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maxrossi

Joined May 2011

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Start Weight

216.0 lb

Lost so far: 2.0 lb

Current Weight

214.0 lb
Performance: losing 0.1 lb a week

Goal Weight

195.0 lb

Still to go: 19.0 lb

Male - 6 ft. Tall. 216 lbs. Broad shoulders, 35inch waist 32 inseam, size large teeshirt. I look to be a normal weight , not thin and not fat at all, however my goal is to look thin in order to run, swim and bike faster especially in climbing hills on roadbike. Roadbike pro racers are typically 2 lbs per inch of height, which would mean at 72 " inches I should weigh 144 lbs. Its never going to happen, 185 may be my rockbottom weight and based on my good muscle tone, I will be lean and strong at around that weight.

Update: I am now 210, lost 6 lbs and kept it off. 10 more to go to get to 200. Want to acheive this before the holidays, well because we all know what happens around the holidays.:)

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I had the BODYBUG that I bought from my gym. I didnt have the time to plug it into my computer to sync it, to then analyze what I was doing and for how long, calories, etc. I sold it to a gym member and got a heart rate monitor watch instead, it can with the optional chest strap but also works without it. Brand is Sportsline , 59 dollars on Amazon. Bottom line if I am only wearing the watch I make it a point to make sure I am running my heart rate at 70 percent of capacity which is around 125 to 130 beats per minute. If I choose to wear the cheststrap sensor, it displays my heart rate automatically on the gyms electronic display of either the elyptical, treadmill or stairmaster. I also use both on bike rides, placing thewatch on the handlebars while wearing the cheststrap. If it drops too low, I start pedaling faster, if its too high I slow down. That tells me I am working within my fat burning range. Plain and simple. One hour plus 5 days a week and plenty of patience and your weight goals will be achieved. Of course a reduced calorie diet is also expected to achieve your results.I am just about there, after 3 years of working at it. I am also 52 and at 32 it only took me a year to acheve the same results. Its true the older you get the harder it it. But persevere and never ever give up. Anything is possible, even without a Bodybug.

posted 23 Oct 2011, 19:29

Help please for paranoid husband
Two people meet and fall in love. They love eachother enough to commit and marry eachother. There should be support, love, understanding, encouragement, bringing out the best of one another. Your husband is upset? Making snide remarks about your achievement in taking back your health? He instead should be proud, supportive, encouraging and reassuring. Want to straighten him out? Tell him that you expect him to suport and encourage you and if he doesnt, there are many men out there that would love for their wives to be like yourself. Your weight loss is above anything else making you healthier. No doubt you are becoming more attractive and youthful looking which is fueling his insecurity because he lacks confidence in himself. I do not agree with your husband, I am sorry but his attitude is also selfish and immature. Grown men just do not act that way.

posted 23 Oct 2011, 19:14

Maturing adults, aka, we older folk!
In the future we will find that there will be quick ways to examine our DNA to determine which foods agree with our particular individual body chemistry. I have a brother who could never achieve healthy results from my diet, yet at 52 I am more fit than I was at 28. Although we a related from the same set of parents, our DNA is completely different. For instance, I consume fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables 4 or 5 times a day, I eat very little amounts of either chicken or fish and almost never eat or crave red meat. I do consume lots of carbs until about 3pm, then for dinner I limit the carbs to vegetable carbs. I do this because I have tried going low or no carbs and just protein. Not for me. Why? Lack of carbs to me equates to lack of energy. When my energy is low, I cannot run or bike or walk long distances. Therefore it affects my motivation and desire to want to exercise. I find my mindset is also irritable on a high protein low carb diet. I look around myself and the very people frowning about my consumption of carbs are the ones that are overweight and deathly afraid of eating carbs. I have lost 60 lbs since 2008. Ok it has taken me 3 years, and didnt happen overnight. But now, my entire body has changed not only by losing the fat, I have gained muscle, huge amounts of energy, a more confident and positive attitude as well. Everyone sees it, in case I dont. How you might ask? By getting to bed at 9pm, rising at 4:30am (that 7.5 hours of sleep) and hitting the gym monday to friday, no excuses. I have made it a lifestyle, met lots of like minded people as well in my gym. It helps that it is open 24 hrs. 7 days. My routine varies since I get bored easily, I go from treadmill to spinning, sometimes I will swim, or hit the weight room for lightweight lifting, nothing heavy. I wear a heart rate monitor and try to keep my heart at around 125 beats per minute for at least 1 hour in the morning. This type of cardio has helped me become less (INSULIN SENSITIVE) remember this important fact. When your body regularly exercises, your pancreas becomes less insulin sensitive, meaning when you consume carbs your pancreas will not spew out large amounts of insulin like a sedentary person would. A sedentary person should not consume carbs. I agree, but an active person should. When you pancreas produces a large amount of insulin, it converts the carbs to sugar and glucose resulting in stored fat. An active person stores the glucose differently and uses it for fuel and can run longer and faster until the body depletes the stored glucose and sugar. Many people dont understand the complex way our bodies work. Good news is, we can change our bodies dramatically thru diet, lifestyle and exercise. You just have to want it bad enough. Once you start to achieve even the smallest results, usually within 6 weeks, you will also have form a lifestyle change and acquired a good habit of exercise. Dont give up before the 6th week, this is the hardest time, after that a habit will form. Stick to it. Never give up. Dont do it for anyone but yourself! I hope I have helped someone with my advice. Best of luck!

posted 23 Oct 2011, 14:23

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