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Alright, letās do this.
Jan 4th: 214 lbs
I will be more active this year- I live really close to some excellent mountain biking trails, and my kids are (mostly) old enough that getting out doesnāt mean the wife gets left with mayhem.
I used to be SUPER active- rock climbing 30 hours a week, or riding bikes a couple hundred miles a week- but seven years ago (!) I had my first kid and it all went to hell. I weighed 235 after that, and I felt gross.
Iāve done better since then- Iāve gotten (just) below 200 a few times, and Iāve felt (somewhat) better. But itās time to get back to being fit- I know (based on time constraints alone) that Iāll not be as fit as I was in my 20ās. Thatās ok- I donāt have that sort of time to sink into it. But Iād like to weigh 185 (but Iād be pretty happy at 190ā¦). Iām 6ā 1", and while all the āchartsā say I should weigh between 140 (!) and 180, with my build and musculature, thatās not reasonable (let alone wise). Iāve have to loose muscle for that, and Iām not interested in doing that.
Sorry this is long. Sometimes I think aloud.
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OK, Iām in. ā¦the pantry!!! lol. No, Iām in, just getting my brain awake.
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Are you critiquing my goals?
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Iām 6ā2" (probably more like 6ā1.5") and somewhere over 270.
I read an article a couple weeks ago about someone in that range who lost 100 pounds in 2015 by walking for an hour every day, without setting any other goals and making no conscious/targetted changes to his diet. He was younger than me and presumably not stuck taking meds that have a side effect of promoting weight gain. But still, I was somewhat inspired by the story.
I want to lose weight, but my higher priority is better blood sugar and health overall. Iām not going to set any numeric targets, but Iām going to commit to a non-trivial amount of intentional exercise (likely to mostly be walking or stationary biking) for a strong majority of days. Howās that?
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Weight loss as a side effect of a healthy lifestyle change is, Iād say, exactly the right way to go about getting healthier.
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No, I just want to know how you plan to go about achieving them, so I can bottle it and sell it.
Iām sure there are plenty of people whoād love to grow a few extra inches.
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Yes. Yes yes yes. The numbers are arbitrary. When I lived in Coburg I walked 4 miles five days a week on Old, beautiful country roads. That was worth it in itself.
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Iāll get the scale out when I get home but Ill throw my hat in while the iron is hot. (Let it go)
Date: Jan 4th
Wheight: Around 92 Kilos (Let it go)
Goal: 75
My biggest problem is my diet, thatās relatively simple, the hardest part will be getting more exercise in, its really hard to find the time for this with the activities I have scheduled around here right now Iām basically spending 3 to 6 hours commuting every day.
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THIS THIS THIS! Well my commute isnāt that bad but 9 hours of work+lunch plus 2 to 3 hours of commute timeā¦ and I have time for what after that? As I have housework and other things to be done.
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Walk everywhere if you donāt already. And if you walk, then walk fast, depending upon your attire, schedule, and weather. And take the stairs as often as is possible or efficient. If anything, itās a good way to keep up the metabolism, and over longer distances, itās great exercise.
I was in the best possible health when I got into the habit of riding my bike everywhere possibleā¦that said I have lost half a suitcase of beer because drunken me thought riding home with two suitcases of same would render me heroic. Which it did, but really more of a bloody, bruised, beer-covered heroic with 1.5 suitcases of beer to share.
EDIT: Actually, the biking combined with the ease of doing all the things I love. When in Northern California, I could ride my bike home from work, stop at the house to grab my board and change into a wetsuit, and then surf for ~2, 2+ hours, in addition to having great hiking and biking trails damn near everywhere. East Coast surfing hasnāt compared for me yet, and dayum the Atlantic gets cold in the winter!
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Iāve been keeping track of calories in and calories out since the beginning of last year. Iāve been using My Fitness Pal, an app/website which annoys me in some aspects, but if nothing else Iām pretty consistent about keeping track of what I eat. (Note that ākeeping trackā can be pretty passive ā āyep, I ate that piece of Chocolate. Duly noted.ā)
Today Iām at 183.9, down from a high of 186. But outside of the holidays itās been hovering around 175, and Iāve had it lower than that a few times. Iām 5ā7" and probably ought to be around 160 if not lower.
The weight is only part of it, though ā there are some numbers that I have to improve (LDL, glucose).
I was pretty good about running for 30 minutes 2 or 3 times a week, and then my ankles and knees started bothering me. Plus I was running in the woods (itās more convenient; behind the house), which meant catching ticks in Lyme disease country. I still walk everyday, which the Doc says is OK if I donāt shilly-shally. (I try to do >12,000 steps but some days itās more like 7,000).
I canāt honestly say that Iāve improved my diet, at least not very much ā when I was running I figured that I was cancelling most or all of that out. Now, not so much.
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Butā¦butā¦ok.
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30 minutes for the 5 mile run and 30 min for calisthenics. Muay Thai class is only an hour, and thatās split about 30/30 with pad/bag work and some sparring. It clocks in to around 2 hours a day, 1 hour a day if I donāt feel like staying for a second class.
For a professional fighter, my routine is considered a warm-up. If I was clocking in over 4 hours a day, Iād be approaching the professional range.
Iām lucky in that I work my own hours but I know the feeling of having an unpredictable schedule. As a journalist, I canāt predict when a big story in my industry breaks, then suddenly weāre scrambling for our contacts and setting up Skype calls.
Audible is a great idea! I prefer listening to podcasts over music when Iām doing my LDRs. Iāve been trying to get into radio dramas lately and Limetown has gotten me hooked. Each episode is about 30 minutes so it also helps me time my runs.
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I walk when I can, though Iāve been thinking of going random places and talking walks about townā¦
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Dinner:
Purple carrots, broccoli, haricots vert, red onion, chopped ginger, chopped garlic (let it sit for 10 minutes after smashing but before chopping), turmeric, pepper and lemon stir fried in coconut oil and apple cider vinegar.
Thanks BBSers, for the motivation to eat the way I know to be healthy!
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I know itās all relative but jesus hā¦ youāre in good shape bro.
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I listen to all of my podcasts while working out or during the two or three hours a day Iām walking.
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I know right? Iāve never ever been a fighter, but in my early twenties I did two hours a day and felt great. May have been the exercise or the twenties though 
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