I had the exact opposite problem, but the end result was still the same.

I know a few of you meet me at the GTG in September a couple of months ago. For those that didn't I'm 6'00 weighing in at 160lbs.

For many many years I weighed consistantly 150 lbs. That's fine and all with me since I don't strength train or do much energy exertion.

My freshmen year of college was bad however. The food in one of the dining halls is abhorid. So bad I never eat there anymore. This was the closest place to my dorm though so convinence over came me.

Well in the course of a month I notice that I was eating less and less. I eat till I am comfortably full, but my appetite would be gone after 4 bites. I ended up going on my friends scale and freaked at my weight LOSS of 5 lbs down to 145. For someone as tall as me that was unhealthy.

I started going to the gym and doing strength training (cardio only in warm up). That was the best thing I did for me. My appetite returned and I'm at a healthy 160 lbs.

I've been lazy and haven't returned but my New Years Resolution to never work out again might change that!

Instead of doing cardio guys for weight loss, consider strength training. You burn fat during the work out, but afterwards when your muscles are repairing you will continue to be burning calories.

80 lbs of fat and 80 lbs of muscle are two entirelly different things. Muscle looks so much better!

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