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Hmm, let me put it like this..
Half the stuff you read about losing weight is total lettuced.. As for all this "health food" most of it is worse for you..
Fact one. You COULD have a diet of mars bars, only thing is, you would not be able to eat many...
Fact two, All that matters is the number of calories you stuff down, NOTHING else..
Fact three, Exercise ALL YOU LIKE... you will be completely courgetteed..... and will still have only used 300 calories.....
No, sorry folks, it is entirely what you eat... I used to be about 16 stone and had a blood pressure of about 200/180 How i was not dead i do not know. Once i was more like 10 or 11 stone, blood pressure was then, and still is, about 120/130/70
DO NOT EAT UNTIL ABOUT 5PM
Eat a MAXIMUM 650 calories, preferably half that. You will lose about 3 or 4 pounds a day.
If you choose to believe all this, "a bloke should eat 2500 calories a day" well suit yourself, carry on being fat.
Now, what will happen when you are 50% lighter??????
You will have the shock of your tango'd life. You will suddenly have the flexibility of Olga Korbut. Hills that you would struggle to walk up, you will sort of "waft up" as is by magic. I PROMISE YOU, you will be so amazed at the difference it makes, you will be blown away... [not literally unless you take things to extremes!!!!!!]
Now, i will own up here..... I wanted to lose weight for years, but never managed it. In the event, i was very ill, [hospitals with high fences and all] BUT i went from 16 stone to under 10 stone in less than 3 months.. All the "recommendations" i make above, are just what i observed, i did not even WANT to eat....BUT unhappily for the rest of you, if you are not starving, you are NOT losing weight... That folks, is the sad fact of the matter
Still, once all the weight had gone, i felt so much better, physically at any rate.....
john...
Half the stuff you read about losing weight is total lettuced.. As for all this "health food" most of it is worse for you..
Fact one. You COULD have a diet of mars bars, only thing is, you would not be able to eat many...
Fact two, All that matters is the number of calories you stuff down, NOTHING else..
Fact three, Exercise ALL YOU LIKE... you will be completely courgetteed..... and will still have only used 300 calories.....
No, sorry folks, it is entirely what you eat... I used to be about 16 stone and had a blood pressure of about 200/180 How i was not dead i do not know. Once i was more like 10 or 11 stone, blood pressure was then, and still is, about 120/130/70
DO NOT EAT UNTIL ABOUT 5PM
Eat a MAXIMUM 650 calories, preferably half that. You will lose about 3 or 4 pounds a day.
If you choose to believe all this, "a bloke should eat 2500 calories a day" well suit yourself, carry on being fat.
Now, what will happen when you are 50% lighter??????
You will have the shock of your tango'd life. You will suddenly have the flexibility of Olga Korbut. Hills that you would struggle to walk up, you will sort of "waft up" as is by magic. I PROMISE YOU, you will be so amazed at the difference it makes, you will be blown away... [not literally unless you take things to extremes!!!!!!]
Now, i will own up here..... I wanted to lose weight for years, but never managed it. In the event, i was very ill, [hospitals with high fences and all] BUT i went from 16 stone to under 10 stone in less than 3 months.. All the "recommendations" i make above, are just what i observed, i did not even WANT to eat....BUT unhappily for the rest of you, if you are not starving, you are NOT losing weight... That folks, is the sad fact of the matter
Still, once all the weight had gone, i felt so much better, physically at any rate.....
john...
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You made that? I can't help but wonder if there's a cake version of Nyotaimori.....
I'd never lose any weight but what a way to go!
I can do more things than just jointingYou made that? I can't help but wonder if there's a cake version of Nyotaimori.....
I'd never lose any weight but what a way to go!
How about a Nyotaimori Afternoon Tea? Now there's a business idea...
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I can do more things than just jointing
How about a Nyotaimori Afternoon Tea? Now there's a business idea...
I reckon it's a winning idea! Think you might be pleasantly (or is that unpleasantly?) surprised if you were to seek backers for it! With any business it's good to have someone behind you.....
Kolmården Forest Gateau.....Mmmmmm
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I reckon it's a winning idea! Think you might be pleasantly (or is that unpleasantly?) surprised if you were to seek backers for it! With any business it's good to have someone behind you.....
Kolmården Forest Gateau.....Mmmmmm
Not that I'm planning on giving up jointing, but I suppose it's good to have something to fall back on...
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I agree with misssweden, in that you should measure yourself. The best place is around your back and across your belly button, since it will always be there.
As for watching calories I wouldn't bother. You could have a drink with say 200 calories (pint of beer) 5 pints there go 1000 calories, and besides who is to say how many calories you require? or put it this way, I require 1600 calories / day, what about Dave from the pub, who is as thin as a rake does he need 1600 calories / day? of course not every person is different. (I guessed at the figures just for an example)
The only thing I can offer is the old adage, eat less, exercise more.
The thing you have to be careful of is your own body metabolism. So you decide to "go on a diet" as you do so, your metabolism slows down simply because you are eating less, after a few months you get to your target weight, so you slowly come off you diet, when your metabolism is still slower than it was and as such can not cope with the more food you are now consuming (you came off your diet) and your weight not only goes back up, it goes past where it was before you started.
If you want to loose weight, and keep it off, you have to watch what you eat, cut out most (not all) of the "bad" foods and exercise more. Mate of mine, his exercise is walking briskly. He comes home from work and literally goes for a 2-3 mile walk, he eats less food with fat in it too, and doesn't drink fizzy pop (He used to drink around 4 cans a day)
Me, I have changed my diet considerably, I used to have chips every day, now its just twice a week and even then I don't eat them all. I also go to a fitness class. What I find annoying is I have to buy new working gear as the stuff I had really is too baggy (I have a lot of gear)
Re misssweden's cake, regretfully I would say no to a slice, strawberries are not my number one fruit, but It does look very nice.
What ever you decide to do, please, look after yourself, you only have one life, use it wisely.
As for watching calories I wouldn't bother. You could have a drink with say 200 calories (pint of beer) 5 pints there go 1000 calories, and besides who is to say how many calories you require? or put it this way, I require 1600 calories / day, what about Dave from the pub, who is as thin as a rake does he need 1600 calories / day? of course not every person is different. (I guessed at the figures just for an example)
The only thing I can offer is the old adage, eat less, exercise more.
The thing you have to be careful of is your own body metabolism. So you decide to "go on a diet" as you do so, your metabolism slows down simply because you are eating less, after a few months you get to your target weight, so you slowly come off you diet, when your metabolism is still slower than it was and as such can not cope with the more food you are now consuming (you came off your diet) and your weight not only goes back up, it goes past where it was before you started.
If you want to loose weight, and keep it off, you have to watch what you eat, cut out most (not all) of the "bad" foods and exercise more. Mate of mine, his exercise is walking briskly. He comes home from work and literally goes for a 2-3 mile walk, he eats less food with fat in it too, and doesn't drink fizzy pop (He used to drink around 4 cans a day)
Me, I have changed my diet considerably, I used to have chips every day, now its just twice a week and even then I don't eat them all. I also go to a fitness class. What I find annoying is I have to buy new working gear as the stuff I had really is too baggy (I have a lot of gear)
Re misssweden's cake, regretfully I would say no to a slice, strawberries are not my number one fruit, but It does look very nice.
What ever you decide to do, please, look after yourself, you only have one life, use it wisely.
Very good advice @Richard-the-ninth.
With exercise I think it's important to find something that you actually enjoy doing, then you're much more likely to stick with it. Whether it's walking, playing football, going to the gym or in my case, aerial hoop. If you like it then it wont feel like a chore
With exercise I think it's important to find something that you actually enjoy doing, then you're much more likely to stick with it. Whether it's walking, playing football, going to the gym or in my case, aerial hoop. If you like it then it wont feel like a chore
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Yes, misssweden, as you say, you should do an exercise that you are happy with, and want to do, not something you feel you "must do" There are lots of clubs and activities out there, there is something for everyone, all "you" have to do is find it. And as an instructor told me (Before I went) "come along and see is this the right class for you" I have been to several, where I felt i "did not fit in" so I would say, try several classes / instructors etc, don't just go to one and give up.
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Mate of mine is Senior Consultant Gastro Enterological Surgeon at local Hospital and also Clinical Director...so he should know his stuff
i am around 17st and 6'. Racing snake I hear you say!
he says I am anorexic, I questioned his comment.
he said "anorexic looks in mirror and thinks 'I am fat and need to lose weight'. You look in mirror and say 'FFS I need to lose weight'. So you are anorexic!".....I feel this may have been slightly tongue in cheek
i am around 17st and 6'. Racing snake I hear you say!
he says I am anorexic, I questioned his comment.
he said "anorexic looks in mirror and thinks 'I am fat and need to lose weight'. You look in mirror and say 'FFS I need to lose weight'. So you are anorexic!".....I feel this may have been slightly tongue in cheek
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Wow this thread puts things into perspective.
Okay I am a short aris at only 5ft 6 but when I was in my 20's I was always about 10 stone 6. Lately I had crept up over 11 stone and had a little bit of a belly. But since I have been doing a lot more physical work building my house, I am back down to 10 stone 6 again and (so I am told) I have a just about visible "six pack"
Mind with all the up and down ladders with roof tiles my knees are even worse for that than keep kneeling as a sparky.
Okay I am a short aris at only 5ft 6 but when I was in my 20's I was always about 10 stone 6. Lately I had crept up over 11 stone and had a little bit of a belly. But since I have been doing a lot more physical work building my house, I am back down to 10 stone 6 again and (so I am told) I have a just about visible "six pack"
Mind with all the up and down ladders with roof tiles my knees are even worse for that than keep kneeling as a sparky.
Does it matter how much you weigh if you're happy with yourself?
I'm 5'8" and weigh nearly 15 stone.
I'm a lot fitter and have more stamina than a lot of younger people I work with.
I like my food and sometimes I like a good drink.
I don't count calories.
If I want to eat something I do.
I smoke about 20 roll ups a day.
I'm happy with me and so are the people I know.
I certainly have no intention of torturing myself trying to lose weight by not eating.
I get enough exercise at work but am quite active away from it.
You need to live your life while you're here on this earth not when you're six feet under it.
Sometimes it's your self worth that's the problem not your image of yourself or your weight.
I'm 5'8" and weigh nearly 15 stone.
I'm a lot fitter and have more stamina than a lot of younger people I work with.
I like my food and sometimes I like a good drink.
I don't count calories.
If I want to eat something I do.
I smoke about 20 roll ups a day.
I'm happy with me and so are the people I know.
I certainly have no intention of torturing myself trying to lose weight by not eating.
I get enough exercise at work but am quite active away from it.
You need to live your life while you're here on this earth not when you're six feet under it.
Sometimes it's your self worth that's the problem not your image of yourself or your weight.
@Slowhand You could give up the fags though....
Me...another rake But I do comfort eat!
close to 6ft I hover around 12 stone unless I'm feeling low then I eat a lot of lettuced.
I used to know my way round a greggs but found myself feeling fat n sweaty especially in confined spaces and also loosing my temper a lot due to the sugar lows.
Don't do much exercise I should do more but I do have two kids under five keeping me on my toes!
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Me...another rake But I do comfort eat!
close to 6ft I hover around 12 stone unless I'm feeling low then I eat a lot of lettuced.
I used to know my way round a greggs but found myself feeling fat n sweaty especially in confined spaces and also loosing my temper a lot due to the sugar lows.
Don't do much exercise I should do more but I do have two kids under five keeping me on my toes!
@misssweden
I'm 5ft 5 and 10 stone (that's 165cm and 65kg in miss-swedens money)
I was getting measured for a suit last week and the tailor said i took a contemporay 38 jacket whatever that is. He said whatever Im doing i should get everyone else to do the same, so i'm happy.
TBH before last year i struggled to put on weight. Last year i was 9 stone. I just hadnt the appetite i would be sick sooner than over eat.
I was getting measured for a suit last week and the tailor said i took a contemporay 38 jacket whatever that is. He said whatever Im doing i should get everyone else to do the same, so i'm happy.
TBH before last year i struggled to put on weight. Last year i was 9 stone. I just hadnt the appetite i would be sick sooner than over eat.
What ever you do don’t go by body mass index. I’m 6’ 2” 11½st BMI 21.1 (supposedly ideal weight) and look like a Belsen victim.
Yes, i think the BMI think is a load of rubbish too.
john..
john..
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+1 , IMHO those BMI charts are an absolute joke. They do not consider other factors such as bodyframe and muscle - a labourer on a building site will probably have more muscle than a sedentary office worker.
I'm 5ft 11 and just over 14 stone. Those silly charts say I'm overweight/ almost in the obese sector !. My job involves a lot of walking. I also retain a reasonable amount of strength and flexibility due to my swimming and gym routines.
I'm 5ft 11 and just over 14 stone. Those silly charts say I'm overweight/ almost in the obese sector !. My job involves a lot of walking. I also retain a reasonable amount of strength and flexibility due to my swimming and gym routines.
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