About time I lost some weight, but how do I do it?

[vickster]

Gives me heartburn!

 

[Saluki]

Seriously you need to stick some photos up if you want an opinion on how you look. I can't see how you can be fat with those measurements.

I'm 5'9" and 13st, and some people think I'm slim because I don't have a lot of fat on me.

Where as I am 5'71/2 and 13 stone and look like a beach ball.

 

[stephec]

Where as I am 5'71/2 and 13 stone and look like a beach ball.

So you're fun to play with on the sand?

 

[Saluki]

So you're fun to play with on the sand?

You are lovely

 

[alans]

This 5:2 thing.
I think I understand it but would appreciate more detail.Would anyone like to oblige?

I'm 5' 11" & fluctuate between 88 & 90 kg.(approx. 14 stone)
I'm not too unhappy about the weight but would like it to be less.Ideally some loss around the belly & reduction in moobs would be good.

I reckon the OP should regard himself as perhaps value-for-money sizewise but he certainly does not qualify as fat IMO

 

[Kevoffthetee]

5'10" and 13stone and broad build, I'm average sized . I'd kill to be 11.5st but then there'd be nowt left of me

 

[stephec]

You are lovely

So are you.

Roughly what area of Norfolk are you in, we were in Great Yarmouth for a few days last week.

 

[Ganymede]

This 5:2 thing.
I think I understand it but would appreciate more detail.Would anyone like to oblige?

I'm 5' 11" & fluctuate between 88 & 90 kg.(approx. 14 stone)
I'm not too unhappy about the weight but would like it to be less.Ideally some loss around the belly & reduction in moobs would be good.

I reckon the OP should regard himself as perhaps value-for-money sizewise but he certainly does not qualify as fat IMO

Here you go: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/how-to-do-the-diet/

This is the orignal site - obviously there are loads of imitators. Michael Mosely is a scientist who has done programmes about nutrition etc on the BBC.

It doesn't suit everyone - some people get faint on the fast days and others find they overeat on the ordinary days. I have a friend who has done brilliantly on it and another for whom it didn't work at all. Worked for me - and once you reach your target weight you just do 1 day a week fasting instead of two.

NB you don't really need recipe books etc, I did it with just working out a few versions of a 500-calorie day (600 for men) and then eating normally on the other days.

 

[Simmer]

And do core work, crunches (no not crunchies )

Best thing I've read this week

 

[alans]

Here you go: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/how-to-do-the-diet/

This is the orignal site - obviously there are loads of imitators. Michael Mosely is a scientist who has done programmes about nutrition etc on the BBC.

It doesn't suit everyone - some people get faint on the fast days and others find they overeat on the ordinary days. I have a friend who has done brilliantly on it and another for whom it didn't work at all. Worked for me - and once you reach your target weight you just do 1 day a week fasting instead of two.

NB you don't really need recipe books etc, I did it with just working out a few versions of a 500-calorie day (600 for men) and then eating normally on the other days.

thanks very much for that

 

[Andy Jeffery]

Hi. I. 6ft tall and and 109kg. I am fat. Last Oct I decided to get a bike sand do something about it I was then 115kg. I had to stop from Feb to three weeks ago as my appendix burst. But I am now back on it and have joined a club and cycling about 80 miles per week now. Diets are crap. Been on one since I left the forces to no avail. Cycling is great I am starting to see a difference and I hope as the weight goes the hills get easier and I don't get left behind.
Eat right and keep peddling and it will happen folks!

 

[jefmcg]

You are lovely

So are you.

Roughly what area of Norfolk are you in, we were in Great Yarmouth for a few days last week.

you two, get a room!

 

[jefmcg]

Why is everyone so concerned with BMI? It's a population measure. It's totally possible for an individual to be outside BMI and not be overweight, or inside it and be overweight. So, discarding the possibility that the OP has body dysmorphic disorder, then either he's carrying too much fat or he's unlucky because he's storing all his fat around his belly. When I'm at my ideal weight or below, I can count my ribs but I still have a fat arse. Nothing to be done but get used to it. Belly is a little better, working on core will bring the muscles in and may reduce the appearance of a fat belly.

But if the OP has thin bones, and/or is carrying less muscle than the average man, then he may have too much fat on his body.

@DavidS , what's your your hip-waist ratio?

 

[stephec]

you two, get a room!

So you can't pay a young lady compliment these days without someone thinking you're, 'after something.'

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

So you can't pay a young lady compliment these days without someone thinking you're, 'after something.'