Topic: looking to lose some weight (Read 3896 times)

evans1234 · « **on:** August 04, 2014, 04:00:59 PM »

Hey,

Well as the title says I�m looking to lose some weight, ideally before I (hopefully) go to uni at the end of September, which I will be joining their gym and cricket club.

I didn�t play cricket this season due to my exams as last season I found that I was getting stressed due to both exams and being promoted my team faced a lot more difficult teams (I play for 3's and we were facing 1's with overseas players) so I didn�t do very well with the bat and didn�t even get a bowl.

I think my main reason is so that I can increase my stamina when I bowl (I run in from a 10 pace run up) and can move quicker in between the wickets as I would class myself as a bowling all-rounder.

I�m 18 and I weigh according to the scales on my kitchen floor 91kg or 14 st 4.6 lbs (last time i weighed myself but i cant remember when i was around 87kg or 13st 9 lbs), I would say most of my fat is around the belly area and a bit on the man boobs. So I would like to target these areas ideally.....

For a few weeks (after my exams) I did 3 times a week bench pressing and concentrated arm curls. I also did something called the '30 day ab challenge' ( ill attach a pic) I was only able to do 28 of the days due to ending up watching my little brother playing cricket and then forgetting to do it when I got home.....

I found that these things I did didn�t really help as I was building muscle but not burning the fat which actually probably increased my weight.... I also have an exercise bike in my loft conversion but I sometimes find that my back can hurt after a while of usage.

Food wise I would say that I�m probably about half and half..... by that I mean half of the time I tend to eat quite healthy, like a lot of fruit and the other half I tend to snack quite a lot on crackers ( 4 every trip to the kitchen), biscuits, crisps etc�. I also tend to have medium to big portions when I have dinner at around 7pm and I try to drink a lot of water (around 4-5 pints a day)

Does anyone have any good cost effective methods of losing weight be it exercise methods or really good diets???

Thanks

Jack

Stuey · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2014, 04:25:51 PM »

1. Clean up your diet cut out the biscuits and crisps etc. You can't out exercise a bad diet.
2. Do some form of full body weight resistance training, i.e. deadlifts, swings, Squats, Clean and press, snatches etc
3. Add a sprint session per week, something simple i.e. 5x 20-30 meters (you can find more on the web).

For point 2. I use kettlebells, but you can use barbells, or just body weight (depending on your training experience)
The sprint session is short and will start to shred your weight.
For the weight sessions concentrate on strict form, to prevent injury.
The key is the diet though, if you cleaned that up and did nothing you would lose weight.

Also ignore the scales, if you feel yourself getting healthier and fitter who cares what the scales say.

If you need more help on the above just shout.

Good luck

evans1234 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2014, 04:41:28 PM »

Quote from: Stuey on August 04, 2014, 04:25:51 PM

1. Clean up your diet cut out the biscuits and crisps etc. You can't out exercise a bad diet.
2. Do some form of full body weight resistance training, i.e. deadlifts, swings, Squats, Clean and press, snatches etc
3. Add a sprint session per week, something simple i.e. 5x 20-30 meters (you can find more on the web).

For point 2. I use kettlebells, but you can use barbells, or just body weight (depending on your training experience)
The sprint session is short and will start to shred your weight.
For the weight sessions concentrate on strict form, to prevent injury.
The key is the diet though, if you cleaned that up and did nothing you would lose weight.

yer i agree the diet is my main focus, to try and cut out all the junk food.... yer I've got some kettlebells as well but they are only a couple of kilos I think compared to me curling 10 - 15 kg on a barbell... I'll probably only try squats and swings (may be deadlifts) as i always tend to hurt my back if i do something wrong

Cumbrian Pete · « **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2014, 06:45:34 PM »

I would recommend signing up with a good personal trainer for, say, 6 sessions in which you will learn good technique for resistance training and also be given a variety of different sessions that you can do on your own. It wont be cheap, the going rate here is �35 - �40 per hour, but it's a great investment as it sets you up for training effectively on your own. As mentioned in the earlier posts, diet is also crucual. I would say the ratio for losing weight in terms of importance is probably 80% diet and 20% exercise.

abdulwq · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2014, 01:45:26 PM »

More muscle is less fat coz ur muscle will burn fat to fuel it....Sprinting is one of the best as a form of HIIT high intensity interval training...If weights hurts your back then try only bodyweight training.

tim2000s · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2014, 02:48:45 PM »

Quote from: abdulwq on August 31, 2014, 01:45:26 PM

More muscle is less fat coz ur muscle will burn fat to fuel it....Sprinting is one of the best as a form of HIIT high intensity interval training...If weights hurts your back then try only bodyweight training.

Careful with your advice. Unless you eat a low carb diet, your body will not burn fat. It will simply use whatever carbs are currently available.

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smilley792 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2014, 03:22:36 PM »

Eat properly!!!

I spent a good portion of the winter laid in bed crocked and generally ate take aways and did nothing (due to being unable to)

When I became better and turned up at cricket, I got rubbed for being fat. Mainly a very large belly.

So I started to do weights, sit ups, exercise bike and walking the dogs. All the apps said I was burging calories but the weight was going no where.

Lad at work is a gym dude, and he said it won't matter what I do. I eat crap. so he write down some foods I should be eating. Foods I should avoid. I'd I've stuck to it well.

Lost 1 abd 3/4 stone in the last 8 weeks combining it with exercise (and not even extreme exercise)

joeljonno · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2014, 03:50:25 PM »

I lost nearly 3 stone in only a few months by following slimming world. As long as you have time to prepare meals and stick to it, you can lose weight.

Turn Of Pace · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2014, 03:58:33 PM »

Stay away from fad diets. Cut out the snacks and train hard - simple.

mini998 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2014, 06:01:59 PM »

Quote from: joeljonno on August 31, 2014, 03:50:25 PM

I lost nearly 3 stone in only a few months by following slimming world. As long as you have time to prepare meals and stick to it, you can lose weight.

Would it be possible to elaborate how exactly this works? I went to their site and it seems this involves eating lot of nice food so I'll be tempted to do this, I lost some weight start of the year but gained about half in last few months.

joeljonno · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2014, 07:29:40 PM »

Quote from: mini998 on August 31, 2014, 06:01:59 PM

Would it be possible to elaborate how exactly this works? I went to their site and it seems this involves eating lot of nice food so I'll be tempted to do this, I lost some weight start of the year but gained about half in last few months.

You just eat a lot of the right stuff and cut out much of the rubbish.

Once you get a few of the recipes under your belt, it's easy.

For instance, the chips are really good. Homemade and fry-light.

To be able to have bacon and egg for breakfast or steak and chips for tea, it is like not dieting.

I would suggest buying a couple of SlimmingWorld magazines and seeing the weekly recipes in there.

calcurtis98 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2014, 07:58:46 PM »

Use a calorie counter like - myfitnesspal, as that will allow you to track what you've eaten etc and give you nutritional values.

Personally, I found cutting sugar intake through sugar drinks and biscuits alongside weightlifting and aerobic fitness like jogging, swimming and cycling is very helpful in losing weight. If looking to lose it around the stomach I've heard 3-5 cups of green tea a day is very effective.

Bruce · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2014, 08:11:15 PM »

With regards to losing from specific areas that's impossible unfortunately.
As said, a mix of weight training and cardio is the best option.

Howzat · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2014, 08:35:35 PM »

Quote from: tim2000s on August 31, 2014, 02:48:45 PM

Careful with your advice. Unless you eat a low carb diet, your body will not burn fat. It will simply use whatever carbs are currently available.

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Not really true either is it though, you could eat as many carbs as you want as long as your calorie intake is lower than calories burned in the day! But your right in the fact it would be easier to lose weight if you reduced your carbs or even just reduced portion sizes of whatever you are eating

Stuey · « **Reply #14 on:** September 01, 2014, 12:06:29 PM »

Quote from: Leo on August 31, 2014, 08:35:35 PM

Not really true either is it though, you could eat as many carbs as you want as long as your calorie intake is lower than calories burned in the day! But your right in the fact it would be easier to lose weight if you reduced your carbs or even just reduced portion sizes of whatever you are eating

You're incorrect, Tim2000 is right in his response. To burn fat (adbulwq) as a fuel source your body needs to be in a state of Ketosis (i.e. using Ketones in the blood). This will only happen once your glycogen stores are depleted, which if your are eating regular carbs they wont be. Typically your body will burn ketones during the night and then glycogen once you've eaten some carbs. This is why intermittent fasting works well, whether fasting daily till say 10am or even longer or fasting 1 day per week for 24 hours. I'd recommend IF to EVANS1234 as there is no calorie counting and then re assess once your weight is under control.

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