Weight Loss Motivation

[bluebastardo]

Jsut you wait til' Bruce gets you, Ghost is obese so he can't run but Bruce has a bike and you know what we Brits are like on those things

Did your mam have a bike Jim?

 

[monty]

Did your mam have a bike Jim?

no, just the milkman, fat arse

 

[bluebastardo]

no, just the milkman, fat arse

 

[gordonjblair]

two things that are important to remember:

Weight loss / control is all about calorie balance / deficit.

It is possible to change your resting metabolic rate, so your calorie burn is higher throughout the day.

1) Humans have evolved to be grazers. 3 square meals a day is all very well, but if you want your metabolic rate up, you need 5/6 smaller meals instead. This helps the body maintain consistent blood sugar levels and raises the metabolic rate - you burn more calories just by sitting on your arse.
I eat a decent breakfast (porridge or cereal, depending on how much time I've got), a snack round about 10:30 (normally something like a cereal bar and some fruit) have a light lunch about half 12 (at the moment it's ASDAs good for you range microwave meals - means I can have a curry in work, guarantees a quiet afternoon, no interruptions). I have another snack mid afternoon, and then a sensible portion of tea with the family when I get home. Then after the gym, I'll have a banana, and maybe some Special K if I'm peckish.

The body knows it's getting fed regularly, so it doesn't store fat the way it does when you diet, which means it will leave your muscle tissue alone. This is important because:

2) Muscle is metabolically active. You can be sat on your arse, and if it's a muscular arse, it'll be burning calories. Don't get me wrong, I'm currently training down (looking to drop my weight from 16.5 stone to 15 - am now down to 15.5) and the majority of work I'm doing is CV, but there is great value in resistance (or weights) work alongside a CV programme.
Putting on muscle will allow you to burn bodyfat at a higher rate. You won't lose weight as fast because muscle is far more dense than fat, but the weight you have will be better.

- This is a big bugbear of mine.. at 6'2 and 15st 7 (now) I'm still technically overweight and my BMI is around 27/28, but I've got a 33/34" waist and a chest just shy of 50". Weight means sweet fa, as long as it's made up of the right stuff.

So, in summary, don't starve yourself, eat better in smaller portions perhaps and more often, and don't automatically assume that you should bin the weights and just do cv work - strike a balance.

oh, and when you are doing your training, give it the b#ll#cks. You'll get a far better and far more sustained calorific burn from 40 minutes of intense work than you would from an hour and a half of arsing about (just don't kill yourself - know your limits, kind of thing)

 

[Bundy]

two things that are important to remember:

Weight loss / control is all about calorie balance / deficit.

It is possible to change your resting metabolic rate, so your calorie burn is higher throughout the day.

1) Humans are design to be grazers. 3 square meals a day is all very well, but if you want your metabolic rate up, you need 5/6 smaller meals instead. This helps the body maintain consistent blood sugar levels and raises the metabolic rate - you burn more calories just by sitting on your arse.
I eat a decent breakfast (porridge or cereal, depending on how much time I've got), a snack round about 10:30 (normally something like a cereal bar and some fruit) have a light lunch about half 12 (at the moment it's ASDAs good for you range microwave meals - means I can have a curry in work, guarantees a quiet afternoon, no interruptions). I have another snack mid afternoon, and then a sensible portion of tea with the family when I get home. Then after the gym, I'll have a banana, and maybe some Special K if I'm peckish.

The body knows it's getting fed regularly, so it doesn't store fat the way it does when you diet, which means it will leave your muscle tissue alone. This is important because:

2) Muscle is metabolically active. You can be sat on your arse, and if it's a muscular arse, it'll be burning calories. Don't get me wrong, I'm currently training down (looking to drop my weight from 16.5 stone to 15 - am now down to 15.5) and the majority of work I'm doing is CV, but there is great value in resistance (or weights) work alongside a CV programme.
Putting on muscle will allow you to burn bodyfat at a higher rate. You won't lose weight as fast because muscle is far more dense than fat, but the weight you have will be better.

- This is a big bugbear of mine.. at 6'2 and 15st 7 (now) I'm still technically overweight and my BMI is around 27/28, but I've got a 33/34" waist and a chest just shy of 50". Weight means sweet fa, as long as it's made up of the right stuff.

So, in summary, don't starve yourself, eat better in smaller portions perhaps and more often, and don't automatically assume that you should bin the weights and just do cv work - strike a balance.

oh, and when you are doing your training, give it the b#ll#cks. You'll get a far better and far more sustained calorific burn from 40 minutes of intense work than you would from an hour and a half of arsing about (just don't kill yourself - know your limits, kind of thing)

By whom my friend.

 

[gordonjblair]

By whom my friend.

haha, don't start

fixed