Posts by tumanator

Well I have to say I appreciate the advice, I am enrolled in MSU, starting my 2nd year this summer.  Unfortunatley I live in a rural area, and have to commute through 30 miles of wheat fields and cow country to even get to town.  I've been considering trying to get a membership for a gym, the only thing stopping me right now is not having much if any extra money every month.  This isn't a new struggle, I've fought my inner (intraverted) self for years, I was just hoping weight loss would give me the confidence I couldn't give myself.....WRONG.  I dunno i'll just try to figure something out, again thanks for the advice.

I started on this site about a year ago, at 250lbs i couldn't jog a half mile without stopping.  I hated running because i couldn't do it, consequently i quit for a while, i took up cycling till i could get my heart and lungs built up a bit.  One day I decided i'd try to run again, i did 3/4 a mile.  Long story short i just did what i could, ran a half mile or 3/4 mile, walked and jogged as much as i could back.  I'm still not a strong runner, i'm not fast and i can't run 10 miles, but any given day I feel confident to do at least 2 within army qual times.  So the best advice i can give you is just do you feel comfortable with, if you run 5min, thats better than 4.  Run your 5 mins, then just walk, if you don't enjoy your exercise your going to give up on it.  Then every time you run just try to run a little farther, a little longer. 

Sorry for the long speal but good luck!

What i've got is actually a "fat roll" I found an article

http://www.bodyfatguide.com/LooseSkin.htm

that gives some good information on the subject.  And it would seem to make sence considering the ammount of weight loss, and how quickly i lost it.

I realize now that i have a couple emotional deamons to face first, but with any luck i'll be able to resume a normal lifestyle and seems that strength training win a "normal" diet at this point would be the best solution.  Unless anyone else can help me with any better ideas, or support?

I'm to tired right now to find the study's and letters from doctors of medicine, but if you do some research on fat loss and calories burned, one of the largest usages of calories in the average human is thermogenics.  The calories to burned to produce blood flow and heat.  Examples of proven studies, people tend to burn more calories when they are in colder environments the "shivver" effect, muscles tremor and flex to induce blood flow and warm the bodyl.  Drinking cold fluids, such as ice water, have proven to burn more calories than room temperature water.  Both for the same reason your body is working harder to stay cool.

Thanks for some of the ideas, the problem with wieght lifting is i'm not a member of a gym and even if i was, the nearest one is 20mi away.  And yes I think i can say we have snow, but it's just starting usually though it doesn't stick for the whole winter except in the mountains.  I'll try to keep running but I need to figure out a place to do jumping jacks or something like that.

Only one way to find out.... if it works let me know, i've also heard of people adding fresh squeezed OJ to it for the extra vitamins.  Really, if you find out it works i just may do it too, i been using eggo waffles with sugar free syrup, pancakes would be a nice change.

I'm not depressed, just frustrated, as I said I just to vent and somone to listen, and i appreciate that.

Not stupid, not even in the least, i do stuff like this all the time, i only did the hotel thing once ( to expensive on a college buget, i know) i stayed in my own room, ordered a pizza ( i live in a small town this was amazement to me,) but what i usually do is go up to the mountains, camp by a stream no one knows about, off the road, not in a campground.  Everyone need's there alone time, just how we get it is uniuqe.

I actually just had a chat with my doctor about this one, carbs (regardless of what type of carbs they are) turn into sugar (glucose) in the body.  Things like potatoes, corn and other starches are the same way.  A lot of people that have a family history of diabetes try so stay away from carbs, due to the effect the sugar has on the system.  Now carbs aren't bad, as was stated earlier, they are the main source of energy for the body, protein helps build muscle, and carbs are what fuels the body, and the only thing that run's the brain.  If you work out, run, lift weights, really do any cardio (even walking) some of the excess carbs (sugar) held by your body's organs is burned up.  In some people this can lead to a craving for more carbs, but it's ok if their being used.  Usually the recommended ammount for active people is no more than 65% carbs per day, though this number varies from person to person, and from day to day, depending on your activity.  The really only way to help is to eat more vegetables, the natural sugar in fruits is just another form of carbs so veggies are good.  If you don't mind eating lean meat or fish, it's a great source of protein and it can help curb those carb cravings too.

I wish i could afford to put that much time into my exercise, as it is I find it hard to get that 1-1.5 hours a day.  But as they say time is money.

well I'm a big built person, I have a good bit of muscle mass, large boned (my wrist is 7in circumference) according to this site my BMR is around 3k cal (I have it set at light activity), I don't know what HRM is though? I don't believe i could really be burning 3k cal, or say 3.5 - 4k on a workout intense day. The other thing i don't understand is how to really calculate how much I burn during exercise, say on a bike ride if i go by the speed on average it's considered a moderate difficulty workout, but except for the up part of the hills, the ride doesn't seem to vigorous to me. This whole weight loss is almost more pain and difficulty than it's worth.

You actually just made me look at mine, I think it's based on exercise and muscle mass as to how much protein you need, most things I've read say around 20% fat 30% protein and 50% carbs, though personally over the last month i'm at 15% fat, 25% protein and 60% carbs.  As someone above said i don't buy into the low carb diets either. I've lost 35lbs on this diet so far so it's based more on your personal needs than any % a scientist says you need.

I'm kind of similar, though I do drink a lot of water, I eat processed foods, cans of chili, lean pockets, whole grain breads, and I love pasta.  But I believe that with exercise the extra carbs aren't bad, neither is the extra salt in most processed foods.  With how much sodium you loose sweating during a workout I think it's actually a good thing.  I learned in basic, when your sweat has no salt taste left..... sodium = healthy.