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Well, maybe you're right then. But I will say that my body feels better with the bands. It's almost like I'm swimming, not weight-bearing. I talked with Dr. Jaquish and asked him if bodybuilders would need to lift weights if they had X3 and he said no point.
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Are you sure about that? When I'm doing a military press with the X3 Bar (generic one) I can feel tension when the weight is coming down. Isn't that eccentric? Dr. John argues that most bands are not heavy enough and aren't attached to a bar. And the program is only designed for one set for each exercise. It is true that…
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I hear what you're saying. If I go too slow I will fall over. There's no choice but to push! Yup, when the machine gives you the ability to coast, it can be so hard not to! But I do like his suggestion. I might give it a try. It won't simulate a bike outside, but I'm curious what will happen if I turn up the resistance and…
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Thanks. Swimming is good, but I think of that as more interval training and it's limited to the length of the pool. Now for some reason, I've tried the rowing machine before and have never gotten a good workout on it. It's not that easy to go intense with it.
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That's a good analogy.
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What kinda ways? Care to share?
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What do you think about this statement? I got a reply from a rep. Plenity is not a fiber, it’s an FDA-cleared prescription weight management tool used in combination with diet and exercise for adults who are overweight or obese and have a body mass index BMI of 25-40 kg/m^2. The structures and properties of our…
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Well, I've had a hard time going to bed for years. However, ever since I started taking more fiber, I am eating much less at night. Instead of eating a whole plate of food, I'm only snacking on a couple of hundred calories, and then it has helped me go to sleep. If I have nothing, I can't fall asleep cuz I'm craving some…
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Nice idea. I'll note that in my journal.
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You mentioned combatting fatigue. At times yes, my brain does feel a bit fatigued. And when I have chocolate or something starchy like crackers, I usually feel energized again. What can give me the same boost that doesn't contain calories?
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Eating a spinach salad with apple cider vinegar does work pretty well for me. But it doesn't necessarily stop all my brain cravings, mostly just fills my stomach up.
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Interesting. I agree. Now, if I'm feeling a little hungry later at night, what do you think is the number one snack I can eat that still gives me all the nutrients, but prevents me from a binge? I heard dark chocolate was great. However, there's a problem with dark chocolate. I can't really stop eating it, so that defeats…
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Right. So maybe it's about habits and developing distractions. However, distractions might only work once in a while. It's not a bulletproof strategy either. So I'm thinking that it may have to do more with habits. And I'm coming to the conclusion that going on extreme diets is not sustainable. Eventually, our bodies fight…
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I agree with most of what you said, but when you say skinny people are making the choices they do, they aren't as hungry. I know many of them who get full right away and admit it's hard to eat a lot. It's not just a matter of willpower, although that could be part of it.
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I went to the gym for the first time today since the pandemic. I've had my first shot for 2 weeks. Well I workout 2 to 3 hours a day, just haven't been to the gym. I'm trying to gain some normalcy back. I don't like to talk to other people about my journey or my weight. How can I gain confidence back when people ask me…
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Well, I admit Jillian Michals confuses me a little. Here in the video, she says that cardio isn't efficient for weight loss, but is only good for extreme weight loss. In other videos, I've seen Jillian say cardio is how you lose weight fast, but then in others, she says it's not efficient.…
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The reason why it's hard for me to differentiate is before when I was bigger, I got called big guy. Now that they're still saying it, it suggests to me that I haven't done good enough. So I have snapped at someone before, but they didn't know why I was mad. For some reason I feel like when you've lost weight you should be…
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Thanks for the response. Yes, what has happened to the world has made me feel comfortable hiding away. And as a result made me more self conscious because I'm with myself. Sometimes when someone calls me ''big guy'' it offends me. I am muscular. So I don't know if they mean big as in strong or big as in fat.
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Well I don't know. Jullian Michaels says you have to switch up your cardio because your body is similar to when you get a callus on your hand from lifting weights but then your body gets used to it. She says that happens when you do cardio if you don't switch it up.
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Well, an analogy is the more money you make, the more taxes you're supposed to pay. So it gets harder to get wealthier.
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Well, that's true. But one of my points is people say that your body gets used to cardio and so it burns less calories. What I'm also pointing out as you just said is when your weight increases, your calorie burn increases. So in a way, it's like getting used to the fat you're eating. You can now eat more of it without…
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10 years wow. So I'm not the only one. Yea I keep telling myself, I'll step out and see people that I know when I have the perfect body and am ripped. One of my friends who I see on Zoom didn't even notice I lost weight, I don't think. But I showed her my before and after pictures from a year ago. She said I look great but…
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Maybe. But isn't that just a different way of saying the same thing? More or less? The result was I still wasn't obese but could not gain weight no matter how much I enjoyed my pizza and burgers. Worked out every day though.
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What? But everyone talks about body confusion.
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Well if you wanna make your body immune to gaining weight from fat, you gotta get it used to it.
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There's gotta be someone else that has not wanted to go out because they wanted to get to their goal first?
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As I said in my last post, I want to have the confidence to go see people again and not be overly concerned and have to use Covid as the excuse.
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So it sounds like you haven't had much of a struggle with weight, especially since you said you were only overweight once. You didn't say that you stuffed down food for your emotions. The poster below you did.