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Heavy and healthy

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NoMoYoYo   Canada
Joined 1 year
Bills225:
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.

Morbidly A Beast:
You’re 100% right, a intense cardio workout is gonna burn about as much as Big Mac if that even.


This is the part I have trouble understanding though I know its true. When I was going to the gym, I would do 20-30 minutes on the treadmill and at the end it would say I burned like 200 calories.

But its still in my head that I can't do cardio because I will lose weight. So strange.
10 months

Heavy and healthy

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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Bills225:
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.

Morbidly A Beast:
You’re 100% right, a intense cardio workout is gonna burn about as much as Big Mac if that even.

NoMoYoYo:
This is the part I have trouble understanding though I know its true. When I was going to the gym, I would do 20-30 minutes on the treadmill and at the end it would say I burned like 200 calories.

But its still in my head that I can't do cardio because I will lose weight. So strange.


It's a common thought/fear around these parts. I've spoken to many people who refuse to exercise or eat healthy foods for fear they will lose even one pound. It's like healthy = thin = bad.

I'm sure there's nothing to unpack here.
10 months

Heavy and healthy

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Hhhggg   Germany
Joined 14 years
To be honest if you go in the range 400-500 pounds you will run into problems one way or the other !
You are far more vulnerable, the world is not made for that weight range.
It’s not just diabetes and heart problems.
The likely hod or getting injured is way increased. Minor operations become a struggle for M.D. with an increased risk of complications!

The range that I think can be reached relatively safe is bmi 40 with out excessive increase of medical problems !

Regarding food and exercise -> def decrease the risk smiley

With „healthy“ food it’s harder to overeat, so if you are some one that‘s having trouble eating you should track the calories and weight !

If you are like I think many people drawn to the fetish you gain weight relatively fast I would advise to just make sure you have calorie dens foods in you Daly’s
10 months

Heavy and healthy

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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Hhhggg:
To be honest if you go in the range 400-500 pounds you will run into problems one way or the other !
You are far more vulnerable, the world is not made for that weight range.
It’s not just diabetes and heart problems.
The likely hod or getting injured is way increased. Minor operations become a struggle for M.D. with an increased risk of complications!

The range that I think can be reached relatively safe is bmi 40 with out excessive increase of medical problems !

Regarding food and exercise -> def decrease the risk smiley

With „healthy“ food it’s harder to overeat, so if you are some one that‘s having trouble eating you should track the calories and weight !

If you are like I think many people drawn to the fetish you gain weight relatively fast I would advise to just make sure you have calorie dens foods in you Daly’s


I fattened my partner up to about 500 lbs. As much as he loved it, he decided to lose weight for a number of reasons.

One of these reasons is health care gets very difficult after a certain point. He had to get an MRI for something and barely fit in the tube. Yes, open MRIs are a thing, but they are not common. He wad terrified that if he got really sick, he might be too fat for many kinds of life saving medical care.

I'm not saying no one should be 400-500+ lbs. I'm just saying it'a something to keep in mind.7
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