Lost 103 Lbs and not done yet
06-02-22, 09:15 AM
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Made it to 84 WHOOPIE
Don't forget that your body is losing muscular strength every year as you grow older and you need to be sure to have strengthening exercises in your regimen. Particularly upper body strengthening, and stretching for your entire body. It's not all about losing weight. But congratulations are in order.
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06-02-22, 09:32 AM
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My Roll 2.0 bike is certainly working my legs. And I have turned my large living room into a home gym with a bench, an old Health Rider a friend gave me. I have plenty of weight plates and prefer using dumbbells. I have a gym membership as well.
My main goal now is to get down to a size 30 waist. I'm currently wearing 32.
06-02-22, 10:17 AM
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".. the problem is not that you eat too much, but that you make too much fat from what you do eat"
"The problem is not that you burn too little fat, but that you make too much fat"
So imo, it's all about the glycemic index and glycemic load of the foods we eat. Accept that, do the research to identify acceptable foods, and realize that those foods are all we can eat for the rest of our life.
And of course have a doctor follow your progress. Blood work, etc.
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06-02-22, 11:49 AM
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One thing I tried was taking Berberine with my metaformin. After a couple of days doing so My bg numbers went down even on low glycemic load meals. I was taking 500 mg of metformin three times a day. The past week I've been taking only 250 mg of metformin three times a day and a berberine capsule with the metaformin if I eat a higher carb food like black beans. So far so good. I think beginning today I will taper off the metaformin and continue to take the berberine twice a day.
I have not heard much about berberine. Is anybody else here taking it? Experience? Side effects? Supposedly it can cause gastrointestinal discomfort?
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06-02-22, 12:02 PM
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ETA : pricing is all over the place on Berberine. I look for made in US and 95% standardized... costs more but I fork it out.
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06-02-22, 07:07 PM
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Extremely interesting. Good stuff.
Several years ago I lost some additional weight thinking it would help me on all the long hilly rides I was doing. It certainly helped my power to weight ratio. I had already lost 60 lbs but I lost even more where I was close to my weight some 30 years prior in college. My experience was that after 4-5-6 hours on the bike my endurance wasn’t nearly as good as it was before I’d lost those additional pounds. My overall times were slower with the reduced weight as my energy levels seemed to fall off. So I put back on 4-5 pounds and all was good for me. I didn’t do any research but just went with my own personal results.
Have you done any “lengthy” endurance activities to know how you’d fare after several hours? Obviously it would be better than before you’d lost all your weight. Just wondering from your research what your thoughts might be on fueling for sustained activities with effort.
Several years ago I lost some additional weight thinking it would help me on all the long hilly rides I was doing. It certainly helped my power to weight ratio. I had already lost 60 lbs but I lost even more where I was close to my weight some 30 years prior in college. My experience was that after 4-5-6 hours on the bike my endurance wasn’t nearly as good as it was before I’d lost those additional pounds. My overall times were slower with the reduced weight as my energy levels seemed to fall off. So I put back on 4-5 pounds and all was good for me. I didn’t do any research but just went with my own personal results.
Have you done any “lengthy” endurance activities to know how you’d fare after several hours? Obviously it would be better than before you’d lost all your weight. Just wondering from your research what your thoughts might be on fueling for sustained activities with effort.
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06-16-22, 04:10 PM
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Extremely interesting. Good stuff.
Have you done any “lengthy” endurance activities to know how you’d fare after several hours? Obviously it would be better than before you’d lost all your weight. Just wondering from your research what your thoughts might be on fueling for sustained activities with effort.
Have you done any “lengthy” endurance activities to know how you’d fare after several hours? Obviously it would be better than before you’d lost all your weight. Just wondering from your research what your thoughts might be on fueling for sustained activities with effort.
So I can't help with any sort of advice regarding endurance training or diet for it. I just ride for aerobic fat burning
I will say it's melting my visceral fat away slowly. And my leg strength is increasing. The hills in a local park are getting easier.
But I haven't changed anything in my diet. My body kind of let's me know if I'm not getting enough carbs and the scale lets me know if I'm getting too many lol.
I may buy a road bike in the fall for longer rides. At that point I'll look into nutrition as it applies to endurance training.
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06-16-22, 04:30 PM
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That's how I feel today. When I started I was miserable. Was probably in life's final furlong. All my family members who had type II diabetes and we're obese died in their 50's and 60's. I'm shooting for at least 75 minimum.
Plus, women are flirting with me these days !
Plus, women are flirting with me these days !
