Yes. I exercise, lots of cardio and weights- Been doing core training. Wow! Kicked my keester! Way harder than it looks.
As far as eating, no magic here. Just high lean protein, complex carbs and fiber, and cut out the simple sugars.
Dave, do you or did you have problems being cold all the time?
That's my biggest problem. My kids complain that I'm killing them because it's 80 degrees in the house and I have windows open instead of AC on, but I am quite comfy!
Even now, it's 83 degrees outside and my windows are open. Not a fan on in the house either. But at night, although there is a fan on in my window, I'm in flannel PJs and have a comforter on!
I'm hoping that working out and building muscle (which I lost as well as the fat) will help with heat retention. It's sad when my hands are ice cold and it's in the 80's!
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You ain't wrong. As many here will attest my brain shrunk with it!
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Maybe that's my problem....
Also, do you have problems with hypoglycemia if you don't eat?
If I eat carbs without much protein, my sugar drops an hour or so later. I have to eat protein with any carbs, and I can't have that much carbs at once either, especially complex carbs, like oatmeal, cereal, rice, potatoes....does weird things to me.
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Yes. I exercise, lots of cardio and weights- Been doing core training. Wow! Kicked my keester! Way harder than it looks.
As far as eating, no magic here. Just high lean protein, complex carbs and fiber, and cut out the simple sugars.
This is the key. A trainer I spoke to once told me that if a person is looking to drop an extra bit of weight then they need to switch the programs up. I do tons of cardio. I do the elliptical machine about 20 miles a week at least. I am still about 20 from where I want to be. Eating right will help me. But the trainer said instead of doing all the elliptical machine try doing half the elliptical workout for the week and the other time you would have devoted to the elliptical workout get on a treadmill and workout or take the workout out doors. That is easier said than done here in AZ. 113 yesterday when I was heading home from work at 3:30
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Dave, do you or did you have problems being cold all the time?
That's my biggest problem. My kids complain that I'm killing them because it's 80 degrees in the house and I have windows open instead of AC on, but I am quite comfy!
Even now, it's 83 degrees outside and my windows are open. Not a fan on in the house either. But at night, although there is a fan on in my window, I'm in flannel PJs and have a comforter on!
I'm hoping that working out and building muscle (which I lost as well as the fat) will help with heat retention. It's sad when my hands are ice cold and it's in the 80's!
Could be cirrulation issues. Maybe you need to circle things more often. lol
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Also, do you have problems with hypoglycemia if you don't eat?
If I eat carbs without much protein, my sugar drops an hour or so later. I have to eat protein with any carbs, and I can't have that much carbs at once either, especially complex carbs, like oatmeal, cereal, rice, potatoes....does weird things to me.
I used to. My problem now is low BP. When I stand up too fast.....yikes.
Stick with the protein. I try to eat whole grains and veggies and stay away from rice and potatoes.....most of the time.
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This is the key. A trainer I spoke to once told me that if a person is looking to drop an extra bit of weight then they need to switch the programs up. I do tons of cardio. I do the elliptical machine about 20 miles a week at least. I am still about 20 from where I want to be. Eating right will help me. But the trainer said instead of doing all the elliptical machine try doing half the elliptical workout for the week and the other time you would have devoted to the elliptical workout get on a treadmill and workout or take the workout out doors. That is easier said than done here in AZ. 113 yesterday when I was heading home from work at 3:30
I use the elliptical too...6 miles this morning. Weight training is a big key for me. Burn calories more efficiently.
I can't workout after working 12 hours. So it's EARLY in the morning.
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I use the elliptical too...6 miles this morning. Weight training is a big key for me. Burn calories more efficiently.
I can't workout after working 12 hours. So it's EARLY in the morning.
I used to always work out in the AM until my work schedule changed. My gym opens at 5 AM and I gotta be at work at 6:30 and I work more than 30 miles from home. I go in the afternoon. I only work 8 hour days, but only difference for me is that I am a little more tired during work than before. I am only 27 and so I got some years ahead of me.
I do most of the cardio on the elliptical and the treadmill. Elliptical is awesome as you know cause it is little or no impact. I don't so much focus on distance though I do more than 8 miles on Tue, Thurs, Sat and on Mon, Wed, Fri I do approx 6 miles. I do focus on the calories burned though. In a 1 hour with 10 minute cool down elliptical workout, doing the Hill Plus thing, I burn over 800 calories and complete about 8 miles. I so weight training really hard too. I take some suppliments that help gain muscle and some that help shed some fat, but none of them would work without the hard work I put in.
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