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11-11-2019, 11:38 PM | #256 |
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11-12-2019, 12:52 AM | #257 |
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11-12-2019, 01:01 AM | #258 |
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11-12-2019, 07:18 AM | #259 |
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Great stuff.
Consistency is the key to weight loss. Whatever that plan may be. Good job. |
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11-12-2019, 07:54 AM | #260 |
Fish are scared of me
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Anybody doing Intermittent Drinking?
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11-12-2019, 08:05 AM | #261 |
Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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I'm watching calories and doing 3 times a week at Orange Theory. OT is great, but you can't outwork a bad diet, and I have a pretty bad diet. So I started with MyFitnessPal two weeks ago, been drinking a ton of water and getting my workouts in. I'm amazed at how quickly things are changing. The key is to stick with it. I was down to 180 about 6 years ago but I've climbed to 215 and I've been there for awhile. I'm stronger and have a lot more muscle mass thanks to the OT workouts, but I'm carrying about 54 lbs of fat. Need to get that down to about 30, so I got some work to do.
Down to 207, so that's like 4 pounds a week. I'm sure it'll slow down from here, which is why I need to be in it for the long haul. |
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11-12-2019, 08:51 AM | #262 | |
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07-21-2023, 12:27 AM | #263 |
You Sweetie!
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I'm going to do this bitch for the first time, starting in about 5 hours! LFG!
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07-21-2023, 05:20 AM | #264 |
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I don’t want to be *that guy* but if you have weight problems, blood sugar or blood pressure issues, and any sort of autoimmune problems and haven’t tried intermittent fasting along with a carnivore or keto diet, you are missing out. I started around 4 years ago, I do 18/6 dirty keto only 4-5 days a week. Still splurge on weekends, dropped 50 pounds and my A1C, blood sugar and blood pressure are all totally under control with no meds.
The shit works. |
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07-21-2023, 06:10 AM | #265 | |
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Every now and again if I feel stomach upset or just oddly hungry I'll eat 2-3 protein bars with no sugar. I really like the Quest protein bars myself. They've got about 8-10 flavors and they're all pretty good. I don't lack energy (when I do that's more to insomnia) and you adjust to the eating schedule pretty quickly. The first month to 6 weeks there were days I was forcing myself but now it's actually odd for me to feel hungry before 2 or 3 pm. And my stomach has clearly shrunk as a result. I now eat about 1/3rd of what I use to even when I let myself go and eat pizza or lasagna or something. My insulin resistance must be really low at this point because when I do eat a high carb meal I'm dead tired like I took 2 or 3 sleep aids or something. Actually waiting to eat and eating about 2 hours before bed has helped me sleep more than any of the drugs I'm taking. So, if yer' an insomniac like me that can't sleep for shit I would definitely recommend it. Just getting 2 or 3 days a week of solid sleep changes everything for the positive. I can't believe how much better I feel. I've also been taking desiccated bovine thyroid but you want to have a talk with your doctor before doing that. |
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07-21-2023, 07:29 AM | #266 |
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Eighteen months ago I hit 308 pounds (I am 5'10"). I hadn't checked the scales in months, and had lived in the 270s for the previous decade. When I saw that number I freaked out and started intermittent fasting the next day.
I eat every day between noon and 8:00 p.m. My intention is 2000 calories or less each day, though I sometimes go over. While the intermittent fasting may be helping, I think a bigger factor is just not eating after 8:00. I was a constant late-night snacker and beer drinker. Yesterday I weighed 218. I didn't lose the weight quickly, but it's been steady. I'm still losing and don't know where it will eventually bottom out. But the fasting calendar has definitely worked for me. I don't think about carbs or sugars or excercise much. I just stick to 2000 calories or less. I try not to think of it as a diet and just the way my life is now that I'm in my fifties. While I admit that vanity plays a small part, my much larger goal is to be alive when my kids start having my grandkids in the next ten years or so. I was a morbidly obese smoker five years ago. I'm now an obese vaper. But I'm moving in the right direction! If I can do it, anyone can. |
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07-21-2023, 07:42 AM | #267 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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The bolded is probably the biggest factor in my general health and exercise... moving away from the p90x mentality of quick fixes or doing keto for a bit until I really started to miss beer... and thinking of it as something I need to do for the rest of my life. A missed day used to become "well, it's not a good week for this...", where as now I don't stress over it. And that mentality has helped with consistency as I'm not constantly looking for excuses (the first 30 seconds of waking up for a workout is still tough most mornings). I've also been motivated by making it to retirement (granted, still a ways off for me), as I've seen family member's health decline just as they're getting to that point of their lives. Keep on the steady lifelong routines. |
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07-21-2023, 07:52 AM | #268 | |
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Now, I think of it only as a bad meal period. You can have those if you go back to your regular practice after that period ends. |
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07-21-2023, 09:13 AM | #269 |
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These are great updates - Thanks for sharing, I've been in the dark on this for a while. The information was out there, I have been putting it off. Good to know it has some great benefits.
Thanks again for sharing. I won't eat until 7AM tomorrow. Do you think a half an toasted wheat egg sandwich is okay to come back off of fasting with? |
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07-21-2023, 09:15 AM | #270 |
You Sweetie!
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oh I did have about 14-16 ounces of coffee with half and half, no sugar. I know that's not ideal but I don't think it'll matter TOO terribly much for a simple 24 hour job'er.
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