LOL@2029! Hopefully it will not take that long...lmao!
I am reading a thread on my fitness pal about metabolism after 40. In reading that thread I think its okay to acknowledge an issue, but after reading post after post I wanted someone to say what their solution is. No matter what there IS a difference between the metabolism of men and women. I say this because it annoyed me that men got on there and pretty much said suck it up, work harder and all will be well. I understand the tough love stance, but it didn't help to understand why weight loss after 40 is still a mystery.
I still flip back to a member that I reached out to on my fitness pal who lifts heavy and got awesome results. I'm thinking of my current program with light weights and more reps which is completely opposite of what the heavy lifters do. I really want to just work smarter and not spin my wheels figuring out the best practice for my body.
Oh, for sure men have an easier time losing weight. Not to mention they don't get TOM and have regular bowel movements. So not fair.
My BF spent most of the time at the gym sitting in the hot tub and he lost 10 pounds in about a month or so. :/ We have to work harder but it can be achieved.
Yeah I totally agree, men do lose weight faster. And they age slower!
I don't lift too heavy, and I do about 5 sets of 5 reps and I don't push past the pain barrier. I know a lot would say women don't bulk up etc ... But they do start to look muscular. I want to look like a "bond girl" not a fitness model
When my brother decides to lose weight, it is so much easier for him. So frustrating!
Went last night to the gym and did 20 min of a hill program on the treadmill (much harder than I thought it would be. I usually use the elliptical) and did weights. Toe is protesting a little, but we're going back to the treadmill today.
My weight keeps yo-yoing between 235 and 231 and its driving me nuts. Hopefully getting back to the gym will straighten things out a bit.
LOL...the hot tube talk is too funny. Same with my brother. When he decides to lose weight it just disappears. That is so not fair. And he loves Sonic's drinks which are basically sugar and some fruit along with the burgers.
I know I have to keep going, but I'm having a bit of rebellion going on right now. It doesn't help that my head hurts from sinus issues. I need some of Gabi's willpower dust. On another note, my diet was stellar yesterday! I was amazed myself. It may be the influence of my new reading material.
Eyre, my weight does that too which is why I haven't changed my ticker. It fluctuates up to 3lbs for me.
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Philly, I spent years having a war with my weight. There was a moment back in January that I decided that's it, I'm going to do this and not turn back even if some months I lose 0 pounds. So far I have kept my promise to myself. After losing so many inches and feeling great in my clothes there's no way I'm going back.
I was watching youtube vids one night of vacation spots in the carribean (that's where I want to go on vacation so I was researching) and there was this girl in one of the vids wearing a bikini. I realized I too would want to wear a bikini and that was it...my journey began. I knew I was going to have to do the dreaded cardio and diet but if I wanted to be thin it's what I had to do. MFP is key also, without that site I was clueless as to what I was actually eating.
Now I have to get past my severe flying phobia and I'm set.
Gabi, thanks for the pep talk. I had another pep talk on facebook. Another member was about to do her workout and it was 9pm. We both did it at the same time, how cool was that! This breaks my lazy cycle for the week. Am I too hard on myself though its only wednesday...lol
Philly girl - YAY! It doesn't matter when as long as you get it done, right?
I went last night, did another hill program and about 10 min on the elliptical. Then went to an unplanned dinner with friends... and we won't discuss what i ate. Could have been much worse, but it could have been better too.
My next mission is to train myself to eat salad. It always looks good, but I get hung up on the lettuce every time. lol
Weight machines this afternoon and a short walk - have to be back at work for a school function this evening.
Looks like your all OP and doing great, keep it up. No workout for me today, and had 3 slices of pizza.. My weight will be up tomorrow that's for sure.
I got about 40 minutes in last night, tonight I'm not sure yet because I have a school function but I will try to sqeeze 20 minutes in before I have to leave.
See everyone later. Behave. No wild parties without me.
Ok, I do have one gripe. Some people enter way wrong nutritional "facts" into MFP so you have to be careful when choosing an entry to log into your diary. Some specific foods/meals will have several entries with conflicting calorie info. The other day what I thought was a 750 calorie meal was actually over 1,000 when I got home to double check with the restaurant website. I was so peeved. How could someone have been that far off?? That's the last time I trust random people's entries. *insert swear words here
I've had that happen too. Luckily I was home and was able to check different sources. I really like calorieking.com. Sometimes I will give myself a grace of +100 to offset an entry I can't pinpoint like chinese food.
So here's the thing...my nephew is in the hospital and I volunteered to take my brother and wife dinner. The place I planned to get my baked salmon was closed and I had to resort to fast food. I picked popeye's, but they had an item called naked chicken tenders. They are only 113 for three strips! If only I didn't have some curley fries from the cafeteria...oops! That wasn't so bad...what was bad was the marble pound cake I ate while socializing with my family. I am totally surprised that I'm only over 112 calories. I entered every forbidden and unplanned morsel. Ok, I am over carbs and over fat grams and under protein too. Drinking water now...lol...and probably will regret it at 1am when I have to run to the potty.
