Holy Moly, that's some huge weight loss for ~18-24 months! Congrats!
Thanks! I wish I could say I was smarter about it. Back then, I just wanted all of that weight gone and I thought it was a good idea to work out around two hours a day (both weight lifting & a HIIT circuit daily) all while skipping meals… 🤦. During that time I no longer ate out, cut out other unhealthy foods, and the one meal a day I was eating was healthy. I thought that was good and enough for me. It took me a while to realize it was okay for me to eat (and actually better that I did) and come up with good meal plan. I was feeling way better once I incorporated better eating habits, and I was able to make better progress towards my goals.
I’m definitely at a better place with eating now. With my above workout plan, I’m eating around 4-6 portioned meals a day.
I am quite happy this morning. After politely declining requests to return to teaching police recruits, I am returning for a bit. (They really needed help).
And my tac pants still fit. A bit looser even. (This is why I am happy).
I was worried because although I still do weights, cycling, walking, rowing and kayaking, I do less traveling and running around one year into retirement. I have never owned or used a scale. My gauge was always my uniform.
I know that yoga is good. My wife tried it but was “repelled” by the hairy, sweaty fat guys who fall asleep and fart during yoga sessions. I don’t want to experience that either.
Ready to go scare the crap out of the aspiring police officers.I doubt that I will resume my trademark moves of threatening them in the hallways. That always freaked them out at first. But in the end, they appreciated how I made them more tactically sound. My favorite coffee mug, a gift from one of the classes.One last thing, the stress reduction, even from driving to work, has likely helped to keep those pants loose.
What is your fitness regime?
Does walking downstairs to get ice cream count? If it does I have a fitness routine.
ADHD meds are a problem for me as they’re a major appetite suppressant which sounds great for weight loss, but I can’t take them after about 4pm without ruining my sleep schedule so they wear off by about 9pm, and at that point I’m ready to eat two large stuffed crust pizzas.
The fact that the come down makes you feel like you’re starving even if you’re not coupled with it being the worst time of day to be stuffing your face really compounds the problem.
Type 2 diabetes is pretty rampant in my family and is stalking me pretty hard right now so I’ve got to do something about it but having a partner who loves to cook all the time and a lack of motivation isn’t helping.
I'm slowing down a bit due to age, but I'm still squatting 2X+ bodyweight, so could be worse.
18 months and then I'm a "Masters" lifer. Which means, I'll be competitive again, since there will only be ~ 3 people in my weight class at the average meet, lol.
