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Gordon Mulcaster <gordonm@portal.ca> wrote:
>Exercise.
>
>I said it before and I'll say it again. The only way for your body to 
>metabolize fat is to burn it in it's muscles.
>--
I agreed totally.  _However_, there are people out there who has "bad"
genetic coding that causes them to expereince difficultites in losing
weight.  I understand that if you exercise enough, you will definately
lose weight.  But, most people's body and DNA are different, what
might work for you might not work for others.

I was once 105kg, and I lost 30kg through various means.  I exercised
6 to 8 hours a day, every day.  (not kidding, the exact situation I
would not want to say in public)

Even with 6 to 8 hours of INTENSE (i.e. long runs with weighted back
packs, circuit training, gym weights, constant sit-ups and push-ups)
exercise everyday, I do not notice significant amount of weight (fat)
being lost.  It took me 2.5 years, (1 year of eating disorder) and
many hardships just to lose that 30kg.

After I lost it, it's a constant battle to keep it off.  Just because
my body likes to convert normal stuffs that I ate into fat.  I
normally ate only 2 meals (sometimes 1) a day and will still put on
weight (fat) if I don't go to the gym 4 times a week.  

From research I have done in this respect, I discovered that modern
medical sciences found out that how your body store fat is genetically
coded in your DNA.  Thus, your advice of doing exercise is correct,
but does not fully capture the whole picture.  Some form of drugs,
amino acids etc. aids in such cases as mine.  Unless your whole life
revolves around physical exercise (i.e. body builders, gym insturctors
etc.), otherwise, external help in the form of "fat burning" drugs
would definately be of much help.

To those of you who have weight problem, and seems to feel hopless as
you have tried almost everything ... don't give up .... continue with
your effort and sucess will be yours one day.  It's not easy to relate
to those who have "good" genetic coding the feeling of how you try to
eat less and exercise more and still put on weight.  (I personally
know of friends who eat like a cow, do not exercise at all, sit at a
desk all day long and have figures that of a model.  Ice cream, fried
chicken, Big Macs, fries, you name it, they eat it.)

Everyone is different genetically, thus, the amount of effort you need
to put into exercising to achieve the same result is different too.

ps.  BTW, I no longer take those pills .... thus, the difficulties
experienced in trying to keep my weight off.  In addition to that, now
I am studying full time as a University student, I could no longer
afford to spend like 6 hours a day exercising.

Jason Soon.