Needing to lose weight!

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Hi Guys, could really use the advice of the more experienced in losing about 8 stone...

Okay the bit about me, Im 6ft8 and solidly built, I've been able to get away with carrying a fair weight because of my size and up until about 3 years ago I was quite happily sitting at 18 stone... I developed the sleep disorder "Obstructive Sleep Apnea" and my weight has gradually risen upto a soul destroying 23 stone and is of course aggrivating my condition.

Anyway although I have no intentions of pursuing a career in army now, I did when I was younger, I know that my ideal weight is 15 stone and that is what I want to aim for! The consultant who manages my condition has advised that getting to this weight would essentially cure my "OSA"

My problems with exercise mainly consists of a lack of energy, try not getting any restful sleep for 3 years, often waking 9 or more times a night for toilet trips as my body never really shuts down and thats what I can remember... I've been told I actually stop breathing around 80times an hour and it's naturally taken its toll and is affecting my health in other area's...

I will however force myself to go out and do things but don't have a great deal of stamina, my other problem is running... Simply put I can't run without getting shin splints after a 100 yards or so...

Another thing I guess I need to look at is the fact that eating fresh fruit and vedge for some reason over the last 3 years makes me physically ill...

With all that in mind what if anything can you guys recommend I try? This is becoming a matter of life or death for me...
 
Walking start there. I do 18 or so miles every Sunday, and its great but bloody harder than you would think.

See some one about shin splints, its not normal and should be cureable.

Have a diet diary and write down every last thing you eat, it will show you how much you are eating and how to cut down with just simple common sense.
 
i would start walking too and build up from there, diet wise track everything you eat, keep a log, you can do this at fitday website..
 
I encountered a website called RossTraining, and it had basically workouts for boxing and skipping and the reason i was looking at that sort of training, is because i was bored of cycling, cross-training etc and needed something more entertaining.

I do:

-4x 3 minute rounds on a punchbag, mainly improving technique which also includes power shots and moving around the bag with 1 minute rest inbetween rounds.
-Then i do 4x 30 second punch out drills, punching the bag non-stop for 30 seconds and then resting for 1 minute between rounds.
-And finally, i do a 1x 3 minute round to loosen up before i start my skipping.

My skipping is basically a 6x 3 minute round with the same 1 minutes rest inbetween each round, and the definition i'm getting from doing this is unbelievably effective and quick and the main thing is that i'm enjoying my cardio.

I do this two days per week inbetween weight sessions.
 
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I experience shin splints too. Although I run through the pain- here's the science (I was taught):

Apparently the more your shin splints the more it calcifys. EG. the bone splints off and away, then you take a tennis ball in hot water (as hot as you can take to your skin) then roll the ball up and down your shins with pressure applied. Do this after each run. Start off short distances fast pace and be sure you use the tennis ball after each (even if you don't feel pain). This will speed up the calcifying process and strengthen your shins.

It's a technique Muay Thai fighters use when kicking the **** out of bamboo trees, it helps strengthen their shins (which they use to kick with).

Hope it helps bro- my shins are rock solid (a little bumpy but only noticable if you touch) as I suffered from splintered shins for years.

S
 
Thank you everyone for the advice... I've been keeping a food diary and it's really an eye opener to what I'm consuming in a given day...

As for the advice about shin splints I've never heard of that before but am Definatley going to try it out as soon as I can!
 
I started in a slightly similar situation to yourself 8 months ago. I weighed just a touch over 17 stone, and couldn't run for more than a mile without stopping, and almost dying! I was extremely unfit.

I kidded myself for ages that my weight wasn't a problem, when really it was. So decided to start running. I started of just doing 1.75miles a day, and boy did it hurt to start with! I teamed this with cutting down the amount of food I ate a fair bit. Absolutely no snacking on chocolate or crisps or anything of that nature

8 months later I now weigh just under 12 and a half stone, and I seriously couldn't be happier. I'm fitter than I could have imagined, I ran a 10k in 49 minutes back in november, and am now contemplating a half marathon. The transformation is amazing, I'm more confident, obviously better looking and I feel fantastic to boot.

Go for it buddy, it'll all be so worth it in the end.
 
Again thank you all for your responses...

After a few days of keeping a food diary and being startled at what I was actually consuming in a day... far more sweet stuff than I realised, I've taken the first step of cutting all the sugar out of my diet and am eating less in general...

Getting a headache from the lack of sugar but I know that will soon pass!
 
Snooble said:
I experience shin splints too. Although I run through the pain- here's the science (I was taught):

Apparently the more your shin splints the more it calcifys. EG. the bone splints off and away, then you take a tennis ball in hot water (as hot as you can take to your skin) then roll the ball up and down your shins with pressure applied. Do this after each run. Start off short distances fast pace and be sure you use the tennis ball after each (even if you don't feel pain). This will speed up the calcifying process and strengthen your shins.

It's a technique Muay Thai fighters use when kicking the s*** out of bamboo trees, it helps strengthen their shins (which they use to kick with).

Hope it helps bro- my shins are rock solid (a little bumpy but only noticable if you touch) as I suffered from splintered shins for years.

S
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I've bought a packet of tennis balls and did what you suggested, is it meant to make it ache more? lol

Do you have any links for information about this technique?
 
I would suggest you keep an eye on what you drink as well as eat. It's a common mistake some people make when on a diet, they don't realise how many calories or even fat certain soft drinks/alcohol/hot chocolates etc contain.
I'd also consider a cheap exercise bike, you can pop it in front of a TV and have a ride when you can't face the long walks :p
 
Yeah I know what you mean, I'm litteraly consuming about 3 Litres of water a day including pleanty of Green Tea, with a dash of lemon juice if I'm feeling a little Riske' heh...

Over the past week I've gotten into the habbit of checking the labels of everything I even contemplate dropping into my system, something I've never really done before, and it's alarming how utterly bad things can be!!!


As a little bit of an update of the weight loss, I'm not sure after one week how much weight I may have lost, need to invest in scales, but can say that my stomach definatley feels softer to the touch, I feel more energetic than I have done in years and generally feel happier in my own skin!
 
At the risk of turning this into a blog, I went for a small run this morning for the first time in years, though I only sprinted for approximatley 40 metres as fast as I could I was shattered, I know it's nothing to you guy's but for me it's the first of many hurdles on my way to 15 stone!
 
You might be better off going for a slower but erm... substantially longer job next time. Burning 20 calories in a spring wont really get you far.
 
Skull said:
You might be better off going for a slower but erm... substantially longer job next time. Burning 20 calories in a spring wont really get you far.
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A substantially longer run would be great, though I suffer shin splints I don't want to do to much to soon.
 
NW_SKINHEAD said:
Exactly, Scoff if you want but remember I'm 23 stone and have been a couch potato for years... People might find it funny but I'm proud of myself.
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Sorry, genuinely thought you went for a longer run with a 40m sprint finisher.

If you don't have much conditioning just doing a 40m sprint is likely to give you injuries. The forces involved in a sprint are surprising. I'm not saying don't push yourself, far from it, but be careful.
 
Cross trainer?

Or a brisk walk. Walking quickly for 45 minutes is good fat burning exercise... certainly much better than a brief sprint.
 
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