former fat people on what they did that made a difference?
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>>>I have lost 70 lbs - and I am still fat, but continue to work on it.
>>>320 lbs down to 250lbs at 6'3"
>>>Have kept it off for about 3 years now.
>>>
>>>The thing that made the difference for me was Diabetes - you really don't want to go there.
>>>The recipe for diabetes: fat, sedentary, and unlucky.
>>>
>>>Do you really want to just keep relying on your luck?
>>>
>>>Anyhow, what worked for me was FEAR.
>>>I changed my diet overnight and added some daily exercise.
>>>I try to ride my bike 3.5 miles to work.
>>>I find walking a few miles is actually really good too.
>>>
>>>The hardest part for me is controlling my appetite.
>>>Being fat.. is part way down the road to diabetes, and it has a vicious circle where being fat messes with your appetite and satiety regulation. The worse it gets, the more it gets worse.
>>>
>>>Appetite control is key.
>>>Find out what time of day you get hungry and take steps One Hour before that.
>>>
>>>For me, sugar free Metamucil fills my belly without calories, and it really helps.
>>>Then a small satisfying snack to put an end to the munchies.
>>>I use a bit of cheese or a tin of kippered herring.
>>>The fat content really helps kill the hunger.
>>>
>>>Read Gary Taubes "Good Calories, Bad Calories" for another take on the bad science behind the low-fat bandwagon.
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>>>It is well known that farmers use grain to fatten cattle, and corn to fatten hogs.
>>>That is - they fatten them up using a low-fat/high-carb diet.
>>>Draw your own conclusions.