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Fitness and Weight Management
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Hey! Are you happy with your body? Probably not, thanks to popular culture's messaging and stereotypes! But wait! There are things you can do to remake yourself that will potentially make you happier and potentially contribute to your longevity and good health. Let's talk about them!
Maybe you run? Would you like to? Try reading this or maybe this!
Maybe you climb? Would you like to? There's a bunch of articles here!
Maybe you strength train? There's a whole other thread for that, but if the people in there are being geese then talk about that here too!
Or do some other kind of exercise like yoga or skipping or salsa dancing? I don't know jack about those but you might!
And maybe you think exercise is for the birds and just want to work on eating right? We can talk about that too!
Everyone should have the body that they want and we should help each other achieve our goals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4
Maybe you run? Would you like to? Try reading this or maybe this!
Maybe you climb? Would you like to? There's a bunch of articles here!
Maybe you strength train? There's a whole other thread for that, but if the people in there are being geese then talk about that here too!
Or do some other kind of exercise like yoga or skipping or salsa dancing? I don't know jack about those but you might!
And maybe you think exercise is for the birds and just want to work on eating right? We can talk about that too!
Everyone should have the body that they want and we should help each other achieve our goals!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4 +13
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More like fitness cake in my mouth, amirite?!?
I'm out of shape enough that running for any distance causes my knees to hurt for days afterwards, so I've decided on biking as a low-impact way to get more exercise - there's biking thread if anyone else is interested in talking about bicycles and the use thereof: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/200040/bicycle-thread-is-coming-your-way/p1
Ugh yeah. every time I get sick or do a lot of traveling my exercise regime suffers, then it takes weeks to build back up to where I should be. I spend more time trying to work back towards 'normal' running distances than I do at 'normal' distances. Which probably makes them abnormal.
My latest excuse is that it's really fucking cold here in the mornings. Which is dumb because running warms me up.
I also need to get back to eating wholesome meals and not whatever I improvise on Iron Chef Living Alone.
Also, other people have given me positive feedback on body appearance changes, so that feels nice.
It definitely has been taking a toll on my knees, though.
But man, it's so much fun. I just wish I had time to get some actual weight training in too.
5am jogging is the place for meee
At the beginning of the summer, I was over 260. I was also diagnosed with severe acid reflux/pre-Barrett's Esophagus ("We don't think you'll need surgery..."), severe arthritis in both hips, and I was on medication for high blood pressure.
After sulking for a bit, I recognized that all three of my medical conditions were, in some way, related to my weight, so I set to change how I ate. I got a food diary app for my phone and, more importantly, I started using it. I also started a strict three workout per week schedule. (Between my job and family that was all I could reliably schedule without shirking something important.)
So, the week before PAX, I had my checkup with my gastroenterologist. I've lost 25 lbs so far, and my blood pressure was 113/68, meaning that my bp medicine may very well get dialed back soon. I also went from not being able to walk more than a mile or so before my hips hurt too much to being able to stand in line and walk all over the con all four days with little problem (and the Grand Hyatt soaking tub and a lot of stretching, but still).
The next weight goal is to get down to 220 and re-evaluate, since I'm a fairly large-framed guy, but I've successfully (so far) been able to make the shift from viewing food as entertainment to viewing it as fuel in the day-to-day routine.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that it can be done.
Then my depression came on and hit me HARD, and I did nothing in July and most of August. It finally got so bad it was hurting my life and my relationship with my wife, and I reset and restarted a few weeks ago. It all goes as planned I'll run the 20 minutes I was so proud of again on Saturday night.
Unfortunately it has had fuck all effect on my depression
I've also been trying to eat fruit for dessert, instead of, you know, cake, and cookies, and rich ass ice cream full of caramel and fudge and whatnot.
Key word trying.
I've also started taking Krav Maga classes again.
Here's to hoping I lose some weight at some point during this year!
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So far, I've just cut back on taco bell
=P
Next up on the list is sugar. Working on that right now, with cookies and candy barred for the most part from my house. Lunch was a big offender, until recently, and now my main "sweet" thing is a cup of gelatin with real fruit inside and 1g of sugar. Delicious and nutritious.
That, my friend, is a start.
My weight isn't really a thing i've ever kept track of, but last week I checked and I had gone under 190 for the first time in years.
Doesn't really mean anything, but it was kind of nice.
My secret weapon: iced green tea. There's a convenience store chain here that has brewed green tea, so each morning I take in my 52 oz jug, fill it halfway with ice, top it off with unsweetened green tea, and for $1.17 I have caffeine and antioxidants and no need for soda all day.
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
Last night I crushed about 45 min of repping the speed wall with some good recovery between each rep for a nice high intensity session. Hit a new PR, 4.26 for the 10m wall as well as a handful of runs that were under my former PR. Then hit the weights to finish ( 3-4x10-12 of seated rows, pulldowns to chest, bent over rows, reverse flies, and bicep curls)
The transition from sprinting to speed climbing is going rather well.
Satans..... hints.....
Satans..... hints.....
I'm using Weight Watchers for food recording and an attempt to walk for an hour at a 3% incline on a treadmill 3-4 days a week. which is about all I can muster to do motivation wise.
So far I've gotten down to 218 in four weeks, which isn't much, but it is progress. I have a hard time keep on keeping on, but I want to believe this is the time I'll actually do it.
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Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
So I just tossed the scale and tried to keep getting more fit anyway.
Yeah, if you can maintain 1.5 lb/week, keep on keepin' on. Don't get hung up on the day to day numbers though. Keep doing the good thing gs and results will come.
Trying on jeans that I had put away last year because they no longer fit and having then fit again was an amazing feeling.
I do strength/maintenance training every weekday, which has been staving off the weight creep somewhat, but I really need to force that cardio back into my routine.
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God I wish. No, this is only a 10m wall with random holds and difficulty. I train on it using mostly dynos to work power and rhythm. I mark out a more challenging route and then go at it. I'm still looking for an ifsc wall in the midwest for me to travel to to get some reps on for training.
Training vid below. As you can see there are chunky holds in the way that make it interesting to train on for speed, but its the only wall with a timer. I use other walls that have similar parts to the ifsc run to work some specific abilities, but in general I am going about my training in a skill specific before route specific manner, obviously. Hoping my years as a collegiate sprinter help with power. Apologies for the low angle on the video. It's supposed to be done in 6 moves but I slipped pretty bad on the last move here. This was one of the slower runs because of that but it was the only one I recorded
Satans..... hints.....
I can't really sweat, so I've always tried to exercise in the cold. This sucks.
Place is very cool, lots of different routes with a range of difficulties, heights and overhangs that get changed regularly. Afterwards we grab a pint and a big pub dinner so not sure how good it is for weight loss, but yeah :P Need to sort out my diet and get more active, too many free snacks at work.
I know they have the holds for it. I've been told it's been set up on occasion. I've only been climbing since May and have just started to get to know the route setters though. I need to wait until I run into the one I know the best to see if he can set up the first 3/4s of the route (we don't have a 15m wall, thus my looking for a true place to train)
Satans..... hints.....