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- London
Do check out myfitness pal as mentioned above. Makes the appalling sounding practice of calorie counting really quite easy
How many calories?
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The_Weekend_Report_Guy
Pablo's Cycling Tours
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- Coín, Málaga
I been using it on and off...
When really pushing and controlling every bite it does work.. I usually cheat myself into finding a way to eat more..
I been using it now for 5 weeks and trying to not lie to myself... so far 4 kilos off....
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Not if you're a great uncoordinated lump who never learned to skip as a child. I've spent considerable time trying and my record is about 15 seconds before I become hideously entangled to the point that I need Alexander the Great to free me.I'm not knocking skipping as a form of exercise, mind. Just lamenting my lack of coordination.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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I'm not knocking skipping as a form of exercise, mind. Just lamenting my lack of coordination.
Try it without the skipping rope. Have a butcher's at this:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZfS2dmx1Y
And then add the rope.
It won't take long before you're competent And fit.
MrPie
Telling it like it is since 1971
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- Perth, Australia
Indeed - it's great exercise, especially if you've got a good surface to jump on, enough space and loud music of your choice.
It really is this easy:
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Dayvo, in the styley of Steptoe & Son.....you dirty old man
Dayvo
just passin' through
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Dayvo, in the styley of Steptoe & Son.....you dirty old man
What, and you didn't watch it over and over again?
Actually I did a lot of skipping in my late teens and twenties, but wasn't as good as her. It really is very good and effective exercise, if a sensible diet if followed, as well.
windyrider
Guest
LCHF, worked for me, getting the right food in is so important, cutting back on food in general and exorcising more is bloody frightening as well as futile, you just end up being either starving and grumpy or eating more. Get your nutrition/diet right and and your weight will decrease. Exercise for weight loss is not the way to go. Steps off soap box
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I agree fully with the LCHF 'diet.' Exercise, though, whilst aiding weight loss with the right diet, should be used more for good health, fitness, stamina, endurance, general wellbeing (fun!) etc.
If you want a bit of yang, you have to give a bit of ying: i.e. balance.
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- London
Think it is a tad more complicated. I have lost just over 2 stone, albeit from a maybe artificial post christmas peak, since the middle of jan by cutting calories (helped by "my fitness pal") and by trying to do between one and two hours of moderate cycling a day. Oh, and by actually drinking more beer than usual thanks to my wonderful local spoons and its various and ongoing fine beer festivals. Not much fat in that. I commend to you the Wetherspoons Diet, pat pending.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I only have one experience of "going on a diet". Some years ago my leg was in a brace for a while, with no load bearing. Exercise (apart from some short exhausting crutch hobbles) was impossible and I put on a lot of weight rapidly. I managed to lose it rapidly too, by following the "F plan" diet (basically low fat, lots of veg). No cheese, which was a deprivation, but apart from that quite bearable and effective.
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- London
Ah, yes, forgot. Have pretty much stopped buying cheese.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I can't do that, but if it's high fat, then it's OK for me.
I have, however, virtually eliminated bread from my diet and noticed a big difference: more energy and less bloating.
