Weight Loss Thread

Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me.

Itlan_sl said:

Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me.

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Angelwatch_sl said:

I tweaked my foot on the treadmill a couple of days ago so I need to stay off of it and let it heal. I'm pretty sure it's a small bone bruise from really bad, old, shoes. I picked up a better pair of actual running shoes so that should help once I give my foot a chance to recover. It sucks being off the treadmill for a couple of days but if I don't than this bruise won't ever heal. I've cut way back on calories since I've started dieting a couple of weeks ago and I'll just try to be even more mindful of what I eat over the next couple of days until my foot is better.

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Injuries are the worst. Do everything you can to be safe. Losing momentum is bad mojo. You might try something lower impact like an elliptical or bike machine.

Dandai, I've gotten some similar +% / -% type stuff that's way outside fitmatic's averages. I assume that's due to some fat stored in those areas. I definitely have a bit on my arms I'm working off. Calves aren't a good tell though. A lot of people just have slim calves. I'm only paying attention to my own measurement movements over time. Fitmatic is just a nice place to store them with a few calculators thrown in.

I am coming in on a check in point this week for measurements. I will put some info in Fitmatic as I don't have anything except my initial random measurements since my calipers busted. I actually completely failed to input my starting measurements before this 'bulk'. So far, it isn't a terribly successful bulk in the gaining weight sense. I am having trouble committing to the amount of calories required and am still mentally scared of becoming fat again. However, in terms of my body weight program I am still progressing nicely through each of the exercises so I am gaining strength. Perhaps I am just doing a terribly inefficient recomp.

Not sure where else to put this so I hope you'll excuse me if I'm in the wrong place.

Over the summer I learned that my dad wasn't doing so well. Still isn't. Just a myriad of issues. At the core it's because he never really took his health seriously. He only sporadically did things with a healthy bent, but he never kept at it. When I heard he was starting to go downhill, something in me clicked. A friend had been encouraging me to join him at the place where he did kickboxing training, and I decided it was time to take up that offer. My life and job are sedentary and I had no good reason to avoid it any longer.

I started the first week of September and made it about twenty minutes into the first class before I felt like I was going to pass out. But I thought about my dad, at 62 and in failing health, and resolved to keep going. I committed to a year of training. Twice a week, three if time allowed. The basic adult class is always a good workout. Cardio mostly, but some strength and endurance training as well. Plus self defense. I was able to easily run a 5k with my daughter after two months. Some classes are more intense than others, but I push myself and I have felt the work paying off. I've already lost 8 pounds. My friend, the one who got me into this, has lost 40 in the year and a half since he started.

Tonight I took the second step in a larger journey. I pass my first belt test. I look forward toward the work required for the second. And hopefully when I'm 62, I won't be in the same position of watching my health fail because I never took it seriously.

Great work, man. Getting an active hobby going is pretty clutch. Made a world of difference for me as you can just do a hobby, not 'work out'.

Yeah, my father requiring surgery on his foot twice in one year was a big catalyst to me finally getting off my ass and making my lifestyle change.

Since this thread is about to ramp up, Imma post here. Took ten days off on all exercise/bike work and just drank and ate like a king while on vacation. Think I put on 5 pounds and yesterday did some bike work and now having the worst DOMS I've had in a very long time.

I feel so out of shape.

DOMS. It's how you know you're out of shape.

Legs are bad, real bad when you get it, but I think bis and tris are the worst. I feel like a T-Rex trying to wash my hair when I get a bad case after too much time off from the gym.

Had to look the term up, because I didn't realize there was a term for the soreness that exists after working out for the first time in forever.

Arms are definitely the worst, specifically triceps. You don't realize how much you use those bastards until they are almost too weak to support themselves. Anything that involves reaching with an open hand is a learning experience hah.

Edit: I think your view on how that after workout soreness effects you is determined by how many stairs you encounter in your day to day experience. Because a hefty legs day followed by lots of stairs? Can be the worst of bitches.

Going up isn't so bad. It's going down that gets you.

Khane_sl said:

Going up isn't so bad. It's going down that gets you.

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I miss my old work, had to walk up and down this two story ramp carrying parts(car doors, hoods, fenders) all day. My life was glorious hell after a hard leg day.

I'm not really a fan of stretching before a workout (get the torches!) but man, stretching the day after a heavy lifting experience before you get that second day soreness blitz helps immensely. You don't need to go all crazy using foam rollers and shit (but you should!) but just flexing and moving the joints and connective tissue can mean a world of difference. Like not being able to reach your ass to wipe vs. just feeling sore type exertion difference. One of the reasons I like doing yoga on my non-lifting days, even if only for 20 minutes or so. HUGE difference in the second day soreness, fo realz.

Yea, I about ate it going down some stairs leaving the xmas party last night. I was holding onto that rail for my life as my legs wouldn't quite work how they were supposed to.

I'm 20 pounds down from my high point. I just cut my calories in half and have been trying to walk 2 to 4 miles a day. Snacking was my biggest weakness before and I've all but stopped. On the very rare times I do snack I've been making much better choices. I'm not interested in being super fit or toned but would like to lose another 30 to 50.

I started super out of shape and was very overweight. Today my clothes fit much better (in fact I know I went down a size but am too cheap to buy new ones just yet) and I feel a ton better. Two months ago a mile walk left me out of breath. Today I can do 2 miles easy and it's not until the third that I start to feel it. Still a ways to go but so far so good.

That's awesome man, but why the interest in weight loss if you're not interested in being fit?

I get a lot of flack for my lack of moderation on this forum, so it's a genuine question, you seem to be doing this "pretty hardcore" if you've cut your calories IN HALF, which is fucking hard and amazing, but why set your goal as what you describe as "only moderate"?

I think I could have phrased that better. I'm just your average overweight gaming nerd with a desk job and want to get more healthy. I knew I was overweight but the last time I went to the doctor's office I really didn't like what I saw when I stepped on the scale. But I'll never be the guy who goes to the gym or lifts or anything like that. I like walking and that's working for me. Two or three miles a day on the the treadmill or two or three miles walking around the neighborhood when weather permits and that's good for me. It gives me time to think or watch TV with the treadmill.

A lot of you in this thread are much more hardcore about fitness than I am. And that's fine. I'm doing it for health reasons and right now my main goal is to get down to a better weight. I'm 5'8" and my google-fu shows my ideal weight should be 140 to 170 lbs. I've got a ways to go yet. Maybe once I start getting down closer to that I'll change my mind but right now my goal is purely just to get down to a more healthy weight.

It also should be said that I'm married. So I'm doing this purely for myself and not in an attempt to pick up chicks. I'm not claiming that anyone here is going the hardcore fitness route for that but I'd be willing to bet that's at least one factor for those not married or in a serious relationship. I won't speak for others but since getting married my outlook has changed on things like that.