Weight loss: I've lost 100 pounds! |
- I've lost 100 pounds!
- Mom wants to celebrate my first month of weight loss... by going out to eat
- Running every morning :)
- Do you need a reason to start losing right now? Here it is.
- Finally broke the 120’s and all it took was getting COVID
- Struggling with motivation
- Project change begins
- I’ve successfully lost 40 pounds and only have 20 to go. Why have I started binging uncontrollably multiple times a week?
- SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW weightloss
- F24/155cm - 70kgs > 49.8kgs (May 2019 - February 2021) - Progress and thoughts throughout my journey!
- Can cheap digital scales still be accurate and durable?
- I need to do this, now, for my health
- Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant!
- I don’t know how to lose the weight
- HELP: Frustrated at lack of weight loss
- 21 F. i am 5ft and 141 pounds! goal weight: 105 pounds. need advice!
- [Rant/PSA] Starbucks "pump" quantities differ between hot and cold drinks!!!
- Flabby butt?
- Get Your Pituitary Gland Checked
- We ordered pizza last night.
- Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - No question too small!
- 24-Hour Pledge - Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - The Plan for Today!
- Running with LoseIt - 2/22/2021 - Running is a Total Body Affair
- Lockdown blues and getting motivated
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 03:11 PM PST Just really wanted to share that I weighed myself this morning and I've officially lost 101.5 pounds! I still have 47.5 left to go but I'm so proud to finally be in the triple digits of weight loss and I know I can reach my end goal. I've been on and off trying to lose weight since I was in high school and I honestly never really thought I would get here. It's taken a lot of tried and failed attempts but I think what really stuck this time was that I wanted to lose weight for my health, not just looks. I was tired of feeling like crap all the time and I wanted to be able to do things normal people can do. I feel so much better physically. I'm not the strongest and certainly not the most fit, but I'm strides better than I was. This community has really been a helpful tool when I'm feeling down or unmotivated. I love seeing everyone's success stories and reading everyone's advice and encouragement. You all are truly awesome! 26 F 5'6" SW: 349 CW: 247.5 GW: 200 In case anyone is interested, I have been going through the Optifast program. My mom did it about 3 years ago and lost 100 pounds and has kept it off so she encouraged me to give it a try. I've been in the program since September and it's one of the best things I've done. The health instructor I have weekly meetings with has helped me learn so much about food, counting calories, fitness and my own mental struggles with food. I feel like my relationship with food is so much better than it was. Edit: thank you all for the congrats and for the awards! 😊 [link] [comments] |
| Mom wants to celebrate my first month of weight loss... by going out to eat Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:32 AM PST I texted my mom to update her on my 15 lb loss since today was my 1 month mark and I was super proud. Her response was that we can go out to eat tonight then... to celebrate me losing 15 lbs? I asked why I would celebrate eating less food with eating more food, and she said "because that's what we do." Eating out usually leads me to binge eating. I've only had a few meals out this past month and I always made sure they fit in my calories the day, or at least came close. It's so irritating that family members would sabotage your diet as an excuse to go out to eat. I just needed somewhere to rant and I know a lot of you guys deal with family trying to sabotage your weight loss. I wouldn't mind some advice on this either, if anyone has it. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:02 AM PST Hi there! I (F 16 height: 5,6 weight: 190 ish haven't weighed myself in a while) do most likely have depression (my entire moms side has every mental disorder you can think of, paranoid schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, etc etc) so the pandemic has hit me like a brick wall. I hit rock bottom, crashed through it, and then I hit rock bottom 2: electric bungalow. I don't really remember why, but I wanted to try tuning. I ordered some shoes on Amazon and when I tried it for the first time it was hard, but fuck I LOVED IT. I felt tired and sweaty and sticky, but it was great! And all day long I felt the endorphins and my depression wasn't nearly as bad as usual! So lately I've been running every week day and I feel way happier, healthier, and just better :) [link] [comments] |
| Do you need a reason to start losing right now? Here it is. Posted: 22 Feb 2021 03:53 AM PST Hi fellow losers! I've been wanting to lose weight for a while now, but every time I've seriously considered it, I always had some reason why I couldn't do it then: "Gyms are closed because of COVID." "I'm too busy to commit." "My depression is going to make it difficult." "I can do it tomorrow/next week/some other time in the future." I kept putting it off for the last year. And you know what? In that year I gained 10 pounds. Now I have 10 more lbs to lose than I would've had if I had started a year ago, which means it's going to take me longer to reach my goal. The longer you put it off, more ground you're going to have to cover for you to reach your goal. You're going to wish you had started sooner. Stop putting it off. Start right now. Not later tonight, not tomorrow, not next week - NOW. Don't be a procrastinator like I was. You will thank yourself when you start seeing results. [link] [comments] |
| Finally broke the 120’s and all it took was getting COVID Posted: 23 Feb 2021 06:04 AM PST This is a bittersweet post. I started experiencing COVID symptoms at the end of January before testing positive for COVID-19 on February 3, 2021. I was consistently weighing in around 132-133lbs. I wasn't trying to lose weight, I've been trying to maintain and move away from the manic calorie counting. (Plus I'm getting married in June and I can't gain or lose weight otherwise my dress won't fit, haha) Once I got COVID, there was this huge ordeal and I had to isolate in a shit hotel (with brown stains all over the bedding, black hair in the shower when I'm blonde) The hotel gave me three shitty meals a day (every meal came with a regular Pepsi and when I asked for water/diet they said they had none). Good thing one of the COVID symptoms is a loss of appetite. I had to force myself to eat and aimed to choke back one meal a day. Although I am now technically "recovered", I know I'm not "better". I'm still having chest pain and shortness of breath (which I hate because I'm left wondering if I'll ever be able to be physically active again), but also my appetite is still gone. I decided to weigh myself yesterday and saw I was at 129.4lbs. I felt happy but also sad? The weight loss is a reminder of the illness. It's a reminder of how shit these last few weeks have been. I've never been in the 120s in my life, but I also wasn't really looking for it. Anyway, if you want to lose some weight, the COVID diet works. (For real, don't get COVID. Stay safe) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 07:03 AM PST Hello everyone. My name is James, I'm a 36 year old male and I weigh ~420 pounds. Until recently, that number was 435-440 pounds for the previous three years. I have a very inactive lifestyle and I use food in various unhealthy ways (mostly to help my feelings of anxiety caused by OCD). I work a full time office job, but that is my main activity. I have been struggling with feelings of "I've already messed everything up so why change." Intellectually I know that it's not too late, but I have also seen recently people dying of heart disease who are younger and smaller than I am. For some reason I have convinced myself that I cannot prevent that from happening either. I know I sound like a whiner - tears of a clown. But I just can't seem to get out of this funk and start to do something to change my direction. I went on antidepressants for about six months, but that didn't help. I don't feel depressed, per se. I just feel like it's too late to reverse my mistakes. I have recently lost some weight, some of it likely water and some of it from calorie reduction due to starting a new T2 diabetes drug called Jardiance. I want to build on that small start and get back to where I used to be. Any insight would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 06:08 AM PST I'm a 23 Y/o (M) 230LBs eventual GW 150 LBs former athlete, let myself go after high school. This all started getting a physical on a Wednesday for my job and seeing the scale. 230 was not a number I wanted or was ready to see. Hurt me, scared me, and just ruined my day. Of course I came home to some comfort food. That Sunday I meal prepped all of the weeks breakfast and lunches very healthy but not so filling and just got takeout for dinner because it was so overwhelming. The following week I reached out to a lifelong friend who has lost quite a bit of weight and kept it off for over 2 years now. I was open with him about my shame and how I needed to get ahold of my self again. He couldn't have been more open and willing to help. My first week back at the gym he'd meet me there, helping me mentally and physically through every workout. Helping me plan my eating for the week and full of friendly advice. I've now been going to the gym for 2 weeks and he doesn't have to meet me there anymore but sometimes we're just there at the same time. Almost every morning he asks how I'm feeling and how the day priors workout went. I've lost weight a few times in my life and always gained it right back. I know I've only been going at it for 2 weeks but this time truly feels different. I always heard having a friend train with you/hold you accountable makes a huge difference but I never got that until now. So far I am down 10 pounds. My cardiovascular is way up from what it was and all of my lifting numbers have jumped. My workouts consist of superset lifting. Then a form of sprint cardio whether if it's jump rope intervals, air bike sprints, or a row machine sprint to 1500 meters. And finish up with running outside or on a treadmill, I'm using the couch to 5k app currently. I'm eating a balanced diet and consuming around 1400 calories a day and feel full. I take LIT pre workout because by the time I leave my day job I'm pretty tired since I wake up at 4 to get to work on time. Like I said I haven't been doing this very long so I'm no vet but here's what I've learned so far. Having a friend doing it with you really makes a world of a difference Pick exercises that are fun to you much easier to stick to it if you're having fun Use myfitness pal to track calories Don't weigh yourself too much but take measurements and photos I'm mainly posting this to hold myself accountable. I'm very open to any tips, tricks, advice or motivation! Thanks everyone! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 01:54 PM PST I (25F) have used a mix of intermittent fasting and cico to lose 40 pounds over the last 5 months. I'm finally out of the obese category and only have 20 more pounds until my BMI is considered (at the very high range of) "healthy". But for some reason I've started uncontrollably binge eating??? 2-3 times a week, every week for the last month, I've felt like I lost all control of my body and couldn't stop myself from eating 5,000+ calories in one sitting. I'll eat absolutely everything I have in my kitchen until I feel sick - even foods I don't really like - and then go to the store for more. I wish I knew what was triggering this, but I don't. I've had episodes at all times of morning and night, during all times of my period cycle, with all types of food, both on good/happy and bad/stressful days, both while I am physically hungry and not hungry at all, and both in and outside my fasting schedule (16:8). I read that depriving yourself and restricting too much can cause you to binge, but I still eat my favorite foods regularly and my deficit is only 500 calories. Plus, I've tried to stop having a deficit/fasting schedule at all and eat at maintenance and they still happen??? Has anyone else ever experienced this as they got closer to a "normal" weight? Is this a physical thing that my body is doing? Or is it mental and I'm self sabotaging or something? Please help :( [link] [comments] |
| SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW weightloss Posted: 22 Feb 2021 09:02 AM PST Hey o, so I'm 35F, weighed over 270 lbs (I lost weight before I weighed myself on this journey) and I'm 45 lbs down (I started Jan 2019). I just want to kindly remind others (like I basically have to tell myself all the time) that slow weight loss is actually very very good for you. If you lose weight fast, good for you, but this post isn't for you. Through my experience (which is all personal - aka get thee to a doctor if you have a medical condition or really specific questions) I've found that I've made some meaningful changes.
Also, I feel everyone gets to the point where progress slows. Some of us may lose weight faster than others depending on our journeys. So just realize you are doing great work and overcoming a lot of obstacles thru going slow and steady. Any other amazing realizations about the benefits of slow weight loss??? I'm here for it. Edit: Thanks so much for the awards! I honestly wrote this out to help me navigate some negativity I have around myself and my slow weight loss. Thanks for giving it the time of day. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 05:16 PM PST WL Progress May 2019 - Feb 2021 Started out at 70kgs and I'm currently sitting at 49.8kgs. In the top half of the pictures, I felt tired, sluggish and slow - both mentally and physically. There were good days but most were bad days, clothes didn't seem to fit right (I kept tugging at my tummy area to hide my stomach) and I decided it was time to change. I've always been on the heavier side since I was a kid, owing to genetics (my bodytype leans towards endo-mesomorph; gain fat and muscle easily essentially) and bad diet. I started off my weight loss journey with CICO and keto and dropped quite a lot of weight in the first few months; this was paired with HIIT and just more movement and activity in general. By June/July 2019, I was in the low 60s and I'd moved to Switzerland for work. I did not keep up with keto and just switched back to carbs (albeit in moderation) and I did not really actively hit the gym either - I ate a balanced diet, I most definitely had my indulgent days (Swiss chocolate, cheese, meats) and drinking nights out with colleagues but by the end of 2019, I managed to keep the weight off and dropped to around 57kgs. I had a great time there and I owe the added weight loss to lots and lots of LISS (walking) as I lived in a small city with great views, I walked alot. At this point, I was not counting calories either! In 2020, I started weight training and dropped to about 54kgs and remained there for quite a bit - I was perfectly fine with this, but I now have a defined goal of wanting to drop body fat and build muscle mass. From hereon, I did start calorie counting again as I had macros I wanted to achieve within a day (protein being the highest) in a deficit (around 1200-1300) - I am still in my cutting phase and will reassess in a month or so on where I'm at - from there, I plan to move to maintenance or a slight surplus so I can start building more muscle! My weight training focuses alot on legs, deadlifts, squats, hip thrusts, split squats and also arm work, as I have flabbier arms (prone to storing fat there) and I would like firmer and stronger arms. All in all, I would say I never thought I'd get to the point I am now with my body but here I am, so it is possible. And it does not have to be boring either - my weight loss journey has incorporated a variety of diets and lifestyle changes (but CICO is most important) and they all worked to keep the weight off - I have a healthy relationship with exercise now (I enjoy it and don't see it as a punishment anymore) and mentally, I have a changed relationship with food. Healthy food can taste good, seasoned well etc. but eating "unhealthy" food sometimes is also ok - everything in moderation! Good luck to anyone else in the same place as I was - you can do it! :) [link] [comments] |
| Can cheap digital scales still be accurate and durable? Posted: 23 Feb 2021 04:48 AM PST There is one on sale for only 9.5 eruos and i dunno if i should buy it or not. I hope its accurate and after just a couple of months it won't start to show fake numbers. Does anyone has digital scales around that price that are still funcionating perfectly after 1 year? It suposedly measures water content,and ur bodyfat % too. I once bought one with a similar price but it was not digital only a classic type and after 2-3 months it showed 3-4 kg less or more,it was a disater lol Thats why i am not sure what to do,i mean this is digital but still pretty cheap,i don't want an incaurate or a scale that after just a couple of months is not working perfectly fine and accurate [link] [comments] |
| I need to do this, now, for my health Posted: 23 Feb 2021 12:40 AM PST Sorry for the personal post, but I think it's necessary for me to help me get to a state of mind where I can fight this properly. I've been diagnosed with Hashimoto. Doctors said it may have helped in my weight gain (almost 80 lb in the last 3 years.) I hope the meds help, but I'm always feeling bad: dizzy, my chest and head hurt, everything is hard work for me. I'm trying to keep up with my schedule. This issue usually causes enlargement of the heart when untreated, so they suspect my heart could be a little bit enlarged, which may be a problem. Doctors say that my weight is not the cause for all of this, but it helps make it worse. And I need to take care of every detail, because this is a life-long disease. So I say enough. I'm going to end this. If I can control anything that affects my health, I will do it. I hope to do it with you, thank you for this sub, your stories have been very inspiring. (Sorry for my English, it's not my mothertongue.) TL;DR: I'm fat and ill, and since I can't control the ill part, I've decided not to be fat anymore. [link] [comments] |
| Tantrum Tuesday - The Day to Rant! Posted: 23 Feb 2021 06:12 AM PST I Rant, Therefore I Am Well bla-de-da-da! What's making your blood boil? What's under your skin? What's making you see red? What's up in your craw? Let's hear your weight loss related rants! The rant post is a /u/bladedada production. Please consider saving your next rant for this weekly thread every Tuesday. [link] [comments] |
| I don’t know how to lose the weight Posted: 23 Feb 2021 04:07 AM PST Hello, I'm new here. I was thin my entire life- I was actually a ballerina until 21 but by 24 I was 30lbs heavier and now I have reached my biggest. I'm 5'3 and 200lbs. I know my friends and family said it's not big but I don't feel well. I feel sick, and my body hurts and the skin between my thighs hurts from rubbing and my arm skin feels sore and like I'm breaking through it. The problem is I don't actually know how to lose weight. I have never exercised before aside from ballet and training and I have never dieted. My husband is no help and co at a toy brings home fast food and never wants to try to work out so I am going this alone. Any kind of help, encouragement and guidance would be super appreciated. Here goes... everything. [link] [comments] |
| HELP: Frustrated at lack of weight loss Posted: 23 Feb 2021 06:46 AM PST I started 1 week ago and my weight has barely moved. I am F, early 30s, 166cm and weigh 88kg. I have PCOS, am at the end of my 3rd week of the menstrual cycle, and also stopped drinking alcohol 1 week ago. I have been feeling slightly constipated and suspect it might have to do with the recent sobriety. I started daily walks (~1 hour), and home exercises 3-4x / week. I thought that my lack of weight loss might have to do with miscalculating the number of calories consumed, so I meticulously weighed everything on my kitchen scale and logged it onto MyFitnessPal. I am averaging 1,100 calories / day!!! What am I doing wrong? Should I wait it out? Is it water retention? [link] [comments] |
| 21 F. i am 5ft and 141 pounds! goal weight: 105 pounds. need advice! Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:55 AM PST so i weighed myself today and found out i am 141 pounds. i have been struggling with my weight ever since i hit puberty but this is the heaviest i have been and i feel it too. i have really let myself go these past few months. i spend all day sitting on my ass and stuffing my face. i am incredibly inconsistent and not disciplined in the slightest. but this has gone on for too long now. i am determined to change this. without focusing on the scale and the end goal, but rather focusing on consistency and discipline.this subreddit has made me see that it is possible to get through this. so kind folks, i urge you to leave your best advice, tip, life hack, donts, no-nos down in the comments.thank you in advance! [link] [comments] |
| [Rant/PSA] Starbucks "pump" quantities differ between hot and cold drinks!!! Posted: 23 Feb 2021 08:03 AM PST I was trying to figure out how to better word the title, but basically TL;DR: for hot drinks, 1 pump = 1 pump, but for cold drinks, 1/2 pump is listed as 1 pump The story: I don't go to Starbucks very often, so I was looking over the menu and nutrition details online. On the website, a drink I thought sounded tasty is listed as having 6 pumps of caramel! I thought it would be super easy to cut that in half without sacrificing flavor, so I asked for 3 pumps. Not having had this before, I was surprised by how sweet it still was, and was very glad at my decision to not get 6 pumps as it would be cloyingly sweet! Since then, I've gotten this drink 5-10 times. It's been over the course of several months at multiple locations, and I've always asked for 3 pumps, to which they have obliged. The last time I went, the interaction went differently! I asked for my usual bla bla bla with 3 pumps of Caramel, and she said that's how it comes already, and asked if I wanted 3 half pumps which would be 1.5 full pumps. I was confused, so she went on to explain that for hot drinks they use full pumps, but for cold drinks, they use half pumps. So when on the website it says 6 pumps of flavor, what they mean is 6 half pumps which is equal to 3 full pumps. So all this time, I was thinking I was saving ~200ish calories, I was probably going over or getting way closer to goal than I had intended. It's not the end of the world, and an extra 2000 calories over several months isn't going to make or break me, but it's still very annoying and it didnt sound like it was common knowledge! So here I am! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:37 AM PST Hi I'm 163cm tall and weigh around 45-46kg. I've been told I have a typical ballerina's body - I have broad shoulders and a tiny waist, I'm skinny but relatively toned. It's taken a lot of time to get to a low body fat percentage and get away from being skinny fat. The one problem I have is I have a very flabby bum which sags down to my thighs. I know it sounds silly but I have a serious complex about this, I don't wear bathers or shorts because of it which makes summer and going to the beach very embarrassing for me, it's limited what I can wear and just genuinely bothers and upsets me to the point where I starved myself for days hoping to see a change (which I didn't) How do I go about fixing this? Is it a diet change, too much sugar/fat? Is it just a matter of toning, if so what exercises do you recommend? Any good resources out there to tone this area of the body? I find weights and squats and lunges avoids this area and only tones my thighs and legs which isn't what I'm after, does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations for me? I'd truly appreciate it. Also, I do not spend much time seated, my job is quite physical I'm on my feet all day and on top of this I walk 5-6km to work everyday and long distance run too, at this stage I'm willing to try literally anything!! Thank you in advance!!🙏 [link] [comments] |
| Get Your Pituitary Gland Checked Posted: 22 Feb 2021 02:40 PM PST I got my first job with good healthcare about 6 years ago. The first thing I did was go and do a full physical. The doctor said everything looked good, but I did have low testosterone. He said this was likely due to me being obese. I was 290 pounds and I am 6'1. Fast to last year and the pandemic. I decided to keep track of calories and lose weight. I lost weight very slowly, but after about a year I went from 280 to 239. I felt good and wasn't really obese anymore, but of course I can still lose 40 more pounds. By this time I had moved to a new city and had a new doctor. He had agreed with the previous doctor. So he checked my testosterone and found it was still very low. I asked him to send me to a specialist and he did because he agreed that I was no longer fat enough to have low testosterone. I had an MRI. They found two very small masses in my pituitary gland and my specialist said they were too small to remove and all he could do was give me testosterone every 2 weeks. The testosterone made a huge difference. I have a ton of energy and I feel way better. I am still doing bloodwork to see if the dosage will be adjusted, but overall it's been great. The only negative thing is that I am now 250, but scale says I added 4 pounds of muscle and I have been lifting consistently. I didn't lift while losing weight and just did cardio. I look great now and my stomach is flat. I think if I can drop 30-40 pounds I might be able to get the body I want. My body is starting to look completely different and I have only been lifting for about 2 months. So the lesson here is: Get your pituitary gland checked people. You might be fat because your body is not working correctly. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2021 03:24 PM PST 26F. I'm only 5'2 and as of this morning 143.4. I've lost 11 lbs since January 25, however I spent most of 2020- till Jan 25, eating super unhealthy and drinking way too much alcohol. In the recent past I really didn't have many problems with my weight. I always had an active job and we ate mostly health based meals (lots of veggies, healthy amount of protein, carbs, etc etc) I have a 2.5 year old, and when I had her I bounced back pretty fast. 2020 messed me up so much. I was boredom and drunk eating. I stopped planning meals around getting good nutrition (y'know atleast 80% of the time. Before the pandemic we still had treats sometimes haha) I stopped working, and stopped exercising. I gained atleast 20 lbs. So I've been working on getting it off. Well last night, we were all exhausted. I had no energy to cook. Sundays are a rest day from working out anyway, but I was extra sedentary. And y'know what? We ordered a pizza. I logged the calories. Was slightly over budget, but still below maintenance. And slept great. Did my weigh in this morning - my weight was actually slightly down from last time I weighed. Getting the quarantine weight off isn't worth being obsessive or stressing myself out more. Plus: realistically, when I get back down in weight eating out sometimes will be apart of my maintenance. Pizza nights are standard on occasion. (I will say actually logging it is a huge win. I think logging helps prevent just saying f it for the entire day. ) Anyway I just wanted to share that somewhere and also I'm surprised the scale was still down this morning. [link] [comments] |
| Daily Q&A Post for Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - No question too small! Posted: 22 Feb 2021 10:31 PM PST Got a question? We've got answers! Do you have question but don't want to make a whole post? That's fine. Ask right here! What is on your mind? Everyone is welcome to ask questions or provide answers. No question is too minor or small. TIPS: * Include your stats if appropriate/relevant (or better yet, update your flair!) * Check the FAQ and other resources in the sidebar! [link] [comments] |
| 24-Hour Pledge - Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - The Plan for Today! Posted: 22 Feb 2021 11:01 PM PST Wake up with determination; go to bed with satisfaction! This is our daily check-in, to help keep us accountable over the long haul. Feel free to post whatever goals will help keep you on track. Here's the regular text on behalf of this thread's originator, kingoftheeyesores, taken with his blessing
Thanks to /u/nofollowthrough who made the 24-Hour Pledge an ongoing /r/loseit institution. Due to space limitations, this may be a sticky only occasionally. Please find it daily using the sidebar or top message. --- On reddit, your *vote* means, *"I found this interesting"* (...read more about [**voting on reddit**](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/voting)) --- [link] [comments] |
| Running with LoseIt - 2/22/2021 - Running is a Total Body Affair Posted: 22 Feb 2021 08:26 PM PST This is a weekly post for the runners of LoseIt. All levels of runner are welcome here, from first timers to experienced marathoners. We welcome someone who just ran for the first time or is just starting couch to 5K (r/c25k) as eagerly as someone who has thousands of miles of experience. This post is for sharing your weekly progress or excitement with running. From training you got in this last week, your first run, a virtual race, or a real race, we'd love to hear what you did. Got a running related NSV (non-scale victory), we'd love to hear. Have a question or need advice, we are here to help. Sorry for the missing posts the last couple of weeks. Had time off and busy week at work. In addition to sharing your progress each week, I ramble on about some topic related to running. This week -- Running is a Total Body Affair Sorry for the missing posts the last couple of weeks. Had time off and busy week at work. Running is a Total Body Affairhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/well/move/running-body-evolution.html New York Times did this article a week or so ago on how the whole body is involved in running. More so than walking. It's based on this study -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33491216/. There's a lot to exercise. I think most people think it's all about muscles. Your legs, for instance, are critical above all else to help you run. But the fact is, there is this neuromuscular interconnection that is essential for all motion. Often people will notice quick performance improvements during the first few months of running. Newbie gains, they call it in the gym. "My muscles developed quickly!" they may say. I've heard this said, these very words, from newer runners when they find themselves picking up running quickly. My response, "Some muscle development, but mostly your brain got better at helping you run." We are Constructed to Runhttps://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19536880/born-to-run/ We are constructed as a running machine. We are upright with two muscle bound pistons for legs, spring assisted by tendon, proportion, and heavenly (or Darwinian) construction. Not everyone can run, it's hard for some people to deal with all the impact. As an obese old guy, I know it is very hard on my body. I've been told "That may not work out, not everyone can run." Apparently, failure at running causes people to become physicians as so many of them tell us to stop running. I took this a sign to be prudent, but not that I can't run. You Can Run if you Want Tohttps://www.verywellfit.com/running-tips-for-overweight-runners-4142348 You should try out running if you are so inclined. Know that there's lots of us Losers out here who run and use running to maintain. [link] [comments] |
| Lockdown blues and getting motivated Posted: 23 Feb 2021 05:08 AM PST I usually post on the european challenge thread but I've been off the wagon (having lost 40lbs and suspect I've put 15 of them back on. I've effectively been locked down for a year. Next month I'll have my second birthday in lockdown. There was a period in the summer we could go out, but I didn't really use it much. The winter has been difficult, we are a wet and damp country in winter. The UK has just announced a plan out of lockdown (shops open mid April and we can eat in a restaurant in May), I want to leave this lockdown having achieved something. I started back on 16:8 yesterday with a bit of CICO and walked the dog 6km yesterday and today. This is the first time in 3 months I've managed to stay on track for a day! I've got really 3 months to get fitter and make a real dent in the weight. Please please help me think today isn't just a false dawn and I can actually get on track! I just need some support... it's been such a tough few months. I live alone and shop in a supermarket once a week. The only three dimensional person I've seen is the postman during the week. [link] [comments] |
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