Going GYM able to lose weight/burn fats?
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Hi all, just need to know if going gym able to lose weight...if u had any experience on that, pls share it here...
Because i'm a indoor type, i don't like to exercise outdoor. But as i wanna lose weight, i went to the gym recently but i need to know if it really helps in losing weight or just wasting my time away in the gym.
Thanx! -
Originally posted by w_y:Hi all, just need to know if going gym able to lose weight...if u had any experience on that, pls share it here...
Because i'm a indoor type, i don't like to exercise outdoor. But as i wanna lose weight, i went to the gym recently but i need to know if it really helps in losing weight or just wasting my time away in the gym.
Thanx!
Whether of not U r wasting time in the gym is totally up to U...
It all depends on wat U do in the gym...
If U go there to talk and socialize...of coz...U wun lose any weights...
U nd to go in there and really train hard...go for the weights...the cardio machines...
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Things you SHOULD eat:
1) Foods that are in healthy proportions. Serving sizes in restaurants and certain foods at food courts are just as supersized as your macdonalds meals.
2) Carbohydrates in the low glycemic index. Whole grains, brown rice and certain potatoes.
3) Lean meats as your protein sources. Chicken without skin, lean cuts of pork and beef, etc.
4) Lots and lots of vegetables and fruits with FIBRE in them. Fibre fills your stomach without giving you any excess energy source at all. For your case, 1/4-1/3 of your food should consist of vegetables.
Things to NOT eat:
1) Sweets, foods containing alot of simple sugar like cakes, chocolate bars, soft drinks, starbucks, coffeebean, bubble tea. If you do happen to take, know that you have exactly 20 minutes to expend 200 kcal of immediate energy, if not, 9 kcal is converted to 1 gram of fat in your body.
2) Staple that is high on the glycemic index, white rice, white bread, sweet potatoes. All these foods have 100 glycemic index, the same as sugar. Eating them is as good as taking sugar by the tablespoonfuls.
3) Foods high in fat, KFC, Bak Kut Teh.
4) Foods that are prepared with alot of oils and fats, roti prata, goreng pisang.
5) Foods that have hidden fats, nasi lemak, nasi goreng, buttered rice.
Things you MUST do:
1) Include an exercise program in your weight loss program.
2) Weights training is MANDATORY.
3) WRITE down everything you eat and look at it every night before you sleep and every morning before you start eating.
4) Influence the support of those close to you, parents, siblings, etc.
5) Consult a Fitness Trainer or a Nutritionist.
6) Certain supplements and food can help suppress your appetite.
Things you MUST NOT do:
1) Cut down caloric intake drastically without exercising. (Fygi has explained why)
2) Buy Extrim, Slim10 and all that SHIT that gives you eventually weight loss PLUS kidney failure, heart stoppage.
3) Go for a slim wrap at beauty centre for $2,000.
4) Look up the internet for ways of slimming down. Sure, 10% of it is true. Now which 10%!?
5) Consult the GNC lady for help. (90% of these women in red don't even know what a dumbell is)
6) EXPECT RESULTS WITHOUT WORK!
credits to ryanBo|` -
of courseOriginally posted by w_y:Hi all, just need to know if going gym able to lose weight...if u had any experience on that, pls share it here...
Because i'm a indoor type, i don't like to exercise outdoor. But as i wanna lose weight, i went to the gym recently but i need to know if it really helps in losing weight or just wasting my time away in the gym.
Thanx!
as long as you perform cardiovascular exercises for a long period of time 30-40 mins regularly, and eat the right stuff, sure can lose weight. don't eat too little though, cuz you might reduce your body's metabolic rate -
If you do not like running on threadmill.Then swimming is fine, lift weights for mass and cardio for defination.
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I disagree with the not eating rice/potato part, we need glycogen to refuel our muscles when/after we exercise.If you are really competitive/active eating a lot of carbs wouldnt do harm, FYI some people(Bodybuilder, runner,sprinter) eat like 200g or more carbohydrates a day to refuel their muscles and they eat things like bread/rice/potatoes.Originally posted by fai:Things you SHOULD eat:
1) Foods that are in healthy proportions. Serving sizes in restaurants and certain foods at food courts are just as supersized as your macdonalds meals.
2) Carbohydrates in the low glycemic index. Whole grains, brown rice and certain potatoes.
3) Lean meats as your protein sources. Chicken without skin, lean cuts of pork and beef, etc.
4) Lots and lots of vegetables and fruits with FIBRE in them. Fibre fills your stomach without giving you any excess energy source at all. For your case, 1/4-1/3 of your food should consist of vegetables.
Things to NOT eat:
1) Sweets, foods containing alot of simple sugar like cakes, chocolate bars, soft drinks, starbucks, coffeebean, bubble tea. If you do happen to take, know that you have exactly 20 minutes to expend 200 kcal of immediate energy, if not, 9 kcal is converted to 1 gram of fat in your body.
2) Staple that is high on the glycemic index, white rice, white bread, sweet potatoes. All these foods have 100 glycemic index, the same as sugar. Eating them is as good as taking sugar by the tablespoonfuls.
3) Foods high in fat, KFC, Bak Kut Teh.
4) Foods that are prepared with alot of oils and fats, roti prata, goreng pisang.
5) Foods that have hidden fats, nasi lemak, nasi goreng, buttered rice.
Things you MUST do:
1) Include an exercise program in your weight loss program.
2) Weights training is MANDATORY.
3) WRITE down everything you eat and look at it every night before you sleep and every morning before you start eating.
4) Influence the support of those close to you, parents, siblings, etc.
5) Consult a Fitness Trainer or a Nutritionist.
6) Certain supplements and food can help suppress your appetite.
Things you MUST NOT do:
1) Cut down caloric intake drastically without exercising. (Fygi has explained why)
2) Buy Extrim, Slim10 and all that SHIT that gives you eventually weight loss PLUS kidney failure, heart stoppage.
3) Go for a slim wrap at beauty centre for $2,000.
4) Look up the internet for ways of slimming down. Sure, 10% of it is true. Now which 10%!?
5) Consult the GNC lady for help. (90% of these women in red don't even know what a dumbell is)
6) EXPECT RESULTS WITHOUT WORK!
credits to ryanBo|`
Fitness/personal trainer is not needed, i seriously think people who are not competitve sportsmen and hire them are just too lazy to find out information on the net themself -
Who's talking abt bodybuilding, running and sprinting? Read the thread title?Originally posted by chronicles:I disagree with the not eating rice/potato part, we need glycogen to refuel our muscles when/after we exercise.If you are really competitive/active eating a lot of carbs wouldnt do harm, FYI some people(Bodybuilder, runner,sprinter) eat like 200g or more carbohydrates a day to refuel their muscles and they eat things like bread/rice/potatoes.
Fitness/personal trainer is not needed, i seriously think people who are not competitve sportsmen and hire them are just too lazy to find out information on the net themself -
if u just wanna lose weight, i recommend u go jog long distance
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Yupz i know...but i hate jogging...so i turn to the gym...thanx 4 ur suggestion anywayOriginally posted by alkaiden:if u just wanna lose weight, i recommend u go jog long distance
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I used to jog from potong pasir, to bishan park. Confirm can lose weight!
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you go gym. After gym, hungry eat a lot also no use. You end up gaining weight. Best is to eat little and run more.
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lai...good lobang...oto trimax.
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Look, if you really want to lose weight go run. Running is a highly effective way to lose weigth and running the treadmill in the gym is the most effective method to lose weigth. Nothing is more effective than this:
http://www.musclemedia.com/training/hiit.asp
You will lose weight too if you do weight-lifting in the gym, but you will need to REALLY do weight lifting if you want to see significant weight lost. If you are scared to run, I doubt you will have the ability to do enough weigths to see the effects. -
I am making it to the comparision that someone out there stated that eating carbohydrates are bad, look even if you eat protein with no or little carbs.The body will use your protein for the energy instead of muscle building.Eating both carbs and proteins are good, carbs will make your body produce insulin which will drive the protein in faster.Originally posted by fai:Who's talking abt bodybuilding, running and sprinting? Read the thread title?
You obviously didnt even read my full para either, my point being dont avoid carbs. -
No i don't think so..Gym is more for muscle building not soo much of losing weight..
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and even if you are trying to lose weight, dont skip meals cause it will lower your metabolism and lower metabolism means burning fat slower.
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Thats why i recommanded weight-lifting and cardio at the same time, whats the use of losing weight and look like a bamboo stick, if he loses weight and look like a bamboo stick.Sooner or later he is going to ask us how to build muscleOriginally posted by stellazio:No i don't think so..Gym is more for muscle building not soo much of losing weight.. -
But building muscles will make him gain weight..Originally posted by chronicles:Thats why i recommanded weight-lifting and cardio at the same time, whats the use of losing weight and look like a bamboo stick, if he loses weight and look like a bamboo stick.Sooner or later he is going to ask us how to build muscle -
Originally posted by fai:Things you MUST NOT do:
...Consult the GNC lady for help. (90% of these women in red don't even know what a dumbell is)... -
There are generally two types of exercises
Aerobic / Isotonic - A high energy consumption exercise, running, jogging, swimming, football, basketball, badminton, tennis, threadmills, double strollers... you get what I mean.... (Running for 30 minutes churns out the most calories in all the different types of exercise, about 1000+ kcal)
Anaerobic / Isometric - A type of exercise to tone up muscles or build up muscles such as weightlifting (there are various types of machines nowadays, I don't really remember the names of it), the small dumb-bell lifting...
So if you wanna lose weight in gym, look out more for aerobic exercises, if you wanna tone muscles (and hence gain weight - and mind you muscle weighs more than fat) go for anaerobic... -
i would like to add that some of the forumites have given excellent excellent advise that hit the nail on the head.
i would like to add too that some of the forumites have given 1 liners that really make you go "........", thank you for making sgforums, a truly singaporean forum *hint hint*
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anyway, what I would like to add on is that you can work out indoors, depending on your weight, height and body fat percentage, there can be a few workout regimes.
1st) CARDIO: This is the most important if you're looking to burn fat, if you're obese, do not even start on weights, keep running. run for 20mins, at around 65% of your heart rate, most gyms have treadmills that can help you take your heart rate. Running is the best because it will give you a total body work out. However, i would strongly advise you take glucosamine if you're like me, running everyday can take a huge toll on all your joints and cartilage. Bike riding and cross trainers don't work you out half as effectively as running does. Do not run fast for 10mins, you use up your immediate energy supply, what you want is for the body to dig into its fat reserves, so 20mins, at a good speed. an indication of this is that you can talk while running, but not sing a song.
2) WEIGHTS: If you're marginally overweight, it would be better for you to increase your metabolism, and muscle mass first WITH CARDIO - there is no way you can skip your cardio and burn fat. Doing an array of resistance training can help you in your goals. Afterall, if you lose weight and become bones you wouldn't look half as good as you do being all toned and lean. Besides the superFACIAL aspect of it, if you were to start on weights first then cardio, you can be guaranteed to be burning alot more of your fat reserves if you follow my advice in (1) because with weights, you would have used up your immediate energy reserve first.
3) TIP: There is no better time to do cardio then in the morning.
4) TIP: To get that same morning effect, do weights first, unless you're obese than follow (3)
5) TIP: You have to stick with your regime, don't be self conscious like everyone in the gym is looking at you, it's alright to run slow for 20-30mins, the gym is a very supportive place, ppl are all here for a common reason.
6) TIP: For the body to burn fat, you have to lower your calorie intake, and up your calorie burning. which means, eat less work more, no pain no gain.
7) TIP: PM me if you need somemore help, I'd be glad to give advice
Warmest Regards & Best of Luck,
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one more thing, it is important to have that mental aspect of weight loss there.
Weight management is a lifelong objective.
Set goals, e.g. if you're 100kg now, set a goal for 95kg with a reward of a McDonalds meal.
This will help keep you motivated, and also, take your weight everyday, it will keep you motivated to see you didn't gain weight, and even better if you lose weight. look in the mirror, be proud of what you see because you've earned it.
I would like to add that someone mentioned not to eat certain things, while it is agreeable, it doesn't mean it's contraband. Have it once in a while, e.g. char kway teow, once a week is FINE. F I N E. make sure you exercise though, walking 5 blocks can help expand that little bit more. -
Is it possible for you to pass me a link on prophylactic usage on glucosamine sulphate (Viartril-S) where a random clinical trial / study has shown that it reduces or slows down the time of developing osteoarthritis?
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get thermogenics to help and DO cardio....thermorage selling at S$50, if keen PM me
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He said lose weight OR burn fatsOriginally posted by stellazio:But building muscles will make him gain weight..
As i said
If he looks like a bamboo after losing weights i bet he will also wanna bulk up a little right
Fat is "dirty" bulk
But i am sure he will apperciate "clean" bulk