Fitness and Weightloss
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
I'm just used to modern US cities, even Boston has enough room in most of its streets to accommodate 1.5 or 2 cars. Although US cities are downright new compared to Crete or most European cities.
Boston is almost a full 4,000 years news than Knossos.
No doubt, just boggles the mind to think of living somewhere with that much history.
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The house I am in was build during the first Ottoman Occupation. Since that time this house has been part of Egypt, then Ottoman again, then Greek.
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@scottalanmiller said:
...wasn't a city in that period, just a fishy village ...
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
...wasn't a city in that period, just a fishy village ...
Yeah, I always thought there was somethin' weird about that place...Don't be fooled by a crete herring
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I just saw this thread. I'm 6'0" at about 240. I lost about 30 pounds in FL in 2014, but when we moved back I put it back on. We had a gym about 2 blocks from us that was only $10 a month. It was a hole in the wall, but those are the best kind of places. I just put my weights in my office at home so I'm starting again.
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My girlfriend lost 50 pounds last year in about 2 months. She cleans houses for a living so she's already very active. The difference was food prep and doing the Insanity workout. She pre-made all her meals and snacks on Sunday so during the week she had healthy stuff to eat instead of junk food. It's so easy to get busy with life and default to crappy food and eat too much of it. The food part coupled with Insanity made her shed the weight really fast. We went on runs together a few times a week too. The healthy food made my energy level go up and my heartburn went down. It's too bad her back got injured...slipped disc. Chiropractor got her better but we lost the routine and she lost motivation for the food prep.
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I started running but stopped over Xmas as I lost too much weight not sure how.much in terms of kg's but I can had to tighten my belt by two holes to keep all trousers up lol
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@quicky2g said:
The healthy food made my energy level go up and my heartburn went down.
I wonder if my issue with heartburn would subside if I addressed the eating .. this give me some insight of what might occur...
Thanks
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@gjacobse said:
@quicky2g said:
The healthy food made my energy level go up and my heartburn went down.
I wonder if my issue with heartburn would subside if I addressed the eating .. this give me some insight of what might occur...
Thanks
Very likely. Both volume and type of food heavily affect heartburn.
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@gjacobse said:
@quicky2g said:
The healthy food made my energy level go up and my heartburn went down.
I wonder if my issue with heartburn would subside if I addressed the eating .. this give me some insight of what might occur...
Thanks
Not only would your heartburn go away , you'd feel better in general.
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Yeah, just generally healthier.
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Good thread to necro..
This morning the scale said 103.6kg (227.92 lbs)
I am 50 lbs over my lowest weight back in 2007.
I have started seriously watching my intake and such again because I am not happy where I am.
I want to be under 90kg / 200lbs.
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A good balanced diet of proper food and exercise (light-medium weight training followed by 20 minutes of light cardio) will generally improve most conditions relatively quickly... over the course of a few months.
The key is to do this your whole life. Start doing it now, no matter your current age... it doesn't matter when you start, just start and do it 3 times a week. All you need in 45 minutes.
It will help prevent muscle loss and osteoporosis (at least!), as that stuff starts as soon as 30 years old.
You know how it is.. you're 90 year old grandma says how strong you are because you helped carry in a gallon of milk... start with the light to medium weight training and a little bit of light cardio, with a decent diet... grandma will be hauling those gallons of milk faster than you... 4 under each arm!
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@JaredBusch said in Fitness and Weightloss:
Good thread to necro..
Aww, I thought I was the one who necro'd it... I guess I took too long to type.
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The single most useful bit of advice I've ever gotten on the whole weight loss deal is to take more time when eating.
Pick a quantity of food for your meal or snack and then give yourself 20 minutes to finish. This gives your body time to adjust to the fact that you've eaten and you will likely find that you reach a state of satiation with a significantly smaller amount of food.
If you don't have 20 minutes to eat at least wait until 20 minutes is up before going for the next round. If you want to be aggressive you can set yourself a longer goal say 30 or 40 minutes.
It can be really helpful when starting this to set yourself up with a way to tell that you are waiting long enough. Using a timer is great. Watching a lot of 20-30 minute TV episodes while eating to gauge time and give me something else to engage with was helpful for me early on. Dining companions to converse with are also awesome especially if they have similar goals.
Also helpful:
Find yourself something specific to work towards other than weight loss. I stuck to my plans and achieved much greater success with losing weight and gaining fitness/strength after deciding to compete in a Muay Thai tournament than at any other time in my life.Pick an event near you that sounds interesting, it doesn't need to be as crazy as getting in a ring. Maybe a bike ride or a run, one of those goofy obstacle course events, whatever. Other types of goal might be to increase your max lift a certain amount and give yourself a time period to achieve that in. Or gain the ability to do unassisted pull-ups or go from the 5 you can manage now to 10 in a few months.
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I need to lose more weight. My problem is I can't really exercise. My lower back and hip are in pain so much that a 15 minute walk has me limping.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Fitness and Weightloss:
I need to lose more weight. My problem is I can't really exercise. My lower back and hip are in pain so much that a 15 minute walk has me limping.
Then walk for 10 three times a day.
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@JaredBusch I just need to go to my orthopedic doctor. He will want to do surgery though. The first time I went in to him after my last Orthopedic doctor moved to Texas, he looked at my MRIs, X-Rays, and the first words out of his mouth was "Fascinating". That is never a good sign.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Fitness and Weightloss:
@JaredBusch I just need to go to my orthopedic doctor. He will want to do surgery though. The first time I went in to him after my last Orthopedic doctor moved to Texas, he looked at my MRIs, X-Rays, and the first words out of his mouth was "Fascinating". That is never a good sign.
Regular walking/jogging/running is bad for the knees and back due to the "norm" of your heal
touchingslamming down first when doing those exercises.One method to resolving the above issue is to slowly evolve into Vibram FiveFingers. If you watch someone running on a treadmill using standard sneakers, you can clearly see the heal-first action, and the hard way it's hitting their knees and back.
When you wear those Vibrams, you're kinda forced to take shorter steps, and do it toe-first instead. Then you'll have a spring in your step instead of a solid slam through your knees.
What you don't want to do, is throw on a pair of Vibrams, then do a 30 minute run the "proper" way. Your calves will be sore as hell, and so will your feet. You need to EASE yourself in, because you've been doing it wrong your whole life, and now suddenly your changing.
Just like how when you work out the first time, or first time in a while, you get sore. This is the same thing. Start out with a 5 minute slow jog... taking tiny steps/strides, landing on the front part of your foot instead.For those who do weight lifting, such as deadlifts and squats... these are amazing. You'll have perfect form and it will actually be easier to do more weight.
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I definitely gained weight this winter and lost muscle mass.
Feels good to be getting outside and more active. My body responds very well to it and I just have to remember the pain is an indicator of progress.
