Walking Off Obesity

Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Personally, I believe have some success. I used to weight 225, by
walking I have been able to trim down to 215 -- although I weight 210
in the morning. So, I don't know how much I really have lost though.
Right now I am hoping to cut down another 10-15 pound.My dream weight
is about 150-160. To make my walk more exciting I am thinking of
buying pedometer. Also some bicycling in future.

My info:

height is 5'6
age: 30
gender: male
weight: 215 in evening -- 210 in morning

To achieve my goal I have decided to write a food diary, and drink
diary. And I am also making a weekly food plan. I am try to drink lot
of water.

I really want to do some exercise, but fitness clubs look very
intimidating, and I prefer to do it at home -- bit ashamed. Any
suggestion, advice will be appreciated.

Ps:

According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

http://www.hydroxycut.com/MEN/CALCUL...ER/index.shtml

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Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Personally, I believe have some success. I used to weight 225, by
walking I have been able to trim down to 215 -- although I weight 210
in the morning. So, I don't know how much I really have lost though.
Right now I am hoping to cut down another 10-15 pound.My dream weight
is about 150-160. To make my walk more exciting I am thinking of
buying pedometer. Also some bicycling in future.

My info:

height is 5'6
age: 30
gender: male
weight: 215 in evening -- 210 in morning

To achieve my goal I have decided to write a food diary, and drink
diary. And I am also making a weekly food plan. I am try to drink lot
of water.

I really want to do some exercise, but fitness clubs look very
intimidating, and I prefer to do it at home -- bit ashamed. Any
suggestion, advice will be appreciated.

Ps:

According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

http://www.hydroxycut.com/MEN/CALCUL...ER/index.shtml

You can tell if you are getting enough water by the color of your urine.
If it is light you are getting enough.

Watching what you eat, eating properly, and not too much is the most
important thing. Measure or weigh your food. Count portions at least.
Write it down is best.

Walk. Do some strength training. Body weight and optionally some
dumbells will get you started.

5'6 is my height and not much different in starting weight. Don't be
intimidated by the gym/health club. What are they going to do to you?
Just go in and get on a treadmill or elliptical or other piece of
equipment. At your age you will build conditioning fast.

Fun stuff includes an ipod or other mp3 player, a heart rate monitor, a
gps for those wandering walks outside. You can do it. I did it at 58.

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:39:23 -0500, Del Cecchi wrote:

You can tell if you are getting enough water by the color of your urine.
If it is light you are getting enough.

Hores$it

On Apr 16, 9:39 pm, "Del Cecchi"
wrote:
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Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Personally, I believe have some success. I used to weight 225, by
walking I have been able to trim down to 215 -- although I weight 210
in the morning. So, I don't know how much I really have lost though.
Right now I am hoping to cut down another 10-15 pound.My dream weight
is about 150-160. To make my walk more exciting I am thinking of
buying pedometer. Also some bicycling in future.

My info:

height is 5'6
age: 30
gender: male
weight: 215 in evening -- 210 in morning

To achieve my goal I have decided to write a food diary, and drink
diary. And I am also making a weekly food plan. I am try to drink lot
of water.

I really want to do some exercise, but fitness clubs look very
intimidating, and I prefer to do it at home -- bit ashamed. Any
suggestion, advice will be appreciated.

Ps:

According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

http://www.hydroxycut.com/MEN/CALCUL...ER/index.shtml

You can tell if you are getting enough water by the color of your urine.
If it is light you are getting enough.

Watching what you eat, eating properly, and not too much is the most
important thing. Measure or weigh your food. Count portions at least.
Write it down is best.

Walk. Do some strength training. Body weight and optionally some
dumbells will get you started.


5'6 is my height and not much different in starting weight. Don't be
intimidated by the gym/health club. What are they going to do to you?
Just go in and get on a treadmill or elliptical or other piece of
equipment. At your age you will build conditioning fast.

It's bit scary. I have seen skiny people making rude comments,
pointing figures. I know it was wrong of me to gain all the weight I
have. All I can say in my defense is that I have sitting job eight
hours. Still, I will stick to my plan walking two hours.

Also, I have cut down meats, and sticking with fish, lentils, rice and
vegs


Fun stuff includes an ipod or other mp3 player, a heart rate monitor, a
gps for those wandering walks outside. You can do it. I did it at 58.

You know there some ppl telling me that I'm wasting my time. Can't
lose it once ur 30 or something. I will keep stick to diet and
exercise.

PS: How much do you lose?

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On Apr 16, 9:39 pm, "Del Cecchi"
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Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Personally, I believe have some success. I used to weight 225, by
walking I have been able to trim down to 215 -- although I weight 210
in the morning. So, I don't know how much I really have lost though.
Right now I am hoping to cut down another 10-15 pound.My dream weight
is about 150-160. To make my walk more exciting I am thinking of
buying pedometer. Also some bicycling in future.

My info:

height is 5'6
age: 30
gender: male
weight: 215 in evening -- 210 in morning

To achieve my goal I have decided to write a food diary, and drink
diary. And I am also making a weekly food plan. I am try to drink lot
of water.

I really want to do some exercise, but fitness clubs look very
intimidating, and I prefer to do it at home -- bit ashamed. Any
suggestion, advice will be appreciated.

Ps:

According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

http://www.hydroxycut.com/MEN/CALCUL...ER/index.shtml

You can tell if you are getting enough water by the color of your urine.
If it is light you are getting enough.

Watching what you eat, eating properly, and not too much is the most
important thing. Measure or weigh your food. Count portions at least.
Write it down is best.

Walk. Do some strength training. Body weight and optionally some
dumbells will get you started.



5'6 is my height and not much different in starting weight. Don't be
intimidated by the gym/health club. What are they going to do to you?
Just go in and get on a treadmill or elliptical or other piece of
equipment. At your age you will build conditioning fast.


It's bit scary. I have seen skiny people making rude comments,
pointing figures. I know it was wrong of me to gain all the weight I
have. All I can say in my defense is that I have sitting job eight
hours. Still, I will stick to my plan walking two hours.

Also, I have cut down meats, and sticking with fish, lentils, rice and
vegs


Fun stuff includes an ipod or other mp3 player, a heart rate monitor, a
gps for those wandering walks outside. You can do it. I did it at 58.


You know there some ppl telling me that I'm wasting my time. Can't
lose it once ur 30 or something. I will keep stick to diet and
exercise.

PS: How much do you lose?

Forty pounds. Some people are full of it. They are just making excuses
why they can't do it.

If you want to badly enough and have strength you can do it.

Don't be discouraged. Ignore the naysayers. And nobody says you have
to pay attention to others at the gym. Go do your thing.

But walking and some weights you can do at home will do the job if you
are really that self conscious. Walk outside if the weather is
tolerable. Walk in the mall or a school or walk stairs in a tall
building if the weather is bad. Try for every day and make it a part of
your routine.

But it can all be undone if you aren't careful about what you eat...



--
Del Cecchi
"This post is my own and doesn’t necessarily represent IBM’s positions,
strategies or opinions.”

On 17 Apr 2007 11:51:19 -0700, wrote:


It's bit scary. I have seen skiny people making rude comments,
pointing figures. I know it was wrong of me to gain all the weight I
have. All I can say in my defense is that I have sitting job eight
hours. Still, I will stick to my plan walking two hours.


Obviously we can't know what it is like at your local gym or gyms, but
I've been a member of three different gyms now, in three different
states and truly, this has NOT generally been a problem for me.

What I find, is most of the time at gyms, people are busy doing their
own workouts and focussing on themselves, not you. Or, they may
actually respect what you are doing!

Hubby is over 300 pounds and has been walking regularly at our gym and
has gotten the thumbs up from more than one member who's seen him out
on the track.

Anyway, it's not unusual to find the idea of a gym scary, I know I was
the first time I ever joined one, but I did get over it. In my current
gym, there are folks of all body types doing their thing. Elderly,
fat, skinny, physically challenged, you name it. It's not at all
unusual to see someone using a walker on the walking track for
instance.

Just keep it in mind for the future as a possible option. It may start
to seem less scary as you lose. And it does provide options for cross
training.


Fun stuff includes an ipod or other mp3 player, a heart rate monitor, a
gps for those wandering walks outside. You can do it. I did it at 58.


I agree, I love to have music when I walk! And a heart rate monitor
provides good feedback, so you don't get into a rut where you slack
off on intensity.


You know there some ppl telling me that I'm wasting my time. Can't
lose it once ur 30 or something. I will keep stick to diet and
exercise.


Don't listen to those people then.

--
Cynthia
262/240.5/152

On Apr 16, 1:26 pm, wrote:
Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Walking alone is a very slow way to loose weight.

http://walking.about.com/cs/howtolos...howcalburn.htm

This website has a chart showing how many calories are burned by
walking one mile, different for different weights and speeds. I'm
burning about 100 calories per mile, so about 1.2 pounds per week just
from walking. But I'm also counting on strengthening exercises to
build muscle that will burn calories and reduced food intake. I'd
strongly suggest eating before you go on your walk, otherwise you'll
expend your muscle's energy stores in about a half hour of walking and
start catabolizing (breaking down) muscle for fuel.

I'd recommend eating whole grains and eating small meals every three
hours to keep your basal metabolism up. And my Anatomy Physiology book
says that low carb diets are unwise.

According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

I don't know. But if you drink too much you can die from it. Eight
glasses or more is what I use, but not 14, per day.

Let us know how your doing and what works for you as you loose weight,
O.K.?

Sean

On 17 Apr 2007 16:26:26 -0700, Sean
wrote:

I'm
burning about 100 calories per mile, so about 1.2 pounds per week just
from walking

You're walking 42 miles a week?

--
Zilbandy

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:42:06 -0500, Del Cecchi wrote:

Forty pounds. Some people are full of it. They are just making excuses
why they can't do it.

Or they haven't found or received the tools to do it.

If you want to badly enough and have strength you can do it.

Many say the same about smokers

Don't be discouraged. Ignore the naysayers. And nobody says you have
to pay attention to others at the gym. Go do your thing.

But walking and some weights you can do at home will do the job if you
are really that self conscious. Walk outside if the weather is
tolerable. Walk in the mall or a school or walk stairs in a tall
building if the weather is bad. Try for every day and make it a part of
your routine.

But it can all be undone if you aren't careful about what you eat...

2 pounds per day will do.

On Apr 17, 7:26 pm, Sean wrote:
On Apr 16, 1:26 pm, wrote:

Hello

I am trying to lose weight by long walk. Right now, I mostly walk at
night for about 3 miles in two hours, and also bit of running -- when
no one is looking at me I would like to know any suggestion you
guys have, and if any of you had any success losing your weight and
keep it off.

Walking alone is a very slow way to loose weight.

http://walking.about.com/cs/howtolos...howcalburn.htm

This website has a chart showing how many calories are burned by
walking one mile, different for different weights and speeds. I'm
burning about 100 calories per mile, so about 1.2 pounds per week just
from walking. But I'm also counting on strengthening exercises to
build muscle that will burn calories and reduced food intake. I'd
strongly suggest eating before you go on your walk, otherwise you'll
expend your muscle's energy stores in about a half hour of walking and
start catabolizing (breaking down) muscle for fuel.

I'd recommend eating whole grains and eating small meals every three
hours to keep your basal metabolism up. And my Anatomy Physiology book
says that low carb diets are unwise.


According to following web site I should drink109 ounces, 04 3 liter.
Isn't too much?

I don't know. But if you drink too much you can die from it. Eight
glasses or more is what I use, but not 14, per day.

Let us know how your doing and what works for you as you loose weight,
O.K.?

I will.

Sean