I doubt all Of that is fat, id have thought (hope!) it’s nigh on impossible to gain 9lbs in 4 days.

Your diurnal weight can vary by 2/3lbs, ime.

Cracking effort tho:-)

Avoid the treadmill. Muscle’s heavier than fat innit.

My advice would be avoid the treadmill if fat reduction is your goal.

This explains it better than I ever could

Edit: My own body weight has a swing of about 8 pounds depending on food, hydration and morning poo status. A tape measure around your belly would be my number 1 stat to keep an eye on.

Yeah…runnings good if you want to run.

There are better things to do if you want to lose weight. hmanchester’s link is good when it starts talking about HIIT near the end.

I do something similar to tabata circuits (if you want to know more, let me know).

Cardio is no good for losing weight?? Am I missing something?
So if you are grossly overweight and do no excercise and take up walking/jogging you won’t lose any weight or see any benefits? I don’t think so.

When I got back into riding I was out 5 times a week at one point and dropped half a stone in a month, my diet hadn’t changed either.

I find it strange how some of my mates seem to revel in the size of their bellies and size 38 jeans at the moment. One fella is proud he gets his clothes from Jacamo

I’ve lost 10lbs since the 21st Dec when I had a Tonsillectomy/Biopsy, I’ve hardly eaten or drunk anything all xmas 🙁

my clothes are all starting to feel a bit tight, tried a bit of exercise last night and thought I was going to be sick 5 minutes in! that’s after a week off with a lot of eating and a reasonable amount of booze 🙂

Eat healthy, exercise often, avoid gyms with a vengeance (unless you enjoy it) and you wont go wrong. anyone who says fat people wont loose weight if you do cardio exercise is either a knob or fat and lazy themselves. 🙂

headfirst: That’s a bit of a misleading statistic. Our ancesters average age was indeed close to 30 years but this is mainly due to lack of modern medicine (antibiotics being a major one – every cut, scrape and sexual conquest could lead to death by infection), high levels of death during pregancy/infancy, and other dangers from not living in secure accomodation, etc.

To look at another evolutionary clue, ask why would a modern human female’s menopause begin in their late 50’s early 60’s if we were only meant to live until we were 35?

A good analogy is dental care:

Modern times. More likely to get a cavity/root canal because of the increased sugars especially in drinks consumed. Solution is to go to the dentist when it happens and get it fixed.

Ancestral times: Less likely to get a cavity/root canal but if you do then no dentistry and no antibiotics and so it might end up killing you through infection or not being able to eat.

Conclusion: Far healthier ancestrally (evidence of tooth decay in found remains is incredibly low) but likely to have more severe health consequences when you do have an issue because of lack of medicine.

So….. Why not combine the two – ancestral food/exercise choices and modern medicine?

feels (and smells) like I just lost 6-7 lbs in the throne room, a thoroughly satisfying effort.