Weight loss thread

[Jennifer]

I was debating posting this here for a while, since I've seen weight threads turned into troll posts too many times at other places. But, since I need to lose weight, and I like the idea of having an open thread on a forum even if no one else joins in (although it's always best to be part of a team on personal improvement things), and most of all, because most people on this forum seem like decent human beings, I decided to make one here. Please be nice, and don't troll this thread, but if you agree to be respectful, feel free to join in if you want. :)

I'm making it on a video game forum, both because I visit here the most, and because I'm losing weight with video game systems. Five years ago, I lost a bunch of weight walking and going to the gym, but my fibromyalgia got worse after that, and the medicine I was put on made me put it all back on. Now it seems that Kinect and Wii games are all I can do without getting myself in so much pain that I almost can't move (although I can't do much of them at a time).

I'll be doing mostly Kinect games (achievements are actually a nice incentive for me for this :)), but I'll be doing some Wii fitness games too I'm sure to provide variety.

Early this morning, I bought Kinect Labs: Junk Fu so that I'd have another game for Kinect Playfit besides Double Fine Happy Action Theater. :D I wasn't sure if it would be worth $2.50 since the other games in the Kinect Labs series are barely worth the price of nothing. I'm glad I bought it though, since it's really doing the job of getting me sweating without too much pain (the repetitive motions are a bit tough though, so I can only do one or two plays at a time).

So, anyway... not posting my weight, but I'll post my weight lost. It's my first day doing this. I'll post back tomorrow with any news about whether I lost anything or not.

[RetroVortex]

Now I don't care for losing weight (I'm focusing moreso on just simply eating a little healthier and going for walks more), but I'll admit, this new work experience is a massive workout for me.

I mean its 7 1/2 hours of walking a day, pushing a trolley. On your feet all the time with only a 1/2 hour break inbetween.

If I keep working there at 5 days a week for another month, I'll either die, or be a bit trimmer! XD

[DAISHI]

I run a bout ten miles a day but don't eat the best. I changed my diet in September and was consuming about 1200 calories daily, which led to a 14 pound loss of weight by October. Progress slowed in October as I dialed things back but I'm picking up again, and as of last night have lost 18 pounds since just before September started.

FYI you won't lost any weight in one day. Any presumed weight loss is just water weight. Better to measure yourself every week at the same time of the morning. It's a truer way of tracking loss.

[Alcoremortis]

Where's the weight gain thread? I think that's the only one I'm qualified to post in at the moment.

Though, at my bio retreat, a group of us decided that the best way to lose weight would be to get half an hour of exercise a day and subsist on nothing but minimal media (low salt) and water, with possibly a few vitamin tablets thrown in. However, this would also be the most miserable existence ever, so I don't recommend it. Also, it bears the possibility of losing so much weight that you might end up as a skeleton, so there's that as well.

It's also better to evaluate yourself via BMI than pure weight so you don't just deplete your entire muscle mass. Cause, well, that would suck.

[DAISHI]

The only way to deplete your muscle mass would be to not eat. And there's no nutritionist alive, in their right minds anyway, that would advise that.

[Alcoremortis]

The only way to deplete your muscle mass would be to not eat. And there's no nutritionist alive, in their right minds anyway, that would advise that.

They might not advise it... but a lot of people don't always do exactly what the doctor ordered.

In any case, BMI is a much better way of evaluating overall health than pure weight. It helps keep your fat content to a healthy level without false readings from muscle gain making it look like the regime isn't working.

[Iryon]

In any case, BMI is a much better way of evaluating overall health than pure weight. It helps keep your fat content to a healthy level without false readings from muscle gain making it look like the regime isn't working.

At the risk of revealing myself as stupid: I really don't understand this statement. The BMI can't possibly prevent you from confusing muscle mass with fat tissue or vice versa. You would need to do bioelectrical impedance analysis to get this right.

[Jennifer]

FYI you won't lost any weight in one day. Any presumed weight loss is just water weight. Better to measure yourself every week at the same time of the morning. It's a truer way of tracking loss.
I'll do that. Thanks for the advice (that way also I won't feel discouraged with each day's weigh-in :)).

Where's the weight gain thread? I think that's the only one I'm qualified to post in at the moment.
There's no reason why this thread couldn't become the "weight management" thread instead. :)

I burned 362 calories yesterday, and only 35 today so far... but the day is still young here. :D

[Alcoremortis]

At the risk of revealing myself as stupid: I really don't understand this statement. The BMI can't possibly prevent you from confusing muscle mass with fat tissue or vice versa. You would need to do bioelectrical impedance analysis to get this right.

Whoops. Got those confused. Yeah, I meant the bioelectrical impedance analysis. Somehow I got the name from one and the method from the other and just smashed them together. Probably has something to do with the fact that I learned about both on the same day, scarce twenty minutes from each other.

Though, having said that, BMI is also useful because it takes other factors into consideration such as your age, height, sex, etc so you don't go around thinking you need to be 120 lbs when you're six foot four man or anything.

[Secret Fawful]

I'm currently 110 pounds. I really wish I could gain some muscle, as I'm clearly underweight for my age, to the point where, when shaven, I can be mistaken for a young teen.

[WarpSpeed]

Someday when I retire, I'll probably find time to work out.

Anyway, the big story a few years ago was the number of people losing weight playing Dance Dance Revolution. That was before Wii Fit came out. Just another idea if you're into that.

(Actually, I will be sort of working out on the weekends this Autumn. All the leaves on the trees outside are going to be falling down, and it's up to me to pick them back up again. That's always a lot of work!)

[JedExodus]

I'm 170lb, my weight usually bounces between 150 -175 though it's slowly piling on as my work has crammed me into a stuffy office. I'm not a fan of running and all that, it's just not fun for me, i'm seeing about getting a standing desk and getting out to do more climbing, I work exercise into my routine or into something that i really wanna do, I seldom exercise just to exercise.

Also I try to double-jump in the corridors everytime on my way to to the loo or race people who took the lift to the top top-floor. Then I go home and fill my body with saturated fat.

I'm currently 110 pounds. I really wish I could gain some muscle, as I'm clearly underweight for my age, to the point where, when shaven, I can be mistaken for a young teen.

Poop less I say.

[Alcoremortis]

I don't weigh myself often, but the last time I did was to try to donate blood at the hospital. They wouldn't let me, even after I offered to stand on the scale with my backpack still on.

Since then, I've been on a diet of pizza, just to prepare to donate blood before my first heart attack.

[HelloCthulhu]

http://www.freebmicalculator.net/bmi-chart.jpg
6' tall and 230 lbs = obese? yea...much better system.
By the way, that was sarcasm.

[Alcoremortis]

I think this might be the chart for women. Possibly younger women.

I know I'm firmly in the normal realm for my category on that chart.

[WarpSpeed]

I don't think BMI has male or female versions. That's just one of the reasons why it's an imperfect measure.

[Alcoremortis]

It does.

Here's (http://www.bmicharts.org/bmi-charts/bmi-chart-men/) a BMI chart for men. The "obese" point for a six foot tall man is three hundred pounds.

[DAISHI]

I love me some BMI but there's no way on Gods green earth my body frame will accommodate 180 lbs healthily.

[Alcoremortis]

Well, you'll notice that there's also a fat percentage portion there. I think it's a combination of weight and percentage of fat that you have to get in order to find out what's healthy.

[DAISHI]

Ahhh that makes more sense.

[HelloCthulhu]

It does.

Here's (http://www.bmicharts.org/bmi-charts/bmi-chart-men/) a BMI chart for men. The "obese" point for a six foot tall man is three hundred pounds.

no... thats severely obese. Your chart still says 6 feet tall and 230 lbs is obese.

[Giant Tope]

Bmi's just janky in general. I'm overweight, I won't deny at all, but if I weighed 120 pounds like it says I should, I wouldn't be anything but skin and bones. I can stand to lose weight (and I'm doing so progressively) but my muscle and bone density is way too high for 120 to be a healthy weight for me.

Personally, 145's kinda where I wanna get to eventually. My blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar are all in tip top shape and I'm not overweight to the point that my extra baggage is hurting my joints or anything so really I just want to fit smaller clothes is all. *shrug*

[Alcoremortis]

no... thats severely obese. Your chart still says 6 feet tall and 230 lbs is obese.

Well, that teaches me to skim.

I guess BMI is accurate only for me.

[WarpSpeed]

It does.

Here's (http://www.bmicharts.org/bmi-charts/bmi-chart-men/) a BMI chart for men. The "obese" point for a six foot tall man is three hundred pounds.

A quick comparison of BMI charts on that site appears to show the women's chart and men's chart as identical.

[Alcoremortis]

Yeah, I saw that.

This is what I get when I try to research things when I'm actually paying attention to something completely different. I only skimmed it. I'd say that if they shifted every category over one and changed "severely underweight" to "dead" then this makes for a much better version of the chart.

[HelloCthulhu]

Yeah, I saw that.

This is what I get when I try to research things when I'm actually paying attention to something completely different. I only skimmed it. I'd say that if they shifted every category over one and changed "severely underweight" to "dead" then this makes for a much better version of the chart.

I lol'ed at that.