Are you over weight? Solution here.

[moonbogg]

I'm not bullshitting you. If you are over weight and feel helpless and overwhelmed with the issue, if you feel that it is pointless to even try, then you came to the right thread.
People weren't always over weight, but now they are. The reason isn't important. Really, it isn't. The solution is all that matters now. That solution consists of two principles: Simplicity and Consistency.
Fuck the diet. Forget about it. Change it later, or don't. You need something that you can actually do, but more importantly, something you can do on a regular basis.
Exercise is your solution. If you are desperate and willing to go to any length to lose weight, then you will try the following because it worked for me, and that's more than what you got right now, right?

After reading this post, you will go outside and walk 1 mile. Find a track or don't. Just walk a mile. Jog a little if you can. Go easy. If it hurts, its bad because you won't do something that hurts.

Do it again tomorrow.

Do it again the next day.

Do it to save your very life and to preserve your quality of life. Fuck everyone else on earth and what they think. This is your fitness and you will own it.

 

[slayer202]

oh shit, exercise? you a genius

 

[surfsatwerk]

wut

 

[moonbogg]

oh shit, exercise? you a genius

Ask an overweight person if they have tried exercise. Most will say yes. What happened? They stopped. Why? Over complication of the activity.

 

[Slew Foot]

exercise? aint nbody got time for that, Judge Judy is on.

 

[lxskllr]

Ask an overweight person if they have tried exercise. Most will say yes. What happened? They stopped. Why? Over complication of the activity.

It really is a good point. People are impatient, and expect everything to happen immediately. Eating just a little bit less, and exercising just a little bit more will get results eventually. Most people spent decades putting on the weight. A year or two of slow steady progress is doing good.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Walk a mile? Really? That burns off the calories in a 12 oz soft drink. If you're overweight that amount of "exercise" isn't going to do jack shit, it will only *slightly* reduce the speed with which you gain even more weight. If you want to lose weight you need to burn off more calories than you consume. For most people that requires a combination of exercise AND a change to what and/or how much they eat. Taking a walk is nonsense.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

As someone who has lost 150+ lbs and went from 330lb+ to ~170 (weighed myself this morning) - I'm going to officially call bullshit.

The most important thing about weight loss is life changes in dieting, not exercises. GUARANTEED. I don't care how much you start taking an occasional stroll, if you don't start realizing what the fuck "trans fat" is and how much McDonalds is fucking you in the ass every time you eat it, you will be in a constant lose-lose situation. The diet will throw off your exercise so much that no matter how much you try it will always make you end up at the same square peg. If you don't eat at the correct times, your body will go into complete shock mode and you will pig out into infinity.

My first weight loss solution was simple. Walk to class (campus was built on a hill), eat nothing but a sandwich (dur hur Jared style) w/ baked chips. Class was fucking helpful since I couldn't exactly whip out a twinkie and eat infront of a professor.

 

[smackababy]

Are you overweight? Want to shed a few pounds? Follow these simple steps to success!

Step 1: stop stuffing your fat face!
Step 2: watch the weight literally, in the figurative sense, fall off!


The real issue is we have conditioned ourselves to hate discomfort, especially when it comes to hunger. Being hungry for a prolonged period of time is counter productive to ensuring we live happy, healthy lives. Which makes zero fucking sense, when you take into account women will wear the most uncomfortable of shoes for hours on end just to look good. Works the same way with diets! If you stuck with your diet for more than a day, you'd end up being much less uncomfortable from not eating 4500 calories a day.

 

[moonbogg]

Walk a mile? Really? That burns off the calories in a 12 oz soft drink. If you're overweight that amount of "exercise" isn't going to do jack shit, it will only *slightly* reduce the speed with which you gain even more weight. If you want to lose weight you need to burn off more calories than you consume. For most people that requires a combination of exercise AND a change to what and/or how much they eat. Taking a walk is nonsense.

Listen to ME you short sighted, inexperienced fuck. I was FAT and red faced and unhealthy. I was also morally defeated into thinking I was fucked, and with that thinking and with thinking like yours, I was.
I started walking a simple mile. That's a lot of work for someone coming off the couch. I did it every day. The stronger my legs got, the faster I walked. Pretty soon I was able to jog half of one lap, then walk the rest. I DIDN'T STOP. Its been a few years and now I RUN 5 miles.
Its not about what effect the mile has today, its about developing a pattern of consistency that will lead to a natural increase in intensity.

Jesus, if you tell someone to stop eating this, and start lifting weights, and start running, and stop drinking soda, and do this and do that, they will say fuck it. And they should. Because none of that shit is necessary.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Listen to ME you short sighted, inexperienced fuck. I was FAT and red faced and unhealthy. I was also morally defeated into thinking I was fucked, and with that thinking and with thinking like yours, I was.
I started walking a simple mile. That's a lot of work for someone coming off the couch. I did it every day. The stronger my legs got, the faster I walked. Pretty soon I was able to jog half of one lap, then walk the rest. I DIDN'T STOP. Its been a few years and now I RUN 5 miles.
Its not about what effect the mile has today, its about developing a pattern of consistency that will lead to a natural increase in intensity.

Jesus, if you tell someone to stop eating this, and start lifting weights, and start running, and stop drinking soda, and do this and do that, they will say fuck it. And they should. Because none of that shit is necessary.

I think your sugar levels are screwed up or something?

What he's saying makes perfect sense.


Calories in > calories out = fat
Calories in < calories out = not fat

 

[moonbogg]

I think your sugar levels are screwed up or something?

What he's saying makes perfect sense.


Calories in > calories out = fat
Calories in < calories out = not fat

Short sighted thinking = failure.

 

[squarecut1]

Moonbogg does have a point. It's not that hard to see what he means.

 

[SKORPI0]

D:

 

[smackababy]

Short sighted thinking = failure.

Thinking that walking a mile made you lose weight = failure. The amount of calories you burn is negligible in terms of losing weight. However, eating calories below what your body requires to function, requiring it to break down excess energy stored for later (fat) is pretty fucking simple and 100% correct.

You cannot outwork a bad diet unless you are working out like a professional athlete. You know, 6+ hours a day.

You might think you have a point in your "omg, you're making it too complicated" nonsense, but it isn't complicated at all. The amount of calories you consume must be under the amount you require for the day. Plain and simple. You can eat literally anything you'd like and still lose weight. I wouldn't recommend that, as you're likely missing a lot of macros eating 1800 calories of Twinkies and nothing else, but you will still lose weight.

"but, but... but counting calories is hard" - said the person too lazy to use an app that has virtually anything you stuff in your fat face.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I think your sugar levels are screwed up or something?

What he's saying makes perfect sense.


Calories in > calories out = fat
Calories in < calories out = not fat

The only thing I don't understand when it comes to the whole Calories in vs. Calories Out thing is when diets tell me to eat things like Avocado's and Mixed nuts... and expect me to lose weight. Honestly, no fuckin' way unless those unsaturated fats burn off those calories in some magical way.

 

[moonbogg]

People don't realize one critical factor. The stronger you get, the more you will do with the same effort. Your progress will snowball. I remember how bad my legs burned when jogging half a lap. I remember feeling the fire inside my lungs from jogging only a short distance. I backed off and took it easy. I said, "you know what? fuck this hero shit. If I am going to change my life then I have to do this every day".
Now, today, I can run 5 miles and finish with a sprint on a good day, without stopping. Does that burn more calories than are in a soda? Did that happen over night?

If you are overweight, you are doing it wrong. You tried it your way and it failed you. Shut up and do it my way. Go outside, every day, and walk one mile.

 

[gorcorps]

People don't realize one critical factor. The stronger you get, the more you will do with the same effort. Your progress will snowball. I remember how bad my legs burned when jogging half a lap. I remember feeling the fire inside my lungs from jogging only a short distance. I backed off and took it easy. I said, "you know what? fuck this hero shit. If I am going to change my life then I have to do this every day".
Now, today, I can run 5 miles and finish with a sprint on a good day, without stopping. Does that burn more calories than are in a soda? Did that happen over night?

If you are overweight, you are doing it wrong. You tried it your way and it failed you. Shut up and do it my way. Go outside, every day, and walk one mile.

Except your way isn't your way. You can't claim go for a walk as a moonbogg specialty.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Listen to ME you short sighted, inexperienced fuck. I was FAT and red faced and unhealthy. I was also morally defeated into thinking I was fucked, and with that thinking and with thinking like yours, I was.
I started walking a simple mile. That's a lot of work for someone coming off the couch. I did it every day. The stronger my legs got, the faster I walked. Pretty soon I was able to jog half of one lap, then walk the rest. I DIDN'T STOP. Its been a few years and now I RUN 5 miles.
Its not about what effect the mile has today, its about developing a pattern of consistency that will lead to a natural increase in intensity.

Jesus, if you tell someone to stop eating this, and start lifting weights, and start running, and stop drinking soda, and do this and do that, they will say fuck it. And they should. Because none of that shit is necessary.

You might have gotten over being fat, but you seem to still be monumentally stupid. Instead of taking a walk take a few laps around a science book once in a while. Maybe you'll learn something.

This is really simple, even to someone as idiotic and angry as you. If you consume more calories than you burn off you gain weight. If you burn more than you eat you lose weight. Please pull your head out of your ass for a couple of seconds and point out the word there that you don't understand. Taking a walk is BULLSHIT. It burns almost NOTHING and unless your calorie input/output levels are pretty much even to begin with that tiny caloric outlay will not make a dent. And if your intake/output are already even you won't be fat. Dumbass.

 

[squarecut1]

Moonbogg does seem to be angry most of the time. Though not the only one like that here

 

[GagHalfrunt]

People don't realize one critical factor. The stronger you get, the more you will do with the same effort. Your progress will snowball.

You are truly, unbelievably clueless. The stronger you get the LESS that effort helps. A fatass can get a decent workout just waddling their bovine-like carcass to the refrigerator to open another pint of Ben and Jerry while a person that's in shape can take an hour bike ride and burn very little because that's not taxing their system. For exercise to be effective it needs to raise the heart rate and maintain that elevated level for a sustained period. That generally requires pain, sweating, effort and fatigue. Those are good for you. The idea of only "exercising" to the point where it doesn't take effort is without a doubt the most idiotic thing ever posted on ATOT. You must be proud, that's one hell of an accomplishment.

 

[JEDI]

As someone who has lost 150+ lbs and went from 330lb+ to ~170 (weighed myself this morning) - I'm going to officially call bullshit.

The most important thing about weight loss is life changes in dieting, not exercises. GUARANTEED. I don't care how much you start taking an occasional stroll, if you don't start realizing what the fuck "trans fat" is and how much McDonalds is fucking you in the ass every time you eat it, you will be in a constant lose-lose situation. The diet will throw off your exercise so much that no matter how much you try it will always make you end up at the same square peg. If you don't eat at the correct times, your body will go into complete shock mode and you will pig out into infinity.

My first weight loss solution was simple. Walk to class (campus was built on a hill),eat nothing but a sandwich (dur hur Jared style) w/ baked chips. Class was fucking helpful since I couldn't exactly whip out a twinkie and eat infront of a professor.

 

[moonbogg]

You are truly, unbelievably clueless. The stronger you get the LESS that effort helps. A fatass can get a decent workout just waddling their bovine-like carcass to the refrigerator to open another pint of Ben and Jerry while a person that's in shape can take an hour bike ride and burn very little because that's not taxing their system. For exercise to be effective it needs to raise the heart rate and maintain that elevated level for a sustained period. That generally requires pain, sweating, effort and fatigue. Those are good for you. The idea of only "exercising" to the point where it doesn't take effort is without a doubt the most idiotic thing ever posted on ATOT. You must be proud, that's one hell of an accomplishment.

You get stronger and you find that you are going farther, but it doesn't seem any harder than before. With a little time, you are doing more of a workout and burning more calories, but you need to start somewhere. A mile a day is a great place to start.
For people who actually workout, this is easy to understand. What's your physical condition like?

If you are overweight and reading this, ignore the naysayers. Go out and walk a mile today. Or perhaps sitting on your ass and reading a science book is a better way to get in shape according to the dork above.

 

[moonbogg]

Lets be accountable together. After walking your mile, post it here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=271919&page=284

I haven't kept up with that thread, but I'll start doing it. Lets see who takes their health serious enough to actually take action. Walk the mile and post it there.

 

[ImpulsE69]

As a person who's a slim 57 pounds since 8th grade let me state for a fact what worked for me is limb removal. Quick, easy and guaranteed fastest way to shed those pounds.