Errr... yea, pure chinese. Jogging is the best way to lose weight, many people tell me too but I cant do it on a long basis, too much impact for my knees. I dont want to go thin today and sacrifice my knee caps for future pains.

Was a basketball player but not anymore. 181cm and only 65kg?! My goodness, isnt that aneroxic?!

I am aiming for 90kg, changing from fats to muscles. Right now, I am aiming for two-digit weights, like 99kg. I havent start on a regular workout program yet. I just lift some weights everytime I enter my room. It's probably stupid but everytime I go downstairs to get a drink and return, I will train my biceps. Or even if I step out to the toilet, I will come in and do some bench press, etc.

Yoga for breathing properly? Running properly? Mind if you share a tip or two? I wont sign up for yoga classes purposely for breathing lessons so I can resume my running workout. HOpe you're able to help.

Jog properly is hard to learn? I cant stand the small pace and side stitch comes faster while jogging than running. At least when I feel side-stitch during running, when I look back, I know I've covered more tracks. Jogging is quite torture for me.

Yea, I am rotating between cycling, swimming and cross-training now. Just that I dont have much time for it or sometimes too tired when I get back.

I have never tried exercising at night. My cousin recommend it too. Brisk walking is good for slimdown? I have to continue my workout then.

Same, my mother cant live without her morning walks too. One day she dont go, she starts making noise, waiting for tomorrow to come.

I cant do sit ups cause of my poor back. I have a lower back problem so instead of lift-ups, I do leg-lifts.

I do push up as well because sometimes I get bored of bench press at home, so I turn around and do push-ups to failure. Jumping, have not try that cause I scared it make me grow even taller.

My bike, I got it free cause my cousin used to use it to university in Aus. Now he dont use liao, so gave to me since he also lost interest in sports. My friend's bike goes up to RM20k. Damn bike can buy a Kancil liao.

By the way, people say that we shouldnt drink so much water before we sleep because it will cause water-retention, true or false?

Is there any way to remove water-retention, besides sauna?

You don't need to sign up for Yoga classes. I remember there is a deep breathing technique call Pranayama. You can search for more information anywhere. When you really master it, you can sprint for long distance without facing breathing difficulties.

And as you requested for more info on how to run properly, you can try visiting Pose method @ http://www.posetech.com/pose_method/

I remembered I lost about 5 kg before and after a marathon race. Of course, you need to stress yourself for 3-5 hours of none stop running covering 42km.

false, if you drink alot of water in 1 go your blood pressure will begin to spike, to counter this your body simply pees the water out.

peeing, sweating normally, drinking water.


and jogging is NOT the best way to lose weight, weight lifting, swimming and running among other things will cut the fat off faster.

This post has been edited by malaysianPotato: Jul 9 2006, 10:46 AM

Nonono... I wasnt talking about one go drink plenty of water but rather drinking water at night before we sleep causes water retention... true kah?

Is there any way to counter water retention? I know I drink more water than others do. At mamak, people order 1 cup, I order 2 cups. Maybe because my size is big, that's why I drink more?

well i drink water before i sleep i dont feel like i'm retaining water any more than normal, i dont wake up bloated. i simply take a piss when i get up or if i drank too much before sleeping i take a piss in the middle of the night.

the only thing i know of that causes natural increase in water retention is the female menstrual cycle. as far as i know and i've looked around abit sleeping does not increase water retention by any great amount if at all. if you want to be sure ask a doctor and ask for a detailed explanation into the hows and why's, if he cant give a detailed explanation he doesnt know.


you drink alot of water because you're thirsty? try eating cutting some salt out of your diet, salty foods like potatochips and salted fish and all that. also get a simple blood test done to check for diabeties, being thirsty all the time and needing to pee often is a common symptom of diabeties, not saying you have it but checking is always a good thing.

Not a matter of thirst but I just have this usual habit of drinking a lot of water. My nutritionist friend say it will help me wash out rubbish from my system.

Now that you reminded me of diabetes... I need to check on this soon. Scary!

This post has been edited by Pennywise: Jul 10 2006, 02:14 AM

I just got back from swimming - 10 laps. Not much, not little. Covered in 1 hour+ a bit.

Shoulders are sore, chest sore, legs sore. Had cramps earlier cause forgot to warm-up. Going for cycling, to tapao my dinner.

Diet is torture. If I ever lose weight to ~90kg, I promise I will never grow fats EVER again.

now I am nearing 59KG....2 weeks ago I am 60KG hehehehe

how tall are you?