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How much can losing weight change your life?
Hmm, so I was thinking this. Last June, I decided bugger being unhealthy and fat, I want to become slim and toned, like these fighters I see on television, it was literally within 2 days of thinking this I joined a kickboxing club. I remember at the end of my first lesson I nearly throw up, I could hardly walk and this last 3 days, I couldn't even move properly. Any way, in 9 months I lost 4 stone and my body type right now is very slim, toned with big shoulders, back and arms. And I am amazed how much my life has changed... in my opinion because of this.
I feel ALOT more confident for one, I can walk around topless and be proud rather than nervous with a baggy T-shirt on, I have a girlfriend I love - who I hear call me 'sexy' a lot - words I never thought would be used to describe me, I have alot more friends - maybe because I look better or because I am more confident - not sure, and I do a sport which people love to hear about - I tell people I do cage fighting and they just want to hear about it.
I am just wondering if a simular thing has happened to other people? I pretty much went from being lonely and being bored in my room all day, to having a lot of friends / a stable relationship and a ton of happiness. My other question is how much does your weight matter in life?
P.S. Anyone looking to lose weight quick, just ask... I can tell you how I did it and it is really, really easy. There is no trick to it... seriously.
I feel ALOT more confident for one, I can walk around topless and be proud rather than nervous with a baggy T-shirt on, I have a girlfriend I love - who I hear call me 'sexy' a lot - words I never thought would be used to describe me, I have alot more friends - maybe because I look better or because I am more confident - not sure, and I do a sport which people love to hear about - I tell people I do cage fighting and they just want to hear about it.
I am just wondering if a simular thing has happened to other people? I pretty much went from being lonely and being bored in my room all day, to having a lot of friends / a stable relationship and a ton of happiness. My other question is how much does your weight matter in life?
P.S. Anyone looking to lose weight quick, just ask... I can tell you how I did it and it is really, really easy. There is no trick to it... seriously.
Hi,
I second what you say. I had previously been quite overweight (upto grade 8) and then started going to gym and caring about my fitness. Suddenly I started making friends, feeling better about life in general, and generally enjoying things.
Then I moved to the UK and was out of school for a year. I ate whatever I wanted, played computer games, and put on a lot of weight.
Finally I started school again and didn't really fit in - I was seen as too geeky and wrapped up in myself (with good reason, I was doing seven GCSEs in 5 months including all the coursework).
Starting my A-levels I decided to get back to gym and voilà, I immediately started making more friends, having more fun, and being a better person. Hey, I've even got a girlfriend now!
So if you feel you're overweight or unfit, do something about it - it makes a massive difference.
- Just my random thoughts
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- me.
I second what you say. I had previously been quite overweight (upto grade 8) and then started going to gym and caring about my fitness. Suddenly I started making friends, feeling better about life in general, and generally enjoying things.
Then I moved to the UK and was out of school for a year. I ate whatever I wanted, played computer games, and put on a lot of weight.
Finally I started school again and didn't really fit in - I was seen as too geeky and wrapped up in myself (with good reason, I was doing seven GCSEs in 5 months including all the coursework).
Starting my A-levels I decided to get back to gym and voilà, I immediately started making more friends, having more fun, and being a better person. Hey, I've even got a girlfriend now!
So if you feel you're overweight or unfit, do something about it - it makes a massive difference.
- Just my random thoughts
,- me.
Reply 3
i think it does make a big difference - from personal experience i am more confident and happy wen i am skinny so i want to go out more and therefore i have more fun in life. atm i feel so fat and yuk so i am changing that!! well done on ur weight loss
Oh, the other thing is. I always used to be known as weak and you know, not very noticed. But since I have been cage fighting that totally changed, it is really weird how different people treat you because they know you are a 'cage fighter'. It just shows people who talk crap to people often only do it because they think they can win fights, etc.
Reply 5
I would say changing your weight can make one hell of a difference to your life. Since last january I've lost about 2 stone and its stayed off. I go to the gym regularly and have made loads of new friends and people don't seem to see me in the same light. For I while it annoyed me that losing weight made people I'd known for ages suddenly like me but I realised that in losing the weight I gained a lot of confidence and became more appealing to people in that way. Good on you for losing 4 stone, it takes a lot to lose that amount of weight you should be proud of yourself!
Reply 6
I think that losing weight/gaining weight, whatever you want to do can make a huge difference to your life, usually by increasing confidence dramatically.
However, i think its important to stress that its not only body image that can make you happy (i know none of you were saying that, im not having a go or anything!). I think its quite sad when people get to a stage when they become obsessed and think they can only be happy when they are a certain size/shape and then when they get there, they find theyre not happy and then cahnge their goals etc.
However, i think its important to stress that its not only body image that can make you happy (i know none of you were saying that, im not having a go or anything!). I think its quite sad when people get to a stage when they become obsessed and think they can only be happy when they are a certain size/shape and then when they get there, they find theyre not happy and then cahnge their goals etc.
Aplin
Hmm, so I was thinking this. Last June, I decided bugger being unhealthy and fat, I want to become slim and toned, like these fighters I see on television, it was literally within 2 days of thinking this I joined a kickboxing club. I remember at the end of my first lesson I nearly throw up, I could hardly walk and this last 3 days, I couldn't even move properly. Any way, in 9 months I lost 4 stone and my body type right now is very slim, toned with big shoulders, back and arms. And I am amazed how much my life has changed... in my opinion because of this.
I feel ALOT more confident for one, I can walk around topless and be proud rather than nervous with a baggy T-shirt on, I have a girlfriend I love - who I hear call me 'sexy' a lot - words I never thought would be used to describe me, I have alot more friends - maybe because I look better or because I am more confident - not sure, and I do a sport which people love to hear about - I tell people I do cage fighting and they just want to hear about it.
I am just wondering if a simular thing has happened to other people? I pretty much went from being lonely and being bored in my room all day, to having a lot of friends / a stable relationship and a ton of happiness. My other question is how much does your weight matter in life?
P.S. Anyone looking to lose weight quick, just ask... I can tell you how I did it and it is really, really easy. There is no trick to it... seriously.
I feel ALOT more confident for one, I can walk around topless and be proud rather than nervous with a baggy T-shirt on, I have a girlfriend I love - who I hear call me 'sexy' a lot - words I never thought would be used to describe me, I have alot more friends - maybe because I look better or because I am more confident - not sure, and I do a sport which people love to hear about - I tell people I do cage fighting and they just want to hear about it.
I am just wondering if a simular thing has happened to other people? I pretty much went from being lonely and being bored in my room all day, to having a lot of friends / a stable relationship and a ton of happiness. My other question is how much does your weight matter in life?
P.S. Anyone looking to lose weight quick, just ask... I can tell you how I did it and it is really, really easy. There is no trick to it... seriously.
HOW???
Well I lost 18-20 pounds and still feel ****ty and fat, so meh
Reply 8
i began losing weight about 4 years ago because i thought i was fat. i have had an eating disorder for 3 and a half years. i have ruined my life.
Reply 9
wat is da best way to tone ur abs n loose any flab around the stomach? i am a little bit out of shape
medwards297
wat is da best way to tone ur abs n loose any flab around the stomach? i am a little bit out of shape
Go to the fitness section of the forum
For me, it's made a huge difference, and while I'm still in the process of losing weight, I've lost over a stone and can wear clothes I couldn't fit into or dream of wearing less than a year ago. Tonight for example I'm wearing a skirt! Yes, a SKIRT! Must be a blue moon...
Reply 11
You can't spot reduce fat, you can only do cardio and hope to lose fat in general.
Anyway I share a similar story, OP. I have lost 4.5 stone in the past year and I feel absolutely fantastic. At least 10x as confident. I realise now just how much I hated myself for being what I was. My life is completely different. Shifting the weight has been the hardest thing I've ever done but also the most rewarding. I still have another stone to go to reach my target of 9 stone. It has certainly changed my life and certainly for the better. I would never have been happy the way I was.
Anyway I share a similar story, OP. I have lost 4.5 stone in the past year and I feel absolutely fantastic. At least 10x as confident. I realise now just how much I hated myself for being what I was. My life is completely different. Shifting the weight has been the hardest thing I've ever done but also the most rewarding. I still have another stone to go to reach my target of 9 stone. It has certainly changed my life and certainly for the better. I would never have been happy the way I was.
It's really not hard, you need to do around 4 hours of exercise 2 times a week for the first 3 months. After 3 months bump this up to between 6 and 10.
DO NOT EAT: Bread, crisps, choclate, coke, butter, cereal, etc, etc. Basically you are cutting a lot of carbs from your diet.
DO EAT: Chicken and other meats, Fish, Rice, etc.
Make sure you are eating around 1600 to 1800 calories.
You'll lose around 2/3 pounds a week at that rate. My most was 5 pounds in a week, which was when I was training for a kickboxing fight mind.
DO NOT EAT: Bread, crisps, choclate, coke, butter, cereal, etc, etc. Basically you are cutting a lot of carbs from your diet.
DO EAT: Chicken and other meats, Fish, Rice, etc.
Make sure you are eating around 1600 to 1800 calories.
You'll lose around 2/3 pounds a week at that rate. My most was 5 pounds in a week, which was when I was training for a kickboxing fight mind.
Reply 13
It changes your life entirely. I was always fat, then I lost a load of weight and felt brilliant, I was confident and happy...
Now I've got CFS, been stuck in bed for months and it went back on. I feel disgusted with myself and can't stand my appearance.
Believe me, it impacts your life incredibly.
Now I've got CFS, been stuck in bed for months and it went back on. I feel disgusted with myself and can't stand my appearance.
Believe me, it impacts your life incredibly.
Aplin
It's really not hard, you need to do around 4 hours of exercise 2 times a week for the first 3 months. After 3 months bump this up to between 6 and 10.
DO NOT EAT: Bread, crisps, choclate, coke, butter, cereal, etc, etc. Basically you are cutting a lot of carbs from your diet.
DO EAT: Chicken and other meats, Fish, Rice, etc.
Make sure you are eating around 1600 to 1800 calories.
You'll lose around 2/3 pounds a week at that rate. My most was 5 pounds in a week, which was when I was training for a kickboxing fight mind.
DO NOT EAT: Bread, crisps, choclate, coke, butter, cereal, etc, etc. Basically you are cutting a lot of carbs from your diet.
DO EAT: Chicken and other meats, Fish, Rice, etc.
Make sure you are eating around 1600 to 1800 calories.
You'll lose around 2/3 pounds a week at that rate. My most was 5 pounds in a week, which was when I was training for a kickboxing fight mind.
Yup that's what I did. Wish i actually looked nicer though
I am chronically terrified of wearing even a sleevless top Reply 15
Curiously enough, OP, I've been doing Muay Thai (thai kickboxing) for about a year and a half now, so I know what the training regime is like. I've recently gotten into running (for pleasure) and have found that I dance rings around the guys and girls I was fighting with when I was a n00b (not saying I'm a better fighter, but I don't get as tired as them ); because I took the fitness seriously. I'm in the OTC too, which is a great boost, so instead of being the guy who's being shouted at to get a "****ing move on" and "come on, you can do it!" (like last year), I find I'm the one doing that now.
I've become more confident, true, but I can't say I've made new friends and stuff. I'm still the shy quiet bloke I was before, except that I know that I could **** anybody over in a fight. I guess I'm just not a violent person.
); because I took the fitness seriously. I'm in the OTC too, which is a great boost, so instead of being the guy who's being shouted at to get a "****ing move on" and "come on, you can do it!" (like last year), I find I'm the one doing that now. I've become more confident, true, but I can't say I've made new friends and stuff. I'm still the shy quiet bloke I was before, except that I know that I could **** anybody over in a fight. I guess I'm just not a violent person.
Spot on OP, Loosing weight makes a hell of a difference. Trouble is, I hate exercise in most forms, but I force myself to do some.
My story is I lost about 2 stone over the summer and felt great about it, ok I was still 16 and still fat, but I felt ten times better and had all the confidence you could want. Since I came back to uni Ive put it all back and more though dammit. Currenty I do a 20 minute jog each day, 60 sit ups and 20 press ups and I'm trying to work up. My eating is... erratic. Some days I won't eat alot, others I will eat loads, it just depends. I think food is where the problem lies currently though! Average day entails 3 or 4 bits of toast for brekkie, 2 sarnies and a chocolate bar for lunch and then something with mash and beans or a jacket potato and a tin of fruit. I don't snack if I can avoid it, and drink mainly squash and water. Hmmm, I think portion sizes are going to have to be cut next.
Min
My story is I lost about 2 stone over the summer and felt great about it, ok I was still 16 and still fat, but I felt ten times better and had all the confidence you could want. Since I came back to uni Ive put it all back and more though dammit. Currenty I do a 20 minute jog each day, 60 sit ups and 20 press ups and I'm trying to work up. My eating is... erratic. Some days I won't eat alot, others I will eat loads, it just depends. I think food is where the problem lies currently though! Average day entails 3 or 4 bits of toast for brekkie, 2 sarnies and a chocolate bar for lunch and then something with mash and beans or a jacket potato and a tin of fruit. I don't snack if I can avoid it, and drink mainly squash and water. Hmmm, I think portion sizes are going to have to be cut next.
Min
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