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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: arimaBOATER on January 04, 2010, 02:07:54 AM
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Been around the block a few times in my life...so kinda know this or that........... BUT always willing to learn a better approach.
New Year & after Jan 6 need to lose some lbs,. Jan. 6 is my Birthday so forget dieting before than.
My plan is low carbs. & 2 a day 45 min walks.
I'm 185lbs & really should be 155-165 min.
Less weight I'd think the Arima Boat with my under-powered 40 hp outboard will perform better !!! :)
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Hi I was told about some seeds (CHIA) So I started using them late october...They worked well for me. Lost 15 lbs in 2 months.
I combined these seeds in my diet of healthier lighter eating and bingo it worked well for me!!
Just add them to yogurt or cereal in the am and maybe some more at lunch or afternoon and eat less in the later part of the day. You need to drink plenty of water with them aswell. These seeds swell up in your stomach with the water and make you feel fuller. They are actually pretty healthy too. Google Chia seeds.
Let me know if you need more info.
Best of Luck :-*
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--try casting more and maybe river fishing different spots, walking to them.
--In fact give yourself some casting lessons as a birthday present.
--Keep some fish to eat when in an appropriate fishing area.
--Row, Row, Row your boat. etc.
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tape worms are becoming popular
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I absolutely cut down on my sugar and salt intake and have lost 15 lbs since sept. it hasn't been easy being a chochoholic for most of my 60 yrs. and pretty well everything you buy that is processed has too much salt in it, bu t i just pay attention to everything I put eat and ask myself "is this high in sugar or salt?" if the answer is yes I just pass on it.
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my extra pounds are just fuel for the love tank come on now :D
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my extra pounds are just fuel for the love tank come on now :D
Young guy. ;D ;D
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I've lost a good chunk of weight in the last few years on a lower carb diet.
Don't starve yourself of carbs though, as your body will not like it and you will probably binge on something.
My first rule was: no french fries, no potato chips, no pasta. (Although I do eat some french fries and corn chips now).
All of these foods have a large amount of carbs in them in the form of starch.
A good thing to check is the carb level of your meals - you should be able to find common foods listed on the Internet.
You should target for about 70-80 grams of carbs for each meal unless you are an active person.
Look at the labels of some of the foods you eat now.
Kraft dinner has something like 250 grams of carbs for the whole box (almost 3 meals in one!)
I used to eat the caesar salad pita from 7-11 thinking it was reasonable healthy - something like 200 grams of carbs.
The twice-a-day walking is going to help a lot if you are not currently active.
I am noticeably thinner a couple of days after a major walk (1.5 hrs).
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try swimming too if you can. best exercises.
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Less time in front of the screen lurking on FWR.
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Fad diets don't work. At least they didn't for me. I started a lifestyle change last Christmas (2008) and in six months, I lost 40lbs. Went from 207 to 167 and knocked 5 inches off my waist. I had to buy all new clothes including fishing jackets and waders. I've managed to keep it off and maintain my weight. The key was that I realized the changes were for life and not just temporary like so many of the other diets. Regular exercise is the key. I work out 5 times a week (20 mins of cardio and some light weight training and sit ups). Its become routine now to the point where I just don't feel right if I miss a day. Either sign up with a gym or buy your own machine (treadmill, bike or elliptical) does not matter which one, the important thing is to stay active.
Developing good eating habits is important. I ate way too many carbs and needed to cut down. Before, I just had to have rice, potatoes or pasta as a side dish for dinner. Now I only have a little or none at all substituting vegetables in place. I also cut down on the portion size. Some of the meals you order at the family restaurants are way to big for most people so I sometimes share a larger meal with my wife or just get a half order. You'll get used to eating smaller portions in time. Also, stop eating when you are full. I made that mistake in the past. I remember eating 5 slices of Pizza in one sitting even though I was already full after 2. I didn't know at the time that 1 slice was about 500 calories. I now eat a salad for lunch 4 out of 5 days of the work week. I make sure to change things up a little to make it interesting. I make a large enough salad (with some protein like chicken or fish added) that I am full. Of course, use calorie reduced dressing). I don't really feel deprived because I can still eat fries, burgers and all the good stuff. The only difference is that I am only eating them once in a while and in smaller portions.
Believe me it has been well worth it. I could really feel the difference this fall while hiking the Chehalis Canyon. I feel way lighter on my feet and don't tire out so easily.
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Some good replies, one thing you can do that is very easy is to cut out your starchy carbs after 3-4 pm , in other words rice, potatoes, pasta etc are all cut out of your diet after 3-4pm in the afternoon, between that time and the time you go to bed just eat fibrous carbs ie salad, vegetables.... this way you still get to eat the food you enjoy you just eat it earlier in the day when you are still active and your body can process the carbs.
Another easy change you can make is the type of starchy carbs that you eat, White potatoes , white rice and white pasta are all considered HIGH on the "glycemic index" which means they are harder for your body to process and are much more likely to end up as fat on your body, try eating brown rice, sweet potatoes (yams) or whole wheat pasta as these are LOW glycemic carbs and your body will process them to use as energy and will not turn them to fat as easily ...
I have helped many people lose alot of unwanted weight over the years, the biggest problem with diets is they are hard to stick to and most people can't and won't stick to them.... I prefer to call this a lifestyle change, you eat healthier to get healthier !! go by how you feel and look instead of how much you weigh..
Changing when you eat more so than what you eat can make a huge difference.
When it comes to exercise walking is one of the best activities there are, it is low impact on your joints and muscles and it keeps your heart rate at its highest % of fatburning, when you keep your heartrate between 135 and 140 bpm, your body is burning almost pure fat.... as soon as your heartrate is higher it starts burning higher % of muscle
when you perform your exercises ( cardio) also makes a big difference, try doing cardio before you eat in the morning, as long as you keep your heartrate below 140 bpm you will be burning almost all fat, because you haven't eaten yet there will be almost no stores of glycogen ( stored Carbs ) in your body which means your body will convert fat to energy in order to perform your exercises.
These are just a couple of hints that should help you out.
cheers Rick
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Diets are a multi million dollar industry. They don't work. You may lose a few pounds initially but invariably you will gain it back. Exercise and sensible eating are the keys.
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Been around the block a few times in my life...so kinda know this or that........... BUT always willing to learn a better approach.
New Year & after Jan 6 need to lose some lbs,. Jan. 6 is my Birthday so forget dieting before than.
My plan is low carbs. & 2 a day 45 min walks.
I'm 185lbs & really should be 155-165 min.
Less weight I'd think the Arima Boat with my under-powered 40 hp outboard will perform better !!! :)
Same Bday as my Dad. Happy bday and weight watching lol
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Same birthday as your dad "right on".
Well if I listened to Rod's advice "less time viewing FWR" (go out & be more active in other words) I'd only have read 2 of your reply posts...
Yous gave alot of interesting info...Let me write that down..."tape worms" ha!
Chia seeds in yogurt...bloat the stomach etc... I don't know about that one ...have abit of a sensitive digestion...don't want to have to wear rubber pants !!!! (worth a try...will do google search)
2x in my life I've done 2 week fasts where basically just drank alot of water. Lost 14lbs. each time.
Do not think I have the will-power to do it these days.
Weird part is after the 2nd day your hunger levels off... ya do not get hungrier as the days go by sort of idea. I guess the body just switches itself over to start eating the fat around the body.
Heard a story recently where this guy got the flu really bad & he lost quite a few lbs.
When he returned to work still weakened by his ordeal...his fellow wkrs. all told him "how good he looked"!!!! He felt terrible but everybody says "Ya look so good"....(because he was skinner)
Congrads to all of you for losing alot of weight...& the positive effect it has made in your life. (even if ya had to buy new sized clothes) 60 minute or Dateline yrs ago dressed this lady in a "fat suit" & put her by her "broken down car"on a busy street...she got no help at all & people were rude..."no time"etc... She took off her "fat suit" & this time she got plenty of help !!! Many people do judge people by their appearance.
My motovation is for health reasons though.
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Listen to Rick. Him and I have been around long enough to know what works and what doesn't. The most important thing in which he mentioned is dont eat the starchy carbs after 3 or 4. Eat your greens with your dinner instead.
BTW any fad diets out there only last a short time for quick results. They never last and the weight comes back as soon as you go back to eating the way you used to.
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If you want to lose 20 lbs of ugly fat just chop your head off. :o
I allways liked that one. ;D
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Some good replies, one thing you can do that is very easy is to cut out your starchy carbs after 3-4 pm , in other words rice, potatoes, pasta etc are all cut out of your diet after 3-4pm in the afternoon, between that time and the time you go to bed just eat fibrous carbs ie salad, vegetables.... this way you still get to eat the food you enjoy you just eat it earlier in the day when you are still active and your body can process the carbs.
Another easy change you can make is the type of starchy carbs that you eat, White potatoes , white rice and white pasta are all considered HIGH on the "glycemic index" which means they are harder for your body to process and are much more likely to end up as fat on your body, try eating brown rice, sweet potatoes (yams) or whole wheat pasta as these are LOW glycemic carbs and your body will process them to use as energy and will not turn them to fat as easily ...
I have helped many people lose alot of unwanted weight over the years, the biggest problem with diets is they are hard to stick to and most people can't and won't stick to them.... I prefer to call this a lifestyle change, you eat healthier to get healthier !! go by how you feel and look instead of how much you weigh..
Changing when you eat more so than what you eat can make a huge difference.
When it comes to exercise walking is one of the best activities there are, it is low impact on your joints and muscles and it keeps your heart rate at its highest % of fatburning, when you keep your heartrate between 135 and 140 bpm, your body is burning almost pure fat.... as soon as your heartrate is higher it starts burning higher % of muscle
when you perform your exercises ( cardio) also makes a big difference, try doing cardio before you eat in the morning, as long as you keep your heartrate below 140 bpm you will be burning almost all fat, because you haven't eaten yet there will be almost no stores of glycogen ( stored Carbs ) in your body which means your body will convert fat to energy in order to perform your exercises.
These are just a couple of hints that should help you out.
cheers Rick
That and stay away from Marlene's candy dish. ;)
Rick's bang on. I've lost more than a few by doing a cardio before breakfast, weights after supper.
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2x in my life I've done 2 week fasts where basically just drank alot of water. Lost 14lbs. each time.
Do not think I have the will-power to do it these days.
Weird part is after the 2nd day your hunger levels off... ya do not get hungrier as the days go by sort of idea. I guess the body just switches itself over to start eating the fat around the body.
Actually the body starts feeding off the muscles, as well. Not a good thing!
So does that mean you're 28 lbs. lighter or did you gain the weight back? The problem with fasting is that you are making your body more proficient at converting all extra calories into fat. The problem is this.... your body doesn't know you are starving it on purpose. Although human beings have evolved greatly since being on earth we still react like a wild animal that doesn't know when its next meal will be. A wild animal will gorge because it might not eat again for days. Those extra calories are converted to fat to live off until it eats again. This is how it works:
When we don't eat our metabolism slows down considerably whether or not you are doing it on purpose or not. The body starts calorie conserving. Now here's the kicker. Now that you've slowed your metabolism down the minute you eat extra calories that will not get burned off the body quickly converts them into fat for future use in case your body is in starvation mode again. Even fasting for as many as 12-15 hours is enough to slow your metabolism down!
Why do you think they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day? The reason is it's because you "break the fast". This doesn't mean you have to have a big meal. Just put something nutritious into your stomach and that will keep the metabolism revved up. A person is much better off eating 5-6 meals a day so you never feel overly hungry. Every meal should have 20-30 gr. of protein, a complex (starchy) carb, and a simple fibrous carb (fruit/ vegetables).
Rick is right on the money of when and what to eat. I myself still have to eat some complex carbs at dinner ( 6-7:00) because I still have a reasonably fast metabolism but I try to avoid any carbs after that because chances are I'm not going to have an opportunity to do much more calory burning. If I was to go out a play hockey or some other activity for a couple of hours that would be different. If not, any additional carb calories get converted to fat.
A good rule of thumb is to avoid eating anything white (white flour, sugar, potatoes, white rice, even milk because just about all adults are sensitive to lactose to a cetain degree). No other animal on the planet consumes milk once its been weened. There are other ways to get your RDA of calcium, vitamin A and D. All of these afore mentioned foods are high on the glycemic index scale as Rick mentioned. Get a glycemic index booklet. It will tell you which to avoid and when they are OK to eat. The main problem with these foods is you feel like you have a quick energy burst because of the additional sugar in your blood but then you come crashing back down to earth feeling tired and listless.
The best way to loe weight is definitely a combination of exercising and following a good eating plan. If you eat 500 less calories a day and do 500 more calories of activity per day you can lose two pounds of fat per week. Anymore of a weight loss than that will never become permanent. When people say they are losing several more pounds than that per week most of it is water weight. I wouldn't worry so much about what your weight number is. In fact, throw your scale out! People get obsessed by stepping on it two and three times a day and if they don't like what they see it stresses them out. When people are stressed out they are inclined to eat more. Worry about your % of body fat. You'll know if it's decreasing by the way your clothes fit. You know you are losing weight if they are getting looser. Weighing yourself once a week is plenty.
The thing is it's possible to lose 5-10% of your body fat and your weight may not change that much if you're exercising regularly and putting on lean muscle. Muscle weighs 7 times as much as fat so you might only lose a small amount of weight over a 6 month to one year period. If you haven't been a proponent of an exercise program in the past it's possible to put on 8-10 lbs of muscle while losing 20 lbs.of fat so it appears that you've only lost ten pounds but your body composition are drastically changed. Another great advantage of putting on lean muscle tissue is that it increases your metabolism. By taking the weight off at 1-2 pounds per week you are far more likely to keep it off because you've done it by changing your life style which is likely to become a permanent change.
One last tip. You are far better off to have one cheat meal a week that you look forward to as a reward rather than cheating a little bit every day. They don't call them "treats" if you have them every day!
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Hey there, I will throw in my suggestion and hope it helps you reach your goal:
I used to be 225 pounds when I moved to calgary, and in the last 2 years I started biking to work ever day, and I weigh just under 200 now. In reality, I don't care what my weight is, I am more interested in having the ability to work hard and recover fast... I don't watch what I eat. I guess I ride about 75 km a week in the winter and a bit more in the summer (some times upto 200 a week if I am riding with my wife who is training). Its not too hard for the most part, as it is part of my daily routine.
Try to think of something you could do to burn an extra couple thousand calories a day, and you will see real benefits, first a bit of extra strength and endurance, then your fat will reduce.
Live on an island? Take a kayak to work.
Live near a bike path? Take a bike to work.
Live in abbotsford and work in vancouver? Sell your parking stall and drive to burnaby and ride the rest of the way.
Ect etc.
Good luck!
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Very good post mastercaster, you obviously know your stuff !!
I am just getting started on my new excercise/diet regime myself...
I have been competing as a bodybuilder for the last 12 years and am now retired :) learning how to live normally after all that has been harder than I thought, I am used to gaining hard in the winter and dieting hard in the spring/summer, now I am learning how to maintain a healthy weight / diet ... so now it is time to practice what I have been preachng to my clients for the last 20 years lol...
reading your post reminded me how much I enjoy discussing diet/training
cheers Rick
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Very good post mastercaster, you obviously know your stuff !!
I am just getting started on my new excercise/diet regime myself...
I have been competing as a bodybuilder for the last 12 years and am now retired :) learning how to live normally after all that has been harder than I thought, I am used to gaining hard in the winter and dieting hard in the spring/summer, now I am learning how to maintain a healthy weight / diet ... so now it is time to practice what I have been preachng to my clients for the last 20 years lol...
reading your post reminded me how much I enjoy discussing diet/training
cheers Rick
I hear you! The problem is once you have" been there" and achieved something that is truly difficult our memories are just too darn good and get in the way. If you're like me I'm sure you've uttered more than once, " I remember when I used to be able to....." or at least you will in another ten years.
It was always easier to achieve a goal, especially when it came to fruition because both the body and the will are so strong and you're not about to give up. But like I said.... you remember what you once were and what you could once do.... and of course who wouldn't want to continue to be like that? But once you get older, if the goals aren't there it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay in the same condition.
I've competed all my life at something. Through my forties I competed at the national level in sprinting and was fortunate enough to tetired on top so I can't complain. As you know when you're training 6 days a week and hitting the gym it was fairly easy to stay at 7-8 % body fat without altering your diet at all. I've getting closer to realizing those days are gone, but none the less, I have difficulty letting it go. I still train hard enough that if I really wanted to I could fine tune for 6 months and be back in the game but the desire just doesn't seem to be there anymore even though I'll be in a new age category this year.
Now I just want to stay under 10% but it involves eating clean a whole lot more than I really want to. I'm such a sucker for homemade desserts but if I say I'm going to cut them out for a month or two to get there then I just do it. My major problem is my body is pretty beaten up from all that I've done over the years....enough arthritis and scar tissue in the joints to be bothersome, knee and shoulder surgeries, would rather be fishing at our cabin at the lake, etc. so I have to be content to lift school girl weights. Train smarter not harder has to be my motto now. Pride has to take a back seat. Am I happy with that? No... but c'est la vie! LOL
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Excellent post Mastercaster.
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Thank you to each & everyone of you for such great info !!!
Lots of super advice.
I have memories of my past being in top notch physical condition.
For a time (over 1 yr. ) did rope skipping for 30 minutes 5 days a wk. (sometimes 6 days per wk.) The sweat was just dropping off my body after 5 minutes but continued on for the next 25 minutes to finish up. My weight was 142 lbs then ...with very little fat on my body.
Then for years I cleaned 2 small buildings...then a small mall (9 washrms included) & to finish up ...cleaned a gov. office with 75 desks. It was go go go at double & triple speed..."moving"alot.
But floor waxing for 8 or so years was alot of standing lifting using wet mops ...wax mops...but been out of all that work for 5 yrs so my body has put on weight & alot of it is just being undisciplined... drank too much beer late at night (6 beer are not alot for some people but drinking 6 beers 1x weekly then going to bed...after a few weeks the weight slowly gets put on.
When I was in shape it just felt so great...now that I have 40 lbs of excess on a medium frame...physically just feel weighted down.
Ironically when I fasted for 2 weeks (2x in my life) I did keep the weight off for a long period of time because I really watched my calories & did alot of exercise... Again thanks for all the info everyone. Now to find a healthy dressing for the green salids (maybe olive oil or grapeseed oil...some say Paul Newman dressings are good) I haven't stayed over-night in the hospital in my life & if I want to keep my record I BETTER GO BACK TO MY ONCE PRACTISED LIFESTYLE.
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Now to find a healthy dressing for the green salids (maybe olive oil or grapeseed oil...some say Paul Newman dressings are good)
Try making this one. I just use a measuring cup, throw it in a jar and shake. (no sugar, no preservatives, all natural)
1/4 c. rice vinegar
1/4 c. wine vinegar
1/4 c. balsamic vinegar
1/4 c. Udos oil ( it's an Omega 3-6-9 blend) A little pricey...substitute olive oil if you wish
Pour into a jar... add garlic powder, a little Italion seasoning or Mrs. Dash and a couple of tbsp. of dijon mustard and shake
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If I try to lose a few LBs, I'd disappear into thin air. :-\
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LOL Rodney ;D
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If I try to lose a few LBs, I'd disappear into thin air. :-\
Are you saying that you are one of those people that if you turned sideways and stuck your tongue out you'd look like a zipper?
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Are you saying that you are one of those people that if you turned sideways and stuck your tongue out you'd look like a zipper?
Yep. ;D It works great when trying to hide from COs in the woods. ;D
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Try making this one. I just use a measuring cup, throw it in a jar and shake. (no sugar, no preservatives, all natural)
1/4 c. rice vinegar
1/4 c. wine vinegar
1/4 c. balsamic vinegar
1/4 c. Udos oil ( it's an Omega 3-6-9 blend) A little pricey...substitute olive oil if you wish
Pour into a jar... add garlic powder, a little Italion seasoning or Mrs. Dash and a couple of tbsp. of dijon mustard and shake
Udo's 3.6.9 is awesome. I use it as my EFA of choice. In shakes, salads wherever I can.
Mrs.Dash = YUCK!!! I got so sick of it when dieting for a bodybuilding show...DOUBLE YUCK ;)
So your officially retired Rick? You had a great run and were always in tip top shape. Congrats to you. I'm not going to retire but I am taking a year off. I am moving from the Bodybuilding to Male Muscle Model. Even the so called tested shows guys are using. They rarely test anyone and if they are not using actual steroids their using growth hormones. I dont really want to go in knowing I dont even have a chance. So Muscle Model gives me another way to express myself and something to achieve.
Have you thought about doing more core stuff now that your retired? I recently bought a TRX Suspension trainer and let me tell you its an incredible workout. I am using it on my clients as well. My own personal workouts include 1-2 days of just core on top of my regular workouts.
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I've never seen Rodney biking or jogging ...in the Steveston area yet he is so so trim & slender. (Once I thought I seen him on a bike but the chap had sun-glasses & helmet etc...so I didn't want to say "Hi Rod"...incase it was not him)
So I've come to a conclusion why Rodney has no excess lbs... even by his own account stated he lost a few lbs he'd disappear..... he must be "A GREAT LOVER !!!!" ;D
Jan 7 start of diet...3 mos. from now I should be the new & improved me...putting all that advice to work.
I'm sure alot of members are on a diet as well ...Staff at a bakery told me their bread still sells well in January but all the other stuff...cakes,brownies,cookies nanimo bars,pastry, etc sales take a big drop but by Valentine's Day sales again come back.
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arimaboater , i in july 09 i was 240 , i now weigh 195 and feel better than ever . but its not over .
the one major tip i can give you is not to drink calories! i havent had a sip of juice or reg. soda for 6 months now , maybe in the morning ill have some skim milk . . drink as much diet soda you want now , i can never have enough! ,
good luck.
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arimaboater , i in july 09 i was 240 , i now weigh 195 and feel better than ever . but its not over .
the one major tip i can give you is not to drink calories! i havent had a sip of juice or reg. soda for 6 months now , maybe in the morning ill have some skim milk . . drink as much diet soda you want now , i can never have enough! ,
good luck.
Google the affects of aspartame. Too much artificial sweetener is not good for you. Congrats on the weight loss and your correct many people drink their calories. I tell my clients all the time dont drink your calories!! Oh and office workers, avoid the daily donuts ;)
People who have office jobs are usually the ones to gain the most weight. Sitting around for 8 hours and not getting any exercise will put weight on anyone.
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So I've come to a conclusion why Rodney has no excess lbs... even by his own account stated he lost a few lbs he'd disappear..... he must be "A GREAT LOVER !!!!" ;D
Now that's just wrong on so many levels. And I was enjoying this thread! Now if you had said Rodney must be a great gardener, or great at puzzles, or great at fixing a flat tire, or even if it was a woman saying it.....well, that I'd be OK with. :D :D
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;D
I used to do a bit of biking. ;D
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Hey BB
Well I am still not 100% sure, I haven't been training for almost a year now, I am getting back into snowboarding, racquetball/squash, running with my dog... I got rid of my golds membership and I now go to the rec center, I am targeting being healthy and in shape more than being big and ripped..
that being said once I turn 40 which is the end of this year I qualify for the masters division in BB, so I might make a comeback next year and do the Emerald Cup again but as a master this time.. only time will tell, not being married to the gym has been very nice, having time to myself to pursue other activities has been a lot of fun !! BB is such a huge commitment of time and it just doesn't really seem Worth it anymore
cheers Rick
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kk salt WOW... that's alot of weight to lose in that period of time...see ya mean buissness. Congrads. !!! You inspire me. Tomorrow is start of diet.
Ya from the posts I've read know Rodney is easy going & we can kid or tease him a bit !!! (joke around)
Mind you he sure had me fooled (& alot of us) on April Fool's Day...giant Gold fish or whatever it was. :o
As BB said aspartame has some neg. affects (from what I re-call not good for the brain)
On the 700 Club or CBN(Pat Robertson) every Wed. on their website...they have what they call "skinny Wednesday".
They have experts on health foods or exercise etc... I remember they talked about the evils of MSG.
Expert said MSG ( which has about 30 dif. names ...when ya look at the ingredient label of a food product so companies are sneaky in hiding it from the general public) ......... said this MSG will bring on "dementia" & also it will make our heart muscle "mushy". :o
The sad thing is so so many food products contain it. EDIT IN: Heard that India has no dementia as they eat lots of "curry". Curry experts have claimed stop or prevent that brain disease.
No suprize we have so much health problems when McDonalld's & pizza places are so popular.
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Hey BB
Well I am still not 100% sure, I haven't been training for almost a year now, I am getting back into snowboarding, racquetball/squash, running with my dog... I got rid of my golds membership and I now go to the rec center, I am targeting being healthy and in shape more than being big and ripped..
that being said once I turn 40 which is the end of this year I qualify for the masters division in BB, so I might make a comeback next year and do the Emerald Cup again but as a master this time.. only time will tell, not being married to the gym has been very nice, having time to myself to pursue other activities has been a lot of fun !! BB is such a huge commitment of time and it just doesn't really seem Worth it anymore
cheers Rick
Yup they take up allot of time as well as getting very grumpy in the last few weeks.
You were probably due for a break. The joints can only handle lifting heavy for so long. You know what those old guys look like that have been lifting heavy all their lives. They are hunched over, have several joint issues etc etc. Go out and enjoy those other forms of exercise that are fun and can be enjoyed by people you like to have around you.
I wish you well my friend. Hope our paths cross and we can share some BS and some fishing together.
Bryan
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Yesterday was my birthday so did not count the calories... 6 beer late plus food... BUT today is the start of my diet. Haven't weighted myself for 3 wks. (was 185 lbs at that time) & over the Christmas & New Year & birthday...big meals, invites out, chocolates from neighbours, wife buys a big bag of fresh white buns one day, beer yesterday..... Well like 2 boxers have to do a weigh in the day before the fight...I did my weigh in but infront of a mirror. (very accurate scale) Ikes.... 190lbs. :o
Well at least I know the result ...need to lose exactly 30lbs. to get down to 160. (even 155 would be ideal) Wife says she's also on a diet as of today. (her target "20lbs" )
We were having conversation today & we said that when we get down to the weight we want to lose ,after that we have to get on the scale every 3 days. This way if we start to gain we can make quick adjustments.
The hardest part is deciding to lose. After that it is easy.
BB I seen on tv Japanese men in their 70's who do weight training & they looked "SUPER". (looked 25 yrs younger) They used lighter weights so it was not too hard on their joints so they said.
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BB I seen on tv Japanese men in their 70's who do weight training & they looked "SUPER". (looked 25 yrs younger) They used lighter weights so it was not too hard on their joints so they said.
I've done weights since I turned 18 because every sport that I did that was part of it. Sometimes it was for endurance, and other times it was for power or for strength depending on what sport I was focussing on at the time. My last stint for training with heavy weights for strength and power was through my late thirties and right up to my mid forties because I was seriously training to be a better, faster sprinter (200m, 400m). I didn't think I was "there" unless I could bench 100 lbs. over my body weight or twice my weight for a squat. At age 45 I was as strong as I have ever been through out my life.
But due to a couple of injuries and surgeries not related to training in the gym I've totally had to give up doing heavy weights. A big part of it is because of my age. I don't doubt for a second that a good part of my shoulder pain and some of my knee discomfort has come from lifting heavy, as BB has suggested, but for me I think my joints are in the condition they are is because of all the wear and tear due the hard core activities I've participated in over the last 40+ years.....hockey, lacrosse, freestyle skiing (blew out my knee the first time there), flying over my handle bars far too many times to even count mountain biking, teaching approx. 2500 fitnesss classes, ten years of triathloning, 20 years of road running, and 12 years sprinting....even fishing 75+ days per day.
They all took their toll but I wouldn't have wanted to give up on any of those things despite having a beaten up body. I definitely have some arthritis in both shoulders, some calcification of the tendons running through the joint capsules in both shoulders and some bursitis. Could have probably avoided a lot of that with better warmups. When you're young you think you can just walk into a gym, throw a couple of 45's on and just start banging off reps. I'm sure if I was to do the same warmup I've been having to do for the last 8 years I wouldn't have a lot of that joint discomfort and wouldn't be on a daily dose of celebrex. Since we bought our cabin 5 years agop I've given up on competing. Would rather fish every weekend instead of going to track meets.
Besides I'm kind of burnt out. Just keeping reasonably fit by my standards doing "school girl" weights. Any more than that causes too much irritation to my joints. I still train 6 days a week but I now I train smarter not harder....even though, I still have a lot of aches and pains so I could be a lot "smarter" yet!
So for all you guys who are gung ho to lose weight, get fit, and hit the gym, pay heed especially if you're over 40 and haven't been on a regular exercise program. Get in a good warm up! It takes muscle tendons 6 times longer to catch up with muscle strength so take it slow over the next few months....otherwise you'll have to suffer through tendonitis, bursitis, and sorer muscles than you need to. As Brian said, going too heavy just because you think you can will takes it's toll on the body. You can get a good level of fitness just by exercising regularly with lighter weights and more reps.....just takes a litttle longer is all. It's all worth it in the end!
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Anything with flour or sugar in it, dont eat. Its that easy. good luck.