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Hello,

I'm 27, 5'0 and weight 213 pounds :( Always been on the heavy side but last two weeks were my heaviest, 218 pounds (99kg!!). That's when I decided to get back on this fitness thing cause I do not want the scale to reach 100kg (I'm used to using metrics). And I'm looking to lose 30kg more and want to be able to run a half marathon someday.

I was a gym rat for about a year and managed to lose some weights, but that was before I started working 2 years ago. That was actually one of my proudest times cause I felt so disciplined! So now, it's been about three weeks, on and off, I have been walking/jogging on the road after work for about 2+ miles each time. Where I'm from (Borneo) it's hot and humid all year round so when I'm walking/jogging it's usually around 29-33 degrees celcius (84-91 F). So the weather was one of my excuses to not jog outside before!

I work as an enforcement officer and my work sometimes require me to drive for about 3 hours in a day, or work till late at night so sometimes at the end of the day i just feel like jumping into bed cause I'm tired from work! That's why I'm joining this forum, so that I can stay motivated for a long long time. If you have any tips for me that'd be awesome :)

By the way, I'm thinking of buying a recumbent stationary bike, and planning to use it after my walk/jog. Do you think it's a good idea if I walk/jog everyday and then use the bike everyday as well? Of course with 1-2 days rest days. :)

Sorry for the long post! :)
 
Hope This Helps

I'd suggest get some leg weights, wear heavy clothing like I do when I exercise, and see maybe if you could find some supplements.

What I know is that based on the food most first world people are eating, all that stuff that shouldn't be appearing is what's mainly causing obesity and other diseases. Or more specifically, if you don't know that ingredient (which is not a food item), don't eat it.

Full on cardio doesn't always help either since it's just your heart pumping and not much other muscles working. I'd suggest checking sixpackshortcuts on Youtube for exercises that'll fulfill this category, or just look at this one: , weird but effective workout. Legs, back, and abs all around are the best places to work since they're the largest and strongest muscles in your body.

What I do besides trying to eat (as much organic and non GMO) meals correctly is run to the gym (cardio), do my strength training (legs + body strength), do my combos on hanging yoga mats (breathing, flexibility, plus I come from an MMA background) in a hood and long pants (heavier gear the better). I suggest taking Nutrilite Perfect Pack, Nutrilite Twist Tubes (any kind), and if you're one of those people maybe an XS drink (my preference is the Cola or Summit Blast flavor, but that's just preference).

You can check those out directly from the code at the end of the url is one of those that you don't need an account for.

I'm no expert or workout god, as I can barely curl 40 lbs on my arms, not the best bench presser, and can't quite get pull ups right, yet my body can sustain ~ 200 lbs in either muscle group, direction, or twisting motion while I have an over 500 lb calf press, 300 lbs leg pull, and at a 45 degree incline, had a personal record of holding 1225 lbs on my legs. Something in the formula I gave you is working.

It's not exactly your weight, I'm 5'9" or 5'10", Male (yeah, for those who know the trends, my strength distribution is backwards...), going between 180 - 185 lbs, and 19.

Hope this helps, and God Bless.
 
jpcollins53 said:
Before you spend any money on anything lets address your diet. What are you eating and how much?
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Yes I agree ^^^^^^^^^^
Diet is KEY!! You cannot out train a bad diet. Start with water, I drink at least a gallon a day.

WELCOME!! and good for you for taking action to make a change! I am totally rooting for you!
 
jpcollins53 said:
Before you spend any money on anything lets address your diet. What are you eating and how much?
Click to expand...

Yes I agree ^^^^^^^^^^
Diet is KEY!! You cannot out train a bad diet. Start with water, I drink at least a gallon a day.

WELCOME!! and good for you for taking action to make a change! I am totally rooting for you!
 
I recommend doing high intensity training.

Go outside and find a clear open space where nothing will get in your way like a park or soccer field. Than run from one side to the other as fast as you can, pretend there's a tiger chasing you. After that walk back to the beginning where you started running from and run again. Keep doing this again and again for like 5 minutes non stop.

You will get really tired and this will have an "after burn" affect that will keep burning calories even after you stop running. Once your progress, you can add jumping drills in there and increase the time. Once you lose a good amount of weight you can start adding things like Australian pull ups or push ups in there.

This is called High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and this will burn more calories than jogging for an hour at a moderate pace so this is recommended for people that have little time since it only takes 5-20 mins depending on how fit you are.

And for diet, drink a lot of water and don't eat any processed food. Eat vegetables and no GMO food. And if you want you can have a cheat day once a weak.

Good luck.
 
fusion13 said:
I'd suggest get some leg weights, wear heavy clothing like I do when I exercise, and see maybe if you could find some supplements.

What I know is that based on the food most first world people are eating, all that stuff that shouldn't be appearing is what's mainly causing obesity and other diseases. Or more specifically, if you don't know that ingredient (which is not a food item), don't eat it.

Full on cardio doesn't always help either since it's just your heart pumping and not much other muscles working. I'd suggest checking sixpackshortcuts on Youtube for exercises that'll fulfill this category, or just look at this one: , weird but effective workout. Legs, back, and abs all around are the best places to work since they're the largest and strongest muscles in your body.

What I do besides trying to eat (as much organic and non GMO) meals correctly is run to the gym (cardio), do my strength training (legs + body strength), do my combos on hanging yoga mats (breathing, flexibility, plus I come from an MMA background) in a hood and long pants (heavier gear the better). I suggest taking Nutrilite Perfect Pack, Nutrilite Twist Tubes (any kind), and if you're one of those people maybe an XS drink (my preference is the Cola or Summit Blast flavor, but that's just preference).

You can check those out directly from the code at the end of the url is one of those that you don't need an account for.

I'm no expert or workout god, as I can barely curl 40 lbs on my arms, not the best bench presser, and can't quite get pull ups right, yet my body can sustain ~ 200 lbs in either muscle group, direction, or twisting motion while I have an over 500 lb calf press, 300 lbs leg pull, and at a 45 degree incline, had a personal record of holding 1225 lbs on my legs. Something in the formula I gave you is working.

It's not exactly your weight, I'm 5'9" or 5'10", Male (yeah, for those who know the trends, my strength distribution is backwards...), going between 180 - 185 lbs, and 19.

Hope this helps, and God Bless.
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Thanks for the tips! Instead of just walking/jogging I also do A BIT of weight trainings using my own dumbells and barbell. But the weights are not much, just 3kg on dumbells and 5kg on barbell and I'd often just do 3 sets of 18-20 reps of bicep and tricep curls with them. As for push ups as for now, I can only do knee push ups of up to about 10... so yea basically I've been focusing more on upper and less on lower body muscles because I think maybe walking/jogging might help me strengthens my legs? Correct me if I'm wrong. But if I'm in the gym would also do lat pulldowns but it's been a while... As for the heavy clothings yea I'll try it! Thanks! Happy New Year :)
 
you are not ready for any high intensity stuff at all. You need an integrated program that address what your needs are as of now.
 
jpcollins53 said:
Before you spend any money on anything lets address your diet. What are you eating and how much?
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply. To answer your question, my diet's really bad. I don't eat regularly, just at times I feel hungry but when I do I eat quite a lot. I know I'm supposed to eat a little portion frequently but it's just not practical for me. I don't take breakfast cause I'm never hungry early in the morning. I only eat lunch, and I would sometimes have dinner at 8 or 9 in the evening. So it's usually one or two meals per day. And I eat out almost every day, and in a week my food would usually be of Indian, Japanese, Italian, Western and Asian food. Yes it's mixed of everything. For example, if I eat in, it'd be rice with chickens, sometimes with or without vege, and chillies. I eat a lot of chillies. If I eat out, I'd be eating sushi, sashimi, steak, fried, burgers, pizza or pasta etc. So basically yes I realised my diet's messed up.:bncry: As for HOW MUCH, I'd usually finish up the portion served. And I'd usually have something sweet to eat after every meal to get rid of the after taste. Usually it's a piece of chocolate or gum. And I also have snacks or chocolate in between meals.

As for drinks, I'd drink tea in the morning with a little sugar. I do not prefer carbonated drinks and I don't drink alcohol. I drink water throughout the day everyday, I have a 1.5 litre bottle which I make sure I'd finish by the end of the day, in addition to other liquids.

Fat Loss Boss said:
Yes I agree ^^^^^^^^^^
Diet is KEY!! You cannot out train a bad diet. Start with water, I drink at least a gallon a day.

WELCOME!! and good for you for taking action to make a change! I am totally rooting for you!
Click to expand...

Thanks! I think this new year is a great start to get into shape! :) Happy New Year!
 
jpcollins53 said:
Before you spend any money on anything lets address your diet. What are you eating and how much?
Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply. To answer your question, my diet's really bad. I don't eat regularly, just at times I feel hungry but when I do I eat quite a lot. I know I'm supposed to eat a little portion frequently but it's just not practical for me. I don't take breakfast cause I'm never hungry early in the morning. I only eat lunch, and I would sometimes have dinner at 8 or 9 in the evening. So it's usually one or two meals per day. And I eat out almost every day, and in a week my food would usually be of Indian, Japanese, Italian, Western and Asian food. Yes it's mixed of everything. For example, if I eat in, it'd be rice with chickens, sometimes with or without vege, and chillies. I eat a lot of chillies. If I eat out, I'd be eating sushi, sashimi, steak, fried, burgers, pizza or pasta etc. So basically yes I realised my diet's messed up.:bncry: As for HOW MUCH, I'd usually finish up the portion served. And I'd usually have something sweet to eat after every meal to get rid of the after taste. Usually it's a piece of chocolate or gum. And I also have snacks or chocolate in between meals.

As for drinks, I'd drink tea in the morning with a little sugar. I do not prefer carbonated drinks and I don't drink alcohol. I drink water throughout the day everyday, I have a 1.5 litre bottle which I make sure I'd finish by the end of the day, in addition to other liquids.

Fat Loss Boss said:
Yes I agree ^^^^^^^^^^
Diet is KEY!! You cannot out train a bad diet. Start with water, I drink at least a gallon a day.

WELCOME!! and good for you for taking action to make a change! I am totally rooting for you!
Click to expand...

Thanks! I think this new year is a great start to get into shape! :) Happy New Year!
 
shafdude said:
I recommend doing high intensity training.

Go outside and find a clear open space where nothing will get in your way like a park or soccer field. Than run from one side to the other as fast as you can, pretend there's a tiger chasing you. After that walk back to the beginning where you started running from and run again. Keep doing this again and again for like 5 minutes non stop.

You will get really tired and this will have an "after burn" affect that will keep burning calories even after you stop running. Once your progress, you can add jumping drills in there and increase the time. Once you lose a good amount of weight you can start adding things like Australian pull ups or push ups in there.

This is called High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and this will burn more calories than jogging for an hour at a moderate pace so this is recommended for people that have little time since it only takes 5-20 mins depending on how fit you are.

And for diet, drink a lot of water and don't eat any processed food. Eat vegetables and no GMO food. And if you want you can have a cheat day once a weak.

Good luck.
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Thanks for the tips. Yes, I do this sometimes. I used to go to the beach and run from one point to another, and walk back and then repeat it a few times. However, I stopped going to the beach cause I felt running on the beach hurt my legs more than running on the street. I read about HIIT before and I read that interval training gives faster result than long jogging. When I did it I did not know whether the weight loss came from interval trainings or just the fact that I worked out. But nonetheless, I would give this a try again soon. :)

This is the first time i've heard of Australian push ups and pull ups. I'll look them up in the internet and if they look interesting i'd give them a try soon too. Thanks for that! Happy New Year! :)
 
The number of meals is not an important consideration, the total intake of nutrients during a 24 hour window is important. Skipping breakfast is not a bad idea at all your insulin levels are most sensitive at that time anyway.
 
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