Weight loss tips?

[marchantsuk]

Dukan all the way. It works and it stays off as it has a 'for life' method which is easy to maintain.

Dukan Donuts ?

[Woots]

Wow, totally impressed with all the knowledge on here! I suppose a lot of it does come down to common sense.... I think for now I'm going to work on eating a little bit less, and will start up an exercise programme when I've finished the course and have a bit more time, if I survive the next two months, that is!

Thanks to all!

ahhh there is an issue.... "when youve finished the course"
start NOW...there can be no excuses....
when we do pt sometimes the PTI will absolutely beast us, and we will all be in pools of sweat, even when we do phys with the marines etc...
and at our last one we were all in bits, and he said "guys we've only been going 12 minutes...so now you know that you will ALWAYS have enough time to destroy your body in the gym no matter how busy you are" made absolute sense
obv dont annihilate yourself but just start slowly build up, even if its just going for a 10 min walk every day

orrr buy the insanity workout dvd..

[Carol M]

Dukan all the way. It works and it stays off as it has a 'for life' method which is easy to maintain.

Dukan Donuts ?

If only

[Dav the wheel nut]

Exercise. Regularly. Eat healthily.

..........and die anyway

[Bradders75]

Wow, totally impressed with all the knowledge on here! I suppose a lot of it does come down to common sense.... I think for now I'm going to work on eating a little bit less, and will start up an exercise programme when I've finished the course and have a bit more time, if I survive the next two months, that is!

Thanks to all!

ahhh there is an issue.... "when youve finished the course"
start NOW...there can be no excuses....

This ^^! Don't you dare give us the 'in a few months line' - strike while the iron is hot. If you haven't got much time, look up HIIT. Surely you can spare 10 mins a day?

[Ricey01]

Exercise. Regularly. Eat healthily. Little and often, rather than big meals. And stick to it.

+1 Literally as simple as that

[Cassie-UK]

Do you have a recipe for these Dukan Donuts?

[jakethecatuk]

Jan 2011 I was 17st 9lbs and decided to do something about it.

I installed an app on my phone that allowed me to record all the calories I was taking in and what extra calories were burnt during the day. I set myself a goal of 1600 calories a day and after six months, I'd lost 3 st.

I also made sure I was eating regularly during the day so breakfast at 7:00ish, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, dinner, late evening snack. The snacks were typically around the 50-60 calorie mark (Snack a Jack rice cakes).

Add into the mix a little bit of exercise 3 times a week and it can work for you. I still went out for meals, I still had treats, but they weren't that often.

The key thing to it all though (and this has been said before) - you have got to want to lose weight and you have got to throw yourself 100% into the weight loss mindset.

[mrlozzer]

Mrs Lozzer recently suggested that we should "exercise together regularly" to lose weight.

I don't mind admitting that I was very enthusiastic about her suggestion. Turns out that she had something completely differen in mind to me...

[marchantsuk]

Jan 2011 I was 17st 9lbs and decided to do something about it.

I installed an app on my phone that allowed me to record all the calories I was taking in and what extra calories were burnt during the day. I set myself a goal of 1600 calories a day and after six months, I'd lost 3 st.

I also made sure I was eating regularly during the day so breakfast at 7:00ish, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, dinner, late evening snack. The snacks were typically around the 50-60 calorie mark (Snack a Jack rice cakes).

Add into the mix a little bit of exercise 3 times a week and it can work for you. I still went out for meals, I still had treats, but they weren't that often.

The key thing to it all though (and this has been said before) - you have got to want to lose weight and you have got to throw yourself 100% into the weight loss mindset.

Good inspiration and well done

Out of interest (and sorry if this is personal) but what are you like now, some 18 months on from Jan 2011? Do you still watch the calories or is it now a way of life? I only ask because having turned 40 a week ago I have also decided to make a change, I currently weigh around 105 kg's at 6 ft (16 1/2 stone) and whilst reasonably fit (built more like a rugby player than a footballer) would like to be closer to 90 kg's.
I downloaded the app mentioned earlier in this thread and have started the food diary. It's amazing how guilty you feel when having to record it.

[Rialas]

Joined a gym at the weekend. My goal to lower my BMI.
I'm in absolute pain today.

Did two sets on the tread mill 20 mins each. Hard work and only used up 220 calories. Less than the amount of calories in a hot chocolate.... Makes you think twice what you chuck in your mouth.

The 5.30pm diet is a great idea especially if you suffer from reflux. Worked for me until I went on holiday.... Now resumed.

[RubyBlueZ4MC]

Joined a gym at the weekend. My goal to lower my BMI.
I'm in absolute pain today.

Did two sets on the tread mill 20 mins each. Hard work and only used up 220 calories. Less than the amount of calories in a hot chocolate.... Makes you think twice what you chuck in your mouth.

The 5.30pm diet is a great idea especially if you suffer from reflux. Worked for me until I went on holiday.... Now resumed.

Rialas, its very simple for you - cut out your milky coffees and your BMI will come down rapidly One of those probably equates to your gym session - or more. I recently tried an iced coffee fron Neros with half the milk powder to lower the cals - tasted bloody awful so don't recommend that tactic.

[marchantsuk]

I recently tried an iced coffee fron Neros with half the milk powder to lower the cals - tasted bloody awful so don't recommend that tactic.

[PerryGunn]

Tapeworm egg...?

[Rialas]

recently tried an iced coffee fron Neros with half the milk powder to lower the cals - tasted bloody awful so don't recommend that tactic.

Yuk. You're not wrong. I'd rather have a Greek coffee