I posted this elsewhere
I am what many people consider somewhat overweight. I am 6'2" and weigh 200 pounds. I have weighed 200 pounds for ten years. During that ten-year time, I was: a poor undergraduate eating crap food; a very poor undergraduate literally doing dinner at Dairy Queen where I worked because I had to go directly from school to work and stay there until 11; a gainfully employed person eating large quantities of fruits and vegetables; on the Atkins diet; no longer on the Atkins diet because it made me a rampaging bitch; eating Oreos like they were going out of style; no longer buying sweets of any kind; drinking juice; not drinking juice; eating pasta; not eating pasta; going to the gym, cycling, and doing yoga and Pilates, and not doing any of those things.
Throughout all of those vicissitudes I have continued to weigh within ten pounds of 200 lbs, with 200 being by far the mode. So finally I said, the hell with it, this is what I weigh, it will continue being what I weigh for the indefinite future, so I'm going to eat what causes me to feel healthy and do the physical activity that promotes stamina and flexibility, and that's an end to it.
I've also resolved to stop listening to self-righteous people who choose to talk about my body as if it's a sin.
Throughout all of those vicissitudes I have continued to weigh within ten pounds of 200 lbs, with 200 being by far the mode. So finally I said, the hell with it, this is what I weigh, it will continue being what I weigh for the indefinite future, so I'm going to eat what causes me to feel healthy and do the physical activity that promotes stamina and flexibility, and that's an end to it.
I've also resolved to stop listening to self-righteous people who choose to talk about my body as if it's a sin.