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Nah. You think? I work out six times a week and three of those days involve cardiovascular exercise outdoors. If people would actually exercise and get outdoors like they do in Colorado, the country would be better off health-wise.

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I hate that I don’t have time for this. I get up at 3:45 every morning, in to work before 6. Leave work at 5:15-5:30. Hour commute home. Daughter takes 73 dance classes, so I usually pick her up. I get home each night between 7 to the late night of 8:30.

I just do not have time for it, and I absolutely hate it. I used to be very active, and as I’ve gotten older have had less and less time to do it. I’ve really watched my diet this year and have managed to keep the pounds from stacking up, but I know I can and would be so much better off both physically and mentally if I could exercise. Tried to do a little walking and lifting before hunting season, but not nearly enough. I barely found time to shoot my bow.

My wife pisses me off because there is no reason for her not to exercise. She works from home. I assure you she is not so busy that she couldn’t take a hour to go to the gym. I posted a while back about her wanting a peloton and me saying no, because I knew she’d just find reasons not to use it. Told her if she started taking 30 mins and walking around the subdivision I’d buy the peloton, two months later she has yet to set foot outside.

I don’t usually do resolutions, but dammit I’m going to figure out something that works for me in 2023. Some way to squeeze in something to get me in shape and keep me there. Diet is great and I’ve found ways that I can lose weight healthily, but you just can’t substitute exercise.

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It’s 100% about diet. Exercise makes a small portion of what you can do. It’s a good supplement, but diet is by far the factor.

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Facts. I was listening to a medical podcast about nutrition and the statistics show food is far and away the most important component when it comes to weight. On the same list, exercise is ranked 10th.

Look at Europe. Sure, they walk more because of public transport, but their food quality standards are way higher and their portion sizes are smaller. No one over there actually goes to a gym. You have to have a doctor’s note to exercise in a gym in Italy FFS and there are no fat asses there

I totally agree it’s all about diet. I’m 39 and fairly active, hit the indoor bike 4-5 times a week, do lots of yard work when it’s not winter, and play with the kids outside. With all of that, when my diet goes to shite I put on weight and feel like crap no matter how much I work out.