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diane1
."ive always been big!", and "ive got big bones"
Started My Diet...
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imamartian
Yeah good luck CJ.... but can i suggest you forget the idea that you're on a diet, and think of it as changing the way you live your life, but for the REST of your life.?
You're right, it's not going on the diet but change the way you eat, I have mentioned this before, 3 meals a day is bad for you, eat a little as often then you won't feel hungry, I'm now eating approximately 5 - 7 mini meals a day.
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Mickymoody
Oooh! you! how bitchy! I'd have thought being unemployed made you eat less, as you have a limited budget, and can only afford own store products, and as you don't have personal transport, have to walk everywhere, So I'd say the opposite, being unemployed makes you thinner.
I don't agree, it may be different for differrent people, but being busy, constantly scuttling around, means you won't constantly have a pie in your hand
aimlessly wandering, or sitting about, means you can. Also when you have less money you are more likely to buy cheap food, which is often stuffed with fat and sugar. I believe some unemployed people also spend time drinking.
aimlessly wandering, or sitting about, means you can. Also when you have less money you are more likely to buy cheap food, which is often stuffed with fat and sugar. I believe some unemployed people also spend time drinking.
But you don't get to 33st after a year or two of unemployment, that takes some serious long term commitment!
Good luck with the diet CJ, you need to be strong willed and joining a club will help, remember to keep an eye on the high GI foods
It is best to start your day with fueling up on low GI foods, such as porridge as it has a slow release and will help prevent unused carbs being stored as fat and will also help prevent food cravings between meals and drink plenty of water, at least 2 litres a day and more if you take up exercise, which I recommend you do,
start doing some walking and buy a pedometer so you can keep a record, they can become quite adictive and you end up increasing physical activity.
The other thing that could help is keeping a daily journal of the food you eat and the exercise you do, the calculation are not hard burn more calories than you eat and you will lose weight.
You'll find the weight will come off easy to begin with as you have a lot to lose.
You have a massive BMI rating and really need to reduce this to prevent other medical problems http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
It would be good idea to get measurements not only of your weight but
Waist
Blood Pressure
and BMI, even body fat contents if possible.
They will all give you individual goals to achieve and give you an overall outlook on your general health.
Come on CJ you can do it, if you ever need any tips or advice or encouragment, I am willing to help.
Get into some good habits and you can crack it!
It is best to start your day with fueling up on low GI foods, such as porridge as it has a slow release and will help prevent unused carbs being stored as fat and will also help prevent food cravings between meals and drink plenty of water, at least 2 litres a day and more if you take up exercise, which I recommend you do,
start doing some walking and buy a pedometer so you can keep a record, they can become quite adictive and you end up increasing physical activity.
The other thing that could help is keeping a daily journal of the food you eat and the exercise you do, the calculation are not hard burn more calories than you eat and you will lose weight.
You'll find the weight will come off easy to begin with as you have a lot to lose.
You have a massive BMI rating and really need to reduce this to prevent other medical problems http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
It would be good idea to get measurements not only of your weight but
Waist
Blood Pressure
and BMI, even body fat contents if possible.
They will all give you individual goals to achieve and give you an overall outlook on your general health.
Come on CJ you can do it, if you ever need any tips or advice or encouragment, I am willing to help.
Get into some good habits and you can crack it!
The problem with BMI which is misleading, just come out of hospital and according to them after weighing, I'm obese
I have more muscle than fat so I'm not overweight as you says the body fat percentage is the best guideline. I find the best way is don't weigh yourself, just look in the mirror and see if you're in the right shape. I don't even know what I weigh now but I know what my body fat percentage is 
http://ezinearticles.com/?Body-Mass-Index-Chart-Misleading&id=158128
I agree with you masona, BMI is a calculation to used as a guideline, it's your body fat measurement that will give a fairer indication of health/fitness.
We only need to look at say Daley Thompson or Lennox Lewis when in their prime, their BMI would have told them they where obese too, but the truth would be they where extremely fit.
But BMI can be an important tool as an early guideline to loosing weight.
My BMI is 26 but I consider myself to be in very good physical shape, with very little body fat and VO2 max of 53 last time it was measured.
We only need to look at say Daley Thompson or Lennox Lewis when in their prime, their BMI would have told them they where obese too, but the truth would be they where extremely fit.
But BMI can be an important tool as an early guideline to loosing weight.
My BMI is 26 but I consider myself to be in very good physical shape, with very little body fat and VO2 max of 53 last time it was measured.
yup.. I was about 15st when I left school..
then I was on a YTS with a guy a year older than me that was about the size that I am now ( his whole family was big )..
I know he didn't force the food down my gob but he did keep asking me if I wanted to go to the chippy on a dinner time and even when I had no cash he'd buy me a bag of chips.. ( I think it was so he could stay in the car while I went in and order the pie and chips.. ) ..
so for 3 years it was almost every day chips for dinner or a burger or a BEST etc..
my weight was in the low to mid 20's when I left there and has climbed for the past 15 years or so to where I am now..
I did diet a few years ago and got back onto the scales ( they go up to 28st ) after a few weeks and then down to 26st 8lb before slipping off the diet when the factory moved..
I know it's not an excuse but at the old factory we finished at 16:15 and I was home for 16:40 ish and then made a salad etc, but when they moved it was the same finishing time but an hours drive home and past several fast food places and chippies so it was easier to stop at maccies for some nuggets than to get back at quarter past five and then prep / cook a proper meal..
I also moved out and spent a year and a half without a proper kitchen so again takeaways were easier than trying to cook in a microwave and a toaster..
In all honesty it's down to my own lazyness.
couldn't be bothered to cook, couldn't be bothered to shop, couldn't be bothered to get off my arse and go for a walk etc.. ( though I did clock myself with a pedometer at the new factory once and I did a little over 4 miles walking during one working day, not that every day was the same.. )..
slow is the way to do it pappy
it stays off then
it stays off then
got to say I must have lost best part of 20 odd stone over the years dieting and i have always done it kwik
Fags and coffee and no grub and the wieght falls off (the most i lost in a week was 12 pound) but you feel like shyte and it comes back and with a bit extra.
well I packed up the smokes three odd years ago so I cannot use them to drop the five stone i packed on while doing it
So slow and steady for me.
and maybe i can run around with my little two month old when he is old enough to play a bit of tag rugger
Fags and coffee and no grub and the wieght falls off (the most i lost in a week was 12 pound) but you feel like shyte and it comes back and with a bit extra.
well I packed up the smokes three odd years ago so I cannot use them to drop the five stone i packed on while doing it
So slow and steady for me.
and maybe i can run around with my little two month old when he is old enough to play a bit of tag rugger
1 week down, many to go...
ate more last week than I used to, but the right stuff lots of veg and no fat..
lost 8 1/2 pounds this week... wooohoo!!!..
basically no bread and a roast chicken dinner every night... can't be bad..
ate more last week than I used to, but the right stuff lots of veg and no fat..
lost 8 1/2 pounds this week... wooohoo!!!..
basically no bread and a roast chicken dinner every night... can't be bad..
