Weight Loss thread.
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.
Last edited by Big King Sanctaphrax; 03-16-2005 at 23:30.
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Re: Weight Loss thread.
Ok I'll sign up.
I weigh 158 pounds and Im 5'7.
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5'10" and 200lbs
Lost 65lbs since August.
Can I get my cheesesteak now?
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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.
Last edited by Kongamato; 03-17-2005 at 00:09.
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Want to know how to lose weight? Play Football (Amercian football)
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Nah, wont work for the uberfat. They'd break a gut.Originally Posted by Hiji
To lose weight, lift weights. You lose fat not weight.
Its sweetage.
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173 pounds this morning. -4.5 pounds... must have been water.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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88.1 this morning, 2 kilo's in a week, not bad.
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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.
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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.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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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.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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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!
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Keeping up with this, I was 173.5 yesterday.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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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.
Last edited by Kongamato; 04-09-2005 at 07:44.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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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 ?
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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
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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
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Was 172.5 pounds yesterday. I've started to drink lots of water throughout the day.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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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.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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On this page there are a few very good tips to improve health and physical performance. I recomment looking under the "channels" link.
Enjoy
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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 ?
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172 today.
"Never in physical action had I discovered the chilling satisfaction of words. Never in words had I experienced the hot darkness of action. Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death." -Yukio Mishima
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I'm 16% fat. 18 BMI. My weight is not really a problem.
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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
Nope - no sig what so ever.
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hmmm I am a bit dead then, 17.25 BMI and not very much body fat at allI 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
Devdave how did you guess the optimum way to keep alive?
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Uh-oh. Lol. I thought 20-25 BMI was desirable?
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Necro from 2005?
I never asked for this.
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