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darkguardian419
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Hi all, just found this group and thought I'd introduce myself,
I've been in the Navy for 6 years, as a Submarine Communications Electronics Technician (I bite wires for a living).
Working on 'the boat' as we so "lovingly" call it, is stressful to say the least. I averaged 100-120 hour work weeks for the 3 1/2 years I was on the boat. That's not counting deployment time... purely in-port, able to see our families and breathe fresh air time. Needless to say, we stay busy, but we don't get a lot of time to work out. We also get the best food in the Navy... but that doesn't mean "healthy". Fruits and veggies that aren't in a can last all of 2 weeks underway. Our meals were typically (not lean) meat of some sort, starches, carbs, with a dessert and either water or bug juice (super-sugary kool-aid) to drink.
I went from 186lbs and sub-10% body fat in bootcamp to ~240lbs with 22-24% BF depending on how soon the next PFA was.
Now I'm on shore duty and sitting at a desk all day. The first 6 months threw me off, because I wasn't nearly as active as I was on the boat, and I quickly went up to 260lbs and 27%BF. I've since found MFP and a workout buddy. I'm down to 25% with 2 1/2 months to the next PFA.
I've reached the point where my diet is now on track, my workouts are second-nature, and the body fat is coming off. I'm not "losing weight" yet because rather than run around a track all day, I do about an hour of weight training every M/W/F. In two weeks I lost 1.5 inches off of my waist, but maintained ~260lbs on the scale.
I've been in the Navy for 6 years, as a Submarine Communications Electronics Technician (I bite wires for a living).
Working on 'the boat' as we so "lovingly" call it, is stressful to say the least. I averaged 100-120 hour work weeks for the 3 1/2 years I was on the boat. That's not counting deployment time... purely in-port, able to see our families and breathe fresh air time. Needless to say, we stay busy, but we don't get a lot of time to work out. We also get the best food in the Navy... but that doesn't mean "healthy". Fruits and veggies that aren't in a can last all of 2 weeks underway. Our meals were typically (not lean) meat of some sort, starches, carbs, with a dessert and either water or bug juice (super-sugary kool-aid) to drink.
I went from 186lbs and sub-10% body fat in bootcamp to ~240lbs with 22-24% BF depending on how soon the next PFA was.
Now I'm on shore duty and sitting at a desk all day. The first 6 months threw me off, because I wasn't nearly as active as I was on the boat, and I quickly went up to 260lbs and 27%BF. I've since found MFP and a workout buddy. I'm down to 25% with 2 1/2 months to the next PFA.
I've reached the point where my diet is now on track, my workouts are second-nature, and the body fat is coming off. I'm not "losing weight" yet because rather than run around a track all day, I do about an hour of weight training every M/W/F. In two weeks I lost 1.5 inches off of my waist, but maintained ~260lbs on the scale.
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Hi there. I am new to this site. Retired Navy HMC. I understand sedentary work can cause weight gain. Do you have someone st work that can be your pt buddy? You can add me ss a friend too of course and we can motivate eachother in our weight loss goals. Kathy0
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Hi Chief
I do have a PT buddy... he's responsible for getting me back into lifting Request is being sent shortly 0 -
Hi there, hows it going.0
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Hey I'm active duty AZ, yep, desk work.
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