Skelders88 Member

35 here and struggling to find consistency tracking food and working out. I'm not great with macros, but I chase clean protein as much as possible as I learn more about it. A good support system and motivation are sometimes the key to getting into that rhythm. Welcome to MFP!

Thank you for your feedback, everyone. My single reply to all of your responses is going to look like a lazy cop-out, but I did read everyone's. Right after I posted this discussion, I started getting back to the gym. I found a buddy in an older co-worker who wanted to get healthier, so I convinced him to join the gym and…

Never heard of yin yoga. Sounds interesting though! Will do! Yeah, joint pain isn't something to mess around with. My plan for losing weight was to be fit and healthy for a lot longer, not to be immobilized by hip pain! It's nowhere near that bad yet, but I can imagine if it's something serious, letting it go certainly…

Thanks for the video and stretches! I threw my back out in 2009, and some of these stretches were given to me back then too. It was a lower back thing, and I think some of these stretches were also used for that. I didn't realize that testosterone effected us in that way. As much as I hate to admit it, the whole getting…

No, but I already have MFP adjusted for very little physical activity. That's not really a cure-all for lacking exercise, but I think MFP already has my limit 500 calories under my daily allowance. When I first started watching, I was at 306. Just watching calories was enough to lose, but when I hit around 270, I had to…

I have not, but this is a good idea. I'll try to work some in, and see if that changes anything! Thank you. Also great advice! I have a set of weights at home, but maybe starting at a gym would help push it that much farther. I don't have good equipment at home, so the bench press and other machines would probably go a…

Right. Sometimes it's hard to remember the 'prize' of living healthily isn't nabbing the girl of your dreams or like an instantly fit body or something. It all takes time, and a lot more influences all of that than just your eating habits and lifestyle. Long term health is, by all means, a motivator for me. After the run…

@sdanemrtn Thanks! I've seen bits and pieces during the Olympics, but otherwise don't know that much. Let's! @yumesoraki Nice! Me too. I've kind of been slacking off with it over the past couple weeks, but I plan on picking back up with it again. I need to get ready for Let's Go Pikachu. Adding more friends will help get…

This is excellent advice. I've always been a big advocate of eating whatever you want, just in moderation...although, my family has a tendency to take it to extremes...and by extremes, I mean usually moderation goes out the window. lol I've come a loooong way in using moderation with everything, but I've worked on that…

Hey NERDS! lol Sorry for interrupting the curling conversation (awesome sport btw) and Harry Potter shirt selfies (and awesome shirt btw), but I just wanted to pop in and represent the anime and manga nerds. I'm also into gaming (PS4, PC, Switch), LotR, Renaissance Festivals, table top games, computers (3d modeling, video…

Perfect information. Thank you!! Luckily, I've been losing weight really slowly, so that seems to be helping with the excess skin and even muscle deterioration, but I'm still noticing it. I'll see what sports I can get into locally (I'm not in a great area for much in the way of sports). I'll check out bodytonics and see…

Dude, you rock. That is seriously a lot of weight gone. Have you heard of the YouTuber Boogie2988? He was a big reason I decided to get serious about losing weight. I was 306 at my biggest and it was looking like I'd be upwards of 500 before 2020. Besides that and my heart throwing a tantrum, I just wanted to be healthier.…

So, what's helped me the most is seriously just being extra vigilant about CICO. At my biggest, I was at 306, and then my heart decided to throw a fit, and I got really serious about watching what I was eating. I just kind of followed the numbers as if it was some sort of odd religion - numbers before anything else,…

I don't think so, but I've never really looked into it very much. I'm not a premium subscriber, but there are blog posts that I'd like to save like the recent one about the brown rice onigiri. What I did was take a couple screen shots of the article so that I could use the recipe later. Another (better) idea might be to…

That's what I thought. Thanks for that! As far as flabby skin, like on the back of my arms, do you think weight lifting would help that? This is a great post with a few good resources. Thank you!

Welcome! Yeah, I would never be able to keep an estimate without something like MFP. Calorie totals for some foods are just absurd. Good luck making those changes! It's well worth it when you get things all sorted out. :D

No, if anything, I've been taking in a little more. It's mostly been about the same though. Good thought though. Thanks! Thank you. It's a little disconcerting that you mention that. In October of last year, I went through my first encounter with heart PACs and arrhythmia. I had been drinking one sugar free Rip It (energy…

I'm a dude, last year at this time I weighed in at over 300 lbs. 306 to be exact. I had the same thought process as you, although I am ashamed that it took until 306 to feel that way. Anyway, there were a few factors that made me really want to lose weight...most of it was (and still is) the fact that I'm lonely, and my…

I honestly try to. No, it's not as intense as they are on a real stage, but I do try to move around as much as possible.

Well, I'm a bigger dude, and with my Ion drum kit, my hearts usually beating pretty hard and I'm definitely sweating. Thing is, when I play, it's usually a marathon of about 3-4 hours, and the music can get fairly intense with short breaks in between songs. Playing real guitar is considerably less work, though I usually do…

Awesome responses, everyone. I never thought of it that way, so I've been tracking "exercise" kind of poorly for quite a while now. Thank you for the information!!

Nice, lots of PA folks! Thanks for the welcomes and hellos, everyone. Feel free to add me as well. I'll add everyone that I see. I'm not always on the forums here though, so if I don't add you, just send me a request.

Ah, Craig's list is a great idea. YouTube also has a ton of content for different routines and stuff. Good ideas all-around. Thank you! Thanks for the link. I appreciate it! Awesome! Sounds like a good collection of videos. Walking style workouts seems like they'd be fairly effective just for sustained cardio! Thanks! My…

Awesome! Thanks for pointing this out. I bought a cheaper version of something like this for my ex a long time ago, and it was okay, but...well...really cheap. I like that you can stand up on this one if you want. I just might have to give this a go. Thanks again!

hmm, I have a staircase, no equipment needed. I also thought about buying just a basic stepper. Might also do the trick. I like doing stuff outside, but it's not easy when it's in the 30s, and our neighborhood isn't exactly walker friendly. I do have a jumprope though - just bought one. I'll have to fight the cold long…