Workout

[Fentonite]

$29 isn't to bad. Little out of my budget, but not bad. Planet Fitness is only $10, but I am limited to just one club.

Are you looking at the one just south of us on Wads? Heck, I should join too

[TheBelly]

$29 isn't to bad. Little out of my budget, but not bad. Planet Fitness is only $10, but I am limited to just one club.

Do you have any physical limitations with what exercises you're doing? What is driving you to 'need' a gym membership?

sign up for a Workout Of The Day (WOD) email, and get after it!!! I'm a member of the Spartan Race Series WOD. That will get you into good shape in a hurry!

Remember, get skiny in the kitchen, get strong in the gym*




*gym is wherever you work out.

[Sparky]

Do you have any physical limitations with what exercises you're doing? What is driving you to 'need' a gym membership?

sign up for a Workout Of The Day (WOD) email, and get after it!!! I'm a member of the Spartan Race Series WOD. That will get you into good shape in a hurry!

Remember, get skiny in the kitchen, get strong in the gym*




*gym is wherever you work out.

I am grossly over weight. That is my motivation.

[Sparky]

Are you looking at the one just south of us on Wads? Heck, I should join too

Yeah. It is opening at the end of January.

[Fentonite]

Let's do it. Schedules won't match up much, but some.

[Monky]

Sparky your biggest change will be diet. You have to find something you can stick to and get it done. Start small, make one change a week. But your diet is going to be the biggest factor.. work out all you want.. but it won't have the same effect as a change in diet. Eating clean is a good goal. No prepackaged or prepared meals. Nothing out of a box, nothing out of a can... if you want sloppy Joe's.. you use a recipe. They have them. You control what goes in it. It's an easy start, and can be done cheaply. I won't lie though.. the fact that there are no subsidies on vegetables can make it seem pretty expensive. When you can buy a frozen pizza for $5 and feed the kids.. or spend $9 on chicken and veggies.. it seems a bit backwards.. and it is.

Couple of my favorite sites for recipes. I eat about 80/20 Paleo. I still like my brown rice and occasional bread.. I cook all the time. There are a ton of things you can do.

civilizedcavemancooking.com
paleomg.com (she's local)

If this is something you are serious about I can help you with easy quick recipes that are delicious. Send me a PM. My crossfit box is doing the 'Whole Life Challenge'. Take a look at it. I'll sponsor you in it if you'd like (it's not overly expensive for what it is). It's open to everyone. Basically it's just tracking how small changes to how you eat/activity level can change everything. There are several levels from beginner, to advanced (which is what I'll be doing since I already eat 80/20 paleo). You put your data in online and you can track it all. It's fun.. and the group I'm doing it with is hugely supportive.

I'm all for people changing their life.. I changed mine (granted I got squishy after breaking my back) but that's changing again too..

Like Belly said.. you get skinny in the kitchen, strong in the gym. It's the truth.

[Sparky]

Sparky your biggest change will be diet. You have to find something you can stick to and get it done. Start small, make one change a week. But your diet is going to be the biggest factor.. work out all you want.. but it won't have the same effect as a change in diet. Eating clean is a good goal. No prepackaged or prepared meals. Nothing out of a box, nothing out of a can... if you want sloppy Joe's.. you use a recipe. They have them. You control what goes in it. It's an easy start, and can be done cheaply. I won't lie though.. the fact that there are no subsidies on vegetables can make it seem pretty expensive. When you can buy a frozen pizza for $5 and feed the kids.. or spend $9 on chicken and veggies.. it seems a bit backwards.. and it is.

Couple of my favorite sites for recipes. I eat about 80/20 Paleo. I still like my brown rice and occasional bread.. I cook all the time. There are a ton of things you can do.

civilizedcavemancooking.com
paleomg.com (she's local)

If this is something you are serious about I can help you with easy quick recipes that are delicious. Send me a PM. My crossfit box is doing the 'Whole Life Challenge'. Take a look at it. I'll sponsor you in it if you'd like (it's not overly expensive for what it is). It's open to everyone. Basically it's just tracking how small changes to how you eat/activity level can change everything. There are several levels from beginner, to advanced (which is what I'll be doing since I already eat 80/20 paleo). You put your data in online and you can track it all. It's fun.. and the group I'm doing it with is hugely supportive.

I'm all for people changing their life.. I changed mine (granted I got squishy after breaking my back) but that's changing again too..

Like Belly said.. you get skinny in the kitchen, strong in the gym. It's the truth.

Thanks for the links. There are some pretty good recipes there. Don't think I can afford a crossfit gym and honestly I am not sure my knees could handle it. What I am doing is using the MyFitnessPal app to monitor my food. Going to do some walking and as soon as the planet fitness opens I am going to start doing cardio and weights.

[TheBelly]

Thanks for the links. There are some pretty good recipes there. Don't think I can afford a crossfit gym and honestly I am not sure my knees could handle it. What I am doing is using the MyFitnessPal app to monitor my food. Going to do some walking and as soon as the planet fitness opens I am going to start doing cardio and weights.

If you can't afford a gym, there are plenty of walking trails that are free....sometimes they have cool nicknames, like 'sidewalk'

[Tim K]

I use a calorie counting app every day. It's stunning how much we eat when you count every damn bite. My sister turned me on to it back in 2007 or 2008. She lost 100# with it and has kept it all off since. She works out hard and is careful with how she eats, but she is now the fittest 51 year old woman I've ever seen (her arms make most guys jealous).

It's just as important to eat the right stuff, but simply counting calories is an excellent start. Assuming your app lets you add back calories burned from exercise, it's also an excellent motivator to go get a workout. If you're trying to lose 2# a week, you probably only get somewhere on the order of 1,400 - 1,600 calories a day. The extra 150 calories per mile makes a run seem like a great deal.

[def90]

Diet is a small part. Once you get into a regular workout routine if you are putting on muscle and taking away fat your metabolism will increase. In my personal experience I actually gained weight the first month and a half or so that I was seeing a personal trainer then at one point I hit the peak and then the weight began to come off very quickly. I lost 25lbs in about 3-4 months. Throughout all of this my trainer had me eating 4 times a day, a good breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon or whatever protein you want and some fruit, a light lunch such as half a turkey sandwich and small salad, a mid afternoon meal consisting of the rest of the sandwich and some other snacky stuff and then a portion correct dinner in the evening. Dieting alone can actually put weight on your body as it will go into "starvation" mode when it realizes it isn't getting the calories that it needs and will start packing away energy as fat, when you eat regularly and exercise your body will not do this.