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You'll get there. Just keep going.After not excercising for the past 3-4 years and being close tonthe highest I have ever weighed I decided to get up and start running before work. I ran 2 miles twice last week and 2 miles twice this week. Very frustrating because after 2 weeks I have gained 1 pound. It's not like I have been eating more either.
I'm with you on this in a couple of years. Presently, though, this time is already spoken for by my two year old and wife. My two year old gets up like clockwork at 5:30 AM (she sleeps through the night so I really can't complain). My wife either goes to the gym at 5:00 AM or, if she doesn't, that is her time to sleep in. From 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM is basically the time I get to spend with my current two year old (I did the same my my older daughter and my former foster son when they were 1-2 and getting up at 5 or 5:30). We usually sit together and share a protein bar, watch cartoons, and I'll answer work emails. I'm then almost always in the office by 7:30 and I try to be done by 6:30. If I can be then usually 6:30-7:30 is the time I can hit the gym (which is in the basement of my office), go for a run, or play softball/hit the driving range. But, this time really isn't in my control because it is often where work just doesn't let me off in time or my wife has things I need to do. When I get home I will usually see both kids from 7:30 - 8:00 then my wife and I will eat dinner between 8:00 and 9:00. I got to bed pretty regularly by no later than 10:00 because I'm really tired and, to get at least 7 hours of sleep, I have to.
Honestly, I don't really care too much about how much I weigh. If I look better and feel better that's pretty much moots whatever number I see on that scale.
Yep - there are other metrics, more important ones, than just the # on the scale. I know plenty of skinny people that are incredibly unhealthy.
It sucks, but it’s true I’m 50 And yes, everyone’s different, and you’ll need to figure out what works for you now, for the 40+ year old you . For example, non of my cardio involves running. My knees can’t take it
this. so much this! 5 months from now, i will have lived longer than my father did. he had a massive heart attack at 51. i'm looking to avoid that.
If you could find anyway to eat earlier, especially when going to bed about an hour later, that would be helpful. May not be convenient, but helpful. Would help the wife as well. Im sure right now you guys really enjoy that as time together, but you can still spend that time together, just eat separately earlier in the night, and use that hour to do something else together.
Exercise helps cover up some poor eating and drinking choices but as you age, diet goes from being important to being vital.
I went to a local Mexican place for lunch with coworkers. I didn't eat breakfast so I was hungry and there was not obvious low-carb option. Had tacos.Girls had pizza for dinner. I heated it up, cut it up, looked amazing.
I ordered a "keto bowl" from a local mexican place instead.
Taco salad? Ask for fajitas with no shells. A Mexican restaurant is an easy place to stay low carb, IMO.I went to a local Mexican place for lunch with coworkers. I didn't eat breakfast so I was hungry and there was not obvious low-carb option. Had tacos.
But, I am having keto pizza tonight for dinner.
Nah this was a tacquieria (sp?). They just do like street taco stuff. I suppose I could have asked for like a custom made plate of taco meat though or something but there was nothing on the menu but tacos.
That "keto bowl" I got was pretty horrible, and I was up on in the john within 30 minutes. Your street tacos sound better.I went to a local Mexican place for lunch with coworkers. I didn't eat breakfast so I was hungry and there was not obvious low-carb option. Had tacos.
But, I am having keto pizza tonight for dinner.
Just did an hour+ of good sweaty cardio myself.that's a really short workout...unless the gym is 5 minutes away.
you need more cardio, than weights. since you refuse, to really do anything about booze and food (NTTAWWT), you need to combat that, with painful amounts of cardio. think of it this way, for every bottle of wine at the delta lounge, that equals, at least! a solid hour, of DIFFICULT cardio. that means you are nearly breathless, can't really talk, this sucks, you're dripping sweat.
i drink too much. i'm drinking right now. @krista4
My wife had a hell of a night with our two youngest so when I got home from practice she apologized because she only ground some turkey and said you need to figure it out from here. And that taco salad I figured out from there was fan ####### tactic.
You're going to need to start eating like Otis otherwise they'll be hooking you up to a feeding tube in the hospital.
Good work Krista. Hope you crush your goals sooner rather than later.Just did an hour+ of good sweaty cardio myself.
I get the impression you don't drink as much as I or nearly as much at Oats (sorry GB), so a little too much now and then isn't going to kill you. As for me, I've been good about sticking to no more than one glass of wine per night, with the major exception that I did some day drinking on Sunday while out with friends watching football, and then (after a nap) some night drinking while out to dinner later that night, giving me a total of four that day. Eek. Still ended up losing six pounds in the first week. My next weigh-in will be Monday.
Oh, and I have pick-ups this weekend at two wineries and one cidery where we are members, so that'll be a test (that I intend to pass).
The good news is that you didn't absorb any of those kept bowl calories.
Jeezus, dude, you're a machine! Congrats on that.
For people who are having trouble with the time aspect of working out, it might be useful to you to map out your day to show how you manage to fit this all in. You have kids and a wife and presumably a job, right? Your time management skills must be fantastic, and you could help others, I think.
Appalachian Trail, unless I’m missing my guess. I’m curious about the step count though. How are you measuring it? I never use anything other than the health app or the free version of the Trails app on my iPhone and my step counts for a similar length hike would be much lower, like almost 10,000 steps lower. I’m just shy of 6’ tall so I’m not taking Paul Bunyonesque strides. Is the health app that inaccurate or is AAA much shorter than me, or both?
Great question - since this is just day 2 of doing this I don’t have a great answer for this yet but here is what I’ve been doing these 2 days.
Yep, I can do the squats in no time at all. Abs are fairly quick too. The pushups are killing me - my skinny matchstick arms aren’t doing a great job right now
Yep, Appalachian Trail - I love it. I’ll be posting in the hiking thread at some point with some thoughts and pictures.
If you’re talking about the iPhone health app, it’s always way off in terms of stories. I can do a hike where I know the elevation gain, and the stories the app records are always way lower. The distance is usually a little low, too, but it’s the stories that are far off. I don’t know about steps.
Few things:krista4 said:
OK, so now I have to admit that Strava is my third-favorite app for tracking hikes. Why did I not recommend my two favorites? By far the best IMO is Gaia, but it's not free. I bought it 6-7 years ago so don't remember, but I think it was $50? It was a one-time fee, but I might have read somewhere that it changed later and those who already have it were grandfathered in. Could be mixing that up with something else, though. Its data is definitely the best, and the topo maps are great. I'm a map nerd, though.
Work is hard for me. Unlimited snacks in the office, Delta lounge in the airports, meals out with booze. Cutting out booze is a good start. Then choosing salads/fish. Had to stop all office snacking after I polished off about half of a 25 lb bag of pistachios in a couple weeks.
