The Man’s thread to good health!..

[kulangflow]

Originally Posted by FireWire79

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

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.

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.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by kulangflow

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.

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!