Totally agree there. I used to have couple of friends at school that were "fat, skinny" very slim but with no muscle at all and flab everywhere. A bit of definition is a good thing!Body shape can vary massively depending on muscle / fat ratio. Myself and my brother are the same height, 6'3, however I am 83kg and he is about 90kg. Due to lacking in upper body muscle and having a higher fat content than me his shoulders and chest make him look slimmer and lighter than me. This is due to him coming down from about 105kg through diet control and cycling with no resistance workouts. He is now doing resistance work and tailoring his diet to help reduce the fat he still has clinging on around his midriff. So whilst scrawny looking might come across as healthy and having a good body composition it isn't always the case. I've weighed a few people on a set of scales that indicate body fat / muscle levels and whilst they look slim they have literally no muscle and fat levels are quite near the upper limit.
Everyone is different
Are you overweight?
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I dunno. Just because one thin kid gets a seemingly unnecessary letter doesn't mean all the actually-fat kids' parents shouldn't be told they need to give their children's diet some attention. Seems sensible to me.
And if some children get caught up in error, then probably the parents could brush it off rather than put their children through the trauma of national newspaper coverage.
BMI would say I'm overweight, definitely. Infact, I remember when I had a go on Wii fit, I made my Mii, stood on the balance board and my result was Obese, and it even reflected by making my Mii a little bit fat. Never played that game again 
I'm 100% healthy though, I'm 5.11 and between 15-16 stone last I knew. I don't eat a lot and around, February I substituted what I was eating with fruit. I have a banana for breakfast, an apple at lunch with a packet of crisps and a chocolate/cake bar, like a Club or Gold bar, then I have an orange at 2:30 and whatever I have for tea anytime between 5 and 9pm if I have anything tea at all, I regularly do. My home cooking I do in my Tefal Actifry and the odd bits in the oven. I have take out once a week either the local chippy or a pizza or burger place.
When it comes to exercise though, all I get is what I do at work, and that's why my weight is stationary. Eating right maintains a steady weight, exercising loses weight. Something I wish my brother would understand, he spends soooooo much money doing stuff like Tesco diets and does absolutely no exercise and works in a call center so also doesn't get anything at work. Even took a 10k bank loan to get gastric banding in Italy but kept eating the same food and did no exercise, he did lose some weight but as the band loosened he could eat more do did, and put it all back on.
You have to exercise to lose weight seriously!
I'm 100% healthy though, I'm 5.11 and between 15-16 stone last I knew. I don't eat a lot and around, February I substituted what I was eating with fruit. I have a banana for breakfast, an apple at lunch with a packet of crisps and a chocolate/cake bar, like a Club or Gold bar, then I have an orange at 2:30 and whatever I have for tea anytime between 5 and 9pm if I have anything tea at all, I regularly do. My home cooking I do in my Tefal Actifry and the odd bits in the oven. I have take out once a week either the local chippy or a pizza or burger place.
When it comes to exercise though, all I get is what I do at work, and that's why my weight is stationary. Eating right maintains a steady weight, exercising loses weight. Something I wish my brother would understand, he spends soooooo much money doing stuff like Tesco diets and does absolutely no exercise and works in a call center so also doesn't get anything at work. Even took a 10k bank loan to get gastric banding in Italy but kept eating the same food and did no exercise, he did lose some weight but as the band loosened he could eat more do did, and put it all back on.
You have to exercise to lose weight seriously!
BMI would say I'm overweight, definitely. Infact, I remember when I had a go on Wii fit, I made my Mii, stood on the balance board and my result was Obese, and it even reflected by making my Mii a little bit fat. Never played that game again
I'm 100% healthy though, I'm 5.11 and between 15-16 stone last I knew. I don't eat a lot and around, February I substituted what I was eating with fruit. I have a banana for breakfast, an apple at lunch with a packet of crisps and a chocolate/cake bar, like a Club or Gold bar, then I have an orange at 2:30 and whatever I have for tea anytime between 5 and 9pm if I have anything tea at all, I regularly do. My home cooking I do in my Tefal Actifry and the odd bits in the oven. I have take out once a week either the local chippy or a pizza or burger place.
When it comes to exercise though, all I get is what I do at work, and that's why my weight is stationary. Eating right maintains a steady weight, exercising loses weight. Something I wish my brother would understand, he spends soooooo much money doing stuff like Tesco diets and does absolutely no exercise and works in a call center so also doesn't get anything at work. Even took a 10k bank loan to get gastric banding in Italy but kept eating the same food and did no exercise, he did lose some weight but as the band loosened he could eat more do did, and put it all back on.
You have to exercise to lose weight seriously!
You get you've substituted your diet for pure sugar during the day there then?
Oh I don't know, serious illness worked for me.
With respect while you could do worse you're not a poster child for diet and nutrition are you?
Exercise helps because you're less likely to be eating while doing it, that's about it though, really. You'd get more effect than 3 hours of cardio just by dropping the choccy bar and crisps - which are you more likely to do every day for the rest of your life?
Just count calories religiously (you need scales) and aim for 40:40:20 ratio of carb : protein : fat. Your mbr is probably no more than 2k btw, start around there and see what happens.
Overweight yes. I am not exactly sure what I should be though.
6ft 8,
22 stone (I was 25 stone 3 months ago!)
Lots of natural muscle.
So I don't really know what I should be but I am aiming for 16/17 stone.
I lost 3 stone in the last 3 months by alternating the Scarsdale/Slimming World/Weight Watchers diet, 1 every 2 weeks, and walking my dog daily. I have also been going down to the storage unit and lifting very heavy boxes of books around and then doing running on the spot to kind of make it like circuit traning.
I also do tabata (20,10x8) every other day on a concept2 rowing machine set at level 4.
6ft 8,
22 stone (I was 25 stone 3 months ago!)
Lots of natural muscle.
So I don't really know what I should be but I am aiming for 16/17 stone.
I lost 3 stone in the last 3 months by alternating the Scarsdale/Slimming World/Weight Watchers diet, 1 every 2 weeks, and walking my dog daily. I have also been going down to the storage unit and lifting very heavy boxes of books around and then doing running on the spot to kind of make it like circuit traning.
I also do tabata (20,10x8) every other day on a concept2 rowing machine set at level 4.
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I don't particularly like eating crappily, but its very hard to do otherwise.
When I was a student (up until a few months ago), I suffered from little time as a result of my course, and with little money.
I'm now working in an IB, and have the money but absolutely no time. When you've been up quite a few hours, coming home to cook isn't really an option. I need to get to bed and have some sleep! Much easier to cook a pizza whilst showering.
Saying this, I've dedicated this weekend to getting a slow cooker, 5 good recipes and the ingredients to match, and try and cook something for 12+ hours to come home to.
edit: I'm 190cm (always thought I was 189cm til I got measured the other day ^^) and 87kg, so not particularly fat. Very thin arms and legs, most weight hangs on my torso/stomach.
Well we weren't talking specifically about athletes.
There are many folk who are genetically lean and appear "ripped" who have never ran a mile in their lives, swam a length or ridden a bike. That, in my book, = unhealthy.
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I was 15 stone a couple of months ago.
Now 13 stone.
Shoulda took pictures.
Aiming for 12 stone.
I was 15 stone a couple of months ago.
Now 13 stone.
Shoulda took pictures.
Aiming for 12 stone.
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Apparently so. I've long ago transcended any desire to give a **** though.
You must look like a didgereedoo
Go to any supermarket and have a good look at the food aisles. Unadulterated foods (ie. products that have no more than 3 ingredients on the packaging) make up 20% of the supermarket: veg, meat, fish, fruit, nuts. The remaining 80% of those products are junk and should only be consumed on special occasions. Yes, I include bread and pasta in the junk food category.
There are 2 aisles dedicated to 150 different types of biscuits but when I ask for liver or fresh mackerel they give me dumbface.
There are 2 aisles dedicated to 150 different types of biscuits but when I ask for liver or fresh mackerel they give me dumbface.
Yes. I'm a big bloke. I hit 6'1"(which remains my adult height) and 15 stone 10 at 13 years old. Since then it's been a constant yoyo (I'm 34). Cumulatively it's been about 16 stone up and 13 stone down since then, fluctuating between 12 stone and 19 1/2 stone. Currently about 19 stone.
Although I work hard in the gym and often manage to lose a few stone at a time, I really need to accept that I just can't eat what I want. My 'diet mode' needs to become the permanent default.
Anyway, time to head to the gym...
Although I work hard in the gym and often manage to lose a few stone at a time, I really need to accept that I just can't eat what I want. My 'diet mode' needs to become the permanent default.
Anyway, time to head to the gym...
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11st7 currently at 5'9.
Looking to keep cutting for around 2 more weeks, then will try to gain 0.75 - 1lb per week until new year. Should land me around 80kg / 12st10, then i'll cut again.
Looking to keep cutting for around 2 more weeks, then will try to gain 0.75 - 1lb per week until new year. Should land me around 80kg / 12st10, then i'll cut again.