Official Pokercast GETYOURFATASSFIT Club thread

[Punker]

Weekly Tuesday update:

Triathlon progress:
750m swim: still ok at around 22minutes; did this most recently on Friday
20K bike: still can't do this; I did 10K yesterday in about 40 minutes, so it's definitely getting better.
5K run: can't run it straight, but I did traverse 5K today with about 70-30 run-walk ratio. It took about 50 minutes.

I didn't get in as much as I wanted this week as I woke up Saturday with a cramp in my lower left leg. I expected it to go away as cramps do, but it didn't so I didn't do anything on Saturday or Sunday.

Eating better progress:
Definite improvement but that is not exactly hard. Tried to stick with 3 major meals per day, and avoid snacking. Probably down to about 1 "non meal" snack per day, and those snacks tend to be smaller or at least a bit less unhealthy.

Drinking water progress:
Complete fail. Hardly did any this week, though I had a good litre and a half yesterday after the bike ride.

[leconnaisseur]

just saying but if your very overweight you should avoid running til you drop some weight

your knees will thank you later.

[Cangurino]

Also, if your ultimate goal is to be able to run 5km you don't need to run 5km in training. Start off with much shorter sessions (20 min or so) and slowly increase your running/walking ratio. When you're able to run 20 min straight, then you can start increasing your volume.

The same probably holds for the other disciplines.

[Pokerho]

I'm still going from my New Years resolution, so I have a bit of a head start, but I have lost 15 pounds in 4 months (199 to 184 as of today) and I can thank an app for my iPhone for every bit of it. It's called MyFitnessPal, and it's basically just a calorie counter. You plug in your weight, age, goals, etc. and it comes up with a calorie budget for you.

Pros:
1) it greatly reduces the number of mega calorie days I have, just as a result of paying attention.
2) it makes me want to exercise, since I know I'll want cookies after dinner, and I know I'll need a few hundred calories (exercise increases your daily allotment).
3) I really haven't changed what kinds of food I'm eating - I just eat less and have come to the realization that I'm perfectly satisfied with 3 pieces of pizza, and I really don't need 8.
4) I actually eat more vegetables, since they are filling and low in calories.

Cons:
1) It's a minor pain tracking each meal, but some of that is mitigated with the cool built in bar code scanner, which quickly can get the caloric info on anything.

Good luck, hope this helps.

[that_pope]

***complete grunch***

Wait, you weight only 210???

I am a similar height, and my weight topped off at 205 a few years ago. I was at 195ish around the beginning of this year, and watched the same movie in Jan. We quickly went out and bought a juicer and have been using it for breakfast almost everyday. I also have increased my exercise a bit in training for Pat's Run, and am in the 180-185 range currently. I have also got some comments from people saying that it looks like I have lost weight, so that is always nice.

But I haven't cut out any of my beer or weekend unhealthiness, so I could easily get down more if I actually wanted to, I am just eating very good during the week (Mon-Fri afternoon) and then having a night of binging along with less healthy foods on the weekends. So I am not a great role model, but I've still seen some weight loss.

[SGT RJ]

I had a relatively bad weekend.

On Saturday I did what I do on occasion - eat one "bad" thing (a little bag of chips) and it spiraled from there. If I had my way there wouldn't even be stuff like that in the house, but my boyfriend likes it for his bag lunch each day. I know it's ridiculous, but if I always just beat myself up if I eat bad stuff then eat more of it since the day is already "bad". Just a mental issue, obviously.

In any event, I'm now down 3 lbs from my start. Slow and steady does it, although I'd prefer to go a bit faster.

[Skleice]

SGT...I used to fall into this same pattern. I'd eat 1 bad thing, then the whole day, then suddenly I'm "starting over on Monday". And the guilt just makes you feel worse and lapse even more. They talked alot about this on the cutthefatpodcast (not spamming, it just really helped me). It taught me to eat well 90% of the time, but to also enjoy my 'bad' food without any guilt and know that the very next meal I'm back to business. So, if I'm gonna go to a party, I'm gonna eat/drink whatever and just have a great time because I know that it is just a very small blemish on an awesome regular diet....Pizza tonight FWIW!!!!

[Aimee]

I was just about to write almost the exact same thing. If you expect perfection, you're just setting yourself up to fail. You're not never going to have chips again. Guilt has no place in any of this - it's just food, and even if you ate an entire large bag of chips without adjusting any other part of your diet, its maybe half a pound's worth of calories. Not the end of the world by any means. Plan for it, adjust the rest of your diet or exercise if you can, and move on (kinda like bad beats imo). And, great job on the 3 pounds! Don't forget to remember the positives, we always tend harp on the negative Also, can the boyfriend maybe keep the bag of chips at work?

btw Skleice, I gave your podcast a listen and its really solid stuff imo. I'm not so sure how I feel about the insulin/carb thing though, I'd like to see some research backing that up. As a vegetarian it's virtually impossible to avoid carbs entirely in a meal

[SGT RJ]

Yeah, I know all that mentally, I just have to correct the faulty underlying thoughts/assumptions so it doesn't derail me going forward.

It's hard to undo decades worth of bad thought processes. Possible, but hard.

[Johnny Douglas]

Finally was disciplined enough to fire up Wii fit and hear it say: "That's obese!"

I'm down 14.8 pounds since starting on the 29th of January. Lost 1.8 over the last 2 weeks or so. A week or two until my first milestone (265) at which time I'll treat myself to a nice new iPad case.

[renodoc]

The problem people, when the updated stats get posted, is that the north American vitamix simply won't run on Irish 220V power.

That will have to explain everything....

[ReyzorXxX]

I'm happy to find this thread here. For the past few months I've been changing my eating habits to eat leaner/cleaner meals, In order to prepare for my first triathlon this year. I also have a full schedule of Obstacle Course races.

Adam, are you interested in running a race to keep yourself on track physically?


Have any of you watched "Food, Inc." documentary... you'll never eat fast food after watching.

[that_pope]

Yes, I watched Food Inc, but it was quite a while ago, so it has worn off a bit.

[relderretep]

Wouldnt go as far as saying that Im fat but I haven't really paid attention to eating healthy and exercising regularly. Now trying to get back to my weight from a year ago.

Height: 6'0'
Weight: 216
Weight Goal: 185

Will cut down on the snacks and just quit eating when I'm not really hungry anymore, goal is to exercise 3 times a week. I'm trying to accomplish that by only letting myself listen to the Pokercast while I'm exercising :-)

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[stressed]

Gonna try and get in better shape too. My problem is food and especially alcohol. I am not able to cut down on those at all. I read that alcohol is the nut worst for dieting. I drink at least 5 nights a week, dont go crazy but at least 1/2 to 1 bottle of wine a night.

Go to the gym for 1-1.5hrs 4 nights a week. Been going for over a year now but unable to lose any weight at all. I know for a fact that it's due to my poor eating habits. Luckily, I have not gained any weight since going to the gym.

Very frustrating though, need to lose at least 30lbs.