A touch of clarification...

I've been asked about my weight and my plight to loose a few pounds, and realize that I didn't paint a completely clear picture in my last post.

I was never really overweight or obese or any of those terms. That said, I was on the higher side of my Body Mass Index, though still in the 'healthy' section. Remember, I come from the place that fixes meat and potatoes for every dinner, and nobody around here is shy about eating. I fit into that category, because I do like food, especially homecooked stuff.



Part of my motivation is health related. I eat anything...which means the healthy stuff right down to the bad crap like fast food. Well, I guess I should say 'ate' at this point, as I've cut out the fast food and really slutty snack stuff. I want to increase the vegetables and decrease the meats, and try to buy foods that are high quality to begin with, in an attempt to live a little healthier. But this isn't an obsession, or a pre-emptive hit on future health problems, its just a little innocent cleaning up my act. Though I still am slightly vengeful of teenagers who eat crap all day yet are improbably thin.



The other part is appearance and physical strength. Though never 'fat' (for lack of a better word), I wasn't toned. I did physical stuff when I lived at home, but my first year of school was pretty sedetary. My biggest walk to class was about 5 minutes. Second year brought a big improvement on that; I had a walk to and from class everyday, plus more walking around the city that I've ever done before. It started to come off through stress pounds when the situation with my roommate started to deteriorate and when I actually cared. Then, I just got into some bad habits because of the hours I kept at school, and ended up eating less.

What always shocks me is the number of really skinny guys. I mean, I know that porn and models are pretty much always skinny bodies with ripped muscles, but holy crap! Even reading things online, profiles of guys who are " 6' and 160 lbs" shock the hell out of me. How do they get so damn thin! I understand part of it is related to your natural body tendencies, so maybe since I'm broad shouldered and really tall, I have a few extra places for pounds to go.


Admittedly a large part of it is wanting to look more attractive. Not that I run around with my shirt off in public, or go to foam parties on my weekends, but lets face it, everyone likes hot bodies. And though I know I'll never be able to look at myself and say, "Damn, looking hot!" I'll enjoy it more having a more toned and defined body. Truly it's shallow, for society to be so enthralled with the 'perfect body', and I feel a little badly writing this. But at the same time, I want to pick up hot guys, or get picked up by hot guys, and it's just the way it is.


Also, I know that I'm not going to get the 'perfect body'. I don't plan to spend hours in the gym every day, or go on intricate diets to enhance pretty much anything. I just want to loose a bit and tone up.