do you find it hard to eat smart after consuming large amounts of frothy bev?
(Jody - please ignore my posts in this thread)
Health & Fitness Thread
- Thread starter The Midnight
- Start date
do you find it hard to eat smart after consuming large amounts of frothy bev?
(Jody - please ignore my posts in this thread)
I enjoy being a child.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Congrats on the progress. I'm trying to get in better shape, too. Have started taking a sensible lunch to work - instead of buying it there or nearby. Leaves me about 25 mins for walking. Will also be working in strength training 3-4 evenings. My goal is to lose 2-3 pounds/month. Hope for more, but I also know I'm not going to be perfect.
Have you tried or are you doing high intensity interval training? I've found it really useful. It's when you'd run about 10km/hr for 60 seconds, then walk 4km/hr for 60 seconds, repeat for about 30 min. Research has shown it to burn more calories than just a normal 8km/hr jog. It's more variety too which keeps you from getting bored.
Also instead of doing straight cardio - follow it up with a quick 10 min. weight training. It really helps to regularly build and maintain more muscles. Research has also shown this to be useful.
Please don't take this the wrong way, just trying to share my experience & info I've found to be useful.
Yeah Jody - why don't you join us!!! Would be glad to have you journey with us!!!
Also less stressful on your joints, which is why I hate the usual distance running method of cardio.
Green Tea
Guys - just want to share something about Green Tea - which has a lot of useful anti-oxidants - it also speeds up metabolism, and inhabit fat absorption (which is really useful for weight loss or weight control). It's basically just a very useful drink.
When I started on this journey I've decided to stop drinking fruit juice and soft drinks because of the amount of sugar in them - so I thought about switching to green tea.
The problem I have with typical green tea is I don't like it hot and it tastes really bitter and takes too much time to make (you need to heat the water to just the right temp, etc). So recently I've found a way of making it cold by simply mixing macha green tea powder with cold water and keeping it in a bottle in the fridge and I can drink it whenever I like without wasting time.
- Good for you (anti-oxidants)
- Weight control / loss
- Convenient
- Saves time & effort
- Tastes better than just straight water (for me anyway)
Here is a research backing up the fact that Cold brewed green tea has more anti-oxidants than hot brewed tea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVvw5kiO8u8
Guys - just want to share something about Green Tea - which has a lot of useful anti-oxidants - it also speeds up metabolism, and inhabit fat absorption (which is really useful for weight loss or weight control). It's basically just a very useful drink.
When I started on this journey I've decided to stop drinking fruit juice and soft drinks because of the amount of sugar in them - so I thought about switching to green tea.
The problem I have with typical green tea is I don't like it hot and it tastes really bitter and takes too much time to make (you need to heat the water to just the right temp, etc). So recently I've found a way of making it cold by simply mixing macha green tea powder with cold water and keeping it in a bottle in the fridge and I can drink it whenever I like without wasting time.
- Good for you (anti-oxidants)
- Weight control / loss
- Convenient
- Saves time & effort
- Tastes better than just straight water (for me anyway)
Here is a research backing up the fact that Cold brewed green tea has more anti-oxidants than hot brewed tea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVvw5kiO8u8
No, not really. I generally don't eat anything right before bed. Usually eat either a bagel or can of soup before work. But, let's define large amounts of beer. I typically drink a few beers a night. Probably above the recommended dosage, but I'm not getting hammered nightly by any means.
No, it's all good. I get that building muscle is beneficial. I believe I am building muscle doing calisthenics. That's why I don't just do cardio all the time. But the calisthenics also count as cardio as I don't stop between various exercises. I also believe that counts as HIIT as some of the exercises are extremely strenuous and some are not, yet keep my heart rate up.
Last time I was exercising I was going to the gym and doing 1hr on the elliptical doing 2min all out and 2min moderate pace. On other days I was doing a fitnessblender.com 1hr HIIT workout.
I'm going about it a bit differently this time, limiting it to 30min/day. I'm also not going to the gym. It's super easy for me to do my exercise routine as part of my day. That's important to me. A bunch of the guys I work with set new years goals to get in shape and they sometimes go to the gym for 1.5 hours. Much more often in January, a little less in February and only occasionally now. Like I said, I've missed 2 workouts since the beginning of January. Pretty sure I can maintain close to that for the rest of my life. That's what I'm after. Once I hit my waist size or weight goal I plan to go to 3 exercises a week as long as that keeps me where I want to be.
Sounds good GF, sounds like you know what you're doing and are on track.
That's where I am at right now, I've more or less reached my ideal weight/waist so I'm just trying to keep it. What I do now is 20 min. HIIT on the treadmill as described, then 10 min. weight training with kettle bell, home gym and exercise ball (abs), and that's it. 30 min, 3 days a week is doable for me and I believe I can keep it going without giving up. I've got a room set up with the treadmill & home gym so no travelling required & pretty handy. Like you said make it as easy as possible to stick to is the key.
LogGrad98
Well-Known Member
Contributor
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
Poor One Love, gone into the ether.
But his thread doesn't have to be!!
I am embarking on an interesting journey. My wife is preparing for bariatric surgery. She has hip dysplasia and a few other ailments that are exacerbated by weight, and it makes it hard for her to engage in physical fitness. Until she can drop some weight, they can't tell whether she needs surgery for the hip dysplasia or if PT would take care of it. Either way, this is the path we are going down. So, to support her, but also for myself, I am mimicking her diet throughout this whole thing and will be working with her on physical fitness, so I thought I would drop this out there and track my progress here. Suggestions are welcome.
For prep for her surgery, her first diet change is to drop all forms of processed sugar, as well as grains and other carbs, especially processed carbs. They still let her have veggies and fruit (limited) but she is primarily doing what amounts to an Atkins or even keto diet. So I am going to be doing the same, only initially I am going full-on keto. Have been on it a week and am now in ketosis (if the strips from CVS are telling me the truth), and I feel it. Better energy, not much appetite, and much less brain fog, which was a nagging left-over symptom from COVID earlier this year.
I use a Renfro bluetooth scale, which tracks all kinds of body comp stuff through impedence, so I take it all with a grain of salt, but I have been professionally tested for body fat and other things in the past and the scale is actually damn close and consistent, so I will use it as my measure.
Week over week, in a table:
Week 1, Aug 15 - 287.0 lbs
Week 2, Aug 23 - 282.4 (-4.6)
Here was week 1, August 15th, 2022:
Week 2, August 23, 2022:
This is unique for me, because it isn't a wild hair or a new year's resolution I will likely just drop, but it is a permanent change for my wife, so I am making the change as well. I will see down the road how I adjust my diet once she is in her maintenance phase, but that is a good 6 months down the road. I should be able to drop 60 pounds or so in that time frame. This is a decent way to hold myself accountable reporting it here.
I think we will spend a lot more days at the beach. Don't eat much there and spend a lot of time in the water, so physical activity and relaxing. Love it.
Wish me luck!
But his thread doesn't have to be!!
I am embarking on an interesting journey. My wife is preparing for bariatric surgery. She has hip dysplasia and a few other ailments that are exacerbated by weight, and it makes it hard for her to engage in physical fitness. Until she can drop some weight, they can't tell whether she needs surgery for the hip dysplasia or if PT would take care of it. Either way, this is the path we are going down. So, to support her, but also for myself, I am mimicking her diet throughout this whole thing and will be working with her on physical fitness, so I thought I would drop this out there and track my progress here. Suggestions are welcome.
For prep for her surgery, her first diet change is to drop all forms of processed sugar, as well as grains and other carbs, especially processed carbs. They still let her have veggies and fruit (limited) but she is primarily doing what amounts to an Atkins or even keto diet. So I am going to be doing the same, only initially I am going full-on keto. Have been on it a week and am now in ketosis (if the strips from CVS are telling me the truth), and I feel it. Better energy, not much appetite, and much less brain fog, which was a nagging left-over symptom from COVID earlier this year.
I use a Renfro bluetooth scale, which tracks all kinds of body comp stuff through impedence, so I take it all with a grain of salt, but I have been professionally tested for body fat and other things in the past and the scale is actually damn close and consistent, so I will use it as my measure.
Week over week, in a table:
Week 1, Aug 15 - 287.0 lbs
Week 2, Aug 23 - 282.4 (-4.6)
Here was week 1, August 15th, 2022:
Week 2, August 23, 2022:
This is unique for me, because it isn't a wild hair or a new year's resolution I will likely just drop, but it is a permanent change for my wife, so I am making the change as well. I will see down the road how I adjust my diet once she is in her maintenance phase, but that is a good 6 months down the road. I should be able to drop 60 pounds or so in that time frame. This is a decent way to hold myself accountable reporting it here.
I think we will spend a lot more days at the beach. Don't eat much there and spend a lot of time in the water, so physical activity and relaxing. Love it.
Wish me luck!
Good Luck.
I gained 40lbs during Covid, but dropped it all and have maintained for the last 4 months now. My current diet feels sustainable because it is pretty easy. Like you said, the maintenance stage is the most critical, so we'll see how it goes over the next year.
LogGrad98
Well-Known Member
Contributor
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
Could be. That's a lot of strain.
Go see a good PT, It's probably fixable.
Miggs
Well-Known Member
Is a herniated disc fixable?
I have been in many car accidents with neck and back injuries, and was told 30 years ago that I would have back pain the rest of my life. Luckily, that hasn't been the case - until last week. I'd forgotten how miserable back pain can be. Had x-rays today and start PT next week.
And no, I'm not a terrible driver. Only one accident was my fault.
Sent from my SM-A426U using JazzFanz mobile app
And no, I'm not a terrible driver. Only one accident was my fault.
Sent from my SM-A426U using JazzFanz mobile app