Good, that’s a start … did you jog another 100 meters yesterday?
You need to start, right away. You’re overeating and this is the primary cause of your weight problem. Half portions of everything at every meal, you have to be hungry to reach your goal, hungry like you’ve never been before. These next three weeks need to be three weeks of hunger, painful hunger. This is your new lifestyle, pain, hunger, headaches, blisters … this is the price you must pay to achieve your goals.
You’re never going to get a flat belly, so we need to have you bulk out everyplace else so no one notices … and we won’t, honest, I would not lie to you about this.
Personality traits and disorders do not respond to medications.
And remember, a personality trait only rises to the level of a personality disorder when it causes the person with the trait to suffer significant dysfunction as a result of the behavior, not the people around that person.
First up, that link is totally fine to click. Rowan Atkinson as Conan, or something.
He, purposefully I am sure, looks ridiculous. Remember that he is a comedian. He looks flabby and completely unattractive. What about that picture says “good looking” or even “healthy”? Setting “dead fish stomach” as your goal is your prerogative, but maybe you should be trying for something just a wee bit less nauseating.
Yes, even if you lost a significant amount of weight, you’d still be “flabby” if you don’t exercise. Flabbiness or lack of flabbiness has to do with muscle tone and body composition, not the number on the scale.
And by exercise, I don’t mean jogging 100 meters, or even sprinting 100 meters, and calling that a workout. Lift some weights, stretch some resistance bands, do some bodyweight exercise like pushups, pull-ups, squats. Sitting at the computer whining about wanting a completely flat belly isn’t going to accomplish anything.
I’m guessing that the meds make him stop worrying about his “Belly Fat”, and he can’t have that – he’ll never look as good as Rowan Atkinson then.
I just reread this thread and caught the word “wife”. He has a wife?!? THAT’S who I feel bad for. It’s bad enough to live with someone who’s obsessed with anything… how much worse it must be when the thing they obsess about is themselves.
Seriously, JohnClay, if you’re thinking about your body every day, stop it. If you can’t on your own, get professional help!
(btw, my body is proof that I don’t think about it for weeks on end…:D)
If you’re thinking that was anywhere near healthy, you need to show your psychiatrist this thread. Seriously. Your attitude toward health and appearance borders on pathological.
John (may I call you John? Do you prefer Mr. Clay? I apologize if I’m being too familiar.): There are a metric assload of folks around here that are diagnosed with everything you can imagine from DSM-IV. Every-goddamned-thing. We got your bipolar and your OCD and some schizophrenia and a little rat’s nest of personality disorder, and a whole shit-ton of depressive sorts. Some of us are medicated. Some not. Mostly what we have here is a community of folks ranging from pretty normal to quite far along the path to Crazy Town who happen to value facts. If you prefer to believe that some majickal incantation and a soupcon of self-delusional nutrition information will help you overcome science? Go for it. Eat your celery and shut up.
If you want factual information about diet, nutrition, etc.? Ask. But if you just want folks to confirm whatever theory you picked up from 2 questionable Web sources? This may not be the source you’re looking for. Either ask and fight your own ignorance, or shut up. You are a tiresome person.
