Help! I'm Horrible at Losing Weight is the latest installment of the "Help! I'm Horrible" series
FLUTTER KICK
SDK
SPEED
Many of us want to be thinner. One of the first tips in Swim Faster Faster is:
LUG LESS LARD, the positive way to say this is: Be a slimmer swimmer.
The fact is, when we swim, we have to drag our bodies through the water and if we have less mass and resistance, we're likely to swim faster.
Many of us want to lose weight or have lost weight, some of us kept it off while others lost then gain it all back. The problem with losing weight is I often find it after I lost it.
This thread is for us to discuss this issue and act in this arena
What works and doesn't?
Why do we self sabotage?
What's your story?
What else?
The 4 word DIET from the book "Four Word Self Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives" by Patti Digh is:
"EAT LESS MOVE MORE "
Losing weight takes
a goal / intention, a plan, and action.
it takes constant focus and effort. It takes discipline. It takes some being hungry and suffering. We lose weight by burning more than we consume.
There's a catch 22
If we starve ourselves and lose weight too quickly our bodies become more efficient at storing fat.
It's an emotional area, it's diffucult, it can seem overwhelming,
some resort to expensive and possibly dangerous surgery and or plastic surgery.
Food is a difficult area, we need it to survive, for energy and repair, but if we eat too much, we store up the excess in the form of fat.
If you're a bit too heavy you might benefit from being a slimmer swimmer.
You might be healthier and fitter.
Use this thread to
declare your intention, goal and gain some support.
There's many books, methods and programs out there.
I'm not offering anyone any sure fire solution here.
there's No "lose 20 pounds in 20 days for 20 bucks" scam
Many methods work.
The simple solutions are:
EAT LESS MOVE MORE,
Anything we do and measure improves.
Anything we focus on improves.
Appropriate action and smart choices work
Sometimes we perform better with support
Increase your resting metabolic rate.
Be sensible.
Become a fat burning biofurnace.
Stop procrastinating, start now
you can offer advice, share your story, share your current situation and goal.
you can participate or lurk
we can celebrate achievement and progress
console failure, set backs and disappointment
ARE YOU IN?
if so please share:
name
age
height
weight
situation
goal
plan and
post your progress and updates
What else?
consider weekly pictures or updates
chart your journey from before to after.
Forgive yourself for mistakes.
It took years to put it on, it's likely to take months or years to take it off.
Stop procrastinating, start now, don't wait for Monday or some made up starting point.
Most importantly: Always always work with your doctor and professionals
I hope we go from horrible to excellent, from where we are to optimal.
It's fun to be fit fast and healthy.
Good luck, Namaste
Ande
What about... gaining weight in the form of muscle??
Definitely some strategy required to build muscle and lose weight at the same time. If you have low/no body fat, when you add muscle you will gain weight. Muscle is denser and heavier than fat. So, to lose weight, for a unit volume of muscle growth a greater volume of fat loss is required.
Just dieting and reducing calories below what you burn without exercise will apparently result in muscle being consumed before fat. Excercise, rest and a quality balanced diet with the right nutrients to build muscle, but not adding excessive calories to be turned into fat, seems important to accomplishing muscle building and weight loss at the same time. Everyone is different (genetics, environment, history, size, body, habits, metabolism, age, condition, goals and desires, etc.), so strategies that work seem to be very personally based.
Simply put, to lose weight you have to take-in fewer calories than you burn. To build muscle you have to exercise, eat right, and rest. Doing both requires balance that is often difficult to maintain.
What about... gaining weight in the form of muscle??
Definitely some strategy required to build muscle and lose weight at the same time. If you have low/no body fat, when you add muscle you will gain weight. Muscle is denser and heavier than fat. So, to lose weight, for a unit volume of muscle growth a greater volume of fat loss is required.
Just dieting and reducing calories below what you burn without exercise will apparently result in muscle being consumed before fat. Excercise, rest and a quality balanced diet with the right nutrients to build muscle, but not adding excessive calories to be turned into fat, seems important to accomplishing muscle building and weight loss at the same time. Everyone is different (genetics, environment, history, size, body, habits, metabolism, age, condition, goals and desires, etc.), so strategies that work seem to be very personally based.
Simply put, to lose weight you have to take-in fewer calories than you burn. To build muscle you have to exercise, eat right, and rest. Doing both requires balance that is often difficult to maintain.
