The TFP Health Club

Oddly, I'm am Cayvmann on fitness pal...
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So a few more days into my fitness pal. I set it at sedentary for the work, because my job really is. Being a trooper is terribly unhealthy. I set my goal at 1 lb per week, not including any exercise. I figure the exercise is separate, and will get me results faster if I'm not plugging that back in. Plus it's not easy to really quantify the calories burned. So my goal is 2050 calories a day. Thus far I have been over that every day. One day 340 over, another day 500. But most days have been close. And that's again not counting the exercise. I'm not looking at macros or blocks, just looking at more proteins and lower calories. But when it's 11:30 at night,and no place is open,you grab a snickers 2 go and your diet dr pepper at the 7-11. But I am seeing results in weight loss.

 

Sunday I finally squatted 425 for five without the bar slipping and hurting my arms. If I can keep this up I might be able to lift my age times 10 (480) on my birthday in June.

 

For all you complaining about the gym and a power rack why not buy one and a bar and weights and do it at home? Ideally I'd like to do that because even though it's a chunk of change in front it's still going to save money in the long run on gym membership of that's all you use and no waiting or people bothering you.

 

^^^ that is the plan, once I move back into a house. This summer I start shopping for racks and weights

 

Stupid heel has been swollen for over a week (heel spur, old injury). Even if I just hit some upper body machines, I've got to get to the gym tomorrow.

 

Had an apple and a banana for breakfast, then coffee.
For lunch I had a big tossed salad with blue cheese and bacon bits
Dinner was hamburger veggie soup.

Sure there was some snacking, but I'm trying to up my veg/fruit intake.

Also worked out for 1.5 hours, and now I'm gonna shower and sleep.

 

I remember I started this thread years ago in one of the previous versions of this site!

I've joined a gym a couple of weeks ago. Still slowly getting into shape and aching like hell for 1 or 2 days after each session, but aching isnt always bad - it kind of feels like progress in a way.

I lost a lot of weight after I got diagnosed as diabetic (from 340 lbs at my worst to about 255 now) and I think I got to a point that I wasnt going to lose much more weight through a simply "normal" diet and not drinking alcohol. I guess my healthy weight would be 180 to 190. I've set myself a year to get to 200 lbs and then see where it goes from there.

 

Eating a large salad at lunch is a lot of work. Trying to eat one everyday. I think my jaw muscles are gonna pop out of my head soon. Kale and cabbage, not lettuce, btw.

 

Ha ha, I had the same thought when I went paleo. One of my coworkers at the time said "That sounds like a whole lotta chewing" in her deep-Louisiana accent. I told her I was burning extra calories by chewing. She was skeptical. Heh.

 

Is anybody familiar with gada training? I read about it, immediately became fascinated, and tried it for the first time tonight. I heard that a sledgehammer is okay, but you really want something with more of a cylindrical handle & a weight designed to cast its mass in any direction rather than a more linear direction like the hammer. So I used a square headed tamper.
In short order, it effectively and efficiently kicked my ass.
I'm going to buy a real mace or build my own so I don't have to keep using lawn tools.
I've already taken a rather heinous 'before' picture. Once I see appreciable results, I'll put up an 'after'.