lol, I'm fat

[station82o]

And water cleans your body. It helps get rid of wasted material and it lubricates your body. You can, however, drink too much water which is almost just as bad as drinking too little.

How much water would you say is too much? I drink about 8-10 large glasses a day, that to me seems normal.

[jonas]

For me, I never seem to gain weight or lose it. I never eat breakfast, I usually don't consume anything until 2pm or so. I eat something medium sized at 2pm like a sub or a burger, whatever. For dinner I eat that at about 7pm and it's a fair size.
Then maybe at 9 or so, I *might* have a snack.

I never gain weight and I'm always the same. I'm not fat, but I'm not fit either. I'm 5'11 and about 175 pounds.

I think if I ate more little meals I would lose some weight because I honestly don't eat that much when I think about how much other people eat. I think my body has gotten into an odd state where I eat at pretty much the right times so it always functions nicely without gaining or losing any weight.

[Cowdisease]

If you have a swimming pool near you, you should definitely take advantage of it. Swimming is one of the best exercises you can do because it's like doing cardio and strength training at the same time without causing any stress on your joints. You can get a good workout in 30 minutes. The best time to go would be early morning, because that's when the pool is at its cleanest (assuming that the pool is cleaned every night).

[Diff-chan]

How much water would you say is too much? I drink about 8-10 large glasses a day, that to me seems normal.

Thats the recommended amount.

[Rumpy]

Thats the recommended amount.

Yeah, and when people say "but drinking too much can hurt you", it's a ridiculous amount of water that's needed to do that. Nothing to really worry about. I think doing 8-10 is enough of a challenge to drink.

[Yoshi]

No you won't. I'm still a member of the skinny-ass-eat-whatever-the-fuck-I-want club and I'm pushing 25. Everyone says it'll catch up with me someday. Whatever. *downs box of Ho-Hos*

Me too, and I am pushing 30. The only thing I have cut down significantly is greasy shit. It's not because it makes me fat though. It's because it started giving me stomach issues when I had too much of it.

[taloony]

=/ well that may be hard to do. I have a meal ticket, so I only get to eat three times a day, and only those three times.

I guess I could make two simple sandwitches, and take one back to the room at every meal for later.

What would be a good start for exercise, and when are the past times of the day to do it?

That was how I was with my first year of college. You just have to take food out with you, or sneak it out if they won't allow you to leave with it. Also, on any sort of sandwich, try to cut back on the sauces, especially mayo. That's an easy way to reduce calories.

For exercise... I'd say, in the morning-the first thing you do after you wake up, actually-do some push-ups and crunches. It will help you wake up without doing anything that's too stressful, and since you're doing it on an empty stomach, it'll help you burn just that much more. Beyond this,exercise when you're comfortable with doing so. I've tried it at various times during the day and have found that midafternoon (3 or so) is best for me. It's a good pick me up as the day drags on. You should probably start out with cardio, anything you enjoy doing, and some light weights with high reps. I can give you any number of basic routines if you want me too.

[Gohron]

Yeah, and when people say "but drinking too much can hurt you", it's a ridiculous amount of water that's needed to do that. Nothing to really worry about. I think doing 8-10 is enough of a challenge to drink.

8-10 glasses isn't that bad, if you really think about stretching that out all day it's pretty easy. If I get real thirsty I might chug 3 glasses in one sitting, during the long days of PT and drill I was drinking close to 3 gallons of water a day though I don't suggest this unless your doing a lot of stressful physical activity.

[Fe 26]

I was 120 in high school, and now I'm 170.

It's like I ate a midget.

Or you had to hide some evidence.

[The_Meach]

If you have a swimming pool near you, you should definitely take advantage of it. Swimming is one of the best exercises you can do because it's like doing cardio and strength training at the same time without causing any stress on your joints. You can get a good workout in 30 minutes.

I concur.

It's the best sport for weight loss (not that this swim coach is biased or anything) and toning:

1) Low impact. When you're overweight and you start running, your knees (and whole body) will take a pounding. Water supports your weight and lets you work against the water...not the concrete. As long as you're doing your stroke correctly, you cannot get hurt (your body is working against itself...it's not pushing against anything). The only people who do get hurt swimming have shoulder problems b/c they're using their hands/arms incorrectly.

2) Total body workout. Plenty of over-pumped liars say their machine will do what no other machine does and give you a total body workout. Bull. Swimming works both sides of your body equally, so you don't rely on your dominant side. Also, it focuses on the most important muscle groups (if you're looking to look good naked) - back, torso, abs, shoulders, triceps. Your chest and biceps will never be huge but you will be lean and cut.

3) It's clean. Although you sweat in the pool (make sure to drink during a workout), you don't get all sweaty and gross. May not seem like a big deal to those of us who like to know we're working hard but I love getting out of the pool, grabbing a shower and knowing that I'm one clean SOB.

4) It's the best all-around sport for fitness. Not only can you do it your entire life but you improve your flexibility and agility. Pumping iron is great if you want to look like Arnie or be super-strong. I'd take a swimmer 6 days a week and twice on Sundays over some guy who can bench 350, if we're going to measure overall athletic ability. Swimming won't turn you into someone who benches 300 but you will have insane endurance and equally incredible flexibility/agility. I think these qualities are more impressive than brute strength and I also think they are, for lack of a better term, sexier qualities.

IP, if you are going to start swimming, I'd be happy to give you some pointers/workouts.

Protip: Don't treat swimming like running. Do sets, don't try to just swim for a mile.