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So do you exercise and do you feel that it helps shift that weight? Personally I would be lost at sea regarding weight loss if I wern't exercising. I love it, I do not diet so it is absolutely essential for me. People always say they are busy with no time, I have a job and am at uni and I manage...

I would back up that article by saying I tried to diet but it ended up making more more hungry and depressed, food for me is not just about inputting nutrients for essential life support, but rather it is something I enjoy and value the time consuming it. I think too many people disregard...

Normally drink about 1 litre of normal coke per day, I cant help it, its too nice, I tried to give up so many times because your pouring crap into you. But no other drink tastes the same, my weight loss would have been far more efficient if it wasnt for this stuff. Fortunately if I want to lose...

woah thats quite impressive, how did you lose like 6-7 pounds in one week? Do you do any exercise? I guess Ive pretty much reached my goal, but I realise I'm not happy, finally got a flat stomach and trimmer legs, but I wanna concentrate on fat loss now, getting a really good low body fat...

Ive noticed many people are reluctant to do exercise to help them lose weight - just wondering if its to do with them having not enough time or they are happy with the amount they are losing without exercise. personally I have found that exercise is absolutely essential for my regime. when...

a few recommendations. eat slowly. theres a difference between how much food you think you need to overcome your hunger and how much food you actually need. slower eating helps regulate this process. also drink alot of water, helps reduce feeling of hunger and dehydration is way to often...

do you feel thinner?

wow wicked thats some improvement there. well done. ive found that as well when i started doing more intense cardio, it would be very difficult. and I would get tired very easily. And the frustrating thing was that some parts of my body would get more tired at different times. sometimes my legs...

woah...depending on what exercise you do, you could really mess your body up if you dont eat right.

lost a bit of weight. friends and family are commenting and asking how its happened. its been quite easy, just exercise here and there and ive replaced coke with diet coke, really its those two things. i havent dieted, i dont believe in dieting. alot of scientists have said dieting works...

you want to work out with weights to build muscle, this will speed up your metabolism and burn more calories. and you want to run on the treadmill quite fast, the higher your heartbeat the more fat you burn. but be warned fast running may take it out on your legs so warm up and stretch before...

stomach and face suprised because i thought those 2 would have been last.

cardio helps take that tired exhausted feeling away, also drinking a lot of water is very beneficial to this.

i feel the same, of in a couple of weeks and im feeling somewhat nervous, the weather dont help when its dark and gloomy.

Interval Training Workouts - Interval Training Workouts Improve Speed and Endurance a good link for info on this exercise. in response to the above poser, i may explore fartleks in the future but at this moment intervals are giving a really effective exercise for the time. i took someone with...

i do high intensity running, saves a lot of work, makes you work harder in less the time. look up hiit, you might like it.

interesting article I read, recently I have been discouraged from dieting, as people have told me it is not a sustainable way to lose weight. Scientists Say Dieting Does Not Work what do you guys think?

im detecting a couple of view points. first says it is not acceptable in anyway to be content or ok with being fat. And second view says it is due to the evolution of society in recent times that alot people are gaining weight (and will continue to do so i expect). i will raise the point that...

interval training for effective fat loss.

wow nice...yeah like person above, thats alot of weight loss in short amount of time. maybe your body is just making some adjustments. if you carry on not loosing, then you might wanna look at exercise and weight training. muscle building is a fantastic way to increase your fat loss and...

well i am very sorry, i was referring to the presence of non whites in england in recent-ish history where black (maybe others) were discriminated upon.

society has now accepted many things which once was considered negative. e.g. coloured people and homosexuals were once discriminated upon, but now society as a whole have accepted them. And i expect society to accept many other things in the future that we do not currently accept. I was...

my athletic body fitness diet expert friends tell me that only cutting calories is a bad thing to do for weight loss, as after a couple of weeks your body feels like theres no food available and it slows everything down to save energy. not my words, but sounds reasonable i guess.

i want to look good and feel good, im a sporty person, so my stamina is everything, every pound loss improves my stamina somewhat. when a girl looks at me in 'that way' i must admit it feels good (not that it happens often at all), and id like to look even better, more chiselled cheeks and a...

bmi has nothing to do with how slim someone is. a person with high bmi can be slim. the amount of fat in your body should be how you check how slim someone is.

It is effective, it doesn't sound like much, you may only do about 6-10 minutes of exercise in a 20 minute session, depending on how you set your intervals. But it does take it out of you, its excellent. I give it my all during my sessions, there are loads of things you can do, things like...

that website states it can burn up to 9x more than traditional 'slower paced' cardio which sounds a little too good to me. They say 20 minutes of this 3 times a week will allow us to loose pounds of fat mass every week. But the intensity was stressed. Interval training requires very high...

anyone have figures on how much calories it burns for a session that they can give an example for?...

This is a very very effective way to loose fat as said by the professionals. It is basically cardio performed at high insensity for a small amount of time, then rest for a small amount of time, and the process is repeated continuously for a duration of the exercise. Interval training -...

yeah there is, a cousin of mine lost alot of weight because of stress and hard work so im wondering how many people were also in his position. ive had some surprise weight loss recently due to drinking less coke and more diet.

it doesnt take muscle mass into consideration?... i heard more muscle boosts ur metabolism and burns more calories...

you will burn more fat with a treadmill than bike, running is more effective. i would advise you to join a club that does something active, motivation is something which affects majority of people in exercise. going to a club will give you some continuity, you have to make it, you dont wanna...

after each day of drinking more and more coke zero and diet coke, its starting to taste bitter. i havent had normal coke for 2 weeks i think. man i would a cold can of propper coke right now but i must resist. pepsi is not bad either, pepsi dont have that original coke taste and feels sweeter...

woah 39% sugar? i can drink alot at times, up to 2 cans per meal. and where i work i get alot of free coke lol. i am enjoying the weight loss due to no coke i have to say, it feels good, im a confident person but recently it has gone up even higher, didnt realise it would happen so sudden. i...

are you getting thinner?...you do realise you can get thinner and your weight can go up or stay the same?... you should concentrate on fat loss rather than weight loss. if your running that much you should have no problems.

bmi is pretty useless, people say its a 'guide' but my eyes can do a better job than that guide. bmi is restricted to only considering height and weight. this boggles my mind how people can rely on that so much, because these two factors are very un specific. body weight is made up of many...

every day by my friends. im probably not 'fat' in most people's eyes, but my friends have known me when i was very skinny, and i look big compared how i was before, and they tease me about it non stop. i dont mind at all really, infact i join in with them. also my younger siblings tease me as...

just wondering, has anyone lost alot of weight without trying or without any plan, if so what were the reasons?... i hear people can loose alot of weight under stress.

wel this was the biggest ive been in my life, but this month ive lost 1 stone from that and now im at my current weight which can be seen <--- left. just due to me drinking less coca cola and more diet drinks.

well if you were a guy i would have recomended a high weight low rep weight lifting regime, and this would have increased your biceps. but you probably wouldnt be too fond of that idea. surgery sounds painful.

im not sure about the long term, i dont wanna stay on coke zero and diet coke all my life, i am definitely gonna return to normal coke again some time. i used to drink it before, and never put on any fat, because i used to play football everyday and also do weight lifting. however im not as...

im going on holiday in 2 months, and yes I would like to step up my rate of weight loss, i want to look good in this holiday. my worst enemy and best friend is coke, not the drug, the drink...in its glorified full fat 100% full sugar format, o yeah. i love the stuff, i always drink it, im not...

well your body weight is not just composed of fat, its possible you could be loosing from other areas. and youre original bmi didnt tell you how much fat you had in your body, bmi is not a measure of fat, its a measure of weight in relation to height, and trust me there is a massive difference...

bmi is not good at all, because it compares your height against your weight. your weight is influenced by a huge number of things, i.e. a high weight does not neceserarily mean someone will be unhealthy (e.g. body builders are very healthy, but have huge weights due to all the muscle mass, and...

havent even started properly...just been doing basic exercises for a few days. and i went into uni and a girl asked me have i lost weight. which was nice.

i know how you feel...im one of the shortest of my friends...

would recommend basic muscle building exercises...it will raise your metabolism and burn more fat...

oh right...i didnt know that...sounds good then, if it is meeting all the nutrition requirements and also taking muscle mass into consideration, looks very good. i might have a look a little bit later. i had a thought in my mind of someone eating a few calories is not eating healthy things.

im a big fan of normal coke. i always hear about diet products containing Aspartame, and the effects it has. about 2 weeks ago i started drinking alot of diet coke to replace my normal coke, a few cans every day, more in some days. and i started getting headaches. But i stopped last...

i dont think 600 calories per day is good at all. human beings need a certain amount of nutrition in their diet to function properly. Most people measure weight loss by the number they see on the scales, that is normally ok, but for some individuals they are loosing the wrong kind of weight...

your right all of them are very bad. e.g. the red chicken masala people have from indians, if only they knew how much cream, oil, fat, sugar and butter goes into one of them, then also the pillow rice they have with it is also made with alot of oil. however, if you go for an indian i would...

for most users, gym is a complete rip of. £30 a month minimum, imagine what you could do with that. just go running in the grass in the park - much better. And buy a set of dumbells for basic home weight lifting. I assume you are female by your name, so with that i would also assume you dont...

Firstly, can I just say, using weight as an indicator to how much fat your loosing is not a good idea. Your body weight is made up of many different elements such as fat, muscle, water and others. The real way you should be measuring your 'weight' loss is using some sort of body fat measuring...

it is possible to loose all that weight in a few months, but huge sacrifices will have to be made. you would need to go on some sort of cutting diet with heavy exercise. but its probably not worth it to go through all of that in such short space of time, most people end up loosing motivation...

i get stick all the time from my male and female friends. im not the fattest of my friends, not even close i would say, buts its the fact i went from very lean and skinny to being overweight. most dont think im fat, well people who meet me new that is, infact some people think im joking when i...

great post thanks...

i hope this is not encouraging people to be or stay fat, when it can be lost. i say this because most people are not naturally fat, they have gained weight, and this is not a good thing. they look worse, older, less attractive, they cant play sports, their stamina is low etc, believe me i know...

can anyone make a quick a quick sumarry of all 10 points, i cant watch all the program, dont have enough time...

ideally humans would be like battery levels on mobile phones, you plug it in, it charges to exactly how much it wants, and then it stops, no more is needed. so then human beings would eat in sync with our metabolic rate, taking exercise and other calorie burning into considerationg, and then...

woah ive caused some confusion here. firstly my stats lol. there is nothing wrong with me stats, its my exercise and regime which is wrong. i have been doing some training (muscle that is) but i have also been drinking alot of coke and fast food, which has meant that my weight has increased...

i dont know exactly why your talking about heart disease and things. but im talking about fatloss and weightloss, also my post assumes that people are mainly interested in fat loss to loose weight. and people use their weight as a measurement and guide to see if their loosing weight. my...

weight does not determine if someone is fat or not. A high weight does not necesserily mean someone will be fat. e.g. body builders, according to bmi and weight, would be very unhealthy but in reality they are very healthy, high metabolism etc. people are different, bone structures, height...

i got fat because of my habbits...before i used to eat alot of junk food and coke, but i was very fit because i used to work out and do cardio almost everyday. i would work out during the night with weights, pushups, generally build muscle. and in school i used to play football everyday, about...

you need to make your body work harder, i.e exercise...thats one possibility...

most people regain weight after succesfully losing weight - i dont know the details of it but i hear this alot. maybe as others mentioned sustainability has something to do with it. we eat with our eyes, our nose and our tounges, we see food, we smell food. someone who has gotten fat from...

might have been posted here already... but i was reading the newspaper. and it said if you drink 2 glasses of water before every main meal you will eat less and loose weight. does this work, anyone do it?...

well i get called fat everyday by my friends, but id say im slightly overweight, not huge obese...and my weight gain has been fairly recent so my friends tease me about it every single day...but i dont really mind at all but everyone is different... i understand the events you described would...

the thing to note here is there must be huge demand for these models to be super skinny, otherwise it wouldnt be the case here. but i dont know too much about fashion (or women lol) so i cant really understand where this demand is coming from. but dam i really dont know why someone would find...

nope... some of my friends are more of a larger build, especially one i know, and dam he is very confident. and alota girls like him, probably because hes so funny. some of my friends are really skinny, and they are not the most confident. and me, well id say i was always confident, before...

i can say, from my experience and understandings, i aprove of this article and say it is true. i know a girl who is very skinny, she is of a smaller build but shes skinny and i joke around with her. she always eats little oil, always calls her self fat all the time, and even does exercise. so...

i read in a report that, this is not exact but i definitely read something along the lines, that uni students gain about 1 stone the first year they live out because most of them go for processed foods. in my case it didnt change, ashamed to say my mum cooked home food for me and i took it with...

i enjoy football...watching, playing in real life and computer games...i was actually quite good at it when i was younger, but now im too lazy... but too much of a good thing is not good for u...if you like something so much, like a football club, it will affect your life. the good times will...

hmm... Im not really interested in women because i believe i have found the right person and il see how that goes, so the rest dont apply to me. il be honest, if i see a 'fit' girl and a slightly larger girl walking together, i would look at the fit girl first. im just being honest. however...

most people probably wouldnt call me fat if they met me. but i know how i was before so obviously i think im fat compared to that. i also know im fat because the people who know me are very quick to point it out (friends mostly)...maybe its because i used to let my friends punch my stomach as...

yeah i think ive been demotivated by people around me about keeping fit when im older, most people i know that are married with kids that have gotten older are so relaxed and laid back (in terms of physical exercise)...yeah i really dont wanna be like them when im older, i would like to be...

lol people beeping at you?...hmm ive never had that problem, probably because im a guy. yeah i go out with this girl, and she gets beeped as drivers go by. i been gym before, but never regularly. oh well, see how it goes, if i dont loose weight at this age then whats the point. i wont need to...

so i always thought doing exercise at home was the best. but that involvs running outside, and when im at uni thats ok, but at home, i dont wanna be seen running around outside lol. i got weights at home but nothing amazing like the gym. so im gonna start going gym, regularly lol. on my...

its not about eating less food, its about doing cardio, adding a little resistance (e.g. little weights), and eating less fat in your diet. those 3 things need to followed generally, i.e. not 100%... 1 thing will not make you loose weight. people who ONLY diet, some do loose weight, but most of...

lol... ive been told that everything natural is always better. you must remember that people have been surviving well for thousands of years...way before all of today's technology...

i know quite a few girls who eat loads...pretty much same as me. lots of fizzy drinks and junk food. how do they not gain weight?...im not complaining lol, just an interested to know. and they were skin tight cloths, and never work out or do any exercise. im talking about just the ones...

and remember....its not weight which is important...there has been plenty of discussion, there is no ideal weight...its your body shape which is important...

bro...you need to be doing some serious weight training otherwise your body just adjusts to the calories/exercise routine. you need to alot of situps, work your ab muscles. and then your back, arms, legs etc. if you build muscle, you will loose slightly less weight, but you wil get thinner...

lol it always seems to from nigeria, why that particular country?... i had someone email me, aparently a long lost family relative (from nigeria lol?)...he wanted to give me like 100 million £, but for some reason he needed my debit card details....hmmm...so i played around with him...i think i...

i got a facebook because all my friends kept on talking about it and telling me to come... i only add people i want to know. like people in my college or uni. i dont add any family members, because things on facebook may lead to disputes in the house (girls etc)... but my facebook and my...

i will walk topless in the beach (i am not female by the way)...

what does a cross trainer exactly do?...and does it give you better cardio than a treadmill?...

the most common stories you hear associated with gym or gym products in the house is you buy it, use it for a few days, and then it collects dust and never gets used again. but im getting a treadmill pretty soon, although its not as good as on the road, running for cardio is probably one of...

there wont be any negativity... when you see your self in fitted cloths, looking good...your day will naturally start better...

i have stretch marks... i started weight lifting when i was 11, so i still have stretch marks on my biceps. but recently my tommy has gotten bigger and i have stretch marks there for fat reasons lol. i cant believe it, there are people much fatter than me with no stretch marks. and the ones on...

i see, i was in emergeny hospital the other night. and now im on some strong pain killers, but the nurse said it may cause constipation. i shall remember this post and thank you.

thanks for the replies. yeah i think i might have changed a bit of my diet without noticing, just never had the time to have my normal amounts of junkfood with my part time job and stuf. but yeah thanks for your input bex...to be honest im not at all concerned about my actual weight. i want to...

yeah i probably had slightly less junk food and coke intake... i wanna loose weight normally, proper fat burning with exercise. i really dont want to randomly loose weight, i heard that sometimes muscles get depleated.

its an intresting problem for women isnt it, strength training. i dont think most women would prefer lots of muscle (even though it would speed up their metabolism). so i guess like you its to find the right balance of cardio and strength. but for me, it will be both.

are you gonna have a shower there?...if so youl need your moisterisure and towels. i dont go gym but i have been. i walked in, and there was this man fully naked...i was shocked lool. obviosly take comfortable cloths. ideally you would wear t shirt and shorts, because they give you the most...

whats the difference between self esteem and confidence? ive been told that im a little too confident, in normal life and in school/college. i know what im good at, and i also know what im really bad at. about my body image, i had a decent body most of my life. now ive gained some fat, i still...

"Congratulations, you are perfectly in tune with your body. Whilst there are parts you would like to improve, overall you are content with who you are and how you look and don't care what anyone else thinks" wow i think thats pretty much true. i never realised i dont mind too badly how i look...

i see... well im wierd. if i drink redbull or cofee i get really really tired. but if i have a chocolate bar or a can of normal coke, i get a bit of energy...so if i feel tired thats what i have (probably the sugar gives me a little)... about the aspartame, yeah i heard really bad things about...

oh man thats disgusting. i probably have about 20-30 pounds of fat to loose, and then gain alot of muscle. but that picture is not good errrg...

exercise stopping weight loss?, i see...maybe the body is adjusting, dunno. as above i dont think its just the fat burning properties which are good with exercise. there must be a whole array of other benefits. i will also be doing weight lifting on my biceps, triceps and working my back and...

maybe nice cloths fitting nice skinny models is a good thing? because it gives us something to aim for. after watching that video. as a male, when i see my friend drolling over some male topless model, and then she tells me how fat i am, it makes me think, i should try hard and get a nice body...

wow that is pretty amazing, considering she has done no extra exercise.

i see... im tryna think that if i change my diet fully to slimming world i might loose 1 pound a week. but i plan to do high intensity cardio treadmill running 3-4x a week, every week for the rest of the forseable future in my search to find a beach body. my body doesnt appear to be too fat at...

i see this 'slimmer of the week' title is quite a big achievement. hmm so your saying you need to loose 5-7 pounds a week to become slimmer of the week. lol then i would have no chance...if that were the case id have my perfect body in about 1 month...

i know most of you loose weight everyweek, which is quite impressive. but im wondering how exercise + cardio affects your weight loss during slimming world. have you personally noticed a different rate of weight loss?...

my weight seems to change... one minute its at 12, then it goes to 12.5...2 weeks ago it was just under 13, now its just over 12... but could anyone guess how much of my weight is fat?...my friend said 3 stone of me is fat. ive not got a huge build, but i did work out when i was younger...

exact same scales...exact same place and everything. i dont really weigh my self often because im tryna get a good body...weight doesnt really matter, just fat burning. i wouldnt wanna mysteriosly loose anymore weight.

i was just under 13 stones about 2 weeks ago. and now im just over 12 stones. but i didnt do any exercise or change my diet. i would have preferred if i kept the weight so then i could loose it properly with the treadmill i am buying. its almost 1 stone of weight loss, how can this be...

i think there is more of a problem with overweight than underweight. did you hear that aparently heidi klum is too fat to be modeling. but yeah as above, there is no perfect weight...especially if your a man who works out, with all the muscle mass etc. theres people at 10 stone who are healthy...

maybe you should add some resistance or up the intensity...

yeah i also heard that your more likely to burn fat in the morning...

personally i dont really care about my weight. i weigh my self every now and then. for me its all about fat burning, if im sweating i know im loosing fat. i will be starting weight training soon as well, so i will be gaining lean muscle mass...which will increase my weight. i dont think anyone...

ok i guess im safe then.... and in trouble at the same time...

yep im in the negative.... # oday, your heart will pump around 1,163 gallons (4,396 liters) of blood # In your lifetime, your heart will pump 1.2 million barrels of blood (that's the equivalent of 3 supertankers) # Your body contains about 2 gallons (9 liters) of blood # This blood circulates...

sory quick post to check my weight on the left...

unfortunatly this is how the world works....we do everything with our eyes...even eat (we see nice food and then we want to eat)... so if we see an attractive person, we would much rather talk and interact with them. and about the obese man vs obese woman. firstly we should consider males are...

has normal full fat coke got 'Aspartame sweetener'? because i only drink full fat coke, ive cut down, probably drink 2-3 litres a week maximum. but i wont ever be able to give up coke, its the one thing i enjoy. i dont smoke or take drugs or drink, so coke is my only 'thing' i do.

hmm interesting... both my parents eat very healthily, and i was skinny as a child. but recently when i got money and freedom, i began eating. while i may not look hugely big, i am now officially the fattest person out of all my cousines. i think society as a huge role to play. fast food is...

i heard great things about the deep fried mars bar, but ive never tried it.

pete101 - im liking your chest, nice... and the donner and french fries did not look too bad...nothing else did it for me...

i must say this is quite intresting... i have junk food about 3x a week (minimum), and have been having it for about 4 years now, as well as lots of coke. probably explaines why im on here. yeah my short term memory is absolutely awful, i forget the most basic of things. loads of things. e.g...

well being overweight is still quite new to me. lol im gaining weight rather than loosing (my stats lol)... but in terms of clothing its not too different, i still wear my slim tops but i dont have the wow factor i used to have because of the fat. and my jeans and trousers are much much...

yeah i went to the beach the first time 1 week ago...and boy i needed a body to walk around topless... im going on a fat burning/cutting diet and exercise regime after september...still got my packs, just hidden by the faaat...

i need a device to measure my body fat percentage accurately...

i was at the beach wearing a top that makes me look better than i am, im sure everyone has one of these... but realisticly i have a belly, but because of my slightly larger chest, made me look better...and girls were giving me looks... now i feel that i must loose weight so i can do the...

i think you should be concerned more with fat loss than weight loss. you loose fat, you look good. if you loose too much weight then you may loose fat and muscle, which would be negative. the skinny stick look is the worst look in the world, erg...so i started weight lifting when i was 11 to get...

yes i would be interested in a youth and beauty list, as long as my friends dont find out...

depression and weight gain seem to be a very directly correlated trend. ive always eaten alot, but probably just put on weight recently because of lack of activity. but i cant say ive ever been depressed. have never been jelous of other people's materialistic items. ive only ever liked 3 girls...

i done jogging when i first joined this site, almost everyday...i think i overdone it... i ended up getting pains and stuff all over, and then it was hurting so badly i had to stop... but now im bying a treadmill for the house and im gonna run on that. i must say when i was jogged for a...

come on look how lucky u are...ur at your goal weight...what everyone else on here is striving to do... that should be enough motivation for u...

ah ok i see...il go to the club... dam people are making good progress...i think im the only 1 who has gained weight....i started at 12 stones, and now im at 12.5...

ok thanks for your help....really appreciate it. yeah i havnt started it officially yet, just tryna make little changes at the mo. but in a couple of weeks il go 2 a slimming world class for sure.

does slimming world consider training regimes? i will be doing running on treadmill and weight lifting about 3x a week...

didnt realise chips were so bad...ok i will eat less chips from now definitely... coke i cant really quit, but i will do less. i have a few problems, i dont drink or smoke cigarettes or any drugs to give me a buzz, and if i drink high cafene product (like cofee or redbull) i get really really...

sorry to keep bothering you guys. ok what if i ate chicken from a takeaway with the skin on, but no chips. how would that fair?... or what if i did not have any syns for a few days, then could i have the synful meal?... wow giving up chicken and chips is gonna be very difficult, even when im...

ok il go to a class, but it will have to be out of town. if my friends find out i went to slimming world club...then i will be ripped apart and i would never hear the end of it. yeah il go to 1 class.

nooooo... ok i know nothing about extra easy... all i know is im gonna have alot of chicken and less rice. (coz all that protein is gonna help me, im gonna be doing weight training aswell)...

wow walkers crisps...thats alot...i think i will switch to french fries. diet coke is ok if your thirsty, but then it starts tasting salty eurgh...i will get some diet coke now, but how much for full fat coke?... and lol, yes my chicken and chips always comes from a takeaway/fast food shop...

ok can someone just clear up the following food values for red days for me. i have alot of coke, so i would like to know how much coke il be allowed in a red day. how much would 1 packet of crisps be on a red day as well? and how would 1 portion of chicken and chips be? those are the...

im a meat eater so i usually eat basic curry + rice twice a day. i wouldnt mind eating less rice + more chicken. just cant believe il be able to have as much chicken as i want. excellent.

ah yes women, thats intresting. i did notice i got more attention when i was younger and fitter... but not too bothered about random girls eying me up anymore, coz i someone im progressing with right now. although when i do my hair nicely and stuf and wear the right cloths, some girls take a...

ah thank you... yeah ive banned fizzy drinks in my house for my lil bros and sis (but i secretly have my coke)... i wasnt allowed any coke when i was small, but when i was 15 i became a man and starting buying my own. and yeah i really do not want to be gravely obese lol...

let me give you a peice of advise i got from a professional. there is no ideal weight because people bodys are different. so you should be looking at your body and deciding how much you have to loose. the way i will do it is concentrate on fat burning with weights + cardio. and once the loose...

ok i am still yet to start slimming world properly, but got all the materials. i will be doing almost 100% red days. can i ask how much plain white rice and healthily cooked chicken i can eat each day to keep within the rules... thank you...

"3. Sit down (esp when driving) and not feel my pants digging in, and my "rolls" feeling horrible!" oh man, that is the worst one lol... my cloths still fit me, but only just. i am at the stage where if i dont loose my belly i will have to buy new cloths. and it is amazing how much impact...

for me id say confidence has taken a slight knock. no longer can i wear tight t shirts and look good lol... and general life...i.e. i get tired to easily by carrying all this extra weight.

ok i have a rather different story. i was slim as a child. and then at 11 i started doing weight lifting (il be honest, i did it to impress girls in my school...and it worked...to a certain extent)...so then my weight went up coz of the extra muscle i had. and then i stopped after 2 years, i...

lol i think that 1 post contains more than what ive learnt in 2 years about weight loss. thank you

then you need to do fat burning exercises....cardio basically... its all about body fat percentage, not weight. if your body fat is low, you always look good. and for us guys. if body fat is low, we get that 'ripped' look.

errr i hate diet coke. tastes so disgusting after about 1 litre into it. original coke on the other hand is the best drink ever. i love it, its the one food/drink that i truly enjoy, and try to savour every moment. other things like sweets, fast foods, i just eat for a lil comfort eating...

hi.... i got all my materials of the internet so im almost ready to begin slimming world. about classes. i dont see the point of going to classes for me personally. i have a very basic diet of mostly chicken and rice, and fast food. so i need to make very little adjustments to my diet to...

your husband sounds like my sort of man, in the straight man to man sort of way. yeah il be doing weights while doing sliming world and cardio vascular. hopefully that muscle il be gaining will help to burn more and more calories and increase my weight loss. i really want to wear shirts with...

so i can base my future on all red days and loose weight?....incredible...

do you have to do green days? is it a must. im almost ready to start slimming world, however i am anticipating a lot of red days, i eat chicken levery single day of my life.

amazing stuf...

interesting about comments. ive gained 10 pounds, but after i put on a black shirt and black jeans, my friend asked have i lost weight. im thinking, wait till i really loose some weight, well see what she says then. its a great feeling being commented on (means people visibly think you look...

ah i see....is he a big build or a normal build? i really dont want big build, because it starts giving some problems of being fat. like siting down in a chair, the bigger you are the more uncomtable it is. gonna hit the gym starting from next week. ooh yeah.

yeah i definitely will have to change some habbits. drinking coke is probably the big one. il have 2 litre bottles a day in hot days, and about half a bottle a day when its not hot. i tried to give up coke before, i went about 5 days without it, and then i drank like 2 litres in 1 go. but i...

i sort of lied about my weight as well. when i was 12 stone i used to tell people im 13 stone. i dunno why i did that. personally i dont really care about weight. im like 12.5 stones now. its the fat which is important. honestly, after i get rid of the fat in my body i wouldnt care if i was...

i think lifestyle is the most important thing for weight loss. if your constantly going out of your own way to do something, your mind and body dont like it. thats probably why when i was at school and playing an average of about 2 hours of football every single day, i didnt have a any fat on...

lol dam, maybe i shouldnt have done that. my stats are minus now. lol. in my defence, that goal weight is a prediction. i not only want to loose fat, i want to gain muscle as well. and muscle weighs more than fat, so then i might loose and gain weight, not really sure, not too bothered about...

i c. well i dont want to have a varied diet. you wouldnt believe, ive been eating the same daily foods for nearly all my life lol, hardly any variation in my diet. the main food in my diet will be the lean meat (chicken), because i have been eating chicken everyday in my life. but obviosly its...

perfect weight is just a figure mate. doesnt mean anything because weight varies with different physical makeups, muscles and fat. so if you have fat stored around the body, then clearly that is excess fat and ideally you'd like to remove it. thats the rule im going by anyway. when i see my...

i dont wanna join the weekly groups (just a personal issue, i dont see the benefits of going to them). i hope this diet works well because ive heard good things about it. and with my semi intense (3 days a week in the gym, cardio + weight training) workout plans, i think diet should help...

lol i knew it was going to be a bad idea admitting the issue of my bum. im not homo, but i really did enjoy wearing tight cloths before to show of my figure. (dam that does not very masculine).

if you are a male, then do a few weight lifting exercises to pump out your chest. my belly is starting to get bigger and bigger, but because i worked out on my chest when i was younger, it makes it look like i have a flat stomach (from a distance)... but yeah, you belly will start to you if...

personally i dont care about bmi at all. my bmi says im overweight, but when people see me they are suprised when i start talking about me being overweight. but i used to have a flat stomach, with pretty much visible pacs as well. but now i can feel flab around parts of ma body which i need to...

wow slimming world sounds too good to be true. i have chicken everyday. and not barely any chese/milk and cereals/bread. need to check it out. fatboy hi, congratchulations on loosing the weight you lost so far. do you do much cardio? (running, cycling etc), and do you do any sort of resistance...

out of the two, whic one is the healthier?...i think its chicken, would anyone like to confirm? i want to cut down on my chicken and chips, so i think the best thing to do would be to just eat the fried chicken. just finding it very dificult to fit the cardio in at the moment, so i have to...

maybe someone should comment on how much bone exactly weighs in relation to fat and muscle (we know muscle weighs more than fat)...

yes bmi, personally i think bmi is more suited to women. because women generally have less muscle mass. i get the impression that bmi does not take into account muslce mass. and from the people in these forums, i have found out that muscle mass does indeed weigh more than fat. the theory that...

im about 5 foot 6, 18 and weigh almost 12 stones. i have a bit of muscle on my arms, and can feel my pacs if i tense them. but i have alot of fat around my stommy (and a bit on my arms). i dont care about weight loss, i want fat loss only. so how do i work out how much fat i have?

thank you.... yess the shin splints problem is a real problem. do you run on grass? or pavement? because i couldt run on the streets no more it was so bad. i used to run barefoot in my room in the carpet lol. i used to do laps from one side to the other. i used to mix it up with the intensity...

i was supposed to have a decent body by summer, summer is almost here, however there is no body lool. my exercise regime started of with running everyday, weight lifting, drinking 2 litre of water daily and eating more fruits. it started of great, i actually felt weight loss even after a...

see its not about mass, its about what the mass is. there are 14 stone people with literally 0% fat on them, and there are 7 stone people with like 0% fat. a person should understand their body composition and manager their weight accordingly. my rule is simple (and id like to think...

ideally the experts say you would want to go first thing in the morning if fat burning is the objective. because you burn more fat on a empty stomach (body burns fat for energy at that time, not carbohydrates from recently eaten food). but obviously because of work/uni/school you cant really go...

very intresting...from what my science teacher told me, these tablets do exist for sure and they do work to help reduce fat. but theres one big side effect, apaarenty you will produce greasy feaces as a result lol, because of all that fat being let out. so if these are the tablets my teacher...

its not weight which you should look at, its your body composition. the logic behind that is, there are loads of factors affecting weight like muscle weighing more than fat. so my little theory is if theres flab in your stomach, or you have chubby cheeks...then you 'could' loose the weight...

if fat is your problem, like me, then its more about the exercise than the eating. your body burns fat at different rates at different times. e.g. if you done cardio first thing in the morning, your body uses energy only fat. but if you done cardio at like in the evening, your body uses up...

wow i have been doing the same recently. since i injured myself again, i couldnt do exercise...so i felt like i wasnt making any progress at all so i just ate a little bit more. but im starting exercise again tonight and im going back to my diet (which consitst of brekfast, decent lunch, and...

i would say weight loss is not the big thing, its about the mantaining of it which is more important. because i remember on tv 1 doctor said 'if a person is fat they can loose the weight, but they will definitely gain that weight back some time in their lives', cant remember his name, but it...

wel this is the first diet i have ever been on... you wouldnt call me fat if you saw me, infact people tend to laugh when i say im overweight. but you soon realise that i actually get out of breath from normal walking. so that means i am way fatter than my body can handle. so therefore i have...

ah im really happy again...while i sort out the shin problem, i have found a new cardio exercise. ive moved my chair away, and im doing sprint laps from one side of the room to another. my room is so smal, about 2-3 meters, but hey it works. i make sure im doing them as fast as i can. i know...

yes i think it could be a weight thing. ive been asking about the shin splints, it seems i just need to sort a few things out to run on the road. theres a few exercises which can be done to strenghten the calf muscles and the ankles. so i remain optimistic about the running, which will continue...

wow, ur story sounds a little like my story exept i dont drink lol. yeah i know what u mean, its so easy to gain weight at uni, you just eat and eat ... and theres no structure to your eating - mum does not call you at certain times, you eat when you wanna. i must have gained half a stone at...

wow i didnt know some people were that obsessed about their weight, this can be really really bad i see. shouldnt weight be used as a little guide rather than definitive proof? i dont really know much about this, but cant loads of factors affect weight?....like water content or muscle. like i...

I once had chickn and chips for brekfast, lunch and dinner lool. And once i had a 2 litre coke bottle in about 3 hours, out of pleasure mind you, not for the sake of it.

ah very intresting. in the summer i can drink something like 1 and half litres of coke a day. sometimes i go without water for days. e.g. with brekfast lunch and dinner i drink coke instead of water. i did notice that drinking milk made feel more fuller than drinking water/coke.

ah i see, the only reason i can think of it happening to me is because my stomach fat increased the skin around my belly. being a small framed person, something probably had to give. yes after i loose the fat, i will get this bio oil. and omg lostris, you went from 232 to 150? thats absolutely...

i have a weight loss worry, i heard as you loose weight you loose muscle and fat. i dont wanna loose any muscle. its been a little secret strong point to me recently. this is obvoisly the fatest i been in my life, but because i done weight training when i was younger in my arms and my chest...

ok so im quite fat now, my morning (after a number 2) weight is about 161 pounds and my highest weight is probably around 167-168 during the day. (dont ask me how, it just is lol). ive noticed a really embarasing problem, i have a few stretc marks on both sides of my hip. i mean im obviosly...

ah i just weihhed my self now. 11 stone 7. so as someone sugested that maybe my correct weight. but this is first thing in the morning after i done a number 2 and havent had breakfast yet - so i feel like i cheated lol. but men shouldnt worry about their weight i dont think, they should only...

lol i just brought a digital weight scale from argos, it looks very nice. for me weight isnt the issue at all, its the fat on my stomach and the tone-ness of my body. but i weigh my self many times a day, its close to my chair so litrally everytime i get up i check my weight. its amazing how...

im gonna join the gym for one month, to kick start my training again. but i will just use the tredmill, and the weights mainly. i dont think joining the gym is the answer to a healthy lifestyle for everyone. i found that most people eventually just stop going gym after a while, no matter how...

well i dont drink any tea or cofee or any other drinks (no alcohol as well). i did drink alot of coke until recently though. infact i really dont like drinking cofee or red bull. it makes me very very tired, i have no idea why. soon as i drink it, i feel so sleepy - i thought it was meant to...

lol i cant believe i wasted all that money on juice. shows how stupid i am lol. hmm wat do with 7 cartons of orange juice. let me think.... i guess il just leave it for everyone else to drink in the house. can anyone recomend a juice or drink which is actually healthy for me? yes i been...

ok this training thing isnt going too well for me right now. ive stopped all exercise for the past few days coz i think it was making my shoulder pain worse. the shoulder pain seems to have almost gone now, so maybe tomorrow or day after i can go back on the weight lifting and the new exercises...

as some of you may or maynot know, ive startd weight loss. and i went tesco's the other day and i brought 8 1 litre cartons of orange juice (from concentrate?) for £5. i got home and i saw that it has 26.3 grams of sugar per 250ml, when coke has 26.5 grams per 250ml. i mean all my life i heard...

ok ive been to run and become today. it was a great experience, everyone in there was so nice. lol i got accused of being 'a very good looking young man' and also got accused of flirting with one of the staff lol. i can sincerely say i was not at all flirting. they let me try a few shoes and...

hi liz, if u dont me askin, what is a gastric band?

nope i have not spoken to any proffesional, i thought my regime was so simple it didnt need any advise. i think i realised why my shoulder and neck injury occured during weihgt lifting. your only ment to use your biceps when doing bicep curls. and when i got the point where my bicep could not...

yes cloths are quite an issue. all of my shirts/tops still fit, but there much more tighter now. but the worst part is the way it sits on my body, it dont look good. i normally buy size small cloths, but now the first time im having to buy medium. this might sound a bit wierd but i used to...

shing splints? omg that does not sound good what ever that is. yes i did noticed yesterday that this new pain wasnt from the muscle, it was like it was from the bone. why is everything going so bad for me. lol i injured my shoudler by doing too much weight lifting so i couldnt do that for a few...

ive just been from my run, i think the problems got worse, i was able to do 2 of my 'laps' and i couldnt take it anymore. usually even with the pain i can sprint back to my home, but i couldnt even do that today, the problem is that bad. i feel so depressed now, because i thought the sorbothane...

yes the hardest part is starting. but i will tell you the most rewarding part of it is the physical exercise, when you swet, u know your burning some of that fat. infact i been running everyday and i cant wait to get out there tonight. its really enjoyable. the food part i find dificult because...

ah im sorry to hear that, i guess i should consider medical advise. ive purchased some insoles after various people have recomended it to me. i got them of the internet, or maybe ebay. but they are sorbothane insoles, they were advertised as 94% shock absorbtion and taking the impact of...

well in order for your body to loose weight at a good rate, it needs to be fiting. i.e. you need to be struggleing and really sweting. what i would do (and i am doing this in my life) is focus mainly on the tredmill. by all means do the other exercises for other areas, but treadmill is the one...

ah...i dont know what arches are but it sounds very intresting. if u dont mind me enquiring, could you explain more about your sisters problem and how similar it is to my situation? thank you. ive discovered a small trick to deal with the foot pains. when i go running, i wait for my stupid...

im on no proffesioanal diet... but i have been taking advise on the good people on this forum and have changed what i eat. instead of having a huge lunch for brekfast, i now have cereal every morning with cornflakes and milk (i know you guys have told me to get porridge, i tried to get some...

my 2 main meals (excluding brekfast) always include chiken. so im thinking about replacing 1 of the meals with just fruits like grapes and bananas. would this help? thanks.

dam, this foot problem is not going away. it has gotten a little better, but ive been running everyday...everytime, i run until my foot is killing me, basically when im limping and hurting with pain. and yesterday for the first time i fet muscel pains on my legs, i was happy with that because i...

sounds like good progress... 800 calories is like soo less...would you happen to know how many calories are in 1 banana or in a handful of grapes?

ah thanks, ye i had a look at that site...lots of info there. so i have tosterone, and that helps my muscels? i always thought tosterone helped with er something else lol. wow i just saw ur progress on the left hand side of the screan. thats really good. im not really tracking my progress...

woow, u put on that 2 stone again? how on earth did u do that? but it must hav felt great when u were negative 2 stone ey?... and if u dont mind me askin, how long did it take for u 2 loose the 2 stone, and what did u do?

imogen....yes i feel your points. i definitely do not want to bed every girl i meet, infact ive never had the confidence to take it to the next level with a girl yet. but obviosly when i was fitter i had lots of oportunities to do so, and lots of attention. no matter what anyone says, that kind...

loool, oh it was golilocks. wel it has been a long time since baby school for me, (obviosly). ive never herd of this museli, but rest assured i will go get some porridge and museli from the shops next time i go town. thank u for your support, everytime i come here i feel like im progressing.

ah dam i wasted that massive 750g box of cornflakes. ok i will switch to porridge soon, ive never tried porridge so i hope it tastes good. (i think the bears were eating it in little red riding hood). gonna do a bit of situps, pushups and weights and then go for my jog until my foot hurts...

ah yes, being around people with their eating habbits definitely has impact on what you eat. im at uni 1st year as well, and i started this training dieting last week, and when i went home, i had a little too much than i should have. i definitely can see the problem. you know what id recomend...

frozen u say, eh? sounds very intresting and good, i must try it. aah if only there was a medicene to take which stops people feeling hungry, that would be a solution to all of our problems.

looool omg... comfort eating is a big problem for me. because i always ate what i wanted in my life, because i was very active and my metabolism was probly very good. so now that i finally have a belly i realise i have to stop. the motivation has to come from within you, no matter what people...

so its 3 meals a day with 2 healthy snacks. i now have brekfast with milk and cornflakes. before my brekfast could be my dinner, or sometimes i used to have chicken and chips for breakfast lol... the 2 healthy snacks you say, what exactly do you recomend i take for that? i brought some fruit...

so i should do weight liftnig as well as run. so whats the best type of weight lifting you guys recomend? i got weights/bar at home, and im not going to gym. the problem with wiehgt lifting is, im happy with my muscel size and i dont want my muscels to become huuuge. so would you advise i use...

wat is cd and ll and lt?

thanks for the reeplies... wel i eat rice and chicken/meat alot for my main meals. and ive recently started eating bananas, your advises (omg they fil u up sooo much). did someone say several MILES a DAY?, omg that sounds imposible, but if thats what i need to do il do it. i need to have a...

all u have to do is put loads of fruit and grapes in your table...and u wil eat good food always... i havnt really tried it, but i started it now. all this time i had crips and sweets on my table, now i have the goood stufs. lets c how it goes.

after doing sit ups for a few days, i can feel how hard my packs have gone. infact i can easily feel the grooves and lines of the packs, they are quite well defined. however lol, i have this stupid layer of fat in my belly which i need to get rid of as soon as possible. so i ask of you nice...

hello my friend. yes like your self, i have begun to loose weight recently as well. i dont know anything about this stuff but from what i been hearing recently, its all about increasing your metabolism. because aparantly if you get to a low calorie diet, eventually your body gets used to it...

miss rachy, are u for serios? you look so pretty and thin in your pic, and you wanna loose 2-3 stone??? i would change my exercise if i could find one as good as running. from what i here and what i feel, running/jogging gives me everything i need. makes all parts of the body work and gets me...

ok so ive recently started to loose weight. but when i go jogging outside, after a short while, the bottom of my foot really starts hurting. so i have to wait about 15 minutes for the hurting to stop and continue running again. then my foot hurts again and so on. (both feet hurt by the way...

cereal you say, yes i will get milk and rice krispes and eat that for brekfast. and i guess ile have 2 more meals during the day. eating once at 7pm everyday was starting to get quiet hard lol. i will do intense outdoor running about 3-4 times a week. and i will try to do 200 situps everyday...

aah thanks guys, that was some useful information. so i take it eating one meal is not the healthy option. so im thinking if i have cereal every morning, and then eat a big meal at 5pm, that will do the trick? My big meal always consists of rice and chicken/meat. 200 situps per day sounds...

hi i was hoping u guys would have some tips for me. basically im 18 and i am a male. uptil about 3-4 years ago, i ate what wanted and when i wanted, junk food and lots of cola and stuff. but i had a very active lifestyle that time, i played various sports and done exercise everynight. but i...