Glad to hear this brotha keep up the great work
You ain't lying about those first 2 weeks but it's worth it to power through it
If all take this approach when starting a weight loss journey everyone would be successful in changing lives but we want it right now and that's just not possibleOn Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I work my upper body - arms, shoulders, chest. I don't lift heavy right now, I just do reps for exercise and muscle memory. I only move up in weight when the current weight I'm lifting becomes easier. Eventually I will lift more and harder for muscle mass. I am not trying to injure myself.
On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays I work my legs - (squats(4 variations), calves, hip inducters, knee lifts). I Don't lift heavy here either, I am only squating around 400 lbs max. Same concept here on avoiding over doing it and injuring myself. As I get stronger I add a little more weight. I feel like a wimp only squating 400 lbs. when some chicks at the gym are squating over 700-800 lbsLOL
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On Sundays which is very flexible if I go to the gym but I do cardio only. Bike, elliptical, power walk on treadmill, jump rope, and punching the bag for five 3 minute intervals. But like I said that is if I go on Sundays. I would love to jog but my knees are somewhat weak and I'm having a hard time finding jogging shoes that lessen the shock impact on the ball of my feet.
Mon-Sat I always do a combined 5 miles of some type of cardio and work on my core(abs and back) before I lift either my upper body or legs depending on what day it is.
I am just enjoying the process. I am in no hurry to get to my ideal body. I do it for health and I know eventually the body I want will develop as long as I stay consistent and gradually get stronger. It be days I don't want to go to the gym but I force myself to go and always feel better that I did go. However like I said Sundays are iffy for me.
Thank you, I'm going to try this and I don't it will be difficult for me because of how I eat now. I just have to really meal plan so I can stay at 1200 calories.
Go to my fitness pal dot com. I am currently doing 16/8. I eat my caloric deficit between the hours of 12 and 8pm. I was running 3 miles a day. Now I only do 1 mile and lift weights 3 times a week. I drink about 1 gallon of water a day. I don't do coffee but I drink green tea throughout the day. During the holiday, I didn't fast at all and I gained zero pounds. I ate, gumbo, etoufee, smoked and fried turkey. I kept my sweet tooth in check by only eating one generous slice of red velvet cake. My portions was way smaller than I normally eat. I was full as fuck so I didn't overeat.
I use my fitness pal already and log everything. I'm going to start tomorrow. I just hate I can't work out for a bit (ok not really lol)
Ok sweetness. I'm about to knock this mile out while you sleep.
Keto was difficult for me, because it was too difficult for me to keep up with what was high in fat and then I was messing up on the carbs like crazy.
Appreciate it, bruh. I started out at 250lbs. My eating window is between 11am-7pm. I start out with eggs, cheese, onions and turkey sausage every day. Eat a few sunflower seeds after that during the day. For dinner, it is usually turkey burgers or keto pizza. The crust is made from mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese and eggs. Throw some low sugar pizza sauce and turkey sausage or beef on there and man, you can not tell the difference between that and regular pizza.
Keto is definitely a lifestyle change. I have a sweet tooth and I love fries and chips. Not having grape juice or any fruit now sucks. I still steal a few fries from my little ones from time to time. I just had to make the choice that my health was more important than enjoying anything I wanted to eat. The struggle is real though, I definitely feel you on that.
I still eat a lot of fruit. I just cut waaaay back on sweets and alcohol. I even eat bread. The most important thing is when you eat and maintaining a caloric deficit.
Good shit. It is truly amazing. My only regret is I wish I would have done it as soon as I was done playing ball. Once you start it becomes second nature. Keep up the good work.
Very similar to my approach ...
I'm glad you said that because I thought about that. Today is day 3, yesterday was a challenge on the fasting because I was out and forgot to eat. So my quick find was to eat a banana before 6pm. And all night I wanted to eat because I was starving, but I didn't.
