The Weightloss/ Getting Fit Thread!

Gonny try that lettuce/burger thing!

 

Make sure it's like a big crispy iceberg-ty0e lettuce, instead of a soggy kind

 

On it! Got iceberg from aldi earlier.

 

I've always been pretty lean, but I'm in my mid 40s now & suffer from a bad back & knees. I'm starting to fill out a fair bit & I'm about a stone heavier than I want to be.
I'll start to monitor my calorie intake (without counting) - (is this even possible lol) ie eat better, now the worst weather is past.
I'm going to join the gym & play golf more (if I can, with my back).
Is cycling or rowing better at the gym? I just want to lose the belly, I'm used to being fairly skinny - so muscles were never there anyway.

 

Been doing more strength stuff and definetly feel stronger but on the flip side I can feel a belly coming on only confirmed by my jeans and trousers feeling tight as * when before they slipped on no bother, starting running again tommorow, mates wedding in a month I dont wana have to buy new * suit trousers

 

Cycling and rowing are both great, but rowing is more of a full body workout.

Do some weights too as that burns a lot of calories.

 

I've lost 2 and a half stone since end of January now. Quite happy with that

 

Had far too much time off the weights (one month). Fortunately I find that just two sessions back I see a difference to my shape again. It's the cardio that lets me down.

Promise myself I'll get morning runs before work but have yet to manage this once recently!

 

What excuses have you been giving yourself?

 

No excuses. Just point blank laziness. Late nights and "I'll get a run in after work instead"...

 

Go tomorrow. You'll feel better for it.

 

That's how I felt getting back into it.

 

Defs start running in the morning, I've been getting up at 6 for a run for the past few weeks and for the first few days it is murder but after you get the routine down its class.

A good way I look at it aswell is if you get it out of the way early you don't need to worry about it hahah

 

Same.

Now in my new job I have a lot more free time so head to the gym at 6 and blast out a 5k or 30 mins HIIT on the treadmill.

Doing it fasted so hoping to knock off a few this week, can see me getting leaner but this visceral fat is * * to get rid of.

 

I'm always up at the back of 6 with the lighter mornings and always think oooh, I could go a run or get some weights in before work but just lie there with the fear checking the time every few minutes until I have to get up. Have been running after work this week but think I need to start doing weights and cardio to really see some benefits. Maybe if someone else in here who is struggling to get morning workouts done manages it it will inspire me/give me a kick up the * I need!

 

I went from 26st 10lbs to 16st 12lbs in 2 years by following the below:

Water - 1 x 500ml bottle in morning (gets metabolisim working)

Breakfast - 3 large beaten eggs scrambled no milk or butter, wee bit salt and pepper and 2 slice dry seeded batch or lightly buttered

Lunch - Salad box with 3no sliced meat or chicken, leafy salad, carrot, cucumber and coleslaw or beetroot

Afternoon Snack - Seasonal Fruit salad

2 x 500ml bottle water thoughout the working day (8-5)

Dinner - Bought a George Foreman and had Steak (cut fat off) pork steaks, chicken breast, steamed potatoes and steamed veg

Evening Snack - piece of fruit.

1 x 500ml bottle water in the evening.

Excercise 1 x 3km walk at lunch time (uphill if you can then back down on the way back) should take you 25-40 minutes.

Went swimming at night - 10no lengths of 25m pool (mixed strokes) then walk another 10no lengths with a weight/float tied to you.

Also played 5 a sides 2 nights per week.

If you get cravings for chocolate then Kinder Bueno or a Freddo and Quavers or Wotsits are best.

All those shakes (slimfast and Herbalife) drink plenty water to avoid dehydration, its a lots of * water speeds up your metabolisim and is a natural dieuretic.

 

Going to joing a gym again, changed jobs a year ago and 4 months into it I'd lost 3 and a half stone. Been eating * awfully in that time, takeaways almost every night. It's kind of levelled out now so thinking if I actually try might get a good bit off.

Difference between a physical job and just sitting in an office getting hammered into a snack box is insane.