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This thread just may help me live longer! Thanks for posting up Patrick, & like you, I am also the heaviest I've ever been at age 53 and 245 lbs. At 6'4" and a long torso I can carry it pretty well but don't feel healthy. Feeling inspired by all that have been shared here thus far and seeking to make some changes but damn it if it's so frickin hard to change!
 
JToobe said:
This thread just may help me live longer! Thanks for posting up Patrick, & like you, I am also the heaviest I've ever been at age 53 and 245 lbs. At 6'4" and a long torso I can carry it pretty well but don't feel healthy. Feeling inspired by all that have been shared here thus far and seeking to make some changes but damn it if it's so frickin hard to change!
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This is a common sentiment. I think any of us who have let ourselves slip feel that way. Often we feel we need to quit smoking, start exercising , drink less, sleep more, eat better, yadda yadda yadda...
We can't do that. It's too much and we doom ourselves to failure.
Pick 1 thing.
Change that.
After a month or two that change becomes a habit.
Then pick something else.
Repeat this process while you build the discipline muscle. In a year's time you'll be amazed what you accomplished.
 
RedHeadedStepChild said:
This is a common sentiment. I think any of us who have let ourselves slip feel that way. Often we feel we need to quit smoking, start exercising , drink less, sleep more, eat better, yadda yadda yadda...
We can't do that. It's too much and we doom ourselves to failure.
Pick 1 thing.
Change that.
After a month or two that change becomes a habit.
Then pick something else.
Repeat this process while you build the discipline muscle. In a year's time you'll be amazed what you accomplished.
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This is the mentality I am trying to keep.

I am also a dreamer by nature, I want to summit Mt Rainer, hike to Everest base camp, heli ski in Alaska, Run the green river narrows,etc. I know I won’t do most of these things, but if somehow I get the chance, I don’t want my physical condition to be what prevents it. Mr. Mellencamp says life is short, even in its longest days
 
I finally hit 210 today. Going down, not up. Haven't been that in 4 years. Eating home most of the time now, eating far less, drinking practically nothing but water and hot tea. Lots of yogurt & granola for breakfast and often one of those tuna or salmon packets for lunch. Add in a couple healthy snacks throughout the day and less exercise than I'd like, and you got my plan. I eventually lost my appetite for eating more than I actually need. It all started from being dictated by some meds and I just kinda got into the habit, like Jim said above. I got through Thanksgiving and Xmas without gaining any weight...stopped losing it for 6 weeks but didn't gain any. It really sucked holding at 215 for over a month but I was comforted by not gaining any for that time.

Lost 29lbs since June but had a LOT of falls off the horse until recently (some were actually injuries that kept me from working out, some were loss of focus). Averaging a pound per week over that time. I'll take that. Now I have a lot of clothes to donate. Hoping to be biking in the woods by April (not just around the Group Camp loop) if I can get my BP to calm down some more. I hate the stationary bike in the basement, even if it does have two Pringles can holders.

Keep it up, Patrick, and everybody else.
 
JohnVee said:
I finally hit 210 today. Going down, not up. Haven't been that in 4 years. Eating home most of the time now, eating far less, drinking practically nothing but water and hot tea. Lots of yogurt & granola for breakfast and often one of those tuna or salmon packets for lunch. Add in a couple healthy snacks throughout the day and less exercise than I'd like, and you got my plan. I eventually lost my appetite for eating more than I actually need. It all started from being dictated by some meds and I just kinda got into the habit, like Jim said above. I got through Thanksgiving and Xmas without gaining any weight...stopped losing it for 6 weeks but didn't gain any. It really sucked holding at 215 for over a month but I was comforted by not gaining any for that time.

Lost 29lbs since June but had a LOT of falls off the horse until recently (some were actually injuries that kept me from working out, some were loss of focus). Averaging a pound per week over that time. I'll take that. Now I have a lot of clothes to donate. Hoping to be biking in the woods by April (not just around the Group Camp loop) if I can get my BP to calm down some more. I hate the stationary bike in the basement, even if it does have two Pringles can holders.

Keep it up, Patrick, and everybody else.
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@JohnVee let me know when you want to get out on some dirt. Beatty and Sherman are usually my go to’s during the week
 
Guys, this is really great stuff.

It all came down to micro changes for me.

Ideas that worked for me:
Start each day with water
No cheese on anything - cheese is like cement inside my body (I love cheese and this is tough to stick too)
Eggs - I eat 3 to 4 eggs a day, scrambled in the microwave for 30 seconds per egg and you eat in under 5 minutes - good protein to start the day. I also eat hard boiled eggs as snacks.
Meat - I eat tons of chicken and fish. Steak and burgers are much less common for me these days. Steak is hard for my body to process.
Bread - I try to avoid this as much as possible
Rice - I try to avoid this as much as possible
Potatoes/fries - hard for my body to process
Much smaller portions on days you are not actually working out, your body does not need all that fuel
Black coffee - cream and sugar add up quick
No sodas - regular are full of sugar, and diet ones actually have the opposite effect because of the chemicals
Gatorade - Not needed by most people during most workouts. If you do drink it, mix with water
Get a strava account - very motivating to see your friends working out

And there are cheat days, and you just go back to doing better the next day.

I also walk a lot when not actually out exercising. Burning micro calories. Park further away at every chance you get. Take the stairs. Take the dog.

And finally, sign up for anything that makes you train for it. I get completely distracted from exercise if not training for something.

I hear you on the dreaming part. I think we all need bucket lists items and we all need to be ready when they happen or you when you win the lottery and all you do is physical adventures all the time. ;<)
 
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Diet is most important. Exercise is a close second, but put s*** in your body, you get s*** out.

Expecting to be flamed hard for this, but consider going vegeterian (or even vegan) a few days a week. It's really easy to cut weight when you're eating only healthy foods. Healthy does not have to mean bland or tasteless food. Check out a few recipes here:

Plant-Based Vegan Recipes - Forks Over Knives

I dropped ~15# when I changed my diet, without changing anything else in my life. Should I add exercise, I expect to be able to meet my weight goal with ease.
 
No flaming here. Ill never be a full fledged vegetarian, but we evolved eating fruits, veggies, nuts, etc and I know my body and mind feel better when I eat that way. My wife has also told me I am farting a lot less, so I got that going for me. I Ive started lifting again so I add protein powder and a BCAA drink mix, but that's more for recovery than sustenance.
 
The only thing missing is fat. Our bodies need fat, need cholesterol. Most of the cholesterol is used for brain synapses to work, and there are late studies showing the same and demonstrating the direct impact of low fat, and carbohydrates as a large source for dementia. The brain runs on fat. Most studies are in Asia, Australia, Europe. In the US, the market and economy drive what we eat, and it is not the best for us, sugar and grain based are killing us.
So the indoctrination we, and our parents, have been getting on healthy foods is false and biased by what the food industry lobby wants to sell us. And a lot of "diet" books use that free hype wave created to sell the books. And it is all temporary, until the next "new thing". Our diet was originated by the Ancel Keys study, paid for by the sugar and grain cartel, and proven time and again to be completely false. But we continue on as if it was true because Kellogg..... Okay, off the soapbox as I am a Board Certified Cynical Asswhole.

So this morning I had 3 bacon strips, cut in half in the skillet, half cooked to get the fat out, then drop 3 eggs on top to cook over the bacon and natural fat. Coffee with heavy cream and a pinch of salt.
 
I mostly agree with you Izzy, but our brain does not run on fat, it runs on glucose. Some fat is necessary, but not so much saturated fats. While I'm sure that breakfast you outlined tastes good, it's not healthy to eat that kind of thing more than, say, once a week.

Why do we need fat. Why do we need to eat fat? Fat in our diet
 
Took @RedHeadedStepChild advice signed the wife and I up for this at the whitewater center. I have a conference in Winston next week so I am planning to hike Stone Mountain Wednesday(1/31), and Hanging Rock Saturday(2/3) if anyone is interested.

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Weight training is key. Push ups, pull ups, knee ups x 4 times a week.

Thank you for every ones input.

The whole country needs to read this thread and stop buying all the BS stuff in the magazines.

Marksdailyapple is free. Never spent a penny on research.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
I mostly agree with you Izzy, but our brain does not run on fat, it runs on glucose. Some fat is necessary, but not so much saturated fats. While I'm sure that breakfast you outlined tastes good, it's not healthy to eat that kind of thing more than, say, once a week.

Why do we need fat. Why do we need to eat fat? Fat in our diet
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izzyandsue said:
Glucose as brain fuel is one of those fallacies we have been told forever. Again, my point is not to limit research to what you find in the US, it is industry biased.

Cholesterol, the mind, and the brain - Harvard Health
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I hate to disagree with you both but are brains run on s***, my dad has been telling me that since I was a kid.
 
Can we at least agree to distance ourselves from ‘food product’ and other processed or highly manufactured foods? I’ve been happy sticking pretty much to things that started as seeds or had parents, and limiting meats that drip that greasy elixir of fat laden goodness.

But really, just do the opposite of the Window To Weight Gain method:
 
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