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CMOTDibbler

Brexit day everybody, just in case you missed it.

Be careful anyone crossing the border today that you don't fall off a cliff into the ocean below.

stephen_n

I think it's all about balance really, but that's a completely individual thing. My friends used to call me the human fly, because I lived on sugar. Eating 4 chocolate bars a day and drinking 2 liters of Coke. I was always fairly active though, so until my mid thirties I got away with it. Now I train 6 days a week and eat clean about 80% of my diet. I'm in my mid 40's and in better shape than I've ever been but that's what works for me, with my metabolism. Others the same age can eat what they want, run 4-5 times a week and never put on weight. It's just finding what works for you and sticking at it, be that exercise or diet.

kuang1

errlloyd wrote: »

Abs are made in the kitchen. (Although I wouldn't know).

Personally I reckon you're probably best off with a little from both columns. When you get into an exercise routine, it makes you want to control your diet, because it makes you feel like you're getting more reward for your exercise.

Not quite...
Regular exercise will automatically bump up your appetite. Trick is to satisfy the extra appetite with protein rather than sugar and carbs.
I was attending a crossfit early morning class for about a year, 4 times a week. I could push a bus for you, but failed to clean up my eating habits. I was eating 200g of peanuts at 9pm and stuff like that.
I'm in the best shape of my life now. My only exercise is 100 push ups a day (20/30 at a time randomly during the day) and 3 x 7km walks a week.
No sugar after 12.00pm, no carbs after 2.00pm.
I have 7/8 bottles or pints every Friday or Saturday night too.

errlloyd

stephen_n wrote: »

The point I was trying to make, was that it's easier to not put the calories in there in the first place. People equate exercise with burning calories but it's hard to exercise enough to do that if you eat badly. For the average person a 5k run burns around 300 calories, a Mars bar is 280 calories. I think if you have an 80/20 diet and do about 30 mins exercise a day, it's about right. lol

Abs are made in the kitchen. (Although I wouldn't know).

Personally I reckon you're probably best off with a little from both columns. When you get into an exercise routine, it makes you want to control your diet, because it makes you feel like you're getting more reward for your exercise.

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

Depends on how fast you run.

Seriously though.

Run for 40 minutes. If you can only run for 5 minutes then walk for 35 minutes and run for 5.

Keep going til you run for 10 and walk for 30. Keep going til you run for 40. Then start running the 40 faster.

You can burn almost 1k calories in a fast 40 min run. Plenty. Do it.

The point I was trying to make, was that it's easier to not put the calories in there in the first place. People equate exercise with burning calories but it's hard to exercise enough to do that if you eat badly. For the average person a 5k run burns around 300 calories, a Mars bar is 280 calories. I think if you have an 80/20 diet and do about 30 mins exercise a day, it's about right.

Big Mac was a bad example, nearly 500 calories :eek: that's a lot of running lol

swiwi_

mfceiling wrote: »

I just did a boot camp there.

I can't walk now.

I hate exercise more than ever now.

#no gain no pain

Just think if you hadn't done the boot camp!

#no pain no pain

Erik Shin

Stheno wrote: »

He'll end up divorced after kicking his missus repeatedly though?

Surely a win win?

Neil3030

Zzippy wrote: »

Lot of calories in a big mac. As long as you're not eating a big mac every day to compensate, burning that many extra calories a day will soon help lose weight.

This. Approx 3500 calories in a pound of fat so burning off a big mac (~600 cals) every second day would see you shed nearly 3lb in a month, provided, as you say, your food intake remains constant.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

Is there not an app that can make you fitter, leaner and stronger? Or just like a drink or a tablet of some kind?

I'm not really interested in exercise and diet.

I jest...bullet has been bitten and it's probably a miserable existence trying to not get fat.

Sailing.

If you are a bit of a gorilla a few days of manning the mainsail will tone you up.

mfceiling

Is there not an app that can make you fitter, leaner and stronger? Or just like a drink or a tablet of some kind?

I'm not really interested in exercise and diet.

I jest...bullet has been bitten and it's probably a miserable existence trying to not get fat.

Zzippy

stephen_n wrote: »

That would only burn about a Big Mac

Lot of calories in a big mac. As long as you're not eating a big mac every day to compensate, burning that many extra calories a day will soon help lose weight.

[Deleted User]

stephen_n wrote: »

That would only burn about a Big Mac

Depends on how fast you run.

Seriously though.

Run for 40 minutes. If you can only run for 5 minutes then walk for 35 minutes and run for 5.

Keep going til you run for 10 and walk for 30. Keep going til you run for 40. Then start running the 40 faster.

You can burn almost 1k calories in a fast 40 min run. Plenty. Do it.

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

Meh, run for 40 minutes every day. Done.

That would only burn about a Big Mac

Stheno

irishbucsfan wrote: »

There is only one secret to getting fit. Personal trainers hate it.

When you go to sleep you put on headphones. In the headphones play the sound of lions chasing you.

As you listen to it in your sleep you'll run away out of sheer terror. But you'll be asleep so you can't get tired. Your legs will be powering away in an impactless free run. It's no pain, all gain. You will be fit within 3 nights.

If you want the tape let me know and I'll give you a price.

He'll end up divorced after kicking his missus repeatedly though?

irishbucsfan

There is only one secret to getting fit. Personal trainers hate it.

When you go to sleep you put on headphones. In the headphones play the sound of lions chasing you.

As you listen to it in your sleep you'll run away out of sheer terror. But you'll be asleep so you can't get tired. Your legs will be powering away in an impactless free run. It's no pain, all gain. You will be fit within 3 nights.

If you want the tape let me know and I'll give you a price.

[Deleted User]

Meh, run for 40 minutes every day. Done.

Buer

First step is reviewing your diet. Portion control, balanced meals (the carb portion in Irish meals tends to be completely over the top), ditch the lattés/cans of coke and have black coffee/tea or a water. Lots of pointless calories in all those drinks and you don't feel any less hungry. And let yourself cheat now and again or it's far harder. You need to still enjoy life and have the odd takeaway and a few beers.

Stheno

Sailing season is about to start ?

mfceiling

Stheno wrote: »

Are you trying to get fitter or lose weight?

Both!! I thought about joining my local gym...but that's as far as I've got - thinking.

I dread to think the shape I'll be in tomorrow.

Swimming or cycling I think is the way forward.

Stheno

mfceiling wrote: »

I just did a boot camp there.

I can't walk now.

I hate exercise more than ever now.

#no gain no pain

Are you trying to get fitter or lose weight?

Stheno

I did a trx class once I couldn't move for a few days.

Never again

mfceiling

I just did a boot camp there.

I can't walk now.

I hate exercise more than ever now.

#no gain no pain

mfceiling

pickarooney wrote: »

Is that not his house?

Ohhhh buuuurrrrrnnnnn

pickarooney

mfceiling wrote: »

Would you not cut those couple of trees? They're blocking your view of the water!!

Is that not his house?

mfceiling

Zzippy wrote: »

I'd rather have this view than live in Dublin...

Would you not cut those couple of trees? They're blocking your view of the water!!

pickarooney

On the other hand my daughter is almost 8 and it's impossible to get her to go to sleep or get up. There should be a night school option.

Buer

Zzippy wrote: »

Don't you have 2 of the little monsters? Sure your post isn't influenced by post-traumatic stress, lack of sleep or Stockholm syndrome? :P

I had to wake them up this morning at 6.30am after I had my own breakfast. That's the case most mornings. They go to bed at 7pm and, 5 nights out of 7 now, I don't have to go near them until morning. If I do go in, it's just to put their teddy back in their arms as they've lost it in the dark.

There'll be a few tough months to start but the excitement will see you through plus babies generally sleep a tonne in that period. Just get naps when you can.

Hopefully you get a fairly relaxed baby. We have things that worked for us. They won't necessarily work for you. There is no specific solution for a baby that's waking at all hours although you'll have no shortage of people telling you to do this, that and the other. You just need to go through the various methods and find what works best for you.

Also forget going on the beer unless you've a free pass for the next day. Just not worth it.

sullivlo

Zzippy wrote: »

I'd rather have this view then live in Dublin...

Fyp

Zzippy

Buer wrote: »

BAHAHAHAHA!

It's actually not nearly as bad as people make out. Seriously.

Don't you have 2 of the little monsters? Sure your post isn't influenced by post-traumatic stress, lack of sleep or Stockholm syndrome? :P

stephen_n

Buer wrote: »

BAHAHAHAHA!

It's actually not nearly as bad as people make out. Seriously.

That depends on the baby and if you need sleep or not.