Hmm...I dunno, generally when I dread some type of workout this much, it's the best thing for me. I get steps walking dog, but not enough to counteract my diet it seems. Not fat, but a lil paunch showing in some of my pictures lately was a wake up call 😓
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Hmmm are you getting 10K steps minimum? If not, do more 12-15k
The other side of the coin is nutrition, can’t be having alcohol nor junk food
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It might be the alcohol (responsibly enjoyed with dinner, regularly), and generally eating however I like (we keep mostly good stuff around, but still). I'd rather exercise more than diet. Sure, I'll never have washboard abs, but that's acceptable to me
I’m sorry to tell you this but there is no in between. Cut the alcohol first to see how it goes. If you need more, cut all sweets and carbs
That's not true...that's impossible 😫😫
If anything get an idea of how many calories you are consuming daily. That’ll give you a clue where to cut back
Yeah, you're right. Will work my way up to that level of crazy, maybe. Baby steps...first jog
Backwards, first look at the diet
There is nothing with the diet
*without
My diet is good! Home cooked. Drink is the obv problem, no doubt about it. I'm getting a tight stomach just thinking about cutting that. Not a great sign lol. Sigh...what have I become
What’s your day look like meal by meal?
Breakfast is rare, just coffee with some half n half (no sugar), sometimes 3 eggs and toast if I'm hungry. Lunch is leftover dinner often, and dinner is a variety of things, from simple rice and terryaki bowl with a side salad, to chicken Dijon and fries (home made, except fries) or steak/chicken/fish with veggie, a side...you get the idea. Big portions. A couple cocktails consisting of bourbon and ginger beer has become the norm too 🫣
I mean this is pretty good!!
Your enemies tho:
Beer
Cocktails (can get sugary) replace with straight bourbon on the rocks or TSL (tequila, soda, lime)
Anything fried
Toast
Rice (this one is debatable)
Beer needs to go asap
Don't drink beer at home, so that one is easy.
Lose the ginger beer, less bread. Think I can manage that.
Aight, joggin shoes here I come
Nice!! I think once you figure out your perfect diet aka nutrition; you’ll have a great foundation to build on…
You can also increase the amount of protein on each meal and reduce the rest; that way you’ll be full for longer periods of time
Anything fried has to go too. That and beer are non negotiables
Cannabis has zero calories/carbs.
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Yeah but will kill your drive. Choose your poison wisely lol
For the record, I’m not advocating for abusing anything. A couple joints a week is plenty.
I smoke 2 joints before I smoke 2 joints, and then I smoke 2 more
I mean, on holidays, yeah.
U guys are funny 🤪🤪🤪
I broke these in this morning. Lfg
Nice. I’m an asics guy myself.
Was talking to zeta yesterday and part of convo was I'd start jogging a bit. These seemed good. Running on gravel feels like you're on a treadmill! I'm a super noob runner, only trying to do 20-30 mins, with some short walking breaks for now
Do you run on the sidewalk or on the street?
Asphalt. Was told it is softer/better. Track ideally but haven't bothered yet
Yeah that’s what I was going to say. Way better for the joints
Sprint don’t jog bros
Yeah. Interval training is much more efficient
Breathe in a pattern! You won’t lose your breath that way.
Way ahead of you on that one ;)
You can also do intermittent fasting (which reduces your eating window) and skip a meal once a week
Yeah, that's on my to-do someday list. Along with water fast that you advocate for.
Start slow and build it up. For example, cut back a meal that you don’t care for like breakfast or dinner ( for me it’s dinner) that way your eating window is 8hrs and fasting 16hrs
Once you have that mastered, once a week you go ahead and skip one meal (that way you get 24hrs+ no food)
This way you’ll be in a calorie deficit while eating everything you enjoy