Losing Weight ...

Ok, I'm overweight. I'm male, about 5.9 feet tall and I weigh about 115kg (18.1 stone), which results in a BMI of about 35.

Currently I'm trying to effectively lose weight ... I'm using a neat (German) program that allows me to calculate my caloric balance (intake, sports and other factors all considered).

I've been doing this for two weeks now and I've already lost two kgs ... at a caloric minus of about 1000 calories each day. The thing is: I'm not really eating healthy stuff. Personally, I think the key is to simply not eat anything during the day except for some small snacks for lunch ... that way you'll have a lot of calories left for the evening.

So ... anyone else trying to lose weight here?

BTW: This article inspired me to create the thread:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5004431/Family-who-are-too-fat-to-work-say-22000-worth-of-benefits-is-not-enough.html

Now, I am sure that some people might be genetically bound to gain weight more easily than others ... meaning that their metabolism simply consumes less energy when idle. But I don't believe for a second that they couldn't lose weight if they really wanted to. They say they're having cereals in the morning and "bacon butties" for lunch. Rather than blaming healthy food being too expensive, I guess they could lose weight simply by sticking with cereals for lunch ...

Mine isn't the best example. I used to weight around 220 Lbs (I'm 5'11'') for all my adolecent-young20's life. I didn't do any diet or anything and I wasn't losing any weight. But eventually I' dropped down to 160. Not for good reasons. Something very bad in my life made me lose so much weight.  After I kicked that sh*t out of my system, the only change that wasn't completely atrocious in me was my new weight. But I wasted that.

Damn you europeans who can move around your cities in bikes.... we in Florida are condemned to sit our fat asses in our cars as it is ABSOLUTELY impossible to do anything here or go anywhere without a car... So in a way we either work out and/or eat healthy or we're doomed to be big and bigger...

It has been hard for me to lose weight:not enough sport,too much chocolate and sweets,not enough fruits and vegetables.Now I eat organic food,I play basket ball(or go to the swimming pool every day),I have a short sleep after lunch,very good!I know how it can be difficult to lose weight so Up the irons,prog friends!

Losing weight... yeah, I've done that. A year ago, I weighed about 187 pounds. Now, I'm at 150. A month ago, I reached my all-time low of 142. I did it by hitting the gym every day (non-stop) for an entire semester and burning 1000 calories each session (this is, of course, absurd; the machines might say you burn 1000 but you can't trust them at all... still, they give you something to work with). During my Winter Break, I focused on lifting weights. Oddly enough, I still lost weight. This semester, I just tried to do 500 calories a day and I'd only hit the gym 4 or 5 times a week. I also cut back on soft drinks. I didn't drink any soda for 6 months. Factor in some healthy cereals for breakfast, more protein and more water and bam! 45 pounds are gone.

Of course, you might want to avoid overdoing it lest your soon-to-be-then-actually-becomes-a-girlfriend  says you're a bit too skinny


Edited by WalterDigsTunes - May 14 2009 at 13:23

I think Steve Martin had a diet in his book Cruel Shoes that ended up with loping off body parts if the first steps in his diet didn't work.

Padraic wrote: darkshade wrote: ahh!!! my American mind cant handle all this metric measuring of weight!!! i need POUNDS!!! LBS!!!   Yeah, I'm sick of doing the calculations!

Oh.

I should say I've never been successful at losing the weight I want BUT...

When I got married, my wife was a PORKER. 

She had gained about 50 pounds in one year. 

She lost all that weight doing the Special K diet for a year (no sh*t).  She ate Special K for breakfast, and then lunch, and then ate whatever we made for dinner.

Then a couple years later she got pregnant.




Edited by Epignosis - May 14 2009 at 13:43

As far as I remember myself I am trying to lose weight.... I am 1.78cm tall and ~96kg (but I don't look as bad as you imagine, luckily because I have generally heavy bone structure....)

I used to weigh 114kg at some point and now try to lose weight again. For me, the best way of losing weight is exercise or physically demanding work - this has worked for me at least two times.

And because I understand that not everyone can do a physically demanding job, exercise is the best medicine.


Edited by aapatsos - May 14 2009 at 13:52

aapatsos wrote: As far as I remember myself I am trying to lose weight.... I am 1.78cm tall and ~96kg (but I don't look as bad as you imagine, luckily because I have generally heavy bone structure....)

You wouldn't believe how bad I imagine that to be - you must have a bones of uranium