Love Food But Need To Lose Weight

[VincentUlyssis]

Wow man. I wish you the best through this surgery and may you do the things you love!

I find walking, especially around the hills of San Remo give me a great leg and core workout. I average 1-2 days per week in the gym which is not enough. My eating is generally average or better.

When I was 14-22 I thought I wanted to be a bodybuilder. For some reason my muscles grew easy (after reading Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder) from the pounding one and two hour workouts five to six days per week. As a bodybuilder you become keenly aware of body fat. The object in bodybuilding is to reduce your body fat to a safe minimum to show off the cuts and striations of the various muscle groups.

I'm only 5' 7" at best, probably a little less. I managed to pack on 165 pounds of tight body at that time. Then after marriage, the house that needed renovating, the job, the new house, the new job, the schedule, the calendar...
I have come to "this." I weigh about 170 pounds. If I were about 155, I would be in the "perfect place" for my build. It sounds simple, doesn't it?

Well, I have found it to be quite difficult!

Now, you may be thinking..."Big deal, 15 pounds?"

For some reason, at my height, 15 pounds looks like 30 or 40 on someone else.
To make matters worst, I tend to gain under the chin and in the cheeks. I start getting this Fred Flintstone head at this weight with a John Candy chin.

I don't like it one bit.

Besides love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness I also ask for self control.