Official Pokercast GETYOURFATASSFIT Club thread

[CdnSweets]

Great timing for this thread of me.
Recently my wife just had our first child (Desmond Jack on March 8th) anyway before he got here I decided to my butt back in shape. I met my wife a few years ago and i was a gym rat and weighed in at 210-215 lbs. well fast forward to this winter i wasn't feeling so great and had my first child on the way i hopped on my scale and was close to 300 pounds!
Im 5'10" and was 300 lbs? scared the crap out of me!
So i have started working on my cardio on a bike and watching what i eat again and now touch the scale at 275 lbs.

Start 300 lbs
Current 275 lbs
Goal under 250 lbs (parents pool springboard weight limit) by summer
ultimate goal 225 lbs

Good luck to everyone on there goals!

[SGT RJ]

Originally Posted by hornsby15

Sidenote - aside from the heating thing, is the Vitamix not just a blender?

It's a really powerful blender, but yeah that's basically it.

It's kind of expensive, but well worth it if you are going to mix a lot. It doesn't leave little bits intact - even tiny stuff like fruit seeds get broken down.

OOT thread on it: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34...tamix-1174240/

[jefkve]

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

OOT thread on it: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/34...tamix-1174240/

F-OOT!

That said, my wife uses ours for making almond flour .....things turns them to powder in seconds and shows no signs of slowing. It is an awesome blender....not sure I'd have spent the money on it if not for my wife, but oh well...

[Bunner]

I'm onboard!!

Started the day off (after posting the latest episode of the PokerCast of course) with a nice egg and baby spinach sandwich with a flaxseed / olive oil combo instead of butter with a little cat-sup and a coffee. Now its off to my local fitness museum for Back & Core Madness! will post my stats and goals later today...



Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum...

[AdamSchwartz]

Originally Posted by Bigoldnit

Adam,

My inspiration isn't quite as profound as yours, but inspiration did indeed strike me today...

To make a long story short, the past few months have been pretty psychologically brutal for me, and, in a mistaken attempt to comfort myself I've been spending waaaayyy to much time with my old friends Ben, Jerry, and Ronald McDonald. I've been successfully dodging scales and full length mirrors for a while, but I was finally forced to confront my growing girth head on today when I bent down to pick up something from the floor and was greated by the sickening sound of cloth ripping as the inseam of my favorite pants finally declared no mas...

Anyway, I don't want to reveal my vital stats, but I will say that my goal is to lose 25 pounds by July 4th through a combination of healthier eating and more exercise (more meals cooked at home, walking to work every day, and investing some of my tax refund in shiny new exercise equipment)


Gogogo!!!

Welcome aboard nit! Ya, me and Ron are tight as well. He's going to wonder where I've been lately.

Post pics of shiny new equipment when you get it.

Originally Posted by Punker

I am 6'4, 300 pounds, BMI 36.5. I have a really pear shape so it's not like I'm one of these guys who's just big - I've got skinny arms and legs and a huge belly; that said, I'm still pretty tall and can carry a fair bit of weight. I don't drink or smoke, but I do eat a lot more than I should, and way too unhealthy. I don't really like weight based goals as I haven't found them to motivate me very well.

My goal is to do a sprint triathlon (swim 750m, bike 20km, run 5km) on June 28 of this year and complete it in under 2 hours.

As of today, in an isolated setting (ie, not doing them one after the other):

I can do the swim (in a 25m pool) in about 22 minutes
I can run about 2km in 12 minutes
I can bike about 5K in about 15 minutes.

Old school 2+2'er on board!

Ya, glad people are posting their personal goals. Sprint triathlon sounds fun and a great goal. Are these things held everywhere?

Originally Posted by Aimee

Just posting to offer my support as a longtime podcast listener and 2+2 lurker It's great to see everyone taking charge of their health and RJ has the right attitude - no one gained the weight in a week (or month, or even year) and it takes long term changes and goals to get healthy as well. I'm rooting for you all!

Also, Adam, the smoothie sounds great - will have to try that with my protein powder sometime this week!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Johnny Douglas

Good timing. I've been talking about doing a prop bet with one of coworkers for weight loss. About a month ago I signed up Weight Watchers online and its trifecta of apps has been doing me well, but I feel I'm at a plateau and need to redouble my efforts.

I'm 6' 1", 268.5 pounds. I started at 281.5 which was a crazy shock. My first goal is 265.

GOGOGOGO JD. Awesome to have you on board. It's all about Huck!

Originally Posted by TChan

I have to lose 5.5 lbs by this time tomorrow, can I play?

Completely unsolicited advice follows:

You (Adam) don't need the honey in your smoothie. And also, take it easy on the fruit. Not everything has to taste sweet. Our culture is quite literally addicted to sweetness.

Eat lots of omega-3 polyunsaturated fats and saturated fats, especially in the morning, so you will feel satiated throughout the day. Avoid omega-6 fats like the plague.

Good luck to everyone!

Thanks for the advice, T. I know how in-tune with nutrition and how the body reacts to it you are.

Honey is only temporary (and for Rudy when he shares). The fruit part is mostly to make it tasty, what other smoothie ingredients do you suggest to replace it?

Define "eat lots" because as you know I can do that. What specific foods do you eat to get in lots of omega 3's and which foods do you avoid like plague?

Originally Posted by ugerhard

What's kept the "diet" and low carb fun is that I've started to extensively cook and experiment with ingredients that I normally would have used once in a blue moon if ever: Parsnip, Sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke), Tofu, Seitan (I've also tried to have 2 or 3 vegetarian days a week as well, but more for ecological than for dietary reasons) etc.

I am now at 89 kg (196 lbs); that's -15 kg (-33 lbs) in 2.5 months. My goal is to get to around 75 kg (165 lbs) in another 3 months or so - and stay there :-)

All the best to everybody with their efforts!

Ya, I think the part about making it fun is important. It's too easy to slide back to fast foods if you're not enjoying making the food and how your body reacts to it. So far, I'm having fun with it.

Great job so far and keep us updated on progress.

Originally Posted by outragous76

Great stuff Adam - I lost 3 st (42lbs) last year and have kept it off. It will definately invigorate you!

If I can offer you 2 pieces of advice it would be the following:

1. Please ignore BMI. There are many good benchmarks, this is not one of them. Every single profeesional rugby player would be considered obese on their scale!

2. Measure yourself! - Take 6 key meansurements around your body. There will be times when your weight loss plateaus, but you will be changing shape and size. They eye doesnt really pick up on this, the tape measure does! I cant tell you strongly enough how much motivation the tape will give you during periods of a plateau. (i measured neck, chest, belly, waist, around bum and thigh.

GLGL

Ya, I really only used BMI because that's what categorized me as obese. Paying most of my attention to weight, how I feel and hopefully building muscle when I start with a weight program.

Love the idea of measuring. Will do that for sure.

Congrats on keeping the weight off!

Originally Posted by hornsby15

I'm willing to try public humiliation in an attempt to lose weight, sure.

Sidenote - aside from the heating thing, is the Vitamix not just a blender?

Welcome aboard!

As RJ said, Vitamix is a blender but because of it's power it's capable of many things. Soups, bread making, hummus etc.

Originally Posted by CdnSweets

Great timing for this thread of me.
Recently my wife just had our first child (Desmond Jack on March 8th) anyway before he got here I decided to my butt back in shape. I met my wife a few years ago and i was a gym rat and weighed in at 210-215 lbs. well fast forward to this winter i wasn't feeling so great and had my first child on the way i hopped on my scale and was close to 300 pounds!
Im 5'10" and was 300 lbs? scared the crap out of me!
So i have started working on my cardio on a bike and watching what i eat again and now touch the scale at 275 lbs.

Start 300 lbs
Current 275 lbs
Goal under 250 lbs (parents pool springboard weight limit) by summer
ultimate goal 225 lbs

Good luck to everyone on there goals!

Congrats on the little guy, gives you a whole new reason to be healthy.

Great job so far, keep us updated on how it's going.

Originally Posted by Bunner

I'm onboard!!

Started the day off (after posting the latest episode of the PokerCast of course) with a nice egg and baby spinach sandwich with a flaxseed / olive oil combo instead of butter with a little cat-sup and a coffee. Now its off to my local fitness museum for Back & Core Madness! will post my stats and goals later today...



Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum...

Wow that looks delicious. Who made it?

When I posted this yesterday, this was exactly the response I was hoping for. The key is for people to stay engaged and updating, even if things aren't going as well as you would have hoped.

Off to the basement to jump on our coatrack (err treadmill) for a half hour!

[BrokeLivingMJP]

Funnily enough I just ate my first McDonalds in months before reading this thread.

BTW Adam, not saying you're not a fat lump (:P) but BMI isn't the most accurate thing in the world because it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat. You could be a pro bodybuilder with a BMI of 30.

[hornsby15]

Last time I (seriously) tried to lose weight I was very successful in the short term... I was in a weight loss challenge with some friends, and I lost 30lbs in 3 months....


....and then put on 45 lbs in 5 weeks.

Goal this time around is sustainability.

One way I have been trying this year is avoiding fast food drive throughs. So far so good... but Dec 31 is a loooong way away.

[SGT RJ]

Originally Posted by hornsby15

Last time I (seriously) tried to lose weight I was very successful in the short term... I was in a weight loss challenge with some friends, and I lost 30lbs in 3 months....


....and then put on 45 lbs in 5 weeks.

Goal this time around is sustainability.

One way I have been trying this year is avoiding fast food drive throughs. So far so good... but Dec 31 is a loooong way away.

This is exactly the reason I"m focusing more on just making actual long term changes as opposed to telling myself I'm on a diet. If it's a diet, it ends, and then badness ensues again.

Of course, if people didn't approach it as a temporary fix, the diet industry would crumple, and we can't have that.

[Punker]

Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

Ya, glad people are posting their personal goals. Sprint triathlon sounds fun and a great goal. Are these things held everywhere?

Not sure; when I was a kid, I always watched the Hawaii Iron Man with my dad and thought it was the coolest thing ever; guys who did that held a special place in my mind as incredible athletes, and saying I finished a triathlon (even a short one) would really make me proud.

When I set myself the goal, I just googled for triathlons in my area and found one pretty easily (mine is actually Jun 24, not Jun 28). The same group (Multisports Canada) seems to be doing on in Vancouver on Sept 3.

As for diet, I appreciate the advice so far from all, but I'm working less on "should I have omega 6 or omega 3" and more on "don't eat that bag of cookies in the middle of the afternoon". Walk, then run.

[SGT RJ]

I might not be ever able to do anything like a triathlon (or even close), but there is a running program I've tried that in order to at least run somewhat. It's called Coach to 5K: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

There's an app for it that tells you when to run as you work your way up from walking.

Even if I never really can run a 5K (my back goes into spasm when I run, and I don't know if it will subside when I build up - it didn't when I tried about a year and a half ago), but even if I always run/walk to some degree, it's better than nothing.

Right?

[renodoc]

Wat is this?

Im fat yo

Cant we do this €after€ Dublin?

[Aimee]

Originally Posted by SGT RJ

Even if I never really can run a 5K (my back goes into spasm when I run, and I don't know if it will subside when I build up - it didn't when I tried about a year and a half ago), but even if I always run/walk to some degree, it's better than nothing.

Right?

Exercise doesn't have to mean running - have you tried an elliptical machine? It's a lot less impact on your body and would probably keep your back from hurting as much. Walking is good too but swimming and biking are other options that come to mind for lower impact cardio.

[wednesdayroast]

I will not be participating, but will join in on the pokercast themed blending:



Yes, that is bacon blending.

No, that is not my kitchen.

Yes, I found a picture of bacon blending on the interwebz within 30 seconds.

Good luck though guys, I am sure you won't regret it.

[wednesdayroast]

Originally Posted by AdamSchwartz

I have a "before" pic, but not if I want to post yet. Maybe if I make my goal.

Mandatory weekly mankini pic, obv.

[Skleice]

Good idea for a thread Sir. Over the past year I've lost 60lbs and have totally changed my lifestyle from eating pizza, ice cream, candy, beer, etc all of the time.. I still have those things once in a while, but it probably makes up about 2% of my diet. I still am looking to lose 20lbs, so I'm def into this thread.

Anyway, here's what really helped me. People tend to get really touchy about this stuff, but this is just worked for me and it IS backed up by science. SO....

KILL THE CARBS - I know everybody has heard this and it's basically shrugged off as a gimmick diet and everybody thinks it means something extreme like Atkins...it doesn't. It's a fact that when you eat carbs your body releases INSULIN, which is basically the devil for weight loss. When this hormone is released it literally locks down your fat storage cells. So when you have this insulin spike released, it is actually IMPOSSIBLE to burn off fat at that time. This insulin stays in your system for 3-3.5 hours depending on the amount. This is why something like a burger or pizza is pretty much the worst food for you. It contains a ton of fat and a ton of carbs. So when you eat it, you are taking in a ton of fat, which is immediately locked down by the insulin hormone.
You can still have carbs, but how much you eat, and when you eat them make a HUGE difference.
If anybody is looking for more info and motivation I STRONGLY recommend
cutthefatpodcast -- download it from itunes and listen to the first 5-6 episodes....literally changed my life.

OK off to work....GL everyone!