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Nope. Most of my life I looked african famine camp thin. I could run a marathon, but looked about as bulky as manute bol.
It might not be possible at your age, but you can always get in shape so you're a muscular thin.
Late to the thread, but going to brag anyway.
So I got divorced 18 months ago. I've dropped 120 lbs since then, and am running ~35 miles a week. 6'4", 190 now.
Nope. Most of my life I looked african famine camp thin. I could run a marathon, but looked about as bulky as manute bol.
It might not be possible at your age, but you can always get in shape so you're a muscular thin.
If you guys need some tips on weight loss I'm the right person to ask! When I was 17 I weighed 260lbs, during the school year I dropped 40lbs (Probably took me 5 months) and then once the summer came I dropped another 40lbs in 2 months and finally 10lbs in 1 month. All I did was a low calorie diet and absolutely 0, yes ZERO running. I did all this with just 20-30 minutes of exercise a day or every other day.
Also if you guys need a supplement you guys should buy some Zinc! It only costs around $4 (Comes with like 100 tablets, and you only need 1 a day) at just about any grocery store, just make sure you buy the 50mg tablets. Basically what zinc does is boost your testosterone, I GUARANTEE your sex drive will go up and even the loads you blow will be A LOT bigger than normal (Your body needs zinc to produce sperm, more zinc=more sperm).
More testosterone=easier muscle gain and weight loss.
It's incredibly underrated.
Alright y'all. It's January 1st. Who's going for the "Weight Loss: resolution again? I'm continuing with mine. I've lost about 17 pounds since July by switching to an organic/natural diet and working out for about 30 minutes every other day. Goal for this year is to be able to run in a 5k without looking like a fool.
I started eating the Raw Food way yesterday morning. Lost 4 lbs. since then. I know that eventually I'll level out and have to begin exercising, but I hate it and will put it off as long as possible.
bunch of fatties in here
(constructive criticism)
best advice in here
(runs to CVS)
I'll guess I'll throw my hat in this ring. Started the year at 216, now down to 208. Most of that loss has come in the last 2-3 weeks after taking some basic steps to eat better and get a workout routine going. Short term I want to get under 200 and get all my pants fitting comfortably again. Long term I'm shooting for about 180, although that will probably require shopping for new pants. Turns out eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and exercising regularly promotes good all around health. Who knew?
However, harmful excessive supplementation is a problem among the relatively affluent, and should probably not exceed 20 mg/day in healthy people,[163] although the U.S. National Research Council set a Tolerable Upper Intake of 40 mg/day.[164]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc
221 yesterday morning. I'm close to my goal weight of 215. Yesterday I did an hour of hard weights, immediately followed by a 5K run on the treadmill...that was accomplished in 27:23. I'd like to get the run down to 26:30ish.
Scale said 202 this morning. Still eating right, but between the flu and an inexplicably sore back I've been off the workout wagon for a couple of weeks now. Will do something this weekend, no matter what.
Same round of hard weights but shaved 8 seconds off the run today to get it down to 27:15. Will be under 27 minutes by this time next week. Once I'm down under 27 I'm hoping that will take the last five or six pound with it.
Do you knock down a protein/carbs between the weights and run? I've read that running long distance right after lifting weights makes your body go catabolic meaning it is just breaking down muscles to fuel your runs. Could be counter-productive.
"I'll level out and have to begin exercising"
No, you won't.
Eat well to lose weight, maintain lean weight.
Exercise to be fit.
The two are not related.
You can be well fit but overweight.
You can be lean but out of shape.
The only reliable, long term strategy is eating correctly, not (intense) exercise. The foundation of health is diet, not exercise.
Eating correctly in the USA is very difficult since the most fo the food-like substances are heavily processed, perverted .
Nah...I don't really consider 5k long distance...not long enough for something like that to occur. Anyway, I'm still flying pretty good on the NO-XPLODE when I get to my run so I'm not really worried.
Broke 27 today on the run...26:53. Great feeling.
Got back in the swing of things following a week of less than good eating. 201 yesterday morning.
who out there has lost at least 100lbs ? cuz that's how much i'm overweight, I need a plan for someone who has 2 businesses and works 24/7 mentally , I need a hardcore plan !
What is your constant RPM?
Just in case you're serious...
Drink 40 oz of h20 in the am, fist-sized portions of food(no more) q 3 hours up until 6p. Don't eat after that...anytime you get the urge to eat after 6 just drink water. Mix in some cardio if you can. If you can't, then get your doc to prescribe you some phentermine or bontril. Take a multivitamin everyday and a mag supplement at night.
Hope that helps.
It's a slow, constant increase. Here's my pace...first half mile at 6.7, then 6.8 for the next. At one mile, increase to 7.0 then 7.1 at 1.5 miles. At two miles, increase to 7.3 and stay there for the whole 3rd mile. The final tenth of a mile is whatever you have left. I usually don't have much left...as I finish that last tenth at 7.4. At this pace, you will run your 5K in under 26:30. I'm hovering in the mid 26:20's right now.
Sorry so long on the response. I sometimes forget about this thread.
Thats a pretty fast time. I only run 3k on the treadmill and only hover around 6-7, 6-8 for most of the time, then my last two minutes I only run at 7.0. But I am usually gassed beyond belief after I am done, and am nowhere near 5k. Do you take any gels or anything before you run? I have been at this same pace for a while and would like to move up to somewhere around your pace.
I just for the heck of it tried one of those "gel" packs that all the runners always rave about. I don't know what the heck is in that gel, but it freaking works! I ran my 7.0 the best I ever have and my cooldown consisted of 5 more minutes of 6.5. Normally I am blown after my 3k. I see why runners use this stuff. Around the 2.5 mark when I am usually gasping today I was floating it seemed like.
195 as of this morning.
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