Permanent weight loss...advice from ladies!

**Trudes** · 28th March 2007, 07:01

Same, decided the "healthy eating and exercising properly" (diet, or lose some weight tubby) should get back on track again on Monday too. Should we start a Biggest Loser, or something like Weight Watchers where we have a weekly check in thingy? You know, a support thing amoungst KBers trying to lose some flab?

**_Gina_** · 28th March 2007, 09:12

Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog

Should we start a Biggest Loser, or something like Weight Watchers where we have a weekly check in thingy? You know, a support thing amoungst KBers trying to lose some flab?

Sounds like fun and I like fun

I'd be willing to post a before and after photo and details.....
Currently 83.6kgs, target weight is > 70kgs and timeframe is 12 - 16 weeks.

Who else is in?

**Joni** · 28th March 2007, 09:15

I start Kung Fu tonight, God help me....

However that over and above the gym I do, should hopefully be enough activity to get me to my goals!

Bring it on!

**Hitcher** · 28th March 2007, 09:25

Originally Posted by Joni

I start Kung Fu tonight

Learn well, Grasshopper.

**Jimmy B** · 28th March 2007, 09:31

Originally Posted by Joni

I start Kung Fu tonight, God help me....

However that over and above the gym I do, should hopefully be enough activity to get me to my goals!

Bring it on!

Good on you Joni, excellent sport. Just remember that the temptation to overstretch is huge especially when a 12 year old has just sent a sidekick over the top of your head. Its one sport that rquires flexibility in spades, that takes time, so ease into it for a few months and practise stretching daily or you'll do yourself a mischef, Speed and power will take care of themselves down the track.

**Joni** · 28th March 2007, 09:38

Yeah Jimmy, that is what makes me nervous, me dragging my mid-thirties body into a room filled with young kiddies who are kicking butt! I suppose I should not over think it, just go tonight and try my best - I will let the instructor know I am an acute asthmatic, and just pace myself from there!

But hell yeah, Im pretty nervous!

**Trudes** · 28th March 2007, 09:48

Well I'm in girlygirl, but I ain't posting any photos (the people that have seen me know where the flab is already) and my weight is my business and Col's when he picks me up! I do admire you for being so open though!

BUT I would be willing to post progress, i.e, I have lost 2 kilos this week, fallen off the wagon once and had two beers and half a slab of chocolate and lost 5 cms around my chest, or something like that! (Can you tell the self-consious person!)

**Jimmy B** · 28th March 2007, 09:54

Originally Posted by Joni

Yeah Jimmy, that is what makes me nervous, me dragging my mid-thirties body into a room filled with young kiddies who are kicking butt! I suppose I should not over think it, just go tonight and try my best - I will let the instructor know I am an acute asthmatic, and just pace myself from there!

But hell yeah, Im pretty nervous!

Haha those guys will be awesome, everyone starts somewhere and they will want you to come back. They cannot get enough decent folks, its the tryhard thugs that get shifted along smartly.

Luckily its not an intensley areobic sport, say compared with squash, I dont think asthma will be a major, dont get me wrong, you will find your limits quickly enough and therein lies the benefit.

The bloke that trained me was comfortably in his 60's and I believe he is still going. That would make him close to 80 in the shade. Besides chicks are better at the flexi stuff, you'll love it

What sort of Kung Fu are you doing?

**Joni** · 28th March 2007, 10:02

I dont know Jimmy - Here is the link to the website:
http://www.chansmartialarts.com/kungfu/index.html

**Paul in NZ** · 28th March 2007, 10:32

Originally Posted by Joni

I will let the instructor know I am an acute asthmatic, !

Yeah - you are the cutest asthmatic I know...

This is a positive thread - good to see. I'll happily admit I've finally been going back to exercise and wondering why I took so long. I'll admit I'm struggling with blood sugars etc and it will take a lot longer than for most but I'll chip away at the flab and it's made a difference already. The kayak seemed way lighter the last holiday.

**Jimmy B** · 28th March 2007, 10:49

Nice one Joni, “Shao Chi Chuan” looks like a good form to learn and the values seem closely aligned to the most effective styles i.e. Family, Loyalty, Discipline, Relaxation, Examination of weakness and personal strength. Looks like you’ll also get a fair helping of Chinese philosophy, which is not necessarily a bad thing either.

I studied Kyokushinkai for about 5 years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyokushin and although it seems a more confrontational or pragmatic style than Shao Chi Chuan it too shares many of the common elements, albeit Japanese.

I now regret giving it away when I shifted back to Hawkes Bay but in many ways I had achieved more than I initially set out to do.

I hope you have the same experience and I guarantee that you will be a much more resilient and stronger person in 12 months.

**Joni** · 28th March 2007, 10:51

Thank you for your kind words and support Jimmy - appreciated more than you know!

I will pm you tomorrow and let you know how it went!

Now enough about me... where is Sunhuntin and what is she having for lunch?

**Colapop** · 28th March 2007, 12:22

Be careful about what advice you choose to follow, in terms of diet especially. There are so many 'diets' out there that claim to be better for you than any other diet it's not a wonder that people (women especially) have trouble trying to "lose weight". I highlighted those two words because they are the biggest misnomer ever put to people trying to become fitter. IT'S NOT ABOUT WEIGHT - IT IS ABOUT YOUR BODYFAT CONTENT! I am heavier now with a lower bodyfat content than I was when I had a bodyfat content of 30%. Muscle weighs more than fat. Muscle is a very efficient fat burning tissue. that does not mean that you have to become hugely muscled - it means that you should focus on have muscles that work for you.

**sunhuntin** · 28th March 2007, 12:25

Originally Posted by Joni

Thank you for your kind words and support Jimmy - appreciated more than you know!

I will pm you tomorrow and let you know how it went!

Now enough about me... where is Sunhuntin and what is she having for lunch?

im here...having last nights marcaroni and a can of coke for lunch. lol. have had an awesome offer from an auckland member to be my personal trainer [for free, no less!!] and im hoping to meet him this weekend. [weather permitting]
joni...kung fu sounds fun....try not to get so sore you cant ride. heheh.

mrskendog...that sounds like an awesome idea!! i wont be posting photos, or likely weights [no scales here] but am going to hunt out a fat calliper and use that.