Rum Ration
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Eat lots and lots of wabbit food. Ditch gash food, and no booze whatsoever. Exercise for an hour a day, and vary it so you don't get bored (run, gym, swim, bike etc). Walk lots, if you've got a dog then walk the poor f***er into the ground. If ever you feel hungry (and you will) then eat an apple or an orange.

Doing this lost me 1kg/wk when I went on a "shift-pudge" push last year.

Hope this helps

Drink more water too. If you dont have enough water in your body its harder to break down fats. Your body chemically needs water molecules to split the triglycerides up into something useful it can burn. As an added bonus, drinking cold water uses calories to bring it up to body temp. And if you drink plenty of water you will find you are not as hungry as modern man often misinterprets thirst as hunger.

Having said all this I seldom take my own advice and I am chronicly dehydrated most of the time

Success to you.

Originally Posted by grippy_gecko

Your body chemically needs water molecules to split the triglycerides up into something useful it can burn. As an added bonus, drinking cold water uses calories to bring it up to body temp.

My shit detector is burning with this. Have you ever tried mixing fat (triglycerides) and water? They don't mix well. And drinking cold water uses up calories in heating process - by that rationale you could lose weight by sitting in a freezer. Instead, you tend to die.

Originally Posted by grippy_gecko

Having said all this I seldom take my own advice and I am chronicly dehydrated most of the time

Right - chronically (note spelling) means long term. Acute means short term. Nothing to do with severity. Example: me knocking over my coffee earlier tonight - acute problem. People continually abusing medical terms and spouting pseudo-science rubbish - chronic problem.

I'm going to pour myself a Scotch and calm down now.

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Angrydoc, I have two degrees in biochemistry, and what I said about needing water to break down fat is quite correct. If you don't believe me go check your old biochemistry textbooks. And yes you do use calories heating up the water. I never suggested sitting in a freezer. It is often suggested that those who are trying to lose more weight use the fact that keeping warm takes energy to help them by such methods as running outdoors rather than indoors, taking cold showers etc. It only uses an extra few calories each time, but over a long period can help.

As to what I said about myself (I did spell it wrongly I admit), I meant what I said exactly. I am not acutely dehydrated, but rather most of the time I have not been drinking enough water. Why did you assume I was using the word incorrectly?
I worked damn hard for my doctorate, same as you Ma'm.

Originally Posted by grippy_gecko

Angrydoc, I have two degrees in biochemistry, and what I said about needing water to break down fat is quite correct. If you don't believe me go check your old biochemistry textbooks. And yes you do use calories heating up the water. I never suggested sitting in a freezer. It is often suggested that those who are trying to lose more weight use the fact that keeping warm takes energy to help them by such methods as running outdoors rather than indoors, taking cold showers etc. It only uses an extra few calories each time, but over a long period can help.

As to what I said about myself (I did spell it wrongly I admit), I meant what I said exactly. I am not acutely dehydrated, but rather most of the time I have not been drinking enoughg water. Why did you assume I was using the word incorrectly?
I worked damn hard for my doctorate, same as you sir.

My bold

You may want to amend that to madam

My mistake, watched too much Star Trek, thought all Navy people were Sir, regardless of sex.

Originally Posted by grippy_gecko

My mistake, watched too much Star Trek, thought all Navy people were Sir, regardless of sex.

They are when they are hanging out the back of your mudflaps.