I'd definitely put milk as the suspect. If I eat good for a week (read: little to no cheese) and decide to sloth it up and take down an entire pizza on sunday, it hurts.
saturday morning workouts are the shit. you can sleep in til 9 and workout from 10-11. probably do 6 days a week. if I'm not hungover on sunday I'll do something light just cardio
How effective is it for you? I know the only way to really see any results is by turning up the resistance a bunch. Also, are you doing full body, like pedaling forwards and backwards without using handlebar things and then pedaling forward while using handlebar things?
I personally just go forward with my hands on the bars all the time. I do 30 minute session after lifting, then I'll either incline walk on the treadmill for about 20 minutes or exercise bike. Non lifting days I'll do assault bike and row for about 10 minutes each, more of a hiit workout, then half hour elliptical then treadmill. Occasionally I'll just run for 30-40 minutes. As far as effectiveness it's hard to say, I can't just limit it to this one machine. I feel in pretty good shape. I've seen definite changes in my body the past few months from all the work I've put in.
I prefer to run but I'll use the elliptical for a few weeks when we knees/hips start acting up from all the running. I don't think it's as good a workout as running, at least stamina/sweating wise, but if you push yourself hard enough on it it can be pretty good.
Rob Chubb put it on Interval setting for 20min > raise the resistance on the high interval and lower the resistance on the low interval > low interval do ~200-225 strides/min and on high interval ~150 s/m. much better results personally than slow and steady elliptical
Alright guys, the jury is in. Eating right with consistent cardio is a sure thing weight loss plan. Jan 1st: 40 years old, 5'10", 228 lbs, 10 days removed from knee surgery. Since then, have built up my mileage on the bike to where I now have averaged 115 miles/week over the course of the year and have adopted healthy, consistent and substained eating habits relearned through the Whole30 diet which I have completed once and am over half way done a second time. Today: 40 years old, 190 lbs, resting HR 53, blood pressure 115/73. 38 lbs in 5 months, lowered my resting heart rate by 12 and dropped my blood pressure from the pre-high range to the ideal range. I am excite and feeling good, and also feeling fit which is harder for an aging man to feel.
Hey guys been awhile since i posted. Just wanted to say my diet is still going well. I've also made huge strides in the gym. I've got back up to 208 and still lost a pants size. I've maintained the pants size and shirts size with ease. Well guys hope all of you are doing good well, and keep up the good work. Here is my first gym selfie. The pic is from a few yeas ago compared to the other day
I can't even with any grains. Bubble guts, walking farts, 3 trips to the bathroom, headaches. As for the counting calories vs healthy relationship with food debate I found counting calories to be a reward system that yielded short term success and long term failures in my brain. I'd reward good eating and weight loss with cheat meals that would instigate cheat weekends. I also tried to outrow and outlift a weight problem. "For me" (I can hear Bill Burr mocking me) I'm still having keto success. I do have some endurance losses but nothing compared to when I consistently under eating by 500 calories. Manipulating insulin to where it no longer tricks me into eating when I'm still full has been key. I've kept carbs under 20 g since February 1 and there's probably only been two or three times I've wanted to cheat since I broke my sugar dependency on day 3. Most days I look at desserts and pizza and it causes zero temptation. Any time I get down about it I remember my diet is red meat, bacon, cheese, pork rinds, eggs and basically everything I thought I couldn't eat again and be "healthy". It's not for everyone but if you're someone whose failed by doing what "they" say you should eat then check out some of Gary Taubes podcasts or books and give it a try.
I can't keto. I love it when I have meals set but if I don't I collapse. I work odd hours sometimes. If I skip a meal j could find myself holding up the 4am bread delivery at knife point
If you kick over into ketosis and your body metabolizes fat for energy...it's a bizarre transition. I get more of an energy boost from eating a few cubes of cheddar before the gym than I used to get from smashing carbs pre-lift. I'm still squatting and deadlifting more than twice my body weight. For a guy who didn't start lifting until he was 30 that's not terrible. That said, I don't know if this is a lifetime change because there's so many situations in life where it's not practically. But I will stay on it until my insulin sensitivity issues are sorted out and I'm closer to 15% body fat.
Dinner tonite: 1 large cubed potato, tossed in duck fat, paprika, coarse sea salt, black pepper and then oven fried 1.5 cups sauerkraut 4 pieces thick cut bacon, crumbled All placed in a huge ass bowl and mixed with 2 tablespoons stone ground mustard Freaking deliscious and how am I loosing weight eating like this
During the whole30, yes. When not doing it, only have 1 or 2 drinks a week instead of 1 or 2 drinks 2-3 times a week.
We have two weeks on whole 30 left after we started over. I'm thinking we are going to stick with it for the most part, other than once a week.
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been doing chicken tacos for lunch this week. standard flour tortillas rotisserie chicken (can get about 8 tacos from one) 1/4 avocado per taco handful baby spinach sliced jalapenos small pinch of pepperjack cheese cholula chili garlic sauce
Had a semi cheat day (half of a glorious hot pastrami sandwich) and a full blown cheat day (cookout with beer) back to back. Back in the saddle today. Gonna ratchet down the diet this week and try to hit the gym as often as possible. 15lbs to go.
What do yall do for savory snacks. I'm good with fruit as a sweet replacement, but cheezits are so Damn Good
Tuesday would be my last day of whole 30 but I have had a few small cheats that kinda nullify it. My wife delivered our 2nd child last week and I shared a small piece of chocolate cake with her as a celebration, then I ate gyro meat and some tabouleh without thinking because the Greek place was closest to the hospital. Then I had the tuna burger with no bun at Hopdoddy yesterday so I didn't fully complete the 30 days. But I haven't missed dairy, sugar, or grains at all and I'm not going to go back to eating them. I only missed beer and bourbon so I will go back to having a few on the weekends. Need to get my workouts back on track after the new baby messed up my routine this past week.
Question for TYdeFan05 and the other keto guys, I was limiting carbs (not to the extent you're doing, but 40-60g per day) and developed what my doctor called keto bladder from being in ketosis. I've basically had a constant urge to pee for more than two weeks now. At times, there has been some slight pain, but mainly discomfort associated with the pressure/urge to go. On two occasions I've had bouts of severe stomach pain that migrated to the lower left back and lasted about an hour. Doctor has done a urine culture and found no bacteria (so no UTI) and done an ultrasound AND a CT with contrast and found no kidney stones. She's basically saying I just need to eat more carbs to get out of ketosis and regulate my body. I've heard this type of thing can happen, but if this is all just diet related, how long will it take to stop the constant urge to pee? I've upped my carb intake to 100-150g for a few days and have seen no relief. It's a miserable feeling peeing, only to feel like you have to pee again as you walk out of the bathroom.
I pee a lot, but with no pain. I had kidney stones late last year before I even started the diet but they're gone now. Other than increased water intake from more exercise my peeing is normal. Fucking sucks, man, I hate it for you. Edit for Reddit MD (baking soda to combat acidic urine)
I'm fine with having to pee more, but this is different. It's a constant, uncomfortable pressure in my penis. At all times. The worst part of the diet change is that I was seeing really great results. I lost 20 pounds in 5 weeks, but I'm afraid of losing momentum by eating more carbs.
So, the strips will tell me if my urine is acidic? And to balance it, I start adding baking soda to water? Or presumably a supplement to avoid having to drink baking soda water?
I know nothing about the baking soda and water. I not saying don't do it I just can't say yeah that's the fix. What I can say is that you can easily start experimenting with acidity based on your diet. Tons of free info on the net for that.
Dude ... Eat more carbs. Good carbs though. Rice, ww pasta, potatoes, etc. I wouldn't jump to 200 grams/day, but scale up until you feel good again. You can lose weight and eat carbs. Needing to piss non stop has to suck balls. I hate having to piss so much from my water intake.
Dude I feel you. I drank about 12 bottles a day. I have upped my macros though to maintain. I limited myself 1250 to 1500 calories/ fat was 35 to 45/ carbs was around 95 to 125. Now I do about 2100 to 2200/ 50 to 60 / and about 225 on carbs. I haven't gained a lb that wasn't muscle. Like I said previously I have lost a pants size. My thing is different though. I weight about 210 to 212, but my surgeon thinks I have a bout 15 lbs of loose skin that could come off. I have really tightened a good bit of that up, and going to see how far I can push myself without surgery. I just don't want the downtime that comes with the surgery.
Serious question: how are those "good carbs"? If someone is seeing good results on a keto diet it would seem there's some insulin sensitivity issues. In that case I'd specifically target low GI carbs...depending upon the rice or potato chosen you could be setting yourself up for some very counterproductive insulin spikes leading to rapid fat gain. *I am not a doctor