Good Tips
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I have been focusing on my eating and my strategy has been:<br />
<br />- only eat when hungry (sounds dumb but I previously used to eat by habit a lot of the time)<br />
<br /> - only eat until I don’t feel hungry anymore. (i.e. don’t just eat a shite load of food without thinking about it)<br />
<br /> - eat slowly so my body can tell me when its not hungry any more.<br />
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Seems to have been working for me
- only eat when hungry (sounds dumb but I previously used to eat by habit a lot of the time)<br />
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good points mark and also - if you're going to e.g. buy lunch or something, then get the small version of whatever you're eating. A lot of people were brought up to habitually eat everything on the plate because its a waste of money otherwise <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='Nick the Aussie']<br />
good points mark and also - if you're going to e.g. buy lunch or something, then get the small version of whatever you're eating. A lot of people were brought up to habitually eat everything on the plate because its a waste of money otherwise <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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That was definitely me - wasn't allowed to leave the table until the plate was empty -
Which was OK if your grew up on a farm and worked after school till your fucking hands bled <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Very good tips Mark. I found that I was bolting my food. Barely chewing it and demolishing the plate inside 5 mins. Then naturally still feel hungry. An hour later - bloated. When I remember I'm chewing slowly. Also gets stomach ready to receive incoming.
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I agree with all of that, and most of it is in my Great Australian Diet book for chubby little Aussies <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Keep a food diary. You'll always think twice about that pie if you have to write it down and see it later.<br />
Forget about weights until you've lost the weight, the ONLY thing that loses fat is AEROBIC training.<br />
Finally, if you know you can't make it on your own, bite the bullet and join weight watchers, or jenny craig or what ever organisation suits you.<br />
The money you spend on the weekly meetings (about $15) will be saved at the cafeteria, believe me.<br />
There's nothing like getting weighed in every week with a queue of people behind you to motivate you to NOT eat that mars bar.<br />
It's not just for chicks either, so don't think you'll be treated as an oddity when you turn up there, there's heaps of guys at my WW centre in Welly (on Lambton Quay).<br />
I've lost 11.5kg now, so it actually works, and I feel great for it. -
Get into a methodical pattern of when and what you eat. I eat 6 smaller meals during the day every 2-3 hours. 3 of the meals or protein bars or shakes. I also drink about 3L of water per day. I used to confuse hunger with thirst, but now if I feel hungry between meals, a large glass of water does the trick. Also drink water at night to avoid eating junky snacks or if you must eat have fruit on hand. Being organised is the key to losing weight, make sure the right types of food are in the fridge and in your bag at work. I have lost 12 kilos in the last 12 weeks.
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Thought of another tip.<br />
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but [b]Metamucil [/b]is great for cleaning out your insides, especially if you aren't the most regular of toilet-goers.<br />
If you've led one of those carnivorous, 'skip-the-salad-just-give-me-the-kilo-of-redmeat' lifestyles up til now (as I have), then you might want to try a [b]hycolonic irrigation[/b].<br />
Yes, I know there's a certain amount of embarrassment at shoving a tube up your bum, but I'd rather have what came out afterwards NOT inside me.<br />
Plus, I lost about a kilo in the process.
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[quote name='Chowie']<br />
Forget about weights until you've lost the weight, the ONLY thing that loses fat is AEROBIC training.[/quote]That's not really too true Chowie. Thoroughly depends on what kind of weight training you're doing. Weights can still help lose fat if done correctly. -
Resistance training is the vital ingredient if reducing bodyfat is your goal. It goes something like this: The more lean mass you gain, your metabolic rate increases and as a result you will burn fat more efficiently than ever before. Not only will you burn more fat while doing cardio, but your body will also become more efficient at burning bodyfat 24/7.<br />
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The quickest and best way to gain lean mass while burning fat in my experience is the 12 week Body For Life challenge.<br />
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[url="http://www.bodyforlife.com"]www.bodyforlife.com[/url] -
yeah, on notice board at gym a study about one group just aerobic, the second group aerobic and weights. First group lost fat and lean body mass (muscle). Second group lost fat and gained muscle mass, but lost more overall weight too.<br />
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So gotta do both, unless you are just trying to lose weight - muscle or fat, not caring which. -
I'm gonna have to agree to disagree with you here lads, the quickest way to drop body fat is aerobic exercise.<br />
You don't have to make things more complicated than they are, this is how gyms make their money! <br />
Just good old fashioned running is the best thing that we can do.Â<br />
(PS I have a Dip. in Ex Sci, so I'm not talking completely out of my arse.)<br />
The hardest thing is simply sticking to it, and that's why Weight Watchers has worked for me so far.<br />
I had all the knowledge but couldn't be arsed to apply it to myself. -
So you would know the studies etc that also say bullshit right back to you. Sure aerobics make you lose weight, but both give you body change quicker and for the better, but is harder.<br />
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Probably easier for punters to do it one step at a time though, as you say, get rid of the fat, then build th body. An even with an educamated man as yourself, konwing what you should do, you still don't do it, so one step at a time, don't confise the issue!! -
[quote name='Chowie']<br />
I'm gonna have to agree to disagree with you here lads, the quickest way to drop body fat is aerobic exercise.<br />
You don't have to make things more complicated than they are, this is how gyms make their money! <br />
Just good old fashioned running is the best thing that we can do.Â<br />
(PS I have a Dip. in Ex Sci, so I'm not talking completely out of my arse.)<br />
The hardest thing is simply sticking to it, and that's why Weight Watchers has worked for me so far.<br />
I had all the knowledge but couldn't be arsed to apply it to myself.<br />
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[quote name='Chowie']<br />
I'm gonna have to agree to disagree with you here lads, the quickest way to drop body fat is aerobic exercise.<br />
You don't have to make things more complicated than they are, this is how gyms make their money! <br />
Just good old fashioned running is the best thing that we can do.Â<br />
(PS I have a Dip. in Ex Sci, so I'm not talking completely out of my arse.)<br />
The hardest thing is simply sticking to it, and that's why Weight Watchers has worked for me so far.<br />
I had all the knowledge but couldn't be arsed to apply it to myself.<br />
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So I have a B.Ed and DipT but you wouldnt know it if you saw me in some of the identity lineups Ive had to stand in. -
Skim milk helps, once worked at a milk factory (for a very short time) and its amazing how much fat was in full-flavoured milk.<br />
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Mentally - have healthy competition with people, just pushes you that bit more.<br />
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Walking - not to sure of the benefits of this, but its got to be better than driving short distances. -
eat regularly and try to lose the 3 meal routine<br />
i eat brekkie at 6am, pile of fruit and cheese at 9-10am, a turkey/humus/salad sandwich for lunch, more fruit and cheese at 3pm, pre-workout snack at 4:30, post workout snack at 7pm and then dinner at 8:30 followed by a cup of tea and cookies... <br />
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following that regime (with workouts/cardio etc) ive managed to lose 10 kilos in the last 2 months
