Can't lose weight :-(

[[GSV]Trig]

Well in that case get your walking boots on at the weekends, Loughborough to Bradgate park will be a nice walk and theres plenty of totty about there if its sunny

[vinnyT]

Many martial arts are excellent ways to get/stay in shape, as is dancing (good way to pickup girls, so I hear).

There have been alot of good ideas posted, but if you decide to go with some of the more strenuous ones, it may be sensible to have a word with your gp's practice nurse, to get your blood presure, etc checked beforehand. Some gyms have an agreement with local Drs, where you can get 6 months (or more/less) half price (+/-) membership on referral.

[planetgong]

Well in that case get your walking boots on at the weekends, Loughborough to Bradgate park will be a nice walk and theres plenty of totty about there if its sunny

Oh yes, you don't need to tell me! I do the Bradgate Park to Loughborough walk every few weeks, about 14 miles. Lots of lovely ladies there, especially on a sunny day!

[arbitor]

i found that just eating only at the right time and finding you enjoy that doesnt feel like excersie is best.

I lost 3.5 stone when i was 18 last year (6ft 1) i was sitting at 12.5 a nice wieght. i move out start eating **** i now probably weight just under 15 lol.

but its going again

[megah0]

Keysi Fighting Method, check out youttube for some vids..
£5 every Monday night at the village hall anex building in Woodhouse

Nunca Te Rindas!

I train at the UK HQ for Keysi. And I agree, its awesome for finding out just how fit you really are.

Helped me shed about 4.5 stone so far

[Slick]

I've lost nearly 2 stone over the past few months, and I'm hoping to lose a lot more over the summer. You just need to be strict with your diet, find good substitutes for healthy foods, which you enjoy and get into a routine of regular exercise.

I find www.edietsuk.co.uk has been really helpful as well, mainly because of the weekly online weigh-in which where you submit your weight and comments, track your progress and recieve weekly feedback. The fact that you know someone will be reviewing your progress once a week is a real motivator, its a constant reminder and you end up thinking "I wont eat/drink that, my weigh in is in a couple of days and I can do without it" when tempted by fatty foods or lots of alcohol. Whereas if its only you tracking your progress, you tend to be less strict. This could be an idea for hexus though, we could set up a thread where everyone who wants to lose weight checks in once a week, to help motivate each other etc.

[Kezzer]

That sounds like a very good idea Slick. I'm definitely interested in that.

Good job on the weight loss too.

[merdat]

If you start doing martial arts to lose weight you certainly will. First thing I did was put my kids to Karate . They both went to brown belt but whilst on yellow belts the younger one knocked out two brown belts from glasgow . Now the purpose of putting them to martial arts was not to make them violent but to develop them . They both went to golf and by the time the they left school one was a 6 h/c and the younger a 7 h/c . These two went to various golf things comps etc and whereever they went people were quite surprised how far they could hit the ball. Now not only did the martial arts keep them fit but it also helped in developing the right muscles for other sports. I think martial arts is an ideal way for young people to keep fit . Personaly having had 2 heart attachs I take thing a we bit cannier sticking to walking and cycling.

[merdat]

sorryu aboutr the last spelling -can't seem to edit it -must be the beer

[merdat]

Slick

Good idea about the weight lose thread .

[pandora]

Have you thought about keeping a food diary? its easy to underestimate what you eat in a day. how many calories do you estimate you have?

I do think more exercise is the key and I find that the hardest thing to keep going !

[G4Z]

I think I must be doing something wrong!

I am about 5'10, and about 15 stone, so I desperately need to lose some weight.

Recently I have been trying to eat a bit healthier. I have an office job, and apart from occassional country walks and the walk to and from work every day I don't get too much exercise.

I generally have toast or muesli for breakfast, a bag of those walkers baked crisps at about half 10, a low fat ready-meal(the all natural sort that sainsburys do that have about 200 calories in them) for lunch, and then various things for tea like beans on toast, fish and salad, oven chips and beans etc.

I just don't appear to be getting any thinner, despite eating less calories than the recommended amount most days.

Any suggestions? (please don't say exercise more!)

I am the exact same weight (well, was ) and height and I have the exact same lifestyle as yourself. I have been trying for about a year to shift some of the weight but I couldn't seem to lose more than half a stone or maybe a stone before putting it back on. Well about 2 months ago I decided I really was going to do something about it so I decided that every day I would do press up's and sit up's. As i I was a bit of a flabby git I thought the best approach would be to start slowly by doing a small amount and gradually adding to it until I was able to do a lot. I started with 5 sit ups and 5 press up's a day and each week or so when I felt a bit stronger went up by another 5. Im now doing 20 a day which doesn't sound a lot but its been enough to help me break the 14 st barrier and I am now a couple of pounds under. I think it works because if you build up a bit of muscle mass you burn more energy even when doing nothing and it would seem that little bit extra was enough to push me over the edge and get my scales moving downward. I am planing to be at 50 or 60 press up's and situps a day before I go on my hols in June and I think its achieveable.

The problem I think I always had in the past is that id get really up for it, go mental with a work out and then find myself aching so much the next day or so id never start again, so that is what prompted the slow start this time.

Oh and I also try to play a bit of squash now and then (once a week when I can find somebody to play, more like every 2 weeks atm), I find this a great way to excersise because its a lot of fun and 45 minutes is over in a flash, not like going to the gym where I would be really bored.

[pollaxe]

I think I must be doing something wrong!
Any suggestions? (please don't say exercise more!)

Unfortunately, exercise really is going to be the key to losing weight. Obviously if you stopped eating you'd lose weight but in reality a combination of watching what you eat (and drink!) combined with regular exercise is going to get the weight off.

You don't have to go mad but you do have to exercise regularly. Even going for a 20 minute walk every day during your lunch hour can have a noticeable effect though you'll need to walk briskly.

As Pandora and others have said, be honest with yourself about what you're eating and keep a record of it. Watch what you're drinking too - beer, sodas, energy drinks are all loaded with calories. Do you have sugar in your tea or coffee? Or milk? If so, try cutting them down or out altogether. If you have butter on your toast in the morning replace it with something like honey instead. Porridge (made with water rather than milk) will often give you a good slow release of energy. If you're getting hungry by mid morning then your breakfast isn't standing by you or - and this is often a key thing with overeating - you're getting bored and a snack is part of the cycle. Keep a bottle of water by your desk and drink it through the day, when you feel hungry, try drinking and see if it helps instead. Cut out the crisps, even baked they're not going to help you at all.

Really what G4Z is talking about is the way to tackle the exercise - do something regularly, preferably every day. If you've got stairs at your house do step-ups for 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes at night (you just step on and off the first step for 10 minutes at a time.) Office jobs are inevitably 'spare-tyre' creating environments but try to walk briskly, jog the stairs and try to schedule in a lunchtime walk every day (if it's raining, bring a coat!) because that paired with your walk in to work and home again will help. As I said, walk briskly though, enough so that you're aware you've pushed yourself a little.

If you're into football or squash or anything like that see if you can pair up with someone - a partner or a group is often really helpful to keep you training. If you can swim, go to the pool if you can (you can do this instead of your lunchtime walk if you have the time/opportunity.) Ultimately, there's no magic bullet but unless you've got an underlying medical condition (which you're 99.99999% unlikely to have) then there's no real mystery to it. Eat less, eat healthily and exercise more - the trouble is, you've got to want to do it because no amount of advice here is going to get you out of the chair and out there. Good luck, you can do it.

[FirePhoenixCtk]

What about joining a sports club??
Find something that marginally appeals to you and try and get someone to go then you'l be motivated to go hopefully.

[Stewart]

I think I must be doing something wrong!

I am about 5'10, and about 15 stone, so I desperately need to lose some weight.

Recently I have been trying to eat a bit healthier. I have an office job, and apart from occassional country walks and the walk to and from work every day I don't get too much exercise.

I generally have toast or muesli for breakfast, a bag of those walkers baked crisps at about half 10, a low fat ready-meal(the all natural sort that sainsburys do that have about 200 calories in them) for lunch, and then various things for tea like beans on toast, fish and salad, oven chips and beans etc.

I just don't appear to be getting any thinner, despite eating less calories than the recommended amount most days.

Any suggestions? (please don't say exercise more!)

Don't want to state the obvious here mate, but you are eating crisps, chips and ready meals, and your only exercise is walking, and you want to know why you are not losing weight?

Stop eating crisps, chips and ready meals - eat fruit, veg, etc. No crisps. No chips. No ready meals, low fat or otherwise.

Don't walk, jog. And not occasionally, 3/4 times a week.

Its not rocket science.

[petercoc]

u should make exercise list