Another health and fitness thread anyone?

Not sure why my posts keep showing up so strange maybe if I type the numbers out it will work better. I am officially down twenty five pounds since January fourth

 

That's awesome!

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Feels awesome! My goal is sixty pounds on the year. Already had to get a smaller belt, just hoping my XL Sitka will still fit lol

 

That's the one downside to losing a lot of weight, you have to get all new clothes, and the hunting clothing can get expensive. What I did with my regular clothing was just buy from goodwill because I knew I wouldn't stay in a size very long on my "way down."

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I've been sidelined now for nearly 3 weeks from a cold that moved into my chest...pretty sure it became bronch or pneumonia. Still a decent bit of coughing, but headed to the shop to get my bow and will try to squeeze in 60-90 minutes of pickleball to self assess.

Not sure I'm rrady for some serious cardio yet, but hope to get my morning pack hikes going around start of March. I want to get back to throwing some body weight exercises in also...a weighted pack lunging up a hill, pushups, air squats and the like. But I need to whip this old body back into shape before September...

 

Shoveled 8 " snow off drive. Started as hubby left for work , felt faint and ended at 1 pm . Still some left but left to do ....wrecked

 

That’s awesome! Great work! I feel like it’s a struggle to lose 5lbs.


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I jumped on the scale for the first time in way too long and was disgusted to see I put on 20 lbs since this time last year. Yikes!! I was sitting at 212.6 lbs on Saturday morning, which was Day 1 of 75 Hard, 2025 Edition. I'd like to be back down to 190 by the end, but that may be a bit aggressive.

Today is Day 3 and I'm feeling pretty good, although my legs are a little more sore than I would like for this early in. This weekend was the first time I rucked in probably a year and my knees/hips were barking at me a little bit. Nothing too serious, but enough to notice. No pain, no gain, I suppose!

I plan on weighing in weekly so I'll update on Mondays with my progress.

PS - 128 ounces is a LOT of water to drink every day. I forgot just how often I'm in the bathroom to empty the ol' bladder.

 

You got this. Keep at it!

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Awesome @alenhard15 . Feels so good to lose weight, especially a large amount. Keep at it! Its all for the better.

@Justin get your butt in gear! Haha i always fear gaining weight over winter, so i force myself to step on the scale at least once a week, just to keep myself in check.

Update from me. I gained a thick 5 lbs this winter. Ive started doing extra workouts and hopefully the weight loss will kick in, i know my appetite has. I really need to stop eating so much. Got 23 miles of hiking in this past week plus a 1:10 one night on trainer. I just need to keep this up. Bike season is here and time to ride outside more.

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I like to pretend I'm not gaining weight by avoiding the scale, which has proven itself to be a fundamentally flawed system.

 

So much for a regular old walk tonight. I went to grab some of the reflectors off my pack, so I didn't get whacked by a car and said screw it. I threw the pack on and did a 3-mile hike. There's no time like the present, I suppose.

 

Pretty good start to Day 4 - 30 minutes on the stairs followed by dips, shoulder press, bent over rows and upright rows.

 

Does anyone do assisted pull ups ?

I’ve been doing them for like 6 months now and notice drawing the bow seems to lock me in better ?

So now instead of doing 3 sets and reducing assistance each set ? I’m doing 3 sets x 3 different grips on the overhead. I do the last palms in and close that hit the bicep real good to loosen them up being I do biceps after back.

I’ve really made some changes I used to swear by like warming up a bit and stretching. I was loaded with tendonitis and now stretching the tendons helps to not over burden ligaments lifting.

Now that I’ve handled the old tennis elbows I’m working on shoulders and the pain.

No more stretching them. I warm up in a seated press machine with 1 plate and do 30 reps each arm. Second set the same. Now I got a bit of a burn. Step up 2 plates and do 20 reps 2 sets. Nice burn. Blood is moving. Add another plate for 16 reps. Add 1 more plate for 12. Another plate for 12.

Shoulders got a pump and holding blood. Move to the straight bar Smith machine using a 45 on each side. Not sure what the bar weight but figured close to 45 too for a 135 lift. Do 3 sets of 12 no changing weights.

That’s plenty of frontal shoulders and move to side shoulders and finish with rear delts. I start frontals because that’s where my pain resides. Rear delts have zero pain while side delts a small bit of pain that flushes out.

I’m basically isolating the pain and addressing it with reps to flood it with blood .

I feel better in there let’s see how long it works for


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My scale batteries died right before thanksgiving and I didn’t replace them until new years… big wake up call when I stepped on lol heaviest I’ve ever been

 

I do assisted pullups like a girl and I'm not afraid to admit it.

Day 4 ended with another ruck—about 2.5 miles or so at a nice, easy pace. There was a fair amount of incline, so I worked up a decent sweat, showered, read my book, and managed to get to sleep before 10 p.m., which never happens for me.

I woke up feeling good this morning! For day 5, Workout #1 was 20 minutes on the elliptical because the stair machines were all in use. I got in about 2.5 miles and worked up a decent sweat, then did some heavy leg presses, close grip rows on the cable machine, incline bench, and cable crunches. I'm going with more of a total-body approach for these first few weeks so I don't wear any one part out too badly.

I'll ruck again tonight while my daughter is at basketball practice.

My diet is pretty much set now, and I'm feeling good.

Breakfast is eaten post-workout in the morning. During the week, it's a packet of Oats Overnight with Fairlife milk and 2 scoops of collagen peptides—roughly 500 calories. On the weekends, when I'm at home, I'll sub this out with either protein pancakes (no syrup) or eggs and sausage.

Mid-morning snack is a scoop and a half of protein mixed in water. This helps me get to my goal of 150 grams of protein/day, which is surprisingly hard to do.

Lunch is my venison concoction, which I invented a few years ago. It consists of ground venison, green peppers, onion, diced tomato, diced chilis, organic brown rice, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning. It also has roughly 500 calories and is both delicious and filling. And helps me burn through venison at a pretty good pace.

Afternoon snack is a Greek yogurt if I'm hungry.

Dinner has been either a ground version burger patty w/mustard and either a sweet potato, zucchini or some other veggie I can toss in the air fryer. I also cooked up and shredded a bunch of chicken breasts, so if I'm in a hurry, that's easy to heat up and throw some seasoning or dressing on and call it good.

EAT WITH PURPOSE is my new motto. No more Oreos or waffles slathered in maple syrup.

I also changed my water consumption this time around, and now I am done with my 128 ounces by mid-day. This way, I don't have to drink a bunch of water in the evening and wake up having to piss in the middle of the night.

My typical routine is to wake up and chug 20 ounces before going to the gym. The I drink 36 ounces while at the gym during my workout. I will drink 10-20 ounces immediately when I arrive at the office.

As I type this, I'm at 70 ounces, and I've only been awake for about 2 1/2 hours. I'll drink another 10 ounces per hour until lunchtime and then I'm done. Easy, peasy! Minus the frequent trips to empty the bladder of course.

Reading is done on my lunch break and before I got to sleep at night.

 

Got my first outdoors mtb ride in yesterday! Feels good to be back on the bike. I have lost so much fitness. It was a slow and painful ride and hurting pretty good today. But I love it! Almost 15 miles in 1:45. Can only get better from this point.

Usually after 3 good rides, im back into bike shape and can enjoy the rides. Lets go!!

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Truly inspiring sir!!! Keep at it!!

 

2nd workout yesterday was a nice 3 mile stroll while my daughter was at her basketball practice. No weight or pack, just a good, brisk walk.

This morning was a pretty solid workout at home. I stretched, used some light resistance bands, and, warmed up with 100 jumping jacks, then ran through a full-body circuit of various lifts and movements. Flat bench dumbbell press, single arm bent over rows, shoulder lat raises, goblet squats, burpees, battle ropes and flat bench leg raises. I got through 4 circuits of those and my 45 minutes was up.

Cooked up a 3 egg & cheese omelet and had a few sausage links on the side.

 

I've put on some muscle weight. Legs stronger. Ok a little beer weight too.