And to all this, I say, "F---" diets. Just eat better. Not perfect. Just, better. It's not til I changed this mind-set that Ifinally lost weight.
you lost weight on that twinkie diet?
, avoided alcohol,
Yah, especially during pre-Carnival and Carnival. But the reward was a $3000 modeling job with Ford agency in Rio afterwards (a deodorant commercial in which I pretended to be a rock climber). And I needed the money at the time to pay rent while I was studying Portuguese. Once I got the weight off, I could go back to enjoying Brazil's excellent lagers.Deal breaker, bro.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner! The faster the pace the better right now and not just to keep the motivation high but to hopefully help take the physical stress from the excess weight off. I could continue on this extremely slow pace that my normal diet is taking, which may take me another 2-3 years to get all the weight off from my back surgeries, but I am sure that the excess weight is also contributing to my injuries, which then slows the taking of the weight off because of taking time off to heal.I don't think that anyone has asked Nick how much weight he wants to lose per week. People have posted completely different strategies based on different rates. I personally like a fast pace to minimize the amount of time on a calorie-reduced diet and to keep the motivation high. Some people like the slow burn over months.
Rick, I got a Concept II D rower and have been very happy with it. The Concept II rowers retain their value very well, so if you get bored with rowing you should be able to sell it for about 60-70 percent of its new price. I picked up a barely used machine for $600 and it works really well. Also, check out the C-breeze (http://www.ps-sport.net/) for a little free ventilation.Lee's rowing might be a good idea. I'm going to check it out for colder weather cross training.
Thanks Lee, I know you've given these recommendations before and I never followed through, but I will check it out. I need to do something in addition to running.Rick, I got a Concept II D rower and have been very happy with it. The Concept II rowers retain their value very well, so if you get bored with rowing you should be able to sell it for about 60-70 percent of its new price. I picked up a barely used machine for $600 and it works really well. Also, check out the C-breeze (http://www.ps-sport.net/) for a little free ventilation.
Opps, I couldn't remember if I was replying to you or someone else. It's taken a while for each BRS regular to come into focus. Like you say, machines are boring. I'm working on recording Vikings games and watching them at night while rowing, but it's hard with the little ones around wanting to jump on Daddy to ride along.Thanks Lee, I know you've given these recommendations before and I never followed through, but I will check it out. I need to do something in addition to running.
I use the bike in my gym as needed and then I also go for walks with the boy on my off days so that I still keep things loose. Seems the less I move the more I stiffen up.Good to hear about the running Nick. I was thinking while you are working on building the running back up, a machine for home, something for you to do while on kid duty, for an extended period of time. I hate machines myself, but they do serve a good purpose for certain conditions. Sorry about the overuse of commas and run on sentences, I really need to take a grammar refresher.
I don't know how your back is. Before getting back into running, I lost quite a bit of weight with the Turbofire videos. It does involve a good amount of twisting and jumping. I suppose it's primarily geared towards ladies, but they demonstrate very good form. There's a few guys in the videos, as well, to make it gender inclusive.
The Insanity and Asylym videos are good too, but their form isn't very good, and the moves are not synchronized to the music. I enjoyed the Turbofire videos much more. Did I mention that they display very good form? I think that being able to visualize good form is very important.