re: A month ago today, I decided I didn’t want to be fat anymore.

Congrats Man! I did the same thing in January. Just got tired of the person I became. Started walking/light jogging with a goal of being able to jog the Tiger 10K in December. I started eating better, not great. Eliminating a lot of my sugar/carb intake. Still have them but just less. Drink a smoothie almost daily for lunch. Not great by any means but better than Canes or Chick Fil A. I was able to jog the CCC in a little over an hour and am down 45lbs. No fad diets. No supplements. No crazy workout routine. Just eat better and jog. It’s really not hard. It’s all mental.

Only people it is not good for are those that have been lifting weights for years and are close to mazing out there natural muscle mass. I would say steroid users also but the unforeseen consequences of steroid use makes the bmi chart pretty accurate from a predicted health outcome approach.

Like myself, even at 245, I still carried much of the muscle I had accumulated from lifting consistently for over 10 years. A five year layoff hurt that some, but now I have been lifting for about 16 years in total and am pretty close to maxed out. Prolly could gain another 10lbs of muscle over the next 3 years or so to be completely maxed out. My BMI is almost 29 and I am considered overweight and close to obese even though I am below 15% bodyfat. But I am the exception and BMI works for almost everyone that hasn't been lifting hard for a few years.

But I will say body fat % is a better indicator of health, but like I said bmi works for 99% of the population

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Just eat better and jog.

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If you want to lose weight and not get injured I would suggest you do anything besides jogging. Jogging is terrible for joints and burns little to no calories. Better options are fasted walking, rower, stationary bike, assault bike, etc

First go to the H&F board, tons of information and accountability & support threads. You will stick to it better if you do that.

Second is start using MyFitnessPal. You don't have to count your macros or anything, just eat enty of protein and hit the calorie goal or your weekly total on calories.

Avatar nutrition all is the best paid app imo. It's essentially like having a flexible dieting coach.

This means you're losing nearly 4 lbs per week. This seems a bit much, unless you were like 50+ lbs overweight. I've always read that 2 lbs/ per week is the limit for weight loss, anything over that is not healthy for 'normal' people

We're a lot alike. I am older than you by a good bit. I cut out drive-thru's, had some oatmeal and a banana for breakfast instead. I ate basically whatever i wanted for lunch. Went to get gym after work, my trainer has me on HIT high intensity training. I have developed the mindset of I'm not going to the gym looking at the clock to leave. When I feel I can't do anymore, I'll go. usually 1-1/2 hours a visit. I do go M-F, and a Sat AM. My gym has no AC, and the people there are mainly bodybuilders, and are real focused. They help me a lot.

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The elliptical IMO, is the best cardio workout.

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Lol have you tried a rower or assault bike?

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tried a rower or assault bike?

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No I haven’t and I mostly meant the elliptical IMO is easier on joints and muscles.

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if you’re ready to take it to the next level join us over on the H&F board...

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you guys discuss steroids and growth hormone over there?