Life The Getting in Shape Thread

[Zeltrax]

I'd kill myself if I start running in our damned street of ours so I guess I have no other choice left than to walk up and down the stairs. But hey, it's still fun! I always listen to music so that I don't become too conscious of the time I'm working.

Music is definitely a very useful aid in exercising. It lets me become unmindful of the time. You wouldn't realize you'd have exercised 30 minutes already.

I agree, I can't run for 30 minutes..I don't think 2 rounds around the stadium is 30 minutes so I walk from school to home, today's the 4th day and with music, I'm kindda enjoying it. Music really takes your mind off

Well, I'll be keeping this up for 2 months first and see what it will bring me

Oh and I can't walk to school in the morning unfortunately.. It starts at 7.20a.m and if I do, I'll have to start at 6 in order to be on time and to be honest, the traffic here is bad for me to walk that early.

..and I'll have body odor.

 

[steelwingcrash1]

Hurray for the men and better luck next time for the girls; I've read once in a study that men tend to lose weight faster than women. Here it is:

http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=37981&sc=801

And 60 lbs in just two months? I think that's possible if combined with both diet and daily exercise.

Let's get it on!

 

[Channy]

Well when i went to Germany in the summer of 09 for a month i lost 30 pounds just by biking and walking everywhere so its possible

 

[steelwingcrash1]

I've tried crash dieting of different methods, and I do lose some weight but after a week or so I gain even more than I lost because of the adverse reaction to the sudden weight loss and drastic change in diet.

Crash dieting has never been an effective method to begin with. I believe dieting needs preparation and not just an immediate halt or refrain from eating.

If possible, a person has to start off with something like 1 and 1/2 cup of rice and a vegetable viand (non-salty and non-sweet, with minimal oil). If he gets accustomed with the new lifestyle, he should try to reduce it a little more until he can finally control his oral urges. Little by little, this can finally be called as proper dieting. Of course, exercise will expedite the process of weight loss because he can burn the calories taken.

 

[baboysai]

Hurray for the men and better luck next time for the girls; I've read once in a study that men tend to lose weight faster than women.

that can easily be observed if you watch Biggest Loser. The women really have a hard time.

Firstly, the breasts shrink before anything else does >.> That's a sad fact, i'm afraid.

Here's a shocker though. Shoe size! The 30 lbs weight loss for me caused my shoe size to get smaller! maybe the fats surrounding my feet disappeared??

 

[Jorge D. Dragon]

I'm actually living in the center of Moscow and of course it's a bit difficult, but I can find some places to jog. At least if it's too contaminated you can run to a park and then practise their.
Actually I think that the most important in loosing weight isn't not to eat, but to walk, jog and run more. Of course a person should eat a bit less, but not considerably.

 

[baboysai]

and it's not about eating "less" but eating right

 

[thornofcarrion]

I have a recipe for losing weight:

• Add Equal portions of Cider Vinegar + Honey - better if you mix them in a bottle so you wont have to do this exercise daily
• 1 garlic clove - mash it if it is hard to swallow

Take these items together an hour before breakfast, daily. Do not eat anything before or after, until an hour. I have now seen 3 people who used it and have considerably lost few pounds. What I heard, its good for blood pressure as well. I am going to start it tomorrow.

 

[blai]

How is garlic helping to loose weight?

I must've missed that, needs moar research!

 

[Day]

I've actually had to gain weight because I was kind of underweight (not anorexic, my doctor said I was just on the slimmer side of average girls my age) but now I'm satisfied. 5'8" and 120 is pretty good.

 

[baboysai]

yeah my friend also had the same problem of being underweight. Not that she had psychological problems but that she just didn't eat enough calories to get the right weight.

So the doctor recommended more fruits, dairy stuff, cheese, jampacked with calories.

thorn, the apple-cider vinegar that you take though, should be the cloudy kind... not the distilled, processed ones. My aunt also took that as part of her healing process after surgery..

 

[blai]

Wooh, off to run 10kms for the first time in nine months. Long time since I was in this shape and I can now finally run that distance in a decent time. Yay stamina build. :3

Been rocking the 6km distance two-four times á week and I'm slowly working myself towards my goal of being able to run 10kms four times á week without straining myself too much. Soon I'll get my abs back nice and sexy :3, BE GONE FAT

However I have no idea how I'll achieve that if I'm going to continue to eat as much junk food as I do now

 

[baboysai]

i don't get the connection... are you saying you get the abs by running 10 kms?

if so i will run tomorrow morning!

reply asap

 

[thornofcarrion]

I think he means, he is going to lose the fat around his tummy. My theory is, his abs are buried deep down the layers of fat. Correct Blaiber?

 

[blai]

Correctus toc. I have, without wanting to sound arrogant or anything, a pretty well developed body (muscle mass wise) but lately I've been having a kcal intake that exceeds the amount of kcals I'm burning which means I've gotten a flat / textured abdomen. Therefore, by burning more and having a less intake while doing my exercises and running I'll have 'em visible again :3

Hey, I don't have layers of fat, I've just... I'm not as slim anymore ;_;

/self-esteem decreased by 200%

 

[Roflkopt3r]

Lately doing 15km by bike a day, which isn't much but with high speed in return. This way it takes me exactly 40 minutes a day, a time mostly ruined by traffic lights on the last 5km. (and, to my further excuse, it's still a mountain bike and track with many hills).
When I got the time/mood I do it 2x a day, which however I definitly feel the next day.

 

[blai]

15km in 40mins is roughly 25kms an hour. I assume there's like five/ten minutes of waiting so you're between 25-30km's/hr. Pretty good I must say. You ride the bike anywhere in particular (like to your job and back) or do you have a self-made course?

Kinda like I walk about 40mins á day (home - bus - school - bus - home) and then run my 6km and now 10kms in ~40mins

 

[Roflkopt3r]

Didn't have anything regular such as a job since ending of february until end of this month, so it's a just a random course.
Gona move to Paderborn tomorrow, my mother will take all my stuff there by car and I'm gonna get there by bike (~90 kilometers) so we dont have to transport it

I'm not sure for my average speed myself, my watch and cellphone are both broken so I couldn't take times for a while before I get back home I don't think it's really up to 30km/h, not on that track. Uphill I'm around 17-20km/h, downhill 30-45, flat ground 25-30. But I think it's still rather 25km/h on average than 30, even on only those 15km.

 

[Jorge D. Dragon]

Blai
I actually have the same problem. Being rather well-build and well-trained now I don't have much time to practise sports aside from simple physical training. Also it's rather obvious to not eat apropriate food for me, cause being a student I don't have much time to eat in normal places, so I eat sandwiches, hamburgers and so on and it's not that convenient to jog in during winter in Rusia, so I'm always trying to jog in middle and late spring to loose that bit of fat that the body saves during winter.
I also like your program on running 10 kilometers 4 times a week. I'm always enjoying such program in spring-summer.

 

[blai]

It's exactly the same here Jorge I really enjoy my current program and especially now that spring has arrived for real which means that the temperature is pretty nice (15ish Celsius), it's dry outside and just the right amount of oxygen in the air