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Yup, slow but steady progress - that's the best way. Make sure that you're also getting the right vitamins and minerals.

Nobody else has bothered replying, so I'll just say that's awesome, and well done!

I think on one particular day about three people seperately told me I was wasting away. Literally, I think it was down to the style of shirt I was wearing that was probably more slimming than usual.

I'm away for the week and there's a gym and swimmimg pool here. Last minute thing so went and bought some swiming shorts/trunks. Oprimistically I bought some medium ones.

When I got back to my accommodation I couldn't get the fucking things over my knees - let alone round my waist.

Turns out they were Boys aged 10-12 medium.

That would have been some pretty monumental weight loss if I'd got them on.

Oh yeah, totally! I thought that, but didn't type it

Brilliant!

Yeah, well done Gilly, you'be done exactly what I hope to.

I did that a day before I went to Barbados. Ended up buying swimshorts for 8 year olds.

I am still in 36" jeans and have thrown my 40" jeans away.

I need to do more exercise, so I have stopped using the lift at work.

We have people who use the lift at work to go down 1 flight of stairs!

I think that unless you are injured, disabled, or carrying a heavy load or something you should not be allowed to use a lift unless you going up more than say, 5 floors.

Malc

Aw thanks everyone

Well, I've been to see my nurse today. She weighed me. I am the heaviest I have ever been. A stone heavier than I actually thought I was. Gutted.

Lets do this thing.

You can do it.

According to Wii Fit earlier, my ideal weight is 12st 9. Sod that.. I'm not sure I'd even look well at that weight.

In recent weeks I'd been getting a little breathless at work so I've kicked in the exercise again and while my weight is only coming down slowly (pesky takeaways), I'm at least a little more mobile again and a little less horrific sight in the mirror.

Ima gonna come use your balance board.

Just booked in for a health MOT.

Got an appointment with a personal trainer on Friday. Eek.

How are you getting on Trooper?

All good been under my calorie target every day so far, but it's only been 3 days
Not doing enough exercise, but my headphones arrive tomorrow, so i'll do the first day of the couch to 5k tomorrow afternoon.

You could have taken mine from the BB2. Never mind.

182lbs today, according to the scale. So 4lbs down already I'm expecting that loss rate to slow significantly now though.

Heh, I've got one thank you, I specifically wanted to use DM's.

Well done Trooper, I've only gone over once so far and that was by accident - lesson learned there.

Just had my health MOT. Very healthy apart from my body composition, so that's a good start.

Aww crap, headphones and iphone armband are here. Now I have no excuse

Perhaps more at home in the 'Stupid things you have done' thread, but I was using Wii Fit the other day, with a couple of 2.5kg weights to exercise my arms, when I saw my phone flash up with a text message. I put the weights down on the sofa, grabbed my phone and watched on of the weights roll off and land on my foot.

First couch to 5k run done, pretty easy.
No problems fitness wise, but running hurts my shins and feet a bit. I assume that will get better over time once I build up some leg muscle, and I work out the best technique. I'm more of a plodder than a runner at the moment

@DM because it was saying you weigh less than you are.

@Trooper Have you got proper running shoes? I used to have that problem until I got me some asiscs.

Did my 2nd yoga class today, can already do more than last week, but my flabby bits are getting in the way now.

Meeting James my personal trainer tomorrow, don't be surprised if you don't hear off me.

Very unrelated, but Brad Pitt's fitness person in Burn After Reading was one of the funniest things I've ever seen him do.

I do have proper shoes

Good, hopefully you just need to get your body used to it.

Ah. You might try reading my post again then.

*re-reads* Oops!

Also, I agree.

Take it easy with shins. They'll build up over time, just don't try and run through it, follow the plan, man.

How far did you go?

Just ask GazChap.

I only had one

First session was 60 seconds running, followed by 90 seconds "brisk" walking, repeated 8 times. Total was about 4.5k
I was tempted to go straight to week 2 as I didn't find it hard at all really, but follow the plan I shall

Well done mate, but being the sad twat that I am, that 4.5km distance didn't look right to me. If we assume 12kph for the running bit (which is pretty fast, to be fair) and 6kph for the brisk walk, that gives a distance of 2.8km.

(I'm a reet fat bastard at present; I managed 8.5km last night, same again tonight - but I have more that I need to lose than you mate! )

Cavey, have you logged on to myfitnesspal.com?

Plus 5 minutes either side brisk walk to warm up and warm down, then I was a 5 minute walk away from home, so I just carried on
Took 35 mins in total.

I can run 5k in under 30 mins without having done exercise in months. I don't know if I have some kind of level of natural fitness (i know my rotund figure says otherwise).

Recently I've been so lazy. Exercise annoys me because when I'm going hammer and tongs I can't get below 13st, but when I'm stuffing my face being a lazy bastard I never get over 14st.

Whilst I think of it, as I'm seeing him later, my friend J does a fair amount of boxing. He said that in between boxing sessions, going to the gym has really cut down on niggling inuries he was having. In his legs and back and things, as opposed to some 14 stone bloke twatting him in the face ("I don't mind it so much, my face doesn't hurt, but it makes my fillings jangle for about an hour afterwards). Once agian, do as I say, not as I do.

I had mine with Bupa.. I got a good old prodding and testing.

Everything is better than 3 years ago.

I'm very happy to hear that, dude!

See, what you need to do is stop being a lazy bastard and put some effort into stuffing your face. Trust me, that'll shoot you right past 14st.

Thanks...

No, I'd never heard of it sweetheart and have just checked it out now, it looks really good - thanks for that!

I do a lot of exercise (for my age), but I just love my food so much, including a whole bunch of stuff that's pretty bad news lol (chocolate for starters - I am quite the worst chocoholic I've ever known). Plus, I do like a good drink up on Fridays and Saturdays, though have managed to cut this back to sensible levels during the last few weeks at least.

I'll give this regime a go I think. I'd love to get something resembling my old six-pack back, instead of this party seven!

If anyone wants to friend me on myfitnesspal you are welcome to I'm trooperlooper on there.

I'm still alive!

Really enjoyed it actually. Nice chap, will try and stay with him.

Excellent! I have Friday PT sessions, and it's great. My trainer thinks up all kinds of weird and hurty things for me to do. Things I wouldn't necessarily do (or have heard of) of my own volition. A good trainer is wonderful.


This is because... I dunno... just weighing yourself isn't the best metric of the benefits of exercise?

I just managed 51 press ups.

That's from hitting the gym this week rather than just working with my dumb bells in the apartment. Well that and I weigh less now which is a bit cheaty.

I get free gym membership with work so I might go down the personal trainer route to push myself that bit further.

Halfway through the week and a quick update.

Weight:
12st 13lbs
181lbs
82.1kg

Weight loss to date : 5lbs

BMI : 25.2

Exercise for the week so far:
58 minutes on the exercise bike
37 minutes jogging


Finding it pretty easy at the moment, both food and exercise wise, but Mrs T has been away. The food test will come when she is back and we get carried away in the kitchen and going out to dinner
I'm not going to bother doing the gym, i'm happy with the exercise bike and jogging for now. Plan is to do 20-30 mins on the bike one day, then do the couch to 5k run the next, and then back again. Should be pretty easy to do that as it doesn't take much time. If i'm not getting any fitter i'll need to up the work rate and do more exercise, but baby steps

51 in one go?! Either way, that's really nice.


Yay, do it.

Fuck no - 3 sets of 17.



I think I will - I'm 42 now and need to work a bit smarter in the gym so some guidance would be the best course of action.