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[Ree4]

Better not meet you in a dark alley. 5 10 165. Bad knee I cant outrun you any more.

Hah I've never been in a fight in my life (off the field) - I'm a lover not a fighter Used to be semi-long distance runner, was #1 in Iowa City for 800m when I was 11-12 but after that I preferred football to running aimlessly. Can still sprint a 50m ok but my mile times are absolute garbage.

 

[Ree4]

I could talk about this all day. I was such a piece of shit until I hit 40. I heard someone say the first 40 are free, the second 40 are earned. I figure I have to earn it x’s 2. I mean, I ate fast food all the time, drank Mountain Dew, just all the crap. Partied HARD until about 25. Hard. Bad drugs, booze, all of it. So I have some serious pride in this transformation. I know timing is everything, and if I ran into this at 30 it wouldn’t have been the right time. But still, I wish I would have found it sooner. Thanks for reading fellas.

Sounds like where I'm at currently (where you were in your 30's), gave up the drugs at 27ish, half-ass trying to turn the corner but the older I get the easier the decision is. Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Oh, and I also drink a lot of water. At least a gallon everyday. Helps make poop when there’s not as many calories. But damn I piss a lot.

So much this^^ Since my wife and I made a conscious effort to drink more water, I have increased my visits to the bathroom!

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Better not meet you in a dark alley. 5 10 165. Bad knee I cant outrun you any more.

Just kick him in the balls. Unless, of course, he recovers as quickly as the guy in "Fletch"...

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Turkey bacon is the bomb. Just had it last night on the BLT's. Also, it seems to cook up a heck of a lot better/easier than pork bacon. I really do like the taste. I think Jeno makes it.

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Much as I love "real" bacon, you're spot on, turkey bacon cooks a HELL of a lot better/easier. Way less shrinkage and, if you read the labels for the right ones, WAY less sodium.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

I'm not big on sweets, never eat birthday cake, haven't had pop in 4 months (only drank diet prior). I'd rather have another burger or hotdog than ice cream, cake or candy. If I eat something sugary I feel like I've been gut-punched, like eating McDonald's after a long hiatus.

Most of our "sweets" come from homemade improv desserts. I love to make frozen Greek yogurt with various/mixed berries. If you use fat-free yogurt (my wife's choice) and think it's too tart, just add a tablespoon of honey and some spices.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

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Much as I love "real" bacon, you're spot on, turkey bacon cooks a HELL of a lot better/easier. Way less shrinkage and, if you read the labels for the right ones, WAY less sodium.

Yes, the strips stay straight and flat, like you said, no shrinkage. They slowly brown and you can pick each up and they stay straight.

I like pork bacon as well. When you cook it you end up with a 1/2" of grease in the pan. When you cook Turkey bacon, you literally have about a tablespoon. Splatter is much less and you don't end up with grease splatter 2 ft away from the fry pan. I think this summer, I'm going to wrap some sweet corn with turkey bacon and grill it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Sounds like where I'm at currently (where you were in your 30's), gave up the drugs at 27ish, half-ass trying to turn the corner but the older I get the easier the decision is. Thanks for the inspiration!

Forge ahead young man and good luck!

 

[MelroseHawkins]

So much this^^ Since my wife and I made a conscious effort to drink more water, I have increased my visits to the bathroom!

My prostate just spasmed thinking about it.

 

[Ree4]

Most of our "sweets" come from homemade improv desserts. I love to make frozen Greek yogurt with various/mixed berries. If you use fat-free yogurt (my wife's choice) and think it's too tart, just add a tablespoon of honey and some spices.

The only dairy I get is from cheese, which is often Honestly I'd rather have veggies with some ranch dip as my "sweets" than yogurt and berries or other fruits - never really got into that. Had a yogurt/granola phase a couple years ago that lasted like 4 days lol. Hell my lunch yesterday was celery and peanut butter. When I was a kid my mom always got low fat/fat free stuff and I refuse to sacrifice taste for a little less calories or fat.

Forge ahead young man and good luck!

Thanks! To clarify I'm 36 so I don't know if I'd put me in the "young man" category

 

[MelroseHawkins]

The only dairy I get is from cheese, which is often Honestly I'd rather have veggies with some ranch dip as my "sweets" than yogurt and berries or other fruits - never really got into that. Had a yogurt/granola phase a couple years ago that lasted like 4 days lol. Hell my lunch yesterday was celery and peanut butter. When I was a kid my mom always got low fat/fat free stuff and I refuse to sacrifice taste for a little less calories or fat.


Thanks! To clarify I'm 36 so I don't know if I'd put me in the "young man" category

I've got 10 years on ya!

This is no shit. 40 is the magic mark/age when your body really starts to change if you don't really make a concerted effort to stay in shape. After 40, weight goes on and on in different places, aches and pains. It's just different. Mobility differs. Can't really explain. But the 40's are pivotal to one's health. When in 30's, that just kind of felt like an extension of when in the 20's. But, there is a big difference between 35 and 45. I'll tell you that.

One really needs to work harder.

 

[Ree4]

I've got 10 years on ya!

This is no shit. 40 is the magic mark/age when your body really starts to change if you don't really make a concerted effort to stay in shape. After 40, weight goes on and on in different places, aches and pains. It's just different. Mobility differs. Can't really explain. But the 40's are pivotal to one's health. When in 30's, that just kind of felt like an extension of when in the 20's. But, there is a big difference between 35 and 45. I'll tell you that.

One really needs to work harder.

Thanks, I better get a head start then!

 

[4thngoal]

I've always had a hard time gaining weight.
5'10-5'11 and have usually been about 150. Once I hit 175 -185 or so, but it wasn't all muscle either.
I think the biggest thing is one plan doesn't fit all.
I can drink beer as much as I want and never gain weight. I think it messes with my digestive system. I actually lose weight.
Currently, eating lots of protein and carbs (pasta bread) in medium portions. I try to eat 4 times a day.
Hardly any sugar, cut back on the beer and have been gaining. I'm shooting for 16-17in (but toned arms) in arms and keeping my waist at or under 32. It's never been more than that, so I don't see a problem there.
Legs are far behind due to injuries, but are starting to look better.
Currently I'd say I need another 25 pounds or so with only adding about 2% body fat.
Definitely need to start working on cardio, but I'm horrible at it at don't like most cardio things. Swimming would be ok, walking (bad knees) is ok but not really cardio. Running, nope. I have an elliptical and it's ok, but I needed more leg strength from squats and such to get much cardio on it.

Keep up the good fight guys. Figure out what works for you and do that.

 

[Fryowa]

When it comes to weight loss, it's 80% diet, 20% exercise. That 20% can be pretty important, especially if you've let yourself become a butter pillow...muscle tone and cardio health are important. But you can't out-exercise a bad diet. Eat whole foods, graze don't gorge and enjoy things you like.... just in reasonable amounts. (portions are WAY oversized in America).

I've also discovered the value of intermittent fasting. Difficult initially, but it does some crazy (good) things to your body. (actually it's nothing new, some cultures have been doing it for centuries). We slam so much crap into our bodies (both intentionally and unintentionally) that our organs are major stressed. A little refresh periodically helps.

Hah I didn't even know that was a thing but I've been intermittent fasting for years!

The 16/8 Method: Also called the Leangains protocol, it involves skipping breakfast and restricting your daily eating period to 8 hours, for example from 1 pm to 9 pm. Then you "fast" for 16 hours in between.

Either of you still fasting?

I've done 16/8 (actually I'm closer to 18/6 to be honest) for roughly the past 11 months, and decided to try a 6 day for funsies.

Have a high school classmate I've run into a few times the past couple months who did it this summer and he said he felt amazing when he was done; he plans on making it an every 3-4 month thing.

Part of it is to see what it'll feel like, and part is to see if I can actually do it. Anyone here ever have experience with something like this?

 

[uihawk82]

The big thing for me is cutting my alcohol intake. I will always work out and eat relatively crappy, but I lose weight whenever I cut the alcohol. I've also shifted to drinking less beer and more "Tito's + Soda" or "Jack + water". Makes a big difference.

The ethanol in beer is similar in chemical structure to sugars. Drinking beer makes you feel like you have a higher blood sugar concentration but then it crashes which is why so many people eat a lot during and after drinking. So you get 300+ calories in that pint of craft beer and then gorge on food. I know because I have been doing it a lot in my life.

Feels great at the time and tastes great, the beer and food, but not good.

For info, sugars have 5 or 6 oxygen-hydrogen groups in each basic molecule while ethanol has one oxygen-hydrogen group per molecule. Lots of ethanol and empty type calories in beer.

 

[BigD]

I take this stuff I saw on Shark Tank. I'd say it's working quite well, wouldn't you?

damn you look good for a 82 year old. You might want to get some sun though.

 

[BigD]

since I lost one of my lungs....I cut my smoking in half.

LMAO!!!

 

[uihawk82]

I've always had a hard time gaining weight.
5'10-5'11 and have usually been about 150. Once I hit 175 -185 or so, but it wasn't all muscle either.
I think the biggest thing is one plan doesn't fit all.
I can drink beer as much as I want and never gain weight. I think it messes with my digestive system. I actually lose weight.
Currently, eating lots of protein and carbs (pasta bread) in medium portions. I try to eat 4 times a day.
Hardly any sugar, cut back on the beer and have been gaining. I'm shooting for 16-17in (but toned arms) in arms and keeping my waist at or under 32. It's never been more than that, so I don't see a problem there.
Legs are far behind due to injuries, but are starting to look better.
Currently I'd say I need another 25 pounds or so with only adding about 2% body fat.
Definitely need to start working on cardio, but I'm horrible at it at don't like most cardio things. Swimming would be ok, walking (bad knees) is ok but not really cardio. Running, nope. I have an elliptical and it's ok, but I needed more leg strength from squats and such to get much cardio on it.

Keep up the good fight guys. Figure out what works for you and do that.

The science of body weight, nurture or genetics, that I have read from books by Drs and researcher is that about 25% of the population is just slim and they do not gain weight. The rest of the people will gain weight and have to try to keep it off. You will notice this with the people around you. Many of the studies started after WW 2 with the Marshall Plan and people who were starving and what happened to them after they had ample food. Then much more research was done with all variety of populations. People volunteer to gain a lot of weight and then told to go to their normal eating habits and some just naturally lose that weight while most do not.

 

[okeefe4prez]

The ethanol in beer is similar in chemical structure to sugars. Drinking beer makes you feel like you have a higher blood sugar concentration but then it crashes which is why so many people eat a lot during and after drinking. So you get 300+ calories in that pint of craft beer and then gorge on food. I know because I have been doing it a lot in my life.

Feels great at the time and tastes great, the beer and food, but not good.

For info, sugars have 5 or 6 oxygen-hydrogen groups in each basic molecule while ethanol has one oxygen-hydrogen group per molecule. Lots of ethanol and empty type calories in beer.

I completely quit drinking micro brews and went back to the basics, just good ol' Bud Light. If I drink, my supper that night is just a protein drink and I don't let myself eat anything because once I eat one morsel all hell breaks loose if I've been drinking.

Cholesterol came in at 263 yesterday so I gotta cut the red meat and dairy way down because there is no way in hell I will go on Lipitor. I only drink 1-2x per week (usually 1). It sucks because I just bought a springform pan and made a Chicago pizza on Saturday that was on par with Malnati's. And my damned smoker will be relegated to chicken and turkey for the foreseeable future after a summer filled with ribs, brisket or shoulder almost every weekend. Getting old sucks.

 

[uihawk82]

I completely quit drinking micro brews and went back to the basics, just good ol' Bud Light. If I drink, my supper that night is just a protein drink and I don't let myself eat anything because once I eat one morsel all hell breaks loose if I've been drinking.

Cholesterol came in at 263 yesterday so I gotta cut the red meat and dairy way down because there is no way in hell I will go on Lipitor. I only drink 1-2x per week (usually 1). It sucks because I just bought a springform pan and made a Chicago pizza on Saturday that was on par with Malnati's. And my damned smoker will be relegated to chicken and turkey for the foreseeable future after a summer filled with ribs, brisket or shoulder almost every weekend. Getting old sucks.

What dont you like about lipitor? I was on it and it helps keep the LDLs and other cholesterol stuff down but it gave me muscle aches.

I've lost about 120 pounds over the last 4 years. 30 pounds each of 4 years during the spring to Nov then I gain it back then rinse and repeat. I usually slow sip bourbon and water while losing weight if I want some alcohol.