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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:46 am

I think I figured out how to keep myself motivated to work out. I've started doing some exercises at home for 15 minutes a day, with a timer. The timer is the important part for me, because before I was all like "am I gonna be doing this boring stuff forever? might as well not do it" While 15 minutes isn't very much, if it was more I wouldn't wanna do it.

Plus, I mostly do swordfighting related exercises, which make me think that it will have an observable impact on my life.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:46 am

The last time I was in the gym I set my PR deadlift @ 2 x 250. I was super shocked because the week before that it was 4 x 200 and I didn't anticipate jumping up that much weight. I also haven't seen much progress with how my body looks, but my friends have told me they noticed a difference and I'm getting bigger, so that's something. I also benched 190 which is a few pounds more than how much I weigh, so I'm super stoked about that too. Now if only my squat was anywhere near that...

I've also finally decided on a goal, whereas before I was kind of just lifting to be lifting, I decided to actually try to put on mass and gain weight to help build muscle (before I eventually try to burn off the fat, of course). My last weigh in was about 188 pounds and I'm aiming for 200, with no set time frame. My problem with motivation is that when life gets hectic and I start spending time away from the gym I feel like all my progress is gone in a short time frame, even if it's not. So instead of constantly stressing over trying to do things super hardcore I'm just going to do what I can when I can and hopefully I'll be able to make long-term progress.
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:00 am

Well last year actually ended up being a pretty rough year. I've kept tabs with some people about it, but I actually struggled with depression, closely linked with my combative relationship with the faculty members in my college. Even though I'm sure it would've helped to keep up my nutrition/fitness, it was hard enough to get out of bed some mornings, so I didn't reach the goals I had.

Fortunately, it was a learning experience. I have found a regime that seems to be working, but have also ponied up the nerve to make use of other mental health resources available to me as a student.

This year, I've set the same goal weight for myself as the last, but my focus is primarily on keeping a balance. My promise to myself is to set a minimum time, and an ideal time for each aspect of my life. That is to say, my goal is to work out for an hour every day, bur if I can't do a hour, I will at least do some body weight workouts at home. Another example is planning to study 3 hours of a subject for each hour I spend in class- a strategy I've held since getting to school. But in the past, I'd need to adjust my time for the vatying amount of work required for each class from week to week. If I have an exam in Structures, I ought to spend more time on that than say my homework in Traffic. So I will be enforcing 1 hour minimums for each subject, to ensure I'm keeping my pulse on the classes and the difficulty of an assignment.

Other than that, I've been branching out in my cooking this summer, doing a new dinner m each week. My goal long term is to be able to walk into a store and prepare a meal based on seasonal and sale items. I also determined yesterday that I do a fantastic job of creating some really healthy meals; but they lack flavor and can be difficult to eat. So even in my meal prepping, I'm going to put emphasis on the quality of taste in my food going forward.

The biggest thing I still struggle to do is just go to bed on time. I work very early and it feels strange to be getting ready for bed at 7 PM. But when I get behind on sleep, I am far less productive, more prone to depression, and I end up skipping my meal prepping in favor of getting sleep. Going forward that's an area I'd like to improve, being more disciplined overall
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:38 am

Had my first physical in 10 years last week. I stand about 5'9" and currently weigh 214. Doctor wants me to lose 20 pounds and say I should lose 50. With my stocky frame and huge legs I'm not sure how much of me would be left if I lost 50 pounds. Blood test came back showing high cholesterol and triglycerides triple what they should be. None of this is really a surprise as my diet kinda sucks.

I guess what I want to know is first of all, "what the hell are triglycerides?" and what are some low cholesterol snacking options? because I LOVE snacks.
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:19 am

il Duce wrote:
Had my first physical in 10 years last week. I stand about 5'9" and currently weigh 214. Doctor wants me to lose 20 pounds and say I should lose 50. With my stocky frame and huge legs I'm not sure how much of me would be left if I lost 50 pounds. Blood test came back showing high cholesterol and triglycerides triple what they should be. None of this is really a surprise as my diet kinda sucks.

I guess what I want to know is first of all, "what the hell are triglycerides?" and what are some low cholesterol snacking options? because I LOVE snacks.


My doctor once wrote "eat less pies"

My recommendation is to not worry about low cholesterol, or triglycerides so much, it's mostly just eat things are lower in fat, or cut back on alcohol. The bigger thing is to just eat less in general, or increase your physical activity to match your intake. I'm all about CICO, and religiously track everything I eat/do in myfitnesspal.

About a year ago, I was up around 280 (I really hate typing that) on my 6'3" frame. I found a calorie limit that was something I felt I could comfortably live with, and then increased my walking/elliptical to make sure I burned more than that. I managed to hit 195 in January, and have pretty much stuck around that. In my last physical, every thing was in the normal/excellent range.

It could be bullshit, but my assumption is just losing weight makes everything work better. You feel better, you naturally have more energy to move around, and it all just begins a snowball effect of health. When I had to actually log my intake, I saw that I could have a chocolate thing for 450 kcal, or I could eat half a pound of chicken. At that point, I'll take the chicken. I still eat snacks (particularly dark chocolate, god that is good), but making logging part of my daily routine makes it easier to keep it under control.

Anyways, stuff I "snack" on:

Small Dark Chocolates like Dove
Those mini rice cakes from Aldi's
String Cheese / Babybel's
Kirkland Protein Bars (when I'm tired and need something, 190kcal, 20g of protein)
Fudge Bars (there's tons of lowcal ones)
Boom Chicka Pop Popcorn
Jerky (although the sodium is just terrible so I try to avoid)

Sorry for the rambling, this kind of stuff has become a major part of my life.

TL;DR - It's easier for me to just focus on eating less of everything by logging it in an app, than trying to eat less of one type of thing, then all the other numbers sort of fall into place.
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:42 am

http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html This is a useful resource for determining the calories you need to reach a goal weight

Snacks, a veggie plate is always low fat and filling. You can do some homemade popcorn, to control the amount of butter/salt in it. Cheese sticks/protein bars (or cliff bars) are great. But Veggies are a great way to get full, with fewer calories. They're mostly water so they mostly just fill your stomach with few calories, yet we all know how nutritious they are. One of my biggest challenges in bulking in fact has been trying to balance my desire to eat more veggies with reaching my calorie goals. So, it should be a great asset to you
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:46 am

Yeah, currently the plan is to start going to Costco for a chicken caesar salad for lunch rather than burritos from Qdoba and Chipotle on the daily, and fruit smoothies when I want a snack. A lot of the things I've looked up have recommended popcorn, but I despise popcorn.
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:52 am

Something as simple as making a sandwich can be a great snack as well. Practically a meal, so it lasts you a while, and if you put the right stuff in it's very healthy for you.

Another big thing I've heard for losing weight is to substitute things. Use whole grain bread instead of white bread. Try eating spaghetti noodles made from vegetables- same volume, for 1/6th the calories
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:01 pm

I love burrito bowls. If you don't get sour cream, and don't get crazy on the cheese, you're talking around 650 for steak. That's really manageable to plan a day around. :D
 
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Re: The Fitness Corner

Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:25 am

When I lost 115 lbs I did it by replacing all of my snacks and non major meals with various mixes of canned vegetables with seasoning! I just kept a huge gallon tub in my fridge that I ate whenever I was hungry. That way I didn't have to count calories or worry about eating too much. Green veggies like peas and green beans are ridiculously low calories with huge nutrition all value. Water also helps to curb snack urges!
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