dropping lbs with no gym membership

Pushups and situps in the morning, eat less for dinner (I just have soup when dropping weight). Eat 6 times a day, making sure to get lots of fruit and veggies.

Diet, exercise and persistence are going to be your best tools

When you say "dropping all the upper body mass," I hope what you mean is the fat that you have there. Depends what you have access to. Can you use weights of any sort? If you're near a football field then a 30-45 min. sprint workout a couple times a week would be good, with longer, easier runs on other days. Make sure you do a little research on nutrition so that you're not mistaken about which foods you should or should not be eating.

This 'six times per day' meal thing is so annoying now...it's permeated everything.

Agreed. I don't know about anyone else, but I really don't like eating small meals.

swim if you have a pool in your condo or something. my brother is ripped as hell but you wouldn't believe how weak he is at the gym. he also wakeboards. i think the being in the sun dries you out well.

You may not like it, but it's how your body is geared. We're grazing animals. If we don't eat for an extended period, we get hungry (this defends bodyfat), then when we eat, we eat a lot (which stores more bodyfat). I see it all over the place. Once people eat small meals they automatically stop eating as much, stop stuffing themselves, and have more consistent energy through the day.

I've lost 20kg (44lbs) in the last 10 months, from 85kg and 25% bodyfat, to 65kg and 11.5% bodyfat. Unfortunately this means I lost 6.2kg of lean body mass, but that's to be expected when you loose weight as quickly as I did.

About 10kg of that loss was done in 2 months while my girlfriend was away (she feeds me to much), by eating only soup for dinner, having 5-6 small meals, cutting out high GI carbs, cutting out saturated fats, getting a good breakfast, 8 hours sleep, and going for a run 5-6 times a week.

Sorry, but that's not right. Grazing animals? You think so? It's been a while since I chewed cud. The original human eating pattern was much more intermittent, depending on what you could kill or find. Hunger is the mechanism by which we are spurred to go track something down and eat it. Early humans probably did go ahead and eat whatever berries, vegetables, etc. were around at the time, but the majority of calories came from meat - our ancestors' protein intake was a major factor in our evolution, particularly in brain development. Anyway, my point wasn't that 6 meals a day is a bad way to go, it's just that research has shown absolutely no difference between 3 and 6 meals a day when calories and macros are controlled. I pick 3 because I like it better, but 6 is fine too if that works for you.

What, you don't like grass? I think as long as you are eating the right foods and getting a certain amount of calories per day, it does not matter if it is broken up in 3 or 5 meals. I think in a few years we'll be looking back on the 6 meals a day things as more of a diet and nutrition fad then anything else.

I think there's some benefit to nutrient timing but I don't think it's going to matter that much whether it's 3 or 6 meals. Obviously one giant meal isn't the best idea though.

I think part of the 6 meal thing is that it keeps you eating constantly. I think a lot of overweight people, myself included, eat a lot at random times. Part of that is because we aren't eating healthy enough--- as in, we have a small bag of potato chips, but since that really has no nutritional value, we're hungry again in an hour, couple with the fact that a lot of the time you eat when you're bored or out of habit.
Once I started viewing eating as a way to fuel my body between workouts (that may sound corny to some of you) I noticed a big difference in the way I ate, and the amount of weight I lost. Sometimes I go a week where I'll do the 6 meals a day thing, sometimes I'll do 3 meals a day. Either way, for me at least, and I would assume others, it's more about the quality of food you're eating and total intake, whether that's 3 real meals or 6 smaller meals.

If it works for you, more power to you. I understand the mentality behind eating 6x per day, it's just not my favorite thing to do. Sure, when I'm trying to gain weight I'll add in some snacks or an extra meal, but when trying to lose it, the tiny size of the 6 meals drives me nuts. I'd be more likely to break the diet and overeat because I'd never be full. I have a fairly big appetite, but also a lot of discipline, so it works better for me to schedule a mealtime and when that time comes, to eat something substantial. It's easier for me to not eat than it is to only eat a little bit.

The whole point is to find what works for you. Research shows that meal frequency doesn't really matter, so pick whatever works for your schedule and personality.

eating 6 days a week might be beneficial, although I haven't seen any evidence for or against going that route. I've never eaten 6 meals a day, too time consuming. the problem i see a lot of people when they follow a diet is that they get discouraged when they aren't able to maintain it. Thus making them feel disappointed and not willing to get back on track because of a small hiccup in their diet routine. Thats why I never follow diets. I eat when I'm hungry and I try to eat clean food with plenty of protein. If I decide to go to mcdonalds I will, but it won't stop me from getting my sweat on. My advice is to go at your own pace. most important thing is that you actually DO some exercise and get used to it. eventually your body will tell you what kind of exercises you need to be doing. Take your time learning what exercises do for you, let physical fitness become part of your life. If you keep it up I guarantee it will be as natural as eating and sleeping for you.

On to the exercises, truth is there are millions of ways to exercise, and some methods are better than others. It doesn't necessarily mean you MUST do what all the muscle mags tell you to do. Frankly, you don't need a gym pass to get huge. Most boxers never touch weights and they're plenty ripped. Since you're used to doing jogs, why don't you mix it up a bit when you run? Try running backwards or some sideways running. Throw in a set of burpees when you feel tired. and I know it was said before, but I totally agree with some basic calisthentics (pushups chins, yadda yadda) get creative, you'll learn to love this kind of thing. you'll love it more when girls start gawking at your physique