Comments on: No fat chicks

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:18:06 +0000

WOW! I really loved thi advice! After week 3 I started taking Zumba at this studio across the street from my house (I live in Mesa AZ, if you’re curious about the studio I’ll post a link;)) and with your advice and the classes I lost weight so quickly! I even invested in some weights for my house so I didn’t have to drive to the gym!! Thanks for all this GREAT advice:)

http://dancefxstudios.com/zumba-classes-mesa-az/

By: Solaire - Praiser of the Sun

Solaire - Praiser of the Sun — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:43:34 +0000

You have some excellent suggestions here. I have also heard another good reason to weight train as your primary exercise whilst losing weight: loose skin and avoiding it. Apparently, quite a common cause of loose skin is because your muscle tone disappears if all you do is diet like mad.

Good excuse for me anyhow (since I love lifting)

But again thank you for this. Although I am not as heavy as some people might be when they start out (given your advice on starting slow; I already walk around an hour every work day, so I’m probably more active than some heavier ladies) I’m still around about 250lb and tall. So that’s a damn lot of weight for my poor joints to haul.

Some of these tips will come in handy considering I killed myself squatting on what I later found out was a damn smith machine. My newbness showed itself that day and my legs hated me for at least 3 days after.

Much as some people might turn their nose up at her, Rosemary Conley has some great advice during her aerobic stuff. “Only do what you can, don’t force the issue!” I guess there’s a reason she still looks damn good at 60+.

(Although I’d rather lift than do aerobics!)

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:21:00 +0000

@Lynne: Well, think about this. You could be living in a healthy, fit body with some loose skin. Or you could leave things exactly as they are now because you're afraid of what could happen. The truth is that you don't know. So keep on your awesome path of caring for your wonderful body and building a foundation of health. Once you reach your goal weight/size and stay there for 6 months or so, then decide how things look and what you want to do. For now, focus on what you can do today to live healthy.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:56:21 +0000

I am in the process of losing a lot of weight (going from 380 to 150, currently about 1/3 of the way there) and have been reading online about the problems I am going to have with loose skin. Is a lot of loose skin inevitable? I don’t have anywhere near the money to have the surgeries to fix it once I get it, and from what I have been reading, insurance will not cover it. It has me really discouraged.

By: Michael Anders

Michael Anders — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:49:13 +0000

This is really good article. I like how you broke it down. Finally a post pointing out the importance of resistance training to any decent weight loss program.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:22:20 +0000

I’m going to do this. Or as much as I can. I just joined Planet Fitness, and while an hour on the treadmill (at 3mph) is no problem, things like squats and all that fun stuff are… perhaps I’ll modify the program to add an hour of cardio in every other day.

I do love the treadmill.

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:47:23 +0000

Just finished day 1 of what I’m calling the “No Fat Chicks 3 month get your tubby ass off the couch and moving for at least 3 days a week and eating better program”…

Once the three months is up I’ll post (can I post?…how would that work) before and after pictures and stats.

Thanks for the kick in the ass Stumptuous!

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:18:40 +0000

@Jenni: Awesome! YEAH BUDDY!!!!

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:12:17 +0000

I just wanted to say thanks. This article was posted by a friend on Facebook and basically got me started. 6 weeks and 30 pounds lost and I am so pleased that I started. I have a long way to go but this article gave me the balls to go to the weight training everyone told me was for the “advanced.” (Of course those hours of cardio were prescribed.)I’m loving it! I feel better every day and I’m not starving at all. I feel stronger too, which is empowering after a lifetime of being the girl who gets picked on. Anyway, thanks. Thanks doesn’t seem enough to cover it somehow, though.

By: Mistress Krista

Mistress Krista — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:32:35 +0000

@Kim: Start with our Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_2233794096&ap=1