18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT - Honda-Tech

Ekasey · 10-01-2008, 03:56 PM

So let's be blunt, I don't know a damn thing about health or fitness the fact is for the most part I'm pretty abusive to my body.

Don't sleep much
pack a day smoker
Don't eat right
don't exercise regularly

etc.

However I bet came up at the office today between my boss and I. He is a slim and trim guy who goes to the gym about 5 nights a week, and he's trying to lose 6lbs in 6 weeks, from 170 down to 162 or so. So jokingly we said we would do the standard bet of a dollar to see if I could go 3 lbs for his 1lb.

I'm 5'10" about 205

Now this biggest issues are the following

I absolutely hate running, unless i was playing soccer or something like that

I don;t have any cash for a gym membership, debt is way more important for me to be paying down then winning a dollar bet.

So I figure my best bet is to eat right, and figure out a fun way of exercising at the same time.

Like I said I don;t know a whole lot about that but I'm starting off with a simple small green salad tonight, with very little dressing.

So HT any Suggestions for a healthy inexpensive really light diet, and some fun things for exercise?

I'm going to try, running the stairs at the beach ( we have a really steep set of about 100-200 stairs) and try to go bodyboarding every other day

I'm open to anything but running, and buying a gym membership

Thanks in advance!

k24em2 · 10-01-2008, 09:30 PM

Eat less.

dohcef · 10-02-2008, 01:37 PM

Hey Ekasey, I'm no personal trainer, but I do read alot about health and fitness and excerise regularly so I figured I'd give you a few pointers.

Eating smaller amount and watching what you eat is the first step. Try to eat more vegetables and high protein low fat meats, such as chicken or salmon. Reduce the amount of foods you eat with sugar and flour in them, including pasta. Eating three small meals a day with small snacks in between, such things as almonds, cottage cheese or low fat yogurt.

Try to replace most of your beverages with water or a sports drink if you are exercising. Early stages of dehydration can actually trick our bodies into thinking were hungry when were not. I've also read that green tea can increase your metabolism, but I don't actually know if it's true.

Eating less will help you loose a few pounds, but your body will eventually adjust your metabolism. Regular exercise will increase your weight lose tremendously. Try something that keeps you active for more than 30 minutes at a time. See how fast you can wash and wax your car!

Hope some of this helped and I wish you the best of luck.

Ekasey · 10-02-2008, 03:48 PM

thanks man, so far since yesterday, it was a salad for dinner, a half a turkey sandwish (lettuce tomatoe onions and a touch of mustard) for lunch, and another salad for dinner, maybe even some exercise tonight!

Danger · 10-02-2008, 05:37 PM

just give up now.

dohcef · 10-02-2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danger

just give up now.

Typical American.

Good work so far. I hope you win. Keep me posted with the exercise.

daklown · 10-02-2008, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dohcef

Typical American.

Good work so far. I hope you win. Keep me posted with the exercise.

lol@ danger actually knows what hes talking about. hes in shape.

simply put, you cannot lose 18lbs of fat in 6 weeks without chemicals.

maybe water
and muscle
and fat
and shit
and piss
and body hair

but not 18lbs of fat. especially when you are unwilling to go to a gym LOL. People think great bodies are built on a whim or with hopes and dreams. Fact is, it takes discipline and hard work over time consistently, EVEN WITH STEROIDS.

There is no magic.

Well unless you wanna try DNP. And be eligible for the next darwin award.

Kookz · 10-02-2008, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dohcef

Typical American.

The OP?

Start riding a bicycle that 1 mile to work too.

Ekasey · 10-03-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danger

just give up now.

maybe I will buy your parts too!

QUOTE=dohcef]

Typical American.

Good work so far. I hope you win. Keep me posted with the exercise. [/quote]

Yep, just trying to free myself away from the office enough to do so

Quote:

Originally Posted by daklown

lol@ danger actually knows what hes talking about. hes in shape.

simply put, you cannot lose 18lbs of fat in 6 weeks without chemicals.

maybe water
and muscle
and fat
and shit
and piss
and body hair

but not 18lbs of fat. especially when you are unwilling to go to a gym LOL. People think great bodies are built on a whim or with hopes and dreams. Fact is, it takes discipline and hard work over time consistently, EVEN WITH STEROIDS.

There is no magic.

Well unless you wanna try DNP. And be eligible for the next darwin award.

People may think that, but I don't. A couple of my good friends are in awesome shape, and guess what they're in the Gym almost everyday to every other day. This almost like an expirement to just see what I can lose with minimal exercise effort and an improved diet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kookz

The OP?

Start riding a bicycle that 1 mile to work too.

If I had a bicycle

vtecvoodoo · 10-03-2008, 12:07 PM

Casey, going on a 1-2 mile walk in the evening, cutting out soda/alcohol, bodyboarding a couple times a week and no fast food would be a great start.

Ekasey · 10-03-2008, 01:46 PM

Yep no Soda or alcohol, water only since the bet started, had some chicken for lunch with some diced tomatoes. Gonna go bodyboarding this weekend, and maybe for a run or two

thanks dood!

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtecvoodoo

Casey, going on a 1-2 mile walk in the evening, cutting out soda/alcohol, bodyboarding a couple times a week and no fast food would be a great start.

corona · 10-03-2008, 07:31 PM

run to work. while kicking a soccer ball.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekasey

maybe I will buy your parts too!

you're in debt. remember?

daklown · 10-03-2008, 09:12 PM

wait, so

your friends going to the gym frequently and having awesome bodies means that losing bodyfat at a rate of 3lbs per week is possible?

1-2lbs per week is generally the accepted rate. 2lbs is for obese people or drugs.

Ekasey · 10-03-2008, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corona

run to work. while kicking a soccer ball.

you're in debt. remember?

I'am shit thats news to me?

Quote:

Originally Posted by daklown

wait, so

your friends going to the gym frequently and having awesome bodies means that losing bodyfat at a rate of 3lbs per week is possible?

1-2lbs per week is generally the accepted rate. 2lbs is for obese people or drugs.

[freak] no, haha I don't believe it's possible without a ton of hardwork, however I'm really interested to see what a drastic diet change will do

corona · 10-04-2008, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekasey

[freak] no, haha I don't believe it's possible without a ton of hardwork, however I'm really interested to see what a drastic diet change will do

it'll just [freak] your metabolism up. you're not the first person that's attempted this. and its silly to do it to curb your interest when there's so much evidence out there of what works and what doesn't, and evidence that what you're doing is far from ideal.

crash dieting to try to drop significant weight in 6 weeks will make your body go into "oh shit, i better store everything i can get now, because i don't know when my next meal is coming" mode. and that'll continue on long after you stopped dieting and have gone back to eating normal shit food. which will make you even more overweight in the long run.

exercise is crucial (bodyboarding doesn't count), as is a well balanced diet that's spread in small meals throughout the day.

JustAnotherG20 · 10-04-2008, 06:06 AM

[quote=Ekasey]
People may think that, but I don't. A couple of my good friends are in awesome shape, and guess what they're in the Gym almost everyday to every other day. This almost like an expirement to just see what I can lose with minimal exercise effort and an improved diet.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

If you do it right, you will lose some weight. As long as calories out > calories in, you'll drop at least some poundage.

But it won't be as much as you're hoping, because of the oh shit factor corona mentioned. Your body will slow down, reducing the calories out.

[quote=Ekasey]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kookz

The OP?

Start riding a bicycle that 1 mile to work too.

If I had a bicycle</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is it seriously one mile?

Walk if you can't afford a bike.

Plus, you'll save money on gas + wear and tear on your car.

daklown · 10-04-2008, 08:16 AM

yeah im not trying to discourage you...

Just eat enough and find a way to resistance train and do cardio.

Ekasey · 10-04-2008, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corona

it'll just [freak] your metabolism up. you're not the first person that's attempted this. and its silly to do it to curb your interest when there's so much evidence out there of what works and what doesn't, and evidence that what you're doing is far from ideal.

crash dieting to try to drop significant weight in 6 weeks will make your body go into "oh shit, i better store everything i can get now, because i don't know when my next meal is coming" mode. and that'll continue on long after you stopped dieting and have gone back to eating normal shit food. which will make you even more overweight in the long run.

exercise is crucial (bodyboarding doesn't count), as is a well balanced diet that's spread in small meals throughout the day.

makes sense! have to try to fit some exercise time in

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustAnotherG20

If I had a bicycle

Is it seriously one mile?

Walk if you can't afford a bike.

Plus, you'll save money on gas + wear and tear on your car. [/quote]

I can afford a bike but i don't want one, and I don't wanna walk to work it's actually 2 miles or so, but it's close probably a 20-30 walk. At the end of the day especially at the times i leave the office the last thing i wanna do is walk

10-01-2008, 03:56 PM	#1
Ekasey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: THE OC, CA, usa Posts: 3,599	18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT So let's be blunt, I don't know a damn thing about health or fitness the fact is for the most part I'm pretty abusive to my body. Don't sleep much pack a day smoker Don't eat right don't exercise regularly etc. However I bet came up at the office today between my boss and I. He is a slim and trim guy who goes to the gym about 5 nights a week, and he's trying to lose 6lbs in 6 weeks, from 170 down to 162 or so. So jokingly we said we would do the standard bet of a dollar to see if I could go 3 lbs for his 1lb. I'm 5'10" about 205 Now this biggest issues are the following I absolutely hate running, unless i was playing soccer or something like that I don;t have any cash for a gym membership, debt is way more important for me to be paying down then winning a dollar bet. So I figure my best bet is to eat right, and figure out a fun way of exercising at the same time. Like I said I don;t know a whole lot about that but I'm starting off with a simple small green salad tonight, with very little dressing. So HT any Suggestions for a healthy inexpensive really light diet, and some fun things for exercise? I'm going to try, running the stairs at the beach ( we have a really steep set of about 100-200 stairs) and try to go bodyboarding every other day I'm open to anything but running, and buying a gym membership Thanks in advance! __________________ The opinions given in my statements may not necessarilly be the opinions of the company i am employed by. chmotorsports@gmail.com CHME http://www.efitechnology.com Tuning available in so cal by appointment 01 Phoenix Yellow ITR K series Powered H1 car - in progress

10-01-2008, 09:30 PM	#2
k24em2 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lincoln, Ne, USA Posts: 1,451	Re: 18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT (Ekasey) Eat less.

10-02-2008, 01:37 PM	#3
dohcef Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Newark, DE, USA Posts: 36	Hey Ekasey, I'm no personal trainer, but I do read alot about health and fitness and excerise regularly so I figured I'd give you a few pointers. Eating smaller amount and watching what you eat is the first step. Try to eat more vegetables and high protein low fat meats, such as chicken or salmon. Reduce the amount of foods you eat with sugar and flour in them, including pasta. Eating three small meals a day with small snacks in between, such things as almonds, cottage cheese or low fat yogurt. Try to replace most of your beverages with water or a sports drink if you are exercising. Early stages of dehydration can actually trick our bodies into thinking were hungry when were not. I've also read that green tea can increase your metabolism, but I don't actually know if it's true. Eating less will help you loose a few pounds, but your body will eventually adjust your metabolism. Regular exercise will increase your weight lose tremendously. Try something that keeps you active for more than 30 minutes at a time. See how fast you can wash and wax your car! Hope some of this helped and I wish you the best of luck. __________________ -power to weight ratio- "What really matters"

10-02-2008, 03:48 PM	#4
Ekasey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: THE OC, CA, usa Posts: 3,599	Re: (dohcef) thanks man, so far since yesterday, it was a salad for dinner, a half a turkey sandwish (lettuce tomatoe onions and a touch of mustard) for lunch, and another salad for dinner, maybe even some exercise tonight! __________________ The opinions given in my statements may not necessarilly be the opinions of the company i am employed by. chmotorsports@gmail.com CHME http://www.efitechnology.com Tuning available in so cal by appointment 01 Phoenix Yellow ITR K series Powered H1 car - in progress

10-02-2008, 05:37 PM	#5
Danger im broke! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: City of Angels Posts: 11,751	Re: 18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT (Ekasey) just give up now. __________________ want to buy.. west highland white terrier puppy, prefer local to norcal.

10-03-2008, 12:07 PM	#10
vtecvoodoo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: SoCal Redneck Posts: 23,696	Re: 18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT (Ekasey) Casey, going on a 1-2 mile walk in the evening, cutting out soda/alcohol, bodyboarding a couple times a week and no fast food would be a great start. __________________ fs: New Ground Control Coilovers w/ custom rates-$315 shipped!!! fs: New Ground Control Top Hats for $125 shipped!!!! Eibach Springs-Horsepower for the turns

10-03-2008, 09:12 PM	#13
daklown that's what she said Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bulking to, 260 lbs Posts: 3,855	Re: 18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT (Ekasey) wait, so your friends going to the gym frequently and having awesome bodies means that losing bodyfat at a rate of 3lbs per week is possible? 1-2lbs per week is generally the accepted rate. 2lbs is for obese people or drugs. __________________ ISK#Econ/Math/Lifting Nerd

10-04-2008, 08:16 AM	#17
daklown that's what she said Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bulking to, 260 lbs Posts: 3,855	Re: 18 lbs in 6 weeks help oh great HT (JustAnotherG20) yeah im not trying to discourage you... Just eat enough and find a way to resistance train and do cardio. __________________ ISK#Econ/Math/Lifting Nerd

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