Height to weight....i need to loose some
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Lower average weight here, but my sense is the belly is getting too big for my liking, so it has got to go. I use the formula that if you can't see your old man when you look down, you are either too fat or you need to work on the stomach muscles a bit more than usual. Forties, well we are in the middle aged spread zone, so to be what we may have been, we have to work harder, which is no easy task, as being this age the more work put in means less and less as we get older. One can face it and accept we are over the hill in terms of appearance, or we can at least work to make ourselves better, I go for the latter, keep up appearances by working for it, as I expect of women, for I cannot abide the over the hill slob out mentality.
BMI mine is 22.3 but I know what I see so either it is generous or my thinking is screwed, I am inclined to think what I don't like in my appearance is more correct as I have my own standards and will work to those, not some medical professional average ideal.
Diet, I eat lots of proteins and that because proteins inhibit snacking and if one exercises proteins have a use, the result hopefully is I do not put on what I cannot remove.
But never mechanically recovered meat products covered in bread crumbs and when I do eat meat, it is prey fish or poultry, herring am getting the hang of at the moment despite the fact herring is not popular in the uk. But having experienced surstromming that makes a tin opener struggle, I will stick to lesser variants, inlagd sill will do at the worst, mind after schnapps it takes on a different meaning, but I use Lidl's fayre, which I understand reading the tin originates in kraut land.
We are what we eat and I will say what exercise we put in is how we look, so, despite age, we can be what we want to be if we put in the effort.
Height- 183 cm
BMI - 22.3
Weight - 75 kg
BMI mine is 22.3 but I know what I see so either it is generous or my thinking is screwed, I am inclined to think what I don't like in my appearance is more correct as I have my own standards and will work to those, not some medical professional average ideal.
Diet, I eat lots of proteins and that because proteins inhibit snacking and if one exercises proteins have a use, the result hopefully is I do not put on what I cannot remove.
But never mechanically recovered meat products covered in bread crumbs and when I do eat meat, it is prey fish or poultry, herring am getting the hang of at the moment despite the fact herring is not popular in the uk. But having experienced surstromming that makes a tin opener struggle, I will stick to lesser variants, inlagd sill will do at the worst, mind after schnapps it takes on a different meaning, but I use Lidl's fayre, which I understand reading the tin originates in kraut land.
We are what we eat and I will say what exercise we put in is how we look, so, despite age, we can be what we want to be if we put in the effort.
Height- 183 cm
BMI - 22.3
Weight - 75 kg
ignore BMI.
I am the same height as one of the part timers at work yet he is underweight & i'm obese. I might add that he is half the width & depth I am & he is a sinewy, scrawny rat shaped individual.
myself, despite carrying about 3/4 of a stone in unwanted gut flubber am blessed with the shoulders & rib cage width of a seasoned front row forward only with a lot less muscle in certain areas (shoulders & legs mainly) compared with when I was playing / training 6-8 times a week when I was still at college. my current regime has so far dropped me from 15st 3lbs to 14st 5lbs & the aim is that once I dip below 14 & shed more of the floppy stuff I will start rebuilding muscle mass in the legs & upper body to get my old pre-injury shape back by the time I hit 30. (i used to be 14st 8lbs and carried very little excess meat but i think aiming for 14st 10lb is a sensible goal despite it making me technically overweight)
I am the same height as one of the part timers at work yet he is underweight & i'm obese. I might add that he is half the width & depth I am & he is a sinewy, scrawny rat shaped individual.
myself, despite carrying about 3/4 of a stone in unwanted gut flubber am blessed with the shoulders & rib cage width of a seasoned front row forward only with a lot less muscle in certain areas (shoulders & legs mainly) compared with when I was playing / training 6-8 times a week when I was still at college. my current regime has so far dropped me from 15st 3lbs to 14st 5lbs & the aim is that once I dip below 14 & shed more of the floppy stuff I will start rebuilding muscle mass in the legs & upper body to get my old pre-injury shape back by the time I hit 30. (i used to be 14st 8lbs and carried very little excess meat but i think aiming for 14st 10lb is a sensible goal despite it making me technically overweight)
BMI is not a load of ballocks, but is rough guide at best. Looking at your soya spread and seeing 49% fat is not a reason to cut it out. You need fat in your diet. Also cutting fats may not lower your overall calorie intake signifiaantly and therfore make no difference.
The only way to loose weight is to control what you eat to a degree and exercise (increase calorie use). Walking (rambling/hill walking) or cycling longer distances regulaly is the best way. Swimming also works but that get expensive at the baths. It takes time though inbalance in your calorie intake (output greater than input) needs to small enough that you body can still function normally without leaving you hungry which is no fun.
Do you cycle to work, can you (you might have problems if you live 30 miles from work). Unless you make execrise part of your daily/weekly routine it often becomes diffiult to fit it in as life invariably gets in the way.
Don't bother with gym's waste of money. Your GP may be able to point you in the direction of some more professional advise.
I was 94kg and 6ft May 2011. Now am am 84kg all that has changed is I no longer teach and I cycle more, road miles mostly now. I do not eat less but I do not eat a cooked breafast at school everyday anymore. Small changes in you lifestyle can have big changes over a long enough period of time.
The only way to loose weight is to control what you eat to a degree and exercise (increase calorie use). Walking (rambling/hill walking) or cycling longer distances regulaly is the best way. Swimming also works but that get expensive at the baths. It takes time though inbalance in your calorie intake (output greater than input) needs to small enough that you body can still function normally without leaving you hungry which is no fun.
Do you cycle to work, can you (you might have problems if you live 30 miles from work). Unless you make execrise part of your daily/weekly routine it often becomes diffiult to fit it in as life invariably gets in the way.
Don't bother with gym's waste of money. Your GP may be able to point you in the direction of some more professional advise.
I was 94kg and 6ft May 2011. Now am am 84kg all that has changed is I no longer teach and I cycle more, road miles mostly now. I do not eat less but I do not eat a cooked breafast at school everyday anymore. Small changes in you lifestyle can have big changes over a long enough period of time.
Thats what im aiming for above^^^ ive now set up my 93 lava dome with 1.1 slicks and bike to and from work, 2.5 miles each way, ive got myself a loop of just under 15 miles which i intend to ride every second evening, until i get better at it then ill do it every night (some long uphill climbs in it too) and ive knocked beer and greasy food completely out and have started as of this week, getting salads or salad sarnies for my dinner at work, in place of chippy or chinese or just plain bacon/sausage sarnies.
Its going to be a slow process i know, but i think im going the right way about it, or at least i hope i am lol
Its going to be a slow process i know, but i think im going the right way about it, or at least i hope i am lol
Just remember after a 15 mile bike ride at about 15mph you will have used a fair few hundred calories. I use about 700-1000/hr depending on how fast I ride.
Doing that everday requires alot extra food so the chippie is a good soure of those calories. I find eating salad sandwiches barely touches my energy requirements when cycling. Chips, pasta or other carb rich food does the trick.
Doing that everday requires alot extra food so the chippie is a good soure of those calories. I find eating salad sandwiches barely touches my energy requirements when cycling. Chips, pasta or other carb rich food does the trick.
I too need to loose a lot of excess weight so started eating more sensibly (not so much not eating but thinking about how it's all cooked etc. So grilled bacon not fried then no crisps/chocolate/cake (may make an exception on Saturday as it's my sons birthday).
Also rebuilding my bike ready to use regularly. Considering riding to work it's only a few miles each way so worth doing I think.
Also rebuilding my bike ready to use regularly. Considering riding to work it's only a few miles each way so worth doing I think.
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