Weights vs Cardio?

D3K said:
This thread is mental. OP, go do some serious research on non-tech forums until you get a feel for what is right.

I could say that calories out minus calories in is the answer, but it's been said a few times and you don't seem to be getting it.

Also who does curls for 1hr? Even if it's 10kg, your arm would be in tatters. Was it 1 rep per minute?
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To be fair there's no need to go elsewhere. Plenty of us know exactly what we're talking about and have more the happily provided all the information anyone could ever need to get started between this and aces other thread.

It all comes down to whether it's actually listened to and put into action.
 
What is your diet?

I went from 36-38" waist (105 kg) to 32-34" (90 kg now) in less than a year, and 95% of that was diet. Not only do I fit into smaller clothes, people who have not seen my for months always comment about how good I look now compared to before.

Sure I cycled a lot in the summer, but I attribute my weight loss mainly to eating healthy. It's not as if I don't eat crap food, as I'm always having pizzas and out boozing at weekends. I realise if I cut this I could lose more but that's my lifestyle and my choice.

I've started going to the gym now doing weights & cardio.

I think healthy diet and just walking more each day will do wonders. If your local gym has a pool then do that.

If you dive into weight training without adjusting diet then you'll most likely bulk up. Worse still you may injure yourself and you'll just get annoyed.

I don't have ANY idea if my diet is health or not, I just tried different things and this is what works for me:

Breakfast: 2 slices of brown toast with cheese and ham
Mid morning: Kiwi fruit & orange
Lunch: 600g soup (I get the ones from Waitrose/Ocado)
Mid afternoon: Apple & banana
Dinner: Chicken breast or salmon, veg, rice
Supper: 600ml diet whey
Lots and lots of water, min 1.5l per day.

I know I should probably see a nutritionist as I don't think I'm taking in enough calories but meh, it seems to be working although I appear to be stuck between 88-91 kg recently, but I think that is diet.
 
I was told to drink at least 3 litres of water a day. I had make sure I did this before 7pm otherwise I was up peeing like mad during the night ;)

I was also recommended to take a Themobal fat burner and 10g BCAA with 500ml of water, then have a one hour powerwalk before breakfast. Is this a good thing???
 
Vargas said:
I was told to drink at least 3 litres of water a day. I had make sure I did this before 7pm otherwise I was up peeing like mad during the night ;)

I was also recommended to take a Themobal fat burner and 10g BCAA with 500ml of water, then have a one hour powerwalk before breakfast. Is this a good thing???
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Leave the fat burners, leave the BCAAs but yes a good solid hour powerwalk is a nice low impact way to help shift some calories. Before breakfast, after breakfast doesn't really matter though although I'd maybe not recommend doing it during breakfast.
 
D3K said:
Also who does curls for 1hr? Even if it's 10kg, your arm would be in tatters. Was it 1 rep per minute?
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I did 20 curls on one arm, then swapped to other arm. Then had a 1min break., Then was doing arm at my side then straight out to the side... 20 on each arm (one side at a time)... then a 2min break and back to start and rinse and repeat. And yeah my arms are aching like hell still.

ChrisD. said:
What is your diet?

I went from 36-38" waist (105 kg) to 32-34" (90 kg now) in less than a year, and 95% of that was diet. Not only do I fit into smaller clothes, people who have not seen my for months always comment about how good I look now compared to before.

Sure I cycled a lot in the summer, but I attribute my weight loss mainly to eating healthy. It's not as if I don't eat crap food, as I'm always having pizzas and out boozing at weekends. I realise if I cut this I could lose more but that's my lifestyle and my choice.

I've started going to the gym now doing weights & cardio.

I think healthy diet and just walking more each day will do wonders. If your local gym has a pool then do that.

If you dive into weight training without adjusting diet then you'll most likely bulk up. Worse still you may injure yourself and you'll just get annoyed.

I don't have ANY idea if my diet is health or not, I just tried different things and this is what works for me:

Breakfast: 2 slices of brown toast with cheese and ham
Mid morning: Kiwi fruit & orange
Lunch: 600g soup (I get the ones from Waitrose/Ocado)
Mid afternoon: Apple & banana
Dinner: Chicken breast or salmon, veg, rice
Supper: 600ml diet whey
Lots and lots of water, min 1.5l per day.

I know I should probably see a nutritionist as I don't think I'm taking in enough calories but meh, it seems to be working although I appear to be stuck between 88-91 kg recently, but I think that is diet.
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I've had 1 x slice of brown bread toast, with cheese and ham for brekkie myself today.
I will have a uncle bens chilli pot for lunch (250 cals-ish)
And for dinner tonight is chicken breat, with mashed potato, carrots, broccohi, and sprouts.
I have apples and bananas in fridge for when I'm peckish.

So I'm doing similiar to you, but I got slated for this type of food intake (see my thread in the food forum section) - cannot win. eh?
 
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All I want to do is lose weight at a fairly decent rate.

You know what is crazy though, my wife has this tea.
It is one big teabag (not normal tea, but various herbs etc) she boils it in 250ml of water and leaves it over nightm then adds that water and the teabag to a 5litre bottle of water and keeps it in the fridge, she has 1 glass with every meal.

In 7 days she lost 8lb on this. Which is crazy.
Her mother did it too, and lost similiar levels and her sister lost 4lb but her sister is slimmer anyway, so has less body fat to get rid of % wise.
 
tom_e said:
Leave the fat burners, leave the BCAAs but yes a good solid hour powerwalk is a nice low impact way to help shift some calories. Before breakfast, after breakfast doesn't really matter though although I'd maybe not recommend doing it during breakfast.
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Thanks Tom.

I was going to post my diet/workout schedule but I don't want to post it if it's wrong and give false info to others.
 
For me losing weight was a lifestyle change. Took a while but I'm down over 2 stone, I've put on some muscle. Some of the mountaineering I do burns serious calories for sure.
 
Ace Modder said:
All I want to do is lose weight at a fairly decent rate.

You know what is crazy though, my wife has this tea.
It is one big teabag (not normal tea, but various herbs etc) she boils it in 250ml of water and leaves it over nightm then adds that water and the teabag to a 5litre bottle of water and keeps it in the fridge, she has 1 glass with every meal.

In 7 days she lost 8lb on this. Which is crazy.
Her mother did it too, and lost similiar levels and her sister lost 4lb but her sister is slimmer anyway, so has less body fat to get rid of % wise.
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Skinny tea or slim tummy tea or whatever other brand they're pumping that **** out under?

They haven't lost any bf, at least not due to the tea. It's a heavy diuretic and has a mild laxitive effect, they've lost a ton of water weight and have emptier bowls again giving the illusion they've lost fat and giving the look of a flatter and therefore "leaner" stomach.

It's complete marketing bull**** aimed at the easy to take advantage of.

Vargas said:
Thanks Tom.

I was going to post my diet/workout schedule but I don't want to post it if it's wrong.
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No worries, stick it up in your own thread if you want any more advice on it :)
 
tom_e said:
They haven't lost any bf, at least not due to the tea. It's a heavy diuretic and has a mild laxitive effect, they've lost a ton of water weight and have emptier bowls again giving the illusion they've lost fat and giving the look of a flatter and therefore "leaner" stomach.
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Are you sure it doesn't have epic fat burning properties, or a thermogenic affect, rising your TDEE significantly to create a 4,000 calorie a day deficit to lose 8lbs per week?
 
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