What do you guys do to stay in shape?

[c.cloudwalker]

You guys and gals with weight problems should come over. Every time I've moved here for a while, I've lost quite a bit of weight, quite quickly. Last time, it was 40 pounds in 2 1/2 months doing nothing special. Life here is like exercising without doing any.

Years ago when I moved to Paris I lost 60 pounds in even less time thanks to poor friends who all lived on higher floors of buildings with no elevators

 

[skieur]

You guys and gals with weight problems should come over. Every time I've moved here for a while, I've lost quite a bit of weight, quite quickly. Last time, it was 40 pounds in 2 1/2 months doing nothing special. Life here is like exercising without doing any.

Years ago when I moved to Paris I lost 60 pounds in even less time thanks to poor friends who all lived on higher floors of buildings with no elevators

If I lost 60 pounds, I would look like a skeleton at about 110 pounds and I am not short.

skieur

 

[LadyJasmine]

I've lost 30 pounds in the last Month or so. I switched what I was eating. I went from 2,000 + calories a day down to 900... the first three days SUCKED big time, but now, I feel great. I sleep awesome. I'm not hungry all the time and I don't crave crap. I gave up almost EVERYTHING! No Pop, no caffeine, no sugar (at all!), low-carbs or good carbs, and LOTS of veggies. I love salad anyway, but I have a salad for dinner every night usually with chicken on it. I drink a TON of water (and we go through more toilet paper than we used to, as well!)

I also walk on the treadmill (almost fast enough to call it a jog, I suppose) while I watch my DVRed shows. I usually go for 30-45 minutes. Then I do some toning. Usually abs and arms.

I used to be a size 6 when I met my husband...and we both love to eat...usually it was pasta or pizza hahah. I'm lossing weight because we want to have kids. We've been trying for the last year, and I finally gave up and decided to lose some weight to see if that was really the issue. And boy, do things change when you lose weight! Things are happening the way they should be.

I hope to lose more. I dropped 4ish sizes too...but I'm at that stage where I'm in between sizes and it sucks.

I wish luck to everyone trying to lose weight. It's hard. I've had to kick myself in the butt a couple of times. But I really am motivated to do this now. I'll be 25 in October and I'd really like to have 2 children by the time I'm 30...

 

[o hey tyler]

I kick everyones ass that I meet.

 

[naptime]

when i left the army 20 years ago, i weighed 220 pounds and had 4% body fat. (i was disciplined twice for my body fat being too low)

20 years later, i still weigh 220 pounds...... but now it's 40% body fat !! :thumbdown:

last February i almost died. found out that i was at 40% body fat, high blood pressure... and..... found out my blood glucose level was .... 490.. thats not a typo. 490.

and i was averaging there daily. it wasn't a one time spike. diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

i had also put on a few more pounds than "my normal average" and was up at 260


a year later, i'm still taking blood pressure meds, diabetes meds, and a little exercise daily.

i've lost 40 and am now back down to 220. but still have about 40-60 more before i'll be happy.


this, from a former army ranger/drill sergeant. not sure where i went wrong. it's almost like one day i just stopped working out and eating right.

started eating junk food and sitting around on the computer all day. i became one of those "we all die sometime, might as well enjoy it" type of guys.

my biggest problem now, is the motivation to work out and eat right. i have the desire. i just don't have the motivation.

my near death was a wake up call for me.


i also used to smoke.... 4 packs a day.. for about 15 years.

i quit new years eve 2007 with acupuncture. haven't had a cigarette since. just had my 5 year anniversary

 

[c.cloudwalker]

when i left the army 20 years ago, i weighed 220 pounds and had 4% body fat. (i was disciplined twice for my body fat being too low)

20 years later, i still weigh 220 pounds...... but now it's 40% body fat !! :thumbdown:

last February i almost died. found out that i was at 40% body fat, high blood pressure... and..... found out my blood glucose level was .... 490.. thats not a typo. 490.

and i was averaging there daily. it wasn't a one time spike. diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

i had also put on a few more pounds than "my normal average" and was up at 260


a year later, i'm still taking blood pressure meds, diabetes meds, and a little exercise daily.

i've lost 40 and am now back down to 220. but still have about 40-60 more before i'll be happy.


this, from a former army ranger/drill sergeant. not sure where i went wrong. it's almost like one day i just stopped working out and eating right.

started eating junk food and sitting around on the computer all day. i became one of those "we all die sometime, might as well enjoy it" type of guys.

my biggest problem now, is the motivation to work out and eat right. i have the desire. i just don't have the motivation.

my near death was a wake up call for me.


i also used to smoke.... 4 packs a day.. for about 15 years.

i quit new years eve 2007 with acupuncture. haven't had a cigarette since. just had my 5 year anniversary

Come on over.

I was on four different meds for high blood pressure when I moved here. Huge dose. Bad enough that my CDL physical was put on a yearly schedule

A few months later when I ran out of my US drugs I went to see a doctor here to get a new prescription... NO high blood pressure. Perfectly normal.

I was put on a small dose nonetheless but I forget to take it half the time and my blood pressure is normal.

Trust me, I don't know where I went wrong either. I was never in the military but, considering I spent 12 years running around with them, I may as well have been

And I was very active for many more years. But we get older. And we don't get any better.

 

[analog.universe]

You have to be really diligent and selective to find food in the U.S. that won't kill you. That's one of the reasons I live in Vermont (in the healthiest city in the country, as it turns out)... most of the food I eat is grown within walking distance, and that's a culture that was never lost in a lot of Europe. It's not terribly profitable if you're trying to run some big industrial food company, but it's the only way to eat fresh and stay healthy.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

If I lost 60 pounds, I would look like a skeleton at about 110 pounds and I am not short.

I was in no way telling every one to lose 60 pounds.

I did because I put it on and was feeling miserable and it felt great to lose it.

I wish I could lose that much today.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

You have to be really diligent and selective to find food in the U.S. that won't kill you. That's one of the reasons I live in Vermont (in the healthiest city in the country, as it turns out)... most of the food I eat is grown within walking distance, and that's a culture that was never lost in a lot of Europe. It's not terribly profitable if you're trying to run some big industrial food company, but it's the only way to eat fresh and stay healthy.

It is getting lost.

I'm not going to get into the why and how because we are not supposed to talk about politics here, but it is getting lost. I was amazed when I moved back here about a year ago to see how much fatter the kids are.

 

[LadyJasmine]

You have to be really diligent and selective to find food in the U.S. that won't kill you. That's one of the reasons I live in Vermont (in the healthiest city in the country, as it turns out)... most of the food I eat is grown within walking distance, and that's a culture that was never lost in a lot of Europe. It's not terribly profitable if you're trying to run some big industrial food company, but it's the only way to eat fresh and stay healthy.

My husband and I actually grow a LOT of our food. I grow lettuce in the house year round, and we can almost everything from our garden, or freeze it. We also raise our own chickens for meat and eggs, and we split a beef steer every year with my Mom and Dad and our friends (a half is WAY too much for us in a year, so we do a 1/4).

My husband grew up Vegetarian and Organic... his Mom and Dad grow everything they need. They even grow the feed for their goats, which they get milk from. (They're the kind of vegetarians that still consum dairy and eggs).

 

[molested_cow]

I think there's something wrong with me. I now have to run 8k on one day and swim 3k the next day to feel like I've done something(plus push ups and sit ups), yet my spare tire said it's not going anywhere

 

[Destin]

I think there's something wrong with me. I now have to run 8k on one day and swim 3k the next day to feel like I've done something(plus push ups and sit ups), yet my spare tire said it's not going anywhere

Every try a rowing machine? they are spare tire meters.

Or try upping the intensity and decreasing distance.

You've probably plateaued at the level you're at. Gotta mix it up more. Not o Lu what workout you do but how you do it. Add sprint intervals to your runs. Or dedicate a day every week to just doing hill sprints.

 

[molested_cow]

I live on a hill, the slope is probably about 20 degrees and it's about 100m to the bottom. I run the hill every time I do my run. I don't have much of an issue going up, but don't like how my knees and ankles take that impact when going down, so I just do small quick steps for that. I think delicate a session to do the hill is a good idea. Thanks!

One big reason why I am doing longer distances is because I just want to get the f*** out of the house. It keeps me sane.

 

[Destin]

I live on a hill, the slope is probably about 20 degrees and it's about 100m to the bottom. I run the hill every time I do my run. I don't have much of an issue going up, but don't like how my knees and ankles take that impact when going down, so I just do small quick steps for that. I think delicate a session to do the hill is a good idea. Thanks!

One big reason why I am doing longer distances is because I just want to get the f*** out of the house. It keeps me sane.

Hahaha. I have a hill like that near my house. When I do hill sprints I sprint up, then walk down. And repeat that until I can't do it anymore.

I totally understand the getting out of the house thing though, I do that on my bike.

 

[mishele]

I have a yearly schedule for gaining and losing weight.....lol Once I had a kid, I could no longer eat anything I wanted anymore...lol So now, I eat whatever I want from Sept-Feb.:greenpbl: March hits and it's time to start getting ready for the bikini...lol I play a lot of vball in the spring and summer so it's a little extra push to get in shape. =)
I gotta say though....as I'm getting older the gain/lose plan gets harder and harder...lol I should prolly just start eatting healthier all year, but that's no fun!!