Want to lose about a stone and half before March! Going to start in January, no point before then! Any tips or advice on how to do it without feeling as though I am starving myself or going mad!

Hi there,

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Try Paul and Anne at Get Physical Ecclesall rd, They will give you the right advice with no BS.

Join a running club, if you want to lose weight more effectively.

skipping is good.

exercise and dietting is the best thing to do.

the dieting needn't be as tough as you think. just change what u eat. eat only healthy stuff and fill yourself up with fruit and veg and salad, so u feel as if you've always got something inside you.

try getting diphtheria - i tried it last year and **** three stone in a week!

good call. i got mumps and lost a stone in one week.

......plus i'm now infertile. BIG savings on contraception.

DOUBLE BONUS.

Join a running club, if you want to lose weight more effectively.

Are you a running club member? I've been trying to run for years, but I've never managed to run more than a 5k (and even then I'm almost dead at the end).

I keep getting all sorts of injuries meaning I have to give up. I'd love to join a running club that has a complete novices group. Does anyone know of one?

How much is membership of a running club btw?

I have tried various diets and it always came back with a vengence, suspected before all I did was lose mainly water and therefore the weight easily came back.

A while ago I brought myself a Body Fat % / Water % / Muscle mass bathroom scales. Managed to find myself a good reasonable calorie diet and doing regular exercise. Now I can see the Fat % going down, muscle mass remaining the same and with the Water % rising to the correct level (it was too low before!).

Once I am down to the correct weight, will look at building up the muscle mass.

Good luck

Stuart

Are you a running club member? I've been trying to run for years, but I've never managed to run more than a 5k (and even then I'm almost dead at the end).

I keep getting all sorts of injuries meaning I have to give up. I'd love to join a running club that has a complete novices group. Does anyone know of one?

How much is membership of a running club btw?

I would really like to join a running club too but I'm really unfit at the moment. Let me know if you have any luck finding a club for novices. I want to do the sheffield half marathon next year

try getting diphtheria - i tried it last year and **** three stone in a week!



I hardly think thats the best way !!

ANY MORE BRIGHT IDEAS ??

Want to lose about a stone and half before March! Going to start in January, no point before then! Any tips or advice on how to do it without feeling as though I am starving myself or going mad!

hi there, I don't know whether you would be interested but me and my sister are going to join slimming world. they meet on wednesdays at concord sport centre at 7pm. My mum has been going to a meet they have in hillsborough and has lost over 3 stone already and still determined to loose more!!

I haven't been weighed for ages so am really dreading getting on the scales, probably going to be just over 11 stone I think. you would definately be welcome to come with us, the more support the better. I know slimming clubs might not be everones cup of tea, it's definatly the first time I have considederd it, but at the moment I think it is what I need to get the motivation to loose the weight.

Routine is the key whether its running cycling the gym or walking get into a routine of doing it even if its only twicw a week dont make excuses do it every week at that time once you have done this for a few months it then becomes more or less automatic.

Dont try to do to much to start with build up slowly and read up on stretching afterwards to reduce stifness.

It may cost more but in the midle of winter a gym may be the excercise you are most likely to stick to cause you cant use the weather as an excuse and its gareat for all over body fitness and toning.

Good luck

I go to slimming world and think its brill!! i have lost dead on 3 stone, 2 stone of that in the last year and feel fantastic! finally gone below what i was before i had my litte girl. I also do step class, aerobics and running. The support you get from going to class keeps you on the straight and narrow instead of going it alone then giving up after a month or so.

Follow the evil docs magic formula - eat fewer calories and expend more! If you wanna lose weight look at both sides of the food equation and try and take in fewer calories (specifically try and cut back on processed and sugary foodstuffs - but don't cut back a lot or your body will go into starvation mode and slow up your metabolism) and do a bit more exercise (the prime requirement for an exercise is it has to be something you enjoy or you won't keep it up!). This (http://www.stumptuous.com//cms/displayarticle.php?aid=29) is one of the best one page healthy eating things I've seen in a long time :)

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Eat more celery - you burn more calories in the act of chewing and digesting than is provided by the food itself.

Negative calorie equity, bit dull though, try combining your celerey-eating with another activity such as attempting to catch a chicken. This worked for Rocky Balboa in Rocky 1. He went on to become heavyweight champion of the world. If he'd have eaten more celery he could have taken the middleweight crown too. He did punch meat too though.

Hope this helps.

Hi there

Why not try my circuit training class for one of your exercise sessions? Every Thursday, 7-8 pm, Hillsborough Park Sports Arena, Middlewood Road. There's a different exercise every minute so you won't get bored and there's a great bunch of people come. Exercise should be fun and this class certainly is. Only £3.00 per session or £10.00 if you book for 4 sessions.

Not looking forward to all the New Years resolution warriors filling up the gym in January!

Quite right GazB!

The gym should be yours, and yours alone. Those helpless feckers with their resolutions, looking red and lardy simply tie up your cross-trainer and arse-press don't they.

Damm to them all!

They'll all be gone by March though so you can look at yourself again.

Quite right GazB!

The gym should be yours, and yours alone. Those helpless feckers with their resolutions, looking red and lardy simply tie up your cross-trainer and arse-press don't they.

Damm to them all!

They'll all be gone by March though so you can look at yourself again.

I don't use the cross trainer or "arse-press" whatever that is!

But yes, damn them all haha. Are you one of these annoying people Marmite Man?

Try something like yoga or pilates?

I've been getting into exercise for the past couple of months but I think I've been straining myself a bit. I seem to be a binge exerciser cos once I get a flat tummy and I feel fit I stop!

But after all those Christmas treats, I'm getting MORE curves :roll:

I bought a pilates video the other day and it's good, a little boring but it's ok!

Personally, I may be a bit biased but here goes:

For Weight loss
For Cardio
For Body Toning.

KICKBOXING is the way forward!!!

Classes are in a fully equipped gym , in a friendly environment with a great bunch of people. Central location too with FREE parking afetr 6pm.


Beginners classes:
WELLINGTON STREET BOXING GYM (In the town centre near the devonshire cat pub )
MONDAY 830PM
THURSDAY 730PM (WOMENS ONLY) 830PM (MIXED GENDER)
FRIDAY 6-7PM (INFORMAL OPEN SESSION ,use the equipment: punchbas, pads, treadmill,..etc)
SUNDAY 12-130PM

BEGINNERS CLASSES START STRAIGHT AWAY AFTER THE NEW YEAR
NOTE: THURSDAY CLASSES START BACK 15TH OF JANUARY.

WE ALSO DO BEGINNERS CLASSES AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:
SPORT HALLAM (near Ecclesall Road)
GOODWIN SPORTS CENTRE (sheffield S10)

Hi ChefKicker

Totally agree with you, Kickboxing is excellent I think you need to state the dates and times of all the beginners classes as people getting fit in the new year would be interested in these.

Excellent classes, recomend this method of keeping fit

WE ALSO DO BEGINNERS CLASSES AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:
SPORT HALLAM (near Ecclesall Road)
GOODWIN SPORTS CENTRE (sheffield S10)




These classes I meant

Never done it myself (obviously) but have you looked into pole dancing classes? Apparently, due to the amount of time lifting your own body weight it's REALLY good for shaping up! I know loads of girls that would choose it over getting on the treadmill everyday.

Never done it myself (obviously) but have you looked into pole dancing classes? Apparently, due to the amount of time lifting your own body weight it's REALLY good for shaping up! I know loads of girls that would choose it over getting on the treadmill everyday.

I was just thinking about that this morning!

It is really good exercise! I would love to try it!

I was just thinking about that this morning!

It is really good exercise! I would love to try it!

I was going to write something a bit flirty and a tad rude, but I managed to stop myself ;)

I was going to write something a bit flirty and a tad rude, but I managed to stop myself ;)

Tut tut GazB, I did ask for it I suppose :roll: :hihi: