Thread: Losing weight in Thailand

^ saw some pics somewhere of you PP looking pretty sharp for an oldie

only one problem with loosing all the weight ive lost

all the nice shorts and tshirts ive collected over the last few years,now are way too big for me, have had quite few retailored to fit, cheaper than buying a whole new load of them

You can eat as much you want as long as you burn more calories than you consume. I run 10 kilometers a day - 5 days a week. That is more than a marathon a week. Doing this combined with 45 minutes on the rowing machine and another 45 minutes on either the elliptical machine or stationary bike is causing me to shed the fat at a remarkable pace. Following the he primal "diet" (not a weight loss term) daily along with an hour of weight training and the few hours of cardio has changed me in ways at my age I never thought possible. 2012 may see me in the best shape of my life and I want to encourage all of you to get healthy. "We all get fat", "My metabolism is low", "I do not have the time to work out" and all the other excuses or just lies we tell ourselves. I lied to myself for nearly 10 years, all the while packing on the pounds.

^ got to get that motivation ingrained then its pretty simple to stick to

^ I am to the point, that if I miss a day, I am beside myself. I take the weekend off and actually sit around thinking about popping into the gym for an extra workout.

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

You fat bastud

I'm 178

And 83.4 KG's

you fat bastard

I am 183 and 78kgs, and I reckon about 75kg is better

Originally Posted by Strongarm

I don't call it a diet

Originally Posted by Strongarm

I just think its a healthy way to eat, and I feel better for it. I wish I changed my diet years ago.

make your mind up!

anyway, yes, leave out processed foods, eat food as near to basic as possible, but enjoy it too

you feel healthier and react to life stresses better

Diet - I am on a diet.

Diet. I follow a strict, healthy diet.

Pretty simple.

Originally Posted by chitown

You can eat as much you want as long as you burn more calories than you consume

true, so have a lot of sex

Originally Posted by chitown

I am to the point, that if I miss a day, I am beside myself

me too, and the wife

Originally Posted by chitown

You can eat as much you want as long as you burn more calories than you consume.

In a nutshell, it really is that simple.
Motivation is the key, and that motivation comes from getting on the bathroom scales and seeing the weight drop.

^ I agree. Most of the stuff in the diet/health industry is bollocks. I like Michael Pollan's advice - 'Eat food, not too much, mainly plants'. That's it. And by food he means anything your grandparents would have recognised, so no cheese strings or coco pops.

What is an ideal weight ? I'm currently losing weight, but according to those weight charts I'd look anorexic if I achieve their target figures.

You calculate your BMI by dividing your weight (in kilos) by the square of your height in metres. If the resulting number is over 30, you're officially a fat bastard; it should be between 18 and 25, though the bands shift upwards a bit as you get older and it's different for Asians and muscle marys.

My BMI works out at 28.6. But according to weight charts I still need to lose minimum 10 kilo's. Who's right ?

^ On the BMI scale, 28.6 qualifies as overweight (over 25 is overweight & over 30 is obese) so perhaps you should drop a bit.

The BMI calculator tells me I need to drop down to 77kg's to at least reach 25. That's wayyyy too thin for me. 80kg's would be as low as I could go.

The Timesonline, looked at over 500 different types of exercise programmes and could not find any that induced weight-loss, in fact the opposite was true, as many showed a weight gain. They then put two groups on a reduced diet, one exercised/one no exercise. The group that did not exercise lost the most weight. They also found in a study that women marathon runners built up a layer of fat around their torso. Exercise generally builds muscle,which has a greater density and therefore weighs more. Diet is the only means of losing weight and regular meals are the key, as after 4/5 hours the body goes into starvation mode and starts storing fat.
We are a complex machine and exercise = weight loss is a myth.

Originally Posted by Strongarm

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

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Sitting on your balls

I'm not looking forward to that part.

One of the oft overlooked benefits of castration

Well done, aw! How did you do it?

Originally Posted by alwarner

and getting back into pairs of jeans that i couldn't do the buttons up on earlier this year.

Are you a woman? 555

ha ha no I'm not a woman.

I cut out a lot of beer and bread. Started exercising too.

I've lost 14KG's over the last 2 months.

Started off at 117 now down to 103 or there abouts.

Good work.

Thank you.

I needed to do something about it. Mid 30's and all that.