Lifestyle tips

I Pose this question to the combined knowledge here. How does one get morbidly obese while still being healthy? Is it possible to be 350-400 and still be healthy? I want to be a big guy but don’t want diabetes or heart trouble.

Exactly! Look at i.e. sumo-wrestlers who can stay healthy as long as they keep fit, but often gets detoriated health after they stop being active.

Exercising and eating a healthy diet helps a lot. But understand that even healthy people can get diabetes or heart trouble. This is about reducing your risk, not preventing it entirely.

I feel like reaching a morbidly obese weight inherently comes with *some* health risks, though, I'll be careful to add that obese people can have health problems that are entirely unrelated to their weight. I've always been fat, and now I'm over 500 lb. That said, being thin and fit doesn't protect you forever from health risks either.

A morbidly obese person can, however, take some steps to mitigate risks. I haven't always been health conscious, but because I'm so big and don't intend to lose weight, I'm implementing small changes. I used to drink only soda, shakes, and fruit juice all day; I've started drinking water. I have never, ever engaged in any kind of exercise until now; I'm adding steps to my day and doing chair yoga so my knees and back don't hurt so much. I still eat around 4000 calories a day or a little more, but I'm making some different choices; I have at least one salad a day, and I make it a clean salad that isn't loaded with cheese and croutons and ranch dressing. Consequently, I'm in better health at 520 lb that I was at 375. My blood work and blood pressure reflect it.

I struggled with the same thing for several years, but I have to reading books like the obesity code. I learned how to use intermittent fasting and avoidance of process and sugary foods to be metabolically healthy and gaining.

Take away: olive oil and apple cider vinegar in small doses all day will put weight on without spiking your blood sugar. Heavy cream and moderation (morning coffee). It's all about keeping your insulin levels low, while still consuming many healthy calories.

I started measuring my belly, and my waist and trying to get those numbers to be as close as possible to each other. It is working.

Being morbidly obese and healthy is pretty rare according to my doctor.

I am amazed that I don't have some sort of health issues as fat as I am.

So sorry that happened MVP76. I hope you can control that.

My wife is like the feeder unicorn. Since I started dating her she's gained at least 150 pounds. And it's actually made her healthier, and solved her old health problems even as her huge mass makes daily life more inconvenient. Not that she cares, she loves food and doesn't mind being super obese despite the struggles and stares.

When we started dating she had dangerous hypothermia that would get her sudden fainting spells and moments of violent nausea. She was rejected from donating blood because her anemia was too bad.

Now that I've fattened her up, her blood is thicker and healthier, and she's literally put on so much blubber that she never feels cold the way she used to.

Depending on your genes, just becoming super obese CAN in fact make you healthier, even if it turns you into a helpless wobbling blob like my huge well-fed love.

ok so I have been big all my life and have stayed health for the most part. Up until I hits my 40's then my health started having issues. There are so many factors to think about. Like what is your family history like? Eat larger amounts of foods but stay away from fried foods. Yes I ate and still eat fried foods even fast food but not often. You have to balance it with vegetables and health protin. You also have to stay active no I'm not saying you have to go work out at the gym 5 times a week. However, if you don't stay active like going shopping, out for dinner, just some form of moving and doing you will loss the ability to. The saying move it or loss it is so true. Your muscles need some work out to hold up all the weight you are carrying or you will be bed bound. That my take on things coming from someone that has been 200lbs to 620lbs all my life.

I think it’s possible to be heavy and healthy. If you eat a high calorie, healthy diet that’s low in saturated fat, and workout it’s entirely possible to be obese and healthy.

I have spent the last year working on this and while I’m not 300 pounds I am quite fat with a big belly. Through gradual exercise I have managed to add muscle and cardio. I slowly ran a 5K last month and was at my heaviest weight I’ve been at.

So, yes I do think it’s possible. Working out doesn’t burn nearly the calories people think it does, so by exercising you’re building muscle and heart health without giving up too many fat gains.