Reply to: Should fat people take responsibility for their weight?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

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[SueEllen]

Seriously impressive. Think my best 5km was 26/7 minutes!!

I need to get back to the gym... been a month.

Run outside on the ground not inside on a treadmile.

If you are plodder you will lose more calories as the ground isn't completely flat, you have some wind resistance, it's colder than in a gym and you may get lost making your run longer.

However get some decent running shoes and try not to do all your running on pavements.

[MyUserName]

I used to be 15 stone 10 which gave me a fighting weight of approximately 22 stone (in full kit). Good for the position I fought in on the field but it made me a bit of a specialist.

I decided to change things around and lose weight. I am down to 13 stone 2ish and am playing around with different kit combinations.

The main thing I did was change my diet and accept that I would be slightly hungry throughout the day. I got used to it soon enough and now cannot really eat big meals without feeling bloated.

Currently I train every lunchtime and some evenings in the week. I am taking a slight break at the moment though. I am hoping to get my 100 burpee time below 10 minutes by the end up the year as well as crank out some hand stand press ups.

It is, to be honest, not that likely so I might have to reassess things later this year!

[Martin@AS Financial]

I'm over 40.

I would like to think I could still break 20 mins for a 5k if I got to race weight.

Great work - I'm at 24.30 and would love to break the 20min mark

[d000hg]

Yes, I think if people want to lose weight they should measure body fat. Although I know someone who has those scales at home and he swears he if he drinks a can of irn-bru it changes the numbers.

Yeah my scales measure that (although I have no idea how accurately). Since I've not only built up my legs doing cycling but am now starting to introduce some strength/weights, my weight will be distorted however I think relatively little compared to the blubber I wish to lose.

Cheers.

[scooterscot]

This is last week, someone hit 17:15

latest results | Pollok parkrun

Seriously impressive. Think my best 5km was 26/7 minutes!!

I need to get back to the gym... been a month.

[minestrone]

This is last week, someone hit 17:15

latest results | Pollok parkrun

[scooterscot]

It really isn't. Not even close. I can do that at the end of a sprint triathlon, and I'm not even in the top 10% of the (amateur) field.

Not me, don't use bmi myself but at 13 stone and almost 6 foot, I'm no slouch. But to run faster would mean giving up into less strength to reduce my weight further. Don't want to be a weedy wiry sort.

[scooterscot]

People doing my local park run are 16 minutes for 5k.

I'm a plodder now.

If I could run at 18.75 kmph I'd probably give up cycling. I really don't think people in your local park are running at 12mph.

[minestrone]

People doing my local park run are 16 minutes for 5k.

I'm a plodder now.

[minestrone]

So you're saying that's a more transient kind of weight gain - when I was always eating badly I permanently had that 1/2 stone because my diet was crap, but consistent?

Yes, I think if people want to lose weight they should measure body fat. Although I know someone who has those scales at home and he swears he if he drinks a can of irn-bru it changes the numbers.

[b0redom]

If you can run 5km in 23 minutes I salute you. That's professional running and then some. Curious what age are you?

It really isn't. Not even close. I can do that at the end of a sprint triathlon, and I'm not even in the top 10% of the (amateur) field.

BMI is a rubbish indicator of fitness. I did an Ironman in July, and my BMI still had me as overweight. What about rugby players they are usually classed as obese to morbidly obese on a BMI scale. It's a ridiculously crude measure, and doing something like visceral fat/bone makeup/muscle mass would be too complicated and expensive to measure and tax appropriately.

[d000hg]

For every gram of carbohydrate your body is storing it also has to carry 3 grams of water. So if you have had a carb light diet then tuck into 16 inch pizza you can easily put on half a stone for a couple of days.

So you're saying that's a more transient kind of weight gain - when I was always eating badly I permanently had that 1/2 stone because my diet was crap, but consistent?

[minestrone]

Annoyingly, before I started doing exercise and being healthy, I was putting on something like 1 pound a month (based on knowing what I weighed 2 years previously) despite eating loads of junk, drinking, and barely leaving the house.

Now I have lost a stone and a bit and eat probably half the calories I did before, and exercise most days, I find that reverting to my old lifestyle for a week can put on 5lb! How is that possible - I thought the "body going into starvation mode" theory was bunk!

For every gram of carbohydrate your body is storing it also has to carry 3 grams of water. So if you have had a carb light diet then tuck into 16 inch pizza you can easily put on half a stone for a couple of days.

It is also the reason people think the atkins diet is so great, they don't eat carbs for a week then look at the scales and think they have lost half a stone.

I lost over a stone in 6 days doing the MdS but about half of that was water loss as I had lost all my body carbs. When I seen my body in the mirror when I got back to the hotel it was a real WTF! moment.

[BrilloPad]

Annoyingly, before I started doing exercise and being healthy, I was putting on something like 1 pound a month (based on knowing what I weighed 2 years previously) despite eating loads of junk, drinking, and barely leaving the house.

Now I have lost a stone and a bit and eat probably half the calories I did before, and exercise most days, I find that reverting to my old lifestyle for a week can put on 5lb! How is that possible - I thought the "body going into starvation mode" theory was bunk!

A pint of water weighs a pound.

cojak's weight doubles when she goes on the blob.....