General / Off-Topic Elite Fitness Group

psykokow

psykokow
Howdy Commanders,
In the wake of Movember I took time to reflect on my own health and the things that I am unhappy with. I have struggled with weight over recent years due to all kinds of reasons, but the biggest hinderence was the feeling 'what's the point' and then giving up.

Recently I gave up my drink of choice 'Pepsi Max' as it was giving me all kinds of issues from gas to heartburn...

So why this thread? Well I struggle without reason, and I am hoping some my fellow commanders wanting to lose some pounds will join me with this venture so that we can support/bully/struggle through it together to reach a healthier future quicker than the Michael Brookes's soon that we aim for in our heads.

Now I know its not easy and some tools are here and around to help us, I used My Net Diary on my iphone but in the interests of a group effort I have switched to "my fitness pal".

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/
We also have a group there that you are welcome to join..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/17855-elite-fitness-group

it is free to sign up and has app's for phones that let you track what exercise you do and what food you've eaten and rather than assuming that apple will not take you over your daily limits, you can see it. This is a big aid in losing weight as denial is the worst enemy.

So before I lose in Elite Dangerous, I'd like to lose alongside my fellow commanders if you will join the quest for our healthy futures.

ps. I'm psykokow on the myfitnesspal site!!!
 
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Geraldine

Geraldine
Psykokow, I really wish you the best of luck with this. It's not easy to lose weight or give up bad or unhealthy habits, so well done you! :cool:
 

fozza

fozza
Ok well lots of what Kow said there rang true with me .

Brave man for stepping forward to suggest it.
I am more than happy to join this campaign as I have more than just a little weight to lose.

Have signed up to MyfitnessPal. (The app is quite cool it lets you just scan the barcode on food to get it added to your diary - very sci fi!)
Think you can add me under fozza101

I am currently 6' 1 and weighing in at 18.4 stones (116kg)

Goal weight will be 15.7 stones (99.5kgs)


Good Luck Everybody
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
Not going to work for everyone, but I've found it easy to persuade myself to exercise by treating myself to one of my favourite TV series or movies while I work out.

Every Tuesday and Thursday after work, I lift weights and ride an exercise bike for about 45+ minutes at full steam while watching an episode of some TV series... and every Sunday, I try to manage time to watch an entire movie that way. When I'm on holidays, I try to do 4-5 sessions a week.

With a good action flick, you don't even notice that you are pedalling like crazy... ;)
 

fozza

fozza
Susimetsa said:
I lift weights and ride an exercise bike for about 45+ minutes at full steam
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Lol imagines Marko pedaling like mad whilst lifting a big dumbell on either side.

Talented ******!

Yeah I like the idea Marko, will see if I can use that whilst at the gym to see if that can help. I get really really bored at the gym.

I've never done any weights or anything like that, anybody know a good site or resources to get me started?

Cheers

Fozza
 

psykokow

psykokow
Its difficult where I am to be able to do things like that... so its outside into the in rain for a run.

So I have to be creative, food control I can handle... but the exercise is tricky due to time...

so If anyone has ideas of good exercise's to do.. please suggest away..
 

psykokow

psykokow
Oh I meant to add i am 5ft11 weighing in at 108kg and ideally looking at getting down 80-85kg. so 23kg to get shot off!
 

jan

jan
I see you are in the same pondus class as me then :D I struggle whit it too and my lazy way around it is eat half 1 day , nothing the next as you wud normally eat, rinse repeat its my easy way to go down in size and for some silly reason it works to some extent that it bring me down below the triple digit weight. Don't ekspect a miracle tho, this ain't the usually jojo Cure.:cool::D

ps : to make sure i go down in weight my only exercise is to swim 2 times (1000m minimum) a week in the local swimming pool centre.

Forgot iespell check.
 
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ianw

I
Good thread to get in before the New Years resolutions..

I've been on/off fitness regimes for decades.

As a kid I was very active and extremely fit as I was a good club swimmer.

Then I discovered beer and eating out/snacking as a pleasure had stopped swimming so things began to slide a bit.

I find what works for me is as follows;

Mon-Thurs
2 x 30 min sessions on my exercise bike plus a little resistance stuff alternating upper/lower body on different days.
No beer/wine/snacks
Egg on one toast for breakfast
Mackerel on one toast for lunch with a bag of veg
Evening - light'ish meal

Friday - 1 session on the bike - same breakfast but otherwise whatever I like food/beer/snacks

Sat/Sun - no rules no exercise routine

Once I'm up and running on that I lose anything between 1.5 to 3 lbs per week.

If I mess it up a bit worst case scenario I don't put any weight on. Once I get to the target weight I can drop some exercise and just maintain.

Currently 6ft - 14st - could really do with being 13st which I'm aiming for (was just under 13st in the summer but then had a relapse and put a 1.5 stone back on). My personal worst was beginning of last year when I was over 15st really binging it daily and had a bit of a health scare.
 

psykokow

psykokow
so much research into this that and the other.. diet drinks are evil.. water is good, meat is good, carb is bad, protein is protein, variety is important and so on and so on.

Primal ways ditching all corn fed animal meats, berries ok..
I get lost...

where do you start? For me I go calorific control.. and try to keep it on target..

IF I could get the time to exercise then I need to know whats best? a jog? weights? combinations thereof..


There is no straight right answer... but maybe together we can develop our own..
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
fozza said:
I've never done any weights or anything like that, anybody know a good site or resources to get me started?
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I rely mostly on Gorilla Sports. They have decent prices and a nice selection:

http://www.gorillasports.co.uk/

Oh, and I light weights first (various positions and lifts), then pedal like crazy for 10 minutes or so and then go back to the weights. Not very scientific, but keeps me in decent shape.
 

ianw

I
psykokow said:
so much research into this that and the other.. diet drinks are evil.. water is good, meat is good, carb is bad, protein is protein, variety is important and so on and so on.

Primal ways ditching all corn fed animal meats, berries ok..
I get lost...

where do you start? For me I go calorific control.. and try to keep it on target..

IF I could get the time to exercise then I need to know whats best? a jog? weights? combinations thereof..


There is no straight right answer... but maybe together we can develop our own..
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I think a good combination is aerobic (running/bike etc.) and resistance (weights). They say aim for about 30 mins of aerobic per day/5 times a week. Even fast walking counts as a starter.

Combined with calorie reduction. Once you can get into the routine it just works - guaranteed. It's hard to keep it up if you hit a patch where you're not seeing results or you go backwards a bit - you just have to try and stick to it.

Some people manage to do a health thing full-time - I need to mix healthy with unhealthy as a reward. I find though that when it's going really well the desire to binge reduces significantly - but it never goes away completely.

The difficult bit is finding your own balance - a regime you can stick to.

Beer is just too ingrained in my life :D
 
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Susimetsa

Susimetsa
psykokow said:
There is no straight right answer... but maybe together we can develop our own..
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It's basically very simple: eat only as much as you need and drop junk foods.

Better not try to change everything overnight - just let go of one thing at a time over several weeks. If you try to change too quickly, it will be harder to keep the resolve in long-term.
 

Bingo Brewster

Bingo Brewster
You read my mind, I have been considering a fitness prog to combat the beer and cheesy wotsits.

I am bingobrewster on MyfitnessPal

185cm
102 Kg
Head size 61

EDIT: I forgot to say I usually listen to Laveradio when out on the bicycle as I get bored otherwise.

I also use Mapmyride as a companion app. I believe you can also share workouts
 
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Abysinth

Abysinth
A few years back I weighed a little over 100kg, I'm now down to around 78 ish.

The method I followed was:

  1. Eat slighty smaller meals - serve up what I'd normally eat then put a little back, 3.5 potatoes instead of 4 that sort of thing...
  2. Got 2 dogs so I had to go for walks every day, although what ever exercise works for you. I just couldn't be bothered to go to the gym or just walk for the sake of it. I always take a backpack so I'll always carrying an extra 5-10 kg
  3. weighed myself every day and put this in a spreadsheet. My weight did fluctuate on a daily basis, but the trend was down.

What, I think, really helped was that I decided that I didn't like being heavy.

And the best advice I was given was: don't go on a diet, but change your diet.

The net result? I'm about 22KG lighter, feel much better and can still enjoy a whole packet of Chocolate Hob-nobs in an evening if I fancy them... :D

In any case, for all those that are a little over weight and under toned, we'll need to get fitter to fit into those flight suits that FD have designed for us as pilots...
 

Philip Coutts

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Philip Coutts
I go swimming 3 times a week at lunchtime at my work (I'm lucky to work for a University with reduced gym costs and a swimming pool) and I really enjoy it. One tip I would give as far as excercise goes is try to find something you actually enjoy. I really like swimming, I find it very relaxing but going to the gym is pretty boring to me. When you are low and really can't be bothered it really does help if you enjoy what you are doing. Remember that you don't always need to run, going for a brisk walk will also do the job. If you have access to an xbox and kinect or a wii they do some fun excercise stuff that you can do indoors. You aren't going to lose a load of weight but it's fun and keeps you active.

Best of luck and keep us updated.
 
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