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I Stopped for 6 months and of course I got weaker. I lost a little muscle, but not as much as I thought I would. I also gained about 20 lbs but that was mostly because of my diet.

I think I'm just getting over some sort of sickness too. I thought it was just allergies until I got a sore throat. Luckily it didn't last long and I can breathe again now.

Getting old sucks! I was in great shape until about March earlier this year when I herniated a disc in my back. After 3 months of excruciating pain I got surgery for it in June. Surgery was a great success, but recovery was pretty long, I had to take it easy and all I could really do was walk (and eat). So about 3 months…

I'm back after a hiatus for a few months, but I don't seem to have very many active friends. Please be my friend!

Sciatic nerve pain sucks. On the bright side, I don't appear to have arthritis. I just have to figure out what's making my sciatic flare up so I can walk normally again.

I'm so done too, it took me 2 hours to get to work today because of the snow, usually takes 30 minutes. And it's still bitterly cold outside, sick of it.

Looks like my old joints are catching up with me, I've been having some serious hip pain on my left side. Not sure where it came from, I had it a little when I was younger and a doctor said it was probably some sort of arthritis. Now all of the sudden, over a decade with no pain, and it's back with a vengeance. I'll see my…

Gradually increase the amount you run/walk each day. The C25k app is great for that. Shoes can play a big part also, it helps to get fitted properly at a running store. Stretching and foam rolling after running is great too.

Pop, the lack of portion control, too much grazing or eating out of boredom, alcohol, laziness.

If I'm focused on losing weight I'll weigh daily, it helps keep me on track. I only record the low numbers unless they don't seem to make sense.

I remember what it's like to join a gym and not know what most of the equipment is for or what to do with it. The easiest way is definitely a personal trainer. They should give you a program based on your goals and show you how to use everything you need to use and hopefully with the correct form. What I did was just start…

Hi everyone! I've been trying to cut down my alcohol intake for a while now. It used to make me more talkative and more fun but now it only seems to make me tired and sleepy. Even if I only have 3-4 I am just ruined the next day and only want to sleep. It gradually stopped being worth it to me just for calories, cost,…

I might try Pilates again, the one time I tried it I thought it was a bit too challenging, but I might be up for it now. Unfortunately he looks to be the new instructor for our favorite class and he is scheduled for the next few weeks. Just disappointing because that day and time was the most convenient for us. The one we…

I know, right? He did not offer a single variation like most instructors have, half the time I ended up just standing there feeling stupid and frustrated.

I've been trying to do yoga once a week just because my old joints get pretty stiff, I need to work on my mobility and core strength to help with some back pain. I'm not very good at it, but I try. Well apparently my usual yoga class got a new instructor, and it was awful. I couldn't keep up, couldn't do half of the moves,…

It's a slippery slope and it depends on what your idea of a break is. Maintenance is not the same thing as taking a break. Maintenance still requires a certain level of effort, it just allows you to eat more. So just be careful with taking a break when you make some big life changes, it makes it really easy to slip back…

What most people say these days is "Abs are made in the gym, and revealed in the kitchen." Meaning, if you want a 6-pack you need to build some muscle but you won't be able to see it if you have too much fat. You can get a flatter stomach with just a calorie deficit but in order to get any tone you'll need some exercise…

That's pretty tough to do since everybody's schedule, goals, and what they have access to will be so different. Sounds like you just need to look for a 2 day per week strength training program, you maybe need to browse through a few you have access to all of the equipment you need. There are plenty of apps and websites…

Just rest it for a while, you probably shouldn't jog every day if you are not used to it. It's a fairly high impact activity and your body needs time to adjust. After you've healed, maybe start out with something like C25k.

Just remember that unless you make changes to your habits or lifestyle you will just keep gaining the weight back. When I started to lose weight I cut a lot of things out of my diet that just weren't worth it to me. And then when I got to where I wanted to be I kept them out of my diet, with small exceptions. Same with…

I like the Nature Valley Protein ones. I've tried some of the Quest bars recently and thought they were awful.

I tried keto for a couple weeks. And the more I tried to learn about it, the more complicated it got. There are a lot of conflicting opinions about it, yet only so much actual research. But basically, here's what I found: You need to commit to it for a couple months, apparently your body doesn't adjust for a few weeks. You…

Eat fewer calories than you burn in a day. That is the best way to lose fat IMO. If you follow a good lifting program and eat plenty of protein you won't lose much muscle, you might even gain some for a while.

Unfortunately you may have to hate it for a while before you can love it. I still have a love/hate relationship with it at times. I've found out that it is A LOT more complicated for me than to just "go running" and become great at it. At first it was the mental aspect of it. It was all about learning how to power through…

That happened to me on Monday, it was my last run of Week 7 and I felt great so I picked up the pace a little. Bad idea.

W7D1 done! Hardest one yet for some reason, I was ready to quit about half way through and the second half took about everything I had just to keep going. And that was weird because I did W6D3 relatively easily. I need to figure out what I'm doing differently.

15 pushups and 21 pullups? Last time I tried it I could only do like 12 and 8.

All you old geezers, don't forget to stretch. I'm convinced that a lot of my progress is slow because I have so much tightness in my hamstrings, hips, and calves. My calves feel like they are going to explode when I run, and I have some lower back pain, I'm pretty sure it's all tied together. One of my main goals now is to…

Well the term "diet" is usually used in a sense that is assumed to be temporary, like when someone says "I'm on a diet". But when someone says "I've changed my diet" to me, that has a whole different connotation and is assumed to be more permanent. And I'm not sure what OP means by "Do diets work". Sure, they can help you…

Thanks everyone for the recommendations! I got a SPIbelt and some bluetooth headphones and they seem to work well enough so far. It was a little awkward at first but I'm getting used to it. My only complaint is now I get distracted by phone calls and texts while I'm at the gym now. Usually either wife or work so I worry it…