2013 CUK Fat/Fit Club

[Ketchup]

and worst of all it takes so much damned time (doing it and, in the case of a gym or pool, just getting there and back).

I wish there was some food or drink that could trick the body into increasing its metabolic rate, so you could sit at your desk sweating and glowing like a reentry vehicle and burning off calories while barely lifting a finger.

Speed

[SimonMac]

SimonMac's regular eating habits are obviously not working. I suspect he actually needs to cut back a lot to lose the weight he wants to. I reckon a couple of weeks of calorie counting would set him on the right track.

You calling me fat!

[SimonMac]

and worst of all it takes so much damned time (doing it and, in the case of a gym or pool, just getting there and back).

I wish there was some food or drink that could trick the body into increasing its metabolic rate, so you could sit at your desk sweating and glowing like a reentry vehicle and burning off calories while barely lifting a finger.

I've never seen a fat junkie

[ctdctd]

Exactly this.

The key to losing weight and keeping it off is seeing it as a lifestyle change not a diet. If you hit it too hard, you will never keep it up. Use a calorie-counter for a few weeks, it is amazing where you can find some calories to cut out your diet. It isn't just food either, look at what you drink. I was drinking a can of coke at lunch and squash throughout the day and tea with milk. No i drink a "diet" drink at lunch, and green tea and water throughout the day and that cuts 450 calories off my daily intake.

Once you see the weight falling off, it makes it easier to continue

WHS + count the calories some more

I have to watch my food intake due to a non fatty problem so I count calories. More than about 2300 a day and I slowly put weight on, less and off it comes.
I take some exercise but contract, when I have one , does not take a lot of energy! Other people use more or less energy, so count calories and find your level.

A pound of fat is about 3500 calories so overeat by 500 calories a day and you will gain a pound a week - that's a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps or similar.

Exercising can use a lot of energy if you are pushing hard. A gentle walk, cycle, swim, or jog does not use a great deal so do not assume you can jog for 20 minutes and then have a fry up to celebrate.

HTH

[Old Hack]

SimonMac, set yourself a goal, like competing an Iron Man, a triathlon, cycling from Lands End to where you live, Devizes Westminster canal. It's a sure fire way to make yourself get fit, for taking on lots of sponsorship makes sure you complete the task or you look a bit of a chunt.

Good luck regardless.

[mudskipper]

You calling me fat!

What's the next one up the scale called again?

[mudskipper]

SimonMac, set yourself a goal, like competing an Iron Man, a triathlon, cycling from Lands End to where you live, Devizes Westminster canal. It's a sure fire way to make yourself get fit, for taking on lots of sponsorship makes sure you complete the task or you look a bit of a chunt.

Good luck regardless.

Goals are good - but you can start with something sensible!

[SimonMac]

What's the next one up the scale called again?

MF?!

[Old Hack]

Goals are good - but you can start with something sensible!

MS, we're men, and we don't do sensible

[SimonMac]

Goals are good - but you can start with something sensible!

My goal is purely to lose weight, and I am gonna try doing this by eating better and exercising more, nothing drastic, no extreme dieting, no superhuman feats of endurance.

Walking to work rather than driving, cut out the white bread, cut down on milky coffee's, go swimming a couple of times a week.

For those who know me IRL I am not on the small side, so even minor changes will start to have a noticeable effect in no time.