That moment when you realise...

Nikko

Since ive been on this forum, ive always wanted to be able to post pictures in the 'Pictures of you playing live' thread. Im now able to do that as ive got a couple of gigs under my belt. Unfortunately, its not just a couple of gigs ive got under my belt.

So, I wont post this in that thread, ill put it in here instead to show everyone what a fat fecker I am. Absolutely mortified when I saw this, and its given me a bit of a kick up the arse to sort myself out.

Clarky

I know that feeling well..
I look back at old pics from various tours and just cringe..
shedding 5 1/2 stone was one of the best things I have ever done..
absolutely life changing

best of luck to ya

axisus

I'm trying to lose weight. Have been for 10 years. On the plus side, I'm a stone lighter than I was a few years ago, but basically things aren't moving. 

Hey, you're playing live - that's more than I've ever done!

JezWynd

You look like you mean business. That's what counts.

Branshen

Swap to bass and you'll look fine. 

DesVegas

DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY!!

Nikko

Thanks chaps.

Just need to work out a plan now. I hate exercise, and love eating...Its gonna be tricky.

@DesVegas If I get to the point where I can actually DO 20...ill gladly give them to you

DesVegas

thanks mate (and 1 for the corps!)

ennspek

Look quite cool I thought. Still best of luck if it'll make you healthier/happier.

Sporky

If you don't like exercise, try just going for a walk every lunch time or each evening. I am noticeably less lardy since Sprocket arrived in the house and requires regular excursions, but as it's just going for a walk in the woods it doesn't feel like exercise.

Nikko

Cheers

Obviously im disgusted that ive let myself go like that, but from a health point of view...well...I don't really want to keel over from a heart attack whilst playing with my 2 year old Daughter. She is what will give me the mental strength.

Nikko

Sporky said:

If you don't like exercise, try just going for a walk every lunch time or each evening. I am noticeably less lardy since Sprocket arrived in the house and requires regular excursions, but as it's just going for a walk in the woods it doesn't feel like exercise.

Yeah, I already walk nearly 2 hours a day with the dog...

Just need to change other habits.

Clarky

Nikko said:

Thanks chaps.

Just need to work out a plan now. I hate exercise, and love eating...Its gonna be tricky.

@DesVegas If I get to the point where I can actually DO 20...ill gladly give them to you

it's not exercise, it's food..
you cannot train off a shit diet
especially when you're heavy..

when you're lighter, exercise has a bigger effect

eat shit just one day per week [Saturday for me]..
the rest of the week be disciplined.. plenty of green stuff [veg / salad], plenty of clean protein [eggs, chicken, oily fish]
cut back drastically on the carbs [sugars, potatoes, bread, cakes, pies, pasta, etc, and worse of all… beer]
it's fkn boring eating this way..

but what is never boring is:
wearing 32" trousers, M slim T-shirts, running up stairs and your heart don't even raise a beat, not waking up aching every morning, having a much better self image [an inner contentment sort of feeling], people treating you / talking to you very differently [sounds mental, but more smiles etc]… and the list goes on.. and most importantly, the positive mental outlook that comes with it..

and I don't miss out… it's never more than 6 days until I can have choccie, or cake or a curry etc..]

DesVegas

plenty of wis there^ 

Nikko

Good way of looking at it, cheers for that.

p90fool

Gigging is a good start, we play for three hours and I sweat like a bastard, nobody is fat in our band. 

Good luck with it all, treat weight loss as a fun challenge like learning a language, don't beat yourself up. 

Clarky

Clarky said:

Nikko said:

Thanks chaps.

Just need to work out a plan now. I hate exercise, and love eating...Its gonna be tricky.

@DesVegas If I get to the point where I can actually DO 20...ill gladly give them to you

it's not exercise, it's food..
you cannot train off a shit diet
especially when you're heavy..

when you're lighter, exercise has a bigger effect

eat shit just one day per week [Saturday for me]..
the rest of the week be disciplined.. plenty of green stuff [veg / salad], plenty of clean protein [eggs, chicken, oily fish]
cut back drastically on the carbs [sugars, potatoes, bread, cakes, pies, pasta, etc, and worse of all… beer]
it's fkn boring eating this way..

but what is never boring is:
wearing 32" trousers, M slim T-shirts, running up stairs and your heart don't even raise a beat, not waking up aching every morning, having a much better self image [an inner contentment sort of feeling], people treating you / talking to you very differently [sounds mental, but more smiles etc]… and the list goes on.. and most importantly, the positive mental outlook that comes with it..

and I don't miss out… it's never more than 6 days until I can have choccie, or cake or a curry etc..]

killer thing to add….

this is not a diet… because folks diet and then come off them when they've hit target..
then go back to normal and get all sad when they rebound

it is a life style.. it's for good…
clean eating to strip fat..
moderate gym work to retain the muscle [so you don't end up like a twig once the fat is gone]

cj73

and you'll probably notice a pretty decent drop in the first week or so, if you radically change your diet for the better, followed by a smaller loss each week as time goes on.  Don't get into the habit of stepping on the scales every day to check though...there will be days when you don't lose / go up a bit and it could dent your confidence.  Once a week on the scales is plenty 

Sarge

play drums in a thrash band(do they still call them thrash?) 
never seen a big drummer! 

Clarky

cj73 said:

and you'll probably notice a pretty decent drop in the first week or so, if you radically change your diet for the better, followed by a smaller loss each week as time goes on.  Don't get into the habit of stepping on the scales every day to check though...there will be days when you don't lose / go up a bit and it could dent your confidence.  Once a week on the scales is plenty 

in the first month I dropped almost a stone
after that I settled into a 1 1/2 lb to 2 lb loss per week for almost a year
from there on I carried on dropping but in gradually smaller amounts until I stabilised 

I weigh myself every day.. this is to make sure I don't lose too much in a week
2 lb per week is the max I wanted to lose to avoid loose skin etc being left over..
so [not counting the first month], if I was dropping too quick I'd have a slice of brown bread that day to top myself up..

always weigh yourself in the morning [out of bed.. piss / dump… scales… then breakfast]
Saturday is the 'fat day'.. and therefore Saturday morning marks the end of your clean week..
so the Saturday morning weigh in is the one that matters.. the others are simply to keep an eye on things
so… you're looking to drop 1 1/2 to 2 lbs from the previous Saturday morning..

TheBlueWolf

What @Clarky said about avoiding junk food as much as possible.

I'm trying to shift a few stone as well and eating healthier most of the time has helped at least as much as the exercise.