Weight loss

[rojo]

Wow you sound beef, you go in for comps????


not in gay way :roll:

 

[marin man]

Yoiu have a way with words rojo....beefcake......southpark

 

[saltyman]

Wow you sound beef, you go in for comps????


not in gay way :roll:

nah, i never bothered, been very lean a few times and it is shocking on your body, having such low bodyfat even just for 8-12 weeks......i prefered to slim down a little in the summer then put 2 stone or so back on in winter.

i have some friends that are doing really well in the shows though, but i dont envy them, never wanted to do them myself.

 

[rojo]

Sounds like you guys are pros at the body building

 

[highlandsflyer]

Get a room you guys!

I try not to put on so much muscle, tends to slow you down.

Winter to summer it is normal to vary in weight, 20% is fairly normal.

Outdoors people versus gym people that is...

 

[jamabikes]

i dont need to lose any weight.


just got to grow six inches in height!


i've lost a stone by just not drinking (much) alcohol for the past year.

 

[JohnH]

I was 17 stone 13 pound there


Now 14 stone 13 pound and still going

Rojo, that's fantastic! I've been watching my diet since September/October and I've dropped from 12st. 9 to 11st. 3. In fact, just before the season of over-eating began, I weighed 11 stone dead-on -- but then I encountered a week or two of pate, cheese and things that were covered in custard...


For those who are interested, this is how I lost my weight...

Rule 1: Eat 3 meals per day and nothing more.
I used to work with a woman who was 'on a diet'. When I once questioned the KitKat in her mitts, she said "Well Weight Watchers says that I'm allowed to eat two fingers of KitKat per day, and blah blah, blah...". When I saw her 6 months later, she was exactly the same shape.

So it seemed to me that you're either serious about losing weight, or you aren't. If you are, then cut out the chocolate, soft drinks, cake, crisps, biscuits, coffees with 3 sugars and any other snacks. I'm a tee-totaller but even the alcohol-free beers are full of calories, so they got the boot.

So, 3 meals per day and no snacks. A maximum of one cup of coffee per day, otherwise water or fruit juice to drink.

Rule 2: Each meal should only have enough calories to get you to the next meal.
You don't need to get the nutrition tables and a calculator out. Just look at the your plate and say "Is there about enough breakfast there to get me to lunch time?" or "Is there about enough lunch there to get me to dinner time?". It takes a bit of practice to get this right, but if you're starting to get hungry 30 or 40 minutes before each meal, then you're guessing your meal size about right.

Following these two rules mean that...

• You don't have to give up foods that you like to eat -- you just alter the quantity you're eating.
• You don't have to worry that 'dieting' equals 'going hungry' -- you just gradually adjust your meal size until you're getting peckish just in time for the next meal.
• You don't even have to exercise (although regular walks/bike rides will help).

My method isn't a quick fix; the weight falls off very slowly over the course of weeks and months. I think that this prolonged method is much better than quick diets that have a 'start' point and a 'finish' point because once the diet has 'finished', people often go back to old habits and pile the weight back on again.

But an eating habit that gradually works over the months turns from being a diet into being your diet.

 

[jamabikes]

after watchhing the documentary about the worlds fattest man, one thing really stuck. its kind of my new mantra.

"its not a sin to be hungry"

now when i do feel hungry, it doesn't really bother me.

 

[rosstheboss]

Well done Rojo!!!

Baggy lycra....ugh!!!

 

[Massai]

3 stones?! How did you manage that? That is an amazing result, but be careful you're eating enough so you don't yoyo to much when you come off of the diet.