Quote Originally Posted by BIG H View Post
Good thread - some of you know me will no about my food and weight struggles.

I have been as high as 316 pounds in 2006 and am currently 222 pounds. I am 5 ft 11 but extremely big built, so my ideal weight is somewhere between 200 & 210.

Everday is a huge battle for me, because food is my outlet for every emotion and it is a HUGE addiction.

I think that there really is no cure it's just always gong to be this way, so what you/we need to do is make sure we eat enough, but just keep it balanced. If you eat a sensible balanced diet including all food groups (around 2000 cals per day) and go to the gym 4-5 times a week you WILL lose weight!! Fuckin hard though

2000 is the standard calories for a man wanting to lose weight am i right

I ask this because i was told the other day that for someone of my height 5`9 i should be looking more around the 1850 mark.

I used to weigh just over 200 pounds but managed to get myself down to about 170 before i began putting it on again and now weigh currently about 180.

Ive a biggish build and do tend to get through quite a bit of weight exercise but am constantly told for a man of my height i should weigh no more than 165.

Have cut out big meals and am now eating 5 small meals a day to go along with a good run when i finish work!!