Lifestyle tips

Oh no the forbidden word.
Well, I do walks every so often but recently due to the weather, not so much. I have been made aware that my normal breathing is too heavy, which makes me a bit worried I'm not even half the size I wish I could be so having this issue so soon is linda scary.

I'm not here for the long run but still, I can't help but be a bit concerned. I don't smoke, nor drink alcohol. But the fact that I'm already breathing so heavily when I want to gain double of what I am right now, doesn't seem feasible.

Sure, I expect to have to get CPAP or something down the line, but not this soon!

But the thing is, movement and exercise for me is just unfun, and I can't keep a workout routine if I don't enjoy it.

So I am wondering if there's some light stuff I can do every so often to improve my health, breathing, and whatnot, so that I am not struggling already at 200lbs when I would like to have a goal of 350 or 400. Any suggestions?

Looking at your pictures, it looks like you have a lot of visceral fat. It's likely it's pushing against against your lungs.

The good news is that your body burns visceral fat before anything else. So a high calorie diet paired with less junk food and exercise should help in that regard.

Why don't you try dancing? You don't even need to be good. Put some some music and bee bop when no one is watching.

It was definitely hot at the start, I can get into the unhealthy side but as I said, it feels too soon. Anyway, thank you so much for checking my pictures for reference! That is so sweet. I appreciate it.

Junk food to avoid is mostly carbs and the lot right?



Honestly, I tried and it's easy to get distracted and forget about lifting. I once got one of those squeezing bands but it was the same case.

My apartment is way too small for those bikes but maybe I can find smaller ones or those that it's just the pedals if I look hard enough. Thank you for the suggestion!

Well as mundane as this sounds, from personal experience going on a walk (mostly) everyday helps out a lot to me. Especially when it comes to mental clarity and keeping “your juices flowing” and all that stuff.

You could practically do it at a park, shopping mall, or the comfort of your own neighborhood (if it’s safe to walk about). It’s pretty much theoretically the kind of exercise that anyone of any body type can do. And if you want to make it fun you could go on a walk to a store to get yourself a drink or something and walk back.

Now sure there’s plenty of other stuff like swimming and dancing that’s a lot less boring and more vigorous. But sometimes a little exercise is all about the small steps to work on doing more and more. To me, it’s all about being able to move your body around!

i think this is good advice. i went cold turkey off of exercising when i started to gain, and now - several years later and a few hundred pounds heavier - i am really struggling to get back into it. but one of the other side effects of starting to exercise again has been that i sleep much more soundly!

I'm rootin for ya!

A lot of people stop exercising when they commit to gaining. And I get the logic. It's a great way to put on pounds. But that is one of the most foolhardy things you can do - especially if you are an extreme gainer.

Gotta stay active - even if it's only light exercise.

For many (me included) its not about not burning calories only, but also for becoming weaker! O.o

I mean, I ain'tcha mamma. You can do whatever you want. But as someone who has been in the medical field for nearly a decade, I've seen what happens with weak, fat people. It's endless suffering and pain 24/7.

I'll never forget this one lady who was crying about how much pain she was end and said "I want to lose all this weight, but it hurts so much. The only thing stopping me from ending it all is my family."

I know a lot of people have this immobility/limited mobility fantasy. But most of y'all truly do not understand what you are asking for. Being weak and skinny is a whole different beast from weak and very fat.

No lies detected

Im curious on how that support system would look like!

I should also have mentioned that a complete loss of mobility is part of the fantasy 😅🤣