I personally wouldn't advise ketosis-inducing long term. I found it to be a finicky and extremely restrictive diet, and though I got results, I felt sick and was extremely limited when I ate or drank out.
Before my slip and subsequent plummet, I was on low-carb for quite a while. I felt fantastic, and I could cook quite a bit. I had alternatives for tacos and lasagna and bread and all that stuff, so it wasn't really restrictive at all, except with sugar.
It was very easy to stay on, so long as I stayed on it, because then I had no cravings. The times I messed up are when I felt pressure from outside, like when my future father-in-law just loved to make jokes to waitresses about my diet, which just made me feel self-conscious about it. Which I know is silly, but not much I can do about it afterwards.
Anyway, yeah, you feel like shit if you eat stuff that's bad for you..but I think that's largely because its bad for you. :P
I've been doing low carb as in avoiding meals that are mainly carbs - fries, chips, spaghetti, bread, etc but I still eat starches and so forth.
I found that cutting out carbs entirely was difficult. If I went out to eat I was pretty much getting meat + vegetable which got a little boring, and if I ever ate at someone's house or they got delivery while I was over, there was a good chance that I'd either have to go hungry or break my diet
So I started the StrongLifts program 2 weeks ago, and I've been keeping track of my waist and neck measurements so that I can get my estimated body fat % (US Navy method.)
Along with the StrontLifts program, I've changed my diet some. I've pretty much had to remove anything that was high in carbs and replace it with protein in order to get enough protein without eating too many calories. Not to say that I'm avoiding carbs completely, it's just that carbs aren't ever the majority of my calories in any given meal.
So far, my waist has dropped from 33.5 to 33 inches and my neck has grown from 14.25 to 14.75 inches, meaning a drop from 15.9% to 13.9% body fat in 2 weeks. My weight has stayed at 188 throughout, so I've gained about 3.5 lbs of muscle, while losing 3.5 lbs of fat.
Holy crap!
I'm sure part of it is just the inaccuracies of measuring with a measuring tape (and using a formula to calculate body fat), but I've seen a downward trend after 3 measurements. Looking forward to seeing the results after another 2 weeks.
Unless you're on roids (and even then!) there's no way you gained 3.5 pounds of muscle in two weeks. Two months, sure. Still, congrats on getting things going in the right direction!
I've started using the elliptical instead of running every day, and I think I like it more than running. Though nothing will ever replace the stair master.
On a side note, fish oil pills really decrease your blood pressure. I had my blood pressure checked while at the VA last month and it was 124/86, they checked it again yesterday before one of my appointments and it was 110/67. The nurse actually checked it twice because it was so low. I don't think it has anything to do with my cardio routine, because it was never that low when I was in the army (and in better shape).
Ran 5.5 miles in 51 minutes today. Getting closer to that 10k and eventually doing a 15k. Feel awesome too.
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i went to the gym for the first time in over a year and did 5k on a treadmill yesterday. it was at 6mph and i kind of pushed myself. when i checked my pulse after the run it was over 190 bpm!
is that dangerous? what can i do about it?
also, i am sore as shit today and didn't go the the gym, but did do some walking.
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That's why I don't do stairmaster actually. My heart rate goes wayyy up. So I just do ellipticals, which is nice, as I can catch up on some shows on my tablet while using that.
Which is doubly good because I like multi-tasking, and the task I usually did while watching shows was eat.
So I started the StrongLifts program 2 weeks ago, and I've been keeping track of my waist and neck measurements so that I can get my estimated body fat % (US Navy method.)
Along with the StrontLifts program, I've changed my diet some. I've pretty much had to remove anything that was high in carbs and replace it with protein in order to get enough protein without eating too many calories. Not to say that I'm avoiding carbs completely, it's just that carbs aren't ever the majority of my calories in any given meal.
So far, my waist has dropped from 33.5 to 33 inches and my neck has grown from 14.25 to 14.75 inches, meaning a drop from 15.9% to 13.9% body fat in 2 weeks. My weight has stayed at 188 throughout, so I've gained about 3.5 lbs of muscle, while losing 3.5 lbs of fat.
Holy crap!
I'm sure part of it is just the inaccuracies of measuring with a measuring tape (and using a formula to calculate body fat), but I've seen a downward trend after 3 measurements. Looking forward to seeing the results after another 2 weeks.
Unless you're on roids (and even then!) there's no way you gained 3.5 pounds of muscle in two weeks. Two months, sure. Still, congrats on getting things going in the right direction!
Yeah, I thought that seemed like a lot too. It's probably a combination of using a measurement technique that can only be so accurate and a modified diet that might be changing my water retention or something. In any case, my neck has grown slightly larger and my waist has gotten slightly smaller. And overall, I feel stronger than I did 2 weeks ago.
But I'll see what it looks like over a longer period of time. So far I've only got 3 data points (before starting, and at the end of each of the 2 weeks).
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i went to the gym for the first time in over a year and did 5k on a treadmill yesterday. it was at 6mph and i kind of pushed myself. when i checked my pulse after the run it was over 190 bpm!
is that dangerous? what can i do about it?
also, i am sore as shit today and didn't go the the gym, but did do some walking.
It's okay to get your heart rate that high (unless you have some kind of heart condition). As you get more accustomed to the cardio your heart rate will come down.
The only issue is that it caused you to miss a day at the gym. So the only recommendation I would make is to take it a little slower.
So second milestone reached today. Went down another 4 pounds to 217.
But what is big about that is that it puts my BMI below the obesity line and into the overweight category. I couldn't believe when I became classified as obese about four years ago and now I'm not (I think?)
I'm not losing weight nearly as fast as I did when I previously used this workout plan. Of course last time I used this workout plan I was also in Iraq so I'm not really expecting identical results (but it would be nice). I am taking creatine (non monohydrate) so hopefully it's due to gaining muscle as fast as I burn fat.
I'm becoming ever more optimistic that I may be able to drop below 10% body fat by June, provided I don't tear something from doing so much cardio. I've already had to decrease the amount of cardio I do each week due to pain in one of my tendons.
I've started using the elliptical instead of running every day, and I think I like it more than running. Though nothing will ever replace the stair master.
On a side note, fish oil pills really decrease your blood pressure. I had my blood pressure checked while at the VA last month and it was 124/86, they checked it again yesterday before one of my appointments and it was 110/67. The nurse actually checked it twice because it was so low. I don't think it has anything to do with my cardio routine, because it was never that low when I was in the army (and in better shape).
That makes sense about your blood pressure, because fish oil is just omega3 and 6 fatty acids. Those are awesome unsaturated fatty acids, and when metabolized really boost the "good" (I can never remember the acronym off the top of my head, HDL I think) cholesterol levels in your blood. And when you have a better ratio of "good" to "bad" cholesterol, one of the indicators is lower blood pressure (the same way that high blood pressure is an indicator of cholesterol problems and the "bad" being way greater than "good").
And the elliptical is a great machine for doing cardio without impact.
Further implications versus running though are greatly dependant on body weight and running technique. A very heavy person heel striking will destroy their joints; being a good size for your frame and proper form will but more work on your body and so you'd get more benefit from running over an elliptical.
Or if you have an existing joint problem or a past injury, elliptical will be awesome for avoiding those complications.
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The main thing is finding a decent eliptical to fit not only a moderate budget, but a small apartment space. I have joint problems (arthritis) and the lower the impact, the better for me overall. I would love to get an elliptical machine, but I'm in a fairly small flat and the one place that would be a good place to put the machine is currently being taken up by drying racks for our clothing.
The main thing is finding a decent eliptical to fit not only a moderate budget, but a small apartment space. I have joint problems (arthritis) and the lower the impact, the better for me overall. I would love to get an elliptical machine, but I'm in a fairly small flat and the one place that would be a good place to put the machine is currently being taken up by drying racks for our clothing.
but a girl can dream!!
Like you, I have joint issues (though I think mine are caused by the fact that I weigh about 70lbs more than I should). Also, like you, I live in an apartment and don't have much room. I took a look at full blow elliptical machines, but it would take up an entire room in my apartment, so I had to kill that plan.
I did some looking and found a really inexpensive elliptical (only cost about $100 off of Amazon) that is only the foot portion of it, which apparently seriously cuts down on the size. It had decent reviews, and the only real complaint I found was that it had a short stride. I figured that for a $100 investment, it was worth a shot and would be better than the nothing I have now.
It should arrive either tomorrow or Wednesday. After I get a chance to use it for a bit, I'll let you know how it turns out.
So I swam a mile last week (32 laps) and I felt dead tired afterwards. But I also felt very accomplished. Now I can't do less than a mile each time or I'll feel like a bitch, even though I'm adding a small bit of weight training to my workout regimen this week.
We'll see how that goes.
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The main thing is finding a decent eliptical to fit not only a moderate budget, but a small apartment space. I have joint problems (arthritis) and the lower the impact, the better for me overall. I would love to get an elliptical machine, but I'm in a fairly small flat and the one place that would be a good place to put the machine is currently being taken up by drying racks for our clothing.
but a girl can dream!!
Most elliptical machines become drying racks for clothes anyway :P Good thing about that is that you can find almost brand new equipment like that on craigslist or the like really cheap.
Had a kind of shitty weekend fitness-wise. Trying and failing to not let it get to me, but I'm going to just push through it. I'll do the elliptical this afternoon, and then I think I'm going to leave work early and try to run home (a little over 3 miles).
So I went on a long weekend vacation to Disneyland this past weekend, and I came back with 5 extra pounds >.<. I'm hoping to be able to get them off fairly easily, but I'm still a bit concerned I won't be able to do it by this week's WW weigh in. I'm more positive about it than I would have been in the past, which is good, but still...sometimes I wish it was just as easy to take weight off as it is to put it on >.<.
i went to the gym for the first time in over a year and did 5k on a treadmill yesterday. it was at 6mph and i kind of pushed myself. when i checked my pulse after the run it was over 190 bpm!
is that dangerous? what can i do about it?
also, i am sore as shit today and didn't go the the gym, but did do some walking.
Aren't you on a string of epehdra-like substances? Don't take those close to exercise in high amounts.
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edited March 2011
So I checked OP and didn't find anything. I've never been super skinny, but i'm at 220, 6'2, chunkier than i've been since i worked on my thesis. I don't want to get any fatter. I am generally OK at keeping myself at a certain weight, but bad at losing it.
I gained a bunch over the course of a work year, and it's only gotten worse - i've worked like 600 hours to date this year. The reduced exercise isn't great, but the biggest problem IMO has been how my diet has responded to both the lack of time to cook and the stress/unhappiness the work has produced.
So what I really need to help get me started is a stringent meal-by-meal 21-day or 30-day meal plan. Does anyone have any links to share? I checked the OP and recent pages and didn't see anything, so sorry if this has come up.
I've been enjoying reading everyone's stories of progress and struggle. You guys, individually and collectively, are very inspiring. Congrats!
So what I really need to help get me started is a stringent meal-by-meal 21-day or 30-day meal plan. Does anyone have any links to share? I checked the OP and recent pages and didn't see anything, so sorry if this has come up.
I'd also love it if anyone had something like this floating around.
I feel a kind of culinary shame by admitting this, but I depend on a lot of prepackaged meals--Healthy Choice meals, Lean Cuisines, and Lean Pockets. The reason isn't that I'm incapable of cooking for myself, but that I eat too large of portions when I homecook. With the storebought stuff, it's easy . . . the number of calories is right on the box and one serving is either one Lean Pocket or one microwave dinner, end of story. If I need more calories than one serving of [whatever] will provide, I add on some other food till I get the right amount.
I've lost 30 pounds as of today, which puts me at 150. Ten more pounds to Goal I!
Also, for the past three days I've had three unopened boxes of Girl Scout cookies in the cupboard. If you knew the depth of my love for thin mints, you'd understand how significant it is that they're still sealed. Eventually I want to have a whole stockpile and eat one cookie per night for dessert. Currently I'm just working on my self-control.
LadyM, I struggle with portion size too. what you could try to do is let's say you cook pasta. after you're done, make 1 cup portion and put them in container. maybe it could help?
What I want to do is find smaller plate, cause I have ginormous bowl and plate that makes me feel like I'm eating nothing if I measure my portion. my chicken looks all sad and lonely in the middle of those plate.... I don't know where to find smaller plate, but at worse, I'll buy myself a neat hello kitty plate set
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i went to the gym for the first time in over a year and did 5k on a treadmill yesterday. it was at 6mph and i kind of pushed myself. when i checked my pulse after the run it was over 190 bpm!
is that dangerous? what can i do about it?
also, i am sore as shit today and didn't go the the gym, but did do some walking.
Aren't you on a string of epehdra-like substances? Don't take those close to exercise in high amounts.
i've been doing low doses (8g) of ephedra when i wake up.
but yeah it probably isn't helping my heart rate stay down.
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edited March 2011
It's marathon training time.
I have till June 25th to train for it. I can already run 3-4 miles but i need some help on building a program so I can mostly run the marathon.
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I have till June 25th to train for it. I can already run 3-4 miles but i need some help on building a program so I can mostly run the marathon.
If you haven't been doing any long runs it will be hard to do it in that span of time. You might try taking out the last cool-down week and another intermediate week from this program: http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/novices.html
So not to sound like a broken record but damn if rock climbing not one of the best workouts I have week in and week out.
I'm not sure how many calories I'm actually burning but it's definitely helping my endurance and strenght. It also leaves me pumped for the rest of my workouts since I started adding workouts to focus on those things. And then being able to see myself improving in just a week (being able to reach a higher hold or finishing up a previously uncompleted wall) just keeps me motivated.
So not to sound like a broken record but damn if rock climbing not one of the best workouts I have week in and week out.
I'm not sure how many calories I'm actually burning but it's definitely helping my endurance and strenght. It also leaves me pumped for the rest of my workouts since I started adding workouts to focus on those things. And then being able to see myself improving in just a week (being able to reach a higher hold or finishing up a previously uncompleted wall) just keeps me motivated.
Can't recommend it enough.
I'm actually going to start that in late April, I can't make the n00b-sessions before then because they are only once a month. Looking forward to it though!
I think I got the idea from here, maybe it was you. If it suits me I will heartily thank you.
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So not to sound like a broken record but damn if rock climbing not one of the best workouts I have week in and week out.
I'm not sure how many calories I'm actually burning but it's definitely helping my endurance and strenght. It also leaves me pumped for the rest of my workouts since I started adding workouts to focus on those things. And then being able to see myself improving in just a week (being able to reach a higher hold or finishing up a previously uncompleted wall) just keeps me motivated.
Can't recommend it enough.
Ecco went out with some of his friends the other night to climb. I didn't go because I have a horrible fear of heights and the sensation of imminent death.
But he was quite happy when he got home, even though he couldn't really move or do much else. i think i might start encouraging him to go more often.
he and I talked about it, and we think that we have actually found a place in our apartment for an elliptical!! so now to scour the interwebs and the surrounding areas to find one for not so much.
I've taken to starting my day with a bowl of oatmeal, and going for my 1.5k walks. still waiting on my yoga dvd to show up so I can start learning more than just the 3 stretches that I know.
I should also probably get around to buying that scale one of these days.
Oh, that's a question.
Scales, digital or analog? I prefer digital because I am currently too fat to accurately read the analog without bending over and messing up the numbers.
Thinking I could just eat 9 ounces of cheese yesterday total for lunch and dinner was a bad idea. I ended up eating even more after that anyway and my stomach has been complaining since (lactose intolerant).
I hate how it keeps raining on and off. Rain makes me not want to go to the gym, and I think I need another day before I should be using the weights at home again.
but my google-fu is weak today apparently and i can't find any reviews. It looks sturdy, and to be a good price. It has to be something that can hold at least 130kg because I am a fat girl. From what I can find, it seems to be a good, solid machine. or am I not seeing the obvious flaws?
Went to the doc today. He took note of my weightloss 8-) ~10 lbs in 2 months.
He was a little concerned, because I'm taking Adderall which is a known appetite suppressant. I told him I had been exercising, trying to eat well, and yes I had been eating :P
but my google-fu is weak today apparently and i can't find any reviews. It looks sturdy, and to be a good price. It has to be something that can hold at least 130kg because I am a fat girl. From what I can find, it seems to be a good, solid machine. or am I not seeing the obvious flaws?
I couldn't find any reviews on that either. It's really hard to tell with that kind of thing from pictures. I would suggest a used gym brand (Precor or the like) versus a new home brand, but that can be tough to find. I perused the Auckland craigslist, but it doesn't look like kiwis use craigslist that much.
I wouldn't worry too much about the weight limit. A good machine will handle 130kg with no problems. Of course, a shitty machine can break with a 50kg person on it.
On the treadmills where I work out there are a few heavier folks that use them properly. There are also a couple of tiny teenagers who run on them like they're trying to stomp them to death. Jumping the belt does not mean you can run at 10mph in real life dipshit! Going forward adds to your speed, going up does jack shit! Sorry, pet peeve of mine ;-)
I'm 26, and had weighed about 185 lbs for the last five years. This year I put on a bunch of weight and am now ~215. I just saw what seem to be a couple of red stretch marks on my stomach. I've been reading into it, and it seems like these won't ever go away. Also if I drop down to 160 ish, I'm worried that I'll end up with loose skin around my stomach. Is there anything that can be done about all this?
I'm 26, and had weighed about 185 lbs for the last five years. This year I put on a bunch of weight and am now ~215. I just saw what seem to be a couple of red stretch marks on my stomach. I've been reading into it, and it seems like these won't ever go away. Also if I drop down to 160 ish, I'm worried that I'll end up with loose skin around my stomach. Is there anything that can be done about all this?
Once I started to lose weight and gain muscle I actually got some stretch marks from gaining muscle so quickly - most of them have faded and are only visible at a very close distance.
You guys know what's awesome? Comparing old pics, seeing your weight loss progress bit by bit and realizing how far you come.
So in the spirit of that, and to motivate us for the weigh in I say we do that. Here's mine:
The last one was taken last week, and if you guys allow me a bit to gloat, I think I look pretty good. Gave up glasses (mostly because of the pain they are during workouts) and I think it's an improvement.
You guys know what's awesome? Comparing old pics, seeing your weight loss progress bit by bit and realizing how far you come.
So in the spirit of that, and to motivate us for the weigh in I say we do that. Here's mine:
The last one was taken last week, and if you guys allow me a bit to gloat, I think I look pretty good. Gave up glasses (mostly because of the pain they are during workouts) and I think it's an improvement.
That is some good motivation right there. I barely recognized you in the last picture. I want to do that to my friends back home. Also I agree I get major use of my contacts because of gym time
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I've been doing low carb as in avoiding meals that are mainly carbs - fries, chips, spaghetti, bread, etc but I still eat starches and so forth.
I found that cutting out carbs entirely was difficult. If I went out to eat I was pretty much getting meat + vegetable which got a little boring, and if I ever ate at someone's house or they got delivery while I was over, there was a good chance that I'd either have to go hungry or break my diet
Unless you're on roids (and even then!) there's no way you gained 3.5 pounds of muscle in two weeks. Two months, sure. Still, congrats on getting things going in the right direction!
On a side note, fish oil pills really decrease your blood pressure. I had my blood pressure checked while at the VA last month and it was 124/86, they checked it again yesterday before one of my appointments and it was 110/67. The nurse actually checked it twice because it was so low. I don't think it has anything to do with my cardio routine, because it was never that low when I was in the army (and in better shape).
is that dangerous? what can i do about it?
also, i am sore as shit today and didn't go the the gym, but did do some walking.
Which is doubly good because I like multi-tasking, and the task I usually did while watching shows was eat.
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Yeah, I thought that seemed like a lot too. It's probably a combination of using a measurement technique that can only be so accurate and a modified diet that might be changing my water retention or something. In any case, my neck has grown slightly larger and my waist has gotten slightly smaller. And overall, I feel stronger than I did 2 weeks ago.
But I'll see what it looks like over a longer period of time. So far I've only got 3 data points (before starting, and at the end of each of the 2 weeks).
It's okay to get your heart rate that high (unless you have some kind of heart condition). As you get more accustomed to the cardio your heart rate will come down.
The only issue is that it caused you to miss a day at the gym. So the only recommendation I would make is to take it a little slower.
But what is big about that is that it puts my BMI below the obesity line and into the overweight category. I couldn't believe when I became classified as obese about four years ago and now I'm not (I think?)
So hurray, again!
I'm becoming ever more optimistic that I may be able to drop below 10% body fat by June, provided I don't tear something from doing so much cardio. I've already had to decrease the amount of cardio I do each week due to pain in one of my tendons.
That makes sense about your blood pressure, because fish oil is just omega3 and 6 fatty acids. Those are awesome unsaturated fatty acids, and when metabolized really boost the "good" (I can never remember the acronym off the top of my head, HDL I think) cholesterol levels in your blood. And when you have a better ratio of "good" to "bad" cholesterol, one of the indicators is lower blood pressure (the same way that high blood pressure is an indicator of cholesterol problems and the "bad" being way greater than "good").
And the elliptical is a great machine for doing cardio without impact.
Further implications versus running though are greatly dependant on body weight and running technique. A very heavy person heel striking will destroy their joints; being a good size for your frame and proper form will but more work on your body and so you'd get more benefit from running over an elliptical.
Or if you have an existing joint problem or a past injury, elliptical will be awesome for avoiding those complications.
but a girl can dream!!
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Like you, I have joint issues (though I think mine are caused by the fact that I weigh about 70lbs more than I should). Also, like you, I live in an apartment and don't have much room. I took a look at full blow elliptical machines, but it would take up an entire room in my apartment, so I had to kill that plan.
I did some looking and found a really inexpensive elliptical (only cost about $100 off of Amazon) that is only the foot portion of it, which apparently seriously cuts down on the size. It had decent reviews, and the only real complaint I found was that it had a short stride. I figured that for a $100 investment, it was worth a shot and would be better than the nothing I have now.
It should arrive either tomorrow or Wednesday. After I get a chance to use it for a bit, I'll let you know how it turns out.
We'll see how that goes.
Most elliptical machines become drying racks for clothes anyway :P Good thing about that is that you can find almost brand new equipment like that on craigslist or the like really cheap.
Had a kind of shitty weekend fitness-wise. Trying and failing to not let it get to me, but I'm going to just push through it. I'll do the elliptical this afternoon, and then I think I'm going to leave work early and try to run home (a little over 3 miles).
Aren't you on a string of epehdra-like substances? Don't take those close to exercise in high amounts.
I gained a bunch over the course of a work year, and it's only gotten worse - i've worked like 600 hours to date this year. The reduced exercise isn't great, but the biggest problem IMO has been how my diet has responded to both the lack of time to cook and the stress/unhappiness the work has produced.
So what I really need to help get me started is a stringent meal-by-meal 21-day or 30-day meal plan. Does anyone have any links to share? I checked the OP and recent pages and didn't see anything, so sorry if this has come up.
I've been enjoying reading everyone's stories of progress and struggle. You guys, individually and collectively, are very inspiring. Congrats!
I'd also love it if anyone had something like this floating around.
I've lost 30 pounds as of today, which puts me at 150. Ten more pounds to Goal I!
Also, for the past three days I've had three unopened boxes of Girl Scout cookies in the cupboard. If you knew the depth of my love for thin mints, you'd understand how significant it is that they're still sealed. Eventually I want to have a whole stockpile and eat one cookie per night for dessert. Currently I'm just working on my self-control.
What I want to do is find smaller plate, cause I have ginormous bowl and plate that makes me feel like I'm eating nothing if I measure my portion. my chicken looks all sad and lonely in the middle of those plate.... I don't know where to find smaller plate, but at worse, I'll buy myself a neat hello kitty plate set
i've been doing low doses (8g) of ephedra when i wake up.
but yeah it probably isn't helping my heart rate stay down.
I have till June 25th to train for it. I can already run 3-4 miles but i need some help on building a program so I can mostly run the marathon.
If you haven't been doing any long runs it will be hard to do it in that span of time. You might try taking out the last cool-down week and another intermediate week from this program: http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/novices.html
I'm not sure how many calories I'm actually burning but it's definitely helping my endurance and strenght. It also leaves me pumped for the rest of my workouts since I started adding workouts to focus on those things. And then being able to see myself improving in just a week (being able to reach a higher hold or finishing up a previously uncompleted wall) just keeps me motivated.
Can't recommend it enough.
I'm actually going to start that in late April, I can't make the n00b-sessions before then because they are only once a month. Looking forward to it though!
I think I got the idea from here, maybe it was you. If it suits me I will heartily thank you.
Ecco went out with some of his friends the other night to climb. I didn't go because I have a horrible fear of heights and the sensation of imminent death.
But he was quite happy when he got home, even though he couldn't really move or do much else. i think i might start encouraging him to go more often.
he and I talked about it, and we think that we have actually found a place in our apartment for an elliptical!! so now to scour the interwebs and the surrounding areas to find one for not so much.
I've taken to starting my day with a bowl of oatmeal, and going for my 1.5k walks. still waiting on my yoga dvd to show up so I can start learning more than just the 3 stretches that I know.
I should also probably get around to buying that scale one of these days.
Oh, that's a question.
Scales, digital or analog? I prefer digital because I am currently too fat to accurately read the analog without bending over and messing up the numbers.
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I hate how it keeps raining on and off. Rain makes me not want to go to the gym, and I think I need another day before I should be using the weights at home again.
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but my google-fu is weak today apparently and i can't find any reviews. It looks sturdy, and to be a good price. It has to be something that can hold at least 130kg because I am a fat girl. From what I can find, it seems to be a good, solid machine. or am I not seeing the obvious flaws?
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He was a little concerned, because I'm taking Adderall which is a known appetite suppressant. I told him I had been exercising, trying to eat well, and yes I had been eating :P
No giving up meat for the duration this time though. Just gonna do fasts (1 full meal) on Fridays and other special days with only fish and veggies.
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I couldn't find any reviews on that either. It's really hard to tell with that kind of thing from pictures. I would suggest a used gym brand (Precor or the like) versus a new home brand, but that can be tough to find. I perused the Auckland craigslist, but it doesn't look like kiwis use craigslist that much.
I wouldn't worry too much about the weight limit. A good machine will handle 130kg with no problems. Of course, a shitty machine can break with a 50kg person on it.
On the treadmills where I work out there are a few heavier folks that use them properly. There are also a couple of tiny teenagers who run on them like they're trying to stomp them to death. Jumping the belt does not mean you can run at 10mph in real life dipshit! Going forward adds to your speed, going up does jack shit! Sorry, pet peeve of mine ;-)
I'm 26, and had weighed about 185 lbs for the last five years. This year I put on a bunch of weight and am now ~215. I just saw what seem to be a couple of red stretch marks on my stomach. I've been reading into it, and it seems like these won't ever go away. Also if I drop down to 160 ish, I'm worried that I'll end up with loose skin around my stomach. Is there anything that can be done about all this?
Once I started to lose weight and gain muscle I actually got some stretch marks from gaining muscle so quickly - most of them have faded and are only visible at a very close distance.
So in the spirit of that, and to motivate us for the weigh in I say we do that. Here's mine:
The last one was taken last week, and if you guys allow me a bit to gloat, I think I look pretty good. Gave up glasses (mostly because of the pain they are during workouts) and I think it's an improvement.
That is some good motivation right there. I barely recognized you in the last picture. I want to do that to my friends back home. Also I agree I get major use of my contacts because of gym time