1 meal a day | only lost 3 lbs in the 2 weeks | Help

[BMAN]

If you're doing 2 lbs a week you are killing it

Yeah honestly you would only want to lose 1 lb a week to help reduce losing muscle mass.

 

[DeeThree]

261 lbs

 

[DeeThree]

Went to the gym today. Did 25 lb Dumbell Shoulder Press for 10 reps. Then 8, then 6. Supersetted with 10 lb (lol)(dumbells) for 10 reps twice. Then I made up some weird shoulder/bicep exercise with the 10 lbs. Then I did triceps.

Then I went and played Ball while listening to Whiz Khalifa - Medicated

diet was kinda spotty though

 

[Sebastian]

Starting Monday I'm gonna start running/jogging to the gym after eating two eggs, gym is like 4-6 miles away. Then hitting shoulders/chest/bis/tris twice a week. 15 min cardio on eliptical, then sauna, then swimming then jogging back home.

gg

Do you run this much often?

If not, be careful to ramp up your running over time.

A sudden increase in running will lead to stress-fractures, which, as you know, can take forever to heal.

Like Windler.

 

[sportscoach]

Do you run this much often?

If not, be careful to ramp up your running over time.

A sudden increase in running will lead to stress-fractures, which, as you know, can take forever to heal.

Like Windler.

I agree, you don't want to start doing that amount of distance if you haven't done it in the past...

Then again, I am a huge advocate of water exercising as the start of the regiment if you are trying to get back in shape... Walking in the pool and increasing the time doing so every week, I feel like does a lot. Then you add in the walks/jogs on land and either setup time/distance walking/jogging goals, that gradually step up every week...

I also have Ehlers-Danlos so I do focus more on a lot reps at light weights rather than any heavy weights since the reps are way better for my type of body...

 

[DeeThree]

I agree, you don't want to start doing that amount of distance if you haven't done it in the past...

Then again, I am a huge advocate of water exercising as the start of the regiment if you are trying to get back in shape... Walking in the pool and increasing the time doing so every week, I feel like does a lot. Then you add in the walks/jogs on land and either setup time/distance walking/jogging goals, that gradually step up every week...

I also have Ehlers-Danlos so I do focus more on a lot reps at light weights rather than any heavy weights since the reps are way better for my type of body...

I'm not THAT fat. C'mon.

 

[sportscoach]

I'm not THAT fat. C'mon.

You can be skinny and struggle walking 4 miles, weight means nothing when it comes to physical fitness...

And I wasn't implying anything, I just said, don't start out doing too much if your body isn't used to it.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

I started eating much cleaner and drinking much less in January. Started exercising much more in March. I started right around where you did and into mid March I got really frustrated and discouraged bc I wasn’t making the kind of progress I thought I would

Now I’m at 238 from 263 in 4.5 months. Honestly I don’t know the science behind anything. Only reason I’m sharing this is I felt how you felt and got advice to just stick with it and be patient. I did and it finally showed on the scale. Keep at it

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Oh also one thing I really wish I did sooner was get a nice scale that I can sync with my phone and provides more than just weight. I got a Withings for like 80 bucks and I really like it. Reason I mention this is even when the scale wasn’t showing a ton of progress I knew I had gotten quite a lot stronger in the weight room. The scale shows body fat % and muscle so it helps track the good weight vs the bad weight. I’m sure it’s imprecise but as long as it’s consistently imprecise I still find it useful!

 

[KI4MVP]

You can be skinny and struggle walking 4 miles, weight means nothing when it comes to physical fitness...

And I wasn't implying anything, I just said, don't start out doing too much if your body isn't used to it.

To add to this, I find for myself, the hardest day for me to exercise is any day I didn't exercise the day before. I make an effort to not miss a day, even if I'm tried. And the easiest day is any day I did exercise the day before - it's too easy to think it's not a big deal to miss one more day, especially if I'm tried.

So when I do start up after an extended break, or I'm just ramping up from one level to the next, I start slow, and gradually ramp up. Even if I've been going for an extended stretch, and decide to ramp it up, I ramp that up gradually too.

I might take it a hair too slowly, but figure that's better than overdoing it and being forced to take time off.

 

[DeeThree]

I relapsed yesterday and had two double stacks from BK yesterday. Did go to the gym on Tuesday though. Weighing in at 262.

I hate going to the gym, wish I had an activity I enjoyed.

 

[KI4MVP]

I relapsed yesterday and had two double stacks from BK yesterday. Did go to the gym on Tuesday though. Weighing in at 262.

I hate going to the gym, wish I had an activity I enjoyed.

Try VR for excercise

Eleven
Thrill of the fight
AudioTrip
OhShape
Les Mills Bodycombat

 

[Stark]

If you're going to run (for distance, not sprints) for your cardio, definitely start moderate and ramp it up over time.

Week One:
- 1 mile a day at a 9-10 minute pace (or whatever you can feasibly do at a moderate jog without stopping)
- Two days on, one day off, three days on, one day off into week two

Week Two:
- 1 mile a day at a more moderate pace, if you were doing it in 10 minutes, do it in 8:45 for your trials this week
- One day on, one day off, two days on, one day off, one day on, one day off into week three

Week Three:
- 1.5 miles a day at that slower pace as you adjust (the 9-10 minute mile pace)
- Same intervals as week one

Week Four:
- 1.5 miles a day at a more moderate pace
- Same intervals as week two

Keep adding on .25 to .5 miles until you get around 3-4 miles. You don't feasibly ever need to do more than that as a cardio workout. It turns into overkill.

 

[Kouki]

I relapsed yesterday and had two double stacks from BK yesterday. Did go to the gym on Tuesday though. Weighing in at 262.

I hate going to the gym, wish I had an activity I enjoyed.

Would you be more interested in the gym if you were following an actual program?

You could be doing something where you get stronger progressively every time you go to the gym for a while, maybe 6+ months if you are untrained.

To me that's pretty fun, it's still relatively slow progression, but awesome to look back through training logs and realize how much strength you've gained.

Also motivates you to get to the gym - "going to hit a sweet milestone / personal record today" etc

 

[DeeThree]

Would you be more interested in the gym if you were following an actual program?

You could be doing something where you get stronger progressively every time you go to the gym for a while, maybe 6+ months if you are untrained.

To me that's pretty fun, it's still relatively slow progression, but awesome to look back through training logs and realize how much strength you've gained.

Also motivates you to get to the gym - "going to hit a sweet milestone / personal record today" etc

No.