The thin within
 

OK..this is the weigh in thread.

Rules and regulations:

No wearing bulky clothes to start and then stripping naked next week!

No laxatives

Both feet must be on scales at all times

No binging after the weigh in

And no telling porkies if you been bad!!!

Re: The thin within
 

ok can i join in ???

my name's billy and i am fat.

i would like to register my weight at 17.5 stone exactly.

p.s i just ate half a toblerone

Re: The thin within
 

Is this part of a New Years resolution?

Re: The thin within
 

Podgypossom, are you not going to go first????
Tazzy
;)

Re: The thin within
 

Go to London/UK for a month. We all lost weight (2 aussie mates who came with us included) , thats a first for a holiday.

I think it was to do with ditching "Life in a car" and actually walking so much. Lack of junk food played a bit part for aussie male friend, he dropped almost a stone!

Odd thing for me was here I exercise everyday, there I did nothing except rush around trying to fit it all in and still lost weight. Plus according to my husband everytime he looked at me I had a bar of chocholate in my gob, declaring I was saving money at 35P V $1.60 here:D

Anyway it must show being active instead of moaning its too hot to move must work!

I witness this far too often.

Women (and some men) weigh themselves and go "I am too fat I need a diet"

Then after 4 weeks (thats good going for most dieters) of being grumpy it all goes to smoke because the diet is unsustainable.

Why do you care if you weigh less for a short while when in 2 months it is going to be back.

If you want to feel better about yourselves exercise is the best thing. Not only does it tone you, the body feels better and I find I want to eat better food.

The hardest part of it is starting a sustainable routine.

thats us :lecture: :lecture: :lecture: then!

:D

Just saw your swimming thread PP. Good luck with it.

Rules read and understood PP :D


Bondipom, I agree to some degree and dont think faddy diets work longterm. I attend a gym 3/4 times per week, but when you've gained 10lbs in 3 weeks through pure greediness and you cant get into your clothes action is called for. It wont balance out in a couple of months it'll just creep up and up, beleive me I've tried ignoring it before.

At the risk of being a Bohr, I am 1/1837th the weight of a nucleon and it would take about 1,675,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 nucleons to weigh 1 gram.

Atoms getting you down???...dance ya'll...

Clap your hands everybody
Slide to the left, take it back now ya’ll
1 hop this time, right foot let’s stomp
Left foot let’s stomp, Cha Cha real smooth

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya’ll
1 hop this time, right foot let’s stomp
Left foot let’s stomp, Cha Cha now ya’ll

Now it’s time to get funky
To the right now, to the left
Take it back now ya’ll
1 hop this time, 1 hop this time
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Slide to the left, slide to the right
Criscross, criscross
Cha Cha real smooth

Let’s go to work
To the left, take it back now ya’ll
2 hops this time, 2 hops this time
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Hands on your knees, hands on your knees
Get funky with it, aahhhhhhhhhh yaaaa
Come on, Cha Cha now ya’ll

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya’ll
5 hops this time
Right foot let’s stomp, left foot let’s stomp
Right foot again, left foot again
Right foot let’s stomp, left foot let’s stomp

Freeze, Everybody Clap yo hands
Come on ya’ll, check it out
How low can you go?
Can you go down low?
All the way to da floor?
How low can you go?
Can you bring it to the top?
Like it never never stop?
Can you bring it to the top?
1 hop, right foot now
Left foot now ya’ll
Cha Cha real smooth

Turn it down, to the left
Take it back now ya’ll
1 hop this time,1 hop this time
Reverse, Reverse
Slide to the left, slide to the right
Reverse Reverse, reverse reverse
Cha Cha now ya’ll
Cha Cha again
Cha Cha now ya’ll
Cha Cha again
Turn it down

To the left, that it back now ya’ll
2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops
Right foot let’s stomp, left foot let’s stomp
Charlie Brown, hop it out now
Slide to the right, slide to the left
Take it back now ya’ll
Cha Cha now ya’ll

Turn it down
To the left, take it back now ya’ll
3 hops this time
Right foot now, left foot now ya’ll
Cha Cha it out
Turn it down

To the right, to the right ya’ll
To the left, take it back now ya’ll
4 hops this time
Right foot now now ya’ll, left foot now ya’ll
Cha Cha now ya’ll
Cha Cha again, Cha Cha again

Turn it down
Take it back now ya’ll
Right foot let’s stomp, left foot let’s stomp
6 hops this time
Right foot let’s stomp, left foot let’s stomp
Right foot 2 stomps, Left foot 2 stomps
Criscross, Criscross
Slide to the left, Slide to the right
Let me hear you clap yo hands
Cha Cha now, Cha Cha again

Turn it down
To the left, take it back now ya’ll
2 hops 2 hops, 2 hops 2 hops
Right foot 2 stomps, left foot 2 stomps
Hands on your knees, hands on your knees
Aahhhh yaaaa, get funky with it

Get down now ya’ll,
Come on, come on
Cha Cha now ya’ll
Let’s go to work

Phew thats worn me out.

Yup I put on weight too, loads of drink, food and sitting on me a*se!

Starting detox today, no caffeine, alcohol, fat, blah blah blah blah blah

We are all so gullible and fall for it every New Year!

Hurrah! Some sense. So right about the exercise.

Seen too many people become obsessed with food, labelled as 'good' or 'bad'. Or I've been 'good' or 'bad' - this fosters more obsession about food.

Food should be enjoyed. Don't blight your life by denying yourself the food you would like to eat. (OK 10 doughnuts in 1 day is never a good idea!)

Read a book a while ago. The main point was that your body needs a certain amount of nutrients to stay healthy and if you eat crap, your body will keep you hungry until you do eat those nutrients. Does make a lot of sense.

So eating, ie veg soup, a wholemeal roll and half an avocado for lunch is miles better than chips and a coke. 300 cals of nuts will fill you up for longer than a mars bar etc etc.

I reckon the best diet is the 80/20. Eat 'well' 80% of the time and
bring on the cheesecake/chocolate/crisps/coke for the other 20%, exercise 4 times a week and you won't go wrong.

diets
 

apathy rules o.k.:beer:

Hi All,

I sure most of you already know this "Diets Don't Work" With many years of fitness training and instruction under my belt(including instructing Rosemary Conley classes), I have seen hundreds, if not thousands of attempts to lose weight. Very few success stories have been down to dieting - certainly not long term.

If the body senses a significant reduction in calories the body's survival instinct kicks in and recognises that this could be the start of a famine. The body will then start to store fat to enable it to survive the forthcoming lack of food.

I know this is not an exact science, and theories change every few months, but a proven system for losing weight is not to diet but to eat healthily, everything in moderation and increase activity/exercise.

If anyone requires any further advice then feel free to PM me.

Happy New Year

Colin

Great post, but there probably isn't a person on here who doesn't know that, but still we have health/weight/fitness problems. Is isn't ignorance. I reckon evoulution hasn't caught up yet. Our brains still tell us to eat as much as possible in case of famine, but the famine never happens.

Nor do we have the opportunity to burn it off to survive. Modern conveniences such as cars, washing machines and vaccum cleaners reduce our energy output.

P.S Had a great 'eat as much as you can' buffet at the Indian today - now ready for that famine.
:D

Cut down on or eliminate all wheat and wheat products!!!!

works very well

booboo:D

so does that mean i can eat as many yorkie's as i want ?

i have a weakness for them.

:D

Of course it does, it eliminates about 25-30% of the average person's calories for the day. Just calorie counting again!

Unless you have a wheat allergy, this is another fad diet.

I do not agree with this "no diet" theory. What is a diet???..is it not eating different foods in less quantities? If so, then it is the same you are advocating as a healthy regime, and therefore is still a "diet"!!

It is all very well for a person who has a few pounds to get off to just excercise more, but, if like me, you have a huge battle on your hands, just doing excercise and eating the same amount of food just won't work!!! This means a diet IS necessary!...doesnt it??

PP,

A diet is a reduction on calorie intake, not necessarily a change of food. If you are heating healthily, by healthily I mean not eating too much junk food and increase your activity level then it will work.

Aim to lose no more than 2 pounds per week - any more and you are much more likely to put the weight back on.

If you don't believe me put it to the test - money back guarantee:)

Colin

yes Colin, i totally agree with you, and i have already started. I have just joined the local swimming centre here in Adleaide and seeing as it has cost $126 for 30 swims i had better not waste it!! ;)

Many years ago i was a competitive swimmer, so i know the merits of healthy food in conjunction with exercise. But there is another cenario to consider. Some people put large amounts of weight on from food addiction and other much more complicated reasons. Finding the answers for curing over eating are as wide and varied as treating any other form of addiction, but sadly, society doesnt seem to latch onto the biggest addiction/ behaviour problem on the planet!!

Would you tell a alcoholic to just stop going to pubs and go for a jog? Would you tell a heroine addict to stop putting needles in their arm and go watch a movie instead? When you sit back at look at it from this angle, it really isnt that simple is it??

PP,

I agree, it isn't that simple, it is not an exact science. But for the average person who eats/drinks a little more than they should my theory stands.

There are no "generic" answers that cover every scenario, but there are few situations where an increase in activity will not see an improvement.

I have been personal training for many years, and I agree each client is different, but there are very few "Lost Causes"

If you want it you can do it.

Colin

You're not passing Adelaide by any chance are you? :D

Scales say I have lost 5kgs (11lbs?), pity I dont feel any better! :(

Thats my weight in for the month :p .

geeez...well done DB!!.. how come you dont feel better?

No doubt some will be fluid but its a start.

Same prob as before Podgy, still struggling along, its like swimming upstream against a strong current, got a whole lot more to go.

You know things are bad when xmas day consists of a piece of dry bread :eek:

Keep your chin up girl..maybe the meds havent kicked in properly yet.. how long you been on them now?...at least its starting to come off anyway

Hate hate hate scales. You can get heavier but thinner/more toned. Best to have an item of clothing or a tape measure.

I think its side effects from the drugs, has made me feel really really lousy, chest pains & stuff. Last 2 days have been the first 2 days in a row that Ive felt ok in months. Hopefully now that my dosage has been levelled out all the weirdness will stop. Its been 6½ weeks, 3 dosage changes but hopefully no more.

Pookin, unfortunately for what Im talking about scales are really the only way. LOL

Sorry, didn't realise about different conditions. I speak purely for us lazy people. :)

I do agree about the clothes etc, when I was alot younger & rode alot I was very fit & quite muscular. I weighed alot more than I did later when I had stopped riding & doing the heavy physical labour of looking after horses in full work. Weighed more but had alot smaller clothes. Purely muscle vs fat back then :) .

I was doing fine today until one of our left over mince pies with cream under its lid jumped into my mouth and begged to be eaten.....:( :(

I tried spitting it out honest, but it clung to the roof of my mouth..:rolleyes:

Has anybody tried that Atkins diet? I feel a meat frenzy commin on. A real bacon ham beef chicken duck goat dog smorgasboard.

Anythin animal counts.

Tried the Atkins (I've tried em all!) I could only stick it for 2 weeks but lost 9lb, the bonus is that after all that protein and fatty food all you fancy afterwards is salad and veg!

Have given up these extreme diets now for some time though, concerned about conflicting reports about effects on health and also beleive that the diets which forbid certain foods encourage obsessional eating patterns.

Because i am diabetic, i am tryng to stick to the Glycemic Index diet. It was originally developed for diabetics but now they reckon its great for everyone.

Go wash your mouth that is a diet that does not benifit anyone except Atkins pocket.

PP make yourself small acheivable goals of about ten pounds at a time. This amount you know you can do even if it takes twelve weeks plus. Once you have managed one lot of ten pounds get hubby to take you the earl for dinner (just the one dinner as a reward) then work towards the next ten pounds. Breaking weight loss in to managable and realistic amounts is alot easier than looking at a larger amount. Would be more than happy to give you moral support. Wont be adelaide until sept/oct so here will have to do, you can even PM if you would like.

Sarah

Thanx Sarah..

you're another one i shall be buying a drink when they arrive...i'll be broke at this rate...LOL :D

PP, I'm fired up and ready to go, my target is half a stone by the time I leave for Oz (6 weeks) fairly modest but I'm not prepared to forgo leaving do's etc so trying to be realistic.
I've booked into 3 classes at my gym this week and will swim at the pool there too.

Good luck with the swimming,
Michaela