Yeah I can imagine you needing to be fit for a role like that, runnings great for building up stamina.

High intensity and short duration would work best, or so I'm told.

Are women allowed to be bush firefighters?

I agree with some of what you say, you're right when you say starving and binge eating doesn't work, in most cases the person who does that will end up weighing more. Also people who just dive into intense exercise without building their fitness levels up gradually. They will hurt themselves, I once did just that, when I went to a fitness class that I'm sure was designed for marine commandos.


But I do believe you need to sacrifice certain foods to be 'healthy'

Slim doesn't always mean healthy, I know a few slim people who eat absolute crap, my mate being one of them they just don't eat a lot of it, therefore they never get fat.

I eat a healthy 1500 calories a day during the week, give or take 50.

I have a lot of food, 3 good meals in fact, but no crap at all and I feel full and satisfied because the food I eat is of a high nutritional value.

If I know I will be a lot more active than normal on a particular day then I eat a lot more calories on that day.

It's took me a while to find out what works best for me, and I believe I've found it. Everyone is different in how they live their lifestyles, not everyone likes keeping fit and that's fine but I don't know anyone who likes being fat.









This bit of information is quite useful below for those of you who don't already know it.


Your current weight x 12 = calories needed to maintain your weight.

To lose 2lb a week cut a thousand calories a day.

Current weight in lb? In kg I wouldn't have 1000 cal to cut!

Absolutely! we have 4 women in our brigade (out of about 50).

Well of course it isn't the same, nutrition wise. But if you take sugar in your tea and you can build that into a balanced calorie deficit, you're better taking the sugar than using a sugar substitute.

Fat people eat fat too.

Which foods would those be?

Current weight using which units? Is that going to give you BMR or TDEE?

And people really shouldn't be aiming to lose 2lb a week unless they have a substantial amount of weight to lose.

Most brigades would love to have more women. Molly. It's all good.
It takes all sorts to staff an operational station.

But I personally would like to see raised levels of fitness but there is a school of thought that you would lose most of your volunteers if a test was introduced so we look the other way!

The Corps are good at doing annoying little exercises - it keeps them trim for their Blue Peter appearances. I've said it before - they teach a particular skill which is up there with one of the most useful things I have ever been taught - the regain back up on to a rope when you and all your gear are hanging off it (at this point 99.9pc of the population will drop into the water tank - in to the river etc) I tried to get that skill on to the programme of an infantry company..

That rope skill has saved me from getting wet and in all sorts of benign situations. Once you know how to do it it is quite easy, but initially it takes a lot of strength before technique assists.

You're better off not taking the sugar at all. Nutrition is the only thing that matters.

You said that the only thing needed was portion control, so a bowl is a bowl is a bowl. What matters is what's in the bowl, not the size of the bowl (portion control). All calories are not created equal.

Fat people do eat fat but they didn't get fat by eating fat.

Lol yep in lbs, obviously this guide is only for people who need to lose weight.

Wow, that's good, good for them!

Totally agree, check this article out I had sent to me some time ago.

I was once a sugar addict, and I actually didn't realise it, I still haven't cut it out of my diet completely, as I do love sweet treats. They are my vice, but I have cut back a lot. It didn't help me being brought up with lots of baking and cakes in the house that my mum and gran use to bake.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...ur-health.html

Oh C' mon! That's not fair ....annoying little excerises? Lol


Look at this badge, they have it tough believe me, and this is just a little of what they have to do.
http://youtu.be/IhmYmnjXu3U

I'm organising a team at work for the Global Corporate Challenge, 7 poor sods pay $30 (subsidised from $99) to get 2 FitBit like pedometers some smartphone app and smash the others with our combined greatness.

Should be fun, a good team talking point and a side-effect maybe getting a bit fitter.