dan8400
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 05:15 AM |
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OT. Need to loose weight
Completely OT!! Any tips apart from exercise etc? I like to eat but I'm NOT a massive fan of chocolate/sweet stuff. Take it or leave it. Hate
the feeling of being of hungry though. What can I eat alot of and still get the fat off? I've started running and got the mountain bike out too.
Just looking for tips as I realise it's not a quick fix but I've got to start somewhere 
Thanks
Dan
[Edited on 1/4/11 by dan8400]
Hey - That's Journey!!!
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carlknight1982
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 05:28 AM |
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Join the gym mate, and speak to a fitness instructor, not some 21yr old idiot a proper instructor, i did three months ago ive lost a stone and not
been hungry at all, ive got increased strength and flexability when i didnt even realise i was lacking it.
mine costs me £35 a month and has a sauna an swimming pool too, best thing is its open late so i tend to go after work and usually have the place to
myself, no waiting for machines etc
some even have a physio too...
well worth the money.
Logic will get you from a A to B
Imagination will take you everywhere.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 05:58 AM |
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I'm in the same boat, but with few odd problems.
1. My job is that boring that lunch is an event.
2. In order to give me something to do in the meantime there's snacks.
3. I do have other things to do, but waiting for people to reply to forum posts isn't exactly engaging.
This is to the extent that a few weeks ago I lost a stone on a week off without trying, and put it back on within the fortnight while being careful of
what I eat.
Oh and I barely have time to sleep never mind get to a gym...
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dave r
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 06:11 AM |
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tape worm
I'd love to give my imaginary friend a great big hug,
but this jacket makes it impossible.
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dan8400
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 06:14 AM |
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Thanks Dave. I'll have a root round the shed for my box labelled "Tape Worms" 
Dan
Hey - That's Journey!!!
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SeaBass
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 06:41 AM |
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Stop drinking alchohol.
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contaminated
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 06:51 AM |
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My tips would be:
1. If you are hungry, drink some water. Often when you feel hungry you are actually thirsty;
2. Eat little and often;
3. After you've eaten and still feel hungry don't panic. It takes 10 mins for your brain to catch up;
4. Try to exercise with somewhere around 80% of your max heart rate. After 20 mins or so you start burning fat - so try for at least 30 mins if you
can;
5. Leave at least an hour between exercise and going to bed;
6. You can make a curry that has virtually no calories! Make the source from blending up onions, celery, spices and tomato puree (or chopped) and
chuck a load of veg in it.
Good luck mate. I should point out that I remain a fat ba$tard, but I have been there!
Tiger Super Six Independent
www.southernkitcars.com
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SeaBass
Stop drinking alcohol.
Works for me - I'm not a heavy drinker by any means, but if I stop drinking alcohol my weight drops steadily.
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vinny1275
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:16 AM |
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Try and do some exercise first thing in the morning - before breakfast - I run a mile or so with the dog at 6 in the morning most days... it sets your
metabolism up for the rest of the day - I've lost 10KG since November, and knocked 10 minutes off my 5K time. I've noticed that if there
are weeks where I don't run in the mornings much, but I still do the same amount of evening runs as before, I don't seem to lose any / as
much weight.
I've also almost completely knocked beer on the head, and I just eat less than I did before - I haven't really changed what I eat - I
still do my scrambled eggs with butter, and fry my bacon, but I've cut down the portion sizes.
HTH
Vince
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hughpinder
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:26 AM |
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I cut out the milk and sugar in my machine coffee (8 a day is quite a few calories!) I also emptied my pocket of change every night so I
couldn't use the snack machine at work even if I wanted too. Took about 3 weeks to get used to no chocolate bar in the morning/crisps in the
afternoon and the black cofee, but it has stopped the weight increase that was running at about 5lbs/year.
Regards
Hugh
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marcjagman
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:39 AM |
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This sounds really daft but it works, buy smaller plates, it fools your brain into thinking there is more on your plate because it looks full but
there is actually less. Eat chicken, beef etc something high in protien but not the skin from chicken. The body takes a lot longer to process protien
so you feel fuller for longer. Drink lots of water.
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dan8400
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:44 AM |
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Some great advice as usual. Thanks everyone. Seems that I don't need to change much. Smaller portions (i do eat big portions by my own
admission) and exercise which I've started. Need to do more but I'm building up to it
Dan
Hey - That's Journey!!!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 07:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by marcjagman
This sounds really daft but it works, buy smaller plates, it fools your brain into thinking there is more on your plate because it looks full but
there is actually less.
not daft at all and workes very well. Also if you like veg then buy the ones you really like and have a lot of them on your plate.
I have pineapple during the day instead of sweets as I like the sweet taste of them and they are much better on you teeth.
Also try Quorn it comes in many different versions which is high in protein and very low in fat, the mince and chicken are my faves we have served
the mince to folk without telling them and they never noticed the difference, even my mum uses it and my dad still is none the wiser.
It's lots of small changes rather than one big one like going to the gym, it takes far more work to burn off food than just replacing it with
something healthy
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 08:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dan8400
Some great advice as usual. Thanks everyone. Seems that I don't need to change much. Smaller portions (i do eat big portions by my own
admission) and exercise which I've started. Need to do more but I'm building up to it
Dan
This is me too...
What I've tended to do just recently is have the food's that are better for you, but make them as nice as can be...
I bought a Rice Cooker, I know it's not difficult to cook rice, but this makes it a piece of pee!
I do two massive trays of roast veg, (potato, sweet potato, carrots, red pepper, yellow pepper, squash, and loads of stuff I can't remember now)
and and pour a small amount of flavoured extra virgin olive oil.
Nicest meal ever, and if it gets boring, then just add some teriyaki chicken, or beef etc...
I could eat that every night myself though!
I've stopped drinking (well, not drunk for a few weeks, which is a BIG deal for me...) and will try and keep that up for as long as poss...
For myself, my biggest problem is that my severe back problems prevent me from exercising, I can't even swim without being in a lot of pain
afterwards... I also think that Gym's are drastically overpriced!
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Tiger Super Six
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 08:33 AM |
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I wanted to get fit last year and joined the gym, I run for 25 minutes, then weights, then run for 25 minutes and then weights. When I first started I
litterally couldn't run for 1 minute and it took me probably 3 months to get remotely fit.
I have now lost just over 2 stone and don't particularly watch what I eat, just eat as I did before and when I want. You do think a little about
what you eat if it is really high calorie food as you realise the effort to shift it.
I went as my blood pressure was a bit high and the Mrs mum died at 58 due to cancer as she wasn't active and had a bad lifestyle. That motivated
me to shift my a*se!
Mark
Tiger Avon
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jossey
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 08:35 AM |
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just go for a walk after dinner or lunch.
:O)
help start to burn stuff off....
cheers
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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scootz
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 08:44 AM |
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I started a diet yesterday after reaching a new-high of 18st  I need to get rid of 5 of those. It'll just have to be
calorie-consumption-counting though as I'm in the same boat as Steve - I can't do any high-intensity exercises due to back problems.
This will be the fourth time that I've allowed my weight to balloon by gorging myself through boredom, but I swear it will be the last!
That said, my weight loss 'technique' is probably just as ad for me as putting it on in the first place as I tend to starve myself... not
unknown for me to lose 5 stone in as many months.
It's Evolution Baby!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 09:17 AM |
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Try building wooden model planes or something like it if you’re bored from not being able to work on the cars, ok zero exercise but will keep your
mind very occupied. There are many other hobbies out there other than cars (not knocking car building mind), I have several others that take up a
large part of my spare time and it stops me getting cheesed of with the cars.
Another thing that helps me keep active is to use a freeview hard disk recorder to tape the programs I really want to watch rather than just sitting
down for ages waiting for something decent to come on. That way I tend to watch these programs when I'm having my tea etc and once I have
watched say family guy I've had my fill and just switch it off and as they said go and do something less boring instead...
[Edited on 1/4/11 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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nick205
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 10:06 AM |
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Lunch (and that's tap water in the bottle)...
 
Lunch
[Edited on 1/4/11 by nick205]
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 10:14 AM |
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My wife and I go to slimming world and in the last 2 years I have lost 4 stone.
It is basically an eating plan and you do not need to exercise, just follow some basic rules when eating. Some foods you can eat as much as you want,
others you have to weigh out.
There is normally a support group of meeting after which is usefull and amusing (old girls and their senior momemts).
I don't think that I would go back to eating the way I used to and I now look at the food in macdonalds and pizza hut and feel ill. Nothing is
forbidden but some is Sinned and it makes you chose what your priorities are.
Ditch
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 11:22 AM |
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For most people it's a simple equation, when you get right down to it...
To lose weight, you must burn off more energy than you shove into your mouth.
This means either do more exercise, eat less, or both.
Not that I'm a good example - I could lose 3 stone and would feel a lot better for it.
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ditchlewis
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 11:33 AM |
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There are many foods such as high fibre foods that take energy to digest. There are many foods with high levels of sugar that require no enegy to
digest.
David is right you have to change the energy in to the energy out equation if you want to lose weight. An easy one is to stop drinking alcohol and
eating pizzas and fried food.
Ditch
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Ivan
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 02:11 PM |
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Found that I had developed Type 2 diabetes about 6 years ago - went to a dietician and she taught my wife and I about low GI and low GL foods.
Went on the above eating regime (not a diet - just right selection of foods) Never felt hungry and immediately started losing weight - lost 20 kg in
six months and effectively cured my diabetes. Have regained 6 kilos over the 6 years since then but still enjoy the eating style and seldom feel
hungry.
Wife still weighs the 55 kilos she weighed when we married 37 years ago and still fits in her wedding dress. Guess there are not many who can boast of
that.
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 02:48 PM |
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Plan your meals. Every meal. Then when you go shopping (or better still buy online) you only buy what you need for those meals. Don't include
things you don't need. If its not in the house, you can't eat it. Do you need to take cash to work? If you haven't got cash and have
your lunch with you, you can only eat that.
(reality, if you forget your lunch, someone will probably lend you cash).
I need to lose between 6 - 8 kg and will start when i start working
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fesycresy
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| posted on 1/4/11 at 03:34 PM |
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OK before I start I'm big boned, so this is going to be hypocritical advice
If you want to get fit, do something you enjoy! My kids are mega fit, daughter does mixed martial arts and my son does kick boxing and Taekwondo.
She is a member of a serious MMA club with quite a few pro fighters, but they are amazingly fit, they have to be just to survive the lesson!
Are your runs and mountain biking intense enough?
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