Working out, no diet.
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@JaredBusch I'm looking into relocating to a more affordable state with much safer neighborhoods, my current regiment is go to the gym randomly during the week at random times due to schedules and such. I'm hoping that if I get to one of the few cities I'm looking into I'd have a much better place to jog in the morning, and a much more flexible schedule. Leaving home at 6am, and getting home at 5:30pm, doesn't afford much room for exercise during the week.
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@alexntg said:
If you can get to the point of running 3 miles a day, it doesn't really matter what you eat; you'll lose weight.
Yesterday I walk / ran 2.5 miles on the treadmill, and during my regular working hours paced across the office enough times to equal 2 miles... its lovely when people on both sides of the building need help at once.
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Because I work from home I really don't get out that much... I do pace when I am on the phone, which is usually all day long. So I get in about 2 miles a day that way. I started doing Pilates but need to get back to it. I need to work on more aerobic things so I can get up my stamina to be gigging.
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@JaredBusch thats incredible! good job
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I lost 90lbs on Medifast in 2011.
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Talk to @rich9403 he is a trainer.
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@david.wiese over the last 7 years I am back up to 230. I eat ok, but I have lost any type of fixed work schedule and the ability to fix an exercise routine into my day. I have been in and out of the gym for over a year now. I just cannot keep anything up without a schedule.
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@JaredBusch Wow Jared that's amazing dude, furthermore I really like that robe lol. But that's awesome dude.
I guess its just every time I get done working out, I feel awesome. My body is in tune, my sweat is well spent, I feel amazing. When I "eat healthier", I don't feel rewarded, sure may lose a few pounds that way but... I don't feel like I could kiss Obama on the cheek and challenge him to a sprint down FedEx field like I do with a nice workout.
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@RAM. As I said, i really did not eat "healthy" I ate pasta and rice and oatmeal, etc... All carbs mostly. I just taught myself to use good portions and worked an exercise routine into my work schedule. Went out to lunch once a week with co-workers and went out to the bar at least twice a month with friends.
After work I sat on my ass at home. I was hard into EverQuest 2 during 2005-2007. But 2 15 minute sessions on the stairs and a 2 mile walk at lunch every day add up.
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You can eat anything you want, but you MUST have caloric control or you won't lose weight. You can still eat pizza and beer, etc, just eat less, maybe it will have to be a lot less, but less for sure.
@alexntg said:
If you can get to the point of running 3 miles a day, it doesn't really matter what you eat; you'll lose weight.
I did this 2 years ago, without changing my diet I only lost 5 lbs before I plateaued. I had to change my diet.
All this said, I too have decided I need to drop some weight from my 6 ft 203 lbs ass. I started a diet change last week - no desserts for 6+ weeks (which sucks because I have a vacation right in the middle of this time frame - so much for planning). I'm also cutting my portion sizes but not the content of what I eat.
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Weight loss is 90% diet, sorry.
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@Nic said:
Weight loss is 90% diet, sorry.
If you cut you diet to 60% you'll lose even faster. Har har.
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It depends on what you consider luck. I ate whatever I wanted and got into weightlifting. I didnt drop any weight, I gained it but I felt alot better and my body was alot stronger. I have never been skinny or close to it, but I felt better and can run faster and farther than most people 100lbs lighter than me.
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Weightlifting with no dieting and eating fast food and garbage
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Weightlifting and dieting (Still Drinking). This was in the Florida Keys I wasnt exactly sober
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@IRJ how much can you lift Joel? Due to medical problems I can't exactly curl so I do use the machines. Currently doing 3 reps of 15 or 20 with a weight of 50 or 70 depending on the day. It usually hurts once you get to you're 30th press lol.
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@RAM. said:
@IRJ how much can you lift Joel? Due to medical problems I can't exactly curl so I do use the machines. Currently doing 3 reps of 15 or 20 with a weight of 50 or 70 depending on the day. It usually hurts once you get to you're 30th press lol.
On the top 2 pictures, I was about 330lbs. I could bench about 360lbs which is pretty poor bench to weight ratio. I was born with a missing pectoral muscle on the right side of my chest. All my strength comes from my arms and shoulders. I was military pressing 310lbs on my shoulders at one point.
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@IRJ said:
@RAM. said:
@IRJ how much can you lift Joel? Due to medical problems I can't exactly curl so I do use the machines. Currently doing 3 reps of 15 or 20 with a weight of 50 or 70 depending on the day. It usually hurts once you get to you're 30th press lol.
On the top 2 pictures, I was about 330lbs. I could bench about 360lbs which is pretty poor bench to weight ratio. I was born with a missing pectoral muscle on the right side of my chest. All my strength comes from my arms and shoulders. I was military pressing 310lbs on my shoulders at one point.
Oh I'm not benching yet... nor do I know if I will... when the doctor says "your bones will break if you lift too much, we just don't know where that line is" kind of makes me go "well... wtf do I do?
