You went from 270 to 145?
My hat is off to you. I take it back. Every hat I have ever owned is off to you. That's phenomenal.
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My hat is off to you. I take it back. Every hat I have ever owned is off to you. That's phenomenal.
Congrats on your success. Can I ask how many hours?
I've changed my diet to healthier foods, and started walking a solid 45 min every day. I've been doing this for over 6 months now, and while I feel healthier, I haven't lost any weight. I've actually gained some. I'm not sure how many steps that is, but was curious what you meant by 'hours of additional walking'. Those are really great results!
My stride equates to 2100 steps per mile
Ten miles with my stride is about 21000 steps
I walk about three miles per hour. So my average time taken is about four hours a day.
I spread out my walking during the day. I get up to think, ill take a long route to the rest room etc..
The average person takes 5000 steps a day
E most of older types are looking for the shortest route to the can. Seriously it is a mindset where instead of driving around a parking lot for a close spot you look for a far away spot and walk. saves on door dings too!
That is precisely it.
I will walk any time I have a phone conversation or I need to step away and think something through. I will walk through my lunch etc.
Congratulations on your amazing results. Even in smaller doses, I think a lot of people could take inspiration from this and incorporate walking into their day. That's one of the reasons I take the bus every day, because I have to do some walking to make it work. I still need to do more, but it's good knowing I've taken more steps by 6:30 a.m. than most people will walk all day.
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I think there is a lot to be said not just about balancing calories, but about eating the right calories. My college S&C coach (excellent guy, trained under S&C program and coach at Iowa) used to tell us after our workouts that he can only impact 30% of the way our bodies looked. 70% of the way our bodies looked depended upon nutrition, and he wasn't just referring to caloric balance. Limiting sugar, eating real food rather than food-like products, staying hydrated, eating good fats, etc. makes a big impact on your body, how it functions, fights sickness, repairs, and so on. Goes back to what Beav mentioned as well, you can't eat whatever you want and think you'll make up for it with your workouts. I worked out at a crossfit gym (really enjoyed it, btw, just got too expensive) for about a year, and they would remind us that you can't out work a bad diet.
I agree on the role of gut bacteria. I've heard the comment that "all disease starts in the gut." While I couldn't explain exactly what it means, when I heard the individual explain it to me, it made a lot of sense. Now I can't remember who said it or where I heard it. Can you expand on that?
One thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet is the role of sleep on your body. Again, listened to an expert on a podcast, and essentially, your body can't burn fat, heal, or function as it is designed to unless we get enough sleep. We cheat ourselves of the horomones (ie HGH) that help our body regulate and grow when we don't sleep 7-8 hours per night. I believe cortisol levels are negatively impacted as well with reduced sleep. Hopefully someone who knows more about it than I do can run with it from there, but sleep is very important to weight loss and general well-being and healthfulness.
I would say its 70% diet and nutrition, 30% exercise - and don't forget rest and stress relief because that is a VIP factor also.
Between 2006 -2012 I ran 5X/week yielding 25-30 miles (also weight trained 2X per week). My weight dropped from 215 to 175 even though my diet was not very strict.
In 2012, I began bumping my run miles (40-45 miles per week) in order to train for an 50 mile ultra-marathon race. Ate a lot of carbs and indulged with pasta, pizza, etc after long runs. I steadily gained weight, 5,10,15 pounds even though I was running more. I ran the race 12 heavier.
Post race dropped the miles back a bit but really focused on diet and clean eating. Lost 20 pounds the next three months. I credit diet control and sleep.
Between 2006 -2012 I ran 5X/week yielding 25-30 miles (also weight trained 2X per week). My weight dropped from 215 to 175 even though my diet was not very strict.
In 2012, I began bumping my run miles (40-45 miles per week) in order to train for an 50 mile ultra-marathon race. Ate a lot of carbs and indulged with pasta, pizza, etc after long runs. I steadily gained weight, 5,10,15 pounds even though I was running more. I ran the race 12 heavier.
Post race dropped the miles back a bit but really focused on diet and clean eating. Lost 20 pounds the next three months. I credit diet control and sleep.
I've seen those implications with sleep. There is a vast array of elements that go into making up the total equation of metabolism and energy levels.
Enough to be baffling to the "average" person who is faced with a diabetes diagnosis and has 100+ pounds to lose. One of the best things you can do is start using a smaller plate/bowl and to make a strict "no going back for seconds" policy. The bigger your plate, the more likely you are to pile it with a ton of food.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaar...s-trick-us-into-eating-too-much/#5ed0f5773f79
I just have sex 3 times a day for cardio. You can keep your crossfit and walking for 6 hours a day.
You really should be getting in more than 4-6 minutes of cardio a day...
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Beav I hate your politics....I'm using the word hate here...
But you could be my neighbor any day. You crack me up.
But you could be my neighbor any day. You crack me up.
Diet versus exercise challenges differ between person, circumstances and habit.
I keep track of my calories on myfitnesspal as well as record calories burned per mile (minus three miles). I also tend to create 10%ish buffers to make sure I am not too optimistic.
Things I've noticed are that foods with higher carbs make me more hungry. I also get more hungry while tired and stressed or lightly sick.
The best advice I have is to eat foods that are naturally lower in calories than their actual size like apples, bananas, grapes, lettuce, celery etc. Also meaty foods tend to help curve cravings or the food rages that high carbed foods make you feel. I know fruit have carbs, but they are nutrient rich and take up a lot more volume than say a cake or cereal. Drinking lots of fluids actually make me feel more full too. Regular soda is far and away the worst thing for you, bar none. Diet soda isn't good either, but regular soda is cheap calories with no nutrition.
I've noticed that, for me, metabolism is a game you play throughout the day. Eat a little here or there, move around here and there, drink lots of fluids.
For example:
I get up and eat a yogurt, four walnuts and a glass of orange juice. I drink several cups of liquids (various) as i drive to work. I will then walk 1200 steps with 6 floors to my desk. I will periodically get up from my desk to use the rest room or get something to drink, i will use that time as a time to focus on something job related and will get 500-1500 steps.
By lunch I'll have 4000-5000 steps and will have eaten grapes, a banana and a 100 calorie vita top. I will walk 6000 steps on lunch, and get about 8 floors.
Between lunch and 6pm I will eat an apple, a serving of almonds and walk another 2000-4000 steps in periodic movements to use the rr, get something to drink all while thinking of something job related (three/four birds, one stone).
Once 6pm hits I may stay longer or work more. Regardless, I will walk another 6000-20,000 steps, eat a banana, two yogurts, more grapes and sometimes a protein bar and/or tuna crackers and/or light popcorn.
So by the end of the day I will actually walk 20-30k in steps while eating 1500-2200 calories. On the weekends will eat 2500-3500 calories day. I will walk more (by 5-10k a day)and reduce calories (500 a day) when trying to lose weight.
All-in-all, for me, the input versus output seems to work. I will have a few (2-4) days a week of true garbage food time. Ill eat a large mama's pizza or will eat a few baskets of chips with a plate of fajitas. I also cannot over exert physically (run or weightlift) cause I work 50-60 hours at a stressful job, so I walk more throughout the day which is less tiring and raises the motabs all day.
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I would think a 33%, 33%, and 33% is more accurate, with genetics being the other category.
I don't know. I think I heard it from a podcast with a physician at Cleveland Clinic, but maybe he got it from her?
You hit on a great one there.
TAKE. THE. STAIRS. I work in a 4-story office building. The number of people I see take the elevator down from the second floor is staggering. We're a society of people who will sit for 5 minutes with the blinker on while somebody loads their groceries to get that parking spot 30 feet closer to the door, and then we wonder where the pounds come from.
Beav I hate your politics....I'm using the word hate here...
But you could be my neighbor any day. You crack me up.
And you have my word if we ever go into battle together, I'll be right behind you...
Yep. That's key for me. I probably eat 3-4 servings of vegetables and 1-2 servings of fruits daily now, together with 80-100 oz. water, both every day no matter what. I still cheat a couple times a week with pizza or burritos but I'm also still running 100-110 miles per month and lifting 2X per week. I will be 59 in eight days. Never felt better.
Keep that up and you'll be getting new knees and hips in your very early 60's.
Maybe, maybe not. I occasionally run with a group that includes guys well into their 60s. Most of them, like me, have been running for decades and still race .... anywhere from 5K to 50k. I picked up a lot of good training tips along the way. I stretch religiously, foam roll, supplement, rest etc. I figure I have another good 10-15 years of long miles on the road if I play it smart..... and as long as the ticker keeps working.
All those things do nothing for the pounding your cartilage takes. You will pay. At some point you should try to find a lower impact aerobic exercise.
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