2017 CF Fitness and Nutrition Thread

Servant68 said:

Diets don't work for me, so I started just cutting out calories. I can eat anything I want; just between 1500 to 2000 calories a day. And I try to limit carbs. I'm trying not to see it as a diet but as a change in eating habits. Also changed my workouts to be more cardio and total body than just upper body weight lifting.

Been doing that for three weeks or so and have lost 15 pounds. I'd average about a pound a day, then stabilize or gain a pound on my 3-4 days off. It was the wine. Alcohol has a ton of sugar and calories in it. Cut out all alcohol this week, so I'll see how much that helps.

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Diet is a broad term. But, if you are limiting calories and limiting carbs, most would consider that a diet. Furthermore, you really can't eat anything you want, if you are limiting carbs and need to stay under 2000 calories.

bhsmte said:

Diet is a broad term. But, if you are limiting calories and limiting carbs, most would consider that a diet. Furthermore, you really can't eat anything you want, if you are limiting carbs and need to stay under 2000 calories.

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It's more about the psychological semantics for me... Saying I'm dieting is saying that it's a drastic change in eating habits with a temporal time period. I want my eating habits to change permanently.

Servant68 said:

Diets don't work for me, so I started just cutting out calories. I can eat anything I want; just between 1500 to 2000 calories a day. And I try to limit carbs. I'm trying not to see it as a diet but as a change in eating habits. Also changed my workouts to be more cardio and total body than just upper body weight lifting.

Been doing that for three weeks or so and have lost 15 pounds. I'd average about a pound a day, then stabilize or gain a pound on my 3-4 days off. It was the wine. Alcohol has a ton of sugar and calories in it. Cut out all alcohol this week, so I'll see how much that helps.

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I'm working on cutting out the worst things I eat, and soft drinks at the moment. There's just no way I'm going to completely change my diet suddenly. I'll get fed up with that in no time.

I do like to go out and have a few drinks on the weekend. Probably have to cut that way back for a while.

Tomorrow I plan to kick off getting back to exercising by beginning a One Punch Man training regiment for one week.. we'll see

So far this week I have put 43 miles on my shoes. By tomorrows end I expect to be at 55

Servant68 said:

It's more about the psychological semantics for me... Saying I'm dieting is saying that it's a drastic change in eating habits with a temporal time period. I want my eating habits to change permanently.

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Sure, that sounds like you want to change your diet (what you consume and how much). Certainly to do this, you cant eat whatever you want, you have to follow a specific diet plan.

Cut my soft drink consumption down to just a few this last week. Trying to drink a cup of black coffee in the morning to get me going instead. Not real fond of black coffee, but maybe will get the taste for it.

Joined at the local fitness center today. Time to get to work.

I'm eleven months late to the party, but better late than never, right?

I have a lot of work ahead of me as I continue to struggle with smoking and my caffeine consumption. Right now I've been a non-smoker a little over ten minutes, but that's a little over ten minutes, which is something. I'm also sipping on the last soda in the house.

What scares me are the headaches. I had a shunt malfunction when I was twelve, which felt like what it was: abrupt, increased pressure crushing my brain. Since then, I've been scared spitless of headaches, even when I know there's a perfectly logical reason for them.

What I hate more than headaches is being a slave to addiction with no money to spend on life because I'm trying to avoid stupid headaches. For the next two weeks, I'd really love for God to work a miracle and make it painless to walk away from my addiction. But, science is science, and withdrawal headaches are par for the course, so I expect them.

Yeah, this is gonna be fun.

Wasn't it you that had aspirations to become a screenplay writer for movies? I get you and the other dude mixed up.

Bortsss said:

Wasn't it you that had aspirations to become a screenplay writer for movies? I get you and the other dude mixed up.

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Yes, that's the goal. Get fit, save money, move to LA, and make it behind the scenes in Hollywood.

Waddler said:

Yes, that's the goal. Get fit, save money, move to LA, and make it behind the scenes in Hollywood.

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What are you two most favorite screenplays already written?

Bortsss said:

What are you two most favorite screenplays already written?

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I'll give that some thought and get back to you, probably in a different thread. I'd prefer to keep this one on topic.

"I think I can smell the spiritual"

I walked about 55 miles this week.

I also found out this week that one of the perks to my job is a fully stocked gym and a quality personal trainer for free.

Hopefully soon Toro will be strong like bull again, not soft and mushy like potatoes.......

Toro said:

I walked about 55 miles this week.

I also found out this week that one of the perks to my job is a fully stocked gym and a quality personal trainer for free.

Hopefully soon Toro will be strong like bull again, not soft and mushy like potatoes.......

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Will it help if we call you Spudbull?

ETA: I'm joking, but I do find it funny how different my sister and brother-in-law work out. My sister encourages herself, whereas my BIL is his own drill instructor.

No wonder I'm so tired after work and on days off. This is just from one day of work this week.

Today I discovered I can go about seven hours without caffeine before I start getting a headache. Using that as a baseline, I'll see if I can stretch my caffeine intake out until it's at a reasonable level (i.e., 200mg a day). Today I've only had about 260mg, which is about six times less than what I'm used to. Yesterday I slipped up and overdid it, to the tune of about 1,500mg (14 espresso shots and four energy drinks).

Mydnyte said:

No wonder I'm so tired after work and on days off. This is just from one day of work this week.

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How do you burn 4,100 calories with 6.5 miles? That doesnt add up.