Weight loss exercises?

[b0redom]

I think you'll find (s)he's about to post a link for stretch mark reduction cream!

[OilSheikh]

I m back.

I got a copy of EA ACTIVE 2 and I excercise 30 mins. with it every night before I go to bed.
I have made some more changes to my diet.
I only have breakfast+lunch+snack+dinner and eat nothing else.
For breakfast, it's still corn flakes, for lunch, its now home-made-lunch ( 1 khobez + 5 sliced cucumber pcs + 3 pcs small chicken breast ), for evening snack , it's 3 pcs of cake rusk and for dinner, it's 1 plate of rice ( not a piled up plate ).

But, it seeems it's still not enough. Maybe fat burning takes months ?

[Lucio]

If you're not loosing weight eating like that, then the chances are you're at your ideal body weight for you and you should stop stressing about it!

[OilSheikh]

If you're not loosing weight eating like that, then the chances are you're at your ideal body weight for you and you should stop stressing about it!

The problem is to do with my waist. Used to be 32 couple of years ago and now it's stuck at 34.

[pedro6994]

In my experience the quickest way to lose weight was a combination of monitoring my diet (eat real homemade food rather that processed cr*p) and moderate weight training with a bit of rowing machine thrown in for good measure.

There are some good articles showing how weight training is a lot more effective for weight loss that simply doing aerobic activities such as running. However you need to be focused and determined. Good luck.

[pedro6994]

also do as many situps as possible, on an incline if you can. Initially your waistling may expand slightly due to muscle gain but then shrink as the fat is burnt from that area.

[fuddam]

also do as many situps as possible, on an incline if you can. Initially your waistling may expand slightly due to muscle gain but then shrink as the fat is burnt from that area.

sorry to disillusion you but there is NO way to target fat burn. No way. Just does it all over, one time.

[Theo]

I m back.

I got a copy of EA ACTIVE 2 and I excercise 30 mins. with it every night before I go to bed.
I have made some more changes to my diet.
I only have breakfast+lunch+snack+dinner and eat nothing else.
For breakfast, it's still corn flakes, for lunch, its now home-made-lunch ( 1 khobez + 5 sliced cucumber pcs + 3 pcs small chicken breast ), for evening snack , it's 3 pcs of cake rusk and for dinner, it's 1 plate of rice ( not a piled up plate ).

But, it seeems it's still not enough. Maybe fat burning takes months ?

Excluding the 3 small pieces of chicken and milk with the corn flakes, all you're eating is medium-high GI carbohydrates.

[billythewiz]

Excluding the 3 small pieces of chicken and milk with the corn flakes, all you're eating is medium-high GI carbohydrates.

That was my thought too. Try switching to a low carb diet (fruit, veg, salad and lean meat).

I'm in a similar situation (trying to lose weight). I have a BMI of just under 26 and I'd like to get it below 25 (below 24 ideally). I'm also in a 5k run in July so I'm training for that.

My approach is two fold.

Diet: I have scrammbled egg and baked beans; or porridge and fruit; or a fruit smoothie for breakfast.
For snack I try to stick to fruit (pears, plums, peaches as well as the standard apples/bananas).
My lunch and dinner is very varied but I try to cut down on the carbs (bread, potatos, rice, pasta, crisps, cake, biscuits, pastry) and increase the vegetables, salad and lean meat (ham, tinned fish, chicken, etc.)

Exercise: Gym 3 times a week, mostly treadmill stuff with a small amount of upper body weights and abs exercises.

One thing I've been trying recently (2 weeks so far) is lower heart rate cardio. I'm 43 and so I guess my maximum heart rate is ~180. I was running for 20 - 40 minutes with a heart rate ~155 -165 (i.e 80 - 90%). What I've been doing recently is 20 minutes of walking (target HR 130) and 20 minutes of running (target HR 140). I use a heart rate strap and get the tread mill to control the speed for me. I've also been mixing things up a bit (walk then run one day, run then walk another day).

Any specific tips for me ?

[Ciber]

Any specific tips for me ?

1: I cut out baked beans when I found out how much sugar and salt is in them!

2: Eat less fruit. As in 1 or 2 pieces a day only. Most fruit contains lots of sugar, specifically fructose.

Fructose is considered to be possibly the worst type of sugar or carbohydrate to eat in excess. In moderation and combined with an active lifestyle, fructose does us no harm. Eat lots of sugary food (that includes fruit) and do no exercise and that's not so good. The 'five a day' thing is a bit wrong, maybe oversimplified to the extreme, really I think it should be saying more like one portion of fruit per day and 5 portions of veg. I hear people say they are eating 5 fruit a day and that's a good healthy diet and nevermind all the processed foods they eat or drink. As if fruit is like some kind of health shield or magic bullet that will make them healthy, or indeed a 'superfood'! There is no such thing as superman and certainly no food has superpowers lol, does it shoot lasers from it's leaves?

3: More weight training. Specifically full body exercises such as squat, deadlift, dips, pullups. Muscle burns calories and more muscle is generally a good thing.

[Ciber]

In my experience the quickest way to lose weight was a combination of monitoring my diet (eat real homemade food rather that processed cr*p) and moderate weight training with a bit of rowing machine thrown in for good measure.

There are some good articles showing how weight training is a lot more effective for weight loss that simply doing aerobic activities such as running. However you need to be focused and determined. Good luck.

This.

[petercook7]

I have been trying to lose 2 inches of my waist for last year by cutting down on food I eat but getting nowhere!

I have stopped consuming the following since a year now :
Chips, Chocolate, Cakes, Lamb, Beef, Crisps, Coke, Ice cream.

My breakfast is : 1/4 bowl of whole milk with 2 tsp sugar + Kelloggs corn flakes
My lunch is : Pasta with Arabiatta suace OR Subways 6" sub > Veggie patty/Chkn breast
My dinner is : 1 plate of rice+daal+lil bit of chkn curry.
Snack : Biscuits


Now, what kind of excercises can I do to get this lump disappear. On top of that, my cheeks look chubby - what can be done regarding this as well?

Cut out or reduce carbs, reduce but better still cut out any foods high or med in sugar and do not eat foods with added sugar, and say no no to processed or ready meal.
Reduce your carbs bit by bit to get your body used to the small changes.
try and do 2 slots of cardio 15 mins each slot and try do them apart say in the morning and at night.

I normally for dinner eat stir fry with out meat, maybe add in pesto sauce, i dont eat meat for 2 days each week.
i also have carbs like pasta on thursday or fridays as i know i'll be able to reduce the damage at the gym over the week end.

You change you diet slowly one week stop eating bread 2 weeks later cut out potatoes and so on, and you'll cope.
Oh and do not drink anything other than water, oh dont drink milk from tescos, buy lacto free milk has no added sugar just natural sugar.

[Dalton Mcmickle]

I say:yes!

come on!

[billythewiz]

1: I cut out baked beans when I found out how much sugar and salt is in them!

Hmmm, I've heard a few people dissing baken beans. I've always been under the impression that they are really good for you. Anyway, my motto is never argue about something you can look up.
http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourfood/beans...anz/bakedbeanz click the nutrition tab.
per 100g, 80 kcals, 4.7g protein, 12.9g carbs (5 sugar), 3.7g fibre. I'd say that's pretty good.

2: Eat less fruit. As in 1 or 2 pieces a day only. Most fruit contains lots of sugar, specifically fructose.

Interesting. I still think better advice is, "eat less pies, chips, crisps, biscuits and pizza"
I'll keep it sensible.

Fructose is considered to be possibly the worst type of sugar or carbohydrate to eat in excess.

So it is !! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-epidemic.html
I know the daily mail isn't the most prestigious scientific journal, but there must be some truth in it. But I suspect that the obesity epidemic has been caused (contributed) by the army or porkers gorging their way through loads of corn syrup rather than apples and bananas.

As if fruit is like some kind of health shield or magic bullet that will make them healthy, or indeed a 'superfood'! There is no such thing as superman and certainly no food has superpowers lol, does it shoot lasers from it's leaves?

I completely agree, I hate the term "super food". Rather than aiming for "super foods" I'm trying to avoid the really bad foods (with or without corn syrup).
Here's an interesting list http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...per-foods.html, but my focus at the moment is reducing the starchy carbs (pastry, bread, pasta, rice, cake, buscuits). I try to stave off the hunger with salad and lean protein (eggs, fish, ham, chicken).

3: More weight training. Specifically full body exercises such as squat, deadlift, dips, pullups. Muscle burns calories and more muscle is generally a good thing.

I try

So far my regime is working. 2Kg down in 2 weeks and running with a target HR of 140 I can now average 10Km/h over 30 minutes. That's up from 9 just 2 weeks ago.

[mcmiller]

the advice on nutrition seems ok but the exercises people are advising are at best poor, look at something like this website

http://www.bodyrock.tv/

The girl is hot and the exercises she gives you to do are first rate... if you really want to achieve your goals start following her exercises.

[HSK]

Hmm that was a good watch, on many levels.