Why Women Lose Weight—or Don’t

I am in the same boat as you. When the doctors tell me that I must not be doing something right, I laugh. Apparently we're medical mysteries, but boy can we kick some skinny people butt!

Friend. Unless you have some undiagnosed thyroid disorder (which only about 2% of the population suffers from) you most likely suffer from another ailment. You lack discipline.

Call me insensitive, but I wish you no ill will. The answer you seek lies within. Gird up your loins! Put down the fork. Walk, run, swim. Just don't eat as much. There is no magic bullet. Change your lifestyle and live better. The "insensitive" responses I have seen just reflect the fact that no one likes a whiny undisciplined excuse.

Best of luck!

I am so sad for your significant other. Beauty lies in who we are not how we look. Why is your insurance going up? Because our country is so unhealthy, not because we're all fat. My grandfathers, both of whom are/were otherwise in good health and at healthy weights, had heart attacks requiring quadruple bypasses. My grandmother was 5 feet tall, weighed about 105 pounds and died from lung cancer because she smoked for most of her life. My dad's wife is the same size as my grandmother was, yet her cholesterol is through the roof. As for me, I'm 5 feet 4 inches and about 270 pounds. My heart is in excellent health, my blood pressure is perfect, and my cholesterol is stellar. As far as health insurance is concerned, my gigantic fat behind is a much better bet than any of their fit and trim bodies.

what suddenly brought you to this realization? you mentioned above being fat at one time, everyone, (unless things have suddenly changed in this universe without my knowlege) has the right to be what they want. your negative comments i'm sure mean nothing to many. you sound like people who used to smoke and now they can no longer stand the smell, only you were fat and can no loger stand to see fat people. the world would be so much better if people could accept the fact we are all the same. how cliche i know, but come on you lead your life and everyone else will lead theirs.

The report said women w/ wider hips tend to have children w/ higher IQ's.

One last comment on exercising: As a general rule of thumb for beginners, if you're not sweating within 10 minutes of cardio, you're not pushing yourself hard enough. Everyone is different, but the best way to monitor yourself is by heart rate. Typically the machines will have lower heart rate zone titled 'weight loss' and a higher heart rate zone titled 'cardio' (or something to that effect). The ranges for these target heart rate zones vary based upon your age. Begin in the middle to upper range of the weight loss zone, and build yourself up to the cardio zone over time.

Part 2 lending hand: Throw away your scale: Keep in mind that as you are starting an exercise program and begin to lose fat, you are gaining lean muscle. You may notice your clothes fitting looser before the scale shows any progress. Another simple but effective tip is to avoid soda or sweetened drinks and have a glass of water with lunch instead. Assuming you were already intaking 2000 calories per day and 2000 calories was the amount necessary to sustain your body, one soda per day would be enough to add roughly 2.5 pounds of fat within a month. Know that in order to just maintain your current weight, calories in must equal calories out.

My lending hand: Begin and maintain and exercise regiment. Diet alone is enough for a lot of people. The first month of exercise is always the hardest, but if you get through it, it will become easier. With time, your body won???t feel right if you don???t go to the gym so the motivation to go begins to perpetuate itself. Most people who take the right step in weight loss by beginning to exercise will often quit too early because they become impatient with results. Results will come, but the weight you gained did not come overnight and you should not expect to lose it overnight either. How much time it will take depends on your current weight and weight loss goals, but you should have noticeable results within 3 months time if you perform 30 minutes of cardio at least 3x a week. Be sure to listen to your body and ease yourself into a cardio program if you have not exercised in some time. It???s better to start slowly than to have a bad experience and give up altogether. A lot of the machines have heart rate monitors which give a good indication if you???re overdoing it.