Mal - i dont think you need to lose any weight at all!

 

Cheers M.

About another half a stone to go and then just concentrate on toning up. Whilst big muscles are impressive I'm not overly bothered, just to be toned will be a novelty.

 

Wouldn't mind a bit of advise about bulking up. I'm toned but wouldn't mind a bit more size as I'm a 30 Waist and 38 Chest. I'm 5 '7 and 11 stone on the nose. This is me. Not the best phone pic.

 

few pic's of me a few years ago, at my heaviest i was 19 stone or their about's,







started a dietwhich was pretty much just eating healthier and taking sea kelp tablets and a bit of excercise, (not much mind ) and got to this about 17 stone, me on the right


carried on with the diet and went to the gym, didnt really have much motivation as i was having a lot of trouble at work, this was last year, i'm just to the right in the background, havn't got any pic's of me but you get the idea




back at the gym now 5 day's a week and am down to 16 stone 6

will try and take some new pic's

 

not enough pics 4 me to post my flab up
started at gym 2 yr ago at 15 stone im now 16.9 stone but on the better side of it lost a fair bit of fat and gained lean muscle but still got a fair bit of flab to go..
my ideal shape would be as i am with out the fat bits

 

What do you guys use as an incentive to get to your goals?

What motivates you?

 

my incentive is wanting to get my old shape back b4 they measure me up for me box,,o and the hope some lonely house wife takes advantage of me while im fixing her bedside lamp

 

 

My motivation is I want to make some big changes in my life. I'm starting with me.

 

A picture of this chap on my gym wall....







But in all seriousness I like running which helps and the job I'm in helps as I have to keep myself in shape and dressed well.

 

What job do you do then muz?

 

I work in a desinger menswear store as a personal shopper/image consultant type person. And I drive a 21 year old boy racer Escort and collect Stone Island. My boss hates me.

 

 

I wanted to get out of drink/drugs when we decided to have a baby, so I went 6 months of eating well, working out and not abusing drink/drugs before we tried.

Now we have a 8 week old daughter, I'm high on life and working out is my hobby!

 

Awwwww thats great Kiddie!

Im getting a bit fed up!

I know im not supposed to expect miracles, but ive been going down the gym for 3 weeks now, at least 3 times a day....

ANd i cant notice a bit of piggin difference at all

I start my weight training (not hardcore!) on friday, ao i am hoping, that combined with the cardio will start to speed up the results a little!

 

That sounds a little excessive to me!

You'd be better off going 4 times a week and doing 45 mins cardio and 15 mins weights.

If you're not getting enough rest between sessions, your body isn't going to adjust to the changes.

 

Shit... i didnt mean 3 times a day

i meant 3 times a week!

FUCK going 3 times a day!

 

Well in that case, three weeks isn't a lot, lol, just stick at it.

Once you really get into the swing of things you'll notice the progress. Then after a while it'll seem to stop again when you hit "the wall". Keep the work up and things will motor again.

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Just make sure you're not weighing yourself or studying your physique every couple of days, that's the worst thing you can do. Do it every four weeks or something like that

 

Im not weighing myself... but i am staring in the mirror!

Ok.... i wont study my 'physique' for 4 at least four weeks from today!

 

maria
do wot i did ..get some pics front sides back..stand normal..then give it at least 3 months then do the same pics again..

im on my 3rd yr now and im sure my camera is broke

 

You wont really notice a difference because the change is gradual, but i bet you are feeling healthier without knowing it, and one day, youll run up about 6 flights of stairs without even breaking into a sweat, and then youll be like 'yeah the gym is paying off'

 

Stav - yeah very true! And for some reason i havent had a fag for 3 days either!! Just havent felt like having one!

 

I don't really have any motivation as such. Its just something I enjoy doing and feel better for it. More importantly I feel like I'm turning to shit when I don't.

I initially got into the gym for a couple of reasons. First was injury as I got a few doing running and other sports so needed something with less impact. The second (sadly) was because I was young and living in a seaside town that is busy all summer then turns into a ghost town in the winter with nothing to do. I decided that for the summer months I would go to the gym to get fitter for the ladies that mysteriously appeared during the summer. Trouble is the gym doesn't stop you from being ugly.

I always seem to start getting to a shape/size that I am happy with and then something happens to reverse progress. I got a tumour once, then another time I got a broken hip and my latest excuse is being a new dad. Although I have been training again properly for about a month now and I feel alot better for it. I'm still carrying too much fat but the strength is slowly getting back up there.

And no pics of me as I am never happy with them. In my mind I am in much better shape. Whoever said the camera never lies was a lier themselves!

 

My motivation came from the fact I was 6'3 1/2" and weighed just over 10st

So wanted to gain a bit of muscle on my frame.

I also want to keep as fit as possible because I like sport, particularly playing football is a big part of my life. I could, possibly, have been a pro if it wasn't for injuries in my younger days. And because my parents, gradparents etc all struggled with ill health, and I want to give myself the best chance possible to avoid that

 

Firstly you look amazing in the beach pictures so i wouldn't be worrying too much, But also you cannot target a certain part of the body where you want to lose fat, You can hit certain muscles but then you will just have muscle with the fat still over the top. You just have to get about 500kals less than your normal maintenace dose and do loads of cardio your body decides where it will take fat from Which you aint got any to take

If you have a beer belly and do 6000 situps a day you will have mint abs but they will still have the fat over the top.

Sorry if this has been said i only got as far as this post

 

You must have looked anorexic.




Maria hun, judging by the sheer volume of shite you ate on Saturday then it's no wonder you're not seeing a difference.

What's your normal diet like?

 

yeah but mal i would normally eat that, and sit on my arse ALL week... so at least i am eating all that AND going to the gym!

Normal diet will be:

Brekky:
Cereal or Toast and an Activia yoghurt

!0.30am:
Chocolate bar and a banana

12.30:
Sandwich or sushi, with another chocolate bar

15.30
Chocolate bar

18.00
Anything from pasta, pie, mash, always some veg, but a 'normal' meal
Activia yoghurt

20.00:
chocoltae bar.... or 3

I know i know i know my diet has gone down the pan.... but i have ALWAYS eaten like this, regardless of whether i work out or not!

 

I don't see too much wrong with that tbh, apart from carbs at 8pm being bad news

 

That's actually ok M, apart form the snacking after tea. You've surprised me.

 

REALLY?!!

I thought that was bad!!!!

 

chocoholic ?

 

It's a good varied diet and looks balanced enough. You might wanna cut down on the chocolate a bit though.

Well done with the fags, if you can do three days stick at it.

 

Well.... not REALLY a chocoholic, as some of the chocolate bars are the 'GOLD' bars... and theyre not really chocolate

4 dyas today Mal... although i REALLY wanted one today... but didnt.... I know what im like though, as soon as i get out with a bunch of people ill have one!

 

I eat rather a lot of these

http://www.sncdirect.com/nutrition-b...-plus-bar.html

Carb-reduced too

 

4 days is better still. If you can go with only having a few fags a week then that's not so bad. Social smoking is like social drinking, it's allowed.

Since I started again I'm smoking more than I ever did and I'm really starting to feel it in my chest. I'm just waiting for the right time to stop.

 

Maria cut out the chocolate!!! Its simple really. If you train more and eat less than you usually do you'll lose weight. Just keep at it and dont lose faith!

 

jesus and you look decent for eating all that shite. lol

 

Theres not much wrong with that. You don't have to cut out all of your chocolate if you don't want to, just that ones at 20:00 and 15:30 really. Replace your 15:30 one deffo with a flapjack or another peice of fruit though. Saying that. If you replaced your 12:30 bar with a flapjack you probably wouldn't need a choccy bar at 15:30 anyway.

Thats the reason I don't buy GOLD bars anymore! I open them up and just eat the whole pack!

 

GOLD bars are far too addictive arent they!!Ok, well i didnt have my late night chocolate bar last night, but i GENUINELY had withdrawals!!! so i ended up eating it at 9pm instead

 

If you eat all that, and have done for a sustained period without doing any real exercise so to speak of, you will lose weight doing a good cardio session 3 times a week.

Same goes the other way round, if your weight is constant and you stick to your "normal" lifestyle, be it you exercise or not, you can cut your food intake by 10%, regardless of what it is you cut out, and you will lose weight.

Simple maths and common sense really.