Get fit - unfat competition

[Harry72]

Guess what 5-6 yrs ago when I gave up the cancer sticks I got to 114kg before saying enough is enough...

[namtrak]

Just being lazy

Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg
Week 5 108.9 kg
Week 6 109.4 kg

[Caliban]

Ok guys you've inspired me.
I'm 48yrs. 5' 7" and sadly 93kgs.
I should weigh 75kgs according to all those charts you see in doctors rooms.
The beer gut is really becoming noticeable. Now days it's more of a wine gut though. Have started walking each day but 5 kms nearly kills me, can't run or back pain is severe for about a week. Bicycle is looking like a good option again.
So count me in as a late starter in this little competition. Maybe I can lose enough by the time of the Sydney show to dare to show my face.

[Wood Butcher]

I've decided to get into a bit of bike riding to help my cause. I rode with my daughter to school for the first time today. There's a couple of short and steep hills on the way which were a bit of a challenge. Got to school and said goodbye to the daughter and turned around. It's a lot more fun on the way home. Got home and could barely walk, damn my backside was sore. I think I need to get another seat for the bike.

All was well after a short rest when I got home. Come round 2:45 and I go to get back on the bike. I forgot but my rump remembered straight away what that damn seat felt like. But....

It was great. Little Butcherette loved it and is now pleading with me as to when we can do it again. I'm hoping ride with her at least once a week (that's all my schedule allows) and to go for a decent ride on my own 2-3 times a week. I've even thought about some lights so I can go at night after the kiddies are in bed.

Jim, great to hear that someone else is stupid enough to join us.

Oh, I not mentioning my weight. Let's just say it's a little above last weeks

[woodbe]

Have started walking each day but 5 kms nearly kills me, can't run or back pain is severe for about a week. Bicycle is looking like a good option again.

Start slow and build up. If 5 kms is a big effort, do 3 and increase it by 500m each week.

We blokes want it all now, but we also have to realise we spent a long time getting into our respective sorry states, and you can't undo that in a few weeks. Whatever exercise you are comfortable with, you want to build up to a moderate pace and extend the time until you are maintaining that pace for at least 20 minutes. If possible, do a few minutes quiet warm up, and some stretching before you get into it.

woodbe.

[Lignum]

A possitive way to start is to move the beer fridge to the other end of the shed 4 meters away. Then drink six cans a night which = six cans x 4 meters = 24 x conservative 5 nights in the shed = 120 meters per week x 52 weeks = 6240 meters power walked = which is just under 16 laps of an oval, thats a positive and effective way to be at least a kilo lighter this time next year

[Daddles]

You blokes have it all wrong. So WHAT if you weigh more than the doctor's chart reckons you should. Die happy and be comforted in the thought that the pall bearers will have to work harder than they expected

Richard

No, I'm NOT fat, I've got big tummy bones

[Sturdee]

Nearly there already. In the last 4 months I've lost 8.5 kgs not from any dieting but from the healthy exercise of gardening and dancing.

Since then a further loss of 2.5 kgs making it a total loss of 11 Kgs and down to 74 Kg.

Trouble with losing that weight is that clothes don't fit very well anymore. Lost 70 mm around the waist and I've had to punch a number of extra holes in all my belts.

I think I prefer to keep on dancing rather than bike riding, I get all my exercise whilst holding beautiful women in my arms.

Peter.

[Harry72]

I've gained weight this week... 3kgs!(the gym regime is working)

WB & Nam, dont be to concerned if your weekly weigh in is slightly more than the previous... your weight does vary throughout the day. Always weigh yourself when you wake from a full sleep(ie 7-8hr sleep)and average it over several days.
Some weeks you may find that you have gained weight... but look in the mirror and you've lost weight, doing exersize will increase your muscle mass as muscle is heaps heavier than fat.
The true way to judge how well your doing is to have a body fat test, they take several skin pinch measurements add them together and read off a scale appropriate to your age... dont go by the BMI test(utter crap), my BMI is like 27-28 yet my BF test said 17%(20% is considered good/heathly)last week.
The BMI is for joe average... he's a fictional character!

[NewLou]

ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

I'm gonna join you Gut BUSTers!!! I'm sicka the the joints creakin in moanin in the shop!!

The floor boards scream when I thump across em in the house!!!

112 kgs is Slobdom!!!

I'm in n am gonna get to me fightin weight!!!

I'll keep ya posted!!

Lou thebigmoooo!!!

:eek::eek::eek:

[namtrak]

Dont think I quite got the hang of this yet


Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg
Week 5 108.9 kg
Week 6 109.4 kg
Week 7 109.9 kg

[ss_11000]

Dont think I quite got the hang of this yet


Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg
Week 5 108.9 kg
Week 6 109.4 kg
Week 7 109.9 kg

you were going pretty good for the first 4 weeks ...what happened after that?:confused:

[Caliban]

My friday weigh in was 91kg.thats 2 kgs less than the previous friday.
Just shows what a grog free week can do.
Not game to weigh myself after the weekend though.

[namtrak]

Welcome to the fun ride that is me!!

Week 1 110.7 kg
Week 2 108.1 kg
Week 3 107.9 kg
Week 4 107.2 kg
Week 5 108.9 kg
Week 6 109.4 kg
Week 7 109.9 kg
Week 8 109.2 kg

[Harry72]

How much exersize are you getting in each day?