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Title: Who needs a fancy gym and personal trainers. . .. ..
Post by: JC on 29 August 2013, 20:17
All it takes is a VERY bad photo of yourself,  :sick:

a LOT of will power  :lipsrsealed:

and a fair amount of motivation ( cheers slick and others  :kiss: )

and you can make a difference  :cool:

Was knocking on 20 stone in early june  :shocked: :shocked:

and now with a gradual change of what I eat, gentle but regular and increasing exercise ( not allowed to go banzai with a dodgy ticker and back ) I have not only dropped down thru 18st but have now dropped under 18st for the first time in 15 years

17st 11 (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/happy/dancing-with-joy-smiley-emoticon.gif)

Now for the real battle, to keep dropping and not undo all the hard work  :undecided:
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Post by: barrym381 on 29 August 2013, 20:25
well done keep up the good work  :smiley:
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Post by: Rhyso on 29 August 2013, 20:26
Good work  :cool:
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Post by: VW BUSH on 29 August 2013, 21:06
Well done :cool:
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Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 29 August 2013, 21:08
Before and after pics...just for fun like.

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Post by: mcgee9t2 on 29 August 2013, 21:17
:afro: :thumbs:

well done.

try not to fall back into bad habits.

was a lad at my work who used to put away serious amounts of food. for him to be at the high end of "normal" weight for his age and height he had to loose the equivalent to my weight... he went from about 23 stone to about 18, then started comfort eating when he got told he was moving offices, within a month he had gone back up a good stone or two...
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Post by: Guy on 29 August 2013, 21:34
thats the way to do it! :afro:

keep it up mate  :smiley:
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Post by: Bellend on 29 August 2013, 22:21
What is comfort eating. Sorry to be totally ignorant but if I ever get depressed I never think "I know there's a Curly Wurly in the cupboard, that'll sort me right out". Then again I'm a pretty happy go lucky guy. :grin:
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Post by: tweed on 29 August 2013, 22:56
Great mate.

My advise is never give up!!

I was 17 stone and 18 months later im just under 13 stone.

My goal is 12s.7lb

also 6 months ago I f**ked my back through running. (Still aches every day) This made me more determined to loose it and not give up.

Ive learnt that best way to loose weight is clean eating. You can exercise all you want but if your still eating crap then you wont loose it.

You can eat 2kg of salad/veg a day and still be less than 2000 calories.  You do not starve your body as it stores fat.

Keep it up.
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Post by: JC on 29 August 2013, 23:23
Aye, diet and a reduction in a certain kind of alcohol consumption has helped greatly  :lipsrsealed:

I do still indulge every now and then  :whistle:

No target to aim for, as all the guidelines say I should be 14st  :rolleyes:

Doing it cos I can, unlike the last 25 years where I was getting told to  :evil:

And you are lucky you haven't had to either deal with the cause of or the after effects of comfort eating. Try being confined to your house, not allowed downstairs for 3 months as climbing the stairs to use the loo could cause you harm, not allowed to drive for 5 months, no action movies, no games consoles, no sex. God knows how dole dossers cope. It drove me fcuking nuts for 15 months doing fcuk all every day  :cry:
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Post by: Bellend on 29 August 2013, 23:32
And you are lucky you haven't had to either deal with the cause of or the after effects of comfort eating. Try being confined to your house, not allowed downstairs for 3 months as climbing the stairs to use the loo could cause you harm, not allowed to drive for 5 months, no action movies, no games consoles, no sex. God knows how dole dossers cope. It drove me fcuking nuts for 15 months doing fcuk all every day  :cry:

I guess it's one of those things you never really can sympathize with unless you've been there.

How comes that all happened?
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Post by: Jimble on 29 August 2013, 23:43
Nice one Chuff, methinks i need to take a leaf out of your book!  8)
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Post by: Lewy on 30 August 2013, 00:01

And you are lucky you haven't had to either deal with the cause of or the after effects of comfort eating. Try being confined to your house, not allowed downstairs for 3 months as climbing the stairs to use the loo could cause you harm, not allowed to drive for 5 months, no action movies, no games consoles, no sex. God knows how dole dossers cope. It drove me fcuking nuts for 25yrs doing fcuk all every day  :cry:

Fixed  :wink: :kiss:
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Post by: clipperjay on 30 August 2013, 02:03
Its alright Chuff I'll poke you with a long stick now and then like :tongue:
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Post by: Steve_PD on 30 August 2013, 03:52
Well done Chuff! :afro:
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Post by: JC on 30 August 2013, 04:52

And you are lucky you haven't had to either deal with the cause of or the after effects of comfort eating. Try being confined to your house, not allowed downstairs for 3 months as climbing the stairs to use the loo could cause you harm, not allowed to drive for 5 months, no action movies, no games consoles, no sex. God knows how dole dossers cope. It drove me fcuking nuts for 25yrs doing fcuk all every day  :cry:

Fixed  :wink: :kiss:

 :laugh:

 :kiss:

I will have u know being a samsonite warrior was hard work  :tongue:
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Post by: JC on 30 August 2013, 04:54
Well done Chuff! :afro:

Its alright Chuff I'll poke you with a long stick now and then like :tongue:

Cheers :afro:
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Post by: Guy on 30 August 2013, 08:44
the main thing is the lifestyle change... the weight will follow accordingly, you're not crash dieting which is the main thing

think what you're doing is great  :smiley:
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Post by: lewis1641 on 30 August 2013, 10:38
great progress, you have every right to be proud.

i am trying to do the same, happy with the exercise but struggling a bit with the food but lost a stone and feel a lot healthier for it. still a fair way to go though...
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Post by: Organisys on 30 August 2013, 13:35
Keep it up!

Diet and Alchohol is the most important part.

Exercise will help with fitness, but not so much in weight loss!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038913v
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Post by: T_J_G on 30 August 2013, 13:43
Good work Chuff!

I've put a stone on in about 6-8 weeks!
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Post by: Len on 30 August 2013, 17:33
Well done Chuff

Done much better than me but then I aint really been trying! (20 stone down to 18)
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Post by: Khare on 30 August 2013, 19:37
Well done, keep up the good work!
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Post by: Agreeable Slick on 01 September 2013, 17:16
Good Job. :cool:
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Post by: Shandow on 03 September 2013, 18:27
Hardest part is to keep motivated! Good work mate.
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Post by: bobbarley on 04 September 2013, 20:58
Well done sir!

In March I weighed 15 stone 5 pounds.  Now however I am 13 stone 2 pounds.

Never been happier  :smiley:
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Post by: JC on 04 September 2013, 20:59
Cheers nige and well done

Wobble week this week, in from work late every night and 10+ people in the house so regime gone to poop.

Back on it Satdee AM  :whistle:

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Post by: Chris. on 05 September 2013, 02:29
I cant put weight on! lol
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Post by: Shady Pioneer on 05 September 2013, 11:20
Pics or GTFO!
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Post by: Seanl on 05 September 2013, 21:51
Fair play mate! I've just started myself as obviously I have to diet when the missus does!  :rolleyes:

Just been having smaller portions. I used to eat until I was full, now I'm having less on my plate but still not feeling any hungrier at meal times than before. Cycling to work (although it only takes 15 minutes each way!) has helped me feel a little better too. No idea what I weigh now, and I didn't know before either. Somewhere around 14 1/2 stone I think. I'm not one to worry about my weight, but I feel better for it now and I'm doing it for myself rather than a bloody fat arsed scab lifter telling me I'm overweight and need to loose weight at work!  :rolleyes:

Keep it up buddy!  :wink:
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Post by: simonpolly on 07 September 2013, 15:24
I cant put weight on! lol

That's because you are 22 :wink: