I don’t know why I am fat…. I don’t even eat that much!
*this is another post from a fat guy point of view*
First I have to say this, and some other fat people might not agree or still be in denial : but unless you have some serious medical issues (like a ****ed up thyroid system) or on some crazy medication (My cousin gained 60 on a medication, took 8 months to lose it) you did not get fat by not eating anything.
Sorry my sisters and brothers of the FAT NATION, we need to stop lying to ourselves. Took me about 2 years to admit it and since then it is has been a struggle to find the right balance. I still meet people that say: I don’t eat that much… Yeah, let me guess: you skipped breakfast? and for lunch you grabbed something at the fast food joint? And of course you have been so busy all day that you are not eating dinner till like 8-9 PM? And of course it is a nice portion to make up for the lack of food throughout the day?
Look I get it… and even till this day I find myself skipping meals and when I finally get to eat, I just go crazy! Yesterday was a prime example: I had breakfast at 7 AM before leaving for work, eggs and toast. At about 10:45 I had a protein bar, and that is when hell broke loose. I was running up and down all day and by the time 5:00 PM came around, I was hungry!
Honestly, I could have eaten a cow! And I told my wife: Honey, I am way too hungry to wait for you to cook dinner, I am picking up something on my way home (My wife was leaving work at 5:30)…so picked up cheese pizza (wife is vegetarian) and dozen hot wings! And I got myself a party!
Also, another thing about when you are hungry…. you eat quick! So only know you are past the point full when that pizza and chicken wings are gone and you feel that you are about to get ride of that food the same way it came in! I always fall for that every time and my wife complains about it each time. Sorry, but when I am hungry, chewing is the last of my worries, getting that food in is primary! So before I knew it, my wife came over and said, you know you just eat close to 1680 calories in one sitting… I may have not notice but my stomach definitely did, just a bit too late.
Anyway back to the story: We do overeat, we just don’t pay attention to how much we eat! That is when food journal, diaries come into question. Seriously, pay attention to how much you eat and before you know it, you will be so conscious of it that you will slowly but surely start cutting back, eliminating a few things.
But please unless you have some serious medical issues or on some serious medication, the : I don’t eat that much line does not work. And the people you are saying it too might be polite and nod, smile, be sympathetic, but in the back of their mind they are thinking: Yeah right, who are you fooling 
July 1, 2009 at 9:28 am
If I recall there hasn’t been any data to support that eating frequent small meals is beneficial. If you meet your caloric goals for the day, then who cares? However, stopping and getting a cheese pizza and some wings is not the answer. I don’t care how hungry you are. I find it funny that you make the justification of getting cheese because your wife is a vegetarian. Here honey, I know you can’t eat meat, but here a grease and carb loaded bomb. Enjoy!
There have been plenty of times in which I have missed meals. However, I don’t use that excuse to get meals that will hurt me. Man, I want you to succeed but you have to want to do. What makes it even harder is that, I know where you’re coming from. I wasn’t one of those skinny noodles with a fast metabolism trying to gain mass. I was just like you, I was fat and depressed. However, I told myself I want it. I told myself that there are no excuses.
Hell, I recently had a little "incident" because I push myself too damn hard. However, that’s the nature of the beast. I guess some have it and some don’t. I know you have it! That’s why YOU inspire me, but come on man. Show me… better yet, show yourself that you can do it. No more excuses bro, NO MORE ******* excuses.
July 1, 2009 at 9:48 am
Actually i beg to differ. The benifit of eating small meals throughout the day is to beef up the metabolism. A higher metabolism helps to burn fat at a faster rate. Thats one of the main purposes of eating smaller meals more frequently. If you are taking in 3000 calories a day, you dont want to devide that up into three meals….you want to break that up into 5-7 meals, from when you first wake up to last meal of the day. You can coordinate your meals with whatever your goals are.
July 1, 2009 at 1:20 pm
As to the small meals debate, I’ll say … it depends on the individual. This is why the warrior diet is touted as the greatest diet on the planet for some yet other diets work equally well also.
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Cawiau and the rest of the members of the fat nation that are trying this weird, wholesome healthy eating are stuck between level 2 and 3 of the competency of eating well. This is conscious incompetent and conscious competent. As in, he tries but when life is the pits, he forgets about it, and goes "To hell with it" and eats cheese pizza and hot wings.
Being between 2 and 3 is better then being at 1(which is unconscious competencw) where you don’t even know you’re eating horribly and that it effects you. Eh, I’m not going to chew you out but you’re right. People do try to justify why they’re fat and are in sheer denial to the amount of food their ingesting or should I say calories. I mean, I know a lot of people who live off of candy and Big Gulps all the time.