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Big King Sanctaphrax
03-16-2005, 23:08
Some patrons in the backroom expressed an interest in a weight loss competition, so I'm starting this thread as a place to brainstrom, sign up, and to report progress once it gets going. I'll help out with the organisation. If there's enough interest, I'll sticky it.
Byzantine Prince
03-16-2005, 23:57
Ok I'll sign up.
I weigh 158 pounds and Im 5'7.
Kaiser of Arabia
03-17-2005, 00:00
5'10" and 200lbs
Lost 65lbs since August.
Can I get my cheesesteak now?
Kongamato
03-17-2005, 00:07
Signing up. 5'9" and around 175 pounds. Exact morning weights ought to be recorded whenever this begins and updated every 3 days or so.
Who here is interested in team competition? Team USA/UK/Canada etc..
Please write down your preferred method of scoring, whether it be pounds lost, BMI, etc..
I'll go with plain old pounds lost.
Want to know how to lose weight? Play Football (Amercian football)
Kaiser of Arabia
03-17-2005, 01:28
Want to know how to lose weight? Play Football (Amercian football)
Nah, wont work for the uberfat. They'd break a gut. ~:)
To lose weight, lift weights. You lose fat not weight.
Its sweetage.
Sasaki Kojiro
03-17-2005, 02:42
Nah, wont work for the uberfat. They'd break a gut. ~:)
To lose weight, lift weights. You lose fat not weight.
Its sweetage.
You would diet and do cardio and lift weights to lose weight. Weightlifting helps because you'll add muscle, and muscle takes a lot of calories to maintain.
I'm trying to gain weight so this thread isn't really for me...
doc_bean
03-17-2005, 10:51
I'm 5'8" and about 85 kilos, I noticed BMI only changes slowly, so I'd say we should just use a pounds/kilos scoring system.
the tokai
03-17-2005, 11:25
A friend of mine had an interesting theory about losing weight without getting tired. When you play sports, you lose weight because you burn up energy. When it´s cold, you also burn up energy. So if you just walk around in just a t-shirt when it´s very cold, you will lose weight. Dunno if it works though.
doc_bean
03-17-2005, 14:54
A friend of mine had an interesting theory about losing weight without getting tired. When you play sports, you lose weight because you burn up energy. When it´s cold, you also burn up energy. So if you just walk around in just a t-shirt when it´s very cold, you will lose weight. Dunno if it works though.
I've tried that, it isn't the miracle way to lose weigth, but I don't think it hurts either.
The_Doctor
03-17-2005, 15:31
The best way to lose weight is by cycling.
I try to do 4 miles a day when I am on holiday/weekends. Last year I was doing 8 miles a day.
The Stranger
03-17-2005, 17:31
i'm 175 cm and i weigh 60 kg can someone translate that to Ibs or pounds and ??? the 6'0 system
LittleGrizzly
03-17-2005, 17:35
i'm 175 cm and i weigh 60 kg can someone translate that to Ibs or pounds and ??? the 6'0 system
lb's are pounds, like cm is centimeters
60 kilogram = 132.2773573 pound
175 centimetres = 5.7414698 feet
so your 5"7 and 132 lb
Srry, not enough weight to lose, according to my BMI I'm underweight (well just)
The Stranger
03-17-2005, 17:56
lb's are pounds, like cm is centimeters
60 kilogram = 132.2773573 pound
175 centimetres = 5.7414698 feet
so your 5"7 and 132 lb
thanx but i don't think Ibs and pounds look very similar so a common mistake i think :dizzy2:
I'm trying to gain weight so this thread isn't really for me...
Same with me.
And yes, football will work with the over fat. My friend lost 30 pounds in 3 months. Football practice is hell...
DemonArchangel
03-18-2005, 02:18
5'7, 125 lbs.
Hell Yea!
Byzantine Prince
03-18-2005, 02:37
Same with me.
And yes, football will work with the over fat. My friend lost 30 pounds in 3 months. Football practice is hell...
European football is way better then American football(which doesn't use foot 99% of the time IMO).
Kongamato
03-18-2005, 07:53
Ought to start this on Monday.
The Stranger
03-18-2005, 08:56
European football is way better then American football(which doesn't use foot 99% of the time IMO).
yeah i play european football/soccer it is cool
The one best way to lose weight is through the diet - more protein, less carbs. Sports burn a pathetic amount of calories, drink a coke after a workout and you've regained all the lost calories.
That said working out is still good for the body and soul - it's just not the way to lose weight imho.
The worst thing to do on a diet is drink alcohol btw. ~:cheers:
Sasaki Kojiro
03-18-2005, 16:13
The one best way to lose weight is through the diet - more protein, less carbs. Sports burn a pathetic amount of calories, drink a coke after a workout and you've regained all the lost calories.
That said working out is still good for the body and soul - it's just not the way to lose weight imho.
The worst thing to do on a diet is drink alcohol btw. ~:cheers:
An hour of rowing will burn 700 calories. You do that 5 days a week and you'll lose a pound...just don't drink a coke afterwards.
Dieting is less work though, but you to exercise as well.
If you row an hour each day for a week you DESERVE to loose a pound.
I consistently lost 3 pounds a week (each week for 8 weeks) by changing my diet, and I still ate until I was stuffed each day and played a lot of RTW... and no sports (heh can't spell exercise?!?!) above normal getting around.
Sasaki Kojiro
03-18-2005, 20:30
Heh, that's great, but personal experience is a dangerous thing to make generalizations out of. I know people who've changed their diets, cut down on the amount they ate, and not lost any weight at all.
That's true, I did it with professional help (akin to weight-watchers but not the same) so that helped.
I really really dislike that signature by the way, it's creepy ~;)
Kongamato
03-21-2005, 18:50
Starting my weight loss today. 5'9", 177.5 pounds. Need to lose 20. This shouldn't be hard.
Tell you what Kongamato - I will also start today - well actually tomorrow since I just ate one Brat and one Italian Sausage sandwiches
6'3" - 226 pounds - my goal is to get back under 210.
Kongamato
03-21-2005, 20:01
Best of luck to you. Make sure you start tomorrow, as I've fallen into mental ruts before in this situation. I get this attitude of "Today is my last day as a free man" and binge heavily. I then repeat this the next day. Hopefully the publicness of this thread will add extra motivation for me.
Byzantine Prince
03-21-2005, 21:27
Being hungry is really bad IMO. Whenever you get to the stage that you are hungry your metabolism has already slowed down considerably. You have to eat every 2 hours to keep the metabolism at top form.
Exercising burns a lot but walking also burns. If you just walk for 2 hours a day that's not bad. It keeps your muscle mass acceptable.
I'm strating dieting today too alsthough I'm wating till I'm 20 when I complitely change everything I eat and become an unberhumanbeing.
Don Corleone
03-21-2005, 21:37
I think you can fool your metabolism about not slowing down by drinking a lot of water. Not certain about that though. I'm in. I'm 5'10" and 220 lbs. I want to get down to 175lbs (if that's humanly possible).
I've tried just diet (does well) and I tried just exercise (doesn't seem to do as much). I think the trick is a combination of both. I lost like 30 lbs with the Atkins diet, even without a lot of exercise, but I just cant' buy that eating greasy sausage is okay but that you need to watch how much brocoli you're taking in. I think this time I'm going to try South Beach. It's carb-restrictive as well (no sugar, very litttle grains) but it also forces you to take your protein from very lean sources (like fish, tofu & legumes) and also allows more vegtables. Even fruit is restricted though. I'll let you know how I do. If get really cranky in the next couple of weeks, that's because you cannot drink at all for 3 weeks, then it's small doses of red wine (1 glass/day) after that.
doc_bean
03-21-2005, 23:18
I'm starting today too, 1m69 and 90.3 kilo's, you can convert it yourselves :-)
My goal is about 70 kilos, it's going to be long....
Don Corleone , my parents tried South beach, it works, but you have to be willing to spend a lot of time preparing your meals, I also think it's the diet that has you eating several eggs a day, not good for your cholesterol.
Byzantine Prince, don't people eat pretty healthy in Greece ? lots of vegetables, cooking in olive oil, etc. ? I don't think being hungry is really a bad sign, your body has to adjust, this usually takes a week and is not too healthy for your body, but unless you plan to start a progressive stricter diet (almost impossible to follow i think) you have to go through this.
Byzantine Prince
03-21-2005, 23:26
Not being hungry is the key. If you eat a sausage once a day you'll gain weight. If you eat 4-5 sausages in certain times of the day you'll lose weight and eat more! What I'm planning on doing is pretty extreme but it is possible. I'll have to adjust my bying and at what times I eat.
Hi
I'll try to give some advice from my own experience (with others) and from what I was supposed to learn at college.
- First you need to seperate three things: carbohydrates, fat(ty acids) and protein. If u wanna lose weight, its the fat u need to get rid of. The only way your body can lose fat is through aerobic dissimilation, which is burning it with the help of oxygen. This happens when u require a moderate amount of energy during a longer period. So very intense exercise is not going to help a lot. As mentioned before, walking (jogging) and cycling are good ways to do that. Its recommended to do something like that ca 30 min a day, not nessecary to do it at once.
- The body contains about 1000 grams of carbohydrates, which is used as a fast response energy source so to say. The advantage it has over fats is that it can be used without oxygen (forming lactic acid, the thing that causes the pain afterwards). So again aerobic exercise is the one u need. Any excess carbohydrates will be turned into fatty acids (stored on top of your belly), the problem being that fat cannot be turned into carbohydrates again. Therefore it is recommended not to eat ca 2 hours before sleep, for everything will be turned into fat.
- About diet. The best thing is a balanced regular diet. Things like Atkins (only fats and proteins) might work, but are not so good for one's health (high cholesterol and stuff in this case). It has been said that eating lots of proteins causes the hunger to dissappear, but thats not certain yet, and protein rich food usually contains a lot of fat (or tastes like ....). The thing is, I wouldnt really feel good when i require supplements and stuff in all those fancy diets. So again, best thing is a regular and balanced diet. Eat three times a day, a normal amount of food. Dont eat too much in between and if u really are hungry, like said before, drink some water or something like that. Be careful with what u drink, eg read the contents in cola/beer bearing in mind the carbohydrate reserve of the body. If u really fancy hamburgers and beer and stuff, try to make a schedule per week. U start with say 4 days of strict diet and advance as you progress and let ur body get used to lack of exessive amounts of fat.
- Find your own ways to decrease the amount nutrients without feeling hungry all day: no butter on yr bread, do not eat until you are full, but satisfied enough to make it to your next meal without fainting, etc.
Again its all about balance and discipline. Its about finding a way both your body and you are comfortable with (geez that sounds silly). The biggest problem is not losing the weight, but holding on to it (most people bounce back harder and become even heavier than before the weight loss).
Well, hope it helps and good luck.
I think you can fool your metabolism about not slowing down by drinking a lot of water. Not certain about that though. I'm in. I'm 5'10" and 220 lbs. I want to get down to 175lbs (if that's humanly possible).
I'm 5'10" too- but if I got down to 175lbs I'm pretty sure I'd be dead. ~D I guess you build/frame counts for alot. I weigh 270 now, but in college I was down around 235-240, was 2-3 pants sizes smaller and was in darned good shape. Here's hoping I get back there!
How often are we supposed to be checking in? Every 2 weeks or what? We should probably have a designated "reporting" day that everyone should try to post on or around to help keep things organized/motivated.
Kongamato
03-22-2005, 23:46
I am going to report my morning weight every 3 days.
SwordsMaster
03-22-2005, 23:52
Allright, I´ll join in. I´m just starting a weight-losing training schedule-gotta get 79 kilos and I´m on 85 now :embarassed: - t make my weight category (again).
So here´s what my schedule looks like on a per day basis:
Monday: 1 hour general fitness session, really intense, fast series, starting longer and getting shorter as you get more and more tired. This is the standard session.
Tuesday: 1.5 - 2 h cardio workout. which includes 15 min cycling, 4 mile jog, 2 miles rowing (under 8 min, otherwise not worth the hassle) and some really good stretching.
Wednesday: standard session.+ optional hour of sparring/punching bags
Thursday: about 1 h cardio workout and about another hour of weights. Nothing too heavy, just to make the boxing sessions easier on the upper body.
Friday: standard session + sparring/pads hour.
Weekend: nothing usually, it depends though.
Kongamato
03-24-2005, 18:26
173 pounds this morning. -4.5 pounds... must have been water.
doc_bean
03-27-2005, 19:06
88.1 this morning, 2 kilo's in a week, not bad.
Papewaio
03-28-2005, 01:36
Well I decided that I would lose some weight this year... but I also decided to wait until after Easter have a final chocolate indulgence and then launch into getting healthy... no point sabotaging oneself and I needed the data to figure out my average weight over the two weeks before hand.
I bought a set of scales that measure mass and fat % (to 0.1%), as the human body can vary by about 2 kg over the day I have been measuring up.
So as of yesterday 27th of March.
So my average weight for the last two weeks is: 91.84 kg / 202 pounds
And my average body fat is: 20.3%
Height: 183cm / 6ft
My aims are to lose 4kg of body fat or get to 15% body fat by my child’s birth in July.
And 8kg of body fat or get to 12% body fat by my brothers wedding in December.
A secondary goal is to gain muscle at about a rate of 1kg for every 2kg of fat loss, but the primary goal is to remove the gut.
How by getting rid of things. No I use the concept of adding to ones diet. However for the first 6 weeks I will not buy chocolate (will drink chocolate flavoured milk), not eat chips/crisps nor touch soft drinks. Also I will be drinking a cup of water between all other drinks (like spacing at a party if you understand drinking in moderation regime). Drink more smoothies and eat more fruit/
Now their is no secret to weight loss. It is simply energy expended > then energy consumed. However there are foods and actions that can increase ones metabolism.
If you do aerobic types of exercise (walking, running etc) your metabolism tends to increase for the period of exercise and about 4 or so hours afterwards.
If you do anaerobic exercise (weights, pushups, chin ups etc) your metabolism will increase for about 48 hours afterwards.
Some foods like calcium in dairy products will increase your metabolism as well. So by swapping smoothies, milkshakes and flavoured milk for softdrinks you will consume less calories and increase your metabolic rate.
Typical smoothie I make for my wife is:
1 whole large banana.
1 scoop of ice cream.
Handful of chopped up dried apricot.
+ milk for volume as required.
(+1 crushed tim tam for Easter :D).
For myself:
1/2 to 1 large banana.
Scoop of ice cream.
Handful of chopped up dried apricot.
teaspoon of malt
30grams of whey protein. Pregnant women should not use whey protein.
1 teaspoon of colostrum.
:charge:
Kongamato
03-28-2005, 02:14
I failed to weigh myself this morning. I had restaurant food on Friday and a full sub sandwich and snacks on Saturday. I will return to my normal exercise schedule this week and will continue to update every three days.
very easy:
eat less
workout more
take multivitamons(to supliment for ur lower food intake) and drink lots of waterget plenty of sleep
dont stress urself out cus if ya do ur gonna wanna eat more
everytime u get hungy do sum pushups
working out and brakign a sweat makes u less hungry
as for me
i strenght train for 2 hours every other day 3 days a weak
i do cardio inbetween aka 3 days a weak
1 rest day a weak
every 3 months i take 2 weaks of with no working out
i drink plenty of water get plenty of sleep(when i can) i also do not smoke(cigaretes) and i try not to drink to much alchohol...
i also take Whey Protein Poweder after every workout,.,. i mix it with milk and chug it down
Kongamato
04-01-2005, 16:48
I weighed 175 on Thursday. Still a minus from when I started, but a minor gain from before. I had two tests on Wednesday and wound up eating out of stress and losing exercise time to study. With those tests out of the way, things will start to improve again.
Teutonic Knight
04-01-2005, 17:04
For the season of Lent I gave up eating between meals, that means any and all snacking whatsoever. Which means that I could only eat at meals and nothing else. I started the 40 day season at 178 lbs. At Easter (the end of the season) I weighed 162 lbs. The system has worked so well that I've decided to continue it from now on with some exceptions (for like when I'm out with friends and I'm eating socially or something). This, in addition to lifting weights (I can bench press more than my weight now :-) ) and doing cardio 3-5 times a week has been extremely beneficial. I feel so much better and I have so much more energy.
No snacks, you'll lose weight! ~D
Kongamato
04-05-2005, 15:45
Keeping up with this, I was 173.5 yesterday.
Kongamato
04-09-2005, 07:43
I was the same weight as before on Friday, possibly a half-pound heavier. Late-night studies screwed things up. Excuses, excuses. I'll have to find a way to lose the weight, as I'm going to keep posting and bumping this thread until I weigh 157.5 pounds.
I've thought it over a bit and I've figured that this hearts-and-minds, minimum sacrifice, "don't hurt yourself" approach to fitness that pops up in the news every week will never work. The body needs to be conquered. Unconditional surrender is the main objective. If my body can withstand all the food I shove into it every weekend, it can withstand daily strenuous exercise.
I'm 6 ft and around 12 - 12.5 stone
Not sure If I'm overweight or not - just need to tone up really- got myself a little beer belly and few bits of unwanted flab
I do weights- just reps with dumbells really. Is it true if you do lots of curtls then it can firm up your stomach muscles ?
doc_bean
04-09-2005, 17:48
I've thought it over a bit and I've figured that this hearts-and-minds, minimum sacrifice, "don't hurt yourself" approach to fitness that pops up in the news every week will never work. The body needs to be conquered. Unconditional surrender is the main objective. If my body can withstand all the food I shove into it every weekend, it can withstand daily strenuous exercise.
I think it's more the case of the body being able to handle more than the mind thinks, if you think you're getting exhausted you should up the pace (I cycle), it's surprising what you can do if you just don't stop ~D
Shambles
04-09-2005, 18:16
I'm 6 ft and around 12 - 12.5 stone
Not sure If I'm overweight or not - just need to tone up really- got myself a little beer belly and few bits of unwanted flab
I do weights- just reps with dumbells really. Is it true if you do lots of curtls then it can firm up your stomach muscles ?
i dont think so,
im 5"8
and im prety much 11 stone,
Which is my ideal weight acording to drs,
So i guess youd be about right 2
Kaiser of Arabia
04-10-2005, 00:43
er scratch my first weight, 220 it is. i estimated and was a few lbs off. That means I need to lose about 20-40 lbs by June 23rd. Damn. Time to work out (wouldnt mind replacing it with muscle instead ~;)) and time for some running.
doc_bean
04-10-2005, 14:11
I seem to have lost 3.2 kilo's in 3 weeks, not bad ~:cheers:
I was down 2 pounds - but put it all back on when I went on a business trip for a week. Could not resist the desert at the German Restraunt I ate at.
SwordsMaster
04-11-2005, 01:47
Havent had an update in a while, still same weight, getting a new gym program tomorrow, also starting a selective feeding process (dont like calling it diet), which includes 10%less food in general, low sugar, high proteine. Should lose some 10 lb by middle june ~:confused: cross your fingers.
Papewaio
04-12-2005, 01:31
I have gone from 91.8lg to 93.8kg so + 2 kgs,
Body fat has gone from 20.3% to 18.6% Body fat...
So overall I have dropped about 1.2 kgs of fat. :charge:
I'm 6 ft and weigh 156 lbs.
Kaiser of Arabia
04-12-2005, 03:26
ok heres the plan. Must drop 20lbs by June 23rd, or replace the equivilent of that fat with muscle. Therefore, we must starve ourselves. We must lift more wieghts.
Im going to start by dropping down to one meal a day. Then by working out more.
If you eat too little then your body will store fat to prepare for starvation. You'll lose weight if you don't eat at all but that will ruin your health. Eat foods that are good for you.
I'm thin even though I eat a lot. I don't eat greasy foods. I eat fruits for desert, (not fruit cake).
I always walk unless when I leave the city. So I have long and buff legs but my upper body is very thin. I can see the shape of my ribs. I should lift weights.
King Edward
04-12-2005, 12:21
I Lose 30 pounds a month at my gym, but thats cos i've not been for ages. ~D
I'm 6'0 and 13 stone, my rugby fighting weight. at least thats what I was last time I went to the Gym.
I usually put weight on over xmas (to much food and beer!) and then struggle to lose it until August when pre-season training starts up again.
Kongamato
04-14-2005, 13:54
Was 172.5 pounds yesterday. I've started to drink lots of water throughout the day.
ok heres the plan. Must drop 20lbs by June 23rd, or replace the equivilent of that fat with muscle. Therefore, we must starve ourselves. We must lift more wieghts.
Im going to start by dropping down to one meal a day. Then by working out more.
Eat more protein ~D :duel:
Kongamato
04-18-2005, 18:10
I was about 173 today. Not bad for overeating on Friday and Saturday. These weekends are ruining my progress. I will have to stop eating restaurant food.
SwordsMaster
04-18-2005, 19:08
On this page (http://www.trickstutorials.com/mother_main.php) there are a few very good tips to improve health and physical performance. I recomment looking under the "channels" link.
Enjoy ~:cheers:
Dutch_guy
04-19-2005, 18:14
In the news papers in Holland ( front page to be exact ) it says that a pill has been made , that does lot's of brilliant things and it helps lose wait.
It was confirmed by a leading British Science magazine ( don't know the exact name, something like the Lancet... , first letter was an L )
They expect it to do just as well as Prozac, and that went very very well back then.
Have you guy's read about this ?
Kongamato
04-20-2005, 16:20
172 today.
Craterus
04-20-2005, 18:16
I'm 16% fat. 18 BMI. My weight is not really a problem. ~D
I just read today, that people with BMI between 25 and 30 actually live longer than average! Maybe a bit of fat on the bones is actually good for you as long as it not too much. Above 30 and the life-expectancy dropped fast though.
That good news for me though - BMI at 25,6 today ~:)
I just read today, that people with BMI between 25 and 30 actually live longer than average! Maybe a bit of fat on the bones is actually good for you as long as it not too much. Above 30 and the life-expectancy dropped fast though.
That good news for me though - BMI at 25,6 today ~:)
hmmm I am a bit dead then, 17.25 BMI and not very much body fat at all ~D ~:cheers: good luck downing those beers for your life ~D :duel:
Devdave how did you guess the optimum way to keep alive? ~:confused: ~:cheers:
Craterus
04-21-2005, 19:28
Uh-oh. Lol. I thought 20-25 BMI was desirable? ~:confused:
Um, I read that new research about the BMI today as well. It comes from Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, who pretty much wrote the book on anthropometrics as far as I can tell. Apparently it has led the US government to revise its estimates of the number of deaths caused by being overweight from 365,000 deaths per annum to 25,000. I daren't post my BMI though, it would make Magraev seem positively svelte. From the newspaper account I read, a BMI of 25 is now thought to be optimal in terms of mortality risk - that used to be the upper end of the "normal" zone (20-25).
Kongamato
04-21-2005, 22:12
I don't think that BMI can be broadly applied to everybody. Ah_dut's ethnicity might play into this, and if we consider somatotypes, this becomes a near-futile exercise. Truly, the best way to tell if you are fit is by looking at yourself in the mirror.
Craterus
04-21-2005, 22:37
"General fitness is the body's ability to cope with the everyday needs placed upon it." - Sorry, don't know the exact source.
"Health is physical, mental and social well-being combined with an absence of illness and disease." - WHO, World Health Organisation
There is the definition of "Health" and "Fitness" . ~D ~D
SwordsMaster
04-22-2005, 01:12
Um, I read that new research about the BMI today as well. It comes from Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, who pretty much wrote the book on anthropometrics as far as I can tell. Apparently it has led the US government to revise its estimates of the number of deaths caused by being overweight from 365,000 deaths per annum to 25,000. I daren't post my BMI though, it would make Magraev seem positively svelte. From the newspaper account I read, a BMI of 25 is now thought to be optimal in terms of mortality risk - that used to be the upper end of the "normal" zone (20-25).
hmm... Dont you think that that study was publicated with the purpose of cutting down those statistics and make it appear that american overweight problem isnt that much of a problem?
I´m in the 21 BMI now, and I have to cut down to 17-18 to be in shape...
hmm... Dont you think that that study was publicated with the purpose of cutting down those statistics and make it appear that american overweight problem isnt that much of a problem?
I´m in the 21 BMI now, and I have to cut down to 17-18 to be in shape...
Nah, CDC Atlanta are the real deal. You know, helping Dustin Hoffman save the mankind from a deadly monkey virus in Outbreak etc.?
Seriously, I have a great respect for them ever since I was doing postdoc research in Kenya in 1992, which involved weighing school kids. I needed to convert their weights into z-scores that standardised for age and heard CDC had made some software to do this easily. Hence I, a Brit alone in a backwater African university, wrote them a letter . A week or so later, they sent me the program on a floppy free of charge, along with a manual. ~:cheers:
As to your weight, I guess these things vary from person to person, but I heard a BMI of 20 was about the ideal for an athlete. When I was slipping below that in my younger days of working out in a gym, my instructor warned me not to lose any more weight.
SwordsMaster
04-22-2005, 01:30
Nah, CDC Atlanta are the real deal. You know, helping Dustin Hoffman save the mankind from a deadly monkey virus in Outbreak etc.?
Seriously, I have a great respect for them ever since I was doing postdoc research in Kenya in 1992, which involved weighing school kids. I needed to convert their weights into z-scores that standardised for age and heard CDC had made some software to do this easily. Hence I, a Brit alone in a backwater African university, wrote them a letter . A week or so later, they sent me the program on a floppy free of charge, along with a manual. ~:cheers:
As to your weight, I guess these things vary from person to person, but I heard a BMI of 20 was about the ideal for an athlete. When I was slipping below that in my younger days of working out in a gym, my instructor warned me not to lose any more weight.
Well, I dont know, but it sounds a bit suspicious to me. I didnt get any free software from them when I was in Kenya (much less on a floppy ~D , Ah, those were the days... You could have a whole videogame on 2 floppies...), so I am a bit more sceptic about that figure...
As of me, well, I need to make a lower weigth category, so I have to lose some additional fat...
I don't think that BMI can be broadly applied to everybody. Ah_dut's ethnicity might play into this, and if we consider somatotypes, this becomes a near-futile exercise. Truly, the best way to tell if you are fit is by looking at yourself in the mirror.
I think it's just build...my brother has a bmi of like 25-26and he's quite a lot taller than me (4 damn inches)
Therefore, I am not sure whether BMI is a good test of health. There are loadsa people in my class and year that have a lower BMI than me (only just) but they are actually really unhealthy...low fitness, muscle mass etcetc and one too many chocolate bars ( I am sure they'll progress onto beer later.) ~D
As to your weight, I guess these things vary from person to person, but I heard a BMI of 20 was about the ideal for an athlete. When I was slipping below that in my younger days of working out in a gym, my instructor warned me not to lose any more weight.
I really thinnk it depends on your frame. There are people my height (a measley 5'7'') that weigh 25-30% heavier than me that are a reasonable weight. I mean 60kg isn;t that heavy if you have a stocky build. 65kh is prolly the limit for my height before you take on the appearance of a ball ~:cool:
Seriously though, losing weight is simply a matter of willpower, the easiest thing to say, the hardest thing to do. I have never had to lose weight in the 14 short years of my life though... ~D
Oh well, I'll enjoy the benefitsof youth while it lasts
Kongamato
05-01-2005, 16:16
bump
I waited until the end of the week for an update. I'm down to 170.
a completely inoffensive name
02-08-2012, 19:54
Necro from 2005?
I never asked for this.
Strike For The South
02-08-2012, 21:37
I couldn't get some reasonable tips for weight loss. Just wondering that I have some of them and I'm acting upon
but looking for new stuff.
I'm 5'9'', 165lbs and 12% body fat.
gain weight
I couldn't get some reasonable tips for weight loss. Just wondering that I have some of them and I'm acting upon
but looking for new stuff.
I'm 5'9'', 165lbs and 12% body fat.
Strike beat me to it, but unless you are a lass you shouldn't be losing any weight.
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