2011 Weight Loss Thread!

mattyprice4004

mattyprice4004

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Well, I've had a few events happening in my life that have made me reconsider my unhealthy and very inactive lifestyle.

A couple of my family members have recently died of cancer, and obesity accounts for 30 - 35% of cancer cases, not a risk factor I'd like to take. Given the fact my family also has heart problems brought on by obesity, it's something I need to change, and change quick. I'm 21 so the damage could already have been done.

I thought I'd make a thread to try and support whoever else is doing this - a few small changes can make a huge difference to your overall health and fitness level. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the UK, and a major factor is obesity.

My changes:
- Walk to work and back, regardless of weather (about 10 mins each way)
- Go for walks in the countryside (yesterday I climbed some of High Street in the Lake District)
- Make healthier meals, and cook them from scratch
- Vastly cut alcohol consumption

I have no shame, so here goes... I'm currently weighing around 19 - 19.5 stone, and I am 6"4 tall. Anyone will tell you that's well over what is considered healthy.

So come on, who else is making the change?
 
Getting myself back down to 60kg as I took a year off from training so put on at least 10kg not weighed myself in a while.

It's going well though.
 
Good luck mate, the first step it always the hardest although keeping it going can also be a struggle.
I started at 234lbs at 5'7 around the 7th jan down to around 216 at the moment.
 
Me. Managed to drop from around 18 stone to 15.12 over the past year and a half.

Over Christmas I managed to shoot back to 16.9. Down to 16.5 again as of last night.

I barely have any time in the evenings to do anything but get through my pile of screener dvds and blu-rays, and I'm now learning to drive as well, but once this batch is done with I think it's time to bite the bullet and get down the bloody gym.

Alcohol consumption needs to go down as well. I can do this. I NEED to do this, as I'm sick of being absolutely disgusted with myself when I look in the mirror every day, or feel the flab moving when I walk. Absolutely sick of it.

5'10, by the way.
 
At my biggest about a year and half ago i was 21stone! im now just about 17 and still losing about 2lb a week, ive done this just by cutting down my portions... cutting out stuff like burgers and pies/pastries and walking a lot more!

Once im down to 16stone ill be starting the gym to kick my body into gear :p
 
went over 90kg from 86kg before xmas (6ft1) ,we already walk the dogs 1.5hrs a day ,at the weekend we walked a 4 hr round trip on the canal side to wakefield ,again thats normal for us.
we live within a stones throw of cycle path route 66 so going to start doing afew hours on that.
I think if you enjoy it then its a lot easier
 
i'm just looking into a fitness regime as it happens, got a bit of a beer gut, and could do with improving my general fitness as it's bloody awful!

weighed myself a few days ago, and i'm just shy of 14 stone, at 6'3" (most of this is fat tho :p )

i expect to get a bit heavier as i want to turn some of this into muscle.

good luck to all attempted to improve themselves :)
 
Please dont see it as a weight loss thread, you could be 17 stone and fit as a fiddle or 17 stone and in terrible shape.

That said, ive started the year well, Im now doing some kind of exercise every day, aerobic classes 2-3 times a week, walking 2-3 times a week, badminton once or twice a week and feeling a lot better for it in the past three weeks.

I did weight over 20 stone 4 years ago and dropped to about 16, and have hovered between 15-17 since then (going down and up), im not trying to completely stay off scales and go by the mirror.
 
Went from 330lb in July 2009 to 285lb in November 2009, to 164lb in November 2010. I'm back up to 176lb now due to being lazy over Christmas, but I am now resolved to finish what I started and get down to 161lb before June.

Good luck to all of those starting their journey; stick with it, it's worth the effort.
 
OP I'm going down the same route as you, I'm either walking to work (40 mins) or driving and then going to the gym for the same time, doing my best (and doing pretty well) to only eat fresh food where possible prepared by myself, and trying to limit my portion sizes.

The past couple of weeks I've been playing squash at least twice a week, which I really want to keep up.

I've dropped a bit of weight since NYE when I started, just edging towards half a stone, but I've shaped up considerably more than that would suggest, down a waist size (38-36).

I have set myself a weight target (for the end of may, my sisters wedding) but I am more concerned with just getting healthier and fitter.
 
mattyprice4004 said:
I have no shame, so here goes... I'm currently weighing around 19 - 19.5 stone, and I am 6"4 tall. Anyone will tell you that's well over what is considered healthy.

So come on, who else is making the change?
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19st and 6"4? it depends on how heavily you are built, the lighest I have ever been after going a bit mental was 16st and I am only 6"2... that was jsut skin and bone.. then I went to the gym and reached almost 21stone... (that was 15 years ago)

Currently 123kg down from 148kg 7 months ago.... on low carb seem to be able to eat all i want and not put on any weight...
 
tom_e said:
Good luck mate, the first step it always the hardest although keeping it going can also be a struggle.
I started at 234lbs at 5'7 around the 7th jan down to around 216 at the moment.
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Very good, got any tips? :p

Here's me as of a few weeks ago, I'm on the left:
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Last summer:
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Consistency, its the number one thing I find when it comes to getting rid of the weight. Be consistent with what your eating making sure your getting in a good amount of veg,lean protein and healthy fats everyday and also with your exercise if you plan on getting out and walking or working out do it if for whatever reason you cant fit it in at some other time.
If you have any specific questions the sports arena is a good place to ask plenty of knowledgeable folk in there, theres also a link to my thread in my sig which may have some useful advice in for you :)
 
I definitely need to lose weight.

My body fat % has went up a lot.

I don't know how much I weigh any more though. Last time I checked I was 11 stone.
 
I'm currently sitting around 13 stone, i wouldn't mind staying this weight if it was muscle and not fat. But ideally I'd like to be around 11 and half stone.

I do some cycling and go the gym 2 days a week. The biggest change I've made is not eating a full cheesecake every week and cutting out the MacD's and B Kings.
 
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