Doctor says i'm "obese" but i feel okay. should i lose weight?

Health is WAY more important than looks. If you're sedentary and feeding yourself junk, it doesn't matter what size you are; you're headed for some real misery later in life.

Forget about trying to lose weight. Aim for being healthier. Plenty of people who have a BMI that would characterize them as overweight eat well and get enough exercise to stay healthy.

I used to be a good bit heavier than I currently am and dropped about 60 pounds. I'm still technically overweight, but I am vastly healthier thanks to yoga, walking and cutting out the crappy junk food. Do you remember running and playing as a kid? Did you dance or swim or see how high you could kick? How long has it been since you've done those things and just enjoyed moving? Don't give that stuff up for the sake of some Cheez-Its and ice cream.

In answer to your question, no, you don't have to lose weight. You should, however, gain health. In the process, you might lose some weight, but that isn't nearly as important as feeling good. You don't know until you shed those pounds how small your life gets as you get bigger. If you've ever chosen not to take a walk in the park or skip down the street because you're too heavy to do it comfortably, your weight is getting in the way of the rest of your life.

Don't let that happen. It feels so good to feel good.

You fat.

Of course you feel fine when you are 20 but if you keep at that level of BMI you almost certainly will encounter problems as you get older.

Imagine a chain smoker dying of cancer, that same chain smoker felt fine when he was a smoker at 20. What you are doing is actually far more damaging to your health than smoking or heavy drinking. Think about that every time you see a advert on smoking or heavy drinking remember what you are doing is much worse.

I'm not trying to insult you but wake you up to how much damage you are doing to your body. If it was possible to be obese and lead a long full life then I would tell you to go ahead and be happy but it isn't. That might suck but it is reality. At your weight a heavy drinking and heavy smoking normal weight person is likely to outlive you, think about that.

You are not a human, you are a cow that has developed the ability to use a computer and speak english.

No female should weigh any where close to 300, that just isn't healthy and yeah, you make think you LOOK good, but give it some time, and let us know if you FEEL good when you start getting illnesses brought on by weight such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure/cholesterol, and even a stroke. Anything above a 30 BMI is obese, not overweight, obese. Your doctor isn't concerned about how you look, but with your health.

It's really hard for me to comprehend the enormous amount of food you must be eating to stay at that high of a weight.

Is there really nothing you can do about portion control? How does it not make you sick to eat that much?

Wow some of your guys comments are rude but a few r helpful so thanks

Oh my god, practice some self control. Seriously. Your fucking family is worried about you and you brush it off because you just don't really care. Come on.

Thats a stupid question, you are obese. He told you to loose weight for health reasons, dont ask these mindless people for advice on your health. If you like big, then stay big. No offense, had to be straight forward

Its good for you to be confident. But even if you do look great, its really unhealthy to be that overweight.

I am not one to judge size but it is not good to be that heavy. You might feel fine at age 20 but you will feel like shit if you make it to 40.

This is not healthy. You may feel fine, but
many complications can come suddenly with being overweight. I would suggest slowly incorporating healthy food into your diet and treating yourself every once in a while.

If you're happy with your size, stay with it if you want to. Oh, and by the way, all you people who will inevitably hate on this girl fro being overweight, guess what, it's been proven that love your body campaigns are much more effective in making people want to lose weight rather than people tearing larger people down. Guess what insulting people for being fat creates? Eating disorders. Listing health risks is fine, and hey, you might convince this girl to lose weight, but calling her a fat cow like the first poster won't help anyone. Just saying.

I will tell you this, Ive been both very (114)underweight and overweight(180) and neither necessarily made me happy. I feel better being on the heavier side but will say the older you get the more health problems will creep up on you. Honestly 300 lbs is probably not a good weight to maintain. It doesn't mean you aren't attractive and active but as you get older it will be harder and harder to deal with, plus if you have kids you could have pregnancy complications...and once they start walking, you have to keep up with them!
My advice is decide when you may want to get healthier and start small, little exercises and cutting out junk certain days. I think once you see any kind of result you will feel encouraged to keep going.
The only way you will succeed is if YOU want to do it, and if youre not ready nobody can make you change. Good luck!

I don't belive ALL the health probs could be true

This is probably wrong but now I feel better about myself!

Oh and to actually give you advise, it is good that you are happy with who you are. You don't need to be skinny, but try to be healthy.

Being mean just makes people feel bad. Be nice. Is it worth it to get off on being mean when you hurt someone.

A smile or nice comment goes a long way, but a mean comment goes farther.

I am 280. I go up and down depending on how I am feeling. I am Bipolar, it is a major reason why I have a hard time. I go up when I am depressed and lose when I am manic.

Yes, I recognize I need to lose weight. But I do try to lose weight. It is hard, but at least I try.

The good thing is that I am not really gaining much, just maintaining between 255 and 285. Right now I am just getting out of a very bad depression, so I am my heaviest.

I don't even need to read the post to tell you that if a doctor says you're obese, you SHOULD lose weight.
...and a lot of it.
You should try to halve your weight if you can.

Lady....

You may feel OK for now, but you soon will have health problems like diabetes, and heart or kidney problems. Not to mention varicose veins and foot and ankle problems from carrying all that weight. With diets and exercise, you can lose weight, but it takes time and effort.

I know someone who was 250 pounds and in their early 30s who had a heart attack but survived luckily

so yes you are obese and if you ignore the health advise you will have a heart attack

I hate to spam but to clear things up a bit more, i am not a thin anorexic guy, i am very toned and muscular. The health benefits of fitness are great, definatly worth the work in the gym.

Byw im a 20 yr old male that weighs half that weight

Although there is no question that your weight is unhealthy.... I wish more people were like you - happy with themselves the way they are instead of turning green with insecurity.