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Alright boys..

It's time I shed some poundage..

Anyone got some good ideas on how to lose some by Christmas time?


I'm signing up for my gym this week.
 

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try to do some cardio every day....running, jump roping, dancing.
 

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I am really into fitness I can help you out. I am not a personal trainer but I have helped friends get into shape and have helped as a strength coach for some youth hockey teams. Start with your diet, eat 5-6 smaller meals throughout the day to keep your metabolism high.

Meal 1: Egg whites and plain oatmeal (low sugar stuff like Mccann's Irish Oatmeal).
Meal 2: Chicken Breast (baked or pan seared with light oil). Green Beans or brown rice.
Meal 3: Protein Shake (Pre-Workout, I love Pro Complex brand)
Meal 4: Protein Shake (Post Workout, Use Skim Milk)
Meal 5: Fish, lean steak, or more chicken.
Meal 6: Cottage Cheese, Skim Milk. (These have casein protein that will help your body recover and rebuild overnight).

Hit the weights, you do not have to train with heavy weight but strain your muscles. Cardio only burns calories during the exorcise, but weight training will raise your metabolism and put your body in a state of burning fat all day. Also caffeine is your friend (either caffeine pills or black coffee), you would have a very limited carbohydrate intake so you will need caffeine to give you energy. Caffeine also raises your bodies metabolism. Try and hit the weights 3-4 times a week. Also take a multivitamin to make up for the lack of nutrition in the diet.

When it comes to your cardio don't worry about the time worry about the intensity. Look up High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), you can get the same cardio workout from 20 minuets than you could jogging for 2 hours.

It is best to work hard 5 days out of the week and rest completely for 2 days to let your body repair itself.

With this system I helped a friend lose 40 pounds in 2 months.
 

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Please remember: there is no secret formula. That being said, what Veritas said about eating is crucial. Also remember, if you regularly eat 3,000 calories a day, and now start to work out and burn 400 calories, you will lose weight. Maybe not at a great rate, but you will lose pounds.

Hell, if can figure out how many calories you typically eat during a day, and subtract 200 from that in addition to any working out you do - I'd bet you'd see some pounds fly off you.
 

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yeah since i quit drinking a case of beer a night ive lost a good amount of weight, Ive really just been focusing on eating right, and doing cardio... like a boss. I really need to get into a gym and start some weights but im broke right now. ive probably dropped around 15 pounds in the last two months.
 

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go beat up a little kid and steal his gym card dero. then kick him in the nads and run away.
 

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All of the stuff in here is good advice. Just excersise and try cutting back on fatty foods. Number one thing when getting a gym membership, is keeping motivation to go. Take a pic of your gut and save it. When you lose weight, take another pic and use that as motivation to go..
 

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Even better when it comes to a gym membership is trying to find one on a route you normally take. If you pass it while either going to or coming home from work that will give you a nice friendly reminder.

Of the many perks to being a teacher, free use of the weight room is something that I've been taking advantage of this year. Been doing Crossfit pretty regularly and I don't think I've lost pounds, but I can tell that I'm losing a cut and my waistline has been shrinking.
 

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Even better when it comes to a gym membership is trying to find one on a route you normally take. If you pass it while either going to or coming home from work that will give you a nice friendly reminder.

Of the many perks to being a teacher, free use of the weight room is something that I've been taking advantage of this year. Been doing Crossfit pretty regularly and I don't think I've lost pounds, but I can tell that I'm losing a cut and my waistline has been shrinking.

being a member of two sports program of my school is awesome. i have a key to the building so i can get into the weight room whenever i want, most of the athletes do. its fucking awesome.
 

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We should do a weekly weigh-in...while we're all apparently in a homo-erotic mood.
 

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i weigh in at 204 right now. soccer is slimming me down.
 

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Yeah, I think that is a lie.

how so? we don't have access to the school just the weight room. there is a door, if u open it there is a hallway and a set of doors further down. the only thing accesible in the hallway before the doors is the weight room, and a bathroom and a couple vending machines.

the card doesn't give you access through the next set of double doors.
 

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how so? we don't have access to the school just the weight room. there is a door, if u open it there is a hallway and a set of doors further down. the only thing accesible in the hallway before the doors is the weight room, and a bathroom and a couple vending machines.

the card doesn't give you access through the next set of double doors.
Because it is a HUGE liability for a school to allow somebody under the 18 access to something like that without supervision. It just would not happen. Let's say some kid got hurt in there. Your school would have a shitton of questions to answer to why some kid had his own key to go 'whenever he wants (your words).' Not to mention the lawsuit that would come from the parents of the student who got hurt.

So here are the two issues that are probably what is happening.
1. You actually might have a key, but you didn't get it from anybody with the authority to actually give you a key. Probably some younger coach that if the school found out about this would be out on his ass pretty quickly.

Or....

2. You are making all of this up - which is the likely scenario, imo.
 

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Because it is a HUGE liability for a school to allow somebody under the 18 access to something like that without supervision. It just would not happen. Let's say some kid got hurt in there. Your school would have a shitton of questions to answer to why some kid had his own key to go 'whenever he wants (your words).' Not to mention the lawsuit that would come from the parents of the student who got hurt.

So here are the two issues that are probably what is happening.
1. You actually might have a key, but you didn't get it from anybody with the authority to actually give you a key. Probably some younger coach that if the school found out about this would be out on his ass pretty quickly.

Or....

2. You are making all of this up - which is the likely scenario, imo.

ehh, not saying he is or isn't making it up..

from my high school experience.. which I graduated in 2005.. You could just go into the weight room whenever.. With or without supervision.
 

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