I agree with Harrow that it takes a lot of exercise to burn off the little amount that you may eat. I work in an office environment, with biscuits provided!!!!! How is that not an HSE issue?

For me to lose weight, it was a drastic reduction in food and a great amount of increase in high intensity exercise.

At my age, 145bpm is my 85% and if I maintain that that for an hour on the xtrainer I was burning 800 cals (or was it kcals), and sweating like the proverbial.

And then 800cals of hard work was negated by a couple of naughty glasses of wine.

So yep it is a combination of both. And if you have to get lap band, then go for it. I have friends who have had it, and it makes a drastic difference.

Try diet and exercise first, but the lap band will impose a diet on you. Those with it now appreciate every tiny morsel that they are able to eat.

Dmitri, great point about the olives. Many snacks have huge calories (biscuits, chocky, etc.), and quickly destroy a diet.

In our house, olives are a favourite snack, and for the kids we often make a plate of sliced carrot and celery and serve it with a bowl of hummus or natural yoghurt to dip.

Fruit juice and soft drinks are empty calories and too easily consumed. Soda water with a squeeze of lemon or lime juice is a great replacement.

Water crackers instead of Jatz, etc.

So many healthy and tasty ways to make a big dent in your daily calorie count.

Radmac said...

No food till lunch (preferably dinner - works for those on Ramadan and me) ..........and lots more exercise

Intermittent fasting is a super efficient way to lose weight.
Once you are comfortable not eating breakfast every day it becomes second nature.
Think of it like this; your last meal (dinner) was at 7 and you normally have breakfast again at day 7 the following morning. There's a 12 hour fasting period. If you don't have breakfast and wait until lunch at 12 that's another 5 hours added to you fast. 17 hours of fasting.


Do this everyday and it will be hard to not lose weight. Unless you eat junk.

LittleFella said..

Radmac said...

No food till lunch (preferably dinner - works for those on Ramadan and me) ..........and lots more exercise

Intermittent fasting is a super efficient way to lose weight.
Once you are comfortable not eating breakfast every day it becomes second nature.
Think of it like this; your last meal (dinner) was at 7 and you normally have breakfast again at day 7 the following morning. There's a 12 hour fasting period. If you don't have breakfast and wait until lunch at 12 that's another 5 hours added to you fast. 17 hours of fasting.


Do this everyday and it will be hard to not lose weight. Unless you eat junk.

This is what I have done.
I do a not so strict form of intermittent fasting full time.
I break if I exercise in the morning as I always eat straight after I train, however I usually train after work every night, or most Sundays when I enjoy a bit of bacon for breaky.
6 days I week I dont eat until midday. I find drinking coffee and mineral water works well as an appetite suppressant for the days im struggling with hunger, however my body is used to it so it is not really a problem these days.
I never had a major weight problem, just a bit of the old belly fat from a poor diet as a kid, but now Im sitting at my wanted weight, belly fat is gone and my abs show which is always nice. I eat well 90% of the time, but the good thing about this eating style means I can still enjoy a few beers or "cheat" meal a few times a week.




If you really want to loose kg's super fast. Its hard and you will struggle especially at the start follow these steps. Easy in theory, hard to actually do.

1. Find out your Basal metabolic rate, BMR (amount of calories you need just to live each day, everyone is different).
2. Do a true from of intermittent fasting in which your in a caloric deficiency based of your BMR.
3. 4-5 Times per week perform a 30-40 minute proper HIIT style training in the morning so your working out during the intermittent fasting period.

You will definitely shed the kgs doing this. It's actually physically impossible not to.

LittleFella said..
^^^ Hey Thomas,
What do you mean by hunger suppressant? Almonds I hope!
Try some butter coffee in the mornings. If I know I'm going to be having a busy day I will always start with butter coffee. The fat from this keeps me sated while still remaining in a fasted state.

As it suppresses/settles/stops my stomach hunger rumbles.

I try to stick with something that is zero calorie like black coffee, tea, bubbly water. I find that helps me personally, but again everyone is different.