Fitness Guru's

[yamahonkawazuki]

well im skinny like a crackhead with a buddha belly. wanna trade ?  lol.

[Twism86]

I also have a "no elevator policy" at work  My co-workers laugh at me when they take the elevator to ride up a few floors while i take the stairs. Every little bit helps.

[noiseguy]

Bringing a sack lunch vs. eating out for lunch M-Fr is worth about 10 pounds for me; it takes about 2 months for my weight to move back and forth.

Eating out at dinners (M-Fr), long term, is another 10 pounds.

For reference, my target weight is around 165, so we're talking about swinging from 165-185 over time.

For me, food choices are dependant on the amount of business travel I'm doing. After a few months of 100% travel, I'm really looking sloppy. And not fitting my clothes particularly well 

[Twism86]

Not to mention eating out will cost you. I for one cant afford to eat most of meals at restaurants, i mean i ride a GS 

[redhawkdancing]

Seems like a small thing, but proper digestion helps a lot.  Enyzymes and probiotics will do the trick!   

[mister]

I also have a "no elevator policy" at work  My co-workers laugh at me when they take the elevator to ride up a few floors while i take the stairs. Every little bit helps.

They laugh at you? I laugh at them. And the people who take an elevator to go to a gym  a couple floors up and the people who drive to a gym just to go on a walking machine WTF? And the people that think a 30 minute walk once a day (maybe max burn 200 cal) will help them lose weight while they chown down 3500 calories a day of fried food and cakes at their office desk.

Michael

[The Buddha]

However if you went back to your old life you'd get your old body back. You need to keep this on for the rest of yoru life to stay that way.
Long term and life style changes do work, after all you were not born with a beer belly.
Cool.
Buddha.

Buddha may have his ideas, maybe due to a buddha belley that won't go away?

I went through a 3 month fitness challenge a year ago and dropped 35 pounds and dropped body fat ratio from 26 to 18. Heard rate dropped 20 beats and pressure also dropped. Kept that weight off for another year and built up muscle. That's after 25 years of lack of exercise and drinking lots of wine. I saw similar results from others doing the fitness challenge. Some more dramatic than mine.

Say what you like, buddha, but exercise and proper diet is what it takes.

So I say bull on "how little effect working out has on losing weight or putting on muscle". That's just not true. You don't know what you're talking about. Maybe you haven't tried?

[adidasguy]

"My workout buddy is so lazy she takes the elevator to the 3rd floor to use the stair master"
"My workout buddy is so lazy she won't ride the bike to the gym to use the stationary bike"
"My workout buddy is so lazy she never has to wash her sweat towel"
"My workout buddy is so lazy she sets the stairmaster to the DOWN setting."

Any others?

[yamahonkawazuki]

yes.:
" my workout buddy is so lazy claims the towel is too heavy"