Weight Loss, Weight Lifting, Running And Fitness

Kingcrimsonprog wrote: Who is naturally skinny but inactive ?

At first I was like "caio there's no way you're built like I am"

...but that's Christian

I was a bit of a lazy fatty kid as a teenager, but since I lost a couple of kg of my 90 in military service I've lost 18 more without really trying during the past few years. I eat lots but less sugars and other bad stuff and I go out with the dogs every day and do some other sports now and then. Most of the weight loss happened when I was doing a lot of physical work at the warehouse and eating lots of delicious food cooked by my vegetarian girlfriend. I drink a lot more beer now than I did in those days, maybe that's why I still cling on to the last remains of my big belly.

Edited by Pekka - 18 Dec 2011 at 2:25pm

Kingcrimsonprog wrote: Winter is mildly annoying, its harder to make yourself stick to excersising when its wet and dark and it is harder to eat properly around the holidays.

Definitely.  Playing basketball is my main form of exercise from March-October, but during the winter I'm stuck with my treadmill, which I HATE!  Time goes by a lot slower when I'm running in place than when I'm shooting hoops.

As for weight lifting, I enjoy it, but I'm not a hardcore power lifter or anything like that.  I'll hit up the gym during downtime once in a while, but I don't like crowds, so I usually nix that for a couple months after the new year so everyone can get their resolutions out of the way.  All you really need are push ups, sit ups, and pull ups, all of which I can do at home, so I just do that for the most part.

At my absolute heaviest I was 18 stone/250ish pounds, at my lightest I got it down to 12 stone/170ish pounds, then put on more (hopefully in muscle) over this last years or so. I'm six foot though, so the 12 stone was really pleasing.

Winter is mildly annoying, its harder to make yourself stick to excersising when its wet and dark and it is harder to eat properly around the holidays.

So, who here is into weightlifting, running, hiking, playing highly physical sports ?
Who here is taking weight loss seriously ?
Who is naturally skinny but inactive ?
Who is heavy, inactive and proud ?

What are your general attitudes to and experiences of exercise and fitness in its various forms ?