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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyaricus" data-source="post: 3160895" data-attributes="member: 35678">Gaining weight in todays society is very easy to do - and getting it off is very hard as well.I should know. I went through a bout of depression two years ago, starting right around this time, infact. I "ballooned" up to about 225 Ibs, and mind you, I'm only 5'6". However, I'm also very broad and muscular by nature of my dads side of the family, so there's that as well.In any case, I was depressed, gaining weight and unhappy with life. Plus, I'd just gotten a PS2, which contributed greatly to my downfall. And so I quickly went from being fairly fit, though hardly "tight" to being fat.I knew it was bad when one day, at school in February, I needed to take a pee. What came out was a dark, dark yellow fluid - almost brown, infact - which was irratating. It was also thick, almost molassis-y in nature. It was then that I was struck with the relisation that I was doing something incrediably harmful to myself. I also came to the realisation that I'd been drinking only Coca Cola for the past few weeks. That's right, only pop for a few weeks. No water, no milk, nothing else. It was that bad.I started by cutting down on pop like crazy, and drinking as much water as I could. After the bathroom instant itself, I drank about 3 liters of water for the rest of the day. However, cutting down on pop is still a tough issue with me; I've since switched over to C2 Coke, which is half-Coke Zero, half-Coca Cola Classic. A can has 70 calories and 19 grams of sugar. Still more than I'm comfotable with, but I'm not yet ready to give it up cold turkey.Then, as important as water, I began the grueling task of getting back into shape. I started doing sit-ups and push-ups at night before bed. Where I could do 55 push-ups before, I could do five. Where I could do 60 sit-ups before, I could do two. I was scared at this; "WTF happened?" I wondered. It was a real shock to me, to be like that. I was used to my strenght, to my endurance, my fortitude. I was used to being at my cabin and chopping wood for ten hours in a day.But, I've kept at it, and with only myself and a single 20 pound weight, I'm muscular and fit and happy again. Its a long, hard, toughass road to walk, and I've been there and I'm back from it, and it's not a place I'd wish to revist.cheers,--N</blockquote>

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