I want the body of a Greek God
Posted by: Mick P on 05 June 2002
Chaps
I am 53 yrs of age, now weigh 14 stone, my waistline is 38" and I am only 5ft 9". I want to become slim again.
I have a rather good lifestyle in the sense that I do indulge in numerous lunchs and dinners because of business and social requirements. Also Mrs Mick is a very competent cook and generally we eat well.
Today for instance business lunch consisted of soup, steak and kidney pudding with a selection of veg, pineapple upside down sponge with custard. This was washed down with a bottle of red wine and a pot of tea.
Mrs Mick usually does a pasta dish on Wednesday evenings followed by cheese and biscuits. We will probably drink half a bottle of wine between us and then I will have a large glass of whiskey at about 9.00.
We eat out every Satuday and also some Sundays
This may sound indulgent but it is typical.
I do not take any exercise and as such my waistline is inching up.
What is the best way of slimming down, I can modify the lunches and dinners by eating more healthy etc, but am I better off going to a gym or buying a bicycle or what.
I need to lose a lot of weight, say two and a half stone, Mrs Mick who also eats a lot, is still relatively slim, needs only to loose 7 lbs.
We are soon embarking on a quick 7 day holiday in Rhodes and on my return want to start the fitness campaign.
Any advice would be most welcome on how to regain my figure.
Regards
Mick
I am 53 yrs of age, now weigh 14 stone, my waistline is 38" and I am only 5ft 9". I want to become slim again.
I have a rather good lifestyle in the sense that I do indulge in numerous lunchs and dinners because of business and social requirements. Also Mrs Mick is a very competent cook and generally we eat well.
Today for instance business lunch consisted of soup, steak and kidney pudding with a selection of veg, pineapple upside down sponge with custard. This was washed down with a bottle of red wine and a pot of tea.
Mrs Mick usually does a pasta dish on Wednesday evenings followed by cheese and biscuits. We will probably drink half a bottle of wine between us and then I will have a large glass of whiskey at about 9.00.
We eat out every Satuday and also some Sundays
This may sound indulgent but it is typical.
I do not take any exercise and as such my waistline is inching up.
What is the best way of slimming down, I can modify the lunches and dinners by eating more healthy etc, but am I better off going to a gym or buying a bicycle or what.
I need to lose a lot of weight, say two and a half stone, Mrs Mick who also eats a lot, is still relatively slim, needs only to loose 7 lbs.
We are soon embarking on a quick 7 day holiday in Rhodes and on my return want to start the fitness campaign.
Any advice would be most welcome on how to regain my figure.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 08 December 2003 by Dobbin
What we need here is motivational postings! I'm currently lardy (blame it on having a young baby and feeling guilty nipping out to the gym or on my bike after work when my wife has had the little chap all day) and have a snowboarding hol booked in Utah in March next year. Anyway I've decided enough is enough and intend to drop as much weight as safely possible before we go away.
Surely Mick and I aren't the only ones who have similar intentions. How about we post a weekly weight loss & exercise achievements posting each week? If I'm out mountain biking I always achieve more when riding with a partner than when I'm alone.. The same applies with weight loss/lifestyle change etc. I'm game....
Surely Mick and I aren't the only ones who have similar intentions. How about we post a weekly weight loss & exercise achievements posting each week? If I'm out mountain biking I always achieve more when riding with a partner than when I'm alone.. The same applies with weight loss/lifestyle change etc. I'm game....
Posted on: 08 December 2003 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Tom Alves:
OK, I'll start.
I'll be next. MTB night ride in the Pentlands on Friday night, a morning ride on Saturday and a slightly longer ride on Sunday morning. All those were under 10 miles but all had at least one good climb in them and the Sunday run had two.
I'm planning on heading out on the bike again tonight but it's very cold here at the moment so I might bottle out. I've got a group night ride scheduled for tomorrow (that's normally a 12-15 mile, 90 minute route) and again on Thursday.
All told not a huge amount of mileage (perhaps 60) but enough climbing (2000-2500m) to keep my fitness improvement going through the winter months before switching back to the munros in the spring (I'm too rusty to consider winter munros at the moment).
Regards
Steve
Posted on: 08 December 2003 by Mick P
This is the beginning of my 3rd week and I have now stopped aching.
The cycling and running machines are becoming easier to use, so if nothing else, I am becoming fitter.
It's rather dull but I use the time to think etc.
I am seeing my personal trainer tomorrow to seek advice on how to do things better.
My wieght and shape appear to be constant.
Regards
Mick
The cycling and running machines are becoming easier to use, so if nothing else, I am becoming fitter.
It's rather dull but I use the time to think etc.
I am seeing my personal trainer tomorrow to seek advice on how to do things better.
My wieght and shape appear to be constant.
Regards
Mick
Posted on: 08 December 2003 by Jonathan Hales
Christ on a bike Mick!!!
I'm amazed you arent dead!
I thought all that stuff about British diets was a big fat myth but if your culinary or colonary leanings are anything to go by, the UK perception of lardy, starchy fare is alive and well.
(I can say this by the way, my folks are English but have adopted the Antipedean diet yonks ago)
As a distance runner of some 21 years, I'm hardly in a position to give advice but the only new bit I can add to all the above is, if you dont already have one, get a dog and walk it at the same time everyday.
The constant pestering will be more than enough to get you out from in front of the TV and if you get the right breed, sufficiently strenuous to give you more than a gentle stroll but exercise that will burn fat coupled with ahem ahem, a review of your food and grog intake, quality and quantity.
Having said that, you are here for a good time not a long time and its the life in your years not the years in your life.
I'm amazed you arent dead!
I thought all that stuff about British diets was a big fat myth but if your culinary or colonary leanings are anything to go by, the UK perception of lardy, starchy fare is alive and well.
(I can say this by the way, my folks are English but have adopted the Antipedean diet yonks ago)
As a distance runner of some 21 years, I'm hardly in a position to give advice but the only new bit I can add to all the above is, if you dont already have one, get a dog and walk it at the same time everyday.
The constant pestering will be more than enough to get you out from in front of the TV and if you get the right breed, sufficiently strenuous to give you more than a gentle stroll but exercise that will burn fat coupled with ahem ahem, a review of your food and grog intake, quality and quantity.
Having said that, you are here for a good time not a long time and its the life in your years not the years in your life.
Posted on: 09 December 2003 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Mick Parry:
This is the beginning of my 3rd week and I have now stopped aching.
The cycling and running machines are becoming easier to use, so if nothing else, I am becoming fitter.
It's rather dull but I use the time to think etc.
I found the gym too boring for continual use. I find I get on much better doing outdoor stuff. I used to do a little bit of hillwalking each lunchtime (there is a 900ft hill not far from the office) with longer routes at the weekend. For the winter I've switched to using the mountain bike and I've found I need to get out for at least 2 decent runs (1.5 to 2 hours) per week to maintain my fitness and more if I want to improve it.
quote:
I am seeing my personal trainer tomorrow to seek advice on how to do things better.
My wieght and shape appear to be constant.
I found that the weight came off pretty quickly initially. I combined a ramping up of exercise with dietry changes (main meals from the weightwatchers book and no snacking) and was pleasantly surprised at how easily and quickly I lost weight and gained fitness.
I'm now 4 stone lighter and much, much fitter than I was at the start of the year. My target for next years is only to lose another stone but to continue my fitness improvement.
Regards
Steve
Posted on: 09 December 2003 by Mike Hanson
quote:
Originally posted by Mick Parry:
This is the beginning of my 3rd week and I have now stopped aching.
The cycling and running machines are becoming easier to use, so if nothing else, I am becoming fitter.
It's rather dull but I use the time to think etc.
I am seeing my personal trainer tomorrow to seek advice on how to do things better.
My wieght and shape appear to be constant.
Then you're still eating too much. Ultimately, it's all about taking in fewer calories than you process, so that your body has to use fat stores instead. So whatever your eating, Mick, eat less of it.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
(down from 187 lb in August to 164 lb this morning)
Posted on: 09 December 2003 by Steve G
quote:
Originally posted by Tom Alves:
Ben Chonzie & Ben Vorlich for the dog walk.
I've been up both of those. Ben Chonzie gets slated in some of the guidebooks but I found it a very pleasant day out.
I'd initially set myself a target of getting to 40 munros by the end of the year but after a little while upped that to 50. I'm at 48 now (having done 19 this year) but it's doubtful I'll be doing any more this year. I'd like to do another 20 next year, and at least one of them (probably Mount Keen) I'd like to ride (and/or push!) my MTB to the top of.
Regards
Steve
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Berlin Fritz
At the end of april this year I weighed in at 109kg and with a height of 1m 81cm
mean't I was a right fat bastard. Having been used to over the years going from
well overweight to a bit overweight to well fit and beyond, I now at the ripe
old age of 44 require in my mind a steady guidline of fatness come fitness, both
mental and physical they both being intrinsically inter-related, innit. It can
only stop with you individually, wether you're rich enough to pay a personal
trainer to yell at you etc, for as long as you wish to bear them, or a Sgt Major
kicking you up the arse, or sports teacher telling you it's for your own good. A
personal dicipline must be achieved (I only refer to my own experience here in
Germany, UK I know is very much harder)and blame nobody whatsoever (Also a key
factor) in my own deficiencies, wether it be too much booze, unhealthy food,
lack of excercise, tokin too much, or smokin in the boozer as well for that
matter.
Self respect, or rather the lack of it, and in some cases depression is a
Devilish Circle to escape from, and many can't achieve this without professional
help,(I personally didn't- Yet ?) which is by no means a sign of weakness ( Tom
Sellick : Magnum-Menschen out there !) it's a sign of strength and nouse.
I started running again some months back in my local park (always alone ) and
now have slowly regained that power (or the first parts of it, again). One's
good health and peace of mind are the greatest gift we can possess (Corny, or
What? But True).
I weigh in now at 90kg (steady for three months now). This is an
ongoing struggle and always will be, as you may have seen by previous mails I do
like a swift half now and again, plus the grub to go with it. Having been
unemployed now for some six months, I'm also well aware of the dangers of
boredome, and making excuses to myself to justify situations, it may suprise
people to know that I'm by no means wealthy in a financial way, and do really
know what being hard up and in serious debt is all about etc, though have never
actually really been thirsting for water or dying of hunger, like I assume (and
hope) that the majority of you lot out there in void-land & Reading cum Swindon
? If anybody can relate or get something from these comments, good on em, then
it's down to you, and you alone, maybe with a little help from your friends but
essentially down to you yourself. Diet, as in what I eat, and not a silly
magazine regime by a twiggyesque wally, is important to me, and it's easy after
awhile, true poverty helps a bit, but one can still enjoy bloody good food and
wine for peanuts, when proper thought is applied to the problem, innit.
Nuff Said, Fritz Von Getyerpriotiesright³
N.B. If you were wondering, No, I do not have any children, are not presently
married or engaged, and living alone is not nessesarily the same as being
lonely. In past relationships which were generally long and happy we both
started thinner and got fatter and lazier together, all of the aforemntioned
stuff over the last six months and the present time would all most likely have
been very different under other circumstances, but as they say in Romford "Who
Gives A Fuck ?" "I'm alright Jack !!!"
Happy Joggin Y'awl.Fuck Don't ee go on !!!
Graham Ricketts
mean't I was a right fat bastard. Having been used to over the years going from
well overweight to a bit overweight to well fit and beyond, I now at the ripe
old age of 44 require in my mind a steady guidline of fatness come fitness, both
mental and physical they both being intrinsically inter-related, innit. It can
only stop with you individually, wether you're rich enough to pay a personal
trainer to yell at you etc, for as long as you wish to bear them, or a Sgt Major
kicking you up the arse, or sports teacher telling you it's for your own good. A
personal dicipline must be achieved (I only refer to my own experience here in
Germany, UK I know is very much harder)and blame nobody whatsoever (Also a key
factor) in my own deficiencies, wether it be too much booze, unhealthy food,
lack of excercise, tokin too much, or smokin in the boozer as well for that
matter.
Self respect, or rather the lack of it, and in some cases depression is a
Devilish Circle to escape from, and many can't achieve this without professional
help,(I personally didn't- Yet ?) which is by no means a sign of weakness ( Tom
Sellick : Magnum-Menschen out there !) it's a sign of strength and nouse.
I started running again some months back in my local park (always alone ) and
now have slowly regained that power (or the first parts of it, again). One's
good health and peace of mind are the greatest gift we can possess (Corny, or
What? But True).
I weigh in now at 90kg (steady for three months now). This is an
ongoing struggle and always will be, as you may have seen by previous mails I do
like a swift half now and again, plus the grub to go with it. Having been
unemployed now for some six months, I'm also well aware of the dangers of
boredome, and making excuses to myself to justify situations, it may suprise
people to know that I'm by no means wealthy in a financial way, and do really
know what being hard up and in serious debt is all about etc, though have never
actually really been thirsting for water or dying of hunger, like I assume (and
hope) that the majority of you lot out there in void-land & Reading cum Swindon
? If anybody can relate or get something from these comments, good on em, then
it's down to you, and you alone, maybe with a little help from your friends but
essentially down to you yourself. Diet, as in what I eat, and not a silly
magazine regime by a twiggyesque wally, is important to me, and it's easy after
awhile, true poverty helps a bit, but one can still enjoy bloody good food and
wine for peanuts, when proper thought is applied to the problem, innit.
Nuff Said, Fritz Von Getyerpriotiesright³
N.B. If you were wondering, No, I do not have any children, are not presently
married or engaged, and living alone is not nessesarily the same as being
lonely. In past relationships which were generally long and happy we both
started thinner and got fatter and lazier together, all of the aforemntioned
stuff over the last six months and the present time would all most likely have
been very different under other circumstances, but as they say in Romford "Who
Gives A Fuck ?" "I'm alright Jack !!!"
Happy Joggin Y'awl.Fuck Don't ee go on !!!
Graham Ricketts
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Berlin Fritz
Distractions and temptations also come in many forms of course and are for me at
least very high on the list in respect of keeping that perfect physique, or
rather the nearest that one is ever realistically likely to get anywhere near it
? Stevie Miller blastin out "Rockin me Baby" right now, Dancing, that other
brilliant calorie burner and maker of good wibes, innit. Shopping, or chopping
as they say in Thailand is very big on my dicipline list, and nothing new in
eating lots before doing it, or taking less money with you, or aiming only at
certain goods (If you have a choice that is ?). I never buys sweets, chocolate,
or cakes anymore, all of which I adore.
Low fat milk, fresh fruit, virtually no
red meat or pork, though I'm not vegetarian (cost factor too) loads of fish,
tinned or not, fresh veggies, lots of homemade curries, rice, pasta, very little
fried food, and then only in sunflower or olive oil. A case of beer once a
month, red wine x lots, depending on mood and wallet, lots of tap water to-boot,
here it's very drinkable. I adore cheeses, and those other fatty things besides,
which I hit on occassion, generally pigging out, but aware of the consequences,
No chips, crisps, no-extra salt, no packet shit, 1kg of sugar a year, loads of
natural low fat joghurt, also pure HUNNY.
Even when totally broke, skint,
or rock-bottom pennyless, one can always find a beer in this place 24/7 so it's
dangerous in that respect, and must be well controlled or at the end of the
month you end up juggling bills and running around town paying bar tabs, I know
cos I've done it many, many times, and now don't fortunately, and hopefully wont
asgain ? (Pigs Might Fly)
Eric's song about Nobody loves you, really is very very
true, believe him, he know's what he's talkin about. Pretty pretty girls cokin
up, feelin great lookin great, but once they're fucked off (happens every time)
they balloon into big fat unhappy monsters, and have a real tough time gettin
back again, much harder than men I would guess ?(Seen it so often) remember the
Worlds biggest industries next to Arms wether they're illegal or legal, are
Drugs and Sex, and these multi Billion Dollar busines's surely are not powered
by poor ten-bit Junkies hangin around dirty City backstreets.
So, basically the
long distance runner doesn't have to be lonely it's all in the mind, innit, and
a bit of luck too naturally, though I will have to hold off on the big old tin
of M&S Biscuits my father sent me for Christmas, my Marmite on toast and Tetleys
Yorkshire tea at present are luxury enough, good fare for any man.
Fritz Von Jimfixeditforme
NB Obviously as has no doubt been previously said on this very thread if I'd read it properly is the fact that you lose weight only if you burn more calories than you take in, easy as that innit: All the other bits like, summer, winter, etcm, tec, workload are all secondary like a walk down Swindon High Street in the rain.
Graham Ricketts
least very high on the list in respect of keeping that perfect physique, or
rather the nearest that one is ever realistically likely to get anywhere near it
? Stevie Miller blastin out "Rockin me Baby" right now, Dancing, that other
brilliant calorie burner and maker of good wibes, innit. Shopping, or chopping
as they say in Thailand is very big on my dicipline list, and nothing new in
eating lots before doing it, or taking less money with you, or aiming only at
certain goods (If you have a choice that is ?). I never buys sweets, chocolate,
or cakes anymore, all of which I adore.
Low fat milk, fresh fruit, virtually no
red meat or pork, though I'm not vegetarian (cost factor too) loads of fish,
tinned or not, fresh veggies, lots of homemade curries, rice, pasta, very little
fried food, and then only in sunflower or olive oil. A case of beer once a
month, red wine x lots, depending on mood and wallet, lots of tap water to-boot,
here it's very drinkable. I adore cheeses, and those other fatty things besides,
which I hit on occassion, generally pigging out, but aware of the consequences,
No chips, crisps, no-extra salt, no packet shit, 1kg of sugar a year, loads of
natural low fat joghurt, also pure HUNNY.
Even when totally broke, skint,
or rock-bottom pennyless, one can always find a beer in this place 24/7 so it's
dangerous in that respect, and must be well controlled or at the end of the
month you end up juggling bills and running around town paying bar tabs, I know
cos I've done it many, many times, and now don't fortunately, and hopefully wont
asgain ? (Pigs Might Fly)
Eric's song about Nobody loves you, really is very very
true, believe him, he know's what he's talkin about. Pretty pretty girls cokin
up, feelin great lookin great, but once they're fucked off (happens every time)
they balloon into big fat unhappy monsters, and have a real tough time gettin
back again, much harder than men I would guess ?(Seen it so often) remember the
Worlds biggest industries next to Arms wether they're illegal or legal, are
Drugs and Sex, and these multi Billion Dollar busines's surely are not powered
by poor ten-bit Junkies hangin around dirty City backstreets.
So, basically the
long distance runner doesn't have to be lonely it's all in the mind, innit, and
a bit of luck too naturally, though I will have to hold off on the big old tin
of M&S Biscuits my father sent me for Christmas, my Marmite on toast and Tetleys
Yorkshire tea at present are luxury enough, good fare for any man.
Fritz Von Jimfixeditforme
NB Obviously as has no doubt been previously said on this very thread if I'd read it properly is the fact that you lose weight only if you burn more calories than you take in, easy as that innit: All the other bits like, summer, winter, etcm, tec, workload are all secondary like a walk down Swindon High Street in the rain.
Graham Ricketts
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by john rubberneck
Hi Graham
I got something thanks
Stuart
I got something thanks
Stuart
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Berlin Fritz
It sounds like you've cracked it mate, light at the end of the tunnel and all that, good on yer, Cheers.
Fritz Von Icouldmurderapintofcider
Graham Ricketts
Fritz Von Icouldmurderapintofcider
Graham Ricketts
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Justin
What is a tattie? Sounds positively dirty to me.
I am a fat tub of shit, by the way, and have yet to come up with something that will permit me to lose the weight without also raising my risk of stroke and heart disease.
What I need is a disciplinarian.
Judd
I am a fat tub of shit, by the way, and have yet to come up with something that will permit me to lose the weight without also raising my risk of stroke and heart disease.
What I need is a disciplinarian.
Judd
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by ErikL
Judd,
The threat of nipple torture from Mistress Alexis of suburban Cleveland might do the trick. Some of her rules:
- You will follow all instructions given by telephone, e-mail and in person thoroughly.
- You will be on time for your session, not early and not late, on time.
- Complete obedience is mandatory at all times.
- You will refer to Me as Maam or Ms. Alexis
- The word no is not part of your vocabulary.
Sounds like just the thing, if you ask me.
Ludwig, well-behaved string bean
The threat of nipple torture from Mistress Alexis of suburban Cleveland might do the trick. Some of her rules:
- You will follow all instructions given by telephone, e-mail and in person thoroughly.
- You will be on time for your session, not early and not late, on time.
- Complete obedience is mandatory at all times.
- You will refer to Me as Maam or Ms. Alexis
- The word no is not part of your vocabulary.
Sounds like just the thing, if you ask me.
Ludwig, well-behaved string bean
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Justin
Ludwig,
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Exactly what I had in mind.
Judd
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Exactly what I had in mind.
Judd
Posted on: 18 December 2003 by Justin
"There is NO Female Dominant nudity or sexual contact of any kind( no I will not milk you), don't ask. This means you will not see my breasts or my genital region. You will not place your mouth on any region of my body above my knee for any reason, I will not have sex with you, I will not have an orgasm self achieved or with any help from you. No sex means just that no sex. I do not care how cute you think you are, how charming you feel you are you are not special. I will not break my rules for you."
Well, if I can't be milked, the deal is off then.
Judd
Well, if I can't be milked, the deal is off then.
Judd
Posted on: 25 December 2003 by Berlin Fritz
Just had a nice three mile run in the Palace gardens before a breakfast of milk coffee (Lebanese) and muesli with hot low fat milk. Did you know in Lebanon MacDonalds will deliver, and even have a car valet service at the door. Your Health ladies and Gents is the Greatest gift of all, and all the rest are toys to amuse it, even olive green fronted Naim Hi fi systems, playing Blur Very Loudly, innit.
Happy Scoffing³ Fritz Von Saville
Graham Ricketts
Happy Scoffing³ Fritz Von Saville
Graham Ricketts