Working out/Eating healthy
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For some people finding the time and energy to go to the gym is just overwhelming, I agree with what a few people have said - just find something active you enjoy rather than forcing yourself to go to the gym.
As far as eating healthy is concerned... yeah, just eat healthier. It's easy and cheaper.
As far as eating healthy is concerned... yeah, just eat healthier. It's easy and cheaper.
If you're badly out of shape, strenuous exercise is very painful. My advice having been there is to find an exercise you can deal with and do it as much as you can without suffering too much. I started with just walking around for an hour a day, and then bought an elliptical machine, which I now run upon daily.
Eating healthy isn't a problem for me, I like most fruit and vegetables, and dislike large amounts of grease. I also don't like most carbohydrate-heavy foods, like bread, rice or pasta.
I still find it difficult to lose weight though, because I really hate exercise. I find it incredibly boring, and there's always something more sedentary I'd much rather be doing. As well as this, my job is very sedentary, and where I live it's far too goddamn hot to even go outside for nearly half the year.
I still find it difficult to lose weight though, because I really hate exercise. I find it incredibly boring, and there's always something more sedentary I'd much rather be doing. As well as this, my job is very sedentary, and where I live it's far too goddamn hot to even go outside for nearly half the year.
I've recently started turning my life around, its wonderful.
I don't stick to any diets, i just try to eat healthy.
The only rule i have is hitting the gym everyday except Wednesday.
Works well
I don't stick to any diets, i just try to eat healthy.
The only rule i have is hitting the gym everyday except Wednesday.
Works well
Not everyone is the same, but if there's one thing everybody has it's flaws. Some things that are easy for you may not be as easy for others. Unless you have the secret to being a flawless human being, I think it's rather unfair and pretentious of you to hold others' flaws against them.Mr.Pandah said:
Don't go complaining about how much everyone else's shit stinks. If you do, that probably means yours smells worse.
My favorites are the commercials for some diet pill which promise great weight loss, and specifically instructs you to make no changes to your diet and exercise. There you go, don't lift a finger, just take a pill if you don't want to be fat anymore....It's the (new) American way.
The reason that lose-weight-fast schemes are so popular is because a good number of people had healthy/thin bodies in their youth that stayed thin no matter what they did (whether playing video games on the couch all day or eating an entire large pizza by yourself), but once they hit middle age all that crap caught up with them. Then they're stuck not only with hard-to-break unhealthy habits that have been part of their daily routine their entire lives, but a new disdain for physical or mental effort because it reminds them that things aren't as easy as they once were and they're getting old.
Of course, that's a generalization, but it applies to a good number of the people I've met who buy work-out gadgets off TV or put themselves on ridiculous fad diets.
It's also kind of a dick thing for me to say considering I'm 19 and weigh 108lbs despite not having taken part in any sort of physical activity in years... but I'm sure it'll catch up to me eventually. Check back with me in 10-15 years.
Of course, that's a generalization, but it applies to a good number of the people I've met who buy work-out gadgets off TV or put themselves on ridiculous fad diets.
It's also kind of a dick thing for me to say considering I'm 19 and weigh 108lbs despite not having taken part in any sort of physical activity in years... but I'm sure it'll catch up to me eventually. Check back with me in 10-15 years.
If I gave a crap, it might be easy. However, I prefer to leave it to my god-like metabolism and not bother, because I'm an asshole like that.
As a Personal Trainer in training i can advise you on simple methods to help up your metabolism without going to the gym.
As another person mentioned drink more water, 1 litre per 25 kg body per day, plus another 1 litre per hour of exercise you do.
Try to involve more incidental exercise, when you go to the fridge for water, turn around go back to where you were then go back to the fridge. Put a low stool / dinning chair in front of your TV and stand up / sit down while the ads are on. Park in the middle of the carpark instead of right by the doors at the shopping center ( i dont recommend the edges as i dont know your neighbourhood and it may not be safe ). Really think about things you are doing in your day to day life and try to allow an extra 5 minutes to everything, so you can take the long route when walking somewhere / take the stairs instead of the elevator.
If you crave food, try not to have any for 30minutes, try to find something else to focus on. If you still crave it then have 1 BITE not the whole packet...
Try to eat more fresh vegies, not frozen ones, preferably something you have grown yourself and it is straight of the vine. A still growing vegetable is so much more healthy for you then any frozen / processed one.
Eat more meat, preferably fish or chicken ( free range ). A high protein diet is proven to help speed up your metabolism.
When eating foods remember: Alcohol is burnt first, then Glucose from sugar, then Carbs, then ( stored ) fats, Then proteins. Your body should be using its proteins to repair muscles and such, even in the day to day grind ( wihtout specific exercise ). Proteins are never stored as fat.
So you CAN help yourself even if you dont exercise specifically, you just need to be aware of choosing to help yourself.
As another person mentioned drink more water, 1 litre per 25 kg body per day, plus another 1 litre per hour of exercise you do.
Try to involve more incidental exercise, when you go to the fridge for water, turn around go back to where you were then go back to the fridge. Put a low stool / dinning chair in front of your TV and stand up / sit down while the ads are on. Park in the middle of the carpark instead of right by the doors at the shopping center ( i dont recommend the edges as i dont know your neighbourhood and it may not be safe ). Really think about things you are doing in your day to day life and try to allow an extra 5 minutes to everything, so you can take the long route when walking somewhere / take the stairs instead of the elevator.
If you crave food, try not to have any for 30minutes, try to find something else to focus on. If you still crave it then have 1 BITE not the whole packet...
Try to eat more fresh vegies, not frozen ones, preferably something you have grown yourself and it is straight of the vine. A still growing vegetable is so much more healthy for you then any frozen / processed one.
Eat more meat, preferably fish or chicken ( free range ). A high protein diet is proven to help speed up your metabolism.
When eating foods remember: Alcohol is burnt first, then Glucose from sugar, then Carbs, then ( stored ) fats, Then proteins. Your body should be using its proteins to repair muscles and such, even in the day to day grind ( wihtout specific exercise ). Proteins are never stored as fat.
So you CAN help yourself even if you dont exercise specifically, you just need to be aware of choosing to help yourself.
It's hard to change your lazy, gluttonous ways when society makes it so damn appealing to feed your face. What's more appealing to a hardcore geek? A 16 player Duke Nukem LAN with a bag of potato chips and a bottle of coke? Or a 16 player D.N. LAN with a banana and a glass of water?
I am a fat geek but I go to the gym. In 2 weeks, I lost a kilogram. In another 2, I lost another. And then another. Excercise is a start. Changing your ways is proof that you're not a waste of oxygen and that you're willing to sacrifice certain comforts - like fatty foods and lounging around all day - for your health.
I am a fat geek but I go to the gym. In 2 weeks, I lost a kilogram. In another 2, I lost another. And then another. Excercise is a start. Changing your ways is proof that you're not a waste of oxygen and that you're willing to sacrifice certain comforts - like fatty foods and lounging around all day - for your health.
Running (especially from March to early November when its not too cold to run on the beach) is the highlight of my day. Running on the beach is so peaceful and I always get that wonderful runner's high. My strength training is more lax (basically just push-ups and variations of crunches), but have a naturally muscular physique so I really don't need to do much there.
As far as eating healthy goes...it's really not that hard. People say its expensive to eat healthy, but it really isn't. If you make your own food rather than eat out and cut down on portion sizes (if you live in the West, you probably eat wayyy too large portions), then it's reasonably cheap. What bugs me is when the people who go out of their way to be stocked up on Doritos and other unnecessary junk food complain about the cost of healthy food. Seriously? Even ignoring all that extra you spend on junk, if you eat like that for long enough, you'll pay for it later.
As far as eating healthy goes...it's really not that hard. People say its expensive to eat healthy, but it really isn't. If you make your own food rather than eat out and cut down on portion sizes (if you live in the West, you probably eat wayyy too large portions), then it's reasonably cheap. What bugs me is when the people who go out of their way to be stocked up on Doritos and other unnecessary junk food complain about the cost of healthy food. Seriously? Even ignoring all that extra you spend on junk, if you eat like that for long enough, you'll pay for it later.
instant gratification is the name of the game... imagine that... companies will lie to you to get your money... they spend millions researching processing foods.. they isolate compounds to improve taste profiles .. now imagine that you were brought up eating this convenient,taste enhanced carbohydrate food (and remember kids Carbohydrates = comfort) then dress it up with some snappy ad campaign and advertise every 20 minutes on major networks ... commence the Brain washing..
I don't see how it's that hard. I hate exercise and I eat crap. The only difference is I don't eat tons of crap and I'm not extremely lazy. The only difference between crap and healthy food is how much I have to eat to get my energy. With unhealthy food you eat less and get more calories, and I'm not a person who loves to eat so I like eating a little and feeling full. Also when it comes to exorcise I just do some of the basic things, take the stairs instead of elevators or since work is only two miles away I ride my bike there in summer.
I exercise loads, always have but I can't eat healthily. The only fruits and vegetables I can eat without wanting to throw up are carrots peas and bananas. This leads to a very unbalanced diet. I love to cook, and always cook my own meals (yesterday I boiled some turkey in a load of spices and herbs then grilled it for a little bit, did some rice and peas to go with it, tasted great) so they aren't unhealthy, just not healthy. The piles upon piles of chocolate don't help.
That's exactly it. Gyms can be intimidating for those starting out. Not to mention annoying to some people, with others who are there to be seen. Used to have constant gym memberships, but haven't been to one in almost 6 years now. Free weights at home, running, and a myriad of different sports to engage in with friends and family are preferably the way to go for me. Not to mention martial arts. Hell, nothing wrong with running, cycling, and climbing by yourself if that's what you prefer.Ham_authority95 said:
Going to the gym needs more effort I understand because you need to pack, get your clothes and shoes, memberships, drive there (or public transport), and get back, and all this after work where does your dinner and cleaning up and relaxing come in? That's why I prefer the living room.
Fitness is easy if you are a healthy young man. Its often automatic, requiring no input. 1 pound of muscle burns 50 calories per day at rest. If you have more muscle, you are burning more calories just by having it. As you get older, your body starts going through changes. Muscle diminishes, parts of you change shape, and hair appears in places you never had it before. Its pretty easy for a 17 year old to talk down at fatties. When they wake up at 35 and find their weight has doubled, many of them wonder what the hell happened.
I started getting fatter in graduate school (fat is a relative term, no one would ever describe me as a chunk, but when I started in WoW early in grad school I gained 15 lbs over the next year).
There are a lot of different kinds of exercise. If you are obese, you have a different problem than I had, and one that requires a different approach.
I'm a little older now, and I've been excercising regularly for a little more than a year. I've seen huge results only in the last three months. The reasons for lack of results:
-I was doing it wrong.
There are two main mistakes people make in fitness. The first mistake is "cardio only" and conversely "resistance only." You see, fat cells are fat cells. Muscle cells are muscle cells. You never get fewer fat cells, you never get more muscle cells. You alter the ones you already have. You need to intersperse cardio with resistance training to improve fitness in any meaningful, lasting way. Also, cardio is boring, so go to "spin" classes. It helps a lot.
The gym I go to has personal trainers. ONe day I was lugging huge weights on a machine, and he came up to me and basically said "OH MY GOD STOP THAT IS SO WRONG" in the nicest way possible. He showed me the right way to do it. The difference I could feel. It was amazing. So I signed up. Costs 150 bucks a month, 1 session per week. So worth it. This single investment has made more of a difference for my personal fitness than anything else I've ever done.
The most important thing was to have someone there teaching me how to do various exercises correctly. Fitness takes time and work, and you want every bit of effort to "count" for something. Walk into any gym and you'll see tons of guys yanking huge amounts of weight, with fast, explosive movements. This is what I imitated when I started in the gym. It is so, totally wrong, and if you do it, you won't get any meaningful results either. Because its easy. If its easy, you're doing it wrong.
If you are in a university, there are gym facilities to use. Use them. Its easier now than it ever will be again, and you'll lose 10% muscle mass every decade after your 30s.
I started getting fatter in graduate school (fat is a relative term, no one would ever describe me as a chunk, but when I started in WoW early in grad school I gained 15 lbs over the next year).
There are a lot of different kinds of exercise. If you are obese, you have a different problem than I had, and one that requires a different approach.
I'm a little older now, and I've been excercising regularly for a little more than a year. I've seen huge results only in the last three months. The reasons for lack of results:
-I was doing it wrong.
There are two main mistakes people make in fitness. The first mistake is "cardio only" and conversely "resistance only." You see, fat cells are fat cells. Muscle cells are muscle cells. You never get fewer fat cells, you never get more muscle cells. You alter the ones you already have. You need to intersperse cardio with resistance training to improve fitness in any meaningful, lasting way. Also, cardio is boring, so go to "spin" classes. It helps a lot.
The gym I go to has personal trainers. ONe day I was lugging huge weights on a machine, and he came up to me and basically said "OH MY GOD STOP THAT IS SO WRONG" in the nicest way possible. He showed me the right way to do it. The difference I could feel. It was amazing. So I signed up. Costs 150 bucks a month, 1 session per week. So worth it. This single investment has made more of a difference for my personal fitness than anything else I've ever done.
The most important thing was to have someone there teaching me how to do various exercises correctly. Fitness takes time and work, and you want every bit of effort to "count" for something. Walk into any gym and you'll see tons of guys yanking huge amounts of weight, with fast, explosive movements. This is what I imitated when I started in the gym. It is so, totally wrong, and if you do it, you won't get any meaningful results either. Because its easy. If its easy, you're doing it wrong.
If you are in a university, there are gym facilities to use. Use them. Its easier now than it ever will be again, and you'll lose 10% muscle mass every decade after your 30s.