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try to set small achievable goals first, too huge a goal will leave you in despair and not motivated.slowly but surely you will get there provided you keep up with the excercise and healthy eating habits (a change of l ifestyle too will help tremendously)once you see little improvements you will be even more motivated. give yrself lil treats when you see improvement. so gl and hope that you do achieve yr goal .

life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......

Now you have created the thread you are responsible for the workout land diat of so many in Qatar - pull up your sock no and figure out a plan if you need I am here PM me.

 I woke up at 4 am today, but could not walk the treadmill.

Don't laugh, my youngest  went off with the magnetic thread , that establishes contact with the machine and so the machine would not move.

Then I tried to go out and walk but there was  a dust storm or something going on.

 I came right back in.

So I didn't work out today .

And cannot use the treadmill till I find the missing magnet.

Boo hoo hoo

Aunt Polly

I'm aiming to lose 10kg. Trying to do it through a personal trainer but its painful.

You can't teach experience...

Unfortunately its true. 

Fairy tales don't tell children dragons exist. Children know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed. G.K Chesterton

I am willing to lead a gentle run on the corniche. I have been hauling my immense and bloated belly on runs three times a week. The runs are exactly 5km and I take it pretty slowly.

A warning though to anyone who is interested. As I lumber along the corniche the sight is so shocking that it is common to see women fainting and weeping and children crying. Even grown men are seen to recoil in revulsion at the sight of me wobbling along.

This is not for the faint of heart. 

Fairy tales don't tell children dragons exist. Children know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed. G.K Chesterton

I put on 15 Kilos since I came here and most of it over the last six months. I have to admit I got really lazy because I finish at 3 pm and don't do much after cooking dinner - I keep getting a guilty conscience for not doing more and it is a permanent fight with myself

Keep the thread clean sunshine otherwise you will get us both banned

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Are we talking about fresh meat. ???

You can't teach experience...

am afraid if I answer your question then I will be banned

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Aunt Polly and jinkz if u r interested both of u can join me at the gym 3 times a week.  we have a group with good coach there.

 jinkzy,

I think maybe like you said you need only firming up and some emotional support to keep off cigarettes.

Imust congratulate you on kicking this dangerous habit goodbye.

i am sure you look good , don't think you dont look good.

Try and put in some exercise each day

Aunt Polly

I dunno, I just feel heavy now. There are things I find hard to do already. Maybe it's not the losing weight that is my goal more on firming and toning. Oh, and trust me I don't look good, things aren't proportioned to each other when I gain more pounds. “They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.” - G. House 

 jinkz ,

You are only 52.9- 53 kgs and you want to lose weight ?

Why ?

Good food is a temptation in Doha , I agree.

I have to mentally restrain myself when I go to the supermarkets here .

Aunt Polly

 Dear all ,

Can we have fitness team , with a leader from QL who can instruct us and also lead us when we run /walk ?

Or different people to take the lead each week , different locations to exercise etc and make it systematic.

Who can be a good team leader ?

Aunt Polly

  I know, I look like a pig now I think. You what it is though, since I stopped smoking I couldn't stop eating...food just never been so delicious! Every yummy food before are 2x as yummy now. In january i was 49kgs now my weight plays around 52.9~53.9! I just feel so heavy... I want to be skinny again  “They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.” - G. House 

  On monday I ran 2 miles with some friends in corniche and I try not to exceed 1200 cals a day....I have a feeling though that I might still be eating wrong. The running thing might become a regular thing maybe 3x a week. I think we should start a fitness group to be lead by someone experienced in that area. “They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.” - G. House 

You are very fat. I think a target of 5kg is much too modest. I don't know what has happened to you. Back in January you were stick thin. Too much of the good life me thinks. 

Fairy tales don't tell children dragons exist. Children know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed. G.K Chesterton

I have the same issue as jinkz...........no matter what i m trying not shifting those kilso.........i tend to eat little during the day and too much in the eve............and no exercise. tried walking around villagio but got bored and cold ...

But if there was a gp of us we could do the walk i think its around 3km in total...

 jinkz,

Wait for atleast 1 month , before you give up or try something new .

What are you doing now to lose weight /getting fit ?

Aunt Polly

  Count me in please! I need to lose 5 kgs. I have been on diet for almost 2 weeks but I have a strong feeling that i'm doing it wrong. “They say you can't live without love. Tell them oxygen is more important!.” - G. House 

 Dear Kelly ,

I am old , thats why the aunt and see what i post - don't I sound like an aunt ?

I was reading Mark Twain when I decided to join QL , hence the aunt Polly .

Aunt Polly

When is the meeting?

Never go younger by a month, a hard bod is no substitute for wisdom.

Would you please eliminate Aunt from your name. I find it funny considering my age to call you Aunt

I would suggest you start a special group for diets and weight control. Let everyone state their experience there and like that everybody would benefit from others experiences.

Did try once to follow a simple yet effective method. It did work and help a lot. Simply it is based on doing stomach exercise prior to having lunch.

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You said it lol; what kinf of fresh meat are we talking about here ???

Battling with words again on another thread today.

Fine thanks - I am actually going to do some excercise this evening with a friend. This has  to be marked in the calendar as a spectacular event  lol then perhaps something to eat in the souq.

Thank God you are not allergic to fresh meat.

How are you dear?

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Breakfast

one piece of brown bread and reduced cheese  10 gm with margarine as much coffee and tea as I wanted no sugar and no milk.

Lunch

packed plate with potatoes, broccoli cabbage, etc. not fried only steamed of course. With a light desert also steamed fruit. (I am allergic to fresh fruit and vegetables - I even have to peel potatoes with gloves on)

Dinner

No dinner really, just brown bread and a selection of low calorie cold cuts - two thin slices. Tea only evenings.

 Really amazing , Canary bird, how did you control hunger pangs ?

Please tell me- this is my problem .

and sugar cravings too ?

Aunt Polly

Actually I went on a 1200 calorie diet per day and ate mostly vegetables,  I lost a great deal of weight over a period of six weeks. 

Now whether you believe it or not this was quite a lot of food even if you don't think so and my blood improved a great deal over the weeks.

Also in between I went twice for a Chinese meal in the evening. So it does work

 richard 123,

In Qatar it is difficult for any one to remain slim except French women I think , who it seems remain slim always.

this is because of all the tempting foods that are available in the supermarkets, chocolates , icecreams and all the fast food joints all over the place.

Also the climate is anti exercise .

Either it is too hot or too cold.

In addition, there is no place to walk , no sidewalks or foot paths or safe places .

I believe some people use the City center to walk , which in the beginning sounded odd to me , but now seems ok .(Necessity is the mother of invention , right ?)

You should ideally lose only 2 pounds a week , that is a little less than 1 kg.

To lose 1 kg , you need to exercise 3500 calories - even if you manage to burn 500 cals a day, that is 1 kg per week.

I think for the first week , it is difficult to drop even a kg , but do not get discouraged ,continue on.

I am with you in this battle against the bulge.

Just think I have 3 times as much weight as you to lose.

Aunt Polly

Seriously, when I came here I was fit and slim as I have been all my life. In the two years I have been here I have gained 20 pounds and a fat belly.

Fairy tales don't tell children dragons exist. Children know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed. G.K Chesterton

Why don't you try just firming up??? 

You can't teach experience...

I need to lose about 10kg. I have started a diet and exercise routine but need the support and company of others  to get the best out of it. I have been on my diet for 10 days now and am running three times a week. So far, I have hardly lost anything but these things take time.

Fairy tales don't tell children dragons exist. Children know dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children dragons can be killed. G.K Chesterton

Only if I am bored do I think about food - I get home at about three thirty so I cook for myself then and finish the process. Generally after that I am not very hungry. I very seldon buy potatoe chips and the likes because these are very bad habits and they never get put down until they are finished.

I rode a bike on the road in the UAE but always picked roads that had little or no traffice and enjoyed the excercise.

I don't know if a bicycle has to be registered here I think only motor bikes.

Many of the new roads have an island in the middle on which you can ride a bike easily I saw one lady doing it recently and as my job is only 5 kilometers from my home I can justify the bike and the time (half an hour).

In Munich I was riding about twenty two kilometres on the weekend.

 Canary  bird ,

I heard once on Oprah that one must stop eating two hours before one's bedtime and I tried practising that -believe me it worked.

Before that I used to eat till my bed time, and then sleep for sometime and if I got up at night , would continue hogging again.

SO not eating in the evenings is a good habit , but tell me how do you control those hunger pangs ?

Did you use an exercise bike or a road bike in the UAE ?

I enjoy cycling but as the roads here have no sidewalks one cannot cycle freely here.

Plus I heard that one needs a license to ride a bike here , is it true ?

Aunt Polly

jogging on corniche and proper diet...

I used a lot of weight by following the above simple rules...

i stil jog daily except friday from 4:30-5:30 around 8km...

i will share my personal exp on weight later.. abit bz now....

Yes I can cycle as I use to do every day before I came out to the Gulf. I am overweight but I try not to eat in the evenings which helps to keep weight down.

Hopefully I will get a bike again soon and continue with it, I used to ride bike in the UAE.

you need some cardio too Owen ... do some running 3 times a week. Walking wont work ... 

exercise sensibly novi?... hmmm .. no wonder nothing works whenever i do some excercise coz i don't know how to do it sensibly..

we got a regular walking every weekend.. thursday night, friday morning.. :)

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tonilouis,

Of course one has to exercise and eat only what is needed.

So what exercise activity do you enjoy or what do you feel you can do , without getting tired ?

Find out what your required body weight is .

Then make a goal of how to lose the weight .

Keep a food diary, believe me , this works .

If you write down every detail of every morsel you put down your throat, then after some time , you know which are the trouble foods for you and what are the times of the day you feel like eating those foods  and how to avoid eating those foods etc..,

Aunt Polly

eat moderately and exercise sensibly?

You can't teach experience...

can u tell me whats ur plan is , i have much interest to loose my weight , will be with u on anything , but its should be practical........

Canary bird, i am sorry to hear about your knees , but can you cycle or do yoga ?

Are you overweight ?

Aunt Polly

Very true... I can loose easily but the moment I stop it will come back...I should make some changes in my life style... 

what’s the secret of your fitness?  

Everyday i live by this rule.."Eat, Drink and be Merry for tomorrow i will Diet" 

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Dieting yes but I am unable to do many things now because of my knees - no kneecap and broken kneecap which limits my exercise motivation.

I am not a Spring Chicken any more and have to take care of the legs lol

Waste of time to try and lose weight fast...

Has to be long term goal...just few pounds at a time...

Give it at least six months...

Just some food for thought... 

You can't teach experience...

I can diet....no prob... before dieting used to work well... but now i think my metabolism rate is slowing (getting old) ...so dieting is not working like before... I need to be more active..lol Are you not joining us in the mission??

105 calories per hour are burned by typing on a computer..

70 calories per hour are burned by talking on the phone

so keep chatting and typing girls 

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

You need more than walking girl, you have to cut the calories too lol

Aunt Polly

 When I was on treadmill, I lost around 3 to 5 kgs in 2 weeks, but then i was just eating beans. I dont want no machines, we should do some group exercises or walks around some park or something like that, be it natural, no air conditioning.

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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance

even to the hand that crushes it.

Aunty: First of all, good that you noticed, how early in the topic that we were drifiting off, these people only love hijacking, yuckkkk, bad people...

And for your efforts, great start Aunty...keep the work going...and we shall see you very sooon as one of the most HOT looking Aunties of QL...(aint it)...

yup DaRuDe ... you go and find away ... you also skinny like a pole ...

Zyga...LOL...good one freakshow...and it is Paaji...and hey Zyga, once again we are there to do something by a bit of a walk and not chit chat...

Smokey: Morning bro, well how rightly put, where's Irrysa, I seriously feel that evening the way she made me play (or rather the way she was playing) I did loose atleast 2 gms...(which is a decent start aint it people)...

And did ya just say look close to you...hmmmm...now I have to reconsider my programme...LOL...how ya doing buddy...

Nisha: U serious mate, just by motivating you lost weight, wow, can I talk to that sister as well for the next 6 months, in this rate I would loose 20Kgs atleast by just talking to her, wow what a sister to have isnt she...LOL...

you stay away from this topic

find a topic which says how to gain weight :D 

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well done aunt polly

Now zyga is asking you guys to call her Paan ji (sister ji) lol

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 Let me start - I am very happy today as I found that after 1 week of 30 minutes on the Treadmill, the scales showed that I lost 1 kg .

I wanted to share it with someone and thats when i thought of QL.

Thanks a lot for all the responses and support .

Aunt Polly

Paaji ? or is that Paan ji

  hey i really know this sort of thing works as i lst 4 kgs in feb with just a little motivation from my sister in the us. she jst kept telling me how good it would feel & yes it did make me feel a lot more confident.

i am with u on this

ksarat forget everything i know how u can lose weight and enjoy urself at the same time TT with irrysa what else? a good few hours of that and u'll look not as good as me but somewhere close enough ;) 

_[]~SMoKE~[]_

from one freakshow to another

O madamji, you girls are always girls right...only chit chat. freakiing Gossips and all the time whats happening here whats happening there...

Dont you ladies get tired of talking...(chit chatting...LOL)...

Zyga, you coming for a walk to loose some weight girl, not to do so by chit chatting....sheeeeeeesh Paaaaaji did you just see...

 walking is great with right ppl??? LOL KSA listen who is talking here.

But i aint joining any walks with you guys.

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Hey Princess, well as they say mate, Laughter is the Best Medicine, and hey freakshow you still havent given me ma good morning greetings and kisses...LOL...

GG: O Morning girl, I was just thinking about dragging you into this...and you came yourself, how nice, now I have some company

Aunty: Hey I was just playing around with the earlier post, I guess I understand what ya feel, and as they say, I am tooo deeply in for this...LOL...I gotto get ready for a few things in the near future and to loose some pounds is showing at the moment a BIG RED CRITICAL SIGNAL on MA ALARMS LIST...Lol...

Yes I would love to .......walking is great with the right people. We can have a good chit chat as well.

QL has all this already and we are not waiting PH to initiate this, these ladies are all living in Qatar and are most helpful even some of the men are cooking and health expert and are always available to support and help.

There are groups walking on the Corniche you just have to join and there are groups sharing recipes and good food you just have to check th threads.

Discipline is the answer to overweight if you are not suffering from a health condition, and many QL members will help you with that.

Good idea to make a Weight Watchers programme on QL go ahead and start it if you have time - I will surely join as your first member.

Forget zyga to take her in your class your class range might be around 70-90KG

Zyga is above all she is 120kg. do you think you can get her slim. 

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Oh I am definetly in this group... I need to loose 30 kg... 

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"Be Like a Flower, Which gives off it's fragrance

even to the hand that crushes it.

Me too with you Aunt.... need to loose 10kgs.... We can start with a walking group....

Zyga the prob with gym is whenever we stop ... all those xtra pounds will come back...regular walking is more fun I guess....what you say?  

princess habibah ,

i like what you said about the online support group -thats what Imeant too.

I also am with you on getting together and going for walks, making healthy food , sharing healthy recipes etc..,

 Thanks also zyga for willingness to join such a group.

Aunt Polly

lol ksarat.. lol

your a very funny dude.. and one of the few who have made me laugh..

Thanks :)

Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

What you saying? dont understand your version of punjabi

Dont worry

i do care about my buddies

now i want zyga to chop something of her to loose weight

and KSA to chop his fat belly and loose weight :D 

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hun mai tera ke chop karan :/

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Princes,,, first of all, forget judging girl, from what I understand you aint in Qatar right, so the way it goes in Qatar is you first the GREET the person and then BLAST the person, so where is my morning greetings girl...shame on you...;)

And now with the second part, whats that 'so easy to judge a person' mean, I'm sorry but princess, it went above my head...so care to throw some light on that...

And yes, now thats a thing that we could do, combined efforts...

And Zyga, morning soni kudi, you know you are just beginning to get on ma nerves for going on telling I need to loose weight, O my DaRude where are you, look at this freak, so Attention Craving...LOL...

 i think I didn't make myself clear.

What I meant was that all of the ones who need to lose weight or get fit are trying to do it , maybe half heartedly or full heartedly.

Some days are good and some days are frustrating -like we have exercised adequately, controlled our diet etc but yet find that the scales do not show any loss.

On days like those, or even when we achieve something , if we could share it with a group of like minded people , it makes us easier to achieve one's goal.

In QL we are like a family , and many of us are far from home , unable to share our problems etc..

So we could use the QL forum to encourage one another, I think we can atleast have the satisfaction of having done something good for some one .

Of course we need to do our bit , like exercise for 45 minutes or control our cravings or whatever the goals are that we have set for ourselves. I dinn't mean just talk about it and do nothing about it.

Sorry for not making myself clear in the beginning .

Aunt Polly

and you need to lose 15kg - just chop out your tongue.......OOnt. Ha !!

you need to loose 15kg you bug fat cow

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:) heheh

but i need to lose around 5kgs that I just cant shift, since coming here. I d be happy to join a group . my problem is lack of motivation to go to the gym alone. So I m with you AP.

ksarat

its so easy for a person to judge others..

I feel you in your goal and would like to join you Aunt Polly. We should have an online support group for weightloss.

And get together and go for walks and make healthy recipes..

Because it is difficult to change ones lifestyle without friends and support!

Maryum : Umm Hasan bint Abdullah Alshabrawishi

Hey morning to you there,

The idea is nice, but then pls pardon me for the question...LOL

Just a question, how are you supposed to looose weight or get fit if you dont DO anything and just TALK about it...'cos the last time I heard or I ever knew was that a lot had to be DONE in terms of loosing weight...

What do ya think...???LOL