Thanks to working days, I'm in much better shape now than I was a year ago. Hell, even better than just a month ago. My riding average speed is 20-22 for a 2 to 3 hours. I still can't climb yet because I need to lose some fuggin' weight...
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Wish I could say that. Ugh. :(I have to say I'm currently in the best shape I've ever been in my life.
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I'm five weeks into my current fitness/diet program. I won't lie; there are a lot of times I feel like giving up, but I don't. If I fuck up and eat something I shouldn't, I just try to do better the next day. I'm trying to remind myself that this is a long-term goal and by skipping the gym today, it makes it easier for me to skip tomorrow. If I try to rationalize why I should skip a day, I immediately get off my ass and go work out. Right now the biggest challenge is making sure that I have food ready and on hand when I get home, otherwise I'm likely to order delivery or pickup something. That means on Sundays I have to budget about about two hrs to plan my meals for the week, cook up chicken breasts ahead of time, cook a big batch of quinoa, juice veggies for ice cubes, etc.
I'm currently down about 15 pounds. For me that's a drop in the bucket, but it's enough to motivate me.
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Hey Rev! When I was hitting the weights hard, no matter what I ate after wouldn't diminish my hunger (eating clean, mind you). So I tried a greasy burger after one workout and ..Voila... instant satiency, I figure it was a lack of dietary fat. I started eating ONE when I found myself back in the hunger game, so to speak. Any thoughts?
Eat fats, looks and lots of healthy fats. I put coconut oil in my coffee, eat avocados thought the day, and lean animal fats. Fat doesn't make you fat and it the longest lasting Marco nutrient source of energy. It not as quickly absorbed as carbs but it lasts much longer.Hey Rev! When I was hitting the weights hard, no matter what I ate after wouldn't diminish my hunger (eating clean, mind you). So I tried a greasy burger after one workout and ..Voila... instant satiency, I figure it was a lack of dietary fat. I started eating ONE when I found myself back in the hunger game, so to speak. Any thoughts?
On a semi related note:
Have any of you ever had to say to a loved one that they maybe need to rethink their lifestyle and lose some weight?
I really need to have a chat to my brother and girlfriend.
Any suggestions or steps I could take?
My brother is very overweight. I once got up to 250, but he's pushing 275. He complains to me about his inability to lose weight last week. He was eating a piece of cake with ice cream while saying this. The he says I wish I could get in shape like you. I tell him he can then he laughs and says too fat. While still eating the cake. I just walked away.On a semi related note:
Have any of you ever had to say to a loved one that they maybe need to rethink their lifestyle and lose some weight?
I really need to have a chat to my brother and girlfriend.
My twin probably carries about 30 lbs on me, eats like total shit and aside from the odd football kick about with the kids in his work, he does no exercise. He's always complaining about sore feet and knees after DJing (fwiw something I never suffer from make of that what you will....) and as we both approach 30 I'm worried that if he doesn't make the change soon, he'll just pile more and more weight on and die way too early.
My girlfriend also needs to lose a good bit of weight. She has a sedentry job, does no exercise and although we generally eat reasonably well in the house, she has a major sweet tooth is always bringing bags of sweets and crisps and stuff home. Not that I'm an angel - I'll rip through a bag of those haribo she brings home in under a minute BUT I don't miss them if they're not in the house and can easilly walk past them in the shops.
Both of them need to do something. I've tried to get them to join me in my obstacle courses (a few years ago my gf did start getting fit at boot camp class and joined a group of us on a 10k assault course but the guy moved his gym and she never bothered finding another one) or do at least some of my workouts with me but they've got all the excuses to not do it.
Any suggestions or steps I could take?
My brother is very overweight. I once got up to 250, but he's pushing 275. He complains to me about his inability to lose weight last week. He was eating a piece of cake with ice cream while saying this. The he says I wish I could get in shape like you. I tell him he can then he laughs and says too fat. While still eating the cake. I just walked away.
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