Fitness Ideas

starviewadams

Hi folks!

Looking for ideas on losing a stone or two and generally becoming more fit.
I don't have the money (or confidence!) to join a gym/fitness class and I dont have the confidence or the fancy running gear to go out jogging around my local area either!

I've tried different things in the past that I've read about online (100 push ups plan,200 sit ups plan) but generally lost interest in them after a month or so.

Oh and I'm male, 6'3 and weigh nearly 17 stone.

Thanks for reading and for any helpful advice!

cmyk

Walk, walk to and from work, too far? Get off the bus earlier or park the car further away. Cut down on the processed food, eat less and it'll happen, no fancy gear or gadgets needed!

radekisner34

Fitness exercise is very important on ones routine. Through fitness exercise, people are able to fight several diseases. One of which is the killer disease, the heart disease.

Transform

at your current weight you really need to pull back and look at basics first.

Look at the stickies on the first page and go from there.

Get out walking, be wayyyy more honest on your diet (you are eating more than your body needs) and do simple exercises from home to begin with - squats, press ups, core work, one arm rows, band pulls etc

Really the first 1-2stone should come off fairly quickly if you ONLY focused on the simple things and by then you will have earned the right to do more difficult and challenging exercises.

willielovesall

No offense but you sound kinda defeatist. The best answer I can give is this. Stopping moaning and thinking about doing it and just do it. Trust me you will thank yourself for it. Start walking, cycling, playing soccer, eating fresh fruit and veg, throw out your T.V and all the processed food. Buy fruit and veg. Its really simple thing to do, you just gotta to do it. The second you start to move forward is the second ya don't look back.

Transform

willielovesall wrote: »

No offense but you sound kinda defeatist. The best answer I can give is this. Stopping moaning and thinking about doing it and just do it. Trust me you will thank yourself for it. Start walking, cycling, playing soccer, eating fresh fruit and veg, throw out your T.V and all the processed food. Buy fruit and veg. Its really simple thing to do, you just gotta to do it. The second you start to move forward is the second ya don't look back.

what he said +1000 times

starviewadams

Cheers for the advice folks,went for a nice long walk this afternoon and had a brown rice and grilled chicken breast for dinner,also stopping drinking soft drinks and starting to drink water instead.

willielovesall

So hows your revolution coming along? have you got into the habit of exercise and healthy eating yet?

here to be trained

starviewadams wrote: »

Cheers for the advice folks,went for a nice long walk this afternoon and had a brown rice and grilled chicken breast for dinner,also stopping drinking soft drinks and starting to drink water instead.

I always worry when i hear this kind of thing i.e. i have just given up everything that is bad for me and have decided to eat 100% healthily for the rest of my life! A nice long walk in the afternoon is great, so is brown rice and grilled chicken for dinner, as to is not drinking soft drinks. Does the term "everything in moderation" ring any bells? If you need to make changes to your lifestyle at least make ones that are sustainable, not ones that you make for a week then revert back to your previous lifestyle as the new regime is totally unsustainable! Thats my rant over with!

TommyKnocker

here to be trained wrote: »

I always worry when i hear this kind of thing i.e. i have just given up everything that is bad for me and have decided to eat 100% healthily for the rest of my life! A nice long walk in the afternoon is great, so is brown rice and grilled chicken for dinner, as to is not drinking soft drinks. Does the term "everything in moderation" ring any bells? If you need to make changes to your lifestyle at least make ones that are sustainable, not ones that you make for a week then revert back to your previous lifestyle as the new regime is totally unsustainable! Thats my rant over with!

Way to rain on somebodies parade :rolleyes: and I would disagree with you on the bolded point. How do you know whether the posters plan is unsustainable? People are individuals and have different levels of will power. It's not one size fits all.

Maybe, just maybe, the poster has the will power to make the listed changes in one foul swoop. I know I can and I know others who can also. I know folks who quit smoking straight out, without cutting down first or using nicotine patches. One day the smoked 30-40 a day the next day they quit and they stayed off them

Personally I would rather give folks encouragement to fire them on and hopefully give a little motivation , even if they slip a few times, than to post negative comments and sow the seeds of doubt in their heads.

spaceylou

starviewadams wrote: »

I don't have the money (or confidence!) to join a gym/fitness class and I dont have the confidence or the fancy running gear to go out jogging around my local area either!

best of luck with the new you but honestly you don't need fancy running gear to start jogging - just a pair of runners and something comfy to wear. You can buy the fancy stuff later when you get hooked on running and even then its optional!

MAndrew

You don't need anything fancy to loose weight. The main thing you should change is your diet (and I mean the whole "style" of eating.) If you just put down sugars (cola, fanta etc. drinks [with sugar], white bread, fried food etc.) you will loose weight on your own. This is the main thing you should do - change your diet.
I did that, and was loosing 0,5 kg/ week, without excercising, without running.

Cut down your carbs intake. Eat more proteins and healthy fats.

oppiuy

I was in a similar situation back in december. 16st 6lbs I decided it was time to change and followed a lot of what i read here. Ive lost 2 stone in 4 months by eating correctly and walking everywhere i possibly can.
Im still fat but the difference in my appearence is great and know ive started jogging and sprinting sessions, i feel great now and will never be a lazy food guzzling bum again.
You can do it, but you have to really want to do it

BrendanCro

Personally I found it takes way less willpower to be 100% with not eating sweets, choc etc. than it does to eat a little bit every now and then. No one gets seriously overweight without being a binge eater (and I know I've been there!) and for me there is no greater torture than eating one sweet and trying to leave the rest!

The biggest difficulty is starting. Congratulations on that and once you make it through the first few weeks it gets easier and the benefits you willl definitely notice will help to keep your willpower strong.

Best of luck!