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Kicked off the latest round of weights and cross fit this week. 3 nights/week for the next 8 weeks. Doing 2-3 mile power walks or jogs on weekend days.
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Haven't posted anything on this thread for a while. I haven't been consistent with my walking as I was earlier this year - just a problem I always have keeping with a regular exercise regimen. With fall here though, there will be plenty of work outside the house between rain showers, so I'll use that to get in some extra heart-pumping activity.
On a more positive note, I started on a weight loss program back in mid-August. To date, I'm down 12 pounds, and I'm already feeling the benefits of increased energy/stamina, just from that. I even got to drop a size in my jeans/belt this past week! First time I've dropped a pant size in a few years. I love buying new clothes when the size is going down! Hopefully I can keep on this plan long term. So far, I'm finding it easier to follow than past plans, that is hopefully a good thing. And, hopefully, this increased energy will encourage me to get up and moving more often.
I'm no crossfit fan. But any exercise is good.
Congrats man! Those first 10lbs are the hardest for me but then I get even more motivated and it just snowballs.
I'm glad you revived this thread, I occasionally forget about it.
I have a week to go before I see the doc about starting 'real' physical therapy and being able to handle weight on my knee as I can tolerate it. I did go from the 3 sets of 10 reps 4 times a day to 3 sets of 15 and am able to add 1lb of weight to my ankle (therapist said rice in a ziplock is good), but then in a week it will all change to the harder stuff.
Still trying to get my knee cap to "track right" so I've got a long way to go before I'm walking without help but I've got nothing better to do then work out right now so I can that J O B.
On the big BONUS side I have finally after years of trying different brands (mostly ending in my cramping and being in pain) I have found a protein powder that my system seems to be handling - 2 weeks in and have gone from one too two scoops so I'm getting about 90% of my protein first thing in the morning and that is keeping me full until dinner so all the carbs I've been eating as staples are quickly going away!!!
I can not overstate how much this is going to change my diet and life. My biggest and mostly only reason for trying to hunt large game was for digestible protein to add to my daily intake as most store meat doesn't cut it and bison at $10/lb is out of my price range when I will eat a pound of meat for dinner easy if it's available.
Turns into about $3 a day so for breakfast and then not hungry for lunch it's much more cost effective then almost everything else I've tried except $2 in pasta which is mostly carbs.
I went with the unflavored version because I'm not convinced stevia is the wonder that most people say it is...
I add some agave and that's it. The powder is like talcum powder in consistany and it certainly isn't a milk shake but taste is secondary for me with these supplement shakes. I may start adding a milk substitute for some fats when I am more mobile.
I think I may have gained a couple pounds as my shorts don't seem to be falling off me but it's hard to stand still on a scale with one foot and nothing to grab onto but that doesn't bother me cuz I know I'll drop it fast once I'm walking and lifting again.
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Physical conditioning: You need to be trained - Maggie's Farm
I believe very strongly that if you want a change related to weight, up or down, that is 99% food. What you eat, how much you eat, when you eat.
Exercise is for fitness.
Stretching is for flexibility.
If you need something and do not know what to do, follow Jerry Pournelle (he's a literal rocket scientist = pretty smart)
The Five Tibetan Rites
Hey Joe, I thought I heard leg extensions on those common/leg extension machines can be/are harmful? But if a big-brain is telling you to do x, I'd do it.4 days until I should get the doc's OK to start doing more.
3 set of 15 reps of leg lifts is way harder then I had though but I'm doing them
Hey Joe, I thought I heard leg extensions on those common/leg extension machines can be/are harmful? But if a big-brain is telling you to do x, I'd do it.
just spitballin
Just got back from a walk down the hill to get the paper and to enjoy this beautiful fall day. Two toddlers in a double stroller up and down the hill on a unpaved road and now I've got a good sweat going. Man they are getting big or I'm getting old. Probably both.
Kids age you fast so enjoy it