I’ve been consuming up to 1500 calories a day since somewhere between Christmas and new year. Having a baby and working pretty much exclusively from home for the last couple of years has seen my weight balloon. 1500 a day is easier than I thought it’d be, and I certainly do make up for it on my cheat day. I never weighed myself before I started and I haven’t weighed myself since, but I’m down a notch on my belt. Feels good. Onwards.

twelvepoint wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:23 pm My diet is decent and on paper I get enough activity and cardio, but at age 50, I’m battling dad bod. I think my logical next step is core training, and any recommendations for at home exercises would be appreciated. I might even consider a personal trainer, but I’d first like to understand a bit more about core strength training for dummies.

I have a Bosu Ball (no bands, got it many years ago), which is great for core stuff, not I just need to use it for that. But I really prefer exercising outdoors rather than at home.

https://www.bosu.com/bosu-nexgen-home-b ... et-3-pack/

Am doing well on this front. I’m nearly 50 (turning 48 this year - good God), am 6’5”/196cm, and 150lb/68kg.

Now that covid is over and I am back on campus, I get around 4 miles/6klm of incidental walking in per day.

Two meals a day (brunch/lunch and dinner). Pescatarian, I don’t snack on much of anything except for unsweetened
dark chocolate, hydrate on water and tea. Lots of alcohol on weekends, but rarely during the week.

Never drink soda. But America is the only place I have been to where adults drink soda. We were stunned to see grown adults chugging down litres of the crap every day. So much incidental dietary health is a function of availability, culture, expectations, and other things more subtle. Again in the the US, we were warned but still surprised by sugar/fructose being in just about everything. Average bread tastes like cake…cake should be a dessert, not a staple! My American family’s pantries look like candy stores. Having sugar in everything is a uniquely American pastime. Avoiding it there is exhausting.

Here in Oz eating ridiculously well is easy, since it is a deep part of our vain, sport and fitness obsessed culture. School canteens cannot serve junk food for example (so no soda etc.). There is a massive amount of red meat eaten here but that’s not my bag obviously.

seby wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:58 pm Here in Oz eating ridiculously well is easy, since it is a deep part of our vain, sport and fitness obsessed culture. School canteens cannot serve junk food for example (so no soda etc.).

Are Bundaberg sodas more popular in the USA than in Australia?

Best sodas ever.

jfv wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:14 pm

seby wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:58 pm Here in Oz eating ridiculously well is easy, since it is a deep part of our vain, sport and fitness obsessed culture. School canteens cannot serve junk food for example (so no soda etc.).

Are Bundaberg sodas more popular in the USA than in Australia?

Best sodas ever.

Very available here. Current national obsession is with kumbucha. Tastes like carbonated vinegar. Not always bad.

Got back into jogging/running last June. Took it slow so I didn't blow out my knees/feet, and also found a brand of shoes that's been great for my high arches.

Slowly worked myself up to doing 6-7 miles three times a week, though between travel/weather/tripping and fucking up my hands and knees a few weeks back/etc. Have come pretty close to hitting 8 miles, but my pace is still fairly slow as I've only gotten below 11 min/mi a couple times, but granted I've got some pretty steep hills around here and ~300 feet of elevation gain pretty much every time I go out.

Weight loss has been fairly slow, but I'm done ~20 lbs since I started, I'm sure technically I've lost a little more than that in fat w/ the muscle mass I've put on.

tallchris wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 6:01 pm Got back into jogging/running last June. Took it slow so I didn't blow out my knees/feet, and also found a brand of shoes that's been great for my high arches.

Slowly worked myself up to doing 6-7 miles three times a week, though between travel/weather/tripping and fucking up my hands and knees a few weeks back/etc. Have come pretty close to hitting 8 miles, but my pace is still fairly slow as I've only gotten below 11 min/mi a couple times, but granted I've got some pretty steep hills around here and ~300 feet of elevation gain pretty much every time I go out.

Weight loss has been fairly slow, but I'm done ~20 lbs since I started, I'm sure technically I've lost a little more than that in fat w/ the muscle mass I've put on.

Epic!

Been on keto (less than 50g of carbs a day) for almost three weeks. Too early to tell how I'm doing physically, but am already bored with it. This annoys me because in 2020 I did it for five months, lost three stone (42 pounds) and found it a breeze. But a good chunk of that was during lockdown so the temptations weren't there. Last night I went to see Stewart Lee with my other half and some friends and we went to a Caribbean food place and I had to order a burger, no fries, and not eat the bun. Sigh

enframed wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:53 pm

twelvepoint wrote: Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:23 pm My diet is decent and on paper I get enough activity and cardio, but at age 50, I’m battling dad bod. I think my logical next step is core training, and any recommendations for at home exercises would be appreciated. I might even consider a personal trainer, but I’d first like to understand a bit more about core strength training for dummies.

I have a Bosu Ball (no bands, got it many years ago), which is great for core stuff, not I just need to use it for that. But I really prefer exercising outdoors rather than at home.

https://www.bosu.com/bosu-nexgen-home-b ... et-3-pack/

Oh cool. My priority the last few months is preparing for - and now recovering from - prostate cancer surgery. I’m doing really well but working on core, and hopefully trail running again, is at least another month out. Been trying just to maintain with a better diet (snacks are my enemy) and getting a bunch of steps in.

I'm living that Noom life right now. So far, it's working.

My target weight is 190. Current weight is 240, down from 250 two weeks ago.

I'm combining distance cycling with eating fewer calories. Noom is helping. Is it drastically better than MyFitnessPal, which I used before? I wouldn't say "drastically," no.

It is expensive, but cheaper than a gym membership. We'll see how it goes.