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fadedgirl · Joined: 26 Nov 2006

wow! another health article aimed at how women can stay thin. shocking!

bogey666 · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Location: Korea, the ass free zone

Panda · Joined: 25 Oct 2008

The most important thing to remember:
No food at home! Dont give you any chance to get access to Snacks ( Stop buying~! )

If you think it too cruel to yourself, look at yourself in the mirror, if you look good, keep on eating.

If not, give all your snacks away and eat out ( dont cook at home).

Edit: ONLY applicable to single ppl

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

Define "small meal". This could be quite different for many people. A north American small meal would probably be a large one for many Asians.

BrianInSuwon · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: Korea

I started running steps. I live on a sixth floor. Right now, I'm just running down them in the morning. Soon, I'll add running up them. Hopefully, in a couple months I'll be able to jog up to the 15th floor.

Where do you find whole grains/nuts/legumes/beans? I should definitely start adding these to my diet.

I'm in the habit of skipping breakfast. But I guess if I had some prepared brocolli in the fridge and a banana I could find time to eat in the morning. Maybe throw in a handful of nuts and a glass of juice .

ciccone_youth · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan

Thanks for sharing.

I'm quite healthy and know most of this stuff, but it's always good to read some reminders, that helps me keep on track!

maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

thought walking was one of best forms of exercise

1 mountains
2 parks
3 all over your native english teacher, whatever

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

icnelly · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Location: Bucheon

BrianInSuwon · Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Location: Korea

Temporary,

I am overweight; probably from drinking too much bar and not exercising enough. I tend to sit at work and then go home and sit at the computer either surfing the net or watching a downloaded movie. But I'm working on changing that.

I was able to jog up 4 flights of stairs yesterday and walk up the last 2 flights. I'll try to get up five flights today. The biggest hurdle was breaking the habit of using the elevator and actually trying to jog up the steps.

I found a friend at school thats interested in working out so we bought a pair of Thai pads off the internet last week. Today was our second workout. My legs are definitely feeling the workouts.

Icnelly,

Thanks for the tip about the sweet potatoes. How many potatoes equal 400 grams?

aka Dave · Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river

I honestly think in terms of burning fat the power clean is the excersise you want. It's hard to learn and is a pain in the ass. The second excersise would be chin ups (and you know these are hard). But if you can power clean you will OWN fat on your body. Front squats with the power clean also are great, you are sucking air when you do them.

Power clean:
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlbDQUWs0s
keep the bar close to yourself. Jump and stamp. I honestly can say I can't eat enough to gain weight after doing power cleans, front squats, and dips. So I just don't get the "I can't lose weight thing". I can't gain weight.

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

icnelly · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Location: Bucheon

misschel · Joined: 14 Oct 2008

I find it hard to stay motivated to keep going to the gym. So I've taken up home exercise DVDs and I love them. I do one or two everyday now, it's so easy to fit into my schedule because I don't have to allow for traveling to the gym.
I've always heard pilates is good for you, and now I know why. It doesn't look like much, but if you get into it it's pretty challenging!
Plus, since you're doing it at home you don't have to worry about what you look like or keeping up with all the movements.