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So a couple of months ago I made a promise to myself, lose weight. Cause as it is right now I have a hard time looking myself in a mirror. I just dont like what I see. Or that's a understatement. I HATE what I see. That doesnt mean that I'm unhappy or depressed, I like my life. I think it's great. I go to school and get a challange there every day, I have friends with whom I socialize often and I dont feel the need for a girlfriend, I like being single and I'm a really smooth talker whenever I want to.
I just decided that eventhough I'm happy with my life, losing weight would make me feel even better and it would help me in my everyday life. (It isnt funny to constantly be bumping into things because you're bigger then you think)
So I decided to analyze myself and get to the core of my problems. Why am I this fat?
1) I'm way to lazy. I just dont do active things. I take a bus whenever I'm going somewhere, and if there arent any busses I'll take a taxi.
2) I love my fastfood. Pizza, burgers, kebab you name if I love it. Seriously sometimes I'm like that bacon-kid on youtube.
3) I feel slimmer then I am. This is a huge point. I don't FEEL fat, I am fat but I don't feel like I am.
4) I get way to excited about a new plan I have and don't follow trough. I'm basically like a ADHD kid when it comes to this, but in a lazy way. "OMG IM GOING TO BE THE BEST STARCRAFT PLAYER OF ALL TI- OMG HOW FUN WOULDNT IT BE TO CODE MY OWN- OMG OMG OMG IM GONNA BE THE BEST AT" and so on.
So what am I going to do?
1) I'm gonna learn to see things long term. I'm planning to lose weight ok, so I'm not gonna notice anything right away. I might even have a problem at noticing at all. That's why I'm going to take one picture, every Sunday, and make a new blog here with my workout diary.
2) I'm not gonna start out with the mindset of "IM GONNA PRACTISE 4 HOUR EVERY DAY!", instead I'm going to start out with 1 hour every day. Low intensity. Walking, swimming and other activities (please reccomend something to me).
3) I'm going to LIMIT my fast food intake. Every Sunday I go out with a friend to a sportsbar, we watch a NFL game, have a beer or two and eat. Once a month I'm gonna allow myself to order a burger and a dessert. They have better dishes that I'm gonna order the other times.
4) Less soft drinks. I'm not a huge user of coca-cola and stuff like that. I'm just going to drink water and milk instead. 100% of the time.
So that's my plan really. And since I made the commitment to post a picture here every week with my work out diary I wont run away from this anymore. This is the first time I'm losing weight because I want to do it for myself. So I'll do my best to make this work.
Pictures of me. Week 0 (no the t-shirt isnt that tight, I was holding it back with one hand so you could see what I'm talking about).
Profile:
From the front:
(PS. mods, cant we have a preview button for the blogs section?)
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And don't shittalk my irish-sheep herder cap, it's fucking awesome on so many levels!
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Good job! Take it slow so you know you can handle it. Don't give up 
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Start running, its hard as fuck but it gives results so fast  really!
You should start to eat vegitables a lot..
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Good luck. Running and diet are the two best things for weight loss.
EDIT: I think I might join you in your fitness endeavor, I am way out of shape compared to my previous self T_T;
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It is not healthy to lose more than two pounds in a week. Don't go crazy trying to lose weight, but instead make a permanent change in your lifestyle that will slowly bring you down to a more healthy weight and allow you to maintain it once you get there.
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Man that's scary, the way you described yourself is exactly the same as I would describe myself.
Only difference being that I still can't put myself into losing weight, altho I want to.
Good luck man!
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To those saying I should start running:
I wish I could start out there, but since I'm quite tall (1,97m) I dont look as fast. If I were to start running my knees would be screwed within 1-2 months and then I'd really be in trouble.
fantacist and disco:
Let me just give you this advice: do it before it's too late. The longer you wait the harder it'll become, and suddenly you cant hardly go up stairs without breathing like you just ran a marathon!
APurleCow:
Yea that's my main plan, not to go crazy and go on these starving diets, because belive it or not: I know alot of training and dieting. I'm just not using my own advice.
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United States3573 Posts
Good job man. If you keep up the dieting and working out, there will be a day when you look at your body and you can't even remember what it was like to be fat. It happened to me, it can happen to you.
As a few others have stated, running is a fantastic way to start. It is my workout of choice.
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I would say just start walking more and eating healthy every day. Leaving one day for junk food is fine. Running is necessary for losing weight, just find an activity you find fun and stick with it (doesnt matter what sport as long as you are active)
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ofc, you have to start walking... Then you add like 100 meters running, then 200.. etc, and in a half year, you will be able to run as much as ur heart desire
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On October 27 2009 00:53 Julmust wrote:
To those saying I should start running:
I wish I could start out there, but since I'm quite tall (1,97m) I dont look as fast. If I were to start running my knees would be screwed within 1-2 months and then I'd really be in trouble.
fantacist and disco:
Let me just give you this advice: do it before it's too late. The longer you wait the harder it'll become, and suddenly you cant hardly go up stairs without breathing like you just ran a marathon!
APurleCow:
Yea that's my main plan, not to go crazy and go on these starving diets, because belive it or not: I know alot of training and dieting. I'm just not using my own advice.
Then start slow, work your way up, as someone else had mentioned (:
I'm not at a state where I'm overweight... I'm just out of shape and UNDERweight ):
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United States3573 Posts
On October 27 2009 00:53 Julmust wrote:
To those saying I should start running:
I wish I could start out there, but since I'm quite tall (1,97m) I dont look as fast. If I were to start running my knees would be screwed within 1-2 months and then I'd really be in trouble.
fantacist and disco:
Let me just give you this advice: do it before it's too late. The longer you wait the harder it'll become, and suddenly you cant hardly go up stairs without breathing like you just ran a marathon!
APurleCow:
Yea that's my main plan, not to go crazy and go on these starving diets, because belive it or not: I know alot of training and dieting. I'm just not using my own advice.
Try fast walking or buy a bicycle and go biking & or go to a gym and use the automatic bikes.
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That's awesome to hear that you're working on losing weight! As long as you're completely motivated to lose the weight you will accomplish your goal. It's not easy, but once you see the weight start dropping it will only get you more motivated to keep going.
I have lost about 100lbs in a few years time and I can safely say that it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Make sure you start small by cutting out the sodas, desserts, and switching to skim milk if you drink whole (it's not easy at first, but you will get use to it). Also be sure to watch the amount your eating. Once you feel full, stop eating, don't try and stuff yourself just because the food is good (I had this problem). Start exercising when you feel ready. Don't try and kill yourself doing more than you can handle, just take it slow at first. Eventually, you will be able to figure out a decent routine that works for you whether it's in your home or gym.
If you need anymore tips feel free to PM me and I will be happy to answer your questions.
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Take a fast walk before breakfast, it helped me Good luck!
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Julmust Hwaiting!
I'm with you on this man I'm going to lose some weight either
I'm only 1.7m tall and 70kg but my body fat percentage is much higher than it used to be.
My advice is to stop drinking alcohol and anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup it's so bad for you. Eat a lower carb diet but don't cut them out(it will make you feel tired a lot more). More protein and fruits/vegetables.
Imo Swimming is what you should take up. It's very low impact and it burns TONS of calories I mean look at Michael Phelps, the guy eats 8000 calories a day worth of food while he's training and he's so cut his abs have abs. If you can't really get into swimming then try to just run on an elliptical it's lower impact for your knees. Also a really good tip I've heard is to start doing full body work outs where you do some resistance training(lifting weights) but target all of the major muscle groups. Anyways I'll be taking pictures with you starting this Sunday buddy for I'm going to lose some fat too and hopefully gain a bit more muscle.
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Lift weights, drink lots of water, eat lots of veggies and cut down on sugar and snacks =p
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Awesome man. For the diet, my recommendation is dont minimize ur intake, just change what you are eating. Salads with tuna for example is a great great way to start loosing weight. Also, Id recommend you do the 3 apple a day diet, it helps ur organism:
1) Always be full. You eat an apple when ur getting hungry
2) It will reduce the craviness for sweets and other junk
3) It will accelerate your metabolism.
That combined with daily excercise will do the trick. A friend of mine managed to loose soooo much weight in about 4 months with this, i was impressed. Its been a year over his diet, he now eats normally, but much less, and is as skinny as after the diet. Good luck and always follow the goal!
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My biggest advice to you would be to switch to eating 5-6 small (probably about ~400 calories each in your case I would guess) meals per day. Each should have a small serving of protein and carbs, and then mix in some vegetables for 1-2 meals per day.
Perhaps this is more work than you want to do right away, but do consider it as you get more serious. It prevents your blood sugar from spiking up and down the way 3 larger meals do; the result is more energy and a much faster metabolism. Protein shakes are a great way to make up the extra meals if you would ever consider doing something like that.
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You are already taking the right steps by considering losing weight.
I was around 170-175 pounds around last year and I lost like 25-30 pounds just by eating clean (mainly green, limited meat, and water) as well as running almost every day for the first six months. After that it was all dieting, which in my opinion is key. Best of luck sir! Keep us updated and I hope that you will be able to reach your goal.
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looks like you have a lot of advice from probably smarter people concerning this than me!
My only input is to find a partner to do it with. My one friend and I use to go running on the beach every sunday morning. It made things a lot more fun and she's now one of my best friends.
I admire your goal and I hope you stay dedicated to it. You can do it for sure! Good luck :-)
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On October 27 2009 02:10 iSiN wrote:
Julmust Hwaiting!
I'm with you on this man I'm going to lose some weight either
I'm only 1.7m tall and 70kg but my body fat percentage is much higher than it used to be.
My advice is to stop drinking alcohol and anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup it's so bad for you. Eat a lower carb diet but don't cut them out(it will make you feel tired a lot more). More protein and fruits/vegetables.
Imo Swimming is what you should take up. It's very low impact and it burns TONS of calories I mean look at Michael Phelps, the guy eats 8000 calories a day worth of food while he's training and he's so cut his abs have abs. If you can't really get into swimming then try to just run on an elliptical it's lower impact for your knees. Also a really good tip I've heard is to start doing full body work outs where you do some resistance training(lifting weights) but target all of the major muscle groups. Anyways I'll be taking pictures with you starting this Sunday buddy for I'm going to lose some fat too and hopefully gain a bit more muscle.
Awesome dude! And yeah swimming is something I'd get into quicker then running, since I actually enjoy swimming, while I've always hated running even when I was active at a pretty high level of sport (I'd enter the name but you guys have never heard of it).
Also thank you so so much for all the advice guys, I'm reall gonna dig down an look into it all later on tonight. Well I'm off for my first work out session. Cya!
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I don't have input directly related to dieting, it seems like you know more about it than most people here... just want to show support and congrats... I look forward to the weekly update
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On October 27 2009 03:04 Julmust wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2009 02:10 iSiN wrote:
Julmust Hwaiting!
I'm with you on this man I'm going to lose some weight either
I'm only 1.7m tall and 70kg but my body fat percentage is much higher than it used to be.
My advice is to stop drinking alcohol and anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup it's so bad for you. Eat a lower carb diet but don't cut them out(it will make you feel tired a lot more). More protein and fruits/vegetables.
Imo Swimming is what you should take up. It's very low impact and it burns TONS of calories I mean look at Michael Phelps, the guy eats 8000 calories a day worth of food while he's training and he's so cut his abs have abs. If you can't really get into swimming then try to just run on an elliptical it's lower impact for your knees. Also a really good tip I've heard is to start doing full body work outs where you do some resistance training(lifting weights) but target all of the major muscle groups. Anyways I'll be taking pictures with you starting this Sunday buddy for I'm going to lose some fat too and hopefully gain a bit more muscle. Awesome dude! And yeah swimming is something I'd get into quicker then running, since I actually enjoy swimming, while I've always hated running even when I was active at a pretty high level of sport (I'd enter the name but you guys have never heard of it). Also thank you so so much for all the advice guys, I'm reall gonna dig down an look into it all later on tonight. Well I'm off for my first work out session. Cya!
I've heard of some crazy sports try me
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G'luck bro
Takes a lot of commitment but I'm sure you can do it!
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On October 27 2009 03:11 Ingenol wrote:
Was it bandy?
Dude wtf, how did you know that? :D
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On October 27 2009 00:53 Julmust wrote:
To those saying I should start running:
I wish I could start out there, but since I'm quite tall (1,97m) I dont look as fast. If I were to start running my knees would be screwed within 1-2 months and then I'd really be in trouble.
fantacist and disco:
Let me just give you this advice: do it before it's too late. The longer you wait the harder it'll become, and suddenly you cant hardly go up stairs without breathing like you just ran a marathon!
APurleCow:
Yea that's my main plan, not to go crazy and go on these starving diets, because belive it or not: I know alot of training and dieting. I'm just not using my own advice.
Get a bike. Bicycling is easier than jogging, but can be as good of exercise if you go for longer.
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Try swimming!, You burn a ton of calories just being in the water and trying to stay warm!
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Netherlands4990 Posts
It's about a lifestyle change really. You will have to maintain it even after you reached your goal.
Good luck.
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Good luck with this task!
I myself have been trying to put on some weight (I'm a skinny half-asian kid T.T) but I've been lacking the discipline. Perhaps this is a good time to get serious again.
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On October 27 2009 05:38 numLoCK wrote:
Good luck with this task!
I myself have been trying to put on some weight (I'm a skinny half-asian kid T.T) but I've been lacking the discipline. Perhaps this is a good time to get serious again.
we should just trade I think.
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On October 27 2009 05:55 iSiN wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2009 05:38 numLoCK wrote:
Good luck with this task!
I myself have been trying to put on some weight (I'm a skinny half-asian kid T.T) but I've been lacking the discipline. Perhaps this is a good time to get serious again. we should just trade I think.
fuck off man, I saw him first! 
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i love it when people stop being so self concious of themselves and let the world know what they look like and how they want to change it.
GL MAN~
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GOD DAMN thats a nice hat, im gonna go get me one of those. For me what helped me lose weight most was that i started walking to college back and forth twice a day, and i started eating breakfast when before i only ate lunch and dinner. Apparently eating breakfast at a proper time accelerates your metabolism for the rest of the day. Dont know if this helps, but good luck!
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Gl with that! About 6 yrs ago I gained a lot of weight (like 22 pounds in fat mass, which percentage wise is a lot, considering my initially rather slender frame). All of this by being lazy as fuck and eating fatty food. I decided to do something about it and started eating a lot healthier and did a lot of sports (also didn't drink as much as a drop of alcohol for 6 months). In 4-5 months time lost 30 pounds and was in top shape. In the end it 's all a matter of routine. At first I felt like I was never gonna achieve my goal and it all seemed so far away and I hated it, but if you persist and hang in there for the first few weeks, it all becomes second nature to you, working out will be easier, your body will feel a lot healthier, you won't have as much trouble saying no to certain foodstuffs and you'll have a much much easier time with this new life style. Good luck on this journey.
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Hi man. Good that you have decided to lose weight and I hope that you will keep to it.
Just some tips for you man.
1) For me, I usually cook my own food when I'm home. I think that home-made food is much more nutritious and healthy then food made outside. This is because food made otuside is generally made for profits whereas food made at home is for your own pleasure and delight.
I really like making salads with some lettuce, butterheads and tomatoes with some boiled chicken in salt water. Add some soya sauce with it and eat it. Not too much sauce tho. Maybe like 1 tablespoon.
2) Set out an exercise regime. In reality, its possible to lose weight just by cutting down on food intake and eating the right stuff. Exercising will make it faster and it will also get you fitter. Running slowly for around 15 minutes every 2 days is good. You will want to increase pace as the weeks go by or as you deem yourself fit to. You know your own body best.
Hope you'll have fun
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On October 27 2009 09:10 NeverGG wrote:Julmust fighting! Personally, I think that hat is very cute I'm in the same boat so if you need any moral support you know where to find me.
Never totally copied me 
#1 Julmust fan here~_~
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Russian Federation1381 Posts
Difficulty of losing weight is overrated, don't consume any kind of sugar (especially things like pepsi), and all kinds of breads, anything made from dough and stuff like chips. Then comes a rule of not eating until you feel serious hunger in the stomach, and when you feel real hunger, then eat a decent amount of food like always. Fat disappears in no time at all and also you feeling pleasure all the time and comfort, maybe because it's the true healthy regime for organism.
Then if you have time for swimming pool 1+ hour of swimming, it becomes plain easy to remove absolutely all the visible fat in a matter of days.
p.s. i found running or going to gym multiple times worse than swimming, even useless for losing weight, not only you waste much less energy, but organism endures ridiculous stress, which then backfires, metabolism going all weird.
I'd say good luck OP, but no luck needed.
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Attaboy Julmust
When I'm in the gym and I see someone who's a bit overweight or not lifting as much, I think waay more of them rather than thinking less, because they're there and trying. After all, it's all about feeling good about yourself in the end, no?
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Helpful tip: drink more water. I had the bad habit of eating whenever I was feeling even remotely hungry, and this turned to overeating. Recently I've just been drinking water whenever that happens, and I find that it keeps me more awake and more energetic than eating something. Also, when you start doing more intensive exercise, you'll need more water to replenish what you've lost by sweating.
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On October 29 2009 22:12 d3_crescentia wrote:
Helpful tip: drink more water. I had the bad habit of eating whenever I was feeling even remotely hungry, and this turned to overeating. Recently I've just been drinking water whenever that happens, and I find that it keeps me more awake and more energetic than eating something. Also, when you start doing more intensive exercise, you'll need more water to replenish what you've lost by sweating.
Listen to this guy.
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Från en svensk till en annan: lycka till! Promenader är bra och är dessutom trevliga samt gör en piggare.
*Remembers the forum rules*
Umm. So... Best of luck with your endeavour!
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