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Originally Posted by BradM
442? That's death-bed size. I was overweight too so I know what it's like but it always amazes me how far people can slide.
Even if you don't do it in 3 months, you SHOULD try to drop about 200, anyway.
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You caught it while you were young...but life is a long path...and you can if you're not careful find yourself slipping again...and at an age where your metabolism is slowing down and it's harder to take it off.
I've read stats saying that by drinking x amount of sodas a day you can add on another 5-15 pounds a year. Let's say you're 25, that could easily be 50 pounds by the time you're 30 if you're not doing something to maintain your current weight.
Not addressing YOU specifically, just trying to answer how people allow themselves to slide.
Now take a person who's drinking enough sodas to gain that 5-15 pounds a year, and is eating enough calories to gain an additional 5-15 pounds a year. That's 100 pounds by the time you're 35.
You went from being 185, to 285 in just 10 short years. However the weight kind of sneaks up on you, much like many other things in life.
That's kind of how I did it. My avg weight for most of my adult life was 175, and then boom I was 280, promised myself I would not get over 300, then bam, I was 325. Now back down to 258, and hoping to get below 200 before the years up.