PROPOSAL: What do you think of having an FChat weight loss challenge?

ryalex · Jan 2, 2005

Since it's probably 67% of our New Year's Resolutions, I was thinking what if we held a little challenge here on Fchat, kind of like the Body for Life contests?

Idea:
- People start by entering with a photo, maybe in shorts or minimally clothed (or in the case of Steve Rochlin, at least minimally clothed ), holding a newspaper and body stats, registering by mid-Jan

- We go for 12 weeks until mid-May and then choose winners based on total lbs. lost and % lost

- Prizes? Entry fee? Donated prizes? These I don't know, but what do you think of the idea?

-BTW, no gastric bypass recipients are eligible!

DrStranglove · Jan 2, 2005

I am in!!!

Noelani · Jan 2, 2005

Thats a cute idea. I like it. What's the time frame?

WJHMH · Jan 2, 2005

Count me in. I've been scared sh*tless about getting diabetes.

ryalex · Jan 2, 2005

Noelani said:

Thats a cute idea. I like it. What's the time frame?
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If we can get it organized in time, I was thinking jan 15 then running 12 weeks, til sometime in May.

coolestkidever · Jan 2, 2005

ill do it

Schatten · Jan 2, 2005

I'll do it to gain weight and get back in shape.

hwyengr · Jan 2, 2005

I'll miss eating at Chipotle, but I'm in if you can get this off the ground.

coolestkidever · Jan 2, 2005

what if i lose fat weight and gain muscle weight. Can i stil win?

redhead · Jan 2, 2005

Since everyone says I am a lil twig, can I purchase some of the lost weight?

You could use the BMI caculator to figure out the precentile that you fall in.
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
Just ideas.

FarmerDave · Jan 2, 2005

I'm in. I'm not gonna win any awards, but I need some motivation to change habits. Rec league roller hockey starts this week, and lasts a few months. I signed back up cause I'm getting almost no exercise otherwise.

I weigh about 20 pounds more than I did when I last played in an organized league about 2 1/2 yrs ago. Its all on my torso, primarily my gut. I want it off, or at least to offset it with muscle (tone, not mass).

Hockey will provide a big cardio workout twice a week, so that will help, but the biggest factor will be eating right. I eat like sh*t right now. And, like Will, I've got a family history of diabetes and I need to start watching myself. I'm starting to feel like an old man, and I'm only 25!

mchas · Jan 2, 2005

redhead said:

Since everyone says I am a lil twig, can I purchase some of the lost weight?

You could use the BMI caculator to figure out the precentile that you fall in.
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
Just ideas.
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Awesome. I fall in the <2nd percentile.

Malfoy · Jan 2, 2005

I'm in.

FIAutoSports · Jan 2, 2005

redhead said:

Since everyone says I am a lil twig, can I purchase some of the lost weight?

You could use the BMI caculator to figure out the precentile that you fall in.
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
Just ideas.
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I don't like that calculator. It has no variables for fat percentages, etc. I work out, am 6', and weigh 230lbs. That says I am obese. And to say that the best shape I could be in would be 174lbs or less is a lie. I have never been that skinny since graduating USMC boot camp, and I was a twig.

Why not everyone go to a gym, get a measurement of where you stand (fat % wise) and then get remeasured 12 weeks later. What would be better, I think, as everyone's body is different.

FarmerDave · Jan 2, 2005

John might be onto something.... make the contest based on % of body fat lost... takes the differing-body-types variable out of the mix.

WJHMH · Jan 2, 2005

FIAutoSports said:

I don't like that calculator. It has no variables for fat percentages, etc. I work out, am 6', and weigh 230lbs. That says I am obese. And to say that the best shape I could be in would be 174lbs or less is a lie. I have never been that skinny since graduating USMC boot camp, and I was a twig.

Why not everyone go to a gym, get a measurement of where you stand (fat % wise) and then get remeasured 12 weeks later. What would be better, I think, as everyone's body is different.
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I agree with you there. In college I was power lifting & mountain biking consistently at 190 lbs. 5'9" @ 7% body fat. I'll get a body comp test sometime this week. My goal is to get back at that weight or at least close to it.

redhead · Jan 2, 2005

FIAutoSports said:

I don't like that calculator. .
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Like I said, just an idea, and it sported others!

I am 5-11 and 165...so yeah, I guess I should just go back to the bikini thread.

ashsimmonds · Jan 2, 2005

welcome to THE F-CHAT FAT-OFF

mchas said:

Awesome. I fall in the <2nd percentile.
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my god man you're a stick!

according to that BMI, i am officially OBESE. either i'm much taller than i think or my scales are 20kg out.

i'm like 5'9", just weighed myself with digital scales and turned in at 95kg. the most i've ever been is 102kg, back in april last year.

so here's my current stats:
Height: 175cm / 5'9"
Weight: 95kg / 210lbs
Age: 28
BMI: 31 kg/m2
Status: OBESE
Percentile: 86th

i could do with losing say 10kg and building a bit more buffness. i recall when i was in top athletic shape at 21 (ran 5-10km a day, loads of situps/pushups/weights, didn't drink, ate a lot less) i was 78-80kg, that still puts me in the "overweight" category and into the 61st percentile, the only people fitter than me back then were triatheletes. there's no chance i can get back to that, so mid-high 80kg (185-195lbs) is a reasonable goal with a moderate fitness level for me.

no recent pics, but here's me at 27 when i weighed somewhere around 100kg / 220lbs.
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darth550 · Jan 3, 2005

I'll never tell!!!!

DL

FarmerDave · Jan 3, 2005

redhead said:

I am 5-11 and 165...so yeah, I guess I should just go back to the bikini thread.
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Try not to strain your forearm muscles.

redhead · Jan 3, 2005

FarmerDave said:

Try not to strain your forearm muscles.
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Thats what the lady friend is for...Keeping me fit...

Schatten · Jan 3, 2005

Here's a clipping from another board's weight loss / get healthy thread. While other threads have been started and closed out, they mainly consist of 50/50 daily. That's 50 pushups and 50 situps a day. It is a start and if you are like me, and cringe at the thought of high-impact running where your back is going to be sore... well, start out slowly! Very slowly! There is a proper way of doing everything. Now... get to it!

Where to begin:
Right here, right now. Dieting starts with you to accept the fact that you want to do something about your current state. Whether it be muscle wise, cardiovascular wise, or weight wise. Dedication is the biggest thing you will be combating with. Be positive with yourself, you don't lose weight overnight, it takes months, in some cases even years. STICK WITH IT!!

Starting off:
You need to begin by changing what you eat every day. As hard as it may seem, your days of drinking 50 cans of soda a day while chomping down on endless bags of doritoes have come to a halt, its time to whip yourself into shape and start to become the sexy looker that you are. So its time to get rid of all that junk food out there.

Your worst enemy: Soda. If you look at the health facts of soda there are enough calories within that 20 oz cola to equal one meal. I used to be able to down about 3 of those at once, so technically within an hour I just ate 3 meals. No more, toss em or give em to a friend.

Diet Soda: Still a no go. It may have zero calories but its also considered another one of a dieters worst nightmare.

You can read more on this Here --> http://www.fitfaq.com/2004/07/more-bad-news-for-diet-coke-fans.html

Snacking: We've all gotten that crave at 12:00 in the morning, when we wake up from our slumber only to feel our stomach twisting and turning yearning for those sweet sweet calories. Snacking is, although not a very good idea, something that we can still live with, GRANTED that something proper is put into that field. Veggies or a nice piece of fruit is a nice snack, A snickers bar and a bag of doritoes, very very bad idea. Continuing down the list I'll go into detail about snacking.

Exercise: At least 30 minutes of physical activity a day is essential to being in good health. Eating healthy along with exercise is a powerful combination against the evils of fatness. Exercises can vary from jogging, lifting weights to playing football with the local schoolyard chums.

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Eating right

Finding the right foods today in the market is tough, thankfully our good pal General351 has formed an amazing guide on what to do when choosing the correct type of foods, and what to expect in the every day life of food when dieting.

I recommend working towards a workable diet that you can do consistently, it is recommended you eat a specified amount of calories, we find this by taking your weight Multiplied by 10. (so 220 lbs X 10=2,200 calories).

make a spreadsheet, count your calories, make a meal plan that works and that you enjoy and stick to it
Perhaps, even keep a food log of what you do eat, find a non-food reward for keeping your diet and fitness goals on a weekly basis

if appropriate, get your gf/friend to adopt the same diet (accountability++), and keep daily track of how much each of you weigh, post this on your fridge, otherwise, just do this for yourself

- no cheat days (don't 'reward' yourself with unhealthy or oversize portions of food)
- avoid going out to eat (come up with other social interactions that don't revolve around getting fatter)
- no fast food, ever (choose subway if you must.. there's a way to eat kinda healthy at some of these places, but you're better off avoiding them)
- make a point to ban certain foods, and simply don't buy those foods, it's incredibly easy to avoid temptation when you don't have junk foods in your house, over time you won't miss those foods
- don't skip meals, ever
- get in the habit of reading the nutrition labels of everything you buy, avoid 'partially hydrogenated fats' 'trans fatty acids'
- also, lose the tortilla chips, there's better snacks for you

1-2 Gallons of Water a day

Protein

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast
Tuna (water packed)
Fish (salmon, seabass, halibut, sushi, mahi mahi, Orange roughi, tilapia, Sardines)
Shrimp
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Round (92-96%)
Venison
Buffalo
Ostrich
Protein Powder (Whey, Casein, Soy, Egg)
Egg whites
Low or Non-Fat Cottage cheese, Ricotta
Low fat or Non fat Yogurt
Ribeye Steaks or Roast
Top Round Steaks or Roast (stew meat, London broil, Stir fry)
Top Sirloin (Sirloin Top Butt)
Beef Tenderloin (filet mignon)
Top Loin (NY Strip Steak)
Flank Steak (Stir Fry, Fajitas)
Eye of Round (Cube meat, Stew meat, Bottom Round)
Ground Turkey, Turkey Breast slices or cutlets (*no deli or sandwich meats)

Complex Carbs (nothing enriched, bleached or processed if possible)

Oatmeal (Old fashioned, Quick oats, Irish steal cut)
Sweet Potatoes, Yams
Beans (Black eyed, Pinto, Red, Kidney, Black)
Oat Bran Cereal, Grape nuts, Rye cereal, Multi grain hot cereal
Farin (Cream of wheat)
Whole Wheat frozen Bagels, Pitas
Whole wheat or Spinach Pasta, Whey Pasta
Rice (Brown, white, jasmin, basmiti, arborio, wild)
Potatoes (red, white, baking)

Fibrous Carbs

Green Leafy lettuce (red, green, romaine)
Broccoli
Asparagus
String Beans
Spinach
Bell Pepers (Green or Red)
Brussels Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Carrots
Eggplant
Onions
Pumpkin
Garlic
Tomatoes
Zucchini

Fruit (If acceptable on diet)
bananas, oranges, apples, grapefruit, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, lemons or limes

Healthy Fats

Natural Style Peanut Butter
Olive oil, Safflower oil
Flaxseed oil
Fish Oil
Nuts (peanuts, almonds, walnuts)

Dairy
Egg whites
Low of Non-Fat cottage cheese, Ricotta
Low or non-fat milk
Low fat or non-fat yogurt

Condiments & Spices

Crystal light
Fat free mayonaise
Reduced sodium Soy Sauce
Reduced sodium Teriyaki Sauce
balsamic Vinegar
Salsa, Jalepenos
Hot peppers and Hot sauce, Cayanne pepper
Chili powder and Chili paste
Mrs. Dash
Steak Sauce
Sugar free Maple Syrup
Mustard
Extracts (vanilla, almond, etc)
Low sodium beef or chicken Broth
Plain or reduced sodium tomatoe sauce or paste

For calories in each food go to http://www.fitday.com
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I think a big key to diet success, is to not be hungry or allow yourself to be.. granted this is going to be very difficult for you at first as your body's perception of hunger is based on what it has been used to eating, and if you're eating say less than 5000 calories or whatever you were doing before, you're going to feel hungry, despite the fact that your body doesn't need that many calories to function most sources advocate 5 to 6 meals a day, and eating basically every 2 hours... this sounds tough, but when you realize what serving sizes are and what actually makes a 'meal', it's pretty simple once you've figured out what you're eating for breakfast, lunch (always bring it to work) and dinner, you've got to figure out what to do for snacks (IE preventing you from getting hungry) having these snacks readily available (IE pre sliced if necessary) is great way to avoid temptation

snacks i suggest:
- celery (this stuff is almost calorie less, so it's filler and it's got lots a fiber, so you can fight the hunger pains without having to work it off later)
- cucumbers
- sliced green peppers
- apple
- can of green beans
- salad (low fat dressing)
- bowl of cereal (use calorie free, sugar free sweetener - aspartame)
- carrots (these are hi-glycemic, so you might want to phase them out with time)
- bananas (post workout, these are hi-glycemic also, so you might want to phase them out with time)
- 97% fat free popcorn
- fat free, low calorie rice cakes
- can of freshwater tuna, with Tabasco or bbq sauce for flavoring
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Exercising

stretching

First things first, we gotta get those tired muscles up and ready for us to use to our will. AppleCider was kind enough of us to find some comprehensive stretching guides, thus I will post now

http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Emasrjb/Stretch/stretching_toc.html

http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Emasrjb/Stretch/stretching_5.html#SEC38

Running/athletics:

Break out the running shoes, its time to get in shape. Physical exercise will be another key essential to fight your battle of weight loss, but again one of the hardest parts to be faithful to, and can sometimes cause a person to crash and burn out of control. So the first part of the picking process is to find out what our activity will be.

Running: Make sure you have a good pair of running shoes, injuries can occur from bad shoes thus creating more problems. I recommend footlocket, because they should be able to find a very good comfortable and safe shoe for you to wear.

The best way to begin a running program is to find a good place to run. If you live close to a track or a park consider this to be your second home, since you need to visit this place every other day. Here is where you need to begin to push yourself and go the extra distance. Start out by running until you feel uncomfortable or so tired that you can't go any further. Record that time and distance. Continue to meet or exceed that every day. Every week try and add on a lap or two, or a certain distance to push yourself even more. Eventually after continually adding on more distance, and a few months into it you'll be able to run the distance from day one 30 times over before you get tired :dance:

Try to do certain routines during the week. Some days run a certain distance, other days begin to do laps at different paces.
lap 1: 75% normal running pace lap 2: 125% normal running pace Lap 3: 80% Normal running pace Lap 4 140% Normal running pace.

Doing this will help your body be able to run at faster paces, and help you boost your overal running experience.

Rinse Repeat.

Walking: Running may not be your best point, but walking is no different. Start by finding a nice place to walk, preferably on a track or around a park, start walking a certain distance or for a certain time. I know people who can go for literally miles upon miles before they get tired, so possibly set a time. Continue to add on to this trend just like the running Portion. Walking isn't as strenuous as running but it still is a great way to lose weight.

Sports/endurance: Keeping the heart rate constantly at a higher rate than usual and using a lot of physical motion *aka hiking, biking, playing a sport* will make your fat basically slide off of you. Doing this for a few hours a day will make you feel like a new man, possibly sore but feeling the burn. If you live by any trails which lead up high into hilly terrain, or own a bike and know of a few hills around the area I suggest you take advantage of all these points, pushing your body harder than it has been used to going is an excellent way to lost weight, and is always fun also whenever you get to do things that you have never done before. Just be sure to know your limits, and if you feel like you can't continue, stop walk around and cool off. ALWAYS HAVE WATER ON HAND. Dehydration is one of the biggest problems with athletics, so always have a source of rehydration.

just so you know, diet coke and regular coke dehydrate you, so no its not an excuse to bring a 2 liter along for the hike...

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Weight Lifting:

Weight lifting is in its own category. If you plan on becoming a slim slender guy you will need to start lifting weights also, because even though you lost a lot of weight, you will basically look like a 140 lb piece of scrawny meat, whilst lifting weights will tone your body, and help you be more healthy.

Our great friend Junior G-Man Was kind enough to write for us an outstanding weight lifting thread, which we shall read right now:

Any firm plan to get into shape and lose that fat should include hitting the weights, else you'll look like a big bag of skin coming out of the diet and you don't want that right?

First off, I'm not going to detail a specific workout session/exercise since i believe that workouts/exercises should be tailored to suit different bodies/levels of activity.

Try to find a friend who wants to lose weight as much as you do. Two people supporting each other (eg. if I don't go he/she will be there and think I'm a loser) can last longer and get a better workout than you can alone. Be careful though and ask yourself if he/she really wants to go the distance.

The first choice you have to make is which gym?

If you have the luxury of choice shop around for a bit and find one that isn't filled with pro bodybuilders and makes you feel comfortable. You're there to lose that fat, not to get looked at and ridiculed while you're doing it, because if you're in a gym where people stare at you, you'll drop out soon. You also HAVE to keep telling yourself that you're doing it for yourself, for your body and peace of mind, because if you're doing it for someone or something else (the spouse/significant other/because you want to get a date/to be strong enough to do X) you won't go the distance. Get used to the gym, it'll be your place of work for the rest of you LIFE. I'm not kidding here folks, when you get a job/go to college/etc. and stop going those pounds will come back and they'll be twice as hard to lose.

When you start going to the gym, exercise at a normal pace and don't strain yourself right out of the gate. Get some advice from the attending personnel, because that's what they're there for.

Get at least 8 min of cardio in before hitting the weights, as this jump starts the blood pressure and you need a heightened blood pressure before building up muscles.

Try to get corresponding muscle groups in the same workout. For example, if you do a chest & stomach workout you'll often use you triceps as a secondary group in the workout, so get those too. A chest press (your basic gym-exercise) is a great way of training your triceps, but also your chest provided that the bar touches your chest with each press.

During the week i divide my muscle workout into three groups:

day1: Chest and triceps.

day3: Stomach and shoulders.

day5: Biceps and upper&lower back.

I don't exercise my legs as you see, since i walk a lot and go running 2x a week. If you want to do your legs too, fit them in the day with the most time to go to the gym and work 'em.
*note: you still need to exercise your leg muscles whether or not you run, its always a good idea to work them legs*

I never do less than three different exercises for each muscle group, but try to do four. You should try to commit as many muscle areas in the group as possible; for the stomach you can do the sides, the lower and higher abs and one more exercise that picks up all the different groups into one exercise.

When trying to build muscles i do the following repetition scheme:

1x12 reps at weight A (say 40 pounds)
1x10 reps at weight B (say 45 pounds)
1x8 reps at weight C (say 50 pounds)
1x10 at weight B (again, 45 pounds)

For the first 12 reps you should feel your muscles but they shouldn't be heavily strained at all. The second set should strain you and the third should burn, leading to a finish with the last set.

Try to build up a good balance between building muscle tissue and sustaining it. You could do 100 (5x20 repeats) forward crunches straining against 150 pounds to build tissue and do another 100 sit ups at rapid pace to make sure those muscles stay taut and don't sag off when you're not exercising. You can exercise your stomach almost every day anyway since the muscle is big enough to take a bit of punishment everyday, but limit the hard workouts to 2x a week. Try doing sit ups and crunches each morning and night before going to sleep, make it enough to feel it but not to burn.

Note that I always take a days rest between exercising, this is to relax the muscles and give them a chance to grow since muscles don't develop during the workout but rather in the period after them. Too much repetitive work on one muscle group will just leave it sore.

One of the best workouts in the gym is to do cardio for about 30 minutes and then running a good muscle building string and then get back onto the cardio trainer for another hour (hope you have this kind of time). Not only will you be very well trained but all of your muscles should be humming glorious tunes too .

Before doing any of the fitness machines CHECK OUT HOW THEY WORK, seriously, you'll sprain or pull muscles very easily if you don't use the machines as they state they should. You have no idea how many idiots i see with no muscle tone or experience who try to use the machine as a Nintendo (eg. push and pull and something will happen) or worse, try to do it at a high-weight setting. Be even more careful with free weights since you don't get any guidance or get bent into a certain form by the machine before you start. When you consider doing free weights, ask for some help from someone who works there for some good exercises/tips.

Which brings me to another bit of advice: Don't go into little ego-fests! By this I mean; use the weight you're comfortable with, never mind that the guy next to you is pulling it at twice that. The contest thing, very prominent in gyms everywhere, is a sure-fire way to seriously hurt yourself. A little competition is fine when you're going with a friend, but with a stranger it can be disastrous.

Don't expect no miracle results though. I've been doing muscle building for about a year and a half now and I've only doubled or tripled my starting weights, and that's with a loyal 2 to 3 times a week 1 hour workout. In 4 weeks you can definitely get a good shape going on and the first muscle tone should become visible. If your starting weights are on the really low side (Don't worry, almost everything starts small) you might be able, with good help and not skipping a day, you might be able to double those starting weights in about 6 weeks to 2 months.

I'm still fat though so i don't see my six pack, as it's covered in grease , but I DO know it's there since i got punched in the gut some time ago and i didn't even feel it. Same with lifting heavy stuff and just pain feeling good about myself. When you've gone to the gym for a long time you get a big boost in confidence too since you just know you can take on 75% of the people you see and crush them. This sounds stupid and action-hero like but that's how it works for me. You'll never need to be afraid again.

Ask some expert advice too, just explain your situation and they can usually create a complete program for you, which is handy and probably what you need. Tell them you want to drop those pounds and build up some good muscles.

Most of all, have some FUN when you're doing it. You're doing it for you, you also game/eat for your own comfort, so why not so at the gym too?
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Putting this all together is another key essential part to weight loss. You need to eat right, exercise and stay focused. The biggest thing people have problems with is committing to it, and I may sound like a broken record but the reason that people get off diets is because that they can't commit to it, or they feel they can't do it. Never ever think that, anyone here on the forums has the same ability to lose weight as long as they stick with it..

Get a friend to join in with you: Show him a few things on these forums and get on a program together, even start a friendly rivalry to see who can hit their weight goal first.

Make a chart: Each week weight yourself, continue to monitor your trend and see whether or not you are losing weight faster or slower. If you see that your weight loss is gradually getting slower, change the format of your diet a bit and fixate it so that it works out that you get back to losing weight at a normal rate

I will go ahead and admit its tough to stick with a diet. I caught myself once beginning to eat a cookie, as I took the second bite I realized it wasn't worth it, that the taste would be there for at max an hour then I would feel depressed, I spit it out washed out my mouth and got a glass of water.. I felt so good about myself the rest of the diet that I feel its the only reason I am still on my diet as we speak.

Just don't give up: Get everyone to encourage you, tell people you are on a diet. It feels pretty good after losing a lot of weight and people come up to you saying "damn you look really good" Or "wow you lost a lot of weight, looking slim there" Its definitely worth it, especially whenever you can run a mile without getting winded, I'm still trying to comprehend how good of a feel that is.

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Below is a bunch of links out there for you all to divulge into. The link tracker said a lot of these were already posted but I take this for granted since I want this to be a full fledged pile of information, on one thread. Lots of these below are self made diets, muscle building, foods, calories, eating right, everything you need to know. These are also essential and helpful to losing weight

The more you know.

Food and nutrition Information center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Nutrition.org
http://www.nutrition.org/

About.org *on nutrition*
http://nutrition.about.com/

INCREDIBLY GOOD Nutrition guide
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/hlty-fd/hlty-fd.htm

Healthy food list!
http://www.fit4free.org/healthy%20foods%20list.htm

*link above messed up with parsing of url's just copy and paste into the address link.*

Very good homepage for healthy diet recipies, including a lot of Information on diets and what to eat on those diets
http://www.applesforhealth.com/recipes1.html

About.org *on exercising*
http://exercise.about.com/

mens fitness, mens health on exercising nutrition and working out
http://www.bullz-eye.com/channels/fitness.htm

from couch to 5k, A good beginners running guide *thanks ClumsyThief*
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Good luck to everyone out there that plans on losing weight.[/B]
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Note: Originally written for a weight loss thread on SA by DeadlySpork.

maranelloman · Jan 3, 2005

redhead said:

Thats what the lady friend is for...Keeping me fit...
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LOL!

I am 6'4", 195 lbs, with (as of 3/04) approx. 7% body fat. Not bad for 43 years old.

Oh...and Rich?
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Uberpower · Jan 3, 2005

maranelloman said:

LOL!

I am 6'4", 195 lbs, with (as of 3/04) approx. 7% body fat. Not bad for 43 years old.

Oh...and Rich?
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Hrumph. I used to really like you, but now I don't. 7% body fat?! grrrrrr.

Okay, I'll throw my hat into the ring along with USD $50 for the winner.

(and my clients will match 7x) j/k

Here are my stats now:

6'2.5", 220 lbs
18% body fat

Need to get down to maranelloman proportions.

GOAL:

195 lbs, 7% bodyfat

Here is a pic of me happily adding more calories into my body via a Macallan 12 on the rocks. Notice how happy both of my chins are.

It's ON!
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maranelloman · Jan 3, 2005

A lot of it is genetics, frankly, and some is fitness regimen.

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