Fabs
Hows it going mate?
I attend the Robina meeting at the moment but I will be changing soon when I move to Main Beach.

Hello!!!
I am fantastic, having a daz off today so im catching up with the posts! Where abouts r u moving to in main beach? I lived in breakers street (the crest) and on cronin ave (main beach tower and a little house right by it)! I loooove the fruit shop there with their smoothies and their yogurt (not WW at all by the way)

I am still in my mountains here in Verbier, still no news about visa. But everything is fine. I am staying here for another while i guess but heading south by 2006! Let me know about your experiences!!! Where does ur husband work? How do you spend your days?

Love, fabie

"In general the fatter subjects slept about 1.8 hours a week less than those with normal weights."

"We caution that this study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between restricted sleep and obesity, (but) investigations demonstrating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to establish such a relationship."

Shed kilos with 20 mins more sleep

Staying up watching "Neighbours" causes obesity?

No doubt that a good sleep makes for a more alert and active tomorrow and that many do not sleep well or long enough.

From personal habit I can say that staying up to watch late TV gives me time for more food! So there's my theory: more time awake means more food eaten. Simple eh?

Could well be true generally. Could also be true that late eating results in poor sleep.

To eat healthily, one is supposed to front-load (big breakfast, smaller lunch, light dinner). But most people do it the other way round. I assume that very late eating just makes things even worse!

Front-load, very good. How many people will come across that post when searching for details of front loading visa apps I wonder?

One thing I have found is that I now eat brekkie before leaving for work whereas I never felt like eating that early in the morning back in the UK. Could be a number of reasons, being lighter in the morn, being less stressed about work and the commute. Anyways I do see benefits from this change.

LOL - made me think of washing machines... another 'hot topic' on here

Oh yes I forgot. I do try and forget my posts about domesticated things in case I start to turn

really? i'm the opposite, and i eat my breakfast after i arrive at work in the morning!! i always had brekkie before i left for work in the uk.

i am quite getting into my omelettes in the morning (3 egg-whites and only one yolk to make it high protein, low-fat/cholesterol), but they are a bit soggy when i get to work!!

I have been going to the gym now regularly for three years. Four or five times a week for high cardio workouts. I've stopped smoking, given up coke, coffee, tea etc. I drink three bottles of water a day and herbal tea. I'm fit and healthy but still four stone overweight (heavier than when I joined the gym !!).

I want to lose the weight for health and vanity reasons so, whilst exercise is vital for your health, it needs to be combined with a diet for weight loss.

This year I've joined Rosemary Conley so that I can be as prepared as I can be for my medical (fingers crossed we get that far) then I be able to wear a thong bikini when I get to those glorious Oz beaches !!

You'll see a lot of fad diets and books in the shops that guarantee 10lbs weight loss in 4 weeks. These are a bit of a cheat as the initial weight loss is fairly straight forward due to most people not drinking enough water and hence the body is dehydrated and tries to retain water in the fat. To be fair they can be a good motivation for starting, however it is all too easy to give up after the initial month as the weight loss slows down.

In general it is meant to be achievable/safe to lose around 1-2lbs (0.5-1kg) a week, however this will depend on your build/body size etc.

I have found the easiest way to lose weight is to decrease portion size (so put away the big plates for now and use smaller ones) together with cutting down the amount of complex carbs you eat (e.g. rice, pasta etc). This together with a bit more exercise, even if it is just walking, will usually provide results.

I would also say that rather than be fixated on weight, measurements like body fat are probably a better measure (unless you used to weight 11 stone and now weight 15 stones etc, then you know that losing a few stone should be achievable)

Discipline is the key thing. Clubs like weight watchers can help, however as most people know from their own experience. You start a "diet" and after a month or two it goes by the by. A diet shouldn't starve you or leave you hungry, although if you are someone who overeats by a large amount you will probably find yourself hungry, so eat fruit instead.

The best advice is chose a sensible target/plan/diet and keep to it, allow yourself the odd "bad day" when you can treat yourself. Don't set yourself unrealistic targets and listen to your body, you'll know when you are pushing yourself too hard.

Also, there is a lot of information on sites such as www.ivillage.co.uk which I can highly recommend, is aimed at women, however has a lot fo good information for men as well.

Hope that helps (apologies if a little too serious!)

Alex

you weigh 10 st 11 !
you don't need a diet, you need a pie! I recommend shakespeares pies! mexican is really good!

I don't need to diet, cos I've already successfully lost the weight I wanted... Unlike you bro!!!! Must mean I know what I'm on about

Now, where's my beer

:-)

alex

Another top tip - prevention is better than cure - seems to me, if you put on 2 stone then it stretches the body and you'll never get back optimum conditions, I mean how can you, esp if you are over 30..

so fight like mad to keep it off in the first place. Agree with alex, less food, less crap in food, more exercise - in fact lots of exercise - is the only way.

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