Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

markymark550

FoxyRedLa said:

Nice job Mark! I was just telling Tash I've learned that whatever I choose to do I have to do that same routine for the rest of how ever long I choose. Maintanance is one thing. But for me someone who is looking to drop lbs, if I work hard one week and really knock of some weight I have to maintain that each week until I meet my goal and then be careful with my maintanance. What a wicked wicked cycle!

Thanks! In the past I've been able to tell when my measurables are improving because I'll notice some physical changes too. This time I haven't noticed any differences, so it was a nice surprise.

I definitely get what you're saying about the routine. I'm a creature of habit, so I like getting in a routine and sticking with it. Getting in that groove is also when I tend to do best with my fitness goals. Getting off track just a little easily leads me to completely going off the rails lol.

Hope you and everybody else is doing well!

rgambs

Well, after 8 straight full 2 hr workout days on 5 hours of sleep and 1200 calories, I finally bonked lol
Ate 2000 calories yesterday and slept in this morning.
May still go for a run tonight, we will see if I have time.

markymark550

Damn rgambs, I don't see how you can subsist on 1200 calories, especially if you're lifting. After a couple of days I would be so hungry that I wouldn't be worth a damn.

rgambs

markymark550 said:

Damn rgambs, I don't see how you can subsist on 1200 calories, especially if you're lifting. After a couple of days I would be so hungry that I wouldn't be worth a damn.

I eat lots of tuna and beef jerky and I tell myself that's enough lol
I pushed too hard though and felt shaky and extremely fatigued yesterday at times.  I ate a bunch yesterday and am taking today off, so I should be ready to blast out a nice run and an upper body or leg day tomorrow.

I have to skip my Saturday cheat because I am an entire lb off schedule for the week, but I are good yesterday so it'll be alright.

FoxyRedLa

So I've been reading that 1lb is equivalent to 3500 calories. I am 3 lbs away from being down 20lbs. That's pretty damn amazing! A lot of work I've put my body through! And obviously makes more sense the more you know. Now is easier to understand why you have to eat right and work out. So those of you dropping multiple lbs a week, bravo! Bravo!

markymark550

FoxyRedLa said:

So I've been reading that 1lb is equivalent to 3500 calories. I am 3 lbs away from being down 20lbs. That's pretty damn amazing! A lot of work I've put my body through! And obviously makes more sense the more you know. Now is easier to understand why you have to eat right and work out. So those of you dropping multiple lbs a week, bravo! Bravo!

Great job! You should be proud of what you've accomplished.

rgambs

FoxyRedLa said:

So I've been reading that 1lb is equivalent to 3500 calories. I am 3 lbs away from being down 20lbs. That's pretty damn amazing! A lot of work I've put my body through! And obviously makes more sense the more you know. Now is easier to understand why you have to eat right and work out. So those of you dropping multiple lbs a week, bravo! Bravo!

Great job Foxy!  Since you started your fitness journey you've burned 60,000 more calories than you consumed!!  That's equivalent to 105 BigMacs, 100 Starbucks fancy coffees, or around 200 donuts!
Yeah, it takes a ton of work to burn 3500 calories, so the easiest option is to be careful at the dinner table and let your basal metabolic rate take care of it for you lol. 60,000 calories burned by running alone is like 600 miles!
I did an hour of cardio this morning and burned somewhere between 500-900 calories, if I give in and have a donut and mocha frappe this morning that run disappears from my calorie deficit.
One bad choice won't sink the entire ship, but when you start counting calories it's easy to see why America is so obese, 2 or 3 bad choices really add up.
Those with low basal metabolic rates have to be extra careful and work extra hard, but don't listen to the people on the internet making excuses and talking about "starvation mode", it's bullshit.
Create a caloric deficit and you WILL lose weight, it's an immutable law of physics.

This week started great, and ended with a trainwreck.  I pushed too hard and then bonked and rebounded with one day of overeating healthy food and a day of overeating junk food.
My weigh in for the week is tomorrow morning, if I'm diligent today I may come in a half pound down.

FoxyRedLa

Thank you Mark! My current frustration is deciding if I'm wasting my time with cardio. I feel better with cardio. Right after and the next day I'm not as hungry. I'm not restrictions too much but I am watching calories. I just keep watching on YouTube that weight training is more effective. Which I believe. I just feel like I have weight I need to get off and I feel like you just need to mix it up once in a while so you don't get stuck. I am just trying to decide how to mix it up I guess. Lmao. I guess I already am anways.

Gambs! Thank you for all of that info! Very interesting! I am a bit worried. There will be Halloween treats at work in a few days and I can't wait to eat some pumpkin pie in a few weeks!!! Yum! I am definitely working on making long term changes. It's a bit difficult to fight the sweet tooth. The other changes I've made are fine. We lost power at work the other morning. A bunch of us went out for breakfast. I ordered oatmeal and turkey sausage and it was delightful! I wasn't even upset I didn't order bread or potatoes!

rgambs

FoxyRedLa said:

Thank you Mark! My current frustration is deciding if I'm wasting my time with cardio. I feel better with cardio. Right after and the next day I'm not as hungry. I'm not restrictions too much but I am watching calories. I just keep watching on YouTube that weight training is more effective. Which I believe. I just feel like I have weight I need to get off and I feel like you just need to mix it up once in a while so you don't get stuck. I am just trying to decide how to mix it up I guess. Lmao. I guess I already am anways.

Gambs! Thank you for all of that info! Very interesting! I am a bit worried. There will be Halloween treats at work in a few days and I can't wait to eat some pumpkin pie in a few weeks!!! Yum! I am definitely working on making long term changes. It's a bit difficult to fight the sweet tooth. The other changes I've made are fine. We lost power at work the other morning. A bunch of us went out for breakfast. I ordered oatmeal and turkey sausage and it was delightful! I wasn't even upset I didn't order bread or potatoes!

You definitely aren't wasting your time with cardio!
Strength training is great for losing weight long term and especially keeping it off, but it doesn't burn as many calories. 
It's important to do both, if you let your cardiovascular fitness slide, it will surely effect your weight training.  
Strength training is great, but take a look around the gym, it's obvious which guys lift without doing cardio and which do both.  I've noticed that the "weight lifting for fat loss" crowd online tends to be very biased and often not very low in fat lol it's big in bodybuilding circles where they have strictly controlled diet and fitness plans.  The thing is, when it comes time to get their body fat percentage down for a show, they do it by cutting calories and doing cardio.
Increasing your muscle mass boosts your BMR, so it's great in the long term for keeping fat from building, it isn't going to give you pound/week results.

FoxyRedLa

Ooooohhhhhhhhh. Welp that makes sense. Thank you! I will stick to mixing it up, but won't ignore cardio. I've felt better the last few days and I only did 3 cardio sessions, 30 minutes each, but I hadn't for weeks. And I personally feel better. I feel ok when I do my at home HIIT and at home lifting. I still have a ways to go.

I used to think,  gosh how great I would be just to drop 20lbs......and as I'm nearing that yes! Yes it is! I feel great. But wow lol I can see I could use another additional 20lbs ha! Amazing what we think until proven wrong. 

I think in the end I'll be happy with 50lbs. I hope I will reach a happy point and switch to maintanance. Now it's important and I have goals but I don't wanna be extreme outta control. I'm not or it'd be further along. But I'm a bit OCD and don't want any ritual crap coming of this. 

rgambs

FoxyRedLa said:

Ooooohhhhhhhhh. Welp that makes sense. Thank you! I will stick to mixing it up, but won't ignore cardio. I've felt better the last few days and I only did 3 cardio sessions, 30 minutes each, but I hadn't for weeks. And I personally feel better. I feel ok when I do my at home HIIT and at home lifting. I still have a ways to go.

I used to think,  gosh how great I would be just to drop 20lbs......and as I'm nearing that yes! Yes it is! I feel great. But wow lol I can see I could use another additional 20lbs ha! Amazing what we think until proven wrong. 

I think in the end I'll be happy with 50lbs. I hope I will reach a happy point and switch to maintanance. Now it's important and I have goals but I don't wanna be extreme outta control. I'm not or it'd be further along. But I'm a bit OCD and don't want any ritual crap coming of this. 

HIIT is the best of both worlds, you get almost all the benefits of cardio and strength training and it makes you functionally strong, not just the appearance of strength.

I'm shooting for 50 too, I'm at 40 right now, for the third time, and haven't been able to get there yet. I will.

rgambs

1 pound UP from last week.


My workouts have been killer, my diet has been off and on.  Tomorrow's Halloween and that's always a spooky themed feast.  Boooo!!!   In both ways.

I need to get a handle on it and be very serious for the next weeks or the holidays are going to wreck me.

FoxyRedLa

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

rgambs

FoxyRedLa said:

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

It is possible that it's at least partly muscle, I changed my lift schedule and am on an 8 day rotation and taking fewer days off so I'm getting close to 10 more lifts per month, with better spacing so each muscle group gets a better rest period.

It's actually your fault I'm over on weight, you made me make a pot (vat) of chili and cornbread lol
Chili is a specialty of mine and I hadn't made it in about a year, this vat came out so good I can't eat just one bowl.

FoxyRedLa

Cornbread!!!!!

oftenreading

rgambs said:

FoxyRedLa said:

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

It is possible that it's at least partly muscle, I changed my lift schedule and am on an 8 day rotation and taking fewer days off so I'm getting close to 10 more lifts per month, with better spacing so each muscle group gets a better rest period.

It's actually your fault I'm over on weight, you made me make a pot (vat) of chili and cornbread lol
Chili is a specialty of mine and I hadn't made it in about a year, this vat came out so good I can't eat just one bowl.

A good chili can't be unhealthy. All those beans? And your fresh veggies?? Good stuff!

markymark550

oftenreading said:

rgambs said:

FoxyRedLa said:

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

It is possible that it's at least partly muscle, I changed my lift schedule and am on an 8 day rotation and taking fewer days off so I'm getting close to 10 more lifts per month, with better spacing so each muscle group gets a better rest period.

It's actually your fault I'm over on weight, you made me make a pot (vat) of chili and cornbread lol
Chili is a specialty of mine and I hadn't made it in about a year, this vat came out so good I can't eat just one bowl.

A good chili can't be unhealthy. All those beans? And your fresh veggies?? Good stuff!

It's not unhealthy, but calorie surplus is calorie surplus.

rgambs

markymark550 said:

oftenreading said:

rgambs said:

FoxyRedLa said:

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

It is possible that it's at least partly muscle, I changed my lift schedule and am on an 8 day rotation and taking fewer days off so I'm getting close to 10 more lifts per month, with better spacing so each muscle group gets a better rest period.

It's actually your fault I'm over on weight, you made me make a pot (vat) of chili and cornbread lol
Chili is a specialty of mine and I hadn't made it in about a year, this vat came out so good I can't eat just one bowl.

A good chili can't be unhealthy. All those beans? And your fresh veggies?? Good stuff!

It's not unhealthy, but calorie surplus is calorie surplus.

Yeah and two massive bowls with 4 sq inch hunks of cornbread is a calorie surplus lol

Good stuff though

markymark550

rgambs said:

markymark550 said:

oftenreading said:

rgambs said:

FoxyRedLa said:

Morning gambs! Any chance that lb is muscles?!??  I hear ya about the holidays coming. I'm not going to freak or get excited. Going to relax enjoy and just work like hell after . I'm making life changes. I'm not on a diet. So no major restrictions here. I'm 2 lbs away from 20 gone! I'm just plugging away

It is possible that it's at least partly muscle, I changed my lift schedule and am on an 8 day rotation and taking fewer days off so I'm getting close to 10 more lifts per month, with better spacing so each muscle group gets a better rest period.

It's actually your fault I'm over on weight, you made me make a pot (vat) of chili and cornbread lol
Chili is a specialty of mine and I hadn't made it in about a year, this vat came out so good I can't eat just one bowl.

A good chili can't be unhealthy. All those beans? And your fresh veggies?? Good stuff!

It's not unhealthy, but calorie surplus is calorie surplus.

Yeah and two massive bowls with 4 sq inch hunks of cornbread is a calorie surplus lol

Good stuff though

I'm not judging. I would have done the same lol.

If you get back to your normal routine, you'll get to your goal pretty quickly.

rgambs

Got off work early and don't have to pick up the childboy so I'm back at the gym for HR 3 for the day!
Woot!