Just get lipo.

eat beer cheese!

But seriously, there’s only two ways to do it: eat less and exercise more. Try a less severe diet, that lets you eat a little of what you crave, at least. Find an exercise regime that doesn’t bore you. Got a tennis partner?

I bike to work and that keeps me pretty trim. You get to go in the morning and night (reps baby!), and it just takes a little longer than driving. It just kind of alters something that you have to do anyways (get to work), and kind of forces you to get active to do it. Unless you work from home.

And when I finally did get a job, it was one where I got paid a half-month after each pay period,
so I didn’t get a full paycheck from that place until I had been working over a month.

Upshot: I was broke to the point of not eating much, and working a new job – as a BICYCLE COURIER.
THAT combination got me down to 147 pounds.

I would not recommend that, but it certainly causes weight loss.

I think I might be Mark Twain without a baby.

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The good news is that thanks to Oden’s injury, most people on Blazers Edge lost 20 lbs.

Fruits and vegetables are your friend because they contain fiber which helps digestion and slows sugar from reaching the bloodstream quickly. Moderate exercise for at least 20 minutes 3-4 times a week if you want use your fat stores for energy, you should be sweating. Definitely lay off the beer and cheese. You’ll want to stop eating high sugar junk foods like sodas and chocolate. Stay away from high saturated fat content such as fried foods.

To lose fat, you must have a negative caloric intake. Meaning the calories you consume must be less than you burn per day. You’ll see results.

Ok i gained 40 lbs in 9 months WTF? ! oK Ok it’s because I had a baby but i still had to drop the weight . LOL

Based on your post, I think the first thing you need to change is your attitude. You have to think of it in terms of ‘gaining health” rather than “losing weight”. Dieting NEVER works. Most people drastically cut calories, become compulsive about excercising and drop a significant amount of pounds in a short amount of time. This is achieved by burning fat AND muscle which of course makes the heart pump slower, you become tired and have cravings for devil food like pie and waffles. You then give into the cravings because your body is telling you it needs energy and thus the diet cycle.

If you look at the post that blzrfan just made i would say that this is a PERFECT way to whene (sp?) yourself off of the sugar/bad carb addiction (yes you are addicted) but you cant live like that forever. You must incorporate high protein foods and low sugar fruits and veggies and dont think of it as buying “health food” or your “diet regimine” ,rather food is now your ‘fuel” .

Before you work out, eat a banana. Do 20 mins of light cardio (bike, brisk walk on treadmill or eliptical machine) and follow that with the circuit weight machines. These are great because you spend a minute on each machine, they are easy to use and you dont look like an idiot messing with them :-). I would do a short 10 min cool down after. immediatly after working out eat something SUPER high protein. Your body, at this point is searching for fuel to replace the fat w/ muscle so grab a can of tuna or chicken or a can of chili. When i say right after i mean it , EAT THIS IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

Besides the food and excercise, i highly reccomend drinking at least a gallon of water per day. Water is essential to the human body functioning properly and Americans do not drink enough of it. Plus, it will help controll your appetite and it will make you more…regular (gross i cant believe i said that) . Just do it okay? ! LOL

lastly, keep a positive mindset. You can do it. Get a new IPod , some new ,maybe slightly smaller, work out clothes and / or tennis shoes and get excited !!!!!!

Good Luck Mark T

eat breakfast. I used to skip breakfast (just never felt hungry in the a.m.), but when I started eating a simple breakfast (oatmeal or a good quality bran cereal), I ended up having higher energry for morning exercise and less craving for sweet stuff. Ended up losing weight … and it was easy.

anyone recommend a good website or book that shows how to lift free weights effectively or put together an effective exercise program without spending an ungodly amount of money on a PT?

eat a lot of whole grains and fruits and vegetables. The whole grains are food for you brain as carbohydrates are the most important macronutrient for you.

While exercising running and intense biking will help you burn carbohydrates, however, if you want burn fats you need to do low intensity workouts such as walking or lifting weights. To burn fats do the low intensity workouts for a longer period of time ie. walk for an hour or lift daily for an hour (different muscles each day).

For me, I lift weights and then swim every day and occassionaly to keep my cardio and competitive nature up i will play some pick up basketball. For swimming I started out doing about 250 meters (most pools are 25 meters) and have worked my way up to 1000 meters which I feel is ample for a post lift. With weights I do a chest/tri day shoulder day, back/bi day, and a leg day, followed by a day off of lifting.

as for motivation I originally started out because of the Oden minutes. Finding a workout partner is what really kept me going because there is a little friendly competition there but they are also helping motivate you.

cut out white bread and might-as-well be white brown bread.
crink lots of water, grapefruit juice and fat free milk
start everyday will drinking 16 ounces of water because the more hydrated you are the stronger your metabolism will be.very important,
& DONT skip meals

Alright, here are some purchases to make: 1. a quality fruit juicer. 2. light hand weights. 3. exercise mat.

For the juicer: buy lots of fruits and veggies and juice them. You can freeze and thaw the juice if you need to store it. When you get hungry have a small glass of the juice instead of a snack. During meals, use the compote from the juicer as a “sauce” on your meat (hopefully light chicken breast as mentioned above).

As for the light weights and mat, it’s pretty simple: use them whenever you have a spare moment. Before taking a shower try to sneak in at least fifteen minutes of squats, lunges, curls, pushups and situps. Throughout the day pick up the weights and do arms curls, lunges, etc. Just as many as you can fit in. When I watch TV I do 100 situps and 30 pushups every commercial break.

This plan, coupled with riding a bike to work every day, helped me drop from a pudgy 185 to 130 pounds.

Don’t diet, because when you come off the diet, you gain the weight back. Instead, change your eating habits. Rather than eat 3 meals a day, eat a small breakfast to get your metabolism going, then snack a few hours later, then eat a nice lunch, then snack a few hours later, then eat dinner. And don’t eat until you’re stuffed. Take reasonable portions that will satisfy you. Eat some string cheese for your snacks, as well as fruit and nuts or granola. You’ll find that you are actually hungry all day long when you take in smaller amounts, but that’s a good thing.

Don’t eat too late at night, as you’ll then go to bed with a load of food that will not metabolize the properly, and don’t go out to lunch everyday. You’d be surprised how much bad eating out for lunch everyday is. I’ve lost 14 pounds over the last few months just by not eating out for lunch (granted, I stopped eating out because I’m broke as a joke, but it has worked wonders!).

Work out with a partner, and listen to lots and lots of loud techno music (ha ha… or whatever it is that you like to bump when you’re feeling active). I used to hit the gym with a buddy regularly… the first few weeks were the hardest, but once you’ve made it a routine it becomes easier. Generally speaking, if you’re trying to lose weight you should be doing cardio. If you want to lift, do lighter weights with more repititions. That will get your muscles working and burning without adding bulk (and therefore more weight).

But honestly, I think changing the way you eat (notice I didn’t say what you eat) will have the biggest impact. Drink less beers, eat less cheese, don’t gorge yourself, but ingest more often and you should start seeing results.

and at times I seriously consider hypnosis simply because all I need is the motivation. I got a scare last summer when I had a physical and the dr. mentioned possible future diabetes. That scared me and I really got motivated. I figured the best way to prevent diabetes was to eat like I was diabetic and between that and additional exercise I lost 20 lbs and my numbers were normal. But I fell off the wagon during the holidays, eating the sugar I had easily foregone … and no need to tell what happened next.

One easy diabetic approach is looking at your plate as a pie chart. Oops, forget the pie. 1/4 of your plate should be protein, 1/4 should be grains, 1/2 vegetables. It really helped me pile on the extra veggies. I went from bad eating habits to pretty darn good. (And often my protein was cheese – no need to give it up).

Take the baby for a walk in the evening. If you don’t live in an area where you can use a stroller, pack up baby and stroller and find a place. If Mom can go too all the better for the three of you. I pushed a stroller for many miles with my first child and it was so fun to watch her get acquainted with the world. (We were lucky in that I was a stay at home mom so we could get out every day like this.) Get a bike with a baby seat and take Baby for rides; they usually love it. Well, that’s for later – your baby is quite new isn’t it? (Sorry, don’t remember if it is boy or girl.) But a stroller works for even the tiniest .

And now I’m ready to revise my habits again. I pulled out the book that I used last summer Conquering Diabetes by Anne L. Peters, MD. It had lots of good (and scary) stuff … and there’s a good bit on preventing diabetes.

And FWIW … “gym rats” don’t need motivation; they’re born that way.

Ten years ago I decided I needed to get a little healthier about things so I started lifting weights. For obvious reasons, I used “Weightlifting for Dummies” as a guide. I dropped three sizes ten years ago and have kept it off. The weight loss wasn’t too dramatic, as I added a bunch of muscle; I’m now more fit than I was in high school.

Someone told me once that it takes 30 trips to the gym for it to become habit. I’ve also heard that it’s easier to add new habits than to break old ones. So I also started exploring new and different foods - rather than dieting or denying myself - and developed a love for vegetables. The cheese is there, but in smaller proportions. As a side effect, I lost my taste for fries and most junk food.

If your gym has early morning classes, that might help with the motivation thing. I like yoga classes as they exercise the bod and help with stress (don’t laugh—yoga can be pretty strenuous.) I also do situps, etc. during TV commercials, and never eat in front of the TV.

Set a reasonable ( but no easy) goal for your weight in 6 months.
Make a 5 thousand dollars bet with a good friend that also want to loses weight. The person who fails to reach his goal pays the other.
This way you´ll have the incentive to eat less and exercise.
If 5 thousands is too little bet more, if it´s too much bet less, but it should hurt you a little to pay the money.

This is a basketball related site after all so maybe pick up that rock and shoot it up. I would just say dont do things you dont enjoy doing. I am in fine shape and I never go to the gym as I hate it. I shoot hoops, ride my bike, play some frisbee, whatever. Just keep it fun

• For breakfast everyday I ate a heaping bowl of oatmeal. I’d sweeten it up with honey, fruits and sometimes drink a juice with it. You get a good meal that keeps you full and hopefully will lead to not making a bad snack decision before lunch,
• I drink water. Probably near a gallon a day. Pop rarely. I don’t drink milk.
• I never refused myself anything. If I wanted cake or french fries I’d have a sensible serving. Don’t deny yourself food.
• Try new things. Asparagus can be cooked a million different ways. Bell peppers too. The more fresh food the better.
• Basketball (who knows maybe you like basketball or something?) I would play nearly every day. Just shooting around sometimes. Working on my dribbles. 1 on 1, 2 on 2, 21, full court 5 on 5. I watched a ton of videos to motivate me and give me ideas. Eventually I was thinking about what moves I’d use, what pass, how to best use my body to get to the basket. Wanting to be really good led me to:
• Make an exercise regimen. Every morning before showering 60-100 pushups and 300 situps. Every night before bed 60-100 pushups and 300-500 situps. Three days a week I’d work out with 2 15lbs and do lunges with them. Some days I wouldn’t be able to do it, but you have to rest your body.
  This is just my specific success story, but it shows what the experts say: find foods you like while eating like a regular person, eat sensibly and cut out un-needed calories. When you go to the gym work on something specific instead of just burning calories and energy, maybe Wednesdays will be AB days and Fridays aerobic. Make the small changes, when you take a break stretch and take a walk. Park at the end of the parking lot. Take the stairs, spontaneously make yo body earn its keep. Good luck, I hope you find what works for you.

Well if you didn’t know what to do before, you sure do now.

My weight kept oscillating for years and I pretty much have the same issues as you. Here is something I did that really helps me stay on track and it’s easy to incorporate into my daily routine:

1. Every morning, I weigh myself… first thing in the morning (the scale is between the toilet and the shower so I weigh myself while waiting for the shower to warm up);
2. When I get to work, I have a spreadsheet at my desk and I type in my weight for that day;
3. I created a graph to chart where I’m at.
4. Every day, or at least several times a week, I email the spreadsheet to my wife (or it could be a friend or whomever you want to have hold you accountable in a non-judgmental way)
5. (optional) For awhile, I also kept separate worksheet tabs that showed (basically, without too much detail) what I ate/drank that day, and what exercise I did that day. But once I got my routine down, I was able to scrap everything but the daily weigh-in.

This works incredibly well for me. I’m just trying to stay within a five pound range, and if I go over the top end (or just have a good/bad day), then I get back on the wagon the next day with no shame, no blame. I dropped about 40 lbs and have kept it off for six months so far, and I don’t torture myself. I’d guess about 2/3 of it was exercise and 1/3 was diet, but really all of it was just paying attention and setting up my life so that it was conscious for me.

Hope that makes sense and sorry if I rambled. Almost everything works in the short run (I did Atkins once, that was awesome until my craving for a bagel went thru the roof), but the key IMHO is finding a routine that you can stick with for the long haul and still enjoy your life.

I’ve always been slender but have had to work at it as I got older (definitely harder with every passing year). I maintain by eating healthy. If you truly eat almost exclusively healthy foods, It will help a bunch. BTW, I’ve rationalized that beer and red wine are healthy foods :) They are to some extent but even if not, ya can’t quit living completely). Never, do sodas (liquid candy) .... diet or otherwise. Eliminate refined foods …. it’s not that difficult. And of course, get into a regular exercise program. Oooh, that sounds so ‘advicie’

Although retired and old, I’m outside a lot working around the place (whenever I can tear myself away from BE), and of course that helps.

Is Popeye’s stil open? Mmmmmmm…

On my way to 20.

My 4 rules.

1) smaller portions. anything that I would normally have; cut it in half and put the other half in the fridge. The next day, that is my lunch.

2) no snacking.

3) no eating after 7pm.

4) what ever you do for exercise, do more. (3 days of walking, make it 4 or 30minutes of shooting the ball, make it 45 or 50 minutes. you get the idea.)

That’s it. I still eat the same kinds of food, just less of it.

Oh! I used to drink nearly a 2 liter of Mountain Dew a day. Stop it if you can. I’m down to 16 oz. a day. That’s a big thing too.

Diet. That is the only way to lose weight. You have to eat right, and the alcohol probably has to go(It hurts. I know, I really, really know) Alcohol is flat out terrible to somebody trying to lose weight, For me, I am 5’10 and have been between 145lb and 205lb. The difference??? Drinking beer/alcohol. 145lb was when I used to run circles around anyone at 24 hour fitness Tualatin, I still remember lighting up a PCC player for about 5 buckets in a row. He no likey!!!!! 205lb is my max til this point, and my B-Ball game consisted of standing at the 3 pt line waiting for an open shot, and yes, I knocked them down like Ali on some weak chump….

My only advice is fruit and vegetables, then some more fruit and veggies, and then a little more. You wll lose weight if you eat right, excercise or not…....

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and Wii Fit everyday. It works. It’s fun.