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4/days a week, 531 Boring But Big. This week I start adding in Couch25k. And one or two days a week, I like to do kettlebell swings or barbell complexes for som
by ryanchants 8y ago
4/days a week, 531 Boring But Big. This week I start adding in Couch25k. And one or two days a week, I like to do kettlebell swings or barbell complexes for some conditioning work.
Unfortunately, I waited until I was obese to start any of this, so I'm not seeing the physical effects as far I would like. However, I'm down about 10 pounds for the year. While not great, it's better than the trend up in the last few years.
- iends 8y agoSeems like a lot of effort without much improvement. Have you considered counting calories in addition to the work you are doing?
- ryanchants 8y agoI have. It's always the hardest part, and I understand it's what I need to work on. Also, I wasn't focusing much on diet early, because I was just establishing the fitness habit. Now I'm turning more towards the diet side.
- jakobegger 8y agoI was also a bit disappointed how getting active (running 15km per week) did not result in losing any weight at all. Then I've started calorie counting after readin this post 5 weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17391567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17391567 I've lost 4.5kg since then (I guess that is about 10 pounds?). I wasn't really overweight before, but it's the first time my girlfriend said I look good in years :) It's also a good motivator to stay active: When I eat too much one day, I can go run for an hour to make up for it. The only difficult part is estimating calories in restaurants -- who knows if that dressing contains one table spoon of olive oil or three? (Funny enough, around here only fast food restaurants bother to provide nutrition info on their website) Since I prepare most meals myself, that isn't that much of an issue, though.