Life The Getting in Shape Thread

[Freid]

Eating: Always 80 percent full. An ancient chinese secret to living to 150. If you're hungry, go for less food and meals more often.

I want to live to 150 only thing is, I can't place a limit on my voracious stomach. I mean, even if I wanted to stop at 80%, I would just feel incomplete and will be tempted to go for the home run. My dad always said to me 'anything worth doing is worth doing well'. Eating is one of the pleasures of life, so I want to do that well lol. Anyway, I love when I finish stuffing myself and I cant see my feet lol.

 

[baboysai]

here's a technique to stop at 80%:

drink a glass of water before eating, and after. Besides, it cleanses the palate and makes you appreciate food more when your taste buds are refreshed.

Before, I used to always look for dessert to close my appetite, as it really works how it's supposed to. But to tone down on the sugars and carbohydrates, another way I found to close my appetite after eating was downing a whole glass of water.

 

[Rikudou Sennin]

Before I started working (when I was in school to be precisley) I was always running. I never used a bike, I was running like Forrest Gump (no I am not Forrest Gump neither am I close to him, its just an expression of my running )

 

[Jorge D. Dragon]

Finally I got the opportunity to jog! At last we are having great weather at about 16 degrees Celcium and it's sunny, so that's really good time to have a run. Though it was a bit difficult to get back to my normal distance it wasn't actually as difficult as I thought it would. I got something between 5 and 6 kilometers, so it was decent. Though I plan to get back to 10 kilometers.

I agree with those who say that running is boring. Of course it can be boring, but to make it less boring you can change routes, you can listen to the musik or jog with your fiends or even your girlfriend if she also practise sports.
Also running is actually not only a way to make you loose weight, but mostly it's a way to build up your stamina and that's important for your future. The same actually goes with swimming, though swimming is even better for a body than running, cause you loose weight, build up your stamina and at the same time it's a great opportunity to build your muscles.

About other sports... Actually when I only started my University for the first three years I continued practicing football, volleyball and athletics that I practiced in scholl, but now I actually don't have time to practise them, so I only have work-outs in my house and run, when the weather actually permit me to do this. Also I advice people to walk as much as possible if they want to loose weight, cause that's the most important. When a person wants to loose his weight he needs to move and not only to build his muscles, cause you don't loose that much fat when you only train your muscles with iron. You need to run, walk, swim to lessen fat in the body. Also bike helps, but it has its own specifications, cause if you practice it too much your legs will grow tremendously.

 

[Truefan21]

I don't find running to be boring and tedious. Its fun challenging yourself..going beyond your limits..making improvements.

 

[baboysai]

Wow, I never thought this was possible but I'm sharing it with you guys.

I get really really tired from my new job, though I thought I always had a little energy to spare. Except when I start to sit down I just zone out and sleep, even in public transportation.

So anyway I had the feeling I could squeeze in a jog after work. Finally I tried it today and weirdly, I felt sleepy in the middle of it!!! I could feel my eyelids dropping, like, any more distance and I would probably stop dead on my tracks and sleep on the street! So I stopped to sit down a bit, just to restore some energy enough to make it to the end (where I deposited my things and so I could go home) and I really felt my eyes close and maybe I slept for about ten seconds. I woke up, walked back and went home some 15 minutes short of the jog.

I was just scared I wouldn't have enough energy anymore to go home

 

[Zeltrax]

Sounds tough, please take care of your health and try not to overwork..
That's really dangerous, falling asleep while jogging.
Hi guys, how bad is 2200 calories per day with 598 calories lost?

 

[baboysai]

I really can't imagine how people can count calorie intake, or something. calories lost are easy with machines, but how can anyone count their calories from food all throughout the day. And you'd have to know how the foods were cooked to precisely tell what kind of oil was used, or how much was used, etc. etc...

Being a chef, I just can't... picture it out. though I may take up to studying spa cuisine and the whole shebang in the far future...?

 

[blai]

Well, a normal-grown man should eat around 2'000-2'500kcal á day and if you're telling me you're burning 598cal then it's not all that bad. I assume that you mean you're walking/exercising up 598cal because you're always burning cals regardless of what you do, and to loose weight you should all together loose more than you gain, therefore, since I have no idea what else you do during the day (even sitting burns cal) I can't calculate if it's good or not

Although It's pretty ok I guess. When I run I burn "estimated" 600-800cals.

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@Baboysai, I had a program I got from my PE teacher in high school for my PE project where I inserted my height, weight, bodyfat %, estimated musclemass blabla, and then I estimated how many hours á day I sit, sleep, walk, read, exercise etc and what kind of exercise, which speed I had, for how long. And it gave me an estimation of how much I burn, and from that I could calculate what I had to eat. For example, there were a diet program with (always estimated) cals for each portion of a meal, which allowed me to create a specialized diet that focused solely on giving me the nutrition I need while not being unhealthy or overkill.

It worked splendidly.

 

[Zeltrax]

I use an app on my android phone to calculate the calories in the dishes, I'm not sure if its accurate..
Anyway, 1 hour 15 mins of walking = 598 calories.
How do I know how much do I gain? The app tells me I lose 12oz per day after calculating everything.

 

[blai]

You only know how much you gain if you calculate every single thing you put in your mouth during the entire day.

However, I don't recommend doing so. I recommend eating "healthy" but in normal proportions. Don't calculate everything or you'll get caranoid (calorie-paranoid, just made that word up - awesome I know).

Just eat four or five times á day, smaller meals, keep 'em healthy and lay off the junk / soda and you won't have to worry about anything but walking enough \o

 

[Zeltrax]

You only know how much you gain if you calculate every single thing you put in your mouth during the entire day.

However, I don't recommend doing so. I recommend eating "healthy" but in normal proportions. Don't calculate everything or you'll get caranoid (calorie-paranoid, just made that word up - awesome I know).

Just eat four or five times á day, smaller meals, keep 'em healthy and lay off the junk / soda and you won't have to worry about anything but walking enough \o

Due to various temptations I've consumed alot the past few days..I hate myself for being tempted
No point regretting now I guess, felt like everything just restarted itself..

Anyway Blai, what do you recommend for smaller meals?

 

[Rikudou Sennin]

Due to various temptations I've consumed alot the past few days..I hate myself for being tempted
No point regretting now I guess, felt like everything just restarted itself..

Anyway Blai, what do you recommend for smaller meals?

Zeltrax, most important is to watch out what you eat and how much.

For example, chicken is way more healthier and has not as much fat as pork. Try to eat no as much as you normally do.

One plate of food is enough (Before I changed my way of eating, I ate more then 1 Plate...).

Try not to eat sweets (sometimes its ok, but watch out for the amout of sweets again).

The first month is hard, then its getting easier because your body adapts to it.

And dont get nervous if you dont loose as much as you hope. This is not a crash diet to loose fast, its to change your way of eating and then you will loose weight.

 

[baboysai]

yeah I know there are various methods of calculating calorie intake but

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0

Just know what you eat and be responsible for it.

 

[Zeltrax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0

but seriously, thats me in the past.

 

[baboysai]

part of why my diet was successful was because I really researched about the food I ate, and what I should eat.

I wasn't concerned about the calories. I focused more on the nutrients and fibers that I could get from different sources and alternatives. Because I cooked my own food, and when you watch your weight you feel like you're eating the same stuff all over again. So I had to read and know other ingredients to make mealtimes less repetitive.

 

[blai]

Soooo, not building any muscles until this autumn. At the moment I'm biking 100km's and running 18km's a week and will continue to do so until the end of August. The main reason I know I'm going to pull it off is because I bike 10km to work and 10km home and on the weekends I do cardio with a mate ;3

Been doing it for a month exactly now and I'm excited to see the results after five months of it

 

[Truefan21]

whats the difference between a regular push up and a military push up and a close grip push up
what muscles do they work

 

[blai]

Wooh, training is going splendidly! I'm running 2-4 times á week, adding 20km biking 4-5 times á week. Completely stopped with unnecessary food products (fast-food, snacks etc), I eat roughly four to five times á day, smaller meals with a good amount of vegetables etc.

I've already made great results after two months like this. Got a flat tire on my bike so I jogged home from work, ~11kms (had to actually catch my breath after 7kms, lots of uphill running) and made it just under 50mins. Not the best time in the world but still, everything under an hour!

Definitely noticed some good progress with my body and soon I've built enough stamina to be satisfied, working on this 'til 31st of August and then I'll start to build muscles again. Going to be niiiiiice.

 

[baboysai]

I'm trying to focus myself into the abs toning, I just haven't gotten down to the nitty-gritty yet.

I'm still adjusting to a new diet, since work provides the staff meals and I can't really choose what I eat. Instead I'll just have to adjust my exercise to keep fit.