hello, I am 25 years old and I've gained almost 100lb in the past 6 years do to excessive drinking and having a desk job. I feel so tired all the time and barely have enough energy to get out of bed. I get out of breath really fast going up the stairs. I did actually go walking when i got home today for about 30 minutes. Has anyone else experienced this out of shape / tired all the time / depressed feeling? I feel like its impossible to lose weight (im at 215). I've read tons of different information on the internet about eating right and exercising and it's all too much to take in and I try to do it all at once and im back to eating unhealthy in 2 weeks. Can anyone relate to my situation and point me in the right direction.
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I don't know about you, but for me, the internet can be confusing as $*#&!
Especially youtube, theres about 100 different ways that you can lose weight ect.
For me, it was about getting out there and starting...the first two weeks arn't very fun, but once you get into a bit of a routine and start to see some results, you'll be motivated as.
Also, one thing Iv'e learned too is that you have to watch what you eat, I used to go the gym heaps and didn't know how I wasn't losing heaps of weight, cos I was going pretty hard out. I thought you could either Work out, or eat healthy, and you'd be sweet. Fact is, you gotta do both.
And again, for me I think the key is eating HEALTHIER. If you go into it thinking you're never going to eat a burger again, when you do. you end up feeling s**t about it. Be realistic!
And lastly, when you work out, make sure you get up a decent sweat. If you arn't sweating, your body's not working very hard. Yep, get used to that sweaty T shirt sticking to your back lol
Go hard man, remember that nothing worth getting is easy.
Especially youtube, theres about 100 different ways that you can lose weight ect.
For me, it was about getting out there and starting...the first two weeks arn't very fun, but once you get into a bit of a routine and start to see some results, you'll be motivated as.
Also, one thing Iv'e learned too is that you have to watch what you eat, I used to go the gym heaps and didn't know how I wasn't losing heaps of weight, cos I was going pretty hard out. I thought you could either Work out, or eat healthy, and you'd be sweet. Fact is, you gotta do both.
And again, for me I think the key is eating HEALTHIER. If you go into it thinking you're never going to eat a burger again, when you do. you end up feeling s**t about it. Be realistic!
And lastly, when you work out, make sure you get up a decent sweat. If you arn't sweating, your body's not working very hard. Yep, get used to that sweaty T shirt sticking to your back lol
Go hard man, remember that nothing worth getting is easy.
Thanks for the advice. I've always wanted to be the person that worked out a lot because it feels good after a good workout. Right now im mainly walking and lifting dumbells for a little weight training but i was wondering if there was anything else I can do for exercise. I heard crunches and stuff like that were pointless?
sundijo
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Curtis,
I'm new to the group as well. I can relate to what you're going through. I was 330 lbs. at the age of 25 years old. I was miserable and depressed. But there is hope. I finally started to change my life, not diet. I had amazing support around me. Today, I'm 145 lbs. lighter.
Don't give up. You can lose weight, I promise.
I'm new to the group as well. I can relate to what you're going through. I was 330 lbs. at the age of 25 years old. I was miserable and depressed. But there is hope. I finally started to change my life, not diet. I had amazing support around me. Today, I'm 145 lbs. lighter.
Don't give up. You can lose weight, I promise.
Not pointless...having a good strong core is good, but theres no point doing crunches if you're wanting to SEE the benefits of this - your abs will be getting stronger and bigger ect. but
if you have a layer of fat around them, no ones gunna see them! You need to burn that fat off first in order to see those abs.
Cardio is the best thing for burning fat, running, swimming, walking - all of this is good cardio.
Something that I've looked into (and admit I still don't know much about), is the afterburner effect when excersising. With certain exercises (I don't know which, but some cardio like running and walking), you burn calories while you work out - kinda the point most people do it - but ALSO up to 24hours after you finish that work out.
For example, if you run for 20 min, you might burn off, say 200cal in that 20 min, and over the next 24 hrs, your body will burn a few more calories, say 30-40.
The trick is, the more energy you burn, or the longer you exercise for, the better the after burner gets. If you run for 60 minutes, you then would burn about 600 calories, and over the next 24hours
you'd burn almost 600 calories...so its kinda like getting two excercises in for one!
Just to be clear, I'm not pretending to know everything, but thats the information that I've found, and it seems to be backed up on several websites - I've probably skewed the numbers terribly too, so please check out this stuff for yourself, id hate to feel like I've given you false information
Does anyone else have a better description of the afterburner effect? Cheers !
if you have a layer of fat around them, no ones gunna see them! You need to burn that fat off first in order to see those abs.
Cardio is the best thing for burning fat, running, swimming, walking - all of this is good cardio.
Something that I've looked into (and admit I still don't know much about), is the afterburner effect when excersising. With certain exercises (I don't know which, but some cardio like running and walking), you burn calories while you work out - kinda the point most people do it - but ALSO up to 24hours after you finish that work out.
For example, if you run for 20 min, you might burn off, say 200cal in that 20 min, and over the next 24 hrs, your body will burn a few more calories, say 30-40.
The trick is, the more energy you burn, or the longer you exercise for, the better the after burner gets. If you run for 60 minutes, you then would burn about 600 calories, and over the next 24hours
you'd burn almost 600 calories...so its kinda like getting two excercises in for one!
Just to be clear, I'm not pretending to know everything, but thats the information that I've found, and it seems to be backed up on several websites - I've probably skewed the numbers terribly too, so please check out this stuff for yourself, id hate to feel like I've given you false information
Does anyone else have a better description of the afterburner effect? Cheers !