Teenage Weight Loss

BloomerzUK

BloomerzUK

BloomerzUK

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Hi all OcUK'ers,

Firstly hope this is the right section, otherwise mods please move to appropriate section.

Right, I'm gonna come clean, I am an overweight slob.. and I hate it, makes me feel sick. I am about 5' 8-9", I'd say @ 17st (give or take). I've got a massive gut, stretch marks all over my body, near enough. I feel massive, and I just feel uncomfortable, and generally unhealthy.

So what I am trying to say, is that I want to lose weight in an efficient way, and as fast as possible (I know speed might not be an option).

I am planning on joining a local gym on Monday with a good friend, I hope this works for me.. but what shall I do? What excerises? Pure cardio, or some weights? How often shall I attend? I was thinking everynight, but would this be healthy?

I plan to ride to and from college (about 2 miles each way) for the whole college week; I've did this before, and I enjoy and like it, and it saves money!

Also, my diet is a general gamer nerd diet.. pizza, burgers, kebabs etc.. I also like a drink from time to time (ale; old peculier etc). What would be ideal for me? I've tried a high protein diet, but that messed up my sleeping pattern and made me generall feel crappy. I know to cut down on carbs, but not sure what supplement them with.

I just want the right balance of excercise in my life, and keep myself down to a reasonable size, maybe to large-medium clothing, not the usual XL.

Any advice or tips I'd be really, really grateful.

Thanks in advance,

Jake
 
go speak to one of the trainers in the gym, tell them your goals etc.
they will give you lots of information because generally ou are the perfect person for them and your goals sound right up their street.
Once you have spent a few months doing what they want, with progress reports and some decent motivation and a better diet, you will be able to start looking at some more advanced training.

For now, just get in the gym and start eating better and listen to the people in the gym.
 
Hello and good luck on starting a new lifestyle ;), I advise to try out all the different cardio machines and find out which ones you like, eat ~500 less calories than you burn a day and avoid eating fast food etc, as for diet try eat a balanced diet with lots of healthy snacks inbetween (fruit, low cal snacks like yoghurt, oatcakes) and only drink water (beer etc occasionaly is alright or some fruit juice). I wouldn't start going 7 times a week unless you're really keen as you may give up after a few weeks due to exhaustion/fatigue.
 
Yeh, I was thinking about asking a trainer, but I heard this cost a lot of money.

My diet definately needs to change, as I eat so much crap in between meals. The main meals are the problem as such, just the portion size I have.. way too much.

Thanks for the info dudes, anymore tips would be excellent. Motivation is what I need the most at the moment.
 
personal trainers cost money.
standard staff in a gym are paid to do these things.

motivation is one of the biggest problems, this is why i advise to take advantage of the staff in the gym, they will have you on a program that is very generic but for most people works. by being on a program they will be able to track progress, this is good for motivation :]
 
Yeh, thanks Morba, I could ask them. I will be going with someone else when I go to the gym, so I hope they will motivate me aswell.

I used to be a really active person when I was in Year.7, but I was diagnosed with a type of cancer in my leg, and I had to be operated on.. that took away about 1 year of my social life, and that included my current hobbies; Lau Gar Kick boxing, skating etc.. after my operation, I put on so much weight due to steriods and general lack of excerise due to the pain and discomfort. But now I wanna make a change.. If I keep on like I do, I don't think I'd live past 40.. Thanks again.
 
tbh, going with a friend can be great... but it can also be the worst thing you can do!
people have different goals and different levels of strength / fitness.
that motivation could drop quickly because you arent at the level they are.

the best friends to go with for motivation are people who are about the same as you or a little better.

where will you be going? i used to do judo in withywood! was a long time ago though.
 
It's down the road from me, right next to the new Merchant's Academy Secondry school, it's no JJB, but it's dead local and accessable, and cheaper.. less people aswell.. so more (hopefully) one-to-one convos with the staff. It's on Moleworth Drive if you know that.
 
Morba said:
go speak to one of the trainers in the gym, tell them your goals etc.
they will give you lots of information because generally you are the perfect person for them and your goals sound right up their street.
Once you have spent a few months doing what they want, with progress reports and some decent motivation and a better diet, you will be able to start looking at some more advanced training.

For now, just get in the gym and start eating better and listen to the people in the gym.
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Whilst basic gym instructors aren't going to help you become a machine, they are the perfect people to help you reduce you fat, and increase a base level of fitness.

Until you've lost some weight, built your CV fitness and muscular strength and endurance, the more advanced training methods are likely to give you injuries more than results.

My diet advice for the mean time would be simple; Cut the crap, eat wholemeal/brown, eat smaller portions more often, eat loads of vegetables, and drink lots of water (add sugar-free dilute if you want, but DON'T drink your calories! No coke, fruit juice e.t.c) You don't have to be a saint, you have to be sensible.

You can book time with the instructors, usually for free. Take advantage of this!

Take some photos of yourself now, so you can compare yourself later. Weight yourself, and measure your waist, your abdomen, and the widest part of your upper leg. Do this every 4-6 weeks and you'll be able to amaze yourself with your progress.

Good luck,
Ant :cool:
 
Dont delay...while its in your head...Get onto it straight away!

Do like above said..and hit that local gym. Once youve started thats the biggest step your going to take.
You can start a beter lifestyle right now...but thinking about what healthy thing you are going to have for dinner and lunch tonight (instead if the usuall). Try replacing snacks like crisps and buscuits with pieces of fruit. And instead of sitting on you butt when your bored...go out and have a brisk walk in the park for 20 minutes. It all helps. Good luck.
 
ive got myself into a similiar slob mentality, i used to play football every weekend, work hard, cycle a lot and do weights, after a car crash that damaged my knees and gave me constant back pain, i started losing that dont give up atitude.

It gradually got worse and now i dont even have the mentality to get up and go, even though im recovered now and know what im missing out on. I drink a lot and eat crap food too which does not help, in the space of about 6 months my gut started getting big and i also have the stretchmarks to go with it. It literally went from toned chest to fat gut, i want to do something about it myself but can never find the get up and go
 
A good portion of fat loss will come down to diet. Exercise is important but if you come home from the gym and eat shed loads of junk you'll get nowhere. I get mad with the people that say 'i burnt 400 cals on the treadmill so i can have a mars bar'!

Cut out all the foods you like... they're most probably bad for you! ;)

I'd go for a weights routine rather than wasting loads of time on cv stuff; though CV fitness is important. Just don't kid yourself that you've burnt off 1000 cals just cos a machine says so; they're usually wrong.

Weights will increase muscle mass, which inturn will increase your metabolism. An intense weights rouitne also has a longer afterburn (whereby your metabolism remains elevated for a period after exercise) than cv exercise,
 
yeah its best to get the old metabolism up, it can help burn calories even when your sitting down (but remember it was sitting down in the first place that got us in this mess!).

I have a poor mentality in that if i do any training i expect to see results instantly. i never used to be like that, i guess im sort of desperate now to lose the weight quick and put my muscle mass back on.

Its a kick in the teeth for me, since the car crash it feels like i have to start from scratch, back to basics with the training - which im thinking the negative attitude is coming from.

And i totally agree with the poster above, just because you think youve trained hard and a small snack or chocolate bar is ok, it is infact not.

And i also think the best training of any kind is swimming and cycling, sit ups and the like are more for toning the gut and losing that excess fat.

For me its getting past the negatives and refocusing on everything.
 
duvet77 said:
A good portion of fat loss will come down to diet. Exercise is important but if you come home from the gym and eat shed loads of junk you'll get nowhere. I get mad with the people that say 'i burnt 400 cals on the treadmill so i can have a mars bar'!

Cut out all the foods you like... they're most probably bad for you! ;)

I'd go for a weights routine rather than wasting loads of time on cv stuff; though CV fitness is important. Just don't kid yourself that you've burnt off 1000 cals just cos a machine says so; they're usually wrong.

Weights will increase muscle mass, which inturn will increase your metabolism. An intense weights rouitne also has a longer afterburn (whereby your metabolism remains elevated for a period after exercise) than cv exercise,
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To gain mass you need to have a calorie excess diet. he wants to lose fat, the best way for this is a caloric deficit.

What you suggest is similar to what i would normally say myself, however, on this occasion i think the bes thing would be to get losing the fat and seeing the results. The OP suffers from a lack of motivation, gaining mass and dropping bf% that way will take longer and will be less visable, compared to a decent diet and plenty of cardio.
 
yup lost the self motivation and yet i used to be quite a athlete.

Anyway regarding the original poster, with any new training its best to start slow and take your time until you get your body back into things. Then progressively do more.

May also be worth making out a little training schedule and fill it in after each excercise, after a couple of months you will see a difference in how much more you are doing, compared to when you started.

Im going to try and push myself back into things, i miss the simpler things such as football and cycling. These days i dont wear t-shirts because im ashamed of my gut. The irony is when i was younger i was nick named 2 stone because i was so skinny and was always involved in some form activity. How things change, it literally takes months to lose the hard work you put into your training.

So what ever obstacles you get on the way such as in my case, dont let it get to you and give up, do light training then it wont be such a uphill climb which i have to do again.
 
Thanks for the posts people. So a calorie deficit is basically to take in less calories than usual, and your body uses it's fat reserves? Thus losing weight..

Just rode about 4 miles.. was hard.. and now I'm sweating profusely.. but no pain no gain!
 
BloomerzUK said:
I think I've had about 700-800 calories today, probably a bit more.. not sure what to have later on for food.. maybe some pasta and pesto..
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If your not doing it already a good way to get an idea of how many cals your eating is each day write down exactly what you eat when you eat it, even weigh it out the first few times till you get a rough idea of a portion size. Then at the end of the day goto a site like www.foodfocus.co.uk and stick everything into the food diary and it will give you the amount of cals you consumed along with a macro breakdown.
I do this every now and again just so I can get an idea of what I'm getting from my diet and make any changes if needed
 
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