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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.

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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Posted by bazeball

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 2:49 pm to RollTide1987

By 2030, some GLP-1s (like Ozempic) will be generic. If those live up to the early results, someone will only be obese if they choose to be.

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Posted by cwil177

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 3:04 pm to Deuces

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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.

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

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Posted by Caraway Rye

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 3:10 pm to cwil177

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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.

You had to listen to a podcast to figure out that food was the most important component about weight?

Its literally the only way you gain weight. By eating calories.

It is not only the most important component when it comes to weight it is the only compenent.

Absolutely 100% of your weight is what you eat.

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Posted by grsharky

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 4:11 pm to Caraway Rye

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.

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Posted by Big Scrub TX

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 5:10 pm to RogerTheShrubber

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Ive got a link in this thread that disputes that.

I don't see any link. I'm not disputing that physical activity is great for a person. I'm just saying that food accounts for 90% of metabolic health and obesity. If a person eats an extremely clean diet and never leaves their house, they are very very unlikely to be obese.

On the flipside, it's easy to engage in much physical activity and still be a crushing fat arse.

You actually see this with women all the time. They'll go to the gym for 45 minutes, and then somehow take that as their pass to then ear whatever they want. Even if they hit the stairmaster pretty hard for 30 minutes, that's like 200 cals or something they've burned. I'm not dismissing it, but it's WAY less than people seem to realize. They'll blow way past that with just one of their stupid sugary drinks from Starbucks.

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Posted by ClientNumber9

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Posted on 11/27/22 at 6:55 pm to Big Scrub TX

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I don't see any link. I'm not disputing that physical activity is great for a person. I'm just saying that food accounts for 90% of metabolic health and obesity. If a person eats an extremely clean diet and never leaves their house, they are very very unlikely to be obese.

On the flipside, it's easy to engage in much physical activity and still be a crushing fat arse.

You actually see this with women all the time. They'll go to the gym for 45 minutes, and then somehow take that as their pass to then ear whatever they want. Even if they hit the stairmaster pretty hard for 30 minutes, that's like 200 cals or something they've burned. I'm not dismissing it, but it's WAY less than people seem to realize. They'll blow way past that with just one of their stupid sugary drinks from Starbucks.

Holy shite, we finally found something to agree on. You're 100% spot on. Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym. You can erase a three mile run with one custard filled doughnut.

I have lost a ton of weight simply by cutting calories with no real cardio, and I've gained weight with a shitty diet despite running 10+ miles a day.

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