Yeah, I know how you feel
I look now, and have the body now that I always thought I had, and yet I'm 4 stone lighter...
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 21:58, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

May I ask, how did you manage that?
I think I need to lose 3-4 stone to be around my ideal...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:08, Reply)

I'd like to lose three stone
the problem is though that I hide fat well. So it probably wouldn't make me look much different unless I lost 4 or 5 stone
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:11, Reply)

Erm, I'm just about to be the most terrible role model ever
but I got a gastric band. I was so utterly fucked off with dieting and exercising and it doing precisely fuck all. It worked though - and now I don't have problems with my joints any more I'm training for a half marathon, which I could never have done before.
I'm about a size 12 now, and sometimes I think - fuck, that was drastic, what the hell was I thinking? - but mostly it just feels fucking awesome.

EDIT - I will point out though, that although I have 'cheated' it basically only comes down to portion size: I eat the same stuff, just less of it, and I exercise a lot more because I can exercise a lot more without it crippling me.
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:16, Reply)

Hm
how big do you have to be before they'll let you do that?

And you look smaller than a size 12 to me :S
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:18, Reply)

BMI of 35 or more, private
or BMI of 40-45+ on the NHS. I went private; one of the reasons I'm permaskint. I'm definitely not smaller than a 12 - I'm still a 14 in some shops! Not on the top since my tits have disappeared though...
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:24, Reply)

I'd consider it
if I had the money. Which I don't, so it's all moot.

Well if you'd asked me to guess, I'd have gone for guessing you were a size 10 as it happens
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:26, Reply)

I got a loan
from natwest at something stupidly minimal like 6%. And you really aren't fat enough - you're pretty much the same size as me except you have a considerably larger chest!
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:28, Reply)

I don't look really fat :)
but believe it weight to height I am clinically obese according to the doctor- who is also a bit bewildered!
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:34, Reply)

BMI is an utterly stupid measurement
in many respects, because it doesn't take in to account muscle mass or build or anything. Steve Redgrave's BMI makes him morbidly obese, but he fucking isn't. I'm still squarely in the middle of the 'overweight' category for BMI - but then I did used to be just shy of morbidly obese.
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:36, Reply)

The answer is obvious of course
I could stop eating crisps and actually do some exercise :D
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:40, Reply)

Well, it got results, and while I bet you weren't ugly before, you're smokin' now.
I'm going to join a gym and try eating more healthily. It's the bloody comfort eating that did it for me :/
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:21, Reply)

Hehe, cheers
I know it's dull, but running - if your knees can take the high impact - really does burn a fuckton of calories and tones up your legs something awesome. 30 mins of jogging = 350 calories burned or thereabouts. I also cycle to work, which is 6 miles every day (unless it's pissing down or snowing) which is another 500ish... I basically look at exercise as something which allows me to eat chocolate guilt free.
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:27, Reply)

I might go and run round Burgess Park at home, I think that could be quite pleasant.
It'll also be free rather than COSTLY GYM. Might try walking home one day a week or so (around 3 miles)
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:28, Reply)

I used to fork out for a gym membership I never, ever used
running is free! 3 miles is a good distance, but build up to it if you haven't run for ages. I do that about twice a week.
(berk, Sat 13 Nov 2010, 22:33, Reply)