Hey there,
Brenda and I have been hitting the gym, watching what we eat, and losing the pounds since October. I know there are thousands of different incentives so far in the new year to try and get many of you to seriously think about getting fit. I'm just curious to see who on this site is making the effort to get fit and healthy.
Even if you are starting to think about doing it, but don't know what it will be like once you get going, we're also interested in hearing from you as well too.
Ed and Brenda
P.S.--As of this writing Brenda has lost 25lbs; Ed has lost 56lbs. going for 100lbs.
Brenda and I have been hitting the gym, watching what we eat, and losing the pounds since October. I know there are thousands of different incentives so far in the new year to try and get many of you to seriously think about getting fit. I'm just curious to see who on this site is making the effort to get fit and healthy.
Even if you are starting to think about doing it, but don't know what it will be like once you get going, we're also interested in hearing from you as well too.
Ed and Brenda
P.S.--As of this writing Brenda has lost 25lbs; Ed has lost 56lbs. going for 100lbs.
Been a gym rat and food watcher all my life. Same weight now as I was at 18 (5' 6"" tall and 145 pounds)and I am 70 years old. Fit and full of energy and vigor. Wish everyone could grasp the value of feeling this way and the work it requires to reach the plateau.
Happy New Year and good workouts to all.
G
Happy New Year and good workouts to all.
G
thats awesome, dont give up its a lifestyle!
heres a few pointers
dont eat anything with cornsyrup/fructose/high fructose/cornsyrup solids/ even though this is listed as a carbohydrate 99% of it will allways be stored as fat, it is an assult by the food industry on american citizens to make them fat, they want you fat because fat people eat more food!
weight traing is better than cardio for mobilizing fat stores
if you choose to do cardio do it in the morning before you eat, burning fat during cardio is tricky as fat may not ever be used as fuel during the exercise, your body will use all the available enery in your blood first(glucose), this could take hours if your stomache is full, second your body will use glycogen(glucose stored in muscles) for energy, this usually takes about twenty minutes to deplete, after that your body will either use fat for fuel or it will catabolize its own muscle for fuel, its just depends on you genetics.
during weight training work one body part per week
eat 5-6 small meals per day consisting of equal amounts of both protein and carbohydrates
thow away your scale! use a mirror and bodyfat calipers to gauge your progress.
gee now you know more than 95% of all the trainers in utah, and i must be really bored lol
heres a few pointers
dont eat anything with cornsyrup/fructose/high fructose/cornsyrup solids/ even though this is listed as a carbohydrate 99% of it will allways be stored as fat, it is an assult by the food industry on american citizens to make them fat, they want you fat because fat people eat more food!
weight traing is better than cardio for mobilizing fat stores
if you choose to do cardio do it in the morning before you eat, burning fat during cardio is tricky as fat may not ever be used as fuel during the exercise, your body will use all the available enery in your blood first(glucose), this could take hours if your stomache is full, second your body will use glycogen(glucose stored in muscles) for energy, this usually takes about twenty minutes to deplete, after that your body will either use fat for fuel or it will catabolize its own muscle for fuel, its just depends on you genetics.
during weight training work one body part per week
eat 5-6 small meals per day consisting of equal amounts of both protein and carbohydrates
thow away your scale! use a mirror and bodyfat calipers to gauge your progress.
gee now you know more than 95% of all the trainers in utah, and i must be really bored lol
mike- lost 25lbs and 7% body fat!
all i can say is i feel great, find what works for you! change it up
putting on the weight is easy! taking it off will kick your ass!!
all i can say is i feel great, find what works for you! change it up
putting on the weight is easy! taking it off will kick your ass!!
I agree with 99% of what pitmommy listed. mark has been going to the gym since he was 14 and is still in excellent shape. i've gone off and on for 6 years depends on preggo related matters and such. i lost all 75 baby pounds within 2 months after each pregnancy. the trick is to mix weight lifting with cardio. the muscles will help you burn more calories. the 5-6 small meals is an excellent suggestion. we also have a protein shake before and/or after we work out. we don't have a particularly strict diet, but we limit our fast food excursions and try to include all the food groups in our day. chicken and fish are great sources of lean protein. we also like to eat yogurt and rice (not together. lmao.) as for our actual workouts, we tend to have a routine for what weights we'll use and what days we do cardio. mark has a slightly different cardio regimine than i do, but it works for us.
ps... if anybody wants to join up as a gym buddy with kitty after she heals and can head back, working out together is more fun and motivating.
ps... if anybody wants to join up as a gym buddy with kitty after she heals and can head back, working out together is more fun and motivating.
well this is really pitmommys husband talking
thankyou christine
i have to give you credit for posting pics of your body, you are very pretty and have very nice skin, and have a cool looking dog too what is he american bulldog?
dont ever give up! its a lifestyle, its a lifestyle because it takes place every day and everyday you get through it is an accomplshment most people will never achieve.
thankyou christine
i have to give you credit for posting pics of your body, you are very pretty and have very nice skin, and have a cool looking dog too what is he american bulldog?
dont ever give up! its a lifestyle, its a lifestyle because it takes place every day and everyday you get through it is an accomplshment most people will never achieve.
i would work out with you Kitty but you just live to far away,
just so you know when i saw you at that camo party in oct and i asked you if you were a ______. and you said ya pretty much, i hope you didnt take that as an insult, because it wasnt!
as far as drinking a protein shake you should drink it at a different time than you are, you should drink it first thing in the morning, it would take to long to explain why, but basically its because you have went all night without any protein, because a protein powder will assimulate in about 20 minutes it will get protein in your blood stream faster than whole food, the whole reason for eating protein so often is so that your body will never need to catabolize its own muscle for protein needs.
as far as post workout you should consume a carbohydrate that has a hi glycemic index with 30 minutes after your work out, it is at this point that insulin sensitivity is at its highest and your body wants to replenish glycogen stores,so this is the only time and the best time to eat simple carbohydrates.
just so you know when i saw you at that camo party in oct and i asked you if you were a ______. and you said ya pretty much, i hope you didnt take that as an insult, because it wasnt!
as far as drinking a protein shake you should drink it at a different time than you are, you should drink it first thing in the morning, it would take to long to explain why, but basically its because you have went all night without any protein, because a protein powder will assimulate in about 20 minutes it will get protein in your blood stream faster than whole food, the whole reason for eating protein so often is so that your body will never need to catabolize its own muscle for protein needs.
as far as post workout you should consume a carbohydrate that has a hi glycemic index with 30 minutes after your work out, it is at this point that insulin sensitivity is at its highest and your body wants to replenish glycogen stores,so this is the only time and the best time to eat simple carbohydrates.
chester,
after the age of 30 the average person looses about 1 pound of muscle per year, so if i weigh 200 pounds at the age of 30, when iam 80 i will have lost 50 pounds of muscle, so will probably need a walker because have lost all my muscle, if i still weigh 200 pounds at the age of 80 that just means that i have gained 50 pounds of fat.
again throw away your scale! it means nothing, use a mirror and bodyfat caliper to gauge body composition.
the two best ways to stop the nateral progression of muscle loss are.
resistance weight traing
eating small portions of protein regularly
after the age of 30 the average person looses about 1 pound of muscle per year, so if i weigh 200 pounds at the age of 30, when iam 80 i will have lost 50 pounds of muscle, so will probably need a walker because have lost all my muscle, if i still weigh 200 pounds at the age of 80 that just means that i have gained 50 pounds of fat.
again throw away your scale! it means nothing, use a mirror and bodyfat caliper to gauge body composition.
the two best ways to stop the nateral progression of muscle loss are.
resistance weight traing
eating small portions of protein regularly
Hell yeah. We love the fact that everyone is talking about this. We took up the biggest loser challenge and we all over it. Working out is like sex for the muscles. We been going since the week before thanksgiving. We are completely addicted to it. Just like swinging. So fun , yet so Hot. Great post. We love all you peeps.
Sincerely
Rick and Gabrielle
Sincerely
Rick and Gabrielle
Ditto to what PITT says, esp about the corn syrup, being fit is not something you do for a month or two...it is a change of the behaviors that got you unhealthy.
Weight training is so so so important. When you go on a calorie reduction, your body does not want to give up it fat stores, it is a survival mechanism, you can and will lose muscle and the best thing you can do to minimize muscle loss is resitance training. Low impact cardio first thing in the AM on an empty stomach will torch those fat stores. but keep the heart rate low...use the big muscles...like walking on a treadmill at 5% incline and 3.5 mph for 45 min to an hour is a perfect fat torch.
But do some interval training with your cardio...hard interval training..that will build muscle and it will change your whole metabolic burn profile and do more to increase your overall health (cardio, Vo2 Max etc) than just about anything.
Oh yeah so you know I am not just talking out my ass....
OLD MR CNK (9 years ago) - 260 lbs couch potato
currently - 168 lbs - Triathlete, Cyclist and this year...marathoner.
Weight training is so so so important. When you go on a calorie reduction, your body does not want to give up it fat stores, it is a survival mechanism, you can and will lose muscle and the best thing you can do to minimize muscle loss is resitance training. Low impact cardio first thing in the AM on an empty stomach will torch those fat stores. but keep the heart rate low...use the big muscles...like walking on a treadmill at 5% incline and 3.5 mph for 45 min to an hour is a perfect fat torch.
But do some interval training with your cardio...hard interval training..that will build muscle and it will change your whole metabolic burn profile and do more to increase your overall health (cardio, Vo2 Max etc) than just about anything.
Oh yeah so you know I am not just talking out my ass....
OLD MR CNK (9 years ago) - 260 lbs couch potato
currently - 168 lbs - Triathlete, Cyclist and this year...marathoner.
We started the Extreme system and love it, its hard as hell, but love it,.we started back in March last year on a regular diet eliminating as much fat and sugar as possible, I dropped 50 lbs since then and if you eat right, its really not that hard at all. Whole grains, lots of chicken, turkey, fish, LEAN beef at times,egg beaters instead of eggs, and simple things like slicing up tomatos instead of chips for a snack, its great! And yes the alcohol goes bye bye...sugar city. In just 8 months my Lipids (cholesterol) went from a 144 to a 108. Good luck everyone this year on getting healthy!!
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PITMOMMY: my husband used to work as a personal trainer and worked in a gym for years. we own and have read various books and articles by trainers, bodybuilders, and various other workout gurus. i tried various ways and schedules with protein shakes and my other vitamins and supplements. i know what protein shakes have in them and what they do and why i drink them. i drink them when i do now because that's what give me the best result. i take other supplements as well but didn't wanna get into it. and i don't know what a ____ (blank) is. lol. most likely i didn't take it as an insult if i responded with "yeah pretty much." lmao. i'm not saying you're wrong, i just stated what personally works for me and has gotten me the best results. that's why mark has a slightly different routine that i do. he does what gives him the best results and i changed it up until i found what gave me mine. i even said i agreed 99% with you.
iam sorry i will not give you anymore advice about nutrition, iam just bored
s'all good. i just wanted to state that i've done my research and i do what works for me and gets my body the best results. you obviously do what works for you as you have a specatularly fantastic body.
wow now iam really bored,
kitty this info isnt directed at you, this is just general info on protein powders
there are 2 ways to dry protein, heatdrying and ion exchange drying
heat drying is cheap and renders some of the amino acids unusable
ion exchange costs 3 times more to perform but leaves all the aminos unharmed.
ask a sales rep how his protein is dried and he probably wont even know.
the smaller a molecule is the easier it will pass through the wall of the small intestine
proteins come in differnt sizes
dairy proteins are like 1800 molecular weight
soy is 1300 mw
whey is 600mw
human breast milk is 400 mw
human breast milk is the smallest protein in the world,
alot of people cant digest dairy proteins and this is why the molecule is to big,
a baby that doesnt get breast fed can really have a hard time digesting other proteins.
in conclution by only ionexchanged whey protein
kitty this info isnt directed at you, this is just general info on protein powders
there are 2 ways to dry protein, heatdrying and ion exchange drying
heat drying is cheap and renders some of the amino acids unusable
ion exchange costs 3 times more to perform but leaves all the aminos unharmed.
ask a sales rep how his protein is dried and he probably wont even know.
the smaller a molecule is the easier it will pass through the wall of the small intestine
proteins come in differnt sizes
dairy proteins are like 1800 molecular weight
soy is 1300 mw
whey is 600mw
human breast milk is 400 mw
human breast milk is the smallest protein in the world,
alot of people cant digest dairy proteins and this is why the molecule is to big,
a baby that doesnt get breast fed can really have a hard time digesting other proteins.
in conclution by only ionexchanged whey protein
Excellent info...thank you!
1) i would recomend you read the book SIX PACK PERSCRIPTION by a dr scott connelly, you can get it on amazon for like 6 dollars used, it is mostly on diet but also covers weight training too, you can really do alot with just a barbell and some weights at home.
2)instead of a protein shake i would recomend a meal replacement drink, i use isopure from natures best, i have 4 kids and we all drink this every morning for breakfast, i get it from www.supplementmarket.com, if you still want a protein powder i use designer protein from next nutrition.
3) you want to lift weights 3-4 days per week at the most, do cardio on opposite days if you wish, i personally lift only 3 days per week about 45-60 minutes per workout, i do something like this
monday- chest, back, abs
wednesday- legs
friday- arms and shoulders,
i actually got this workout from arnold, he use to train push pull muscle groups on the same day,
chest is a push muscle, back is a pull muscle
bicept is a pull muscle, tricept is a push muscle
quadracept is a push muscle and hamstring isa pull muscle,
there is cotroversy in this though as some argue that you are working two big muscle one day(chest,back) and 2 small muscles the next(bicept,tricept, but all and all it doesnt matter as long as you hit each muscle once per week,
iam not a fan of cardio and never do it, the wife only does it when dieting for a bodybuilding show and even then doesnt do it untill shes down to 10% bodyfat, women really like to hold on to there fat and its near impossible for a women to get down past 10% bodyfat without cardio. men on the other hand shed fat a little easier because they have a better testosterone to estrogen ratio.
2)instead of a protein shake i would recomend a meal replacement drink, i use isopure from natures best, i have 4 kids and we all drink this every morning for breakfast, i get it from www.supplementmarket.com, if you still want a protein powder i use designer protein from next nutrition.
3) you want to lift weights 3-4 days per week at the most, do cardio on opposite days if you wish, i personally lift only 3 days per week about 45-60 minutes per workout, i do something like this
monday- chest, back, abs
wednesday- legs
friday- arms and shoulders,
i actually got this workout from arnold, he use to train push pull muscle groups on the same day,
chest is a push muscle, back is a pull muscle
bicept is a pull muscle, tricept is a push muscle
quadracept is a push muscle and hamstring isa pull muscle,
there is cotroversy in this though as some argue that you are working two big muscle one day(chest,back) and 2 small muscles the next(bicept,tricept, but all and all it doesnt matter as long as you hit each muscle once per week,
iam not a fan of cardio and never do it, the wife only does it when dieting for a bodybuilding show and even then doesnt do it untill shes down to 10% bodyfat, women really like to hold on to there fat and its near impossible for a women to get down past 10% bodyfat without cardio. men on the other hand shed fat a little easier because they have a better testosterone to estrogen ratio.
Thanks for the great lifestyle and weight loss information. I will get off the couch when football season is over and get after it.
PITMOMMY,
So what do you think about CREATINE?
So what do you think about CREATINE?
imo creatine is a waste of money, as dr connelly told me "just load up on salt it does the same thing"
you might get a little stronger from creatine but i associate that with the extra water weight,and dont forget these supplement companies main goals are to sell products, they promote them by having some pro bodybuilder stand their holding their product claiming they use it when in reality they use androgenic/anabolic steroids, and have probablly never even tried the product they are endorsing. the sales gimic behind all this is the word creatine, creatine phosphate naterally occurs inside the body and is directly responsible for strength, anabolic/androgenic steroids make you stronger because they increase creatine phosphate, now the creatine you are refering to is creatine monohydrate--not the same thing
you might get a little stronger from creatine but i associate that with the extra water weight,and dont forget these supplement companies main goals are to sell products, they promote them by having some pro bodybuilder stand their holding their product claiming they use it when in reality they use androgenic/anabolic steroids, and have probablly never even tried the product they are endorsing. the sales gimic behind all this is the word creatine, creatine phosphate naterally occurs inside the body and is directly responsible for strength, anabolic/androgenic steroids make you stronger because they increase creatine phosphate, now the creatine you are refering to is creatine monohydrate--not the same thing
I always gain a couple lbs when I get back to my workout schedule if I've slacked for a while. In my case it's because I start gaining the muscle before I start losing a substantial amount of fat. So I'll go up 2-5 lbs and then start losing weight after a week or two.
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Were on Beachbody.com with the Extreme program and we really do enjoy it, great site and the program you really do find muscles that you never even knew you had..lol. Definately has great recipesthat are really good!
Were on Beachbody.com with the Extreme program and we really do enjoy it, great site and the program you really do find muscles that you never even knew you had..lol. Definately has great recipesthat are really good!
Hey all!
Wow! I didn't realize how many folks responded to this thread. Thank you all for your postings and comments. I guess one of the main reasons we both are on this fitness trail is because your dream dies on the couch; your health dies on the couch. We were not active enough in our lives and it showed on every aspect of living. Today, we're both going to the gym and taking what we eat seriously. Never did I take counting calories very importantly before, but now I'm all about reading the packages and making sure I know what I'm about to ingest into my system if I plan to eat that slice of desert or the meal in the frozen section.
I do want to recommend a book to help you with your calories. I (Ed) drive for a living as a courier here in Ohio. Before I was living to eat, always worried about where I was going to eat breakfast, always worried about where to eat at lunch. Well a good book (or tool) to have when you head into a fast food or sit down restaurant is Eat This/ Not That[i] by the editor of Men's Health. It breaks down the foods you can eat to keep within your calorie numbers and those you need to avoid. What's surprising is there are places that refuse to let you know how much sodium or sugar is in their meals (i.e. TGIFriday's).
Also, wanted to share some victories today with you. Brenda was walking and the jeans she has worn for for two years are sliding off of her. Not sure what the weight loss is, but for her to say "I can't keep my jeans on me" is a huge step. Me...as of yesterday I am 60lbs. lighter from when I started back in October of last year. I'm 27lbs. away from breaking the 300lbs. mark and another 13lbs. to make it into the 100lbs. club.
Wow! I didn't realize how many folks responded to this thread. Thank you all for your postings and comments. I guess one of the main reasons we both are on this fitness trail is because your dream dies on the couch; your health dies on the couch. We were not active enough in our lives and it showed on every aspect of living. Today, we're both going to the gym and taking what we eat seriously. Never did I take counting calories very importantly before, but now I'm all about reading the packages and making sure I know what I'm about to ingest into my system if I plan to eat that slice of desert or the meal in the frozen section.
I do want to recommend a book to help you with your calories. I (Ed) drive for a living as a courier here in Ohio. Before I was living to eat, always worried about where I was going to eat breakfast, always worried about where to eat at lunch. Well a good book (or tool) to have when you head into a fast food or sit down restaurant is Eat This/ Not That[i] by the editor of Men's Health. It breaks down the foods you can eat to keep within your calorie numbers and those you need to avoid. What's surprising is there are places that refuse to let you know how much sodium or sugar is in their meals (i.e. TGIFriday's).
Also, wanted to share some victories today with you. Brenda was walking and the jeans she has worn for for two years are sliding off of her. Not sure what the weight loss is, but for her to say "I can't keep my jeans on me" is a huge step. Me...as of yesterday I am 60lbs. lighter from when I started back in October of last year. I'm 27lbs. away from breaking the 300lbs. mark and another 13lbs. to make it into the 100lbs. club.
that is awesome!!!!!!