The Man’s thread to good health!..
 

Ok it’s time we start putting down everything that helps us become better Men, either for ourselves, our girlfriends and or the person who just wont leave you alone i.e. (the WIFE).. :whip:

I’ll start!..

I highly recommend taking Multivitamins everyday..
I use GNC Mega Men (sport) the daily value is anywhere between 100 – 3333 percent. Sure you pee bright yellow but that’s just your body getting rid of the unused vitamins

Next is Rogaine!..
This stuff actually works.. I’ve been using it for the last 2 months and I have absolutely seen results I’m getting back front hairline (no more receding) and no hair falls out in the shower anymore.. Ralphs, Vons, Safeway all sell it without a doctors subscription so if your starting to thin or want to keep what you have (try it) it does work!..

Next up is ACAI!..
This stuff will flush your inners out (have your crapping) things that scar you! But it all GOOD.. Here is the website for it check it out!. www.acairesolution.com I’ve only been using it for a few weeks so I really haven’t seen the weight loss yet, but I know it cleaning the inside and has helped with cutting down food cravings.. http://babyboomeradvisorclub.com/aca...ntain-of-youth

MUST READ BOOKS!!!
1. Eat this not THAT! http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/index.php this is a GREAT book and you’ll discover that the little changes you make in your deit make a huge difference in the long run..
2.

Here’s a GREAT sight for the woman in your life!, It’s more for us (don’t kid yourself) but she’ll feel special too.. You’ll find everything from Plane vanilla :angel: to smoking hot (Yeahh BABBY!) :oh: here.. http://www.pierresilber.com/lingerie3.html

Daily exercise is a given, get your fat ass off the couch, walk the dog, go bike ridding with the kids, go the gym, try to get at least 20 minuets a day in..


So what do you do to stay healthy??:neutral: What can you recommend to the group?? :whistle:

Thanks for your time and have a great weekend everybody!.

Shaun.

1. No drugs, cigarettes, and booze.

2. Run 2-3 miles a day 3 times a week.

3. Workout 30-40 minutes a day 3 times a week (nicest Navy gym is right across the road where I live).

4. Eat a full breakfast or else I'll be cranky all day. I need the calories after working out.

5. Go to bed before 1100 p.m. and get up at 0500 (doesn't happen all the time though).

6. Play with my kids.

Man you would really feel if you went to bed at 9:00 and got up at 6:00 every day...:yes::na:

I go to work at 6-6:15am every day I get back home between 7:30 (i leave early) and 11pm 5 days a week... On call all weekend...

Fat!

Funny, I never had that problem with Acai. It must be something else that makes that happen. I drink Acai juice that I make from the actual fruit, I make soup and other things with it as well. Acai is known to be a very potent fruit and will give you tons of energy along with the benefits of it providing very high amount of Antioxidant. A lot of American companies know little of our fruits. Some examples: Cashews which is a very delicious fruit. Here in America, they only eat the nut which in Brasil can be used to burn skin when it's not dried, but the fruit itself is illegal to bring into the country. Very odd as a lot of Brasilians don't eat the nut, but only the fruit. The other one is Cacao. Well we love the chocolate right, but have you guy actually ate the white goodness that surrounds the seed itself? I must say it's very good. My aunt has a Cacao tree and we used to eat it all day long. We gave the seed to my aunt so she could dry them and make chocolate with them.

There are other fruits and berries in Brasil that are extremely delicious that for some odd reason is illegal here in the USA, but once the big money fools grab a hold of them, it becomes a thing to have. Funny stuff :lol:.

I basically eat whatever I want, get about 8 hours of sleep and run at least 30mi a day. No vitamins and about a quart of water before a run (1 hour) and 4oz of chocolate milk right after a run (proven best to renew your energy so you don't feel dead after) and then 1 quart of water 30min after the chocolate milk. I hardly eat vegetables but love fruit, it works for me but it is a slightly odd way to stay in shape.

a couple of things I routinely do is

1. I take a daily dose of liquid multi vitamins I get from Costco (liquid vitamins are more easily absorbed by your body) and 3 green tea capsules

2.I have tried Acai, (more for the antioxidant value) but I have found a product called Super Foods Extreme that I get from GNC, it has a lot more antioxidant value than Acai. (it has more antioxidant capacity than 13 servings of fruit and vegtables per serving)

my wife bought both "Eat this not that" books one for grocery stores and the other restaurants, I thought both were common sense, one of my common dinner items is a spinach salad with a vinagarette dressing, taking in protien in eggs, cottage cheese, and beef,chicken,seafood. I stay away from milk, drink lots of water ( in the summer I can drink as much as 2 gals a day).

being regular isnt something I suffer from, I take in lots of fiber and drink at least 2 cups of STRONG coffee a day ( Italian roast from Starbucks) caffiene opens everything up kinda like Draino....lol

Take a deep breath, breathe out and relax. The less you stress things the better off you are.

Must be in XC,,, You're lucky you live in Cali you cant run during most the winter unless you like running when it's 10F out.

I really like running. It gets you in shape and it's a good time to think. One thing I am able to do whenever is play any song I have listened to a few times over in my head perfectly. Kind of like an in-brain music player. It's really nice when running... and in class.:lol:

Hey- that's exactly how I stay in shape, too! Just without all the sleeping, running, and chocolate milk.... :lol: :lol:

I was a fitness consultant for a couple years and there is a book out that all midle aged+ guys should read. Its called "Yonger Next Year" and isn't a boring read like 99% of health and wellness books. Its humorous and extremely insightful.

I gave heard of whats cleed the "Reverse Diet". Tou eat your biggest meal of the day in the morning and each meal afterwards getss lighter, with dinner being the lightest of the day, I think this made total sense

I eat as much as I can whenever I can. I am pushin 130 at the moment. I just don't like being so small. I should probably mention I lift weights 3 times a week so I'm not just getting fat.

It's gunna suck when I get to about 30 and I can't eat as much as I want....

I lettered in track - cross country. I love to run and my cholesterol needs it - got it from both Mom an Dad, but after 30+yrs of running, I quit 4 yrs ago to save what little cartiledge I have left in my knees. Do the research, long term running and knee replacement surgery - its scary. I hope I quit early enough to make a diff. I was starting to have hip pain too. I've never been heavy either, 5'11", 155lbs and I always used good shoes (still do).

I (we) walk, not every day but most and typically 1hr and 15min, a little over 4miles. Walk every where I can, to the bank, to the deli, to grocery etc. Im old enough, I have friends and colleagues who are suffering from their poor decisions about life style - next door neighbor dropped dead right before IKE hit. One night he passed out, stopped breathing and had a heart attack. Even though paramedics were here in <3min and got him breathing again, he never woke up, he was overweight, slighlty asmathic(SP?) and a hard drinker. Colleague died Jan 1 of pancreatic cancer, was not pretty what he went thru, he was a devout hell raiser. Both these guys were younger than I am.

Bottom line, take care of yourself, its not too late to do a better job. I do all the annual stuff and all my Dr has to say every year - get a little more sleep and get rid of the stress in your life -easier said than done, I'm afraid.

ML

if weight gain is what you want, take in as much protien as you can and the 3 main exercises you want is Bench Press, Squats , and Dead lift you do all these things you WILL gain weight, also don't over workout or you will get weaker/smaller...this happened to me before. I was working out 6 days a week

I have an overstock of metabolism, does anyone want (need) some? I'll let it go cheap! :rofl: :yes:

Well first off, I am not allowed to do bench presses because my baseball coach says it messes up your shoulders.

With working out too much, I don't see that. I have a friend named Leland. He lifts 6 days a week... for 4 hours. He is huge. he's been lifting for 6 months and gained like 20 pounds. I don't think it's healty though...

If anyone cares, he's 15, around 180 and he hang-cleaned 4 reps at 215.:surprised:

:angel: Protein is the building block to muscle development.

The best method of calculating just how much protein is enough for a ‘high protein diet‘ is with the following formula.:whistle:

Lean Mass Weight (Kg) x 2.75 = Daily Protein Requirement
(By the way you simply divide pounds by 2.2 to get the equivalent in Kilograms. So 150 pounds is 68.18 Kg)
OK, you first need to know your total body weight and your body fat percentage. If you don’t know your body fat percentage I’ve included calculator in the sidebar to help you. Take a few measurements quickly and stick them into the boxes and hit ‘calculate.’

So now you know your body fat percentage. Multiply this percentage by your total body weight to determine the amount of fat you are carrying. Now simply subtract this from your total body weight to ascertain your lean mass weight.

:oh: Take this figure and multiply it 2.75 to give you your ideal protein intake per day in grams.

Example

A man weighs 150 pounds with 15% body fat.
• 150 / 2.2 = 68.18 Kg
• 15% x 68.18 = 10.23 Kg
• 68.18 - 10.23 = 57.95 Kg - Lean body mass in Kg
• 57.95 x 2.75 = 159.36

So, therefore our 150 lb, 15% body fat man should be shooting for 159 grams of protein in his daily diet.


P.S.
One book I’ve been thinking about getting is this one (??) http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/sto...sid=Y101308A2D
The world’s greatest treasury of Health secrets..
Has anyone read this one book?:neutral:

Thanks Shawn!

I got 143g of protein/day. Lets see I got around 12.5% body fat and 20.4 bmi. The BMI is in the "normal weight' and the BF% is "athelete". By the time summer jogging Cross country rolls around I will probably get down to 125 easy...:oops: UNLESS that is I lift quite a bit over the summer, which I probably will.:yipi:

OOOOooo you will also need to drink water!.. lots of water!! keep the kidneys flushed and clean... (for what it worth)..

A great source of protein is (Isopure) you get 40grams per 20fl oz to help fill-in the gaps.. 140+ grams of protein is not really easily achieved by eating alone! That is unless your eating lots of small meals evey few hours the books I’ve read suggest eating 6-8 small meals a day or once every 2-4 hours.

I've got a great food breakdown log that shows how much and what each food contains If i can find it I'll post it for everyone..

the one exercise my high school baseball coach stressed was dips, this also helps with increasing your benchpress strength, and if your friend wouldnt workout as much he would be bigger.

building muscle needs 3 equal things to be done and one of them is not more important than the other

1. Working out ( lower reps, heavier wieght builds more strength/muscle size, 6-10 reps per set)

2. get plenty of rest

3.quality diet


the science behind building muscle is when you lift wieghts you break down (rip) the muscle fibers and your body will repair those fibers plus a little more and this is what makes your muscles bigger, if you workout too much you never allow the fibers to rebuild. I dont know the amount of time your friend gained these 20 lbs. Expect to gain 10 lbs of lean muscle a yr doing it the right way ( no steroids)

I quite smokeing, 8 days now. It has been hard but I know it is worth it

Sorry, I love to smoke. 15 years now. Right around a pack a day. And I drink beer, and black coffee too. The best part is that I am health and I look young, or at least that's what people tell me. Most people have no idea that I am going on 30.

I attribute it to the smoking. Kept me young.

I do work out though. Six times a week. 3 days for running five miles and 3 days for lifting to build endurance and definition. I don't mind. I still smoke and I don't really care to quit. I've tried and I just don't think its in the cards for me right now, other than the fact that I have now gone from a socially accepted practice(back during the 80s) to being shunned by the world because everyone is concerned about what I put in my body besides me.

If its good, I'm doing it. Smoke. Drink. Eat fatty foods. Eat sugary foods. Love Carbs. ITS OK, I work out and stay healthy, doesn't mean I need to punish myself.

Not to rub anyone the wrong way but the thread is titled "The MAN'S thread to good health"! Yet it the thread has been filled up with chat from teenagers, most of which can't even drive yet! Sorry guys but what you do for healthy living is vastly different from what a man that is twice your age will be doing. You young guys metabolism is through the roof. Lets see how your doing in another 10-15 years!

I know I need to lose weigh bad!!! I really need to give up on the soda and eat better and no more late night snacks or meals. When I'm not drinking soda it's water, or soda with some captain! Running is out of the question for me, I can make it about 100' before I feel like I'm gonna die and can barely move, so I'm limited to walking.

Two years ago I quit drinking soda, water only. Walked at least a mile a day. I also eat a little better. I had some motivation for this though. At 26 I took a girl to her Junior prom. Now all the Dads out there, don't worry! She was actually my new step cousin, she didn't have a date and since I had never went to mine I offered to take her. At the same time I wanted to make sure I looked decent in a tux.

If I had a little motivation again, I know I could drop 30-40 lbs by April, and I may have that motivation after last night at the bar!

P.S. Sorry for the long rant

I hear you dude, I loved to smoke too, but for me the time to quite is now.

I don't care what you put in your body as long as I or my family doesn't have to breathe it or smell it. :yes:

Seriously, it doesn't bother me at all that people smoke. I just wish that those who do smoke would do it in a controlled environment so that it doesn't affect anyone else.

As far as the good health thing goes, here's what I've started lately (4 weeks now):

-I play basketball twice a week for 90 min
-Treadmill for 40 min twice a week
-Pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups on the treadmill days
-Limiting soda intake to 12oz/day.

Results so far: I can finally wear my size 36 jeans again, so I don't need to go buy a bunch of size 38. Also, I can play basketball/run longer without getting winded so much. Sweeeeeet

That sooooo cool congratulation sir.. I hope you stick with it!..:yes: I’m using Nicocure to help me with the same thing..:whistle: That and tons of running!..:intello: I’ve been smoking for last 25 years and it was time to quit a long time ago.. sure this is my 4th time quitting :lol:, but I’ll never get there if I quit quitting..:wink:

BEST OF LUCK..:party: :yipi:

Here are GREAT docs that help explain what your eating! It breaks out the (Protein, Calories. Fat, Sodium, Carbs and Cholesterol) count for you!..


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I'll give you that. I consider myself to be a considerate smoker. I don't smoke in my, or other people's homes or car. I usually excuse myself outside to "huff one down quick". If I am at social functions where I appear to be the only smoker, I don't smoke.

I know it stinks, and it's expensive and supposedly it's disgusting (chew is way worse in my book).

I do work out regularly and I did find a few easy tips to weight loss, as I did manage to drop 15lbs in two weeks. Just count calories in general. It was actually really depressing at first. I found I was taking in over 3500 calories a day. Between soda and snacks, it was out of hand. I brought my self down to 1800 and stayed with my exercise program and the weight dropped off. I do need to shed a few more as the Army says I'm almost fat, which is my fault as last year I tried to put on 10lbs of muscle and now they say I'm overweight.

/sigh

Oh I thought I might add:
I just got tested yesterday, I have 0.8% body fat, but then I ate McDonalds. I'll check tomorrow. :lol:

I certainly hope the .8% figure is a typo, anything less than 5% is considered unhealthy, 3-5% are essential fats needed to survive

That is awesome! Seriously, I wish more people were considerate of those around them. My brother and his wife used to smoke (they're in the process of quitting) and they were always really considerate as well. Very cool.

I agree that chew is pretty disgusting. My first major beat-down in high school was because some urban "cowboy" (never seen a horse, but dressed like a cowboy and magically developed an accent) spit chew on my foot. After I bloodied him up, I rubbed his bloody face in the chew-spit. I loved high school. :party:

I can't even imagine dropping 15 lbs in two weeks. I think it would kill me. I'm going to try counting calories to see where I'm at. I've never really paid much attention, but I'm sure I consume too many. A lot of my weight is actually muscle, but it's hiding behind the fat. :whistle:

Counting calories does work. About 3-4 years ago I dropped from 265 to 190 using that method. It did take about 9 months, and i was not too religious with it. I did exercise daily, and use a heart rate monitor to gauge my sucess while exercising. I tried to limit my carb intake, and eat more lean protien. Tuna out of the can was my friend! Anyways i am back up in weight and need to loose some pounds. I hurt my back during the Katrina cleanup and it took me about 2.5yrs to get that fixed. I also got married, so I ate that damn wedding cake (adds 40 lbs easy). But I need to loose weight now, and feel healthy again. I have always had a slow metabolism, so a very low calorie intake is key for me to drop the weight. 1200-1400 calories a day is my target. I know that sounds low, but when I was exercising regularly 1100 calories was a normal day, and I felt great.

Body type and metabolism vary greatly. I have large leg muscles (most likely from carrying my fat ass around) so biking worked best for me. My best was 9 miles a day, with at least 8.5 of those with a 107+ bpm heart rate. You have t get your heart rate up, and keep it up for over 20 mins to get any effect from exercise. I could usually keep my heart rate uo over 170 for at least 40mins after I got in better shape. I did it 7 days a week. Not sure if that worked best, but I made a routine out of it. That was my trick, just exercise every day at the same time, so it is just part of the day. I would bike daily, rain or shine.

Sounds like we have some lard asses here, hope we can all trim up a bit. The ladies are watching!

Ok so who wants a fat man comp? I need to lose 30

I'm in! I don't care so much about my actual weight though, just the content of it (fat vs. muscle).

Anyway, I only want to lose 20 lbs to get down to 185.

Thanks,
I am on day 10 now useing the patch it is hard but I keep telling my self I can do it.

You know the first thing you have to do when you get lung cancer is quite smoking, so I might as well do it now BEFORE the cancer!:lol:

Good luck to you too

I’m so down for this!!!!

So how do you want to do it..:whistle:

My suggestion::angel:
• We take basic measurements (biceps, forearms, chest, stomach and thighs) post results
• We weigh ourselves post results
• Our overall goals We post
• Before and after shoots after being what1, 2 or 3 months?? Post results (PLEASE) have shorts on guys:diablo:! But don’t be afraid to show the belly!.. :lol:

The winner is chosen by the RCM family members and takes the first RCM fitness award? :intello: I’ll go out a get a plaque / trophy and mail it out to whoever wins.. :yes:

Loser.. Well there aren’t any losers because you’re bettering your body… :angel:

Who’s in???? :neutral:

RCM first annual “fat a thon” contestants: :rules:
• Arct1K
• Kulangflow
• Tdc57

P.S.
I say we start on the 9th, it a Monday so that will give all of the people one last weekend to get hammered or whatever..

I created a project x thread! No indecent photos...

I can throw in on this, I can be the biggest loser! (maybe in more than one area of my life for a change)!

Not sure about any pics though, this is a public forum...

I used to weigh 195, im 5-11. Was growing a double chin. Then I quit drinking booze and lost 15lbs in a few months LOL. 12 beers is like 1500 calories. Im up to 187 from all the holiday festivities plus its freezing snow winter here, not much playing in the park. I'd like to turn that 7lbs of fat into 10lbs of muscle. The wife just bought some exercise equipment (sit ups and push ups things) and I got a weight bench and all the bars/weights. No way im taking a bare pic though, im a hairy german, and being winter havent buzzed my fur coat in months :lol: