Morning Links: Taking Stock of My Health Edition |
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Since I recently stopped having a normal 9-5 job, I have decided that getting in best shape is going to be a priority for me. I’m not in bad shape - I weigh in at 171 pounds on a 5′9″ frame - but I need to focus on more accurate measures. I’ve done this in the past with body fat percentage, BMI, and other measures. While I’m figuring all this out, here are some weight loss links that I’ve liked:
The Fit Shack asks if we’re motivated by The Biggest Loser. JoLynn makes some great points. I watch the show and I do find it motivating - for about a day - then I forget. I also agree that 5 hour workouts is impossible for the average person to duplicate. However, I don’t think think that some of the contestants qualify as your average person. The average person can also take more time to gradually and safely lose the weight rather than try to compete on a reality show.
While on the topic, Divorce To Financial Freedom is participating in her own Biggest Loser contest. It seems like it’s paying off well.
Brip Blap, proving that you don’t need The Biggest Loser, writes how to lose 100 pounds. He shows us just one of the many ways - the one that worked for him. I don’t know if I have the discipline to duplicate his efforts, but perhaps you can if you need to lose weight.
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October 19th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Hi! I saw your trackback and read, “I do find it motivating - for about a day”….for some reason that really gave me a good chuckle, in fact I’m still smiling over it.
No, I’m not putting down the Biggest Loser (although I think they workout way too much), but I’ve felt the same way when watching the show….I get all pumped up and then like you, I forget about it a couple of days later. As long as we remember that it’s a TV show, we can take the good points away from it, and leave the rest.
Thanks very much for the link, and all the best to you with your fitness goals!
October 19th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Sue from Workin’ on my Fitness is in the exact same situation; she recently lost her job and is using the opportunity to get in better shape.
Israel from Fat Man Unleashed recently put a call out for good sites with weight loss tips, and both the article and the thread have a lot of good links to excellent resources.
October 19th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
While I do watch TBL, I realize it’s like any other “reality” show, in that it’s not based on reality at all. Give me a show where they have to lose all the weight while going to their jobs and dealing with the everyday stress that we all have to battle every day, and that will be a show worth watching.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Now that would be a show to watch! You might think it wouldn’t have all of the drama of TBL, but I think it would stand up to it with everything that goes on in daily life…you’d just need the entire workplace of the contestant to agree to be in on it.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Er, sorry for the belated “thanks for the link”. Actually I have discovered to my sorrow that there is basically only one secret to weight loss - eat less, exercise more. “Eat less” is open to interpretation - less calories, less fat, less carbs, less whatever - but that’s simply it. I found when I weighed over 300 that it was easier to lose 20 pounds than it is to lose 2 now that I weigh less than 200. I’m sure if I was on the Biggest Loser I would be (a) the Biggest Loser and (b) losing 50 pounds easily. Water weight is easy to shed - converting fat to muscle is tough. The human physiology is not designed to shed that “hibernation fat.”