Weight Loss
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hopingToCode wrote:
45 a seesion on PT
They don't come cheap do they. What do they do that make them worth that amount? Not just the £45 per session, I can more of less understand that, I mean what value do they add in seeing them 2 times a week. Surely what they can tell you doesn't change much in such a short amount of time, or is it more about motivation.
Simon
Motivation and pushing me and not letting me stop. I can do more exercise in an hour with a PT then other people I know at the gym do in over 2 hours.
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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Okay, So I've had a few questions about how I've done my weight loss so thought instead of replying to everyone I'd start a new post. So the main way I've lost my weight is via exercise and healthy eating ( NOT dieting) Exercise is gym 4-6 times a week twice weights with a personal trainer. I spend about £500 a month on gym and personal trainer but I have the effort to show. the other times is normally cardio using HIIT with some ab work out. Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2. I also made it part of my life style. The gym I go to is near where I live and I pass by it every day so it's not out of my way to go there. When I buy Petrol I pay at pump when I can instead of going into the shop so I don't see the chocolate to buy. If I'm at someone for dinner I ask for only fruit for desert. I have taken a few supplements like CLA and increased my protein over Carbs but that's the main part of it. Good luck anyone else going through it Regards
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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True, but I'll be alive to see those five year working instead of in the grave!
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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Okay, So I've had a few questions about how I've done my weight loss so thought instead of replying to everyone I'd start a new post. So the main way I've lost my weight is via exercise and healthy eating ( NOT dieting) Exercise is gym 4-6 times a week twice weights with a personal trainer. I spend about £500 a month on gym and personal trainer but I have the effort to show. the other times is normally cardio using HIIT with some ab work out. Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2. I also made it part of my life style. The gym I go to is near where I live and I pass by it every day so it's not out of my way to go there. When I buy Petrol I pay at pump when I can instead of going into the shop so I don't see the chocolate to buy. If I'm at someone for dinner I ask for only fruit for desert. I have taken a few supplements like CLA and increased my protein over Carbs but that's the main part of it. Good luck anyone else going through it Regards
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
A goal of dropping 100 pounds (for all you non-metric type Yanks sitting in the cheap seats) is an extremely ambitious and worthy goal, particularly given that you're already over halfway there. Kapla! You're absolutely correct about exercise and proper eating versus fad diets. The only way to get in shape and stay there is to make it a lifestyle change. And if spending a lot of money on a PT is what works for you to get you over the initial hump, then I'd say it's money well spent. You'll find that as hard as your current endeavor is, it gets harder once you succeed. After you get your weight down to 80, then you have to live the rest of your life in such a way that you stay in shape. That's a long time, and a huge number of people carry on for a time only to eventually fall back into the lifestyle that got them out of shape in the first place. You're close enough to success at this point that you should already be prepping yourself mentally for the next phase. While you're enthusiastic about it all today, try to imagine how you'll feel about this regimen 1, 2, 5 or 10 years down the road. We all have peaks and valleys in our lives, and naturally your training will be affected by this. Probably the most useful thing you can keep in your regimen after you've achieved your goal is to simply always have a goal. Trudging on wearily for the next several decades can take the heart out of anyone. On the other hand, a specific, short term goal is something that feels achievable and keeps you motivated. Consequently, if you always make sure that you have a short term goal and then just prior to accomplishing it have the next one lined up, you'll only be thinking about small durations of time. Beats the hell out of, "You mean I have to do this forever? :sigh: We can endure anything for a small duration of time, and that will keep you going. It will also give you a continual string of successes to encourage you. Changing your life feels great, doesn't it? :-D
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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A goal of dropping 100 pounds (for all you non-metric type Yanks sitting in the cheap seats) is an extremely ambitious and worthy goal, particularly given that you're already over halfway there. Kapla! You're absolutely correct about exercise and proper eating versus fad diets. The only way to get in shape and stay there is to make it a lifestyle change. And if spending a lot of money on a PT is what works for you to get you over the initial hump, then I'd say it's money well spent. You'll find that as hard as your current endeavor is, it gets harder once you succeed. After you get your weight down to 80, then you have to live the rest of your life in such a way that you stay in shape. That's a long time, and a huge number of people carry on for a time only to eventually fall back into the lifestyle that got them out of shape in the first place. You're close enough to success at this point that you should already be prepping yourself mentally for the next phase. While you're enthusiastic about it all today, try to imagine how you'll feel about this regimen 1, 2, 5 or 10 years down the road. We all have peaks and valleys in our lives, and naturally your training will be affected by this. Probably the most useful thing you can keep in your regimen after you've achieved your goal is to simply always have a goal. Trudging on wearily for the next several decades can take the heart out of anyone. On the other hand, a specific, short term goal is something that feels achievable and keeps you motivated. Consequently, if you always make sure that you have a short term goal and then just prior to accomplishing it have the next one lined up, you'll only be thinking about small durations of time. Beats the hell out of, "You mean I have to do this forever? :sigh: We can endure anything for a small duration of time, and that will keep you going. It will also give you a continual string of successes to encourage you. Changing your life feels great, doesn't it? :-D
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesChristopher Duncan wrote:
A goal of dropping 100 pounds (for all you non-metric type Yanks sitting in the cheap seats) is an extremely ambitious and worthy goal
Not for me. I'd end up weighing about 40 pounds!
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peterchen wrote:
Gyms are repulsive.
For you, but it works for me. Plus they also have a swimming pool I use. I can fit it in my life style so it works for me.
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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Okay, So I've had a few questions about how I've done my weight loss so thought instead of replying to everyone I'd start a new post. So the main way I've lost my weight is via exercise and healthy eating ( NOT dieting) Exercise is gym 4-6 times a week twice weights with a personal trainer. I spend about £500 a month on gym and personal trainer but I have the effort to show. the other times is normally cardio using HIIT with some ab work out. Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2. I also made it part of my life style. The gym I go to is near where I live and I pass by it every day so it's not out of my way to go there. When I buy Petrol I pay at pump when I can instead of going into the shop so I don't see the chocolate to buy. If I'm at someone for dinner I ask for only fruit for desert. I have taken a few supplements like CLA and increased my protein over Carbs but that's the main part of it. Good luck anyone else going through it Regards
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
hopingToCode wrote:
Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2.
Word to the wise: chocolate itself isn't terribly fattening or otherwise unhealthy. Heck, I practically lived on the stuff at one time (by which I mean that two of three meals a day were chocolate...) But you have to watch out for the sugar content: many confections normally thought of as "chocolate" are well over half sugar, with generous amounts of other non-cacao ingredients as well...
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Okay, So I've had a few questions about how I've done my weight loss so thought instead of replying to everyone I'd start a new post. So the main way I've lost my weight is via exercise and healthy eating ( NOT dieting) Exercise is gym 4-6 times a week twice weights with a personal trainer. I spend about £500 a month on gym and personal trainer but I have the effort to show. the other times is normally cardio using HIIT with some ab work out. Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2. I also made it part of my life style. The gym I go to is near where I live and I pass by it every day so it's not out of my way to go there. When I buy Petrol I pay at pump when I can instead of going into the shop so I don't see the chocolate to buy. If I'm at someone for dinner I ask for only fruit for desert. I have taken a few supplements like CLA and increased my protein over Carbs but that's the main part of it. Good luck anyone else going through it Regards
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
Holy sh*t that's an expensive month of training! And as impressed as I am with your weight loss, the geek in me worked out that's it's cost you something like £200 per kilo... Still, if you think it's worth it, kudos. I see plenty of people plan to lose weight and lose motivation or whatever (every January in fact!)
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
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Okay, So I've had a few questions about how I've done my weight loss so thought instead of replying to everyone I'd start a new post. So the main way I've lost my weight is via exercise and healthy eating ( NOT dieting) Exercise is gym 4-6 times a week twice weights with a personal trainer. I spend about £500 a month on gym and personal trainer but I have the effort to show. the other times is normally cardio using HIIT with some ab work out. Healthy eating is cutting out chocolate from eating except once a week and when I do have chocolate, cakes or biscuits etc.. instead of having 5 having 2. I also made it part of my life style. The gym I go to is near where I live and I pass by it every day so it's not out of my way to go there. When I buy Petrol I pay at pump when I can instead of going into the shop so I don't see the chocolate to buy. If I'm at someone for dinner I ask for only fruit for desert. I have taken a few supplements like CLA and increased my protein over Carbs but that's the main part of it. Good luck anyone else going through it Regards
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
You know what they say: if you exercise regularly, eat moderately, and get plenty of rest, you won't actually live longer, it'll just feel like longer. :sigh:
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45 a month on gym and 45 a seesion on PT. 2 session a week so 8 -9 a month. So 500 may be a bit high. more like 400 - 450.
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
A decent trainer in the US will run you about $60-$70hr. I've used one for ~6mo twice a week to get myself back in shape after losing weight. A good trainer brings a lot to the table and will make sure every movement you make is done "correctly" so as to avoid injury and to get the maximum benefit. They will also mix things up constantly keeping your workouts from getting stale while keeping you muscles "confused". Another benefit is that you can continue to train with minor injuries or ailments and they know how to adjust each and every exercise (or avoid them) to not make things worse. You'll also learn cool new tech like "Myofascial release"
Todd Smith