Fitness
- Thread starter Entropyfx
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6AM sunrise means I can do my morning walks again, and have managed three in a row. Nothing extensive (have to get kids ready for school) but gets me "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" instead of hitting the snooze button for an hour. I can usually get in another 40+ minutes on my lunch break. Having a hiking trip before Memorial Day and want to be in some sort of condition for that. Only about a 1.5mi trek to our campsite, but I don't know the difficulty level or trail conditions where we're going.
My MIL has been staying with us since February (hell on earth) but once she's out in a couple of weeks, I'm going to figure something out for an indoor gear option. If the kids aren't going to play in their playroom, I'm going to take it over, as it has the highest ceilings in the house, right under the peak of the roof.
My MIL has been staying with us since February (hell on earth) but once she's out in a couple of weeks, I'm going to figure something out for an indoor gear option. If the kids aren't going to play in their playroom, I'm going to take it over, as it has the highest ceilings in the house, right under the peak of the roof.
So last week I met with a personal trainer I had started to work with a couple years ago, and I am now setting up remote training from my now finished home gym. Really reasonable, $50/month, he builds me workouts, gives me feedback on workouts and nutrition, and cycles up weight and cardio. Takes a lot of the time out of planning workouts and helps me work a lot of different muscle groups and do body weight exercises also. So far, really like it, just start the workout on my phone, it even has built in rest pauses that time me down.
But man does it suck getting back into a groove.
But man does it suck getting back into a groove.
I've hit at least 3 workouts every week (most weeks 4) for the last 7 weeks. I've increased my steps significantly, increased outdoor activities, and most days I've been hitting my calorie goal with 1000 calorie deficit. Significantly cut back the booze and sugar. Adding in a lot of protein. I'm in the best shape I've been in some time, and the lowest weight I've been in probably 10 years, and about half way to my goal weight. This is by far the best regimen I've been on in a long time.
I have more energy, stamina, and less pain.
Long way to go, but have to celebrate progress.
I have more energy, stamina, and less pain.
Long way to go, but have to celebrate progress.
@Entropyfx - That's awesome. Can you elaborate on how the calorie deficit is working when combined with your exercise routine? I know some people who swear by intermittent fasting, others who replace the typical three meals a day with more frequent small meals, and those in the I-don't-eat-(insert meal of choice here) as either part of fasting or just as a matter of preference. It's normal for my weight to fluctuate five pounds in either direction during the course of a few days, and cutting down on sugary beverages helps keep that closer to where I'd like to be (down 10-15 pounds) but when I do manage to stick to my guns on pop, juice and booze, there's not much room left for further reducing calories.
lost down in the 150s for a bit, ( surgery shit) best thing they ever invented? suspenders. back up in the high 160s belly swellin is down,putting muscle back on,bouncein somewhere tween 32 and 34 waist ssssooooooooo suspenders are your friend.......trying to
get back to a unloaded weight of 175 /180 without boots and gear..........
get back to a unloaded weight of 175 /180 without boots and gear..........
I have to figure something out. Cutting out pop (excluding the occasional root beer float) has generally kept five or so pounds off, but now that it's dark so early and the weather less conducive, I haven't been walking outdoors nearly as much. Tweaked my back, knee and elbow earlier in the summer. Finally got the back and knee feeling good again, and now I managed to do something unpleasant in the upper back/shoulder area.
Sugar consumption still needs some work, and I absolutely have to get more physical activity into my schedule. This year is the first where I've started feeling a quantifiable shift to middle-age status, and it has all hit at once.
Sugar consumption still needs some work, and I absolutely have to get more physical activity into my schedule. This year is the first where I've started feeling a quantifiable shift to middle-age status, and it has all hit at once.
Given the speed of the collapse and the announcement that Biden is trying to hand over pandemic planning to the WHO, I’ve decided getting in shape is the most important prep I need to do right now. (Epoch Times just did a big article about it.)
So, I just completed a Whole30. Lost 13.8 lbs in 30 days, still have about 70 lb to go. Doc wants me on the low end of my weight range. I’ve noticed that my clothes are looser, my skin is brighter, and I have been sleeping a lot better. My knees haven’t been as painful and it is getting easier to get up and down stairs with the injury. I walked regularly, but did not add weights or anything like that.
In short, for 30 days no processed food/sugar/alcohol/dairy/legumes except for snap peas and green beans. It is an anti-inflammatory diet. Anything known to cause major inflammation you don’t eat. Eat meat, veggies, fruit, fats, fish, chicken, etc. At the end of the 30 days, you have a reintroduction period. For example, eat bread or black beans with a meal; back on Whole 30 for 2-3 days and see if you have any kind of reaction to whatever you reintroduced (I.e. joints hurt, skin flares up, etc.) Idea is to see if there are any specific foods that cause real inflammation issues. Go back to doc for weigh in and blood work on Monday. Will be interesting to see changes in this numbers.
Next up: Another Whole30 starting Monday. (I’m not going crazy today and eating all bad stuff, but doing the reintroduction. I ate some bagel chips today with lunch and will see how that does.) For second Whole 30, I will add a weight and stretching program. Will not be drinking or eating any sweets all the way through Lent.
So, I just completed a Whole30. Lost 13.8 lbs in 30 days, still have about 70 lb to go. Doc wants me on the low end of my weight range. I’ve noticed that my clothes are looser, my skin is brighter, and I have been sleeping a lot better. My knees haven’t been as painful and it is getting easier to get up and down stairs with the injury. I walked regularly, but did not add weights or anything like that.
In short, for 30 days no processed food/sugar/alcohol/dairy/legumes except for snap peas and green beans. It is an anti-inflammatory diet. Anything known to cause major inflammation you don’t eat. Eat meat, veggies, fruit, fats, fish, chicken, etc. At the end of the 30 days, you have a reintroduction period. For example, eat bread or black beans with a meal; back on Whole 30 for 2-3 days and see if you have any kind of reaction to whatever you reintroduced (I.e. joints hurt, skin flares up, etc.) Idea is to see if there are any specific foods that cause real inflammation issues. Go back to doc for weigh in and blood work on Monday. Will be interesting to see changes in this numbers.
Next up: Another Whole30 starting Monday. (I’m not going crazy today and eating all bad stuff, but doing the reintroduction. I ate some bagel chips today with lunch and will see how that does.) For second Whole 30, I will add a weight and stretching program. Will not be drinking or eating any sweets all the way through Lent.
