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- panacea0
Sorry, this was the link I was looking for, I think I can do this
- e-pill0
maaan.. i have a hyper thyroid.. i wish i can gain weight.. i can eat anything.. and by that an example is i can eat a whole cake, a whole box of oreo cookies and not gain a single pound.. i think its burned off b4 it reaches my stomach.. crazy.. but im sure most of you wish you had my problem..
- monkeyshine0
Congratulations! Wow, that's a lot of weight in a very short period. I lost about 15lbs in about 3 months. I discovered that running 3-4 miles 4x (min) a week is all I need to do to shed weight. Stopped eating crap but still have wine.
Trick I learned about running: land on the backside of the ball of your foot, as lightly as possible, rather than the heel. Couldn't run for years because of knee problems...no more. :)
- fugged0
Fuck, that's great man. Congrats. Keep it up.
- scarabin0
too bad light beer sucks
- I tried a Michelob Ultra and nearly puked it was so bad, I guess that's one way to lose weight!fooler
- i had a bud light the other night. it was drinkable cause it didn't really taste like anything, but that was the problem... no flavorscarabin
- I can drink Coors Light in the hot summer, it's like water...Refreshing and hydrating.fooler
- panacea0
The Myth of the Fat-burning Zone
http://www.active.com/triathlon/…I play tennis twice a week, I feel as if I'm burning ~400 cal/hr
actually, their app looks good
http://www.active.com/mobile/?cm…- sorry, TheFatBaron, mentioned the couch to 5K thing above.panacea
- stoplying0
What about drinking alcohol? How do you handle that?
And good for you man....Next time you go to the gym, pick up 60lbs and imagine you used to lug that around. Well done.
- TheFatBaron0
Lost 50lbs over the course of 8-10 months a couple years ago, and have mostly kept it off. I wouldn't complain about losing another 20 or so. What did it for me was martial arts - I started taking Aikido, and happened to join a dojo that was a very hard workout. Between that and cutting out soda (and cutting out most of the crap food), I've been doing pretty good.
Mikotondria - Consider starting a couch to 5k-style program, and maybe making sure you're not running incorrectly. Even if you only run 200 yards at a time at first, constant and consistent intervals will eventually get longer, and eventually become longer distances.
- aha, yes, yes, I've cheered up a bit and downloaded this. Just waiting to buy some shoes I can use.mikotondria3
- rson0
- monospaced0
This thread is inspiring me to get back to the gym. It's been over ten years, and for the most of that I was lucky enough to live in places where just living kept the weight off. For example, San Francisco without a car leaves you walking/biking up and down massive hills and climbing endless staircases. Now that I'm in New York and have a desk job I've gained so much weight and feel fat, even though my friends say I'm not. It's just that I'm really soft and am simply out of shape.
I need to find a way of working out that doesn't feel like, well, working out. I used to enjoy racquetball matches for that reason. I'm also just intimidated by gyms here where the beautiful people run side-by-side like a scene from Gattaca. Not my thing.
- I have never been in a gym in my life! I just got sick of working all the time and feeling like shit. So I gave it a shot.rson
- that's why this thread is so inspiring.monospaced
- NY Roadrunners! Just do a bunch of the 4 mile runs in the park. It's really nice, and motivating.stoplying
- 4 miles!? Ugh, my lungs would collapse after 1/4 mile. I'd have to work up to that.monospaced
- Trust me...if I can do it. Anyone can!stoplying
- Iifeinvector0
60lbs. is awesome, good work. :) I lost a handful suddenly last year & have had really no trouble keeping it off. I take better care of myself now than I ever have & feel great physically.
Made small, consistant changes here & there to my choices in food & how I spend my free time. I do something active every day & continue to snack a lot but on delicious healthy things (raisins, nuts, hummus, cheese instead of cookies). Basically created a new lifestyle for myself, slowly, and maintenance has been pretty comfortable.
- I should add that I pretty much only drink water & eat several small meals a day.Iifeinvector
- Essentially, you eat like the French do, and stay active like most Euros do... hence their weight.panacea
- BTW, good for you and nice portfolio of illy.panacea
- :)Iifeinvector
- vaxorcist0
I'm not too suited to running due to an injury from breaking my ankle years ago, but I do find an excercise bike can be good....
- showpony0
congrats! 60 lbs is no joke... well done. not that i'm a trainer or anything, but my unsolicited advice would be to start a weight lifting routine now (while keeping cardio at least 3x a week). given that you lost about 4 lbs a week, that means that you also lost some muscle (unless you were very overweight).
- Gucci0
@mikotondria3: For starters: drink lots of water. Eight 8oz glasses a day. It'll help you feel full.
You'd be surprised how hard it is to drink that much water every day.
- mikotondria30
That's splendid, sir - well done. I need to lose more than that, but it's so frickin hard I've all but given up. I've tried the dukan diet - couldn't afford the protein-only food and it drove me crazy and miserable, and my body is kinetically absolutely unsuited to running. I literally can't run 200 yards without my bones feeling like they're falling apart and I can't breathe. I'm pretty much fucked at this point. Any helpful ideas ? Oh and due to my parental schedule I can't get to any gym and do my job. I have maybe 30 minutes a day when I can be out of the house.