Move around and stop eating that crap [Weight Loss and Fitness]

MadEddy

Went hiking today. Stepped wrong on my bad knee, so coming back down was not very fun, but I did like three and a half miles total. And I saw two double rainbows and a single on the drive home, only to find that they were portents of doom. Apparently I missed the thunderstorms and most of the flooding we had down here today, so I guess I picked a good day to go hiking.

Blake T

So important I had to say it three times!

Blake T

So important I had to say it three times!

TheStig

what did you have to say 3 times!?

Blake T

Good ol forums deleting my first post.....1

Tried pilaties for the first time this weekend. It went ok I guess? I'm either doing it wrong or already have a pretty good core strength as every time I was told that I would feel a big burn I just felt mild activation in my abs.

That was just the intro class though. See how the next lessons shape up.

TheBigEasy

Well .. progress slowed a little, but I am finally under 90kg. Currently at 89.2, as of today ...

Now my scale is also showing me body fat percentage and the water percentage. I know that 27.5% body fat is bad, but it is on the way down. But I haven't found a definitive answer as to what number is good in terms of water ... can someone point me in the right direction. One Google result told me for men 60-65% is ok, another told me 52-60% ... I am below 50% right now, if my scale is correct.

And how correct are these scales anyway?

Blake T

Incredibly not accurate for bf% and water content.

Just make sure you drink around two liters a day (or do what I do and knock back five) and you will be fine.

Also how tall are you?

TheBigEasy

1.70 m ... 5'7''

Aside from the actual measurements my scale takes ... I don't know alot about the water content. I do know about the body fat, as in "everything above 24%" is bad, but the water content search gave me conflicting information. I am not obsessing about it, just wanted to know how to file that info my scale gives me.

Druhim

Don't worry about water content. Drink if you're thirsty. It's not that complicated and you don't want to reduce your water content to try and lose weight because then you're not really losing healthy weight but just dehydrating yourself. You don't have to drink huge amounts of water and the nonsense about drinking eight 8 oz glasses of water a day is unscientific. Again, as long as you're not going thirsty for long periods and aren't drinking primarily sweetened drinks (not because they won't hydrate you, but just because of all the calories in that sugar), then you'll be fine.

Squall

picked up some running pants yesterday, just in time for the weather to cool down!

how are things going in the town of Otteropoo

Druhim

Going pretty well. Was supposed to run Sunday and rest Monday, but I was feeling pretty achy on Sun so I ran yesterday instead. Taking today off and then planning to run tomorrow and Thurs. Nice and cool out also, which I definitely prefer for running.

Mysst

after a month or so I am now on the third week of Couch 2 5k. I never thought I would be able to jog that long!

also I have found that Kanye is perfect for my workouts

MadEddy

Hooray for running out that DOMS. My legs feel so much better now.

Went for a little over two and a half miles, too. Got almost three weeks until that 5k and I'm pretty confident I'll be able to do the whole thing without stopping to walk.

Also, I'm down four pounds since getting back on the eating right and exercising bandwagon in August, which makes fourteen pounds lost this year (with almost six months wasted for no good reason.) My target weight is within my grasp by January. So excited, y'all.

Druhim

Good job Eddy!

LTM

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about water content. Dehydrating yourself isn't going to make you lose weight. I find it weird that they'd even put that value on a scale, as I don't think its something easily determined by weight?

When working out heavily I try to get between 100oz and 120oz of water a day. When being lazy, about half that. That's by no means scientific, just what I've found feels good.

Target "healthy" body fat for men is said to be around 10-12% I believe, and a little higher than that in women. Again, I'm not sure how a scale is determining that value for you, but I'd take it with a grain of salt.

Did my first night of Capoeria Cardio and core strength. I had forgotten how much I hate core. Ugh.

Also, good job Eddy and Mysst!

TheBigEasy

LTM wrote:

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about water content. Dehydrating yourself isn't going to make you lose weight. I find it weird that they'd even put that value on a scale, as I don't think its something easily determined by weight?

When working out heavily I try to get between 100oz and 120oz of water a day. When being lazy, about half that. That's by no means scientific, just what I've found feels good.

Target "healthy" body fat for men is said to be around 10-12% I believe, and a little higher than that in women. Again, I'm not sure how a scale is determining that value for you, but I'd take it with a grain of salt.

Did my first night of Capoeria Cardio and core strength. I had forgotten how much I hate core. Ugh.

Also, good job Eddy and Mysst!

I am not worrying about the water content. I just want to understand the stuff. What is considered a normal number, what is too low, what is too high?

As for the "healthy" body fat ... as far as I found out on the interwebz, for a man my age (33, going on 34) "normal" would be around 18-19%. And it is actually the other way around, women have a higher percantage that is considered normal, usually 5-6% higher than for men.

Druhim

Again, forget about what a normal range is. Are you thirsty? Drink some water. Not thirsty? Don't drink. It's as simple as that.

If you're doing some kind of endurance exercise like running or biking for an hour or more, then yeah hydrate early and often is a good rule of thumb. Outside of that though, just drink when you're thirsty. This is literally something so simple that a 4 year old can handle it.

LTM

Right, I don't think you can even really control how much of your body is water weight. Even if you could, I think it would have more to do with your salt intake than how much you actually drink.

Druhim

And it would change throughout the day as you urinate, drink, exhale, sweat. So worrying about what it is at a given time according to some machine is a waste of time unless you have some unusual condition. Your body already has a built in meter that tells you when your body needs to hydrate. It's called getting thirsty.

Squall

currently icing my shins because whoa man they are sore somethin fierce

bought some ace bandages from the store to wrap them after

LTM

Squall, you need to post every day so we can track your progress.

No pressure.

Squall

progress today is man i think my shins feel better? definitely not gonna run, maybe a walk would be okay?

also havent weighed myself in five or six days so i guess i should do that tomorrow morning

Tonkka

I need to weigh myself.

I need to get a scale.

Then I can start a spreadsheet!

LTM

Sometimes maintaining my spreadsheets are the only reason i even exercise.

Tonkka

That would probably be the case with me as well.

Druhim

tonkkabeard.xls

Tonkka

So many cells.

Druhim

but what do the data points represent?

LTM

then you can start making equations and graphs and shit.

Its an endless pit of awesome.

Stale

Someone call me every morning at 6am and tell me to go to the gym.

Otherwise I'll keep skipping days, and that's no good.

Aphostile

Druhim wrote:

but what do the data points represent?

Individual hairs and their tensile strength.

Mysst

hurt my back bowling, taking the week off from lifting. still running though. still need to make more changes to my diet, though, I haven't lost any weight for a few weeks

Druhim

Stale wrote: »

Someone call me every morning at 6am and tell me to go to the gym.

Otherwise I'll keep skipping days, and that's no good.

if that wasn't 3 am here, I totally would

Usagi

Phewf, there's no way I'd make it to the gym before work, I hate mornings enough already

Tonkka

I don't have a gym to go to.

Last time I "worked out" was like... 2003?

LTM

"got swole"

Tonkka

Not even, it was for, like, "fitness 101" or whatever.

I did trim down a bit that quarter though.

chrishallett83

Stale wrote:

Someone call me every morning at 6am and tell me to go to the gym.

Otherwise I'll keep skipping days, and that's no good.

You can't set an alarm/reminder on your phone?

Stale

Usagi wrote: »

Phewf, there's no way I'd make it to the gym before work, I hate mornings enough already

I enjoy it because it sucks so bad.

it sounds ridiculous, but the pain/discomfort reminds me I'm still alive. It's a personal thing.

Stale

chrishallett83 wrote: »

Stale wrote:

Someone call me every morning at 6am and tell me to go to the gym.

Otherwise I'll keep skipping days, and that's no good.

You can't set an alarm/reminder on your phone?

I do.

and I turn it off. It's a phone. it doesn't argue.