Fat Man Seeking Nerdy Weight Loss Solutions

[Lem0nade Inlay]

1. Buy an excersize bike.
2. Put excersize bike in front of TV.
3. While riding excersize bike play CoD (Or other console game of choice)
4. ????
5. Profit + Weight Loss.




Or if you're boring...

+ Don't drink soft drinks, have water/tea/coffee instead (And try not to put sugar in your coffee)
+ Take 30 minutes of your day where you play video games, and instead go for a fast walk in that 30 minutes. Try to do it at the same time everyday.

 

[Lord Deathray]

Get a dog.
I know a weird tip, but you need to walk whit your dog.
So there you have a reason to get out of your house every day.

 

[Aur0ra145]

So before entering college I was already a pretty heavy guy, but combined with my freshman 15 I'm coming dangerously close to not being able to see parts of my anatomy anymore. I try to work out, but I have a hard time staying committed to anything. The clOSES I ever came to a regular workout was DDR Which led me to believe that I just have to find something that fits my interest. So what does the Escapist advise for potential weight loss solutions. Oh, and I'm not about to pay the money for a Wii or Kinect.

Switch to keystone light or McCormicks Vodka, less calories. Also, in college, walk to your classes, don't ride the bus. Engage in physical drinking games like Beer Ball, that will get you into shape a bit. Join Army ROTC, if only for you physical fitness credits, it's fun, inspiring and a lot like video games (sorta.) But I might of just had a really great detachment. It was fun.

Also, in college, generally they'll have a free gym, go workout or something with friends you make (also a good place to meet girls.) Also, get a job at the university doing maintenance. It won't make you into an Arnold, but it'll keep you in decent shape.

For simple, cost free weight loss... When it's cold outside, don't bundle up, when your body gets cold, you burn a fuckton of calories. Note: When I was wrestling in high school and had to cut weight during the winter, instead of wearing 3 pairs of sweats and a wind suit, I'd go running in only a pair of shorts and I'd loose more weight than if I'd tried the sweats.

Cut out sodas completely. If you smoke cigarettes, either quit, or smoke less; it will help your body to process foods better because it isn't trying to repair your lungs. Don't smoke weed, munchies will get you every time. Don't eat Creatin. It won't help. Don't eat fried food at college, it's available, but choose something else.

PM me and I can give you an upper body workout that will smoke you in 5 minutes, doesn't require weights or anything.

As for core, do flutter kicks and planks.

 

[Squarez]

The same advice that I give to any one I know who wants to lose weight.

Forget stupid diets or exercise routines. Simply find be a bit more active (walk to the store instead of driving) and use up more energy than you take in.

You'll be surprised at how much it has an effect.

 

[EllEzDee]

Stop eating lard out of the tub. Use a spoon.

 

[Squarez]

Snip

First off, if you want to lose wight you have to want it. YOU HAVE TO WANT IT.

Second, eat 5 small meals a day, it's healthier and allows your body to better digest and get more out of the food, don't eat until you are full, just eat what you need to get by with and get on with your day.

Third, cut as much sugar out of your diet as you can, I recommend you go to FRUIT2O, it's water with fruit flavors to it and it can help you cut your addiction to caffeine. Drink water, seriously, you will notice a difference in your health after the first month. This goes without saying eat smart, eat less red meat and more white meat.

Finally, get outside, walk around, get some sun light in your daily routine before that ***** in Spain starts charging you for it's use.

This is all on you, I can tell you how you can improve your life and be able to see you toes when you look down, not bend over and look but look down.... you have to want to be thin, if you don't want to be thin, you'll just be Mr Tubby Tubby.

Merry Christmas.

This is a terrible idea, I'm sorry. This is just tricking your body to burn fat as energy instead of what you just ate and while it'll make you lose weight, it won't make you any healthier and the second you start eating normally again you'll just put that weight back on straight away.

 

[Danzaivar]

Get Dance Central for Kinect, stop drinking carbonated drinks, if you have to want chocolate sprinkle salt on it (Ruins the flavour, do it long enough and you'll subconsciously go off chocolate, or develop a very weird favourite snack...)

Becoming vain AND hating yourself would help. Finding a way to enjoy the feeling of being hungry couldn't hurt either.

 

[spartan1077]

The hardest thing about losing weight is that it's actually hard to do and you have to commit to it. Once you know you will do whatever it takes(aside from harming yourself) get a local membership to a gym and then ask a trainer to help you. Or just run every morning, eat 3 meals a day and make sure you're at or under your calorie limit. And make sure you are getting enough nutrients/vitamins/calcium/sugar and everything else.

You can't have any easy weight loss because it's not easy.

 

[Danzaivar]

urgh, I'm 17 stone (around 242 pounds for the americans amongst us) and I'm a short 5'6, I've tried so much of this stuff but I always end up giving up when I don't see instant change, I don't even eat that much anymore, (I'm homeless, sleeping on my brothers floor and can barely afford food but let's not make this about that). It's just exercise that I can't will myself to do, any way anybody has managed to get around to doing it, I can't afford the gym, I have no equipment and I find it impossible to do any weight loss walking....what do I do Escapists, I'm in a bit of trouble with my weight here.

Erm, it sounds like your weight is the least of your problems at the minute...

 

[The Rockerfly]

Am I the only one who thinks this should be moved to the advice forum?

 

[omoikane]

Probably not what you're looking for but it is a nerds approach - complete with spreadsheets.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/

Some of my friends have also had reasonable success with FitBug - http://www.fitbug.com/, although that is a paid service.

 

[yellingatpixels]

So before entering college I was already a pretty heavy guy, but combined with my freshman 15 I'm coming dangerously close to not being able to see parts of my anatomy anymore. I try to work out, but I have a hard time staying committed to anything. The clOSES I ever came to a regular workout was DDR Which led me to believe that I just have to find something that fits my interest. So what does the Escapist advise for potential weight loss solutions. Oh, and I'm not about to pay the money for a Wii or Kinect.

okay... you like gaming... attempt to make a game out of it. You have plenty of tips from other posters, now incorporate those with some game theory and viola. fun incentive to do the things listed

10 fruits/veggies a day = 1 point each
5 min of cardio = 1 point

you need X points to complete a level and you must complete one level a day...

Someone else can take this and run with it