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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 3186468" data-attributes="member: 40522">I thought I had a weight problem when I was about 20, since my gut sticks out over my belt and all that. I watched what I ate (less than 3,000 calories a day and I was expending about 3,800-4,200, eating mostly vegetables) and I excercized more (took up karate and jujutsu, which kept me vigorously exercising 6 days a week). This went on for almost 2 years.I never lost a pound. In fact, I gained a few.I gained alot of muscle mass and I certainly had more stamina and strength, but the size of my belly never shrunk. Not one inch. My doctor couldn't explain it, my blood pressure, glucose and all that was perfectly fine. I was 5'10" and 270 pounds, although no one believed it until I stepped on the scale. Supposedly, I look like I'm about 220, but the scale says differently.Then I tried specifically to lose weight. Took up jogging and even done Atkins. I still never lost any weight.So now several years later, I kinda gave up on the idea of being thin. Sure, I've got a belly (which I don't understand) but I can do pushups and situps and chinups. I can jog a mile. I still work out 3 days a week and usually eat only once or twice a day (for right around 1600-2200 calories a day). My blood pressure ia actually kinda low now, but otherwise I'm perfectly healthy.So am I "fat?" I have a gut, yeah, not as much of one as some gamers I've seen though. I have more stamina and strength than alot of skinny people I know. By these criteria, I don't consider myself 'overweight,' although I'd like to lose a few inches off my waist. I seem to be perfectly healthy despite my apprearance.</blockquote>

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