Motabalism ?????

[mol3000]

ok.... i have a problem.... I AM A COUCH POTATO........ and i hate all my friends tht can be couch pototos also but they dont gain any weight!! !! ANYWAYS.... i heard about different pills or herbs you can take to speed it up.... i also heard tht herbs are better than the pills... can anyone tell me whats best to speed my motabalism up ???? ???? ??

[Faustus]

can anyone tell me whats best to speed my motabalism up ???? ???? ??

Hint: its not a pill.

[nissmo300]

exercise

[g_shocker182]

Even a little exercise beats the best diets in terms of weight loss.

[tgpo]

Spam City

[gmatov]

Yeah, like 23 miles per pound.

Have any of you youngsters ever looked into the Atkins Diet?

Even the mainstream diet doctors are getting around to seeing the light

Meat is what the human body, and the human dentition was designed for.

Guys at work who have listened to me have gone to a meat diet and lost 40 to 50 pounds, and not the fat slobs, but the ones who were just too bulky. And none of them complain about the blah cottage cheese-veggie diet

Hey, they're eating a g'damned steak. How the hell can you say "I'm tired of this boring diet" when it's steak or roast beef, or even chicken, fat, skin and all.

And not a 4 ounce serving, but 3/4 to a pound of good beef.

And, best of all, is that when the doubters say we'll just blow this away, the meat eaters reduce their total cholesterol, their HDLs,the "good" cholesterol goes up, the "bad" cholesterol goes down, and they shake their heads and say "This goes against everything we have taught for the last 50 years."

We are not designed to eat tofu and grass. Those pointy teeth are to tear off a chunk of meat, and, in my case, while the cow is still kickin', the redder the better.

Try it, you might like it. And if you keep off the Twinkies, you'll lose that "baby fat", or love handles, or just that all over fat slob feeling..

Obesity is "widespread".

Cheers, if you'll try a steak, spears, if you feel meat is wrong. Stay fat. I'm a member of PETA, too. People Eating Tasty Animals.

George

[mol3000]

i tried something like the atkins diet but it wasnt long untill i started eating bread again..... see i need some potatoes with my meat...... thts y i figure its better to just take one of those pills and i can eat all the CHESSECAKE I WANT

[Faustus]

Yeah, like 23 miles per pound.

Have any of you youngsters ever looked into the Atkins Diet?
George

I honestly considered trying it, but I'm scared of the effect an all Meat diet would have on my heart, it can't be good.

[Gees]

My mother became seriously ill on the Atkins diet. It is potentially dangerous for some people. That said, I'd discuss any diet with your doctor first.

Even a little exercise goes a long way. There are things you can do right from your own cosy couch, even while watching TV, that can burn calories.

Soon you won't even mind the walk from the couch to the fridge. :c)

[RabidDog]

there is no surefire easy-peasy way of losing weight, mol3000. Try doing sitdown calistenics. walking is a much underrated form of exercise.
those two things with the feet attached? get em working.

[housepig]

I've just started on a weight loss / fitness quest, and I think the big key here (for me, at least) is I'm not dieting, I'm trying to break bad habits about not exercising, and eating too much crap food.

So if I sit in front of the dvd player, I'm on a recumbent bike (actually, this serves two purposes - I get exercise, and I've been steadily working through all the discs I've borrowed or bought and "haven't gotten around to watching"). And I've stopped buying chips, ice cream or soda, so they aren't in the house anymore, even if I wanted to eat them - I'd have to go out and buy them, which cuts down on the "boredom" eating that I've been guilty of.


diets work until you hit your target weight... then what? If your goal is "I want to change my eating habits and eat healthier, and exercise regularly", you will be in a healthier state.

If your goal is "I want to lose 50 pounds", you'll lose it, then gain it back - you haven't done anything to address the reason you were 50lbs too heavy in the first place.

[SLK001]

You might try putting your "couch potato" physique to good use. I've heard that watching "porn" can raise your heartbeat! Three 20 minute sessions a week (more, if you are really "gung ho" about loosing weight) should be enough "heart-rate-raising" activity for you!

[Devanshu]

You might try putting your "couch potato" physique to good use. I've heard that watching "porn" can raise your heartbeat! Three 20 minute sessions a week (more, if you are really "gung ho" about loosing weight) should be enough "heart-rate-raising" activity for you!

Try lypo

[mol3000]

come on now.... i no yall can do better than that i no i am not the only person on this board that has thought about this question and looked into it..... it just got to be something to speed up the motab!!!!!! i was gonna do that and stop eating b4 bed and see what that does for a while..... i am sorry .... but its just to many things out there tht taste good for me just to stop eating it

[g_shocker182]

My fathers lost 30+lbs on Atkins so far.

[racer-x]

If all you want to do, is speed up your motabalizim, then eat 5 - 6 small meals a day instead of 1 - 3 big meals.

If you really want to speed up your motabalizim and get in shape, then there is only one answer. Excercize!!!

I'm 42 years old and still have a 30 inch waist. I work out reguarly with wieghts. I'm in better shape now than I was at 22. I'm also much stronger.

[tgpo]

Evonne and myself have started doing situps. No real reason, just to keep in shape. We set a number and everyday do that many. We started off lost, at 20. After only 3 days we've moved it up to 40. I say just start to excercise. Then keep to it. Find a partner to keep you going, whatever it takes.

[pacmania_2001]

My recommendation: Exercise.

My brother and I have just started up going for a walk every day (or so) and doing some weights.

Plus its lots better than having to give up food.

[i_am_dave]

Diet AND exercise.
I lost almost 90 pounds in the last two years. Eating a balanced diet with meat vegetables, and fruit.
This past June, I joined the local fitness club and so far have put on about 20 pounds back on. About half of that is pure muscle (and 10 fat, looks like I'm gonna have to start watching what I eat again)
The thing about exercise is after an hour of working out, you are ready to stuff your face!
I couldn't do Adkins, after a few days, developed serious dirrahreha that wouldn't go away.

[Craig Tucker]

Blimey dave you lost almost a whole TGPO in weight

[tgpo]

Blimey dave you lost almost a whole TGPO in weight

lol.

Evonne only weighs 90lbs.

[Gees]

Know what I hate? I hate that I weigh stones now!! :co

And even shoe sizes are different. But.... they sound smaller. :cD So, I guess it's OK. :c)

[vitualis]

You risk renal failure with the Atkins diet.

I advice exercise.

Furthermore, it isn't necessarily your weight / BMI that is the health risk, it is your fitness. Thin unfit individuals have just about the same cardiovascular risk as fat unfit individuals. The correlation between weight and increase morbidity and mortaility is mostly as you are much more likely to be UNFIT if you are fat.

If you are actually concerned about your health, the key is exercise.

Regards.

[i_am_dave]

Know what I hate? I hate that I weigh stones now!! :co

And even shoe sizes are different. But.... they sound smaller. :cD So, I guess it's OK. :c)

Just curious, how does stones translate into pounds and kilo's?
Isn't a stone something like 12 pounds or 27 kilo's

[Gees]

Without looking it up.... :cD I think it's about 16 pounds to each stone?

[i_am_dave]

just looked it up, 14 pounds to a stone.

God, don't you love Imperial measurement.
I recently had to run some conversions based on Pecks!
I had a recipe that called out for 1 peck of apples!

[Gees]

LOL :cD Like "I love you. A bushel and a peck. A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck"? My grandmother used to sing that to us. Always wondered.

Thanks for looking up pounds/stones. :c) I was being ultra lazy.

So now - I am like 8 stone & change but......... only wear a size 5 1/2 shoe! :cD

[tgpo]

Down with the metric system. They tried to implement it over here in the 70's. And we said "Get that crap outta here!"

[i_am_dave]

You've got to love the metric system. In metric, the average womans bust size is between 85 and 90!

[mol3000]

OK OK..... maybe yall are not understand whats going on here :P if i am a couch potato then its one thing that i hate more than anything...... whats that u may ask E!X!E!R!C!I!S!E so that answer is not the one i am lookin for..... i no it gotta be some person in here thts a medicine or herb head that no's about this stuff