A small Idea? Gamingforce Weight Loss?
 

I think something like this might've been attempted before, but I can't remember.

Anyways, I'll cut to the chase - I'm overweight. For my 6' frame, I'm 275ish lbs. But I want to loose alot of the extra weight. I don't think I'm the only one on GFF who's in the same situation either.

But I've heard of this happening elsewhere, people just getting together and talking about thier progress, and what they're trying to loose weight.

So, this post is just to guage interest - post here if you'd be willing to participate!

'Lose a lot', not 'loose alot'.

I'll participate; I weigh 170 pounds, at 6 feet 2 inches. I want to lose the ten pounds that I've put on during winter; wish me luck!

As a (once) successful weight loser - feel free to ask for advice. I unfortunately re-gained the pounds after living like an idiot for a few months and my love handles have returned. Being barred from exercising ATM due to my mono is not helping the situation at all - nor are the steroids that I'm taking that eat away at my muscle. Grr. Anyhow, ask away or wtv.

You have no muscle. You're from Quebec. All you have is rage at historical events.

O SNAP.

Seriously though, mono? Ouch.

Oh I have muscles - I just feel like I lost all of the muscle that I've put on since January. Mono is ok - I luckily don't have the symptom of fatigue - I'm soooo lucky that I don't have that. Anyhow . . .

I am about 5'8", weigh in around 200 lbs, and I intend to lose my belly. My biggest concern is my diet. Instead of going to the store, buying ingredients for a well balanced meal, and setting myself up properly, I have been eating left over catering from shows I work. It is nice when you have Middle Eastern food, but the last show was all Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks coffee, which really set me back a few pounds.

I try to go to the gym on the weekend, once during the week, and doing free weights at home when I have free time.

I actually would like some advice on what type of workout would be good to help me lose my belly. Right now, when I go to the gym, I get on the track for a few laps to warm up, go 45 minutes on the eliptical (15 forwards, 15 backwards, 15 forwards), non stop with moderate resistance and a moderate incline, and finish up with a few laps around the track to cool down. Will this help me burn my belly fat, or will it just keep my legs in shape?

Sounds like a good idea I want to participate :)

I am 5'11 and weigh around 205 (used to be 190 a couple weeks ago but fell of the wagon after some personal stuff)

I think I could stand to lose some weight (even though it would kill me to go down a cup size in my bra...which very well might happen if I lose enough). If this goes anywhere, I'm willing to do it. Maybe. Yeah.

I didn't gain weight when I went off to college -- I gained it when I went back home. WtF.

Damn I wish I was way down there!!!

I'm 6' 3" and weight 665 lbs. So I'm definately overweight. I have however lost about 5 lbs in the last couple weeks from running. I recently started up a running program (that was very easy to start on, even for me who has had no physical activity for the last 3 years) and it has helped me a lot, in many different ways.

How is this bad? I'm 6', and when I weighed 160lbs I wasn't even content with this and wanted to weigh more. Since you're two inches taller than me, I'd thin that 170 pounds would be height/weight proportionate, if not a bit on the thin side.

I'm 5'11" or thereabouts, 200lb. I've been told I don't look my weight, as in I look lighter, but I don't feel half as healthy as I could be, and probably less than a quarter as I once was. Ideally I'd like to hit the ideal/target weight for 5'11" 22-year-olds, but any improvement is good. And I'm open to advice. I work a desk job, and spend about 3 hours twice a week commuting to class (unavoidable). Other than that, though, I'll do whatever I can.

Sure, I'll join in.

I'm 5'9 and roughly 200lbs. I need to lose around 15 lbs by June/July, and get in good shape by August. Doesn't seem to difficult. Running for around 15-30 minutes a day, plus a 30 minute workout.

The beauty of it is, that I have pretty much all the free time in the world now to dedicate to losing this weight. So I'm not bound by time constraints during the day.

I don't have a gym membership anymore (I did), but when I get some money, I'm going to get one, but I've also *started* running around the little circle block I live in, it's about a km around, so I go around in circles for 20-30mins (or at least I did it for the first time monday, been too busy with school and flying). But I'm hopefully going to do it again tonight, and hopefully more often (5 times a week i'm hoping for).

Yeah, I'm a lardass. At 6', I weigh 250lbs. Pretty pathetic.

I started the Subway diet, but everyone on my chocojournal laughed at me. :(

That's going to be really tough. You'll have to lose on average about 2 lbs a week - which means getting rid of 7000 calories a week. Aiming for one pound a week is a much more realistic goal. For those of you that have never done anything like this before, here is some basic info:

1 - in order to lose weight you need to use more energy than you consume. This can be done either through just eating less, exercising more or a combination of both.

2 - To lose a pound you need to burn 3500 calories. It's harder than it sounds.

3 - The easiest way to lose weight will involve a change in diet and going to the gym 3-4 times a week for about 1-1 1/2 hours.

4 - When doing cardio, you want to be in the "fat burn" zone. This is roughly 60-65% of your maximum heart rate (220 - your age). For me it's about 135 BPM - I'm 20. You want to aim for 30 minutes of cardio, three times a week. Don't forget to warm up and cool down. Also, be sure to stretch after you're done.

5 - Putting on muscle will help you lose weight - but do not expect to be able to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. It's impossible. To put on muscle you need to consume more calories than you use, while you must do the opposite to lose weight.

6 - Eat better. Cut out the candy, the chips and the fast food. I'm not saying to turn vegan, but try to eat healthier. And keep a balanced diet. Taking one multivitamin a day doesn't hurt.

7 - Want an easy way to potentially cut out a large amount of calories from your diet? Drink water. Water is calorie free - you'd be surprised how much less energy you consume if you stop drinking juice, soda, coffee, etc...

I'll post more later. I can post beginners weight training programs if anybody is interested. However, if you want expert advice there check out www.ironmagazineforums.com - it's a really great place.

exercise isn't the only thing that's going to help you lose weight. if you really want to lose weight properly, you have to change your diet. a lot of people think they can eat fast food regularly, as long as they go to the gym on the weekend. even though you may be building muscle, it's not going to do much for your weight since the unwanted fat will still be there.

cardio exercises are generally the best for burning fat, because it involves full body movement. the most recommened times that I hear for weekly exercises are usually just 20 minutes 3 times a week, and can be as simple as just going for a walk. so if you do that on top of any muscle building activities, you should be good to go.

ofcourse it will differ from person to person, but it's just a basic idea and you tweak it how ever you need to reach your goal.


what? I don't mean to be rude, but is it even possible to get that heavy? please tell me that's a typo.

I don't question on the base of the numbers myself, but on the fact that she claimed running helped lose some of it. This would imply that human beings who reach this size are actually able to move.

It's not particularly bad, but I just don't feel good if I'm even a little off my perfect weight/height ratio. I think it's psychological issue, but oh well.

If you take only one person's advice, let that person be me. ;)

Cut carbs! Only eat carbs for breakfast and right after workout. Don't be afraid of fats. Eat six evenly spaced meals/snacks over the course of the day. Bar none, the most effective cardio routine for fat loss is HIIT--High Intensity Interval Training. Basically you keep your body guessing by alternating between periods of very low intensity ("active recovery") and 80-90% of your max effort. To start out, try biking for 15 minutes, alternating between 1 minute of "rest" and thirty seconds of high intensity pedaling. Try to work up to 20-30 minutes, alternating 2 minutes rest and 2 minutes high intensity. You can do this with walking/sprinting or jump rope as well.

Oh yeah, if you have poor metabolism, try drinking green tea or some other thermogenic.

I did the Subway diet for a week and lost ten pounds. In a week.

I'm pretty fucking shocked. I'm sure if you supplemented it, it'd be pretty useful.

I'm guessing you're not supplementing it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, right?

Oh I see. Anorexia. Weak.

5 pounds over two weeks is pathetic. Are you sure you didn't just weigh youself in the morning because often people will sweat off 5 pounds while they sleep.

Well not really, though I think I was mildly anorexic two years ago or so. Not quite Christian Bale in Machinist, but it kind of sucked anyway. Now I'm just trying to keep myself in decent shape.

Put some muscle on that frame of yours Aardark. You're rather light for your height . . .

I think you meant height, but anyway, I'm not skinny. I genetically have quite a large body frame, and I do work out regularly, so I dunno. I guess my bones are lighter than average, or something. =/

Soo... I havn't been getting in the running I would like to - but I have been doing much more walking then normal, at least 5-10km/day. And pushing planes around at the airport is a good workout too!

A friend of mine sent me this site too, it's pretty useful!

www.fitday.com

For all you fatties, don't even worry about cardio until you get your diet in order. The 600-lb. dude should NOT be running, he will have a heart attack. I know this sounds funny, but I couldn't be more serious. Just start eating right and you'll drop weight, and DON'T RUN. You can walk to get your metabolism going a little bit, but no high intensity cardio. It's sort of self-defeating to kill yourself while you're trying to get healthy.

Umm, I'm confused. Aren't Carbohydrates easier to break down then fats? Like, not all fats are bad but carbs are better to have then cutting them out of your diet and replace them for fats. Fats do not give you enough energy to burn it off and it takes longer... or so I thought. Im confused... I thought fats were more complex than carbs.

....yeah=.

Cool site, I'm gonna give it a try.

Yeah, you're very confused. Fats have 9 Calories per gram whereas carbs on have 4! Your body stores excess calories--whether they be from carbs, fat, or protein--as fat. The only danger with fat is that, since it's more energy dense, it takes less of it to fullfill your caloric requirements. Also, the more fat you eat, the more saturated fat you'll tend to eat (if you're not careful about your fat sources), so you might be at greater risk for heart disease. Otherwise, the only reason fats will be stored is because you're eating them with carbs! Carbohydrates facilitate the transport of fat to the cells and protein to muscle, which is why you should eat carbs with protein only. Carbs are very tricky though, because if you're not immediately burning them as energy, you're going to store them as fat. So that's why it's important to eat them for breakfast (when your metabolism is running high and you've basically fasted for eight hours) and right after workout when your metabolism is primed again. Now, you can eat some carbs before workout, but then you'll burn those instead of fat.

Hey, what a great thread.
I'm 18 years old, 6'6 and 250 pounds. (XBOX & 1/4 in coloquial terms.)

I am vegetarian, and my mom is a health nut - my diet is very varied and balanced. Now, as for exercise ...
See, my initial plan was to start off by walking for an hour and then to slowly increase my walking speed to jogging - the eventual goal being running. I've started this about two months ago (I think) and it isn't progressing as well as it should.
Don't get me wrong - I've stuck to it, but ...

You see, one morning, about three week ago, I forgot to stretch like I usually do. Somewhere around the middle of my usual route my ankle twisted in a weird way, but I thought nothing of it because it didn't hurt.
It felt a bit uncomfortable for a while, and then I forgot about it.

Well ... you can guess what happend next. The ankle started hurting like crazy, and I being the stubborn bastard that I am didn't want to go to the doctor and kept right on walking - every morning at 6:05 for 40+ minutes.

You see, I have had self-discipline issues in the past, and quitting then in order to let my ankle heal properly could have meant that I would never go back to my exercising regime.
So I stuck with it, and the ankle has since mostly healed. It still hurts, and I can't even jog - much less run. I am waiting for it to heal enough so that I can start running - it is bloody frustrating to just walk when it's such a beautiful morning and there are tons of hot females running.

Gah.

I guess I'll update this in a few days when I start jogging and such. It's all really quite easy if you establish a habit and have iron self-discipline.

Wow, you managed to get that big on a healthy diet? Man, you've got a nice foundation for weightlifting with all that extra poundage. You're tall, so you definitely have a biomechanical disadvantage, but if you worked hard you could etch out a decent frame. I know a lot of guys in the weightlifting community who would never attempt to bulk on a "clean" diet.

Anyway, exercise is good for boosting your metabolism and burning a few calories, but your diet is much more important. At your weight, I would say try eating around 2500 calories a day and see where that gets you. Every once in a while (maybe once a week) you should work in a "cheat" meal where you eat the foods you crave until you're full, with blatant disregard for your health. And by all means feel guilty about it, because you'll be that much more motivated to dive back into the diet. This meal basically throws your body off so it doesn't adapt to the lower calorie state, and it also introduces leptin into your system, so your body will allow you to lose fat.

Well, I've made a little progress it seems - I havn't weighed myself in quite some time, but I did notice today that my slacks are noticably looser then they have been - woo :) It's working!

I've been getting tons of excersize lately though, hauling my desktop on a 2km trip to the computer shop, and then the same trip back later that day, lots of running, miles and miles of walking, pushing/pulling aircraft into/out of hangers, and even flying!

Will, you sound like you know quite a bit about training diets. Am I right? If so, I could use a little help making one for when I'm allowed to exercise again (I have mono, and this is week 5 of my 6 week doctor's orders ban from exercising. I can't wait until I can hit the gym again!)

i'll tell you a miracle weight loss story. my brother was once the fattest kid in school, everyone teased him. he was about 70 kilos and he was eight years old. but he just kept on eating anyway, after that i suggested for him to go on a diet. his diet then consisted of even more chocolate, chips and icecream than before. add mcdonalds and kfc to that you'd think that he couldn't get any fatter. A year later he lost thirty kilos!!!!!!!!
i dunno what the hell happened, call it a micrale of god if you will but right now hes calling me fat!!!