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re: How did you get started being healthy?
Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:03 am to Boss13
Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:03 am to Boss13
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How did you get started being healthy?
Find a partner to commit to the journey with you.
Remove the junk food from the home.
Read about nutrition and fitness.
Create a schedule and stick to it.
Use PPSA plans for strength training.
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Posted on 12/11/23 at 10:17 am to Lazy But Talented
Also find something fun to do that requires movement.
Pickleball is a great leisure activity. Incorporates hand eye coordination, movement, and strategy. Plus the social benefits are great too.
Pickleball is a great leisure activity. Incorporates hand eye coordination, movement, and strategy. Plus the social benefits are great too.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 12:59 pm to Boss13
Lots of good info posted.
I will add what helped me. Look in the mirror and tell yourself how fat and disgusting you are. Believe it.
Now eat meat and find a gym.
After a few months of a solid routine you will develop body dysmorphia and no matter what, you'll never be fit enough.
Bam. Now your healthy and looking into TRT because you keep telling yourself it's not enough.
Kinda joking kinda not. I just woke up one day and was disgusted with myself, and overnight had a severe hatred for unhealthy people. Dunno what caused it but.
I will add what helped me. Look in the mirror and tell yourself how fat and disgusting you are. Believe it.
Now eat meat and find a gym.
After a few months of a solid routine you will develop body dysmorphia and no matter what, you'll never be fit enough.
Bam. Now your healthy and looking into TRT because you keep telling yourself it's not enough.
Kinda joking kinda not. I just woke up one day and was disgusted with myself, and overnight had a severe hatred for unhealthy people. Dunno what caused it but.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 2:21 pm to Boss13
Do a 100 pushups a day and drink 12 raw eggs
You’ll feel better in a few days
You’ll feel better in a few days
Posted on 12/12/23 at 11:46 am to Boss13
One may think exercising sucks, but I promise you the alternative sucks more.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 3:13 pm to Boss13
You can decide to eat better and start exercising now or wait until a doctor tells you that you are in danger of having a heart attack or stroke, or worse.
Start moving, do anything. Walking up and down your street is a start. Climb the stairs in your house or at work. Do anything. Stop eating trash. Eating junk food will make you want to eat more trash. Breaking the cycle is harder than continuing without the trash in your diet but it only takes a few days of sacrifice. Once you start eating better and moving, you will feel so much better that you will want to keep going. ...and the woman who loves you and kids who need you will thank you for it.
Start moving, do anything. Walking up and down your street is a start. Climb the stairs in your house or at work. Do anything. Stop eating trash. Eating junk food will make you want to eat more trash. Breaking the cycle is harder than continuing without the trash in your diet but it only takes a few days of sacrifice. Once you start eating better and moving, you will feel so much better that you will want to keep going. ...and the woman who loves you and kids who need you will thank you for it.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:51 am to Boss13
Every single morning when you wake, drop down and do three sets of as many push ups as you can (it doesn't matter how many you start with). Dedicate yourself to this simple routine, and you will start to notice small strength, energy, and weight loss success. At some point, you will realize you need to expand your workout and will.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:36 am to Boss13
Finding a way to eat healthy. You can't outrun a bad diet.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 12:09 pm to DeoreDX
Cut out 3 things from your diet to start:
1. Sugar - Sugar in all forms. No more soda. Check the label on things that you eat.
2. Seed Oils - So many processed foods that you eat are full of toxic seed oils that are catastrophic for your health.
3. Wheat - If you stop eating wheat and it is likely that you will stop bloating so much. It is very easy to overeat when eating wheat in my opinion.
I would start with just changing your diet first before diving in to a rigorous workout routine. Eat nothing but plants, fruit and meat (avoid everything processed) and you will start dropping pounds immediately.
1. Sugar - Sugar in all forms. No more soda. Check the label on things that you eat.
2. Seed Oils - So many processed foods that you eat are full of toxic seed oils that are catastrophic for your health.
3. Wheat - If you stop eating wheat and it is likely that you will stop bloating so much. It is very easy to overeat when eating wheat in my opinion.
I would start with just changing your diet first before diving in to a rigorous workout routine. Eat nothing but plants, fruit and meat (avoid everything processed) and you will start dropping pounds immediately.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 7:32 am to Boss13
#1- you have to stop talking and start doing
#1A- REALISTIC GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS!! You will suck, you will fail at times, you will find reasons to not do it, your brain wants you to quit and take the easy way out! You have to defeat that part of your brain, the doing is the hardest part.
#2- realize, nobody loves this shite, neither will you…… BUT the only way around is through.
#3- Motivation? David Goggins and Jocko Willink
#4- For me… intermittent fasting and kettle bells is the only thing I could stick to. It allows me to still eat carbs (in moderation) and some sugar (in moderation) and I absolutely loathe going to the gym so I decided F it and got some kettle bells. Works for me!
#1A- REALISTIC GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS!! You will suck, you will fail at times, you will find reasons to not do it, your brain wants you to quit and take the easy way out! You have to defeat that part of your brain, the doing is the hardest part.
#2- realize, nobody loves this shite, neither will you…… BUT the only way around is through.
#3- Motivation? David Goggins and Jocko Willink
#4- For me… intermittent fasting and kettle bells is the only thing I could stick to. It allows me to still eat carbs (in moderation) and some sugar (in moderation) and I absolutely loathe going to the gym so I decided F it and got some kettle bells. Works for me!
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 7:40 am
Posted on 12/14/23 at 9:32 am to TexasHand
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nobody loves this shite
Until the physical transformation starts happening. Now not only do I love it, I’m addicted like a heroine junkie. I want to be in the gym all day every day.
This post was edited on 12/14/23 at 9:33 am
Posted on 12/14/23 at 10:09 am to TexasHand
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nobody loves this shite
Yes, this just isn't true. You could say no one INITIALLY loves this shite, and that might be true.
Do I love trying to manage my diet, no. Do I love every single exercise in the plans written, no. However I do very much love walking and going to the gym daily. I love setting small goals and hitting them. Then you set a new goal to hit. It's amazing moving weight I never imagined I could.
The changes suck at first, but it didn't take long for me to love and appreciate the entire process. It gets to the point where everything is just routine. When I am forced to miss a day (sick, travel, life's curve balls, etc), it throws my whole day off. I get up at 3:30AM on Saturdays to make sure I get my walks and workout in before waking my daughter up at 6:45AM and getting her to gymnastics training for 8AM. If I didn't love it, I'd skip Saturdays and sleep in.
Posted on 12/14/23 at 12:03 pm to Boss13
Have to make it a habit. To make a habit stick start with small things that lead to big ones.
If your goal is to get stronger, which it should be, just make yourself go to the gym for 3 days a weak for 5 minutes to start and slowly build. Just build the habit of going.
If your goal is to go cardio: start by putting on your exercise clothes immediately after you wake up or when you get home from work and go outside. If you can build that habit the rest will come pretty naturally.
If your goal is to eat better, start small and be consistent.
You should measure your progress in how often you engage in the habit, not the scale or the mirror because meaningful sustainable change happens but it is slow.
If your goal is to get stronger, which it should be, just make yourself go to the gym for 3 days a weak for 5 minutes to start and slowly build. Just build the habit of going.
If your goal is to go cardio: start by putting on your exercise clothes immediately after you wake up or when you get home from work and go outside. If you can build that habit the rest will come pretty naturally.
If your goal is to eat better, start small and be consistent.
You should measure your progress in how often you engage in the habit, not the scale or the mirror because meaningful sustainable change happens but it is slow.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 12:51 pm to Boss13
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but I also know you don't just get up and start running 3miles every day or go to the gym 6 days a week.
Why not? Don't take a defeatist attitude with it. You may be amazed at what you can do. So what if it takes you an hour to run/walk 3 miles. Just do it! You can only improve.
one thing that works for me is working out with a group. Running Group, fitness group, cycling group, etc. Then you have a little accountability.
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I recognize that it is because I am fat, and lack energy.
For example, Find a good social group to run. And by good, I mean one that encourages people and has every level. You keep going back and make friends. Then you start signing up to do events together and it builds from there.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 12:56 pm to TexasHand
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#2- realize, nobody loves this shite,
I can honestly say I do. I love getting up at 4am to go get a work-out in. I look forward to it almost every day and get depressed if I skip more than a day.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:22 am to Boss13
I count calories and i weigh in everyday. That’s genuinely 90% of it for me.
I walk and run and lift a little, but i have 3 kids under 3, so time is tight.
I keep things simple. I don’t do IF, I take only a multivitamin, I drink water, coffee, beer and wine, i eat mostly the same meals, none of which are health food but all of which slot into my calorie goal. I don’t eat egregiously bad foods often but i also dont obsess over macros. I avoid most processed stuff.
Caveat is I’m not healthy in the way a lot of these dudes are, but I am much healthier than I used to by weight and most other metric. I guess I think it’s weird when I see some guys trying to lose huge amounts of weight talking about all the methods used, their optimal stack, etc. and often they’re still obsessing about that stuff a couple years later without much progress.
I hope to care about upping my standards in the future and I am in no position to bash any of these things (and I’m not). I just think depending on where you’re starting, simplicity can sometimes be the route to take.
I walk and run and lift a little, but i have 3 kids under 3, so time is tight.
I keep things simple. I don’t do IF, I take only a multivitamin, I drink water, coffee, beer and wine, i eat mostly the same meals, none of which are health food but all of which slot into my calorie goal. I don’t eat egregiously bad foods often but i also dont obsess over macros. I avoid most processed stuff.
Caveat is I’m not healthy in the way a lot of these dudes are, but I am much healthier than I used to by weight and most other metric. I guess I think it’s weird when I see some guys trying to lose huge amounts of weight talking about all the methods used, their optimal stack, etc. and often they’re still obsessing about that stuff a couple years later without much progress.
I hope to care about upping my standards in the future and I am in no position to bash any of these things (and I’m not). I just think depending on where you’re starting, simplicity can sometimes be the route to take.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:18 am to Cdawg
I choose not to run.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:41 am to Tiger Ryno
What did you do with that uber nice bike you had?
Posted on 12/19/23 at 3:03 pm to Cdawg
It's holding up one of the walls in my garage.
Posted on 12/20/23 at 8:39 am to Boss13
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but I also know you don't just get up and start running 3miles every day
Why you should not be running
Running is not a good idea when there are so many other ways to do conditioning.
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