Thread: Diet, Exercise, Supplements thread

11.3 miles walked, 1600 calories! I'm friggen beat!!

Originally Posted by GEM

11.3 miles walked, 1600 calories! I'm friggen beat!!

You're a friggin rock star!!! Way to go.

Did my first 48 hour fast. Last ate Sunday. Had a salad with a few ounces of pulled pork at around 5:00 and then some cauliflower tortilla chips and guacamole at 6:00. Had dinner tonight a little after 6:30, so a hair over 48 hours.

All I had was water, zero calorie Propel and black coffee during the 48 hours.

In reality, I was less hungry the second day than the first day, and I seriously considered skipping dinner tonight and going for 60 hours and breaking it with breakfast tomorrow, but since I hadn't gone past 41-42 hours before, decided to just go 48 this time and then shoot for 60 another time.

Originally Posted by Tned

Did my first 48 hour fast. Last ate Sunday. Had a salad with a few ounces of pulled pork at around 5:00 and then some cauliflower tortilla chips and guacamole at 6:00. Had dinner tonight a little after 6:30, so a hair over 48 hours.

All I had was water, zero calorie Propel and black coffee during the 48 hours.

In reality, I was less hungry the second day than the first day, and I seriously considered skipping dinner tonight and going for 60 hours and breaking it with breakfast tomorrow, but since I hadn't gone past 41-42 hours before, decided to just go 48 this time and then shoot for 60 another time.

I'm so afraid of doing this. Afraid that I'll just go ham at the end. Great job, T!! I think the longest I did was about 20 hours.

Down 80 as of this morning!

Walked 13.91 miles yesterday. Hit the gym tonight and did my first circuit of arm machines! Great workout!!

Originally Posted by GEM

Walked 13.91 miles yesterday. Hit the gym tonight and did my first circuit of arm machines! Great workout!!

I've been spotty with my workouts. Yesterday I hit my legs a bit and later that night I was dismayed by how tired I felt going up the stairs. Then I remembered.

Originally Posted by Hawgdriver

I've been spotty with my workouts. Yesterday I hit my legs a bit and later that night I was dismayed by how tired I felt going up the stairs. Then I remembered.

I did 3 miles on the treadmill before the circuit. Pulled the muscle, ligament or tendon that runs behind the knee. Guess doing 12% incline did not make the knee happy. So, circuit training the next few days.

Right before I left for Arizonia to have neck surgery the first week of January, which was pretty much two years to the day that I hit my highest weight ever and said enough is enough, I hit the 100lb down point. In January of '21, I decided something had to change, but also, knowing that it had taken decades to get that out of shape, I was fine with it taking a long time to get in shape. I didn't want to lose a TON of weight in three months, only to gain it all back six months later. It had to be slow and steady, for good this time.

Between the two and a half weeks either in a hospital or sitting in a chair in a hotel room (other than for a couple 30 minute walks a day around a mall next to the hotel -- up to 3-4 miles by the end), I ate too much and not very good, and then came home and continued to eat bad, and put back on 11 pounds, but have taken half of that back off.

So, hopefully in the next couple weeks I'll be back to the 100lb down mark, and then push for the final 25-35lbs I want to lose (will decide on final weight based on how I feel, etc.).

This was a good test for what I was planning once I hit my stable, goal weight, which is to have guard rails of sorts. Just with water gain and the like, moving up or down five pounds, wouldn't concern me, but figured I would treat 10lbs as a Danger Will Robinson, and take action. Since I have the fasting down, I want to make sure I don't ever let myself allow two weeks of eating bad, become two months, becomes six months, becomes years and I'm back where I started.

Biggest issue since I've been home is we've had nearly non-stop snow, ice or rain, and on the days it hasn't, I've been back to long hours of work, and I'm not cleared for anything other than walking at the moment (and I only have an elliptical and semi-recumbent bike). Hoping I'm cleared to get back on the elliptical tomorrow.

Ok, two pounds below where I was when I left for surgery on Jan 6th. Lost the 11 lbs I had gained, plus a couple more.

Hoping to hit my final goal by mid year sometime, Jun/Jul/Aug, which will be about 2.5 years after I said, "enough."

Sloooow, steady and permanent has been my mantra this time.

Originally Posted by Tned

Ok, two pounds below where I was when I left for surgery on Jan 6th. Lost the 11 lbs I had gained, plus a couple more.

Hoping to hit my final goal by mid year sometime, Jun/Jul/Aug, which will be about 2.5 years after I said, "enough."

Sloooow, steady and permanent has been my mantra this time.

Yeah the crash diet stuff never works! I went plant based to help my son with his dietary restrictions and a side effect was losing like 2-3 lbs a week for a few months without even knowing it almost 10 years ago now! I've been able to stay in the 180-190 range (at 6'1")during the winter and lower that just by moving a bit more in the Summer because I just built up a routine instead of overcorrecting one way or the other. Good job and keep it up! Sounds like you got the good habit thing down which is HUGE.

Now if my lazy ass could just start running again I could probably lose even more, but I'm comfortable and steady with my health so I'm ok not jacking up my knees again. I do tons of walks with my dogs and play with my kids, perfect workouts for me for now.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Yeah the crash diet stuff never works! I went plant based to help my son with his dietary restrictions and a side effect was losing like 2-3 lbs a week for a few months without even knowing it almost 10 years ago now! I've been able to stay in the 180-190 range (at 6'1")during the winter and lower that just by moving a bit more in the Summer because I just built up a routine instead of overcorrecting one way or the other. Good job and keep it up! Sounds like you got the good habit thing down which is HUGE.

Now if my lazy ass could just start running again I could probably lose even more, but I'm comfortable and steady with my health so I'm ok not jacking up my knees again. I do tons of walks with my dogs and play with my kids, perfect workouts for me for now.

Wait - you're a vegetarian?

PS - you're clearly not drinking enough beer....

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Wait - you're a vegetarian?

PS - you're clearly not drinking enough beer....

I still eat meat occasionally, but the main staples of my diet are all plants! Barley and hops are a plant, btw!

My son and I are doing a fitness thing together. A 12-week plan I put together. We begin week 4 on Sunday.

Basically:

running
Sun - ~60 minute run
Tues - sprints 10x200m
Weds - 40 m easy
Fri - 5k tempo run

lifting

3x week
3-6 sets

power clean
deadlift
squat/leg press
bench
pullup

also misc. lifting and cardio like long swims and rowing as time and inclination permits

We took pics on day 1 and body measurements, including calipers for body fat %, weight, and also baseline lifting and running times.

Some of our goals are to hit certain body fat % targets, shoulder and chest size, 1-mile run under 6:00, and sub 20 5k. I like the idea that I could do that at 48.

Each month we run our mile and weigh/measure. Our first one of these is next Saturday.

It's good to get back in shape...I'd probably run faster if I stopped the beer, but I'm not that fired up about all of this nonsense tbh.

But we both ran our 5k tempo run earlier and we are seeing rapid gains. Mine was only 25:42, but it feels good getting back into something remotely like running shape.

I am very grateful that my left knee is permitting all this running activity, I destroyed it at 40.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Yeah the crash diet stuff never works! I went plant based to help my son with his dietary restrictions and a side effect was losing like 2-3 lbs a week for a few months without even knowing it almost 10 years ago now! I've been able to stay in the 180-190 range (at 6'1")during the winter and lower that just by moving a bit more in the Summer because I just built up a routine instead of overcorrecting one way or the other. Good job and keep it up! Sounds like you got the good habit thing down which is HUGE.

Now if my lazy ass could just start running again I could probably lose even more, but I'm comfortable and steady with my health so I'm ok not jacking up my knees again. I do tons of walks with my dogs and play with my kids, perfect workouts for me for now.

We have incorporated a lot of plant based protein in our meals.