Weight loss - your thoughts?

[RodrigoDavy]

What I think about losing weight. Well... If you're overweight try to lose weight, it'll do really good for your health. I am very fat and have high blood pressure, I've been trying to lose weight but I still have a long way ahead of me.

If you're eating too much crap, try eating less junk. You don't have to stop eating candies or fried food, just don't eat them too much too often. Also, try exercising regularly. It's great for your body and helps a lot with stress

Don't be a health nazi. I've seen too many people criticize my eating/drinking habits. It's OK if I actually have a bad habit, but there was some ridiculous cases like: "I've been drinking only water for 2 weeks, the one time I decide to buy a soda my friend gives me a lecture about my bad habits". Trust me, you're not helping anyone acting like this, you're only making people feel bad about themselves, thus being a dick.

 

[Bimmel]

How about some weight details from everyone?

 

[Blaze163]

I'll not be giving out my exact measurements, suffice to say my body fat index is currently more suitable to some sort of hideous bipedal whale instead of a human being.

I hit the shops earlier and did my best to buy healthy stuff to help out my weight loss. Chicken, fish, fruit, green stuff that tastes like paper, etc. Bit of steak too but that's fine when it's done on my George Foreman grill, at least according to my gym trainer, I assume he knows what he's talking about. It's unheard of for me to come back from the shops without the bare minimum of pizza, fried chicken, battered fish portions and some form of cheese. I skip all of them these days. The walk is at least a 3 mile round trip so taking that at a reasonable pace without a break was half decent evening exercise. Top that off with a healthy(ish) dinner of steak and spring greens and my day's not been too bad.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Thousands of different vegetables, none of them taste of anything.

That's so not true, vegetables taste great. Maybe the place from where you're getting them sell no-taste vegetables. Here where i live vegetables taste heavenly but that's probably because i live in a small town surrounded by lots of villages. Villages=Farms. Maybe try to get some vegetables from a Bazaar or some farms, those are gonna taste 100% better than one from the shops.

As for the questions you asked, I'm having problems GETTING weight. My metabolism is fast as shet. And no GYM, but i'm doing some simple exercises daily at home. Was thinking to go to GYM but it seems without proteins i won't get weight nor muscle mass.

Yes, I do eat healthy. I'm eating fast food rarely but candy a lot(not so healthy lol)..... I'm not much of a meat fan myself, the only meat i eat is chicken and fish most of the time. Vegetables and fruits are my life!
And i don't eat pork

Tips for loosing health: Eat healthy, exercise daily, walk whenever you can. You can go extreme and don't eat sometimes. Don't use Green Coffee beans or any other " you're gonna lose weight with it " products, they won't help. If you change your eating habits and exercise a lot then you're gonna lose weight.

 

[Blaze163]

If you're having trouble gaining weight, by all means take some of mine. Free to a good home!

 

[GamerzHell9137]

If you're having trouble gaining weight, by all means take some of mine. Free to a good home!

I would accept that offer if it was possible somehow! lol
My BMI is around 18.5, probably 18.7 right now because i got some weight but yeah, it goes up and down. The lowest i had was 18.2

 

[Bimmel]

I'll not be giving out my exact measurements, suffice to say my body fat index is currently more suitable to some sort of hideous bipedal whale instead of a human being.

You do something against it, and that's great. Don't be that negative my friend!

 

[Blaze163]

You do something against it, and that's great. Don't be that negative my friend!

I'm doing something about it now, granted, but I'm ashamed that I ever let it get this far. Years of cheese abuse and eating meals for two people even when nobody else is there...I could blame it on my circumstances like when I was in the hostel, but at the end of the day I allowed it to continue.

 

[Depravo]

How about some weight details from everyone?

Was 204lb, got down to 165lb with diet and exercise. Currently 177lb but hoping to lose at least 10lb before going on holiday in August.

 

[Ralph1611]

You do something against it, and that's great. Don't be that negative my friend!

What he said. Have some fun with it.

 

[Bimmel]

I'm doing something about it now, granted, but I'm ashamed that I ever let it get this far. Years of cheese abuse and eating meals for two people even when nobody else is there...I could blame it on my circumstances like when I was in the hostel, but at the end of the day I allowed it to continue.

It's never to late - what counts is, that there is a start.

Was 204lb, got down to 165lb with diet and exercise. Currently 177lb but hoping to lose at least 10lb before going on holiday in August.

How tall are you? But wow, you sure did a lot of hard work!

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For my weight / size details:

I'm 173 cm tall and my weight is 59 kg (about 130 lbs says google). Genes, not more.

 

[Depravo]

How tall are you? But wow, you sure did a lot of hard wok!

6ft or 182cm. I was very strict with the diet/exercise regime.

 

[3DSXLGamer]

Personally had a little fat on me (basically average) but wanted to be skinnier. During my last year of high school I took weight training and ate the minimum, once a day or every two. (usually I would actually overeat when I got back home late so logically there was no benefit, might as well ate like regular ) When I didn't eat I couldn't lift as much but I didn't care because I figured low calorie intake + calorie burn must be better. Now I'm basically a stick of bone, stopped working to go back to school so I lost my muscle.

Could this stunted my growth? I'm 6"4 with size 13 shoes but I wouldn't mind a few more inches :<

 

[Yeniaul]

Best comment here

I am not really concerned about weight.
I just need to be able to go my day without my heart sounding crappy.
If it gets bad then I know I am not exercising enough and so I exercise more.

Thanks man!

 

[Hungry Friend]

As far as working out goes I'm far too lazy to do regular cardio so when I am working out regularly, I'm hitting the weights pretty hard. It's been about 5 months but I kinda burned myself with my 3-4 hour marathon workouts so when I get back into it, just go easy. Otherwise, it's all diet and being kind of an obsessive weirdo about counting calories while still allowing some pigout days every now and then, but not often.

It took me getting on the scale and seeing that 275 stare back at me to get my ass in gear, so the mental game is obviously the most challenging part. Physically speaking it's not that hard to diet as it sucks for a little while but your body gets used to low calorie intake sooner than you'd think. Also, you WILL plateau(stop losing even if you stick to your plan) every now and then. Stick it out, don't give up and you'll start dropping weight again. My goal is around 150 which is ambitious considering I'm not built like a bird exactly, but that's good and lean. 10 more pounds left, but tbh right now I'm at a really healthy weight. I'm faster, strong and more energetic than I used to be and to an extreme degree too.

 

[Atlas_Noire]

For some reason, every time I think about weight loss I take a few seconds or minutes to look at myself in the mirror, then I get extremely depressed afterwards.

 

[Qtis]

Changing what you eat is one of the most crucial parts of losing weight. Quite often I've heard comments that vegetables don't taste good. It might take a while to get used to them, but a large part of making vegetable is making them taste right. Even something simple such as potatoes, carrots and even spinach taste quite different if you make it in salt water compared to plain water. Take some time to check out recipes for simple things. You don't need to make food look like the stuff you see on Michelin restaurant guides. Also if you happen to need some simple things to compensate in your diet, go from animal greases such as butter to vegetable oil (olive oil, etc) or try some kind of mix (50-50 and you won't lose the flavor of butter but still get better oils).

If you're into losing weight at the gym, skip the protein shakes and stuff. My girlfriend, who has played ringette (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringette for those of you who aren't from the Nordics or Canada) on a national/world cup level, has mentioned quite a few times that you really need to work out quite a bit to actually be able to get anything out of those as the extra protein your body can't use is usually transformed into fat. A simple program will help you focus on what's important. Don't go into muscle building day 1 as you will benefit far more if you can gain endurance. Losing weight will happen at the same time, but remember to eat. Burning fat is one thing, but your body also does need a load of other stuff to function properly

ps. 75kg/165 lbs and 181cm/~6 feet here.

 

[Ralph1611]

Also, there is this technique you can use to get your heart rate going so you can lose some calories, and you can do it anyway you like, just start by running as fast as you can for 30 seconds, then walk for 2 minutes.... then run again as fast as you can go, and walk again.

 

[Deboog]

Also, there is this technique you can use to get your heart rate going so you can lose some calories, and you can do it anyway you like, just start by running as fast as you can for 30 seconds, then walk for 2 minutes.... then run again as fast as you can go, and walk again.

That is crazy tiring though.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I used to have a somewhat of a fat-ish belly but since I've been on vacay at Portugal and not eating what I eat it's gotten smaller. I must chance that!

I'm a skinny guy but what matters to me is being healthy and eating well. There are some great look and funny guys out there.