Losing a few pounds..
 

Anyone recommend a good sensible diet ?,could do with losing a bit.....'braces self for torrent of fattist abuse'.
mogwai@andbecauseits50%fatfree,youca...ceasmuc h.com

eating less ??????


i know its an old fashion view, but got to worth a stab ?

Need to do this myself, now that I'm :cough: 25 this year :)

Stay off the crisps / chololate / sugar / alcohol / takeaways / alcohol / cheese / butter for a while.

Bit of light exercise (walking, cycling - NOT gym work !)

1 - 2 lbs a week with virtually no pain (apart from the alcohol)

or........

add to beancounter's suggestion - cut out caffiene, drink 1.5 litres of water a day. Take a benecol fizzy vitamin drink daily too.
You will get a stonking headache for about 3 days if you have never cut out caffiene, but once you do, and are drinking loads of water you will be surprised by how much extra energy you will have. You will also see the whites of your eyes are white again! Try to get 7-8 hours of sleep.
Drinking water will raise your metabolic rate, which burns the fat. I could go on for ages but i wont.
You can always u2u if you want.
kp

Agree mostly with beancounter. It really is as simple as that.

Why not gym work though?

25 years old or 25 stone ?? ;)

Could do light gym work. It depends if you want to tone up too. If you do I would do no more than 3 times a week. Broad range of free weight exrcises with 12-15 reps.
If you do go for gym work then use a 100%whey protein shake (powder you mix with skimmed milk). It will make up for energy lost. Get a carb free one - most are.
Ideally you should eat 5 small meals a day. Breakfast, shake, lunch, shake light evening meal. That way your stomach get used to little and often rather than 1 or 2 big meals towards the end of the day.kp
Its worth doing. My brother in law lost 3 stone in about 3 months. Gradually introduced carbs and some alchohol at weekends. Give your self time off as a reward.

By gym work I mean circuit training and weights but I would also include running as well.

The energy demands of these activities are too intense for the body to use fat reserves, you just use up the stored glycogen in your body, which you replace with your next meal.

More gentle exercises (like walking or easy cycling) can be fuelled from fat.

The exercise intensity level will also rhelp aise your metabolic rate. If you have a protein shake after exrcise its the best way for the body to assymilate it. Build it up gradually.

How come we have no female expert advice here anyway??:sing:

Kerry, we have no female experts of any kind on this board.

*hides under desk*

You are a brave man beancounter.

It is Milton Keynes is it? I can hear the screams....

Diet wise the current fad of the GI diet is a reasonably easy one to live with. It also recommends small but frequent meals as KP's recommended, and appears to be medically accepted (unlike Atkins and a few others).

Also.....since it's the latest and greatest in Heat, Hello etc, it's accepted by the other half with no hassle.

If you want to exercise at the right rate, get a heart rate monitor, you can pick these up really cheap these days, and it's so easy having it beep at you when you're exercising too hard to burn fat.

However, I'm still struggling to flatten the stomach even now down below 11 stone, so I think it's time for aggressive exercise now.....:(

[Edited on 15-7-2005 by Mr_S]

What sort of meals can i look forward to then ?

Small ones, often

What about fruit ? anything to avoid ?

Fruit's better than chocolate but it's still full of sugar so don't go mad (he says, having munched through about a lb of M&S cherries today !)

As always,good response from the masses..diet starts now.
MOGGERS.:saint:

OK - you can't target fat loss with exercise. If you want to see your abs you have to reduce the layer of fat covering the muscle. Hence the GI diet. GI is the glaucomic index, roughly speaking it will take the starch out of your diet - white potatoes, white rice, white bread, white pasta - basically go for whole meal. Eat fruit. chicken and fish are good sources of protein. Wholemeal pitta filled with turkey slices, lettuce, balsamic vineger and so on for the inbetween meals. that sort of thing. Most things sold in tesco have a GI on the label - obviously go for a low number!! Loads of book with GI recipes on amazon.
Exercise, will build the muscle but be careful - muscle is heavier than fat. So either judge your shape in the mirror or get the scales that show your % of body fat. It will have a guide in it that tells you a range depending on your height and weight and age.
Again, the hardest bit is the shock of starting. The complete change of diet. Stick with it for a month religiously, then gradualy have 1 or 2 cheat days a week. Your better half will think you are a god for anting to do it - unless she thinks you are saying she is overweight! and then both of you eat what you like at the wekend. The results in a month will inspire you to stick with it but you have to want to do it.

Or thinks you're looking elsewhere.....

Sod looking elsewhere......'grass is always greener on the other side....',yep,but it's still grass.:D

but I like caaaaaake ...!!!!

and beer ... mmmmmmm beer.

I'm enjoying one now - work is tough.

The most important part of any diet....
 

Won't work otherwise ;)

I want to do it really badly, but I just can't :lol: :(

That's the only food I eat!!!

You'll be telling me that smoking is bad for me too next :P

:D

there is a piece in bike magazine this month on the effect of a few :o extra pounds on your bike and riding:

Mogwai...I'd say an half an hour workout with your avatar should help shed a few pounds...:D

Mog...

I'm on the GI diet - bloody marvellous!! Lost a stone in 6 weeks and feel soooo much better!! Some regimes are harder than others, but I'm using the one endorsed by that GMTV Doc Hilary Jones .. really easy, never hungry and I've even stopped craving Kingsize Snickers which! says it all really

Porrage is the key!! trust me it works!

Greg

an afterthought... a bloody masterpiece of post timings with Mog and Dibble's avatars just there... Thanks Guys!!

Ordered Worral Thompsons GI recipe book from Amazon,any other recommendations ?,dont want to get bored with the same meals..

If you can't be arsed with all this reading of labels and don't want to interfere too much with your current lifestyle, cut out chocolate, sweets and crisps etc, cut out alcohol during the week, skip lunch (yes I know you shouldn't) and desserts during the week. Weekends, eat, drink and be merry but not to excess.

No effort whatsoever and easy enough to lose 1-2lb per week. Works for me.

I lost a fiver the other week was easy :bouncy::bouncy:

lol

is weird because when working with the almighty moggers.......the plump git doesn't actually eat much for a man of his "size" :D.

let me guess......you tried on those leathers(the weird coloured ones) and couldn't fit into them like the other leathers ya bought:lol:

If they wont fit,I'll nab em:rodent: