Diet & Fitness Support Thread
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Good call. If you're sick, just let yourself be sick and get over it. If you try to workout while you're sick, you'll probably just make the illness last longer.
No, the INJURY is the torn cartilage in my right hip (which was most likely caused by compensating for the arthritis in my left hip). The arthritic hip actually causes me no particular problem, other than a slight restriction of movement. It's the injured hip that's painful, but only if I do certain things. It's also repairable by arthroscopic surgery, if I decide to go that route. (And I might, eventually ... for now I'm just trying to live with it.)
And seriously, if you could watch me "run" you'll know I'm not doing anything particularly abusive. I'm laughably slow. And I hate all other forms of aerobic exercise.
I am obese, and medically speaking morbidly might be a proper designation.
I'm doing between 30 and 80 crunches per day, and then I usually get in four days a week, doing everything twice a week and then one day for just arms and one day for just legs.
As for what I'm eating, I usually have a yogurt or bagel and cheese for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and then a normal dinner. I try to have a spinach salad with dinner, and often will have it instead of a sandwich at lunch.
I'm not trying to get huge or ripped. I'm just lifting with the hopes of developing some better muscle tone and dropping some pounds. If I could shed enough that I could jog comfortably, I'd like to add that later.
Am I expecting too much too soon?
Absolutely. Depending on where you're starting from, it can take years to get where you want to be.
I would strongly recommend cutting out all those crunches. You honestly don't need to do abs more than 2-3 times a week. They need time to heal just like any other muscle.
Also, I'd definitely try to increase your protein intake. That's the only way your muscles are going to grow.
Here's the thing, if you're going to use a scale, don't use it that often. Maybe like once a month or once every 2 weeks otherwise if you're like me, you may very well end up demotivating yourself by worrying about numbers and little fluxuations.
I've noticed, and I'm by no means an expert, but losing weight is really slow in the beginning, your body adjusting and compensating from what it's used to, but then it picks up later and really takes off.
After five weeks of 3-5 days per week of a lifting program in our school's weight room, having a fairly healthy diet of yogurt or peanut butter for breakfast, a light lunch (often a spinach salad), and a slightly smaller portioned dinner than prior to this period, I'm ten pounds heavier, but my shirts fit more loosely.
WTF?
WTF?
What about your pants?
Well, if you must know...They're not fitting any differently.
Only when he's around right?
I'm heading back to the gym today for a weight workout.
10 years ago, not long after I started working out again, a longtime ex-girlfriend--who was a workout freak--and I used to compete to see who did the most crunches during the day. Every day it would increase, 300, 400, 1200...finally she was doing 1700, and I just had to surpass it with 2000. It was a matter of pride. Ah those were the days...
RAMA
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Yes spread throughout the day. I forget the most I did in one sitting but it was probably over 700-800. I remember hearing stories of Herschel Walker doing 2000 crunches a day, and I thought, well if he can do it I can!
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Been on my new fitness plan for a bit over a month now... showing a few results. I can now wear 36" pants comfortably (though I could stand to lose 1/5" before they fit really great). I started at the 240+ range at 6'3" and now down to 235-ish (between 233-237 in variance). I have fairly broad shoulders, so I am not worried about hitting 185 and my goal is 205. I hope that I can hit that by the end of May. My plan is pretty simple: do a mix of cardio and weights at the gym 3 days a week, do a lot of walking (I walk 1+ miles per day), and eat right. My diet consists of:
Breakfast: Eggs, toast, orange juice, yogurt, cereal.
Lunch: Large Sandwich
Dinner: Chicken Salad.
I've been eating that exact same thing about 6 days a week now with me going out to dinner once a week with friends.
My big success is that I've got my mile down to 8:30 (after a slight warmup) which is great for me since I was in the 12-13 minute mark in HS. If I keep this up, they'll recruit me for the football team
Breakfast: Eggs, toast, orange juice, yogurt, cereal.
Lunch: Large Sandwich
Dinner: Chicken Salad.
I've been eating that exact same thing about 6 days a week now with me going out to dinner once a week with friends.
My big success is that I've got my mile down to 8:30 (after a slight warmup) which is great for me since I was in the 12-13 minute mark in HS. If I keep this up, they'll recruit me for the football team
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