axle2152 Wrote:Interesting, some of the stuff I came across suggested that fasting helps with insulin sensitivity.... I know it is a topic for debate, seems to be good and bad things concerning fasting. Logically speaking it would make sense for our bodies to be more efficient at absorbing nutrients when after fasting... I need to sit down and do some reading on it.
For now, I am just drinking more water and eating when I'm hungry and if I'm not I skip...I figure my body is pretty good at telling me what it wants...of course that's assuming I'm not guzzling down sugar and crap... Honestly, my apitiete isn't what it was a few months ago and I'm much much more active, and looks like I will be more active now yet... Did 42 laps at the pool and half hour of jogging....and tomorrow, Monday, I will be there again from 5:20 till they close at 8, doing everything from weight training, cycling and back in the pool...doing that twice a week plus some running... actually here's a breakdown (have all this on my white board lol)
So despite all the snow we got last week (3 inches...combined -_- ) I still made it to the gym...
Last week I was doing about 44 laps (25yds x 44)... This past Monday I did 50....
As far as the weight loss goes...might be slowing down some, but that's ok, doesn't mean I'm not making progress...my pants say say that I am lol.
Unofficially (because I weigh only once a week) I am down to 216 which makes me down 24 lbs since December 5....
Been doing a bit of research on weight loss in general and things seem to point to this...
Anyone trying to lose weight will lose muscle mass... The problem is that it is all of your muscle and is why you don't want to lose a crap load all the time...unless. You build muscle (or try to) at the same time. Right now, from looking at myself looks like I am building muscle... I can definitely tell a difference in what my arms, legs, even my abdominal region are all starting to tone up.
So the 11 lbs I lost in December was likely water, but since there was Christmas dinner and tons of sushi, there had to be a pretty good loss of fat too... If it were all water I would have gained it all right back...
So for this month I'm pretty much on track to lose what I lost in December...
One thing I can say about the swimming, weight lifting and things in general, besides kicking my butt, is that it seems like my body forces me to eat...not just anything, it is wanting me to get protein...it seems like that...
So...would protein powders be a good addition I'm wondering?
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Without knowing what your daily nutritional intake is now, it would be impossible to say that you needed additional protein. It's possible that you are getting adequate amounts now and that supplementation would simply add more calories and hence slow the weight loss.
It's good that you are thinking about body composition. Muscle weighs more than fat, so at some point you might prefer to track your progress by % body fat rather than just an overall weight measure.
You may wish to use an app like fitday to help track and raise your awareness around what you're consuming in a day. It takes a while to enter everything at first, but since we're all habitual eaters, eventually you have your meals entered and it's just checking off which ones you ate that day. The app is not only used by people wanting to lose weight, it's used by athletes and people trying to gain weight.
Suggestion: just eat meat, fresh vegetables, and a little fresh fruit. Make sure it's not processed meat. Cooking methods: baked, roasted, broiled, steamed. Season with fresh or dried herbs, a little hot sauce if you like it. Nothing fried ever. I know it's the south so that is a challenge. If you do this, your body will thank you.
Swimming and weights are really good. Add some interval sprints in your pool time, after you're warmed up but before the 50 laps. At some point as you become even more active you might want to investigate HIIT, High Intensity Interval Training, on a treadmill or outside when the weather is nice. It tends to be much more efficient than the steady state cardio you are doing now, but yes steady state was the right choice to start and may still be for some time.
axle2152 Wrote:Interesting, some of the stuff I came across suggested that fasting helps with insulin sensitivity.... I know it is a topic for debate, seems to be good and bad things concerning fasting. Logically speaking it would make sense for our bodies to be more efficient at absorbing nutrients when after fasting... I need to sit down and do some reading on it.
For now, I am just drinking more water and eating when I'm hungry and if I'm not I skip...I figure my body is pretty good at telling me what it wants...of course that's assuming I'm not guzzling down sugar and crap... Honestly, my apitiete isn't what it was a few months ago and I'm much much more active, and looks like I will be more active now yet... Did 42 laps at the pool and half hour of jogging....and tomorrow, Monday, I will be there again from 5:20 till they close at 8, doing everything from weight training, cycling and back in the pool...doing that twice a week plus some running... actually here's a breakdown (have all this on my white board lol)
Dont beleive it you body lies!!! And yes fasting can help you feel better to a certain extent wether its because of intesternal transit or less sugar. in moderation fasting ( try to keep sugars to fruit and veg) can realy help with weight loss and energy levels and due to better insulin sensitivity your stamina will go through the roof. I kinda know quite a bit about this through experience with diabetes which you never get rid of but through diet exercise and comitment you can reverse the effects of. My blood glucose levels were at the point i would be taken into hospital for probably 3 weeks or more while they sorted me out if i hadnt refused to go back to the dr and show my daily home tests. I would have lost my driving licence and my job. So i decided to do somthing about it myself. I am now under 11 and a half stone and have a hba1c better than most non diabetics.
Seems that the subject of fasting is split down the middle...some people say it is good for you, some say it is bad...
[MENTION=20941]Camfer[/MENTION] I've been eating a pretty well portioned diet, so tracking what I have been taking in, for the most part has been easy....Well when it comes to breakfast and lunch anyway...dinner can be a wildcard, but I've been staying away from anything fried...
Although this is an estimate, this was a calorie count for my curry/chicken/rice stuff...it's attached...
edit: mind you the initial calorie counts were for the whole week on the food (there were 10 servings)
Well, I can certainly say I'm getting smaller, on the last hole on my belt...I have had it for a couple years at least and I'm about 3 holes in from where I was back in September... (there are 5...)... Not sure how I would go about getting an accurate body fat %...
[MENTION=23291]shyl4l[/MENTION] Yeah I have been told to do intervals, sprints and so on... Right now I'm doing good to keep going...lap after lap. I'm sure I'll get better but definitely pushing hard... I guess not doing too bad for having been doing it for about 3 weeks... Been running since the end of November, swimming is a totally new thing for me...
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Just getting back into the exercise myself had a 5 month break while i buit my workshop and sorted other stuff out. I swim . Run. Weights ( for weights i do endurance weights eg not overly heavy but arroung 500 to 600 reps in a session it givs good definition and dosnt make you too big after beeing xxxl/xxxxl i can tell you i much prefer being small) when weather permits i do a 3 mile cross country 3 or 4 times a weel in a verry hill area. Now thinking of doing t25 program aswell a couple of times week. Good on you axle its not easy to keep to it but it will make the world of diffrence
Axle, muscle weighs more than fat but it burns calories rather than stores them, so as you lose to a certain level you will gain muscle weight but also gain food burning efficiency. Weight loss mat slow but you will be less fat.
Insert,the word from my diabetes peoples is three meals per day about five hours apaprt. I've thought about the small meals more often thing, too, but never done the glucose measurements and all that to see if it works.
eez and shyl4l, I once spoke with a trainer who told me that beginners should start slow and build up with exercise because the ones who go all in tend to slack off and quit rather than getting used to it and wanting to reinforce their benefits. Interesting.
LJay Wrote:eez and shyl4l, I once spoke with a trainer who told me that beginners should start slow and build up with exercise because the ones who go all in tend to slack off and quit rather than getting used to it and wanting to reinforce their benefits. Interesting.
This is very true... 2012, I keep referencing, I went at it too hard for 4 months... I tried to quit smoking, I tried to diet (and way too strict of a diet) and got to where I was running 4 mile a day, sometimes 7 miles.... I got burnt out quickly.
The goal is to enjoy what you're doing not just do it because you only want to get in shape....if you hate doing it or dread doing it, probably isn't going to stick in the long run...
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Well definitely making good progress with my running...I feel that it is largely because of everything else I'm doing...
Ran 2.98 miles in 30:00 ... if it weren't because of the 2:00 cool down I would have been well under the 10:00 pace, had it cranked up to 6.5 there at the end.. I sort of start out a little slow and keep bumping it up as I go... So now the goal is to get to a 9:00 pace...
On November 30, which was the first run I logged....
11/30/2015 2.034 mi 0:30:00 0:14:45 pace
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