The 08 / 09 Workout thread

[bvibert]

I'm trying to walk up Killington every day. I've now lost 90 pounds in the last 15 months. My fitness level is roughly what it was in 1999 and I've unwound 8 years of damage.

Nice work! A couple years ago I lost a similar amount of weight in around the same time frame. Unfortunately I put a bunch of it back on in the last year. I've been trying, somewhat unsuccessfully, to get back on track, perhaps this will be the inspiration I need to get going.

 

[Trekchick]

I found the best stress relief work out I've ever done.
I pop some ski porn in the dvd player and get on my spin bike. The work out varies with the terrain and tempo of music and I am refreshed when I'm done.

 

[drjeff]

I found the best stress relief work out I've ever done.
I pop some ski porn in the dvd player and get on my spin bike. The work out varies with the terrain and tempo of music and I am refreshed when I'm done.

My cold weather indoor stress relief/workout encouragement is as follows. My wife and I now refuse to watch any of the favorite TV shows live (unless were on the excercise equipment infront of the TV). Then, we'll watch our shows which we recorded on the DVR or are available via on-demand. Atleast for us, it makes it so much easier when the brain is trying to follow a story line for an hour as opposed to paying attention to which muscle groups and/or body system is hurting at that moment

 

[Geoff]

Nice work! A couple years ago I lost a similar amount of weight in around the same time frame. Unfortunately I put a bunch of it back on in the last year. I've been trying, somewhat unsuccessfully, to get back on track, perhaps this will be the inspiration I need to get going.

Yeah, well....

I'm not quite done yet. I still have to unwind another 30 or 40 pounds to get to what I weighed at age 30 when I quit smoking and started fighting a weight problem. At this point, I'm going by the tape measure around my stomach. I'm done when it says 37". I should easily get there by the end of the ski season.

I've spent a lot of time educating myself about what my diet, exercise, and sleep patterns need to be in times of high stress. Fast food, processed food, and junk carbs are pretty much gone from my diet for the rest of my life. I'm still mulling around whether I want to downsize my life so I don't have all the work stress that put me here in the first place.

 

[drjeff]

Yeah, well....

I'm not quite done yet. I still have to unwind another 30 or 40 pounds to get to what I weighed at age 30 when I quit smoking and started fighting a weight problem. At this point, I'm going by the tape measure around my stomach. I'm done when it says 37". I should easily get there by the end of the ski season.

I've spent a lot of time educating myself about what my diet, exercise, and sleep patterns need to be in times of high stress. Fast food, processed food, and junk carbs are pretty much gone from my diet for the rest of my life. I'm still mulling around whether I want to downsize my life so I don't have all the work stress that put me here in the first place.

Just as long as the occasional cold, malted liquid carbohydrate "meal" doesn't get completely eliminated, If find that I can stick to a proper eating plan :beer:

 

[bvibert]

Yeah, well....

I'm not quite done yet. I still have to unwind another 30 or 40 pounds to get to what I weighed at age 30 when I quit smoking and started fighting a weight problem. At this point, I'm going by the tape measure around my stomach. I'm done when it says 37". I should easily get there by the end of the ski season.

I've spent a lot of time educating myself about what my diet, exercise, and sleep patterns need to be in times of high stress. Fast food, processed food, and junk carbs are pretty much gone from my diet for the rest of my life. I'm still mulling around whether I want to downsize my life so I don't have all the work stress that put me here in the first place.

I hear ya. I had pretty much eliminated most of that crap food from my diet for a time, but I'm weak and it found it's way back in. It's actually the convenience of the fast food that makes me keep going back. Much of the weight I put pack on was due in part to stress eating. The stress is gone now and I'm no longer gaining at least.

 

[air0rmc]

pro-fitter

Does anyone have a pro-fitter or experience with one ?I would also like some input from anyone skiing with moderate to serious low back issues or opinions on that situation.Thanks for your time......

 

[severine]

I'm trying to walk up Killington every day. I've now lost 90 pounds in the last 15 months. My fitness level is roughly what it was in 1999 and I've unwound 8 years of damage.

Congrats! That's a huge accomplishment! I've slowly been working my way down over the last several years (derailed in progress by 2 pregnancies and some stress over the last year). I'm down 50 lbs from my peak, but I have another 40 to go +/- so I understand where you're coming from. Temptation sucks. But it sounds like you've got a great plan for life there, and walking up Killington every day will certainly help your fitness level! Woohoo!

Today... walked in White Memorial's woods with the kids and dog. Much harder to get a good workout in with them (especially with the dog in tow because then I can't fit the double jogging stroller in the car) but at least I got out there. I think the HRM decided I burned about 500 calories.

 

[Trekchick]

Geoff, Kudos!!!

 

[Sky]

Geoff, Severine...and anyone seriously atacking their weight...CONGRATS!

Not sure I could do it myslef.

I've been extremely fortunate *h'ya...just what YOU want to hear* with metabolism and build...so I've never had to drop any serious weight.

I'm @ 235 lb now, which is where I've been for probably two or three years...up from 220 - 225 for 10 years behind that and 210 - 215 for 15 years before that.

I feel good at this weight and it's pretty well distributed (over a 6'9" frame).

But if I had to go to bed hungry, or not eat that one extra bite...I'd be in tough shape....probably miserable!

@ 53...I'm careful about most of what I devour. VERY limited fast food...healthy snacks. But that's all I can do.

So hat's off to all of you who commit! Congratulations!

 

[Jeff Isabelle]

Rattler

Sky - Yep its tough to do. I just went hiking Tremblant yesterday to get started for this season. Leaves etc... but yes getting in shape is harder the older or longer you wait. Over the years I've had many minor injuries if you could call them that. The worst was a crushed L5 disc which was fixed with surgery. The next season I was out again right away, skied about 30 times that season to recover slowly.To that point I was skiing 140 plus days a year often getting close to 160 days in roughly.

So that was 14 years ago, I`ve skied only 10-40 days per season max ever since. So I decided this summer to get going on a Skiers Edge and get right back to it. Now I`ve gained lots of weight during this slack time and have started shedding the pounds. I recommend a Skiers Edge for all die hard skiers its excellent for the cardio and the legs. A few pro football teams use skiers edge to keep older players leg coordination going in their last years of theri running game. A little pricey but I made a promise to myself to return to sking as much as possible. So I`m on my way to a new season finally. Because of my years of sking earlier, I look very young. All my friends think I`m 30 ish and give me shit for gaining Lb`s I laugh at them because I`m 50 and they are 20 something, so just wait and see when we hit the hills this season. They would have been little kids 14 years ago. So I can`t wait to get slowly back into the Masters racing and possibly Nastar. I`ll never really race again no one really does but its always fun to try one more time. :beer:

 

[Sky]

So I can`t wait to get slowly back into the Masters racing and possibly Nastar. I`ll never really race again no one really does but its always fun to try one more time. :beer:

I've been very fortunate (injury-wise)...one bad one in college, hospitalized for a week, months of rehab. But I made it back onto the court before the end of the season. Otherwise it's been sprained ankles and a back muscle here and there.

I haven't priced a skiers edge...I have the eliptical, and that sucks up enough room. :> If I get to a ski show and demo one...I could change my mind.

I did that whole "whre am I compared to my peer-group" thing ever since I turned 30 (still in the Army). Being in shape, playing a sport at any organized level, is something I recommend for everybody. SOrt of shows you how far you can go....even if you never do it again. I'm not advocating "glory days"...I'm just advocating seeing where the bar could be set.

Work is still piling it on. I really need to head to the reading room, sequester myself and knock out these larger projects once and for all. These ankle-bitier issues are just so temptingly easy...and they give me that sense of accomplishment.

Tremblant...is JamesBond007 still posting up there?

 

[Greg]

Geoff, Severine...and anyone seriously atacking their weight...CONGRATS!

Not sure I could do it myslef.

I've been extremely fortunate *h'ya...just what YOU want to hear* with metabolism and build...so I've never had to drop any serious weight.

I'm @ 235 lb now, which is where I've been for probably two or three years...up from 220 - 225 for 10 years behind that and 210 - 215 for 15 years before that.

I feel good at this weight and it's pretty well distributed (over a 6'9" frame).

But if I had to go to bed hungry, or not eat that one extra bite...I'd be in tough shape....probably miserable!

@ 53...I'm careful about most of what I devour. VERY limited fast food...healthy snacks. But that's all I can do.

So hat's off to all of you who commit! Congratulations!

+1 My metabolism doesn't allow me to put on extra weight and I feel very fortunate. My brother is 15 years older than me and has about 40 lbs. on me. Everyone tells me that my metabolism will slow down as I get older, but it hasn't happened yet. I can probably put on 20 lbs and still be at a relatively healthy weight. I eat big meals, but hardly ever snack and don't have much of a sweet tooth so my eating habits are working in my favor.

 

[Sky]

Everyone tells me that my metabolism will slow down as I get older, but it hasn't happened yet.

I had my first metabolism "hit" @ 40. That's when I went over 220 for good. I stopped eating (needing to eat) 4+ meals a day...stopped putting half and half in my coffee, dropped doughnuts.

That worked great till I hit 50. Now I eat smaller meals, more fruit (for snacks), none of the cookies/cupcakes/cake offered at office parties.

I absoluely dread ever having to delete full-bodied beer for "light" fare. May have to stop drinking beer altogether at that point. *tears*

Someone promise to pull the plug on me at that point....seriously.

 

[Glenn]

I absoluely dread ever having to delete full-bodied beer for "light" fare.

I made the switch about a year ago. :???: My beer of choice was Harpoon IPA. I now drink Mich Ultra. It took months to make the switch. I still enjoy a good beer now and again though. I just changed what I drink before/during dinner at night.

I've lightened up on my eating over the last 6-8 months. I've lost about 15-20lbs. I basically cut back on what I eat for lunch at work. I work in an office, so there's no need for a sandwich every day at noon.

 

[Geoff]

Geoff, Severine...and anyone seriously atacking their weight...CONGRATS!

Not sure I could do it myslef.

I've been extremely fortunate *h'ya...just what YOU want to hear* with metabolism and build...so I've never had to drop any serious weight.

I'm @ 235 lb now, which is where I've been for probably two or three years...up from 220 - 225 for 10 years behind that and 210 - 215 for 15 years before that.

I feel good at this weight and it's pretty well distributed (over a 6'9" frame).

But if I had to go to bed hungry, or not eat that one extra bite...I'd be in tough shape....probably miserable!

@ 53...I'm careful about most of what I devour. VERY limited fast food...healthy snacks. But that's all I can do.

So hat's off to all of you who commit! Congratulations!

So my problem is that I'm 6'2" instead of 6'9".

It's not a matter of losing weight. It's adopting a healthy lifestyle. Stress, sleep, exercise, and diet are all equally important parts of the puzzle.

 

[severine]

So my problem is that I'm 6'2" instead of 6'9".

It's not a matter of losing weight. It's adopting a healthy lifestyle. Stress, sleep, exercise, and diet are all equally important parts of the puzzle.

:lol: No kidding, eh? If I had just a few more inches of height, I'd be better off.

Yes, adopting a healthy lifestyle is the important part. Balance is key. Feeling deprived only leads to failure, which leads to depression... and so on and so forth. Healthy mindset is important, too. Not a "diet" but a way to live. I'm working on finding that balance again. It's a lifelong pursuit; not a quick fix.

 

[icedtea]

Them belly full but we hungry
A hungry mob is an angry mob
A rain a fall but the dirt it tough
A pot a cook but the food no 'nough

You're gonna dance to jah music, dance,
We're gonna dance to jah music, dance,

Forget your troubles and dance,
Forget your sorrows and dance,
Forget your sickness and dance,
Forget your weakness and dance

 

[drjeff]

So my problem is that I'm 6'2" instead of 6'9".

It's not a matter of losing weight. It's adopting a healthy lifestyle. Stress, sleep, exercise, and diet are all equally important parts of the puzzle.

Yup, I'm just about the perfect height + weight for an NFL linebacker (6'3" and 230), the problem is my arms weigh about 20lbs less than the linebackers and my wiast is 4 to 6" larger than their's

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I made the switch about a year ago. :???: My beer of choice was Harpoon IPA. I now drink Mich Ultra. It took months to make the switch. I still enjoy a good beer now and again though. I just changed what I drink before/during dinner at night.

I've lightened up on my eating over the last 6-8 months. I've lost about 15-20lbs. I basically cut back on what I eat for lunch at work. I work in an office, so there's no need for a sandwich every day at noon.

It just depends what kind of sandwich..I could eat a GrilledSteezeSandwich everyday..

I was just digging a hole and mixing cement..that is good exercise..now I'm thinking about what kind of Hoagie to have for lunch..