Hey fat @ss!!

[arrowryan]

This rule is almost impossible for me to follow right now, I really need to get back into eating habits. I don't really do meals right now, too busy, I just eat when I can. It's really throwing off my internal clock.

Like I told Beau. If you have to eat late at night then more power to you. Just make sure it won't be something you will regret later. Just eat healthy if you have to eat late at night

 

[arrowryan]

Girlfriend bought appletini crystal light one time... I was hesitant to say the least, but it tastes like drinking an apple blow pop.

Lemonade flavor never fails. They have so many flavors now.

Actually to save a few bucks. Go with Great Value brand. Their stuff is just as good and they have some killer flavors

 

[In Lou I Trust]

I just picked up some Mio tonight. It's Blueberry Lemonade flavor... sounds delicious.

 

[greyhammer90]

I just picked up some Mio tonight. It's Blueberry Lemonade flavor... sounds delicious.

let me know, I've never tried Mio.

 

[In Lou I Trust]

let me know, I've never tried Mio.

Me neither. I've heard good things, though.

 

[arrowryan]

Only problem I have with Mio is that I control how much I put in the water bottle. So I usually put in way too much. Lol

 

[arrowryan]

Summer is just around the corner and us college kids are on summer vacation. Are you guys making your workouts more intense now or are you just doing you've been doing? Good luck.

My workout is about the same except I'm about to be putting in more cardio and abs. Weight training will be the same

 

[IrishJayhawk]

I've just gotten eating under control again. Down about 12 in the past 6 weeks. Workouts are the same...run 4-5 times a week, strength 1-2 times a week, and try to get a hike in on Saturdays.

 

[Buster Bluth]

My workouts consist of waking up at 6am, getting some coffee in me, driving to the family business and hopping in a dump truck, and slave away as labor for with my cousins for twelve hours a day. I'm down another 12lbs just in the last 8 days.

Road construction = fat destruction. When you're putting down 500 ton of asphalt, you're bound to have sore biceps/triceps and shoulders. I'm in serious pain right now haha

 

[arrowryan]

My workouts consist of waking up at 6am, getting some coffee in me, driving to the family business and hopping in a dump truck, and slave away as labor for with my cousins for twelve hours a day. I'm down another 12lbs just in the last 8 days.

Road construction = fat destruction. When you're putting down 500 ton of asphalt, you're bound to have sore biceps/triceps and shoulders. I'm in serious pain right now haha

Hope you're getting paid well haha

 

[gkautz10]

I will be graduating and moving out on my own in an apartment. Working bankers hours will certainly be awesome and there will be no excuses to not go for a run or lift after work anymore. Want to get down to 175ish from 190ish. I just love beer!!!

 

[BobD]

I've stayed with pretty much the same routine to maintain my weight, but my diet varies quite a bit depending on the day.

 

[Cackalacky]

Started p90x last week. Gotta get my eating under control again. I passed the 1-year no smoking mark last week too.

 

[BobD]

Started p90x last week. Gotta get my eating under control again. I passed the 1-year no smoking mark last week too.

Awesome on the no smoking! I'm at about 6 years now after more than 30 years of a pack a day(or more when I was playing poker). They say your lungs slowly recover, I wish I could see if mine are. I know I feel a lot better, get sick way less and have way more energy.

My wife still smokes and its very depressing as I've become one of "those guys", a reformed anti-tobacco evangelist.

Here's my obligatory anti smoking message for you smokers:

 

[Buster Bluth]

I make in a day what I made in a paycheck with my campus job. Sometimes two paychecks. Haha it's pretty worth it.

It's quite the experience to work with a bunch of degenerates making $37/hr for wielding a shovel, and then listen as they spend whole paychecks on booze, cigarettes, gambling, and women. The money tax payers spend on roads goes literally right into fueling abhorrent lifestyles.

 

[Cackalacky]

Awesome on the no smoking! I'm at about 6 years now after more than 30 years of a pack a day(or more when I was playing poker). They say your lungs slowly recover, I wish I could see if mine are. I know I feel a lot better, get sick way less and have way more energy.

My wife still smokes and its very depressing as I've become one of "those guys", a reformed anti-tobacco evangelist.

I have recovered 15% of my lung function an capacity in the last year. My resting heart rate is way down as well. (I get yearly spirometry tests through my work). I also have been doing about 30 minutes of cardio a day when I can. I can definitely tell a difference in breathing, though I don't know if the accumulated tar will ever fully go away.

I wish someone would invent the lung brush like in SNL

My wife also still smokes, but only occasionally, and I told her that after what i went through to quit, I would never hound her about it. She is gonna have to do it herself. No amount proselytizing is gonna make her change.

 

[Cackalacky]

I make in a day what I made in a paycheck with my campus job. Sometimes two paychecks. Haha it's pretty worth it.

It's quite the experience to work with a bunch of degenerates making $37/hr for wielding a shovel, and then listen as they spend whole paychecks on booze, cigarettes, gambling, and women. The money tax payers spend on roads goes literally right into fueling abhorrent lifestyles.

Our roadworkers are prisoners and minimum wage earners, which explains why we have such crappy roads.

J/K we have private companies do the road work, and we still have crappy roads.

 

[notredomer23]

Hoping to add about 5-10 pounds of muscle while dropping about 5-10 pounds of fat, if that makes sense, this summer. I am at 190 now. I carry it pretty well, just wanna get rid of the bad weight, especially since I will be hitting the beach soon haha.

 

[BobD]

Hoping to add about 5-10 pounds of muscle while dropping about 5-10 pounds of fat, if that makes sense, this summer. I am at 190 now. I carry it pretty well, just wanna get rid of the bad weight, especially since I will be hitting the beach soon haha.

Being in shape helps others know whether you've hit the beach or beached yourself.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Our roadworkers are prisoners and minimum wage earners, which explains why we have such crappy roads.

J/K we have private companies do the road work, and we still have crappy roads.

No the two guys who do our laboring have both been in prison. They have a weird ability to shovel relentlessly. Must be prison strength haha

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

The journey continues for me....my MO..."if god made it- eat it....if god DIDNT make it DONT eat it."

 

[FLDomer]

No the two guys who do our laboring have both been in prison. They have a weird ability to shovel relentlessly. Must be prison strength haha

Its called Meth! When I worked as a flat top roofer over the summers during college we had some dudes like that on my crew. Dudes never got tired....

On a thread related note I am on day 10 of a 30 day fat burn and cleanse. The sh!t is awesome (minus first 3 days = brutal) I feel great and have a ton of energy (able to continue working out 1 1/2 hrs daily), staying up past 9:30 (big deal at my house with 2 lil ones and 5 am wake ups) and sleeping better than I have in months. I weigh in again on Saturday so I will know the progress better but I put on a shirt the other day I havent been able to wear in...a long time. 4 days in I lost 4 lbs.

 

[Cackalacky]

Its called Meth! When I worked as a flat top roofer over the summers during college we had some dudes like that on my crew. Dudes never got tired....

On a thread related note I am on day 10 of a 30 day fat burn and cleanse. The sh!t is awesome (minus first 3 days = brutal) I feel great and have a ton of energy (able to continue working out 1 1/2 hrs daily), staying up past 9:30 (big deal at my house with 2 lil ones and 5 am wake ups) and sleeping better than I have in months. I weigh in again on Saturday so I will know the progress better but I put on a shirt the other day I havent been able to wear in...a long time. 4 days in I lost 4 lbs.

As you are doing a cleanse, do you mean your bowel movement's are awesome or the methodology? I would love for my shits to be awesome.

 

[FLDomer]

As you are doing a cleanse, do you mean your bowel movement's are awesome or the methodology? I would love for my shits to be awesome.

BOTH!

 

[Cackalacky]

BOTH!

Solid.

 

[FLDomer]

Solid.

Kinda loose actually...

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

Hoping to add about 5-10 pounds of muscle while dropping about 5-10 pounds of fat, if that makes sense, this summer. I am at 190 now. I carry it pretty well, just wanna get rid of the bad weight, especially since I will be hitting the beach soon haha.

You're better off just toning/strengthening and losing fat.

If you try to gain muscle the appropriate way you will also gain fat in the process. It really comes down to diet and how much weight your benching/squatting/dead-lifting. Bulking and lifting heavy the right way will generally give you a muscle gain of 1 or 2 lbs per month and some added fat.. it's a pain in the ***. All the gym rats "bulk" during the winter (eating 300-500 more calories than their basic metabolic rate a day) and "cut" before summer (500 less).

I'm 5'8" 170 now and started at 195 about 3 months ago.. I stick to 3-4 workouts a week consisting of 2 muscles a day. I aim for a weight that will force me to struggle at about 8-10 reps. I basically want to keep all the muscle I already have, harden the **** out of it and rip all the fat from it. I just want to be athletic at this point.

I do about 4 workouts for each muscle and then hit the aerobic room for some cross-fit exercises. For about 30 minutes I'll circulate the following exercises: 90 seconds jump rope, 10 burpees, 10 incline pushups on balance ball, lunges with weights and 10 ab roll outs... I add new exercises and modify every week.

I usually don't have any energy left for the treadmill or elliptical by then but the cross fit stuff is great for fat burning. Some days I'll skip the aerobic room and do 30 minutes running though too.

Diet:

Breakfast Foods - Either 4 eggs, oatmeal, fruit shake, bran cereal or some combination of that.. WATER

Lunch - Either mixed greens with chicken/black beans, turkey on wheat, PB on wheat, any lean meat with veg and brown rice combo. WATER

Snacks - I eat every 3 hours so snacks are a big part of that.. Plain Greek Yogurt, fruit, granola, almonds, fiber bar, carrots.. etc etc WATER

Dinner - Nothing ridiculous. Generally healthy, not too restricted but not fast food and not big portions. WATER

I also enjoy a cup of ice cream/frozen yogurt a few times a week.. gotta satiate the cravings or you WILL binge.

I found that after about a month of fighting my brains auto-pilot steering me to the refrigerator and then the couch, it became easier to make the right decisions.

Once you train it to expect a workout and a healthy meal, it will want it and automatically prepare your body for it. Oh and drink water.

 

[notredomer23]

You're better off just toning/strengthening and losing fat.

If you try to gain muscle the appropriate way you will also gain fat in the process. It really comes down to diet and how much weight your benching/squatting/dead-lifting. Bulking and lifting heavy the right way will generally give you a muscle gain of 1 or 2 lbs per month and some added fat.. it's a pain in the ***. All the gym rats "bulk" during the winter (eating 300-500 more calories than their basic metabolic rate a day) and "cut" before summer (500 less).

I'm 5'8" 170 now and started at 195 about 3 months ago.. I stick to 3-4 workouts a week consisting of 2 muscles a day. I aim for a weight that will force me to struggle at about 8-10 reps. I basically want to keep all the muscle I already have, harden the **** out of it and rip all the fat from it. I just want to be athletic at this point.

I do about 4 workouts for each muscle and then hit the aerobic room for some cross-fit exercises. For about 30 minutes I'll circulate the following exercises: 90 seconds jump rope, 10 burpees, 10 incline pushups on balance ball, lunges with weights and 10 ab roll outs... I add new exercises and modify every week.

I usually don't have any energy left for the treadmill or elliptical by then but the cross fit stuff is great for fat burning. Some days I'll skip the aerobic room and do 30 minutes running though too.

Diet:

Breakfast Foods - Either 4 eggs, oatmeal, fruit shake, bran cereal or some combination of that.. WATER

Lunch - Either mixed greens with chicken/black beans, turkey on wheat, PB on wheat, any lean meat with veg and brown rice combo. WATER

Snacks - I eat every 3 hours so snacks are a big part of that.. Plain Greek Yogurt, fruit, granola, almonds, fiber bar, carrots.. etc etc WATER

Dinner - Nothing ridiculous. Generally healthy, not too restricted but not fast food and not big portions. WATER

I also enjoy a cup of ice cream/frozen yogurt a few times a week.. gotta satiate the cravings or you WILL binge.

I found that after about a month of fighting my brains auto-pilot steering me to the refrigerator and then the couch, it became easier to make the right decisions.

Once you train it to expect a workout and a healthy meal, it will want it and automatically prepare your body for it. Oh and drink water.

wow. I appreciate this a lot. I just have to get into a routine. Now that I am home from college I am not worried about eating healthy(it is pretty hard at college). I am going to be working 70 hours every 2 weeks doing semi-manual labor(a lot of lifting and moving around, but it is not exactly strenuous). I hope I have the motivation after work to make it to the gym at least 4 times a week.

Also definitely gonna take your advice on pretty much just drinking water. At college I found myself drinking about 3 glasses of soda a day. That's about 500 wasted calories right there.

 

[arrowryan]

I'm doing 3 full body workouts a week (3 leg exercises, 2 tricep exercises, 2 chest exercises, 2 bicep exercises, 2 back exercises, 1 shoulder exercise). Takes me about an hour and a half at the most, 50 minutes if I don't talk to anyone. And I agree with WildMan, water and unsweetened ice tea is about all I drink

 

[alaskandomer]

I am a type 2 diabetic, so weight loss is critical but difficult. To keep my blood sugars in line, my doctor had me on ever-increasing dosages of insulin (Which inhibits weight loss). I finally decided a few weeks ago, that this vicious circle was killing me, so investigated a weight loss clinic which has had some amazing results. The first couple of weeks, the diet is pretty much protein shakes and bars.Then you add some healthy table foods. In the first 9 days, I lost 10 pounds, reduced my insulin intake by over half, and lowered my blood sugars a lot. The gym and I are getting to be good friends again (at 6AM, every day). So far, treadmill only, with strength exercises to come. I'm only at the beginning of a very long journey, but already feel better than I have in years. BTW I'm 62. It's never too late.