The FAT Chronicles

[Magnus T Rico]

You dont have to exercise manically to be toned. I work out 1 hour a day, 45 min is weights, 15 min is climbing stairs. I bet most of u people spend longer than that eating.

My workouts this last week were about 45-60 minutes long. I am not going for the "typical bodybuilder" look. As I said before, I am into martial arts, so my training will reflect that. A six-pack would be nice, but it is not a requirement at this point. In fact the only thing that is a requirement for me is to get to 10%-15% bodyfat in my first stage. Also increasing my strength (not necessarily muscle mass) and flexibility is a major concern as well.

 

[Zirakzigil]

My workouts this last week were about 45-60 minutes long. I am not going for the "typical bodybuilder" look. As I said before, I am into martial arts, so my training will reflect that. A six-pack would be nice, but it is not a requirement at this point. In fact the only thing that is a requirement for me is to get to 10%-15% bodyfat in my first stage. Also increasing my strength (not necessarily muscle mass) and flexibility is a major concern as well.

Yeah, I was talking to ATroll - workouts dont have to take like 5 hours a day or whatever she is thinking... All she must do is just watch two fewer sitcoms

 

[p0ink]

Hi there, p0ink.

Thanks so much for taking quotes off our board out of context, altering some of them, and reposting them here.

Not one post was altered. I only copy and pasted sentences, that was it, nothing was altered, and if one was (which isnt possible) let me know, and i will be more than happy to remove it.

 

[p0ink]

My workouts this last week were about 45-60 minutes long. I am not going for the "typical bodybuilder" look. As I said before, I am into martial arts, so my training will reflect that. A six-pack would be nice, but it is not a requirement at this point. In fact the only thing that is a requirement for me is to get to 10%-15% bodyfat in my first stage. Also increasing my strength (not necessarily muscle mass) and flexibility is a major concern as well.

hey man, once again, congrats on the balls out attitude. train however you want to train, the thing that matters is that you took a pro-active role in trying to better yourself. JKD is a fast paced martial art and will help you in accomplishing your goals, as will the lifting. if you plan on getting involved in a second martial art, i suggest you give brazilian jiu jitsu a shot or maybe muay thai. both are more practical than weapons training, since you cant walk down the street holding a samuarai sword, and you will also be burning more calories with one of them (especially muay thai). well once again man, congrats on the healthy attitude and lifestyle change. if you ever have any questions do a search on the board or drop me or someone else a line. peace guy

-p0ink

 

[Citruscide]

I've heard mention of a possible legal action over this thread for interference with business??? Or any sort of legal action concerning the posting of this thread from some organization...

First and foremost, whoever the assclown who thinks a lawsuit can originate from the cutting and pasting of public postings is a complete re.... reject. I would say retard... but that word has been taken away from us.

POink... don't worry. Assclowns will be assclowns.

C

 

[Gorlim]

hahahaha the fatties think they can sue.

 

[Lao Tzu]

I have been reading this for awhile now. I am big and fat. Approximately 400 lbs. and 30% bodyfat.

30% bf at 400 lbs? that is a LBM of 280. Unless you are 6'8" i don't see how that is possible.

 

[ATrollFromTheFatBoard]

OK, OK.

Enough with this:

You dont have to exercise manically to be toned. I work out 1 hour a day, 45 min is weights, 15 min is climbing stairs. I bet most of u people spend longer than that eating.

Maybe it is hard for you to imagine, but some of us DO have to work out THAT much to be "toned." If you are asking *me* to look like a fitness model, then that is exactly what you are asking me to do.

I'm tired, tired, TIRED of hearing about how easy it is for you and how little time and effort it takes for you to lose X amount of weight and look whatever "toned." I'm glad you are finding the going simple, but do not presume to tell me that it is easy for everyone. I've lost weight, and I know EXACTLY what it took.

What it took for me to even *approach* the size I wanted to be was one quarter of my waking hours devoted to exercise. Yes, that's right. After I've run miles in 95 degree heat, in blizzards in 20 degree weather, and stuck to my exercise program without missing even a day for 18 months, do not tell me how little time it takes *you* and therefore how simple it is for everyone. I did it, and I KNOW what it took for *me.*

Somebody tell me please why it is that two women the same age can eat pretty much the same thing, and one walks twice around the block several times a week for exercise and is thin and beautiful with NO trouble at all, while another person (me) has to devote so damn much time, sweat, and boredom to exercise and STILL starts to gain weight if every dinner and every other lunch isn't salad (with no dressing)? This IS my experience. I only *wish* I were making it up.

This is my situation, folks, and it is no joke. When I say I am sick of that much exercise, it really is because I am no longer willing to work out all morning or afternoon every other day just so people passing on the street will like what they see and leave me alone. Many of us "horrible" people have worked like dogs on our weight and we still aren't thin. I personally got so sick and tired of waking up and going, "Oh, no, it's time to go through all that AGAIN? Didn't I just get finished??"

I liked being more fit, but it took so much time I started to feel like I was in jail. I grew to hate it so much that I dared not miss a day, because if I did I knew I'd never be able to get started again.

I am going to work out a REASONABLE amount of time from now on, and if it doesn't get me thin then too bad. There really are people out there who have to spend much, much more time and effort than you do to achieve the same result, and I'm one of them. This is one reason I believe remarks like "Get your lazy ass out of bed ..." and "I bet that's less time than you spend eating" are humongously unfair and quite a bit off the mark. I am no lazy ass, I don't binge, and I eat the same portions as everyone else I know. If you are able to stay in such good shape with so little outlay of time, I probably spent much more time "working at it" in my day than you are at the moment.

P0ink, I'M not suing anyone (and I don't see how they can, either, and don't consider it productive), I'M not costing you a higher insurance bill, *I* haven't done anything to you, and *I* don't deserve your hatred.

Without all this nonsense we could even have been friends. I'd prefer that to all this mudslinging. What about you?

I'm glad the good Lord saw fit to provide some of us with bodies that stay reasonably fit without unreasonable effort. But after hearing so many of you people tell about experiences so very different from mine, I'm beginning to suspect that we definitely aren't all created equal.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Its very simple. Use fewer calories than you consume, and you will lose weight. When you were exercising for hours and hours each day u must have been eating CARBS like a horse.

Did you ever try eating PROTEIN? Ask anyone here, these are people who KNOW how to exercise, eating protein is the way to help lose weight.

But lets say you ate perfectly well, and exercised for hours, and still barely managed to lose weight

then i am sorry you are just genetically inferior.

edit: seriously though, what exactly was your diet like during those intense workout periods, outline a day's meal for us and we can try and tell you what went wrong. Eating too many carbs is likely 4/5 the problem right there.

 

[Zirakzigil]

by the way.

Exercising SHOULD NOT BE EASY. If it is easy, its doing you very little good. You are making way too big a deal about running miles in 95 degree heat or 20 degree cold, THAT IS WHAT EXERCISE IS. When I go lift weights for 45 min its not like Im talking with my buddies, etc, etc, I FUCKING LIFT WEIGHTS and I am in intense pain from exertion, for much of that 45 min. When I do 15 min on the stairs, I am so out of breath I cant talk and my glutes are screaming in agony. On sundays I jog 8 miles (takes about 1 hr) and its not easy.

you are trying to pretend like you made huge sacrifices by jogging in hard weather conditions. That is what it takes. You didnt do anything extraordinary so stop pretending like it IS. When I wrestled I used to work out 3x a day, probably for 6 hours total.

P.S. did you ever try weight lifting. The idea being, muscle takes a lot of calories to live, the more muscle you have the more cals you burn.