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Help! I am a fat B^&&£%!!!!!
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I'm worse the the O.P. and became mentally aware I am eating too much and my GF called me fatty which pretty much pi55ed me off.
Lost 8kg from xmas and just by eating healthy and not loads or junk.
If you have time to ride then you're laughing really and you should lose a fair bit after 12 weeks.
Get a reality check and go for your goals. You can still eat nice things but watch your portions, retrain your stomach and train for longer periods. Hell use smaller plates and stop being in denial and look after your body.
You watch who you're calling Fatty!
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@ Nobby
There seems to be a lot of misinformation about sweeteners tho, for example the law requiring saccharin products to carry health warning labels was removed in 2000.
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I'm 5' 11" and bubbling under 200lbs and my BMI indicates I'm bordering on obese and while I'm certainly not a skinny rake, I'm a million miles from obese. Personally I feel like I'm carrying an extra stone over where I'd like to be but if I wanted to be in the middle of the acceptable BMI range I'd need to lose about 3 stone
I carefully watch what I eat, cycle over an hour each day with at least one two hour night ride during the week and a 2-3 hour ride at the weekend and I don't shift a single pound in weight. Bizzare.
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I found running a bit helped shift weight much quicker than biking. I'd not run any distance for years but found the Couch Potato to 5k Programme which got me going. Continuing to build on that as really did make things simple and relatively pain free.
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Sweeteners have health risks for sure. Just they do not do what was claimed.
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@ Jamie. I know it's not a legal requirement these days but recall that it still is an FDA recommendation and several States still uphold it.
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So the Yanks are stuck between carcinogenic sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup. Tough break.
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Explains a lot though doesn't it?
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Must say I'm no expert on these matters but there does seem to be some odd advice creeping out in here.
45 minutes for a 10k is a bit disingenuous as there are quite fit people out there that just happen to be slow runners. It might feel easy and comfortable for you but that doesn't mean it will be the same for everyone.
The general wisdom on these things suggests that your exercise levels need to be different between aerobic and fat burn. Personally I'm not quite sure how it works but less intense exercise is seen as better for burning fat off. Some of the gyms around our way are now offering these so called metabolism checks where they measure your metabolism and propose an exercise programme that makes your training more effective. I am a tad sceptical about this myself although there's at least one person in my gym who claims that a modified exercise programme that consisted of more walking than running enabled her to take several minutes off her 10k time (and she was quite fit to start with).
The abiding rule is eat less than you burn is the only guaranteed way to lose weight and watch the type of stuff you eat. Some foods may have equivalent calorie counts but may contain more fats which sit on your body and as you get older seem to refuse to budge anywhere. Don't neglect core / ab training as well to tighten and tone those muscle groups. And the hardest one of all is to reduce the portion sizes. My biggest downfall as, like yourself, I am rather too partial to my food it is an exercise in willpower to reduce the portion size. Do it for long enough though and it will become part of your lifestyle and thus easier to maintain going forward as the last thing you want to do is put in a huge effort to lose the weight only to put it straight back on again once you reach your target weight.
Not sure there's very much in there to help, but there you go.
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take stairs instead of lift, park your car not that close to the shopping center entrance, can you walk instead of taking the car to go to your regular places? Everything like that can help you burning some fat. Today everything is designed to make people fat.
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Andy
Blow the dust off your road bike!
Tim
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P.S and the other thing that worked a treat for me was to give up dairy. Nought wrong with it, it just has masses of fat, and you can cope quite easily without butter, cheese, cream, eventually they just make you feel a bit ill, as will anything fried if you keep away from it for long enough.
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I have blown the dust away, and fitted a smooth blue hoop to aid turbo...
I have to say the words of encouragement are really great, Thanks!
I have just started counting calories, wonders of an iphone, and scared myself with calorie intake on a 'I've been watching what I eat day!
I am thinking positively now, and will include calorie counting in my daily routine.
No more diet coke in the office, just water...
Fancy a slog around Farley in the mud Tim, some time this week?
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Andy what calorie counter for iPhone are you using?
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start seeing food as a means of getting carbs/proteins and fats into yer body and nothing else
Now that does sound dull!
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It's called MyNetDiary, and its free. Based on american, which has to be a good thing, as the calorie count should be up on European foods. Works well I think.
Icon looks like a Granny Smith with a tape measure round the middle.
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ChrisS, it is, but function over lusting for a luscious curry will keep my mind on the prize.
Also, hoping hunger pangs will only last so long as my intake slows down, and my body adjusts to the lower shovelling quotient (Think Garfield vs Lasagne).
If you can make this re-adjustment a fun thing, you may well have the recipe for a fortune!
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I use MFP on my iphone. It is also linked to a website and has alot of UK foods on.
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45 minutes for a 10k is a bit disingenuous as there are quite fit people out there that just happen to be slow runners
I've read this a couple of times, and it still makes no sense to me. 45mins for a 10k isn't that fast, really. I'd expect an average club runner to be going for high 30's, I'm 42 and even I can do a sub 40.
I didn't mean that 45 mins should be a time for some-one who's never run anywhere to be getting straight away but it's not an unreasonable target by any means either, and even a biffer should be aiming for a sub hour to begin with, the point I was trying to make is that running is a very efficient way of losing weight reasonably quickly if you've only limited time, but you'll only reap the rewards through hard work, and if you're starting out on the road to loosing weight, getting fit, then you may as well get into the habit of working hard.
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Agreed, but not scared if doing hard stuff, did SDW in one day(just) I just suffer from boredom and I like tasting food. If it tasted great and had no calories I would be a happy chap!
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If it tasted great and had no calories I would be a happy chap!
but then we would have died out in the Jurassic
build some muscle mass to up your metabolic rate.
this works, but not for the stated reason - your body will only maintain excess muscle as long as the demand (extra exercise) is maintained, and that exercise uses up calories - as soon as you stop it is gradually catabolised
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try drinking lots of water, especially before eating, this will hopefully fill you up a bit and stop you eating too much.
use smaller bowls and plates so you eat smaller portions.
move more, walk everywhere and when you are at home not doing much and its pissing down with rain get out the skipping rope and do some skipping to burn up those excess calories. 3 times a day for 15 mins should do something..
home made soups are easy to cook and lowish on calories and fairly filling.Posted 2 years ago # -
my wife is a dietician and the first thing they do is get people to do a diet diary - being completely honest. Its then that the little snacks creep in and people realise (you'd be amazed at the number of people who are 20st and are on 3 meals of veg and tofu every day, until they actually write it all down). Next steps are very small ones - cut down things in moderation and increase exercise in moderation. Its amazing how many calories are in a slice of bread. Calorie count and then calorie count again. My weakness though is going for a run past the the curry house and going there on the way home from running club!
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i'll start by saying that i am no dietary expert but i do know what is good and bad
i.e. lard, cream, processed sugar = bad
fruit, fresh veg, lean meat = good.knowing this and watching how much of the bad you eat is the best you can do and tip the balance towards good away from bad. but generally follow the advice given above by ppl wiser than me.
what i can tell you which has worked for me is cycling first thing in the morning before you do anything else. try and eat as little as possible before going out - a banana and black coffee works wonders. following this i lost three stone at the end of last summer going from just under 18 st to appx 14.5 st. i, like you love my food esp. curry on a friday night with a few beers but i didn't need to stop these luxuries as the weight was coming off. i went out at least three mornings before work with a 3-4 trip on the weekend and it worked wonders. as soon as my clothes started to feel looser that was all the motivation i needed especially in the warm weather when i couldn't hide under baggy jackets and jumpers.
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