On losing weight.

Whenever I read that people are having a hard time losing weight, I want to say,

“Have you tried 30 minutes weight-bearing exercise 3x a week, and 30 minutes cardiovascular exercise 3x a week?”

But I imagine it would either fall on deaf ears, or I’d just get yelled at. Hey, it IS the starting recipe for fat loss. I mean, if you’re already doing that and you need to kick it up a notch, THAT is when you whip out masochistic techniques and crank up your activity level. Hard to tell what level people are at.

Instead, I just keep my mouth shut. Most people don’t want to hear about a squat/push-up/pull-up complex followed by a series of sprints, followed by interval training. And all that jive. That’s, you know, hard work.

Also: You can’t outtrain a bad diet.

They get upset because they know you are right.

isn’t it 80% what you eat and the rest genetics and exercise? So if I can’t get on a new healthy way of eating isn’t that just wasting my time? Or not? I will listen to you…

Also I can probably do both of those things on my WII Fit or Wii Active….Or do you think one needs a gym?

AND — eating the right foods (diet is a HUGE HUGE HUGEEEEE portion!) and STICKING WITH IT. Everyone loses a lot the first week, then it tapers off, and within a month people usually plateau. My motto: “When it gets hard, that’s when it matters the most.” Everyone has a day they don’t feel like going to the gym, or sticking to their meal plan (YES I SAID PLAN!). THAT is when it’s mostimportant.

One Angry Dwarf

February 3, 2011

The more I witness the lives of the overweight people in my life, the more I buy into the “genetics” thing. I mean, shit, my sister-in-law eats less than me, and she has just as active a lfiestyle. We’re almost the same height. She’s almost double my weight. I just don’t understand it.

Nah, I think they’d get upset because they are set in their ways and don’t need a reminder that they aren’t trying hard enough. 😉 Sadly, a person can lose weight without exercising AT ALL. I’m not saying that’s the right way to do it, but if a person can count calories, that’s all you really need to do. I wish diet didn’t account for so much of our body weight… I’d be all set if it were just about getting a good workout!

I know what you are saying about weight training. The wii fit and active does have some resistance exercises but like you said no real weight bearing. I know what to do .. it’s just getting up to do it. Thanks for the advice! 🙂

RYNS: I have already bought stuff to incorporate a more high protein low carb type of eating. I know I tend to eat a lot of high carb convience foods and use kids, family as a excuse but we ALL need to have a balanced meal on our plates so no more excuses. As for exercise..I guess I just need to get up and go. Its been cold out, so I don’t know I did best at fitness classes at the gym —>

<—particularly Spin and Weight training type of group exercise with the weights involved. Group exercise is my favorite way. I truly feel I should spend the money I waste in fast food and crap in a gym membership. I did well with it before and tended to eat a lot better as well. 69 is great and I have ONLY ever been on top for that. I have not been brave enough yet to do it with current –>

<–husband probably insecure to my extra 30 lbs or so…well more incentive to get on the weight loss wagon! 😀

Ryn:: I wouldn’t even know how to begin with that. For my purposes I think a little better diet and some more activity would suffice. I am not trying to be some athlete or compete, just drop some weight and be healthier. I can understand your position I am just not that driven or that competitive with myself. I give myself props for any exercise I end up doing LOL.

yes, fat people are fat for a reason. exercise sucks.

I want to gain weight. I’m underweight. :/ This is getting cliched, but enlighten me. Ryn: You’re welcome! 🙂 And I truly meant that! Not just in a flattery way. By me paying you a surprise visit I meant the rain paying you a surprise visit (my name means rain). Also, thanks for expanding the acronym. :3

RYN: I WISH I could have the mindset of eating for “survival”, and not because I enjoy it so much. Again, I hate to point the finger, but I blame part of this on my environment growing up. I was thin to the point of my high school counselor being concerned that I had an eating disorder (when there just wasn’t enough to eat at home). Five years after I moved out and was living on my own, I had reached a weight that was almost overweight for my height. Anyhow, now I’m just rambling. It’s all about finding an individual happy medium of nutrition and exercise.

Well actually, I did leak from my vagina. Post-period blood.

All that jargon flew over my head. If I lift all that, I’ll be dead. Being a ball of lightning sounds really good. And I’m sure I get enough protein through my food. Rhyming is hard while my nose is runny. Your first note was pretty funny. I don’t have a gym close by. So unfortunately, I’ll have to bid your workout goodbye. And thus I end this poem with regret, I don’t know if I can lift 5kg yet

Right, that WAS a pretty silly rhyme. What I meant was, thank you so much for your advice. I can’t spot a gym nearby anywhere, and I don’t think I can lift weights presently or afford a gym in the first place. I’ll save it for later, though. Make sure you’re still in here when you’re old and wrinkly. I’ll need your workout routine then.

Also, I very well can lift 5 kg. I’m pretty sure my school bag weighs well over 8kg. 😐 (That’s how torturous CBSE is.) Until then, I guess I’ll satisfy the need to weightlift by lifting, well, grocery bags. -.-‘

eucatastrophe.

February 4, 2011

ryn; oh, don’t you worry about that. it’s not my wedding, it’s our wedding. i am well aware. 🙂

Leannan Sidhe

February 4, 2011

‘You can’t outtrain a bad diet’ – that’s for sure! I am always telling people (who ask) that ‘abs are made in the kitchen.’ And then they go right back to their lemon juice cleanse or whatever this week’s trend is…*sigh* Clean eating + consistent exercise = never dieting ever again.

Ryn: But I don’t want to cry. :/ Yeah, Uno rules. 😀 And wow, you actually got impressed with that lame ass poem? 😛