Weight Loss Journey

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Today, DDD.

Today is as good a day as any to get it in. You don't even need a gym, just chase and try to catch the snakes slithering around the Texas compound.

Pass. I have more important things to do.

Like dealing with Tanko complaining about Fight Nights in my thread.

 

[BobbyFK]

@BMR Genie , @BobbyFK and all trying to get started, just put in a couple of minutes of cardio at first.

Let's see some daily reports of how you guys burn calories each day.

Not weekly, daily.

The elliptical is good low impact way to start, just a couple of minutes to begin with, and it's nice to have a partner to workout with...

I think a BMR trainer would help out here

 

[BMR Genie]

How about hitting the gym sooner and then when you "feel lighter" and it's time to work out more, you will already be in some sort of gym shape.

Right?

lol Genie, but seriously, why put off going to the gym if you're planning on eventually going anyway?

I'm only in my second week of dedicated daily gym action and I already have more energy and feel stronger and overall feel great. A few weeks into it and I'm bound to feel really, really good.

No more excuses, rationalizations, and procrastinations, @BMR Genie , @BobbyFK and everyone else who is otherwise healthy, capable, and not injured and wants to get it in.

Now is as good a time as any to start getting it in and getting in the habit of getting it in is the next step after starting to get it in.

So let's get it in everybody.

Nice! I'm happy for you, KVB. You have passed the most difficult stage, and that is the stage of finally starting to do it. How many days per week are you scheduled to go to the gym?

I will inquire and look for a gym that is close to my apartment and let's see.

 

[KVB]

Pass. I have more important things to do.

Like dealing with Tanko complaining about Fight Nights in my thread.

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I'll see your ass kicking Britney Spears GIF...

And raise you a some Britney attitude, bitch...

 

[KVB]

Nice! I'm happy for you, KVB. You have passed the most difficult stage, and that is the stage of finally starting to do it. How many days per week are you scheduled to go to the gym?

I will inquire and look for a gym that is close to my apartment and let's see.

You're right, just getting moving and getting there is a difficult stage. First thing I do is 3 minutes on the elliptical as a warm up then I'm in the mode to do everything else, including more elliptical for more time later in the workout.

Planning to go nearly every day, rotating excercises to make sure there's rest.

Going to kick up the cardio this week. Yesterday was a big day for me, doing nearly every excercise on the circuit.

Let's check in here or in Archie's thread with our daily getting it in accomplishments.

 

[BMR Genie]

@BMR Genie , @BobbyFK and all trying to get started, just put in a couple of minutes of cardio at first.

Let's see some daily reports of how you guys burn calories each day.

Not weekly, daily.

The elliptical is good low impact way to start, just a couple of minutes to begin with, and it's nice to have a partner to workout with...

Having a gym buddy is always a great idea.

Your wife is your gym buddy, KVB? Do you usually hit the gym in the morning, afternoon, or evening?

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

I'll see your ass kicking Britney Spears GIF...

And raise you a some Britney attitude, bitch...

I fold. I didn’t even really have a Britney Spears.

 

[BMR Genie]

You're right, just getting moving and getting there is a difficult stage. First thing I do is 3 minutes on the elliptical as a warm up then I'm in the mode to do everything else, including more elliptical for more time later in the workout.

Planning to go nearly every day, rotating excercises to make sure there's rest.

Going to kick up the cardio this week. Yesterday was a big day for me, doing nearly every excercise on the circuit.

Let's check in here or in Archie's thread with our daily getting it in accomplishments.

You are now a gym guy, KVB. I love it! Yes, we would love to see your future improvements.

Hopefully, soon for me as well.

 

[KVB]

Having a gym buddy is always a great idea.

Your wife is your gym buddy, KVB? Do you usually hit the gym in the morning, afternoon, or evening?

Been doing the late afternoon/early evening then eating a big dinner afterwards.

I can bring a guest any time to the gym so I took my son earlier in the week, and he's already in weight training in school so he won't double up too much by coming with me.

So yeah, I brought my wife at the end of the week and again yesterday and she's getting going too. She'll come with me 4 or 5 days a week as a steady gym partner.

So that's pretty cool, I'm loving it.

 

[KVB]

I fold. I didn’t even really have a Britney Spears.

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Whew, I was bluffing.

All I had was this...

 

[BMR Genie]

Been doing the late afternoon/early evening then eating a big dinner afterwards.

I can bring a guest any time to the gym so I took my son earlier in the week, and he's already in weight training in school so he won't double up too much by coming with me.

So yeah, I brought my wife at the end of the week and again yesterday and she's getting going too. She'll come with me 4 or 5 days a week as a steady gym partner.

So that's pretty cool, I'm loving it.

This is a very exciting transformation for you, KVB. I know you already said you felt good about it, but wait a month or 2 and you are going to feel great than ever.

The good thing about going to the gym for me before is that...I am more careful of what to eat coz I don't want to waste the exercise, hardship, and sweat that I did at the gym haha. And I am also thinking like, I am paying for the membership, so I need to see the results. lol Very disciplined.

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

KVB tell everybody how you stretch before your workouts.

 

[rolandcorts]

I think I would like the no-carb diet if I'm aiming for a fast weight goal result, but I wouldn't dare do it for the long term.

Why wouldn't you DARE do it for the long term?

Why does everyone insist on going on diets that are vastly different than their usual one, only to return to the same old routine?

 

[RRsilver]

I've lost almost 30lbs since last summer.

 

[BMR Genie]

Why wouldn't you DARE do it for the long term?

Why does everyone insist on going on diets that are vastly different than their usual one, only to return to the same old routine?

If you're doing the backread then you will know. I already mentioned in my previous post that I don't think I can survive without a carb. I'm Asian remember.. So if I am going to do the strict no-carb diet, that means I am doing it desperately to lose weight to see fast results...not because I want the diet.

 

[edawg]

The Atkins extremely low or no carb diet was for extreme morbidly obese people to lose weight rapidly so they could get surgery.

 

[rolandcorts]

If you're doing the backread then you will know. I already mentioned in my previous post that I don't think I can survive without a carb. I'm Asian remember.. So if I am going to do the strict no-carb diet, that means I am doing it desperately to lose weight to see fast results...not because I want the diet.

Then you will yo yo permanently. Up and down, up and down.

If you are physically active, once you go low carb for about a week you will notice huge energy and performance gains and will be reluctant to go back to a high carb diet. In fact, you'll start to view carbs like sugar (something to be enjoyed sparingly, not as a diet staple).