The INGO Hardcore Weight Loss/Fitness Thread

led4thehed2 · Jan 27, 2024

I sympathize with the "roller coaster" folks. Been there. ATM, I'm under 180 for only the 2nd time in the last...18 years, or so. About 5 pounds away from my lowest weight im that time. For me, radically less sugar, smaller portions, more veggies, some body weight exercises and walking during lunch have helped A TON.

Keep trying, everybody!

Hoosier8 · Jan 27, 2024

led4thehed2 said:
I sympathize with the "roller coaster" folks. Been there. ATM, I'm under 180 for only the 2nd time in the last...18 years, or so. About 5 pounds away from my lowest weight im that time. For me, radically less sugar, smaller portions, more veggies, some body weight exercises and walking during lunch have helped A TON.

Keep trying, everybody!

Best thing anyone can do is avoid sugar and highly processed foods.

nate77 · Jan 27, 2024

I avoid sugar totally, even artificial sweeteners, I don’t want my brain even thinking about sweets.

Hoosier8 · Jan 28, 2024

nate77 said:
I avoid sugar totally, even artificial sweeteners, I don’t want my brain even thinking about sweets.

Same here. I did use Splenda for my coffee for a while but quit that too. It did not make me want any other sweets but better safe than sorry.

JTKelly · Jan 28, 2024

Got three days in a row again on the routine today. Made 30 push ups, 20 sit ups and 50 minutes on the bike.

bwframe · Jan 28, 2024

Hoosier8 · Feb 1, 2024

Weight day. Gained 2.4 pounds this week. Figured I might because how much I lost last week. Getting bumpy near my goal. Still 10 to go. 205.2 pounds.

6 month graph.

chipbennett · Feb 1, 2024

bwframe said:

Good stuff.

The only thing that had me scratching my head was her apparent association with aligning how much meat you eat with how much you walk. IMHO, that is CICO thinking. You can't "walk off" food that you eat.

But, I agree with her about the overall health benefits of walking more.

bwframe · Feb 1, 2024

chipbennett said:
Good stuff.

The only thing that had me scratching my head was her apparent association with aligning how much meat you eat with how much you walk. IMHO, that is CICO thinking. You can't "walk off" food that you eat.

But, I agree with her about the overall health benefits of walking more.

Exercise to compliment diet seems to be working OK for her?

I have yet to see any long term anti-exersize data that confirms staying idle is good for health?

Step count for me makes a lot of differerence in staying to weight or gaining or losing.

:scratch:

chipbennett · Feb 1, 2024

bwframe said:
Exercise to compliment diet seems to be working OK for her?

I have yet to see any long term anti-exersize data that confirms staying idle is good for health?

Step count for me makes a lot of differerence in staying to weight or gaining or losing.

I agree 100% on this point. Sedentarism is bad for health. Walking is a great way to stay active/avoid sedentarism.

Her statement in the video implied that amount of meat consumed should be tied to/could be increased, based on amount of walking. That's where I take issue. The two are entirely disconnected.

Walk to stay active. Eat sufficient mass to satiate hunger.

Hoosier8 · Feb 8, 2024

Weight day. Down 0.8 pounds from last week. 205.4. 41.2 pounds total from start so far. It’s been around 6 months now since I started this. I check my BP occasionally, still good. So happy to be off all meds. Still need to exercise. LOL

XDdreams · Feb 8, 2024

I have been on a really good health and fitness kick for the past two-three years. But I still indulge on occasion, probably more so than I should (because my ego tells me that since I'm making so much effort I'm fine to stuff my face when I really want to). I'm down to 230 lbs from 315lbs, and have been stuck here fluctuating down in to the 220's and back to the 230's.

I need to get my mind completely solid in order to keep progressing.

In an effort to do this, I'm going to be jumping on 75 hard and then when successful will push that success in to the live hard program.

75 days doesn't seem like alot, but I know that it will be. I can do all of the physical, reading, sleep, water intake but my downfall is always food related.

ws6guy · Feb 8, 2024

I haven't posted in here for awhile. I was doing great for a couple years. Max weight was around 227 then in 2022 was down to 174. But then in late 2022 tore my MCL, not a major tear but was enough that it took several months to get full movement back. So that was enough of an excuse for me to get off the exercise routine. Ended up gaining 27lbs back in 2023. So at the start of 2024 I'm back on the elliptical 4-6 nights a week for 1/2 hour and cutting out my late night snacking. I plan on just doing the elliptical for 2-3 months to get some pounds off and then start to incorporate some strength training again. I started 2024 at 201lbs and currently at 196lbs. Goal is to get into the high 170's by my birthday at the beginning of June. It's going to tough but doable. Then the end goal is to get to about 150 but I'm not sure I'll ever make it there LOL

nate77 · Feb 8, 2024

ws6guy said:
I haven't posted in here for awhile. I was doing great for a couple years. Max weight was around 227 then in 2022 was down to 174. But then in late 2022 tore my MCL, not a major tear but was enough that it took several months to get full movement back. So that was enough of an excuse for me to get off the exercise routine. Ended up gaining 27lbs back in 2023. So at the start of 2024 I'm back on the elliptical 4-6 nights a week for 1/2 hour and cutting out my late night snacking. I plan on just doing the elliptical for 2-3 months to get some pounds off and then start to incorporate some strength training again. I started 2024 at 201lbs and currently at 196lbs. Goal is to get into the high 170's by my birthday at the beginning of June. It's going to tough but doable. Then the end goal is to get to about 150 but I'm not sure I'll ever make it there LOL

I bet 150 is doable, low carbs, exercise, and a Bluetooth scale.

Took a year, but almost to 150.

JTKelly · Feb 8, 2024

I've been using Air Dyne type bicycles for YEARS and my wife has a serious ankle injury that has forced her to wear a brace for the last ten years or more. Imagine wearing a down hill ski boot on one foot all day every single day.

Finally after years of just gentle nudging on my part to just sit on there and try it. "Your ankle shouldn't even have to bend or move at all..."

It has been a month or so now and she is setting the example for ME NOW! She is first one to get HER ride in every day. After starting with encouragement to just "Lets adjust the seat any everything, not a problem I'll lat a bag of salt down there to use for a step. You can get on." After all that she made it ten minutes the very first day. She wanted to add more and more every day and I had to talk her down to only ONE minute longer each day until the "bike seat butt" set in and even then she managed to increase one minute a day. Until she has now ridden 38 minutes per day for several days now and working toward increasing intensity now.

I couldn't be more proud to see her take to if I was bragging on my own self and looking forward to a few outside bike rides together and I'm definitely seeing improvements in her ankle mobility and walking.

Over all our exercise routines around here are all a LOT MORE positive and productive feeling.

XDdreams · Feb 9, 2024

JTKelly said:
I've been using Air Dyne type bicycles for YEARS and my wife has a serious ankle injury that has forced her to wear a brace for the last ten years or more. Imagine wearing a down hill ski boot on one foot all day every single day.

Finally after years of just gentle nudging on my part to just sit on there and try it. "Your ankle shouldn't even have to bend or move at all..."

It has been a month or so now and she is setting the example for ME NOW! She is first one to get HER ride in every day. After starting with encouragement to just "Lets adjust the seat any everything, not a problem I'll lat a bag of salt down there to use for a step. You can get on." After all that she made it ten minutes the very first day. She wanted to add more and more every day and I had to talk her down to only ONE minute longer each day until the "bike seat butt" set in and even then she managed to increase one minute a day. Until she has now ridden 38 minutes per day for several days now and working toward increasing intensity now.

I couldn't be more proud to see her take to if I was bragging on my own self and looking forward to a few outside bike rides together and I'm definitely seeing improvements in her ankle mobility and walking.

Over all our exercise routines around here are all a LOT MORE positive and productive feeling.

What's your favorite go to on the airdyne? Steady state, intervals ?

chipbennett · Feb 9, 2024

nate77 said:
I bet 150 is doable, low carbs, exercise, and a Bluetooth scale.

Took a year, but almost to 150.

+1 for Renpho

ws6guy · Feb 9, 2024

Hmm I might have to buy one of the Renpho scales. My old digital scale can vary by a pound or 2 with back to back readings. So I've gone back to the old school scale but the dial is small and hard to see LOL.

JTKelly · Feb 9, 2024

XDdreams said:
What's your favorite go to on the airdyne? Steady state, intervals ?

I like to use a heart rate monitor to mimic my "standard" ride outside on my regular bike. I shoot for an hour long good steady ride. For me that is a heart rate at about 110 -120 starting out and finishing the last half hour in the 130 range.

My goal out side has been to make a 16 mile round trip ride in one hour. After training and riding all summer long the best I've ever made it was in an hour and 6 minutes.

One thing that has "set me back" on the air dyne if I've been getting ready and the wife is on there for another 20 minutes or more so I've been doing sit ups, push ups, and sort of a cadio curl with little girl dumbells while I wait on her. That has cut the air dyn effort but OMG has the air dyne RIGHT AFTER THAT increased the pay back I get from those little extras. 30 push ups and 20 sit ups finished up with about 150-200 curls and then get on the air dyne with the arms and legs both action you get from that is like you just keep on doing them all at once. I usually get 45 minutes on the bike when I do those first.

XDdreams · Feb 9, 2024

JTKelly said:
I like to use a heart rate monitor to mimic my "standard" ride outside on my regular bike. I shoot for an hour long good steady ride. For me that is a heart rate at about 110 -120 starting out and finishing the last half hour in the 130 range.

My goal out side has been to make a 16 mile round trip ride in one hour. After training and riding all summer long the best I've ever made it was in an hour and 6 minutes.

One thing that has "set me back" on the air dyne if I've been getting ready and the wife is on there for another 20 minutes or more so I've been doing sit ups, push ups, and sort of a cadio curl with little girl dumbells while I wait on her. That has cut the air dyn effort but OMG has the air dyne RIGHT AFTER THAT increased the pay back I get from those little extras. 30 push ups and 20 sit ups finished up with about 150-200 curls and then get on the air dyne with the arms and legs both action you get from that is like you just keep on doing them all at once. I usually get 45 minutes on the bike when I do those first.

I absolutely love this. Zone 2 cardio is so foundational and beneficial for building a solid aerobic base.

I've been doing what I call "F-me Fives" lately for one of my daily workouts. Or I'll pick a calorie amount like 25 or 30 calories for each machine or until X amount of calories are reached based off of a heart rate monitor.

F-me Fives:
5 minutes of the concept 2 ski erg
5 on concept 2 rower
5 on Assualt bike
5 minutes on treadmill
5 minutes burpees

*Rotate non stop for chosen time or calorie amount while maintaining your desired heart rate zone.

My usual goal is to keep my heart rate around 130-135 bpm for this one anywhere from an hour to two hours. Or a typical calorie goal is 1300-1500 cal in a given effort.

I'll do this three times a week, sometimes four. My typical second workout will be circuits of pull-ups, dips, pushups, some plyo movements, sandbag work and light high rep dumbell stuff.

Two days a week I'll do higher intensity shorter stuff that focuses on capacity. High intensity with minimal rest periods from 20-40 minutes depending on how gross it gets. Then for my second workout on these days I'll do a incline treadmill walk at 3.5-4mph for X amount of time.

The other two days are for mobility, maybe odd object lifting, or animal flow movements. Just depends on what my body is telling me it needs.

Love geeking out on heart rate stuff!

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