Comments on: Fat Man Down, Looking forward to Biggest Loser

By: Israel

Israel — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:08:37 +0000

Ironically I had a bad week last week, but am back on track now. Good luck with your 15 lbs. That reminds me of my wife. She wanted to drop 25 lbs and is off and on with it.But now she has a hang of it since I have been working to too. We motivate each other.

By: How To Mobile

How To Mobile — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:20:47 +0000

Keep it up Israel! If it makes you feel any better, I’m trying to lose 15 pounds right now, and I gain weight during some weeks! What makes the biggest difference to me is how I react during the bad weeks.

I try to just get back on the train!

By: Israel

Israel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:53:09 +0000

What’s up Doc? (I had to.) That’s funny because they rarely, if ever, show how the contestants eat. Thanks for the advice.

By: Dr Marc

Dr Marc — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:26:29 +0000

Diet is the most important part of the puzzle. As a rule you lose weight with your diet and keep it off with exercise. If you exercise without cutting back on calories, you will not lose weight. Exercise is however a strong predictor of long term weight loss. Both are important but their roles in weight loss are not the same.

Watching the Biggest Loser, people think you have to work out like a maniac to lose weight. Makes for good tv, but that’s not where the game is won. It’s in the kitchen when the contestants prepare their meals.

By: Israel

Israel — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:17:44 +0000

Thats a cool way to get your act together. Thanks for the advice.

By: krillz

krillz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:02:01 +0000

yeah I see where you coming from, I used to have the same problem some years back, I trained and as soon as I took a break that break become 2 months.

But then last year I had a bad shoulder injury, have never been so scared as when I heard my muscle rip, sounded like you riped open a piece of fabric. That set me back 6 months before I could train normally again, so I’ve learnt the importance of resting the hard way.

I also learnt that self discipline has a major role in achieving your goals. In the beginning I had to do some crazy things to not fall back on the couch, like letting my parents hold half of my income and if I didn’t go back to the gym after that week they shouldn’t give me the money. I bet you too could come up with something.

Let say, You’ll pay some one in your community some $ if you fall back to the couch or something you get the picture.

By: Norma

Norma — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:19:23 +0000

keep up with the work out. and definitely include your family.

By: Israel

Israel — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:48:34 +0000

i would like to do that kirllz but i think i need to be consistent and not stop until i am in maintenance mode.

By: krillz

krillz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:43:49 +0000

I always take a pause of 1 to 2 weeks after every 6 weeks of training. The body needs a period to regenerate and build up, if you don’t rest you can burn out ( the lack of interest in training, muscle fatigue which often results in you injuring yourself) you get the picture.

By: krillz

krillz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:41:57 +0000

diet is only one part of the puzzle, sorry but you can’t loose weight entirely on the diet, unless you starve yourself which is very bad.

By: Israel

Israel — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:48:03 +0000

I have learned this the hard way. When my body aches, it needs rest. Simple as that. I am getting the eating in check , so I suspect the weight will begin to melt off.

By: top weight loss site

top weight loss site — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:58:46 +0000

That stinks really bad as I have hurt my ankles many times and it seems that every time puts me farther and farther away from my fitness goals. Keep going as things will get better but in the mean time make nutrition very important.

By: Dr Marc

Dr Marc — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:35:38 +0000

give your body a rest. don’t risk injury. concentrate on your diet. this is where you’ll win the game.

By: Israel

Israel — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:01:01 +0000

Thats a good point. I will take that into consideration. thx.

By: krillz

krillz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:57:56 +0000

You didn’t lose weight, don’t beat you up on that, you should not only rely on the scale, try body fat measurements etc. I mean you could have lost weight, but built up some muscle mass, thus not showing any result on the scale.

Remember a scale is just a scale, doesn’t tell you so much.