Make me skinny?

There's also the financial aspect of it. Sure, buying lots of healthy food isn't especially cheap but compare it to the cost of a papa john's or dominos once a week and you're quids in.
 
Mad old tory said:
There's also the financial aspect of it. Sure, buying lots of healthy food isn't especially cheap but compare it to the cost of a papa john's or dominos once a week and you're quids in.
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LOL, it can be more expensive - ie, fruit like grapes and stuff. I often go into the supermarket on my way home and grab that night's dinner. Often spend £5+ on food, where KFC across the road I could have a meal under £5. There is also new clothes/wardrobe, I bought had to get a entire new set of clothes and not cheap for winter clothes. I bought 3 new coats in February and they are slightly too big now :/ cost me like £300!!!

The plus side, girls smile and speak at you more :p That, my friend, is priceless :p
 
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Ive lost about a stone in little over 3 weeks from eating properly and biking it everyday with a little free weights at home! some woman in the pub this afternoon couldn't believe how much slimmer i looked! even tho i'm just over 12 stone now! my face looks so much slimmer and my work trousers are nice and baggy now (was 34")!

i dont find food that expensive compared to how much i'm saving on takeaways now! and ive got a really bad craving for cottage cheese at the moment with pineapple! i could eat tubs and tubs of it!
 
Day two - had proridge again in the morning, 2 slices of toast at 11am. For lunch I had a Sandwich and a yoghurt. For dinner I just had boiled bacon, onion rings ( oven cooked), pees and a mushroom, had apple crumble for desert.

I know the desert was bad but it was a family meal on Good Friday.

I did go on my bike and did around 6-8 miles I think, it was freezing! Will do more miles as the summer draws closer.

As for tommorrow my Dad has me penciled in for manual labour in the garden lol so that will be my exercise.

I really wanna get back to how I was when I was 21, girls looked at me and I could where nice clothes.

Now I'm too fat to go on my sisters running machine, nice clothes don't come in my size, girls try and get out of my way lol, I'm to fat to emmigrate or join the RAF or Navy...

Posting on here has finally got me focused after so many failed attempts.

I don't care for cakes, biscuits, crisps, chips. I only crave for burgers really lol...

When I get a craving I'm gonna make lean burgers myself for an evening meal.

Mad old tory said:
Good on you for making the decision to do something about it. Make small changes here and there would be my advice. I've been putting on weight quite steadily since I hurt my knee in September and have been trying this and that to shift it. I've tried low carbs, going to the gym every other day doing HIIT etc etc.

I feel a bit foolish now that it's taken me this long to realise I've been trying to run before I can walk. Now I've realised it's a case of just making moderate changes, cut some of the rubbish out and replace it with fruit, veg, nuts etc. I start my day well with porridge and it goes downhill from there lol. Then I'll just go to the gym a few times a week and start doing 20-30 mins on the bike each time and build from there. Obviously my situation is a bit more complicated because my knees are still troublesome so I can't run which is a tad upsetting but I'll get there.

Good luck and keep us updated with your progress!
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My mate did his knee in when he was in the Navy, he got big, but when he left the Navy he went up the gym and dieted, he walked slowly and cycled for months, now is really fit and can run full speed for 25 miles on the tread mill lol... it can be done, you just don't wanna make the knee worse by trying to run now.
 
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Oxy said:
Day two - had proridge again in the morning, 2 slices of toast at 11am. For lunch I had a Sandwich and a yoghurt. For dinner I just had boiled bacon, onion rings ( oven cooked), pees and a mushroom, had apple crumble for desert.

I know the desert was bad but it was a family meal on Good Friday.
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I would cut out the toast at 11 totally, and replace the sandwich with a salad instead. Seriously, the toast + Sandwich + Yoghurt will be around 1,000 cal or just under. Don't beleive me, check out the packet, it'll be around 500cal for a modest sandwich like Chicken salad ! It's crazy.

Also, drop the onion rings, it's soaked in fat, and not good fats either (like fish).
 
Yeh the sandwich was made by my fair hand and it was only ham and salad.

My mummy makes me tea, but I'm gonna get her to cut the crap down, I think todays meal was for my grandad. I would have prefered tuna pasta.

Tommorrow, more poridge! Spaghetti on toast for lunch and prob tuna pasta and salad for tea.

The toast was a moment of weakness :S
 
Oxy said:
Yeh the sandwich was made by my fair hand and it was only ham and salad.

My mummy makes me tea, but I'm gonna get her to cut the crap down, I think todays meal was for my grandad. I would have prefered tuna pasta.

Tommorrow, more poridge! Spaghetti on toast for lunch and prob tuna pasta and salad for tea.
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I dunno, it sounds like a lot of carb still to me, and i know its only Ham Salad. Next time you are in Tesco, look at their Ham Salad sandwich to get an idea how many calories is in one. Tuna pasta is okay, keep the mayo low, and honestly, I'd try to eat less pasta too. And again, look at the packet on a similar product in Tesco for an idea how many cals there is in one.

You can't beat physics, you won't lose weight unless you eat less than you burn. If you exercise a lot then fair enough, personally i dont even have time to run, so I walk a lot, and try to keep an eye on my calorie in take. Today i've eaten around about 1500cal, and i might have 1 more coffee and thats it.

and try and cut out bread, and if you HAVE to, only get brown and wholemeal.
 
who ate all the pies? (sorry)

On a more serious note i lost a ton of weight in the last year by eating better. Everything fresh no processed foods etc. Don't count calories or anything the weight just came off. When i got to canada i had 42" Jeans now in in 32" (but US vanity sizes so probably more like a 34/36) but still i think not a bad improvment for not really trying. If i had stopped drinking would have probably lost a load more.
 
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Raymond Lin said:
I did the opposite to most people above is saying, no exercise, but just eat better.

First, stop eating crap, stop eating ready meals, and start eating Fresh Meat and Veg.

Don't snack.

No junk food.

That's basically it, lost almost 3 Stone in 8 months. Size 31 Jeans (32 is actually a little loose!). BTW, you can still eat NICE food, like a steak, a big one is only like 500cal, have a salad on the side instead of chips and you'll be STUFFED and much better for you than curry or pizza. Have porridge for breakfast, and just watch what you eat, resist having biscuits with your tea, they are like 80cal EACH !!

Remember that what you eat, you have to burn away again.
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Exactly how I've done it, lost just under 2 stone since Christmas so far, not done any exercise.
 
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