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Sure. Why not have more folks winning the same battle?
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You CAN do it. I lost 31 on MFP in a year. Goofed off since January(turned 60) and gained 15 back. I am right back on it with the gym and cycling to work. I am still down 33 lbs from my worst days in 2001(262), but my best months are when I keep a daily journal. It keeps me on my toes. If breakfast and lunch put me near my…
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No stationery bike, as of April 1st, we are back to cycling to work, 40 minutes twice a day.
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I am doing, "No to all sugar products." for the next 40 days to see if I can make it a HABIT. There has got to be a way to say no to those products and live with fresh fruits as desserts or between meal snacks. :bigsmile:
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Never worked for me. I even added Magnesium. What works is not eating three hours before bed, six workouts a week, I stopped drinking coffee and read something boring for an hour at bed-time.
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I think of the "16 lbs I have gained" since Thanksgiving and all the potlucks at my work, go for a walk, then devour the bag of spinach leaves and a grilled chicken breast sitting on my desk for breakfast. The donut is 20 lbs away, so MAYBE next year.
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Split your resistance training up with cardio(walking or cycling) and you "can" go everyday. Sample of my Six Day routine: Warm up with a fast 5 minute walk up hill on the treadmill. Legs & core on Mon/Thurs. Lats, Biceps & Forearms on Tues/Fri. Pecs, Delts & Triceps on Wed/Sat. I can't jog after two left knee surgeries,…
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This app(journaling) is how I keep it off. If I blew it by noon, my dinner is pretty spartan. The Iron Guru Vince Gironda stated, "body sculpting is 80% diet...if you don't have your diet down first, the rest is moot." Vince was WAY ahead of his time. Remember we all have a "six-pack" of abs muscles. I just chose to cover…
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Don't give up. I was watching two DVD's on Adult ADD. I am sure my grown son and have it. When I get organized and practice good project management I GET THINGS DONE, even Math (and learning guitar). My father is a brilliant retired History professor. I KNOW he is ADD. He is so worried he will get the Alzheimer's his mom…
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all the sugar and fats I have had since Halloween(my annual down fall). 30 lbs off in the last 18 months, now gained 10 back. ;-((
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Not necessary, but it adds to your calories deficit. My workouts are 45 minutes with 30 second rests between sets. I am still losing, clothes looser and still gaining strength. My cycling and walking (30 minutes on the "non-lift" days) add endurance to what it takes for me to get enough O2 while flying through a whole body…
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Splits can be fun. I use them to add something different to 47 years of lifting. I can't jog anymore so right now I cycle (or walk) for an hour for 2-3 days, then do a slow-strict-high rep whole body workout every 3-4 days. In eight weeks I will change it to something else. Consistency is as important as the routine. At…
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You MUST not be eating your aerobics calories. Your loosing TOO FAST.
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My kids are grown up and gone, but we still work full-time, have both Senior Mom's to deal with daily and the granddaughter two days a week. On the bad weeks I walk AND lift weights at work (45 minutes) on a early lunch break. On the good weeks I walk at lunch, drive to a gym twice a week and go for evening bike rides on…
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restaurant gift card...he can take you.
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Agree!
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I switched to six days a week of 30 minutes of cycling (or walking) at early lunch, then lifting 15 minutes(one muscle a day). After 47 years in the gym, I LOVE it. I have the same problem with work, granddaughter, mother in law and now my mom in Skilled Nursing from last year's HUGE stroke. I was just NOT driving to my…
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I am IN.
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Great JOB.
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Glad to see you here and working on it. My daughter had a tough time 20 months ago when her daughter was born, but now she is back on track and running 4 miles three times a week. Even us 59 year old "former" gym rats need support when the fridge is better looking than another drive to the gym. This is a great site for…
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Great job!
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611 over my limit. I was home with Bronchitis, so I crazed all day. Healthy foods, just way over calories for the day.
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This a a GREAT group. You'll find lots of support here. Good luck meeting those goals. My two are 31 and 28, plus the 19 month old granddaughter.
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I agree. I"ll have 2nds (or desert or a beer), one day a week, because I know if I deny all that stuff, one day soon I'll have three PBJs, 10 cookies or most of an apple pie. I am strict the other six days a week. Probably how I FINALLY lost the 30 lbs I've tried to loose for the last 30 years. LMBO!
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Huge truth. When I used to swing in one direction, I was eating everything in sight. When I swung too far back I "lived" at the gym, ate like a bird and no one liked me. Now I only lift twice a week (love my routine), cycle the other five(only 30-60 minutes) and DO have a piece of birthday cake once and awhile. There CAN…
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I needed one at 262 lbs in 1999, but I do not at 211. Be yourself.
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We have always underfed our pets. Great Dane, Mastiff, Rottweiler and now a Black Lab. They live longer and have more energy.
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Goal? 195 lbs. I am 6' 2" and down to 211 from last years 241. I was 262 in 1/1/2000. I have been lifting heavy for over 45 years. Family and friends see me no longer in XXL or XL clothes and say, "211 is enough. You look too thin." I was 205 in 1981 when I think I "lived" at the gym. At 195 I'll have my six-pack. LOL!
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I am going to try this. I eat GREAT all week, then go WAY OVER on Friday.