Permanent weight loss...advice from ladies!

[Roj]

Looks like there is more advice you can poke a stick at,

good luck on this challenge,

my advice is do this for yourself, not for anyone else

[_Gina_]

OMG if i was 83 kilos i would be shouting it out to the world

Would be, or wouldn't be?
*not sure if I should be embarrassed or not.....*

[sunhuntin]

wooohoooo!! starting offcially tomorrow. riding [hopefully, weather dependant] to national park to meet my trainer. gotta try and remember what ive eaten the last few days....*thinks*

monday: complan. fruit, fruit, fruit. rice and noodles. [and a headache from being hungry!]
tuesday: hubbards slingshots. rice. mac n cheese
wednesday: same as above, mac n cheese for lunch. vege pies and veges
thursday: same breaky. mac n cheese for lunch. vege pies and veges.
friday: same breaky, mac n cheese for lunch, 12inch vege subway.

mix of fruit drinks, water and coke thrown in, along with some naughty stuff [box of scorched almonds that lasted tuesday to yesterday.] also walked up and down town today from 1pm till 4.

[sunhuntin]

UPDATE!

well... just took my second lot of measurements and photos. measurements are being loaded into a spreadsheets. for some reason it wont attach, so ill try a copy and paste.

6 April

20 April

neck

30

37

chest

111

111

waist

97

95

hips

120

112

left thigh

78

67

right thigh

76

70

left calf

50

49

right calf

48

49

left ankle

27

27

right ankle

27

26

left bicep flex

40

39

left bicep

39

36

right bicep flex

40

38

right bicep

38

35.5

left forearm

27.5

25.5

right forearm

27.5

25.5

left wrist

17.5

17

right wrist

17.5

17

pleasingly, theres quite a bit of difference between some measurements. ive got some lovely "dents" on the outside of each thigh which looks funny as hell.

[Colapop]

Awesome!! Remember it's early days. Good to see some results early on. Keep the food levels right and keep at it.

Well done!

[Trudes]

That's great Sunhuntin!!!! Can I ask though, what are you doing to increase your neck size like that?

[Colapop]

Deadlifts and shrugs.

[elle-f]

Deadlifts and shrugs.

well done sun!

[sunhuntin]

That's great Sunhuntin!!!! Can I ask though, what are you doing to increase your neck size like that?

honestly, mrs kd, i wouldnt have a clue!! my exercises are:

crunches, squats [no weight bar] shoulder press [no weights], bent over row [5kg long bar], calf raises and press ups.
none of that should have had any impact on my neck [well, not that i can think of!!]

kinda scary really... i made mum remeasure my neck in about 3 different spots, and it only differed by a cm in one spot.

ive been taking in a lot of protein [sometimes up to 2 shakes a day, and fish nearly every night] so that may have something to do with it?

[elle-f]

Would be, or wouldn't be?
*not sure if I should be embarrassed or not.....*

i would be shouting it! i think i was born.......about 90 kilos

[_Gina_]

i would be shouting it! i think i was born.......about 90 kilos

Thanks babe !

My weight last Monday was 78.8kgs, which made me happy

So not too bad for three weeks and starting at 83.6kgs....

Still got to keep going though.

[dman]

Seriously for a change. WALKING, join a club, no stress on joints support from the other tubbies. That is until you metamophosis into your dreamweight. It's true join those that are doin it.

If you can't run, walking is an excellent idea. Is free, you get constantly changing scenery to enjoy, you can talk while doing it, you can do it anywhere and any time, etc...

Though of course, if you can... running is far far better idea. No, I'm not at all biased because I'm a former fanatical runner!

You run for an hour a day (really not that much if you are a runner...), then you can eat whatever the hell you feel like eating.

I don't have a weight problem, but because I said that don't write me off. Us skinny people all think its about how much you eat. I believe it's about what you burn and maybe type of food you eat.

True, exercise is more important than what you eat. Exercising doesn't just burn off energy, it also lifts your metabolism so that you are burning more energy off even when you are not exercising. Plus it is way more
fun to exercise than having to constantly watch what you are eating!

Edit:
After reading through the thread some more: the advise given earlier about getting competitive is excellent. For most people vanity isn't enough of a reason to loose weight, having other goals/reasons to get out there exercising will help a lot.

Ignore scales could also help you personally. Because while you will loose fat, you will also gain muscle. Which is very much a good thing, but you can't tell this just from the scales. Do what another suggested, and take photos of yourself without your clothes on. You will see the difference as the weeks go past, regardless of what nonsense the scales tell you.

[dman]

Just a thought on the exercise thing....

Go for a decent walk, make sure that you have a timeline to be back in and no ability to cut corners.

You are on the money, don't set up opportunities to cutting corners. The first few weeks would be the hardest, but it just gets easier as time goes on. Habit forming can be very powerful if you make it work for you instead of against.

[sunhuntin]

well... as can be seen by the measurements posted above, there has been some decent changes across the body. ive been taking photos, but cant see any difference in them [yet!]

my trainers coming down today [boy, hes gonna get wet!!] ill flick him a txt at about 11 to let him know where ill meet him.

right now... im loving it! the first month has been great, and ive already had a comment from a customer at work. im having trouble with crunches, but will sort that this weekend. food has been getting boring, but im getting inventive [such as vegemite with a couple of walnut halves] walkings been good, but mum is waaay to slow. very tempting to leave her behind, but thatd just be mean.

[u4ea]

theres plenty of terrific places to walk in Wanganui..have you done the steps on Durie Hill ????that"ll get ya sorted in no time!(probly wanna ditch mum for that tho )I used to walk up Hiltons Pit (mountain bike track Aramoho) and round the bridges was entertaining as well ..the council has put in more tracks up the river so you can walk right out to the beach neally..I really miss that place and living here is very limiting to find a good track ..I have to drive a few ks to get to the hills from here........makes for bloody good riding too......(dam uve got some of the best back roads up there........feel homesick now) Glad to see youre getting the desired effects .