weight problems?

[HesStoned]

im 23 years old, 5'9, and 215lbs.

i was close to 250 when i was 18, and i can only give credit for the weight loss to ciggerettes, seeing as every week i try to quit smoking i gain 10 pounds.

im doing alot more coke now and im loosing weight but i wanna quit both smoking and sniffing, and seriously, the ONLY obstacle is fear of getting heavy again.

suggestions? stories? advice?

successfully quitting would leave me only weed, which def doesnt help

im praying that getting close to my target weight would be enough mtivation to stay thin w/o drugs but i really dont know

[Geeno]

Its almost summer, try getting into some games or sports. NY also has tons of places to hike, canoe, bike ride, bare-knuckle brawl, anything really.

[msicidron]

basically you cant ask people for "tips" and shit. you gotta find the fun in going and doing things rather than sitting on your ass. you gotta start taking care of your body, and until you come to understand this for yourself it will probably be hard to synthesize the motivation/drive needed to get in shape.

i guess what im trying to say is you need to make a mental transformation before you can make a physical one.

[verklingen]

around the time i decided to lose weight, i read that some doctors somewhere had conducted a study and found that some people experience a feeling of "fullness" with a smaller volume of food than others. before then i never really thought about whether i felt full or not after i had eaten some, it was just whether i could eat more or not. i figured out that that was something i'd been doing ever since childhood, so i decided to retrain my eating habits and only eat when i honestly felt hungry. thinking of my body as a machine helped. i would eat 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between -- all with as much fiber as i could manage -- and i avoided eating anything a couple hours before bed. i cut out all drinks but water as well but i don't really think that's necessary. just be mindful of what you're doing and how it affects your body's metabolism. a lot of it is in your head as has been said.

[al-Mu'akhkhir]

man honestly the easiest thing you can do is get a stationary bike. if you're pretty sedentary switch from the lazy-boy to the stationary bike. ride it while you watch tv. ride it a bit when you wake up, ride it a bit when you get home. I know people of exceptional weight might be embarrassed or whatever to go workout at a gym or go for a run, so I would think this would be pretty optimal. I mean, I know people who have done this and lost retarded amounts of weight in very small amounts of time. just gotta keep it moving.

[Canuck Wisdom]

You could always find a reason to go for an evening or morning walk too. Sometimes I do that just when I'm bored and it helps clear my head (I don't need to loose weight), but it feels good overall just to get the blood going to get some fresh air in my system.

[SageTree]

Along with the quoted advice below I would like to talk about when I was 180lbs upon entering high school. I was in a gym class that we'd run half a mile as fast as we could, every day. And ever other day we'd do a lifting session, or sport. I cut out eating junk foods and mainly because of this class I dropped 30 lbs in 3 months. Which made my doctor pretty curious at my next physical. Ever since then my median weight has been 150 give to take 5, depending on the season. I ride the bus and walk lots of places now. I'm 27 fyi. I get out once a month for a solid 2-3 hr hike in the mountains, beside the regular evening, digest dinner, walk.

I think that swimming is a great way to burn cals. as well. I don't know if you like that or not, but its low impact as well, which is good on the joints.

Drinking lots of water and having fibre is really important. It helps move things along. Trying to get your 5 a day of fuit/veg or 7 in Canada, will help you get the fibre you need in a good way. Cutting down on fats sodium and cholestoral, will be beneficial as well. Read labels....

My nutrition teacher said, frankly on the short term you can live on butter and now gain weight, as long as you burn the calories, and that butter will kill ya before you gain any on the long term. Put stuff in the body that counts.

Good luck and will power. Keep us posted.

Metta
Sage

around the time i decided to lose weight, i read that some doctors somewhere had conducted a study and found that some people experience a feeling of "fullness" with a smaller volume of food than others. before then i never really thought about whether i felt full or not after i had eaten some, it was just whether i could eat more or not. i figured out that that was something i'd been doing ever since childhood, so i decided to retrain my eating habits and only eat when i honestly felt hungry. thinking of my body as a machine helped. i would eat 3 small meals and 2 snacks in between -- all with as much fiber as i could manage -- and i avoided eating anything a couple hours before bed. i cut out all drinks but water as well but i don't really think that's necessary. just be mindful of what you're doing and how it affects your body's metabolism. a lot of it is in your head as has been said.

You could always find a reason to go for an evening or morning walk too. Sometimes I do that just when I'm bored and it helps clear my head (I don't need to loose weight), but it feels good overall just to get the blood going to get some fresh air in my system.

[BigSpliffSmoka]

Buy a bicycle..... sounds lame, but it beats running.
I've put on close to 22lbs. in 6 months (steroids do wonders) and now running destroys my knees and shins for a day at the least.
Just get on the bike... throw your ipod on and ride till you get tired.. see about improving your distance or time once a week.
Lots of water and watch what you eat.

[Canuck Wisdom]

Don't mistake thirst for hunger either.

[Linkey]

great suggestions in this thread.

eat slowly, like 30 minutes per meal. this way you will know when you are full before you eat more. focus a lot more on eating healthy foods than eating less food. whole grains and fruit will fill you up without too many calories.

[Cerpin Taxt]

-Eat several small meals (6) rather than a few big meals (3)
-Avoid deep-fried and greasy foods LIKE THE PLAGUE
-Lifting or doing body weight exercises are good for fat burning... the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn
-Cardio, cardio, cardio (run, swim, bike, whatever gets your lungs and heart going for 20-40 minutes, 2-3 days a week)

If you want a much less healthy, quicker solution that has a higher risk of the fat coming right back on, take hydroxicut.

Either way, there is no substitution for hard work, especially when it comes to physical fitness.

[The SARS Volta]

If you're doing blow to lose weight, it's probably not going to stay off. Once your supply goes, your appetite returns with a vengeance--so i've heard from cokeheads (i've never been big on it). Cigarettes as a weight loss method are easily just as bad.

Stop drinking soda and juice if you do, the calories add up in sugary beverages and they have little to no nutritional value. Try to avoid processed foods on a regular basis. Chicken and fish (not fried though) instead of beef and pork. Then add a little portion control, because if you do all this and eat too much, nothing will change. These are just some relatively easy first steps.
You'll still enjoy food, and it's worth the sacrifice if this is something you have intended to change for a while now.

[HesStoned]

ive come to realize alot of these things too, like eating when im really just thirsty, and i DO lift but need to look more into it, as in weight loss/muscle gain ratio, and if theres a better method.

i said up top the plan was to keep doing the drugs that rid me of previous weight, see the target getting close and kick it into high gear, but you guys make me wanna start working hard today.

thank you.

any positive updates will be posted

[Dezzy]

Buy a bicycle..... sounds lame, but it beats running.
I've put on close to 22lbs. in 6 months (steroids do wonders) and now running destroys my knees and shins for a day at the least.
Just get on the bike... throw your ipod on and ride till you get tired.. see about improving your distance or time once a week.
Lots of water and watch what you eat.

if youre serious about steriods 22lbs in 6 months really isnt that much as all. Ive gained 8lbs in the last month and a half of what im guessing is all muscle considering i dont have any fat. But i also work out alot more then the normal person considering thats what my job pretty much is


HS my cousin lost a shit ton of weight by just changing his fluid intake no soda and sugar

[Canuck Wisdom]

Cola is the absolute worst. Coke etc

'Thats something to vut out or minimize no matter who you are.

Imagine showering in coke cola and then remember thats what your doing to the inside of your body.

[Bearsy]

Buy a bicycle..... sounds lame, but it beats running.
I've put on close to 22lbs. in 6 months (steroids do wonders) and now running destroys my knees and shins for a day at the least.
Just get on the bike... throw your ipod on and ride till you get tired.. see about improving your distance or time once a week.
Lots of water and watch what you eat.

This.
I'd lost ~20 pounds in 2 months just biking and shit.
I've since joined a gym and got a trainer and whatnot, but biking is the way to got to get yourself started.

[al-Mu'akhkhir]

keeping in mind that you're going to lose alot more weight than the average bear (literally ) because you burn calories faster when you weigh more.

[HesStoned]

lost 5 lbs doing something right i guess

also bought a lil mongoose BMX bike, riding it this week has made me sore as a bitch which means im building muscle but damnit im not weak im fat lol

[alixrose]

don't drink diet soda or do trendy fuckin diets like atkin's and shit. it's all about eating small balanced meals, incorporating all the food groups, and finding the right physical activity for you.
smoke a bowl and ride a bike. it's fuckin fun.

[Cerpin Taxt]

lost 5 lbs doing something right i guess

also bought a lil mongoose BMX bike, riding it this week has made me sore as a bitch which means im building muscle but damnit im not weak im fat lol

It's all part of the process mang... just keep in mind that the soreness you feel now is the worst you will ever feel if you keep biking regularly. It'll only get better from here.

Also, for me and the majority of others, the diet is the hardest part of any exercise regimine. In fact, I've been working out pretty heavily for over a year and only in the last few weeks have I started to REALLY change things around... So with all the advice on eating given, try to very slowwlly ween yourself into following them; you'll find it much easier. And in any case, remember that 70-80% of you're gains will come from what you eat.

For the longest time, my only focus on eating was to cut out the really bad shit (fast foods, sodas, etc.) while keeping with my program. As time went on and I began seeing results, I got more motivated to adjust my eating to see even more.

Keep it up, and beware of this feeling as the weeks go on:

"I've done really good the last few weeks...I'll take this one off, I've earned it!"

That is one of the main reasons it's taken me years to establish a consistently sound routine, for anything!

As gradual as the results are, you WILL see them and even feel them; more energy and better sense of well being.



And be proud you're attempting this sort of thing, whatever level of intensity it may be! It's a lot more than the majority of people can say for themselves.