Gym, weight loss and loose skin...
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...and how to avoid.
Just weighed myself this evening (I know night time isn't the best time to get weighed). I am currently 17st8lbs and 5ft10 inches tall. My BMI is 35.2, which means that I am a fat b
d, basically 
. I know it isn't a laughing matter. I have just turned 38 and I would like to see a few more years yet.
To this end, I have decided to head back to the gym. I plan to go 3 nights a week at first to get me back into the routine. My concern is that I want to minimise the amount of loose skin I may end up with after weight loss. I would like to get fitter and increase my muscle strength.
My exercise at the moment is basically walking 10 miles per week to and from work and then walking 3 flights of stairs once a day. I intend on cutting out the lift at work full stop which will mean taking the 3 flights twice a day.
Does anyone have any hints, tips, advice etc on how best to avoid ending up with loose skin?
I thank thee all.
Just weighed myself this evening (I know night time isn't the best time to get weighed). I am currently 17st8lbs and 5ft10 inches tall. My BMI is 35.2, which means that I am a fat b
d, basically . I know it isn't a laughing matter. I have just turned 38 and I would like to see a few more years yet. To this end, I have decided to head back to the gym. I plan to go 3 nights a week at first to get me back into the routine. My concern is that I want to minimise the amount of loose skin I may end up with after weight loss. I would like to get fitter and increase my muscle strength.
My exercise at the moment is basically walking 10 miles per week to and from work and then walking 3 flights of stairs once a day. I intend on cutting out the lift at work full stop which will mean taking the 3 flights twice a day.
Does anyone have any hints, tips, advice etc on how best to avoid ending up with loose skin?
I thank thee all.
On a joe rogan podcast they were discussing someone on a medically monitored 400 day fast who lost massive amounts of weight and did so will seemingly little loose skin. Might be worth incorporating some fasting?
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Also: https://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-get-rid-of-...
My bulk has fluctuated between 10 stone and 17 stone. I've never noticed any loose skin and I tend to lose weight several times quicker than I put it on.
It's kind of strange how it feels like a modern affliction. I don't ever remember it being mentioned back in the day but perhaps there were less super obese types or there were less vampiric TV shows about it.
It's kind of strange how it feels like a modern affliction. I don't ever remember it being mentioned back in the day but perhaps there were less super obese types or there were less vampiric TV shows about it.
When the papers report on a person who's lost a lot of weight and they've been left with excess loose skin requiring surgery they are invariably fairly young.....in their 20's or 30's
Losing weight too quickly is half the problem as I understand it,the rest is down to genes and the amount of collagen in your skin.
I could be wrong mind
Losing weight too quickly is half the problem as I understand it,the rest is down to genes and the amount of collagen in your skin.
I could be wrong mind
TheAngryDog said:
...and how to avoid.
Just weighed myself this evening (I know night time isn't the best time to get weighed). I am currently 17st8lbs and 5ft10 inches tall. My BMI is 35.2, which means that I am a fat bd, basically . I know it isn't a laughing matter. I have just turned 38 and I would like to see a few more years yet.
To this end, I have decided to head back to the gym. I plan to go 3 nights a week at first to get me back into the routine. My concern is that I want to minimise the amount of loose skin I may end up with after weight loss. I would like to get fitter and increase my muscle strength.
My exercise at the moment is basically walking 10 miles per week to and from work and then walking 3 flights of stairs once a day. I intend on cutting out the lift at work full stop which will mean taking the 3 flights twice a day.
Does anyone have any hints, tips, advice etc on how best to avoid ending up with loose skin?
I thank thee all.
Get fit in the gymJust weighed myself this evening (I know night time isn't the best time to get weighed). I am currently 17st8lbs and 5ft10 inches tall. My BMI is 35.2, which means that I am a fat b
d, basically . I know it isn't a laughing matter. I have just turned 38 and I would like to see a few more years yet. To this end, I have decided to head back to the gym. I plan to go 3 nights a week at first to get me back into the routine. My concern is that I want to minimise the amount of loose skin I may end up with after weight loss. I would like to get fitter and increase my muscle strength.
My exercise at the moment is basically walking 10 miles per week to and from work and then walking 3 flights of stairs once a day. I intend on cutting out the lift at work full stop which will mean taking the 3 flights twice a day.
Does anyone have any hints, tips, advice etc on how best to avoid ending up with loose skin?
I thank thee all.
Get thin in the kitchen!
Cycling is a very good way of getting fit and burning calories.
Badda said:
3xgym a week and avoiding a lift won’t see you lose much weight, if any, I’m afraid.
Sort your diet out and be ruthless and then you’ll get results
Holy sSort your diet out and be ruthless and then you’ll get results
t. Badda and I agree on something for the first time, what the devil is going on? 
The 'advice' is the same as all the other threads on weight loss :
Weight loss = diet.
Fitness = gym.
Far too many people use the latter to achieve the former and it doesn't work unless you're spending your entire life doing cardio. No-one wants to change their diet because they're addicted to beer, pies, pizzas, cakes, ice-cream and can't give them up so they think that a few sessions hard cardio down the gym each week will burn it off. If only it were that easy...
.Loads of good advice to be found in other threads in this sub-forum all there for the reading and learning but ultimately it's down to you to get your arse in gear, drum up the extreme willpower and motivation needed to get started and stick at it when the scales inevitably stop changing their number after a month or so - one of the most frustrating and demotivating things you'll experience and usually the point where many give up and go back to their old ways. You CAN get past it but it often requires changes to your diet that you'll probably find hard but perseverance will see results.
In 2018 I was often eating 5000-6000 calories per day, stuffing my fat face with family size 16" pepperoni pizza (all for me, in one meal), polished off by 2x 500ml tubs of Haagen Dazs
. That would just be for my tea. In the morning/lunch I might have a sausage roll and cheese and onion pasty as well. By the end of the year I'd ballooned to 17st 9. 2019 rolled in, I cut the lot and went very low-carb. Now 4 months in and today I'm 13st 8. If you're determined and ruthless enough you can sort yourself out but no-one is going to do it for you; it's down to you to make it happen.Like has been said, its mainly diet but the gym is still an important part.
Trouble is, if you just look at the scales, it can seem like you arent losing weight so its important to look in the mirror as well.
If you lift weights you will gain some muscle, not kilos of it by going and fannying about with some light weights, but if you lift heavy things until the point you cant possibly lift it again, then you may gain some, depends on so many factors like age, previous muscle, diet and god knows what, just keep plugging away at it.
Makes me laugh when people say "I dont want to get too bulky" so they dont do any strength stuff, like they are going to turn into Dorian Yates or the Rock by doing three half arsed sets on a couple of machines every couple of weeks.
The hardest part is starting, like getting into a TV series, it doesnt always grab you at first, the gym can be daunting and you wonder what the point is, but stick with it like you have with that bloody car
it is hard and demoralizing, but work hard you start seeing results and it becomes self sustaining, needs a month, then you notice differences, someone pays you a complement that you are looking slimmer.
Anyone can do it, you just have to want it more than cakes, crisps beer and pies, its the transition from one mode to another thats the hard bit, you cant eat ste and expect to gain muscle and lose fat all in one go, to lose weight you need a deficit, to gain muscle you need protein, and you need carbs to exercise, no alcohol until you get to your target and then, to maintain it, it has to be occasional and limited, thats the choice, you cant nail four cans every night and be trim unless you do a very physical job or are lucky.
It will all seem pointless at first, but you get into a routine, you do certain exercises on certain days, find a good personal trainer to get you started, can be worth their weight in gold at the start and as a check along the way.
I have been up and down in a 4 stone window during my adult life and no loose skin, never going to look like a 21 year old Mens health cover model but neither do I want to look like a sack of spuds.
Trouble is, if you just look at the scales, it can seem like you arent losing weight so its important to look in the mirror as well.
If you lift weights you will gain some muscle, not kilos of it by going and fannying about with some light weights, but if you lift heavy things until the point you cant possibly lift it again, then you may gain some, depends on so many factors like age, previous muscle, diet and god knows what, just keep plugging away at it.
Makes me laugh when people say "I dont want to get too bulky" so they dont do any strength stuff, like they are going to turn into Dorian Yates or the Rock by doing three half arsed sets on a couple of machines every couple of weeks.
The hardest part is starting, like getting into a TV series, it doesnt always grab you at first, the gym can be daunting and you wonder what the point is, but stick with it like you have with that bloody car
it is hard and demoralizing, but work hard you start seeing results and it becomes self sustaining, needs a month, then you notice differences, someone pays you a complement that you are looking slimmer.Anyone can do it, you just have to want it more than cakes, crisps beer and pies, its the transition from one mode to another thats the hard bit, you cant eat s
te and expect to gain muscle and lose fat all in one go, to lose weight you need a deficit, to gain muscle you need protein, and you need carbs to exercise, no alcohol until you get to your target and then, to maintain it, it has to be occasional and limited, thats the choice, you cant nail four cans every night and be trim unless you do a very physical job or are lucky.It will all seem pointless at first, but you get into a routine, you do certain exercises on certain days, find a good personal trainer to get you started, can be worth their weight in gold at the start and as a check along the way.
I have been up and down in a 4 stone window during my adult life and no loose skin, never going to look like a 21 year old Mens health cover model but neither do I want to look like a sack of spuds.
TheAngryDog said:
Starting at gym on may 20th (I'm on call so can't go before). Also changing what I eat and will be going to gym 4 days a week minimum. Let's see how this goes!
Start steady and record what you're doing in the gym. Set yourself a goal (weight lifted, times/distance on the rowing machine/bike etc) for 3 months - 6 months and 12 months. I've found it much easier to keep going to the gym when I first started if I'm keeping score. I see a lot of people turn up at the gym and go through the motions, doing the same workout they were doing 2 years ago. Continuous overload is what you want and you need to have a record of what you did last week, last month and last year. Good luck, try and enjoy it as much as you can.
Also remember that a bad workout is better than no workout, the ones you don't feel like doing are the ones that make the difference.
Thanks all. I was aware of the thin in the kitchen fit in the gym and was always going to change my eating habits.
Currently counting those calories. Aiming for around 2100 per day plus exercise. I am using an app called my fitness pal which allows me to add exercises etc to it as well as food / drink.
Currently counting those calories. Aiming for around 2100 per day plus exercise. I am using an app called my fitness pal which allows me to add exercises etc to it as well as food / drink.
TheAngryDog said:
Thanks all. I was aware of the thin in the kitchen fit in the gym and was always going to change my eating habits.
Currently counting those calories. Aiming for around 2100 per day plus exercise. I am using an app called my fitness pal which allows me to add exercises etc to it as well as food / drink.
It's a good aid. Currently counting those calories. Aiming for around 2100 per day plus exercise. I am using an app called my fitness pal which allows me to add exercises etc to it as well as food / drink.
Don't reduce calories too quickly. Reduce, see some benefits, reduce again.
Good luck.
I recently researched water fasting and subsequently did a 14 day water fast.
I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
I recently researched water fasting and subsequently did a 14 day water fast.
I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
How did you find your 14 day fast experience just out of interest? I am doing IF to lose weight myself and am seeing great results. I'm also reasonably well clued up on autophagy.I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
I recently researched water fasting and subsequently did a 14 day water fast.
I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
Well done. Snake juice or just water?I read quite a lot about autophgy and loose skin. The gist is that as you fast your body “eats” excess cells, inc the loose skin.
I think it’s worth looking into, perhaps do a 16:8 intermittent fasting regime?
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