Overweight

ishiamaru said:
its down to individual, some people want to be different from what they are and go about changing it, others dont mind how they look.

as long as your happy
Click to expand...



Sums it up really.

I was around 17 stone when I turned 30. I was never happy about being over weight and when my old man had a heart attack I decided to do something about it. So hit the gym and looked after myself ever since. I went down 10 10 stone inside a year with 8% body fat and became very ill. I've since stabilised at around 13 stone.
 
Losing weight at my age is easy due to my matabilism, its gaining weight thats harder. But im happy at being 11stone 11 pounds im 6" and i think thats pretty damn good:)
I go to the gym and running and eat pretty healthy, ive got a good motivater to keep in shape. Training for the army (see sig) so i got to keep fit, and its about showing respect for yourself aswell.
 
I am 5" 7 and around 72KG. I'm not happy about my figure (spare tyre round the middle).

Everyone says hit the gym but I find it's like having a frontal labotomy. Not to mention the smell of sweat everywhere and the time it takes to go to and from. Get changed shower after it. Just such a waste of my already precious time.

Just wish there was a better way of keeping fit.

Swimming has the same downside getting dried after etc etc.

Saying that I've had a 32" inch waist for the last 16 years, although it sometimes is a struggle and I have the odd pair of 34" for the drinking sessions hehe.
 
Bigstan said:
Actually, it's you who is talking rubbish. One of my workmates went for his offshore medical a couple of years back. The doctor gave him a thorough examination and checked his weight and told him he needed to lose weight as he was clinically obese - even though he could see that the guy didn't have an ounce of fat on him (he'd not long finished 6 years in the Marines).
Click to expand...

So I'm talking rubbish because of "one of your mates"? :p The original statement, which was "every professional sportsman is clinically obese by NHS standards" is absurd. What about tennis players, rowing coxes, jockeys, gymnasts, ice skaters?

Weightlifters, shot putters and those athletes who participate in some field events maybe, but every professional sportsman? Um, no.
 
I'm overweight, but I enjoy food and drinking too much.
I go down the gym but it's more of a keeping my muscles in order kind of thing, my arms and legs and nicely toned but I have a gut. I find when I don't go to the gym I feel tired and find it a lot harder to get up in the mornings.
 
jas72 said:
I am 5" 7 and around 72KG. I'm not happy about my figure (spare tyre round the middle).

Everyone says hit the gym but I find it's like having a frontal labotomy. Not to mention the smell of sweat everywhere and the time it takes to go to and from. Get changed shower after it. Just such a waste of my already precious time.

Just wish there was a better way of keeping fit.

Swimming has the same downside getting dried after etc etc.

Saying that I've had a 32" inch waist for the last 16 years, although it sometimes is a struggle and I have the odd pair of 34" for the drinking sessions hehe.
Click to expand...

Thats a lot of negativity there mate:(
Walking, running, situps starjumps that sort of thing are all free and can be done anywhere ill give you a link to some very fun exercises.
 
Lysander said:
So I'm talking rubbish because of "one of your mates"? :p The original statement, which was "every professional sportsman is clinically obese by NHS standards" is absurd. What about tennis players, rowing coxes, jockeys, gymnasts, ice skaters?

Weightlifters, shot putters and those athletes who participate in some field events maybe, but every professional sportsman? Um, no.
Click to expand...

Pedant :p

I still stand by my main point though. There are still many doctors who put too much faith in this BMI nonsense - even when the contradictory evidence is standing half naked in front of them in the shape of a 6'2" ex Marine.
 
Bigstan said:
There are still many doctors who put too much faith in this BMI nonsense
Click to expand...

I can believe that certainly. It's a guide for the 'normal' person. Marines and shot putters need not apply.

Bigstan said:
even when the contradictory evidence is standing half naked in front of them in the shape of a 6'2" ex Marine.
Click to expand...

I've come over all unnecessary...
 
bakes0310 said:
Thats a lot of negativity there mate:(
Walking, running, situps starjumps that sort of thing are all free and can be done anywhere ill give you a link to some very fun exercises.
Click to expand...

I'd appreciate that.

Bit down at the moment I love my job but 40 hours a week in the office.... :(.

Should change soon though better weather means more outdoors stuff. Cycling etc. I'm going to do swimming from tomorrow I've made it my goal.
 
Benjarghmin said:
Is it acceptable/normal to 'accept' being large as a consequence of great enjoyment of food/beer, or is there something wrong with me :confused:
Click to expand...

Well it is certainly possible to indulge and stay slim, you just need to do it infrequently unless you combine it with some form of strenuous exercise in which case you can eat chocolate until you're sick as long as you work hard enough to burn it off.

Just need to find some exercise that you enjoy, or can endure a few times a week.
 
jas72 said:
I'd appreciate that.

Bit down at the moment I love my job but 40 hours a week in the office.... :(.

Should change soon though better weather means more outdoors stuff. Cycling etc. I'm going to do swimming from tomorrow I've made it my goal.
Click to expand...

40 hours a week is nothing. Hardly more than standard hours for most people.
 
jas72 said:
Everyone says hit the gym but I find it's like having a frontal labotomy. Not to mention the smell of sweat everywhere and the time it takes to go to and from. Get changed shower after it. Just such a waste of my already precious time.

Just wish there was a better way of keeping fit.
Click to expand...

When I was younger back in Canada, I was quite fit as I was a boxer/kickboxer. My boxing club wasn't the best stocked for fitness equipment as they spent a large portion of their budget on shipping us to and from competitions free of charge. Anywho, we were taught that you really don't need much equipment to get in shape.

I got everything I needed at Argos for far less than the cost of a yearly gym membership. A floor mat, a jump rope (10 minutes jumping is equivalent to 20-30 minutes running), some dumbbell weights and because I find it easier on my back, one of those situp support things.

I've been spending an hour 5 days a week working out in the privacy and comfort of my own home and as I mentioned before, have been losing 2lbs each and every week.. while gaining muscle.

I find that the first week is the hardest but it really does get easier once you get into it and start noticing a difference.
 
Tripnologist said:
When I was younger back in Canada, I was quite fit as I was a boxer/kickboxer. My boxing club wasn't the best stocked for fitness equipment as they spent a large portion of their budget on shipping us to and from competitions free of charge. Anywho, we were taught that you really don't need much equipment to get in shape.

I got everything I needed at Argos for far less than the cost of a yearly gym membership. A floor mat, a jump rope (10 minutes jumping is equivalent to 20-30 minutes running), some dumbbell weights and because I find it easier on my back, one of those situp support things.

I've been spending an hour 5 days a week working out in the privacy and comfort of my own home and as I mentioned before, have been losing 2lbs each and every week.. while gaining muscle.

I find that the first week is the hardest but it really does get easier once you get into it and start noticing a difference.
Click to expand...

Given that you wouldn't have bought that much weight for the dumbells, how much lean mass have you really put on?
 
Get a couple of mates and make a "saturday" of it... all chip in and get basic equipment to start with.

Eg. Our little "club" started off with just my dumbells.. pushing each other further each week. We didn't care if we were "doing it wrong" thats irrelevant. The whole point was to give our hearts a good workout.. Cuz were now at " heart attack" age and we were just lard arses who sit on our arses all day.

Then my daughter bought the single biggest help to losing weight and allowed us to use it. (I ended up buying it off her)

I'm talking about an electric treadmill. (are you quaking with fear yet ? ... You will be !!)
Think about it... What are the two biggest muscles in your body ?
Your LEGS
Don't believe me... ok.. Try walking around on your hands.. think you can do that all day, day after day ?

Work your legs and you burn MASSIVE amounts of cals.. Yup.. plain ol simple running.
Don't try and cheapskate it though by running around the block.
Your'll soon get fed up with that.. especially if it's raining. And you wont get as good a workout either.

Why?

Coz when street running you slow down without realising it. An electric treadmill does NOT slowdown until the program you selected reaches that point, then after a minute it speeds back up. You WILL sweat heaps.

But don't fall for the Your've sweat it off now don't put it back on ( by drinking) fallacy.
Sweating is only a by product of you BURNING calories and getting rid of the heat build up. Your've still burnt the calories !! (stored energy)

Have a beer afterwards... ~Make sure it's ice cold.. Tiz awesome

Honestly.. if you want to lose weight.. make the investment Buy an electric treadmill ... put in the effort... have fun.

When I started on the treadmill I was 85kg.. Doesn't sound too bad does it.. But I'm only 5"2 tall.. Yup.. I was a bloater.

I'm now 67kg... still not where I want to be but MUCH healthier.

here's the pix

Bear with me.. I've never posted a "set" before so hopefully that'll work. look to the right and use the scroll button.

The beauty of the treadmill is it folds up out of the way.. and when you use it... Pump out the ch00ns on the hifi

(still trying to find a "me now" photo.)
 
Morba said:
40 hours a week is nothing. Hardly more than standard hours for most people.
Click to expand...
I think he means 40hrs sat in an office not moving all day... rather than the number of hours of work.

Wardie said:
Besides the health issues you mean?
Click to expand...
The Japanese (at least I think the Japanese) have a saying... something along the lines of "Eat healthily, exercise regularly, die anyway".

Unless you're really, really overweight, your not going to DIE because of it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom